I'd recommend a book that no serious railfan should be without; "All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo" by Rogers E.M. Whitaker and Tony Hiss. I picked up my copy on Amazon about three years ago.
E.M. Frimbo (the self styled World's Greatest Railroad Buff) was the alter-ego of longtime The New Yorker writer, Rogers E. M. Whitaker. It is a series of short stories drawn from his New Yorker columns about railroads and train travel both in the United States and internationally. The stories share some interesting history and a number of them are also quite humorous. All in all, it is a great book for anyone who likes trains and can be read again and again.
Curt
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