Colorado Railroad Museum - Golden, Colorado

RAILROAD HISTORY ON AMERICAN POSTAGE STAMPS
By Anthony J. Bianculli. Covering a span of two centuries, this book tells the stories behind the many United States postage stamps that portray railroad history. Almost 200 stamps depicting railroading highlights, including land grants, the completion of the transcontinental railroad, railroad heroes (from John Henry to Casey Jones), and equipment, from famous locomotives to workaday freight cars, are described in fascinating vignettes throughout the book. Extensively researched by the author over a period of more than two years, this book treats the reader to a treasure trove of little-known yet interesting facts that capture the attention from first page to last.
280 pages, over 100 stamp images, softbound. $35.00

RAILROAD LOCKS AND KEYS: Volume 1 - The Adams & Westlake Company
By Richard C. Barrett and Joseph Gross. This book includes photographs of almost 2600 keys and catalog cuts of A&W railroad locks. The authors were given full access to A&W's master key collection, their lock sales records and their key sales records. The A&W records are augmented with additional research. This book has an enormous amount of information which goes back to the 1880s.
240 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $44.95

RAILROAD LOGGING IN THE KLAMATH COUNTRY
By Jack Bowden. Southern Oregon's Klamath area was home to some truly great logging railroads, but because the area is somewhat remote, we never seem to get much detail on them, until now. The author has amassed a wealth of information and photos of these lines, and you're going to like what you see. Alagoma, Pelican Bay, Lamm, Shaw-Bertram, Wheeler-Ohlmstead, Brooks-Scanlon, Shevlin-Hicks, OC&E, Medco, Weyerhauser are all here and more.
336 pages, black and white photos, hardbound. $49.95

RAILROAD MAPS
By David Cooley. Concise, clear maps of today's railroading presented by subdivision for ease in following your favorite line. Pocket-sized reference includes station index, locations of detectors and tunnels, and shows major rivers and highways.
- Arizona and New Mexico - BNSF Railway, Union Pacific, Apache Railway, Arizona & California, Arizona Eastern, BHP Copper, Clarkdale Arizona Central, Copper Basin, Grand Canyon, San Pedro & Southwestern, Santa Fe Southern, Southwestern, and Texas & New Mexico.
  39 pages. $10.00
- California - Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, Almanor Railroad, Arizona & California, California Northern, California Western, Central California Traction, Central Oregon & Pacific, Lake County, McCloud Railway, Modesto Empire Traction, Modoc Northern, Napa Valley, Quincy Railroad, San Diego & Imperial Valley, San Diego Northern, San Joaquin Valley, Santa Maria Valley, Sierra Northern, Stockton Terminal & Eastern, Trona Railway, Ventura County, West Isle Line, and Yreka Western.
  71 pages. $16.00
- Montana - BNSF Railway, Montana Rail Link, Central Montana, Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western, Montana Western, Rarus, and Union Pacific.
  39 pages. $10.00
- Nevada, Utah and Southern Idaho - Union Pacific, BHP Nevada, Eastern Idaho, Idaho Nothern & Pacific, Nevada Industrial Switch, Salt Lake City Southern, Salt Lake, Garfield & Western, Utah Central, Utah Railway, and Virginia & Truckee.
  43 pages. $10.00
- Oregon - Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, Albany & Eastern, Central Oregon & Pacific, City of Prineville, Idaho, Northern & Pacific, Lake County Railroad, Longview, Portland & Northern, Klamath Northern, Modoc Northern, Mt. Hood Railway, Oregon Pacific, Palouse River & Coulee City, Port of Tillamook Bay, Portland & Western, Wallowa Union, Willamette Valley, and Wyoming Colorado.
  39 pages. $10.00
- Texas - Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern, Alamo Gulf Coast, Austin Area Terminal, Blacklands Railroad, Border Pacific, Dallas, Garland & Northern, Fort Worth & Western, Gulf, Colorado & San Saba, Point Comfort & Northern, Panhandle Northern, Pecos Valley Southern, Rio Valley, Rockdale, Sandow & Southern, Southwestern, Texas-Mexican, Texas - New Mexico, Timber Rock, Texas Northeastern, Texas North Western, Texas Oklahoma, Texas - Pacifico, and West Texas & Lubbock.
  87 pages. $18.50
- Washington and Northern Idaho - BNSF Railway, Union Pacific, Camas Prairie RailNet, Cascade & Columbia River, Columbia Basin, Meeker Southern, Montana Rail Link, Palouse River & Coulee City, Pend Oreille Valley, Puget Sound & Pacific, St. Maries River, Tacoma Rail, and Toppenish, Simcoe & Western.
  39 pages. $10.00

