Rio Grande: Scenic Line of the World, Second Edition

Published by White River Productions

ISBN 10: 1932804897 (ISBN 13: 9781932804898)

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Hardcover, 208 pages, 9 x 11 in. , color photographs and maps. The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad was built through the Rocky Mountains, not around them. A tenacious rebel, the Rio Grande survived for more than a century as an independent railroad in a land of giants. At the end of the 20th century, the enduring memory of the Rio Grande is one of black and gold diesels thundering through smoky tunnels on a right-of-way blasted out of solid rock by construction engineers who didn't know the meaning of the word impossible. The First Edition was published in 1994 and comprised 128 pages with 146 photos. The Second Edition includes 208 pages, 223 full-color photographs and nine lavishly illustrated maps. This new volume presents a retrospective of a railroad where words of description always fall short. In the pages of Rio Grande: Scenic Line of the World - Second Edition may be found all of the elements that made the Rio Grande the scenic wonder it was. The evergreen mountains of La Veta Pass, the bare rock of the Royal Gorge, the golden aspen on Tennessee Pass, the multi-colored sandstone of Ruby and Bootlegger Canyons, the moonscape of the Utah desert, the majestic Wasatch Range, and the sheer ruggedness of the entire Moffat Road, are all here in one amazing volume. Through acquisitions and mergers, Rio Grande slowly lost its personality to that of Southern Pacific, and later, Union Pacific. The images in this book help preserve the memory of the last years of the Rio Grande and perhaps provide some justification for the railroad’s bold claim of being the Scenic Line of the World.…

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Rio Grande: Scenic Line of the World, Second Edition
Publisher
White River Productions
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Hardcover
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1st Edition
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Arizona Hobbies LLC mostly sells NEW railroad books and NEW train videos Railroad Maps and Atlases since 1999. We also sell quality USED railroad books, and the listing will state when the title is USED. You can buy NEW titles direct from me for less than many booksellers sell used copies advertised on the Internet. I charge more for shipping because your orders are well-packaged in sturdy boxes and mailers. I have had only six lost and six damaged shipments since 1999. My web store is the best on the Internet to find the titles you're looking for. Don't wonder if your order's been shipped, USPS tracking numbers are provided. Highball to www.arizonahobbies.com!…

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