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On railways far away / William D. Middleton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Middleton, William D., 1928-2011.
- Series:
- Railroads past and present.
- Railroads past and present
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Locomotives--Pictorial works.
- Locomotives.
- Railroads--Pictorial works.
- Railroads.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him 60 years of railroad tourism around the globe. Middleton's award-winning photography has recorded events such as the final days of American Civil War locomotives in Morocco and the start up of the world's first high-speed railway in Japan. He has photographed such great civil works as Scotland's Firth of Forth Bridge and the splendid railway station at Haydarpasa on the Asian side of the Bosporus, while closer to home he has been recognized for his significant contribution to the pho
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 WESTERN EUROPEAN TRAINS; 2 FAR NORTHERN RAILWAYS; 3 ON THE NORTH EDGE OF AFRICA; 4 ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST FROM BERLIN TO BAGHDAD; 5 TRAINS OF THE FAR EAST; 6 METER GAUGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; 7 A GLIMPSE OF AUSTRALIA; 8 RAILWAY PEOPLE
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613626349
- 9781280596513
- 1280596511
- 9780253005946
- 0253005949
- OCLC:
- 795843987
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