Trains: Photography of A. Aubrey Bodine

I was not aware of A. Aubrey Bodine as a photographer until quite recently when I saw this book in a catalog. We are big fans of the Western Maryland Railway and when I saw that the WM was featured in this book, I had to have it. His daughter has produced a splendid digital library of his very skillful and artistic photographs for the Baltimore Sun. Some of the ones featured in this book were also published in the 1950s in a book written by Harold A. Williams, Jr.: The Western Maryland Railway Story. I am sure the reproduction in the 1950s book did not do justice to his beautiful images, knowing the printing standards of the time. In the Schiffer book, there are superb deep blacks and fine gradations of black and white shades, some of which is undoubtedly due to good scanning values used to produce the files for printing. Other railroads of the Baltimore and Maryland area are also included. I highly recommend this book to railroad photography fans and any lover of fine photographic books.

My grandfather comes from a railroading family and loves this sort of gift — plus he found a photograph of his father in the book!

She is a great photographer and this is a nice book with great photos

I enjoyed the selected photographs of railroad subjects taken by Baltimore's premier photographer. I grew up seeing his photos in the Sunday Sun newspaper. Bodine worked for the paper during the 50s and 60s, and took many notable, atmospheric photos in and around Baltimore, capturing the mood and industry of the City as it was then. The book relies heavily on photographs Bodine took for the Western Maryland Railway as part of it's 100th anniversary celebration. Those photos dominate the book; a few photos record other railroads in Baltimore, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Photos are printed clearly on high-quality coated paper, and afternoons describe most photos in more detail.

VERY SATISFIED WITH THIS PRODUCT

Discovered the person I bought the gift for had written the forward to the book. Great surprise!

This is one of the best railroad books I’ve ever seen. My husband is the collector but I couldn’t put this book down myself. You get lost in these photographs, they are amazing. Engaging - even captivating.

Gave as a gift to a railfan in the family. He loved the book.