Book Review: The Call of Trains: Railroad Photographs by Jim Shaughnessy (with text by Jeff Brouws) I took me a while to assemble my thoughts for this review, due to the depth of material presented. I explored the work from many angles, trying my best to understand the photographer and what drives him. The theme of this review will be creativity within the greater context. Going back to our theme of context, I am going to try to offer my impressions of The Call of Trains based on my own unique experiences as a young photographer.
	August 4, 2008 - This time we’re under fire Despite all the claims from Homeland Security about making the areas around them safer from intrusion, railroads are generally wide open and clearly exposed to threat. In the days and years before the 9/11 attacks, there have been all sorts of security issues with regards to railroads. You cannot feasibly fence off all rail lines or build some sort of barriers around them. So as a result of this shortcoming, any nutcase, kook or weirdo can wreak some sort of havoc around the railroad. In many instances, some of these nut jobs decide it is funny or amusing to open fire on passing trains. It is by no means rare and has been happening for years. I have been a target on more than one instance in my career. So with that in mind, we will look at open season on trains, from the receiving end.
	100 Years Young: Chicago Aurora & Elgin 308 By late summer 2005, exterior restoration of the 308 was substantially completed with final application of its 1950-era paint job. This livery was known by railfans as the "red white and blue" paint scheme, and known by the CA&E as its "Early American" livery.
	Arcade and Attica Railroad 44-tonners in G Scale For me, it was love at first sight. The A&A owned two different 44-tonners, and also a 65-tonner. Each was quite similar in appearance, but each also had their special traits. I wanted one of each.
	January 18, 2008 - Untitled As some of you along the HTOTHI network are aware, we had some vicious storms sweep through the Midwest on Monday January 7th. The Chicago area and state of Illinois were not exempt. A tremendous amount of rain fell upon the region in a short period of time causing floods and all sorts of other chaos. In some areas there were tornadoes and high winds to wreak havoc along with the rain and flood waters. Let’s see, it is January, winter time and 57° F. What’s wrong with this picture?

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