Book description
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
photographic interpretation of North America's railroading history. On
Railways Far Away presents over 200 of Middleton's favorite
photographs and the personal stories behind the images. It is a book
that will delight both armchair travelers and those for whom the
railroads still hold romance.
"Few American chroniclers of the international railroad scene
have shown the versatility and insight of William D. Middleton. As an
author and a photographer (not to mention a professional engineer), he
demonstrated an uncanny ability to connect all the dots in
railroading, from all corners of the world. In this book he does it
with an inimitable personal touch." -Kevin P. Keefe, Publisher,
Classic Trains magazine
William D. Middleton (1928-2011) authored more than 20 books and
hundreds of articles on rail transportation, engineering, and travel
topics. He was editor (with George M. Smerk and Roberta L. Diehl) of
Encyclopedia of North American Railroads (IUP, 2007) and author (with
William D. Middleton III) of Frank Julian Sprague: Electrical Inventor
& Engineer (IUP, 2009).
