Matheran, William Cope
Matheran is one of a trilogy of books on Indian Mountain railways by William Cope, showing how an essentially horizontal technology can deny the vertical. The journey begins at Bombay Victoria Terminal with the Deccan Express. Fifty miles later, passengers change at Neral Junction onto the 2 ft gauge Matheran Hill Railway. Nearly three hours, thirteen miles and 2,500 feet later, the train arrives in Matheran Hill, a former Hill Station of the British Raj. In this book, William Cope explores in image and text the often-difficult human stories behind the railway. His question: what does the railway mean?
The trilogy focuses on Indian mountain railways: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu, and the Matheran Hill Railway in Maharastra. In their precipitous landscapes, these three railways are without doubt beautiful. The pictures speak to that. However, in his introductory texts accompanying the photographs, William Cope also explores the often-difficult human stories behind each railway and every image. His question for these lines: what does the railway mean?
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William Cope traveled the lines photographed in these books in 1977, 1981, and 2013. His photographs can be found on the internet at The Rail Way.
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Specifications:
Perfect Bound
8” x 8” Inches
44 pages
Limited Edition of 100; numbered and signed
All images © William Cope
ISBN: 978-1-962415-03-3
Matheran is one of a trilogy of books on Indian Mountain railways by William Cope, showing how an essentially horizontal technology can deny the vertical. The journey begins at Bombay Victoria Terminal with the Deccan Express. Fifty miles later, passengers change at Neral Junction onto the 2 ft gauge Matheran Hill Railway. Nearly three hours, thirteen miles and 2,500 feet later, the train arrives in Matheran Hill, a former Hill Station of the British Raj. In this book, William Cope explores in image and text the often-difficult human stories behind the railway. His question: what does the railway mean?
The trilogy focuses on Indian mountain railways: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu, and the Matheran Hill Railway in Maharastra. In their precipitous landscapes, these three railways are without doubt beautiful. The pictures speak to that. However, in his introductory texts accompanying the photographs, William Cope also explores the often-difficult human stories behind each railway and every image. His question for these lines: what does the railway mean?
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William Cope traveled the lines photographed in these books in 1977, 1981, and 2013. His photographs can be found on the internet at The Rail Way.
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Specifications:
Perfect Bound
8” x 8” Inches
44 pages
Limited Edition of 100; numbered and signed
All images © William Cope
ISBN: 978-1-962415-03-3
Matheran is one of a trilogy of books on Indian Mountain railways by William Cope, showing how an essentially horizontal technology can deny the vertical. The journey begins at Bombay Victoria Terminal with the Deccan Express. Fifty miles later, passengers change at Neral Junction onto the 2 ft gauge Matheran Hill Railway. Nearly three hours, thirteen miles and 2,500 feet later, the train arrives in Matheran Hill, a former Hill Station of the British Raj. In this book, William Cope explores in image and text the often-difficult human stories behind the railway. His question: what does the railway mean?
The trilogy focuses on Indian mountain railways: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu, and the Matheran Hill Railway in Maharastra. In their precipitous landscapes, these three railways are without doubt beautiful. The pictures speak to that. However, in his introductory texts accompanying the photographs, William Cope also explores the often-difficult human stories behind each railway and every image. His question for these lines: what does the railway mean?
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William Cope traveled the lines photographed in these books in 1977, 1981, and 2013. His photographs can be found on the internet at The Rail Way.
———
Specifications:
Perfect Bound
8” x 8” Inches
44 pages
Limited Edition of 100; numbered and signed
All images © William Cope
ISBN: 978-1-962415-03-3