THE RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR
By August Mencken. An illustrated history of the first hundred years, and accounts by contemporary passengers. Published in 195 7, "The Railroad Passenger Car" supplies a detailed and highly entertaining narrative, richly illustrated with working drawings, cutaway images, and early photographs. New to this edition is an introduction by Courtney B. Wilson, executive director of the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.
232 pages, hardbound. $27.95

RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY: Western States by Robert O. Hale
By Donald Duke. Hale first photographed around San Diego. He found that the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal was a fascinating place, covered Cajon Pass like a blanket, Cuesta Grade on the Southern Pacific, Tehachapi Pass with both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific, the San Francisco Bay area, the Union Pacific mainline between Ogden and Cheyenne, and much more.
118 pages, 226 black and white photos and illustrations, horizontal format, softbound. $36.95

RAILROAD SHUTTERBUG: Jim Fredrickson's Northern Pacific
By Jim Fredrickson. When a youngster in 1936, Jim Fredrickson took his first railroad photo of a class A-2 locomotive at Butte, Montana. Soon, railroad men in Tacoma, Washington, were regularly seeing the "kid with a camera" in the rail yards an along the tracks. In 1943, the chief dispatcher at Tacoma's Union Station told Fredrickson, yet a high school student, "You're hanging around here all the time, you might as well go to work." Fredrickson became a callboy. It was his first job in his 38-year career with the Northern Pacific's telegraph and transportation departments. This book covers his recollection of life as a photographer.
Black and white and color photos, horizontal format, hardbound. $45.00
Softbound - $27.95

RAILROAD SIGNALING
By Brian Solomon. This complete and illustrated guide to railroad signaling in the US simplifies and presents the utterly bewildering array of mechanisms, procedures, and rules that have evolved since the 1830s to promote safety, impose control, and disseminate information on America's railways. Photos of equipment and explanations of not only how it works, but how it is used and what it all means. The result is a fascinating look at the development of communication on the rails, from the days when slips of paper describing an engineer's track orders were held on a metal hook for him to grab on the fly, to today, when instructions are transmitted via computer.
160 pages, 155 color and black and white photos, hardbound. $34.95

RAILROAD STATIONS AND TRAINS THROUGH ARKANSAS AND THE SOUTHWEST
By Clifton E. Hull. Includes stations and operational details of the six major roads of Arkansas: Rock Island, Mopac, Frisco, Cotton Belt, Missouri & North Arkansas, and Kansas City Southern. Photographic coverage includes Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
120 pages, color and black and white photos, hardbound. $29.95

THE RAILROAD THAT CAME OUT AT NIGHT
By Frank Kyper. Fascinating tales of Boston railroading: B&M Fore River, Union Freight South Station, Hoot Toot & Whistle, Flying Scotsman, first railfan trip.
72 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $12.95

RAILROADIANA: The Official Price Guide for the Year 2000 and Beyond
By Bill and Sue Knous. The practice of collecting railroad memorabilia has gone a long way beyond a hobby today. Pieces that once were thrown away by the railroads have become treasured items for many railroad enthusiasts. Because of this fascination, the wonderful relics have escalated in values way beyond one's imagination. This guide features thousands of items with over 900 photographs to help in your collecting endeavors. This is the premier book for the railroadiana collector.
350 pages, softbound. $30.00

