Photographs selected by Jeff Brouws and Ed Delvers. Text by Jeff Brouws, with an introduction by Richard Steinheimer. Bound in publisher's original black vinyl with spine stamped in gray. Illustrated throughout with photographs in black and white and color. 11 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 137 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Starlight on the Rails

Publisher

Harry N. Abrams, New York

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0810941678

ISBN 13

9780810941670

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Text by Jeff Brouws. A powerful strand of mid-20th-century American folklore found romance in trains. The railway photographs in this amazing volume -- all taken at night and resulting from the most demanding technical efforts -- capture these bygone scenes.

About the Author

Jeff Brouws grew up around the San Francisco Bay area, simultaneously discovering trains, photography, and the writings of Jack Kerouac (who was a brakeman for the Southern Pacific in the early 1950s) at the age of thirteen. His photographic work has been published in several books, including Railroading West (1976) and Highway: America's Endless Dream (1997). Edward Delvers grew up in Japan at a time when steam was still king. After his family returned to the United States, he traveled the country photographing trains through the late 1960s, then studied photographic science at MIT under the tutelage of Dr. Harold Edgerton. He has made a career in numerous fields, ranging from energy research to satellite communications to aviation, meanwhile maintaining photography as a passion.

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