Each new railway book by writer-photographer Greg McDonnell is cause for celebration. Rites of Passage, his most personal book to date, is a collection of images and essays drawn from a 35-year effort to capture and chronicle the magic of Canadian railroading, an effort that began with a young boy pointing a borrowed Brownie at a pair of olive-green GMDIs looming out of the early morning fog and quickly grew to be a lifelong passion. Rites of Passage is vintage McDonnell, a sensual feast of boiler steam and diesel smoke, high iron and midnight runs across the prairies, wistful memories and critical analysis.