Railroad Books

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Books D - E

  • DAKOTA, MINNESOTA & EASTERN: A Modern Granger Railroad
    By Andy Cummings and Jerry Huddleston. Created in 1986 from former Chicago & North Western Railway lines in South Dakota and Minnesota, DM&E has struggled and prevailed to become part of the largest regional railroad system in the United States. The DM&E, extending from the Mississippi River to the Black Hills, has long been an agriculture-based or 'granger' railroad. Now the DM&E is again making history as it strives to become the newest railroad to haul coal from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming in order to fuel power plants of the Upper Midwest.
    136 pages, color photos, horizontal format, softbound. $34.95
  • DELAWARE & HUDSON IN COLOR: Volume 1
    By David R. Sweetland. The 1940s and early 1950s were the colorful transition years for the Delaware & Hudson moving from steam to diesel motive power. This photographic rail journey starts in 1946 at Albany and wanders north to Saratoga Springs, Fort Edward and Whitehall, with side trips to North Creek and Rutland before reaching the Canadian border at Rouses Point; over the subsidiary Napeirville Junction, the trip ends at Windsor Station. Another excursion takes you west to Binghamton and south to Wilkes-Barre. This book covers the D&H motive power and trains from 1946 through 1969.
    128 pages, over 180 large-format color photos, hardbound. $45.00
  • DELAWARE & HUDSON IN COLOR: Volume 3 - D&H in the Diesel Years
    By Jeffrey Plant and Jeremy Plant. Featuring the photography of Jim Shaughnessy and a dozen other notable lensmen, this book examines the D&H diesel evolution in several hundred across-the-system action scenes.
    128 pages, all-color photos, hardbound. $59.95
  • DELAWARE AND HUDSON STEAM IN COLOR
    By Chuck Yungkurth. D&H steam departed relatively early, making this all-color compilation quite rare. See everything from Camelbacks to Challengers at rest and work in more than 200 photos.
    128 pages, all color photos, hardbound. $54.95
  • DENVER & SALT LAKE 1913-1926
    By P.R. "Bob" Griswold. Two years after the death of David Moffat, his original Moffat Road - The Denver, Northwestern and Pacific - died, but the Moffat Road with the dream of its founder lived on as the Denver and Salt Lake. This is the second volume form the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club ("David Moffat's Denver Northwestern and Pacific" being the first) on the famous Moffat Road.
    272 pages, 183 photos, hardcover. $19.95
  • DENVER'S STREET RAILWAYS: Volume 1 - 1871-1900
    By Don Robertson, Morris Cafky and E.J. Haley. This volume begins with the horsecar era; these colorful little cars, with their tinkling bells, were a much-needed alternative to the horse and carriage for commuting. As expected, the horsecar line became profitable and stayed that way for years to come. Between 1885 and 1887, the Denver Tramway Company made history by operating the first electric streetcars via a conduit beneath its trackage on 15th Street in downtown Denver. The company later consolidated all of the competition to establish a single unified transit system in the city.
    352 pages, 60 detailed streetcar route maps, 282 photographs, hardcover. $49.00
  • DENVER'S STREET RAILWAYS: Volume 2 - 1901-1950
    By Don Robertson and Morris Cafky. With new technology in 1900, the horse-drawn streetcars and cable car were replaced with the "electric trolley car". This latest form of transit offered greater comfort, including heating, and far faster speeds for the travelling public. As Denver's population grew, more streetcars and routes were being added, emanating from the downtown Central Loop and extending outward, connecting with the suburban Denver & South Platte at Englewood. They lasted until 1950, when the streetcars were replaced with the gasoline-powered buses from General Motors running on Firestone tires, and using diesel fuel from Standard Oil Company.
    536 pages, 736 black and white and 50 color photos, 50 maps and streetcar schedules, hardbound. $75.00

  • DIESELS OF THE UNION PACIFIC 1934-1982: The Classic Era Volume 1
    By Don Strack. The most complete roster/pictorial book published to date, this two-volume set covers builders data and dispositions of each member of the western carrier's diesel-electric and turbine locomotive fleet as well as a varied selection of photographs detailing each model. From the early EMC E units and giant GE-built gas turbines to the varied EMD SD40-2 fleet that moved transcontinental freight into the 1980s, are all covered.
    224 pages, over 500 color and black and white photos, hardcover. $45.00