RAILROADING IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO 1958-1969
By Robert P. Olmsted. This book covers some of the most exciting years in the history of Chicago railroading. You'll see pre-merger favorites like Monon, PRR, C&NW, Milwaukee Road, Erie Lackawanna, CB&Q, New York Central, C&EI, C&O/B&O and, of course, the Santa Fe. There is an interesting mix of passenger and freight trains pulled by a variety of motive power, including E8s, Alco PAs, RS3s, and many more.
52 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $18.95

RAILROADING IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO 1958-1969: Volume 2
By Robert P. Olmsted. This book features a wide variety of railroads and motive power from Chicago's most interesting diesel years, from 1958 to 1969. Subjects include the South Wind with ACL power, Monon, C&EI, a Milwaukee Road Skytop Lounge on the Afternoon Hiawatha, and of course, lots of the favorites - PRR, NYC, CBQ, ATSF, and others.
48 pages, 62 black and white photos, softbound. $18.95

RAILROADS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA: An Illustrated History
By Claude Wiatrowski. From the first steam-powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century to today's high-speed commuter trains, the North American railroad is a great engine powering growth and industry. This is an entertaining account of railroading in the United States and Canada, lavishly illustrated with vintage and modern photographs, period advertisements, maps, timetables, postcards, brochures and more.
256 pages, over 500 color and black and white photos, index, hardbound. $29.95

RAILROADS OF ARIZONA: Volume 5 - Santa Fe to Phoenix
By David F. Myrick. A new Santa Fe volume in the acclaimed series of books about Arizona railroading. It is a history of efforts to construct a north-south railroad connecting Phoenix with the Santa Fe main line in northern Arizona, as well as the operations of that and connected lines, such as the route to California with a Colorado River bridge at Parker.
280 pages, 261 photos and 29 maps, hardbound. $65.00

RAILROADS OF COLORADO: Your Guide to Colorado's Historic Trains and Railway Sites
By Claude Wiatrowski. This book explores the fascination these improbable railways inspire and transports the reader back a century, providing the history of these unique railroads, the engineering that paved their way into the mountains, and the men who built and ran them. Explore both ghosts of long-gone trains that haunt the mountains and the restored trains whose whistles still echo off those granite peaks.
160 pages, 165 color and 25 black and white photos, index, bibliography, hardbound. $29.95

RAILROADS OF INDIANA
By Richard S. Simons and Francis Parker. This book provides and exhaustive description while detailing the fascinating history of Hoosier railroads, from that first ride to the present. See Indiana railroads as passing through five distinct eras: 1830 to 1860, 1860 to 1900, 1900 to 1930, 1930 to 1960, and 1960 to 1996. The broad themes of Indiana railroad history are sketched within the framework of these periods. A brief synopsis of each individual railroad system, tracing the corporate and physical growth and transition of each.
320 pages, 91 black and white photos, 10 figures, 28 maps, hardcover. $49.95

RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA: Volume 1 - The Northern Railroads
By David Myrick. A comprehensive record of over 43 railroads of northern Nevada. First published in 1962, this book is available again. Volume 1 begins with the history covering the sprawling network of the northern railroads, including the Austin City Railway, Mid Pacific Railroad, Nevada-California-Oregon Railway and Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Co. New preface is included by Myrick.
472 pages, hardcover. $75.00

RAILROADS OF NORTH AMERICA
By Joseph Gross. This book is a list of railroad names taken from Poor's Manuals, Moody's Manuals, Official Guides, and any other publications or documents which showed the railroad names. New sections have been added to that including railroad slogans, monikers (comical names applied to railroads by employees or customers), and one of private railroads (lumber, logging, mining and quarrying lines).
280 pages, black and white photos, hardcover. $49.95

RAILROADS OF THE OHIO VALLEY 1947-1960: Volume 2 - Huntington, West Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio
By Willard A. Harvey Jr. This book is set during the transition period from heavy steam locomotives to diesels, and features the operation of eight major railroads that served the Valley. The major railroads in the area were the Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western and the Baltimore & Ohio, with lesser involvement from the Pennsylvania, Southern, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton and the Louisville & Nashville. Particular attention is given to the operations around the Cincinnati Union Terminal.
96 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $24.95

