American Freight Train

Born in Dixon, Illinois, in 1941, Jim Boyd had a deep interest in railroading almost from the start. This fascination with railroads and how they operated eventually manifested itself into a career for Jim, who in the 1960s worked as a traveling locomotive inspector for the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. Early in the 1970s he also worked in freight-train service on the Illinois Central Railroad, and then went on to covering railroads from a journalistic aspect. From 1974 to 1997, Jim served as editor of Railfan and Railroad Magazine, documenting the ever-changing railroad industry. In addition, Jim has authored a number of railroad books--this being his sixth--and scripted and narrated more than two dozen rail videotapesBoyd, Jim is the author of 'American Freight Train' with ISBN 9780760308332 and ISBN 0760308330.