  • DIESELS OF THE UNION PACIFIC 1934-1982: The Classic Era Volume 2
    By Don Strack. The second volume of the set covers the 1000-series switchers and continues numerically upward with the road numbers to the end. Also included is a full chronology of the development of Union Pacific's diesel locomotive fleet, and a listing of all locomotive models and their quantities.
    176 pages, color and black and white photos, hardcover. $50.00

  • DINING AND BEVERAGE SERVICE CARS OF THE SANTA FE: Featuring Service by Fred Harvey
    By John B. McCall. For over ninety years, the names of the Santa Fe and Fred Harvey were synonymous with passenger trains and hospitality of the finest quality. In this volume, the author not only details the dining and beverage service cars once owned by the Santa Fe, but also explores that unique partnership between Santa Fe and Fred Harvey. Richly illustrated with hundreds of photos and period menus and ephemera, this book seeks to distill within the covers of one volume the very essence of what made Santa Fe a great railroad.
    336 pages, 116 in color, 659 black and white and 242 color photos, horizontal format, hardbound. $89.00

  • DINING CAR TO THE PACIFIC
    By William A. McKenzie. This book is a lavishly illustrated and richly detailed account of hospitality on the Northern Pacific Railway. The author includes authentic recipes used on the line, such as the Great Big Baked Potato and Washington Apple Pan Cake. This book will be a treasured addition to the libraries of historians, cooks, and anyone with nostalgia for the dining car experience.
    176 pages, 69 halftones, 6 line art, softbound. $24.95
  • DIXIE LINES: The Louisville & Nashville Railroad
    By David Oroszi and Ron Flanary. This new book features an all-color tour of the entire Louisville & Nashville system from Chicago to the Gulf Coast, and St. Louis to the Appalachian mountains.
    160 pages, 213 color photos, eight maps, hardbound. $64.95
  • "DOWN SOUTH" ON THE ROCK ISLAND
    By Steve Allen Goen. This book features Rock Island's colorful operations along the rarely-photographed southern portion of the system. See steam and early-day diesel locomotives on both freight and passenger trains such as the Cherokee, Twin Star Rocket, Golden State, and Choctaw Rocket. See doodlebugs on the Junior Rocket and Louisiana Rocket, depots, passenger equipment, mixed trains battling the rugged 3.6% grades of the Texas Panhandle, and a variety of mainline and branch line freights. This is the first time such an in-depth book has dared to feature this almost forgotten part of the Rock Island.
    128 pages, 250 color photographs, hardcover. $59.95
  • DRAGON STEEL: The Alco Action Album
    By Andy Romano. Alco closed out diesel locomotive production many years ago; however, the intense interest lingers for these fascinating engines. Between the covers of this book, we take a close book at these cab and booster units, as well as the many types of switchers and roadswitchers. Most roads are represented.
    128 pages, hardcover. $49.95
  • DULUTH, MISSABE AND IRON RANGE IN COLOR
    By David Schauer. Tour the fabled Missabe Road from the 1950s, when it was "discovered" as a last bastion of steam, into its diesel years.
    128 pages, all color photos, hardbound. $59.95
  • DULUTH, MISSABE & IRON RANGE RAILROAD
    By John Leopard. Tasked with hauling taconite pellets and ore from the region's iron mines to the ports of Lake Superior, the DM&IR is a cherished link to the region's past. This illustrated history traces the road's late-nineteenth century origins in the Duluth & Iron Range and the Duluth, Missabe & Northern railroads. The book's primary focus, however, is on the period from 1937 - the year those two roads merged under U.S. Steel - to today and the road's current ownership by Canadian National.
    160 pages, color photos, hardbound. $34.95
  • EDAVILLE RAILROAD STRUCTURES
    By Peter S. Barney. This book contains photos, plans (drawn in various scales) and data on many structures of Edaville in use from 1946 to 1999, with exterior and some interior photos and dimensions. What makes this book so valuable to Edaville and two-foot gauge railfans is that, with the exception of the "Agway" metal building, all structures from this period, stations, the watertank, engine house, machine shop, and small buildings have been removed by the new operators of the railroad.
    52 pages, black and white photos, spiral-bound, softcover. $24.95
  • ELECTRIC WAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
    By Richard Steinheimer. Through the rugged Western mountains of Montana, Idaho and Washington, the Milwaukee Road electrification powered heavy-duty railroading in a challenging environment. Steinheimer's classic interpretive photographs and stories have no peer as an account of what the men and machines of this operation were like. Second edition with added photographs and other material.
    188 pages, black and white photos with color section, hardbound. $65.00

