Robert W. Richardson

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Robert W. Richardson, also known as Bob Richardson (May 21, 1910, Rochester, Pennsylvania - February 23, 2007, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania^[1]) was an American writer and narrow gauge railway preservationist.

Richardson moved with his parents to Akron, Ohio in 1915, and attended high school there. He started a small print shop, which closed in 1937. A keen philatelist, he worked for George Linn as the second editor of Linn's Weekly Stamp News. In the 1940s, working as an advertising rep, he made repeated trips to Colorado to tour the narrow gauge railways there. In 1948 he moved to Alamosa and opened the Narrow Gauge Motel there. He edited Narrow Gauge News from 1948 to 1958, and published various books chronicling narrow gauge railways. He co-founded the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1958, serving as Executive Director until 1991. The Museum's library is named after him.^[2]

[edit] Works

• Chasing trains : the lifetime story of the founder of the Colorado Railroad Museum, 1995

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Works by or about Robert W. Richardson in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• 'A Colorado Life - Love for trains kept career chugging for decades', Denver Post obituary