Rio Grande Southern album [Paperback]

Philip A Ronfor (Author)

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• Paperback: 38 pages
• Publisher: Ed Crist (1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878343017
• ISBN-13: 978-1878343017
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,830,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A nice set of color RGS photos, December 7, 2001

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Steven J. Haworth "sjh7" (Midwestern United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rio Grande Southern album (Paperback)

The Rio Grande Southern was an extremely photogenic narrow-gauge railroad running thru very rugged areas of southwestern Colorado, from 1891 to 1952. It was probably the most scenic railroad in the United States, replete with breathtaking trestles, high mountain passes (4 of them, no less), and twisting track through narrow canyons.

This is a 40-page book of photographs from Philip Ronfor, a noted rail photographer. His daughters produced this book after his death, assembling a number of color photos from fan trips over the RGS during it's last days, specifically the Memorial Day trips in 1947, 1949 and 1951. The RGS was dismantled in 1952, so there's a lot of historical value to these photographic memories.

The photos are from fan-trips, and don't show the railroad in normal, daily operation. But, they are all color, of very good quality, and are printed large. The text consists mostly of notes about the photos, and a bit of history of the line.

This is a decent book, and makes a nice addition for those researching the Rio Grande Southern railroad.