  • EMD EARLY ROAD SWITCHERS: GP7-GP20 Locomotives
    By Brian Solomon. Diesel - the most significant development in railway technology during the 20th century - resulted in locomotives that were more powerful, faster, more reliable, and more versatile than anything that came before. This book is an authoritative and richly illustrated account of EMD's General Purpose models GP7-GP20 and details these early road switchers' place in history. Electro-Motive's famous 1500 hp, 16-cylinder 567 diesel electric engine is also covered extensively. 
    112 pages, over 200 color and black and white photos, softbound. $24.95

  • EMD F-UNIT LOCOMOTIVES
    By Brian Solomon. This book covers the F from its humble beginnings to a time when virtually every railroad operated F units, and beyond. It displays the F-unit's distinctive livery in just about every setting across the American landscale. Feel the power of the 567 engine as you learn about its specifications in detail. Read about the challenges faced by this phenomenon in freight and passenger service, how they were overcome, and why the F-unit is still regarded as one of the most fascinating locomotives in railroading. 
    112 pages, over 300 rare color and black and white photos, softcover. $24.95
  • AN EMPIRE OF SILVER
    By Robert L. Brown. Set in the spectacularly beautiful region of the San Juans in southwestern Colorado, this illustrated volume covers an especially fascinating and colorful history of hard rock mining in the Centennial State. This region is unlike other mountain districts in Colorado, and its mining history is highly dramatic.
    224 pages, 220 photos, hardcover. $39.00
  • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH AMERICAN RAILROADS
    Edited by William D. Middleton, George M. Smerk, and Roberta L. Diehl. Lavishly illustrated, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent's railroads covers the US, Canadian, Mexican, Central American and Cuban systems. The encyclopedia's overarching theme is the evolution of the railroad industry and the historical impact of its progress on the North American continent.  
    1296 pages, 543 black and white photos, 59 maps, hardcover. $99.95
  • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WESTERN RAILROAD HISTORY Volume 3: Oregon and Washington
    By Donald B. Robertson. This book catalogs virtually every steam railroad that owned or operated ten more miles of track as a common carrier in Oregon and Washington. The author's emphasis is on the beginnings of railroads. Robertson has distilled tens of thousands of printed pages from several sources: railroading manuals, newspapers, US Geological Survey maps, university libraries and historical societies.
    338 pages with illustrations, maps, plus a comprehensive index of Volumes 1-3 inclusive, hardcover. $34.95
  • ERIE LACKAWANNA IN COLOR: Volume Six - The Color Photography of William J. Brennan
    By John R. Canfield. Noted EL photographer Bill Brennan shows his best work on through trains, freight and some commuter operations. Features exquisite night work.
    128 pages, all-color photos, hardbound. $59.95

  • ERIE LACKAWANNA THROUGH PASSENGER SERVICE IN COLOR: Volume 1 - 1960-1965
    By John J. Boehner. A train-by-train analysis of Erie Lackawanna's long-distance service in its early years. The author looks at every aspect of the road's intercity passenger department in this unique book.
    128 pages, all-color photos, hardbound. $59.95

  • EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE
    By J. Parker Lamb. The diesel locomotive sent shockwaves through rigid corporate cultures and staid government regulators. For some, the new technology promised to be a source of enormous profits; for others, the railroad industry seemed a threat to their very livelihoods. 
    216 pages, 160 black and white photos, hardcover. $39.95
  • THE EVOLUTION OF NEW YORK SUBWAYS: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars 1967-1997
    By Gene Samsone. This book offers an extensive array of photographs, line drawings, and stories about the city's most treasured railcars. Subway buffs, railfans, students of New York City history and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this authoritative account. MTA New York City Transit and Samsone provide a record of the the rolling stock that helped make New York City of the great cities of the world.
    424 pages, 370 halftones and 170 line drawings, hardbound. $49.95