Karl R. Zimmermann

The authors were teenagers when they started their quest to chronicle the end of steam via photographs and words. They do a wonderful job enclosing photos taken by them and others who shared the same passion. As they lived in New Jersey and had to take trains or drive to Canada to take the photos, they concentrated their work in Quebec as it was closer to their home.
By consulting railway time schedules, they are able to identify most trains in the photos as to where they were coming from and where they were going. Sometimes they asked railway workers for the information. They also had access to workshops and trains for behind the scenes photos and stories. Some of the most spectacular photos are those taken during winter.
The ending is sad as they describe the last runs made by trains in Quebec some of which they witnessed. Megantic is mentioned in several articles and there are several photos of the town of Megantic as it had a major marshaling yard. One photo shows a train leaving the yard to make a run at the grade to Nantes, the same grade an unmanned train swept down into the town in July 2013 killing 47 people and destroying the downtown with the resulting explosion.

A great book for train buffs.… (mais)