Very cool detective book about trains in the '50s

That looks like a good book Lee. I've added it to my next book order. Thanks. 

 

I think that this is the locomotive depicted on the cover.  (More details at http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17148279 )

 

Better than Rex Stout? Sacrilege, Lee. Sacrilege! (Looks like an intriguing book, though)

If you want a thriller that is specifically about a guy who wrecks trains, check out The Wrecker by Clive Cusler.  Top drawer!

Lee,

  Sounds like a great read, might need to pick it up also. 

 

POTRZBE,

    The Clive Cluster is a good read also, no doubt about it.

 

PCRR/Dave

nicole, is there anything you don't know???

Sounds interesting. I just downloaded it on my iPad via iBooks. $4.99. Not bad. I was looking for something new to read. Thanks!

$2.99 in the Kindle Store.

 There's lots and lots that I don't know. But I do know how to do research. 

 

Here's a link to some details of the Chicago Railroad Fair. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Railroad_Fair

Nicole - don't blame it on the internet - I've been amazed by the breadth and detail of what you know, and your eye for detail.

 

The Chicago Railroad Fair sounds like it would have been VERY cool, doesn't it.  Wow! 

 

BTW - my wife and I were watching a show from the "other side of the Pond" last night, Midsomer Murders, either the second or third show that Neil Dudgeon plays Inspector Barnaby, Echoes of the Dead I think it was.  It was full of Southern Railway steam locos from the opening scenes through to the end (one of the murders even takes place in a train station).  I was thinking of your "Southern Ladies" as I was watching all the big steam, from what I think was a 2-10-2 (only saw it twice, briefly) to several tank engines the cops crawled around in, all running. Nice

 

The train related stories by Clive Cussler start with "The Chase". This is the first in what will probably be an occasional series of tales centered around the life and times of the central character Isaac Bell. Very good writing by Mr. Cussler-- this was the first book of his I ever read. Highly reccomended!

I finished it today.  It was a pretty good mystery, not the greatest I read, and not quite equal to the book that got me hooked on this author, Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, (story of their first case together) which is frankly the best Nero Wolfe book I have ever read.  However, this was a good mystery, the Chicago Railroad Fair was very much fun here, and (not spoiling the plot) any book with Walt Disney talking about driving the DeWitt Clinton has got to be unique!

That looks like an interesting book!  Remind me that I need to finish Murder on the Orient Express... not that I don't already know how it ends.

 

Speaking of Poirot, the TV series are absolutely full of trains.

 

Aaron

"The Chase" was also my first Clive Cussler book and I enjoyed it very much. I wasn't crazy about the brutality of the bad guy. Reminded me of a Nazi. Later on I got "The Wrecker". Also a good book.

 

I very much like railroad fiction. I have two other books, one is a collection of short stories called "Short Lines" edited by Rob Johnson. As you would expect some of the stories are better than others but I enjoyed this book too. The most recent railroad fiction book I got was a book that I won at the METCA 50th Anniversary Dinner held at the NJ Hi-Railers in 2011. The book is called "On the Blue Comet" by Rosemary Wells and it is intended for young adults. It is a bout a boy who is magically transforms into a small person and then rides on a Lionel Standard gauge Blue Comet. I know it sounds silly but I do not want to give away the story. Before reading the book I thought to myself 'I bet this book is dumb' but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the book. It was an exciting story that I could not put down. I am a person who enjoys all those Disney and Pixar computer animated movies like Nemo, Meet the Robinsons, Robots, Monsters, etc. Usually I watch them with my grandchildren but some of them I like enough to watch by myself. So if any of you like that kind of stuff then you'll probably like "On the Blue Comet".

 

Lee, thanks for the heads up. I will put that book on my list to buy.

Hey - I agree with you.  On the Blue Comet is a very find book and story.  Yes, its aimed at kids, but, well, I'm a kid inside.  Who of us didn't at one time or another imagine being very small and riding on a toy train/airplane/car?