Ball, Don

Don Ball, Jr., born in 1938, was a resident of Chester, Vermont . He was a railway consultant, photographer and author. His eight books included Portrait of the Rails, Railroads, an American Journey, and America's Colorful Railroads . He was director of the Steamtown Foundation, which operates Steamtown U.S.A., a railroad museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and formerly of Bellows Falls, Vermont .

Mr. Ball died at the age of 48 on 15 October 1986, in Norwalk, Connecticut .

From the guide to the Don Ball, Jr. Railroad Photograph Collection., undated, 1895-1975., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center .)