Thomas Dixon 144 pages hardcover
Some
years ago, C&OHS did a special book of Gene Huddleston’s
Black-&-White photos. Now they are publishing some of his best color
images for the first time! Gene got his 35mm camera in 1957. They have
selected a group of about 300 of his color slide images and placed them
in this book.
Section
I deals with the years 1957-1975 roughly and comprises about 4/5ths of
the book. Section II displays some of his later 1975-1990s photography.
Gene
is recognized as the premier photographer/historian of C&O in the
post- WWII era up until his death in 2011. His C&O pictures have
appeared in scores of books, but few of his color images have been
printed into book form. This book seeks to correct and supplement that.
Though Gene did not begin color until after the end of steam, his early
diesel photos are important, as is the fact that he visited locales
that were not frequented by other railfans of the later era.The photos are arranged in east-to-west order from Virginia to West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Background text tells something about each area and era.