RAILROADS OF THE OHIO VALLEY 1947-1960: Volume 3 - Aurora, Indiana to Cairo, Illinois
By Willard A. Harvey Jr. This book is set during the transition period from heavy steam locomotives to diesel, and features the operations of twelve major railroads that served the Ohio Valley. The book has extensive maps for each railroad and documents every bridge crossing the Ohio. Particular attention is given to the region around the Louisville area.
96 pages, over 160 photos and maps, softcover. $24.95

RAILROADS OF THE OHIO VALLEY 1947-1960: Volume 4 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Parkersburgh, West Virginia
By Willard A. Harvey Jr. This book deals with changes in traffic levels, mergers, motive power, technology and the steel industry. A color section portrays the colorful locomotives and trains of the last 32 years of the twentieth century. In addition to Class One roads, shortline and industrial roads are covered.
96 pages, black and white photos, 16-page color section, softcover. $29.95

RAILROADS OF OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS
By William Kratville. This book documents the transformations that took place in the railroad industry and the impact those changes made on these two cities, as well as the rest of the country. The creation of the "streamlined" passenger train, the transition from steam to diesel power, the golden years of Omaha's Union Station, and the revolution of railroad frieght service through mergers and government deregulation are just some of the events explored in this fascinating book.
128 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $19.99

RAILROADS OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION 1870-1900
By Allan C. Lewis. In this compelling volume a fascinating assortment of vintage images, many never before published, tell the unique tale of railroading in the Pikes Peak region, including its impact on such communities as Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou Springs, as well as the outlying areas. Illustrating an array of topics from the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad to the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway, from rail-related business and industry to the citizens whose livelihoods depended on them, this retrospective chronicles the many contributions of the iron horse to the prosperity of the scenic Pikes Peak region.
128 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $19.99

RAILROADS OF THE PINE TREE STATE: A Color Pictorial Volume 1
By Don Marson and Brian Jennison. Featured in this pictorial are excellent renditions of Maine's colorful railroads. See the Boston & Maine, Grant Trunk, Maine Central, Bangor & Aroostook, Canadian Pacific and short lines, such at the Belfast & Moosehead Lake, operating through some of the nations most spectacular scenery. Don't miss all the color and action.
144 pages, all-color photos, hardcover. $49.95

RAILROADS OF THE PINE TREE STATE: A Color Pictorial Volume 2
By G. Donald Marson and Brian Jennison. A continuation of the pictorial history of the railroads of Maine since 1950. Since 1980, nearly every aspect of railroad operations in Maine has changed in some manner. Including the consolidation of railroads, the embargo or abandonment of certain lines, the outright sale of properties and the stat-up of new regional and shortline railroads.
144 pages, hardcover. $49.95

RAILS AROUND DENVER
By Allan C. Lewis. At the height of America's post-Civil War expansion, Colorado Territory was a land of great hope and opportunity. Forged at the confluence of commerce and geography, Colorado became a state in 1876, and Denver, the Queen City of the Plains. To address the growing need for efficient transportation throughout the state, early railroads such as the Kansas Pacific and the Denver and Rio Grande were built in the 1870s. Serving all of these routes was the Denver Union Depot with its commodious dual-gauged tracks.
128 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $19.99

RAILS AROUND DURANGO
By Allan C. Lewis. In the 1880s, the Denver & Rio Grande began building its three-foot railroad toward the San Juan Mountains alongside the Animas River and the budding community of Durango. The D&RG quickly established itself in Durango, constructiong a depot as well as a 45-mile connection to the regional mining hub of Silverton. By the end of World War II, declining freight volumes left the future of the railroad in doubt, but by the late 1940s, a growing number of train enthusiasts were journeying to Durango for one last ride. The new popularity of the Silverton Branch brought railfans to the area in increasing numbers through the 1950s. Today, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad continues to preserve the region's railroading past and has become a unique aspect of the history of southwestern Colorado.
128 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $19.99

