Chicago Railroad Scenes in Color

Vol 1: Olmsted 1956 - 66 and 1984 - 96

By Robert P Olmsted.

Softcover, 8.5x11, 48 glossy pages, all color photos throughout. 2011.

also available: Railroading in Downtown Chicago 1958-1969 and Railroading in Downtown Chicago 1958-1969 Vol 2

"Following his two-volume b/w portrait of railroading downtown (available here), Olmsted now offers fans this color chronicle of 'da region'. The color photos are rounded out with close-to-the-lens commentary of subjects ranging from mid-continent, mid-twentieth-century streamlined steam to Amtrak nearing the dawn of the twenty-first. ATSF (Santa Fe), B&O (Baltimore and Ohio), CNW (Chicago North Western), Amtrak, RTA / Metra, Conrail, CGW (Chicago Great Western), CB&Q (Burlington Route), GN (Great Northern), PRR (Pennsylvania), the Soo Line, the Rock (Rock Island, CRIP), NKP (Nickel Plate, New York, Chicago & St. Louis RR), UP (Union Pacific), CSS&SB (South Shore, Chicago South Shore and South Bend), Erie, GTW (Grand Trunk) and more."