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Informationen zum Autor Author Ken Boyd is a prolific photographer of steam, diesel, and electric locomotives. Using a variety of camera techniques, including High Dynamic Range photography, Boyd's compelling locomotive images evoke a beautiful fine art quality and aesthetic not seen in other books covering this topic. Boyd resides in Birmingham, Alabama. Klappentext . Part pictorial, part informational, this coffee table-style book features 100 North American historic locomotives from the early 19th century to present . Landscape format to best showcase each locomotive . The author's use of HDR photography produces striking detail not visible in other photographs with similar subject matter . Many locomotives are photographed and presented in rich color instead of grainy black & white . The 100 locomotives are rarely shown together in the same book Zusammenfassung Historic North American Locomotives traces the historic development of North American locomotives from the early 1800s through today. Considered a photographic book with the look and feel of fine art! 100 locomotives are profiled using descriptive text and richly detailed and colored photographic imagery. A well-researched introduction provides the reader with a historical perspective. The author/photographer includes high-quality photographs! created through various techniques that vividly capture the distinctive features of the locomotives. From the 1805 Trevithick portable boiler to modern! high-speed locomotives such as the 2013 GE Genesis! the reader will enjoy viewing a variety of locomotives that are not usually shown together in one book. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of LocomotivesIntroduction and Historical PerspectiveEarly LocomotivesThe Classic, Definitive American LocomotiveSteam Across AmericaThe Golden Age of the LocomotiveTransition from Steam to Electric and DieselFinal Advances in Steam DevelopmentPost-War TechnologiesModern EraList of LocomotivesSteam Waggon, Rocket, Tom Thumb, Best Friend of Charleston, DeWitt Clinton, York, John Bull, Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1, Atlantic/Andrew Jackson, Mississippi, Dorchester, Raleigh, Lafayette, Samson, John Molson, Memnon, Luraville/Suwanee River Railroad Locomotive, Pioneer, General, Texas, President Daniel Nason, Governor Leland Stanford, C. P. Huntington, Thatcher Perkins, PeppersassBaltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 305, Minnetonka, Reno, Torch Lake, Tahoe, Edison No. 1, Ammonoosuc, Sonoma, Nevada Short Line No. 1,Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad No. 19, Botwood Railway No. 7, Madison, Satsop Railroad Company No. 1, Black Diamond, Central of Georgia No. 349, Manitou & Pike’s Peak Railroad No. 1, Boston & Maine Railroad No. 494, Burlington Route No. 637, Queen of Speed / New York Central & Hudson River Railway No. 999, Pennsylvania Railroad No. 7002/8063, Detroit & Lima Northern Railway No. 7, Wabash Railroad No. 573 , Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway (Soo Line) No. 2645, E. E. Bigge, Illinois Central Railroad No. 790,Sharon Steel Hoop Company No. 4 / Huntsville Railway Company No. 4, Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1223 , Southern Railway No. 630 and No. 4501, Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad / Cass Scenic Railroad No. 5, Orange Blossom Cannonball / Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad No. 2, Clover Valley Railroad No. 8, Nevada – California – Oregon Railway No. 9 / Southern Pacific Railroad No. 9, Chattanooga Choo Choo, / Cincinnati Southern Railroad No. 29, Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company No. 2, Eastern Arizona Railway No. 3, Pickering Lumber Company No. 2, Wilson Locomotive No. 735 128, Cherokee Brick & Tile Company No. 1, Newfoundland Railway No. 593, Grand Canyon Railway No. 4960, Woodward Iron Company No. 38, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad No. 480, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway No. 490,New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road) No. 170, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 3759,Hammond...
