This fantastic photographic gallery features twenty-three preserved steam railroad lines and events covering a twenty-five year period. North American railroads, both great and obscure, are highlighted. Few images speak as clearly of a time and a place as a dramatic black-and-white photograph of an American steam locomotive powering through that storied era of railroad history. All the new photographs in this beautiful book meticulously recreate that original style, capturing the bygone age of steam rail against the settings of its heyday, including period architecture and other details.      192 pages pb