Niemann, Linda (Author)
Indiana University Press
Edition Details: Book Series: Railroads past and present
Physical Details: 151
Language: English
Culled from the 20 years she spent traveling the American West as a freight brakeman and conductor, Linda Grant Niemann's Railroad Noir delves into the darker side of railroading. The 1990s were a time of crisis for workers caught in the breakup of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Niemann's tales of exhaustion, alcoholism, homelessness, and corporate blundering present a revelatory account of railroading life. Photographer Joel Jensen realizes Niemann’s vision of the working West with images of cowboy bars, blue motels, and railroaders working in electrical storms, white-outs, and desert heat waves. The result is an honest, gritty, and striking collaboration.
...MoreReview Dan Cupper (Spring/Summer 2011) Review of "Railroad noir: The American West at the end of the twentieth century". Railroad History (pp. 89-90).
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