Tehachapi: Railroading on a Desert Mountain [Hardcover]

Steve Schmollinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1994

At the northwestern edge of the Mojave Desert lies one of the most challenging and geographically breathtaking stretches of rail line in the world -- the famous Tehachapi Loop...

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Boston Mills Press; illustrated edition edition (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550460633
• ISBN-13: 978-1550460636
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 10.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #578,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > Travel > United States > States > New Mexico

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5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the best rail photography you'll ever see!, December 8, 1998

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This review is from: Tehachapi: Railroading on a Desert Mountain (Hardcover)

This book pictorializes one of the most fascinating and best places to watch (and photogaph) modern railroading. The author who is also the photographer, expertly captures the drama, the beauty and the complexity of this mainline trackage running through the Tehachapi mountains.

The photos are large, colorful, sharply detailed. The vantage points are unique. The lighting in many are simply spectacular, lighting not often associated with this subject matter. The narrative is the icing on the cake.

Railfans visit Tehachapi from all over the world. Most of them own this book.