S. Blackwell Duncan

Only a person who likes Colorado and their railroads would buy this book. It consists of "602 Questions To Test Your Knowledge" of facts, both general and extremely obscure, of Colorado railroading lore. The order of the questions is so random that the author either used a random number generator or made sure each question had no relation to the next. The answers are posed in such a way as to make you look twice at them. For instance, "What gauge, in inches, was the Colorado and Southeastern Railroad?" Don't jump to the obvious answer on this one. There are some very silly answers as well. "How did the Rio Grande Southern Railroad announce the arrival of passenger trains in Telluride?" It's a silly read and one of these days I'll have to create an index for it!… (mais)