RAILS AROUND HELPER
By SueAnn Martell and the Western Mining and Railroad Museum. In 1880, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was hard-pressed to find a suitable rail route from Grand Junction to Salt Lake City. With the coal deposits of eastern Utah luring them on, railroad officials chose a difficult route over Soldier Summit. The railroad established the town where "helper" engines were attached to the heavy trains, and Helper grew into a division point with branch operations that reached into the nearby canyons to serve the blossoming coal industry.
128 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $19.99

RAILS THROUGH THE WIREGRASS: A History of the Georgia & Florida Railroad
By H. Roger Grant. The Georgia & Florida Railroad began with bright promise, but like many other enterprises in the early 20th-century South, it experienced hard times. The story begins in 1906 when - responding to a perceived need for better connections to northern markets - a group of entrepreneurs led by prominent Virginia banker John Skelton Williams began to cobble together logging shortlines to create more than 350 miles of railroad connecting Augusta, Georgia, with Madison, Florida.
223 pages, black and white photos, hardbound. $36.00

RAILS THRU THE GORGE: A Mile By Mile Guide For the Royal Gorge Route
By Doris B. Osterwald. This guidebook covers not only the railroad, but the geology and history of the area. With both color and black and white photos, as well as maps and track diagrams, the reader will follow the tracks as they were put in by the Denver & Rio Grande and the turmoil with the Santa Fe Railroad, better known as the "Royal Gorge War". See the gorge from the bottom up and the top down. A "must" for the railfan trip through the gorge.
170 pages, softbound. $14.95

RAILSCAPES: A Northern Pacific Brasspounder's Album
By Jim Fredrickson. Since his teens, the author has captured on film both ordinary workhorse trains as well as special, magnificent, vintage, and futuristic trains. Drawn from his immense collection of railroad photographs, this book features sections on train wrecks, premier passenger trains, branch lines, railroad folks, and more. Brimming with a trainman's vivid memories, this exceptional album is filled with the author's unbounded enthusiasm, love and respect for the whole world of trains. Furnishing detailed, often eyewitness accounts of more than six decades of American railroading, and offers an insider's insights on the business of moving men and materials via the great steel ribbons that connected the Pacific Northwest with the rest of the world.
160 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $29.95

RAILWAY MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT
By Brian Solomon. With countless tons of steel and freight rumbling over them day and night, wearing down rails and vibrating ties loose from their ballast, not to mention constant exposure to the elements, railroad tracks take quite a beating. This book examines the different types of specialized machinery that railroads use to maintain and mend tracks and other property, as well as how this unique equipment works.
128 pages, color and black and white photos, softbound. $24.95

RAILWAY REFLECTIONS: A Historical Review of Utah Railroads
By Stephen L. Carr. This book tells the story of Utah railroads in a format that allows the reader to experience the triumph of man and machine through the eyes of one of America's premier railroad artists, Gil Bennett. Through Bennett's art, the reader relives the experiences, equipment and locations that make Utah unique.
98 pages, all-color illustrations, hardbound. $29.95

RAYONIER
By James Spencer. Detailing the heyday of steam - and the entrance of diesel onto the property - this volume outlines the logging operations when trains ran daily out of Railroad Camp near Hoquiam, Washington, and through the treacherous Clallam Branch, near the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Follow along as the Rayonier logging story is told in text, train crew stories "tell it like it was", and numerous action and roster shots of the men and equipment.
164 pages, hardcover. $42.95

READING COLOR GUIDE TO FREIGHT AND PASSENGER EQUIPMENT
By Craig Bossler. Over 300 of Reading Company's passenger and freight cars are portrayed in sharp, clear, color photographs. Ranging from the postwar period through the 1960s, right up to Conrail, the photos are detailed with expert text by author Bossler.
128 pages, color photos, hardcover. $49.95

REBIRTH OF THE JUPITER AND THE 119: Building the Replica Locomotives at Golden Spike
By Robert R. Dowty. The author, master mechanic for the locomotives at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, recounts the painstaking five-year process of recreating the steam locomotives that met at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869 for the ceremony marking the completion of America's first transcontinental railroad.
48 pages, dozens of