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Richard Steinheimer (1929–2011)

Author of A Passion for Trains: The Railroad Photography of Richard Steinheimer

12 Works 213 Members 1 Review

Works by Richard Steinheimer

A Passion for Trains: The Railroad Photography of Richard Steinheimer (2004) 43 copies

The electric way across the mountains : stories of the milwaukee road electrification (1980) 27 copies

Backwoods railroads of the West; a portfolio (1964) 27 copies, 1 review

Growing Up with Trains II: A Northern California Album (Interurbans Special 88) (1982) 20 copies

Done Honest & True: Richard Steinheimer's Half Century of Rail Photography (1999) 20 copies

Whistles Across the Land: A Love Affair With Trains (1993) 18 copies

Diesels over Donner: Mountain Soul of the Southern Pacific (1989) 18 copies

Growing Up with Trains: A Southern California Album (Interurbans Special 83) (1982) 17 copies

California State Railroad Museum: Railroading in California and the West (1991) 13 copies

Western Trains (1965) 8 copies

Whistles Across the Land; a Love Affair with Trains 1 copy

Growing up with Trains 1 copy

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Legal name: Steinheimer, Richard Virgil Dean
Birthdate: 1929-08-23
Date of death: 2011-05-04
Gender: male
Occupations: photographer
Organizations: Trains magazine
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Places of residence: Sacramento, California, USA
Place of death: Sacramento, California, USA
Associated Place (for map): California, USA

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Backwoods railroads of the West; a portfolio by Richard Steinheimer

Spectacular images. I'll have to read it again as the captions are superb.

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Railroad History Book Award

A Passion for Trains: The Railroad Photography of Richard Steinheimer (2005)

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Members: 213
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Rating: ½ 4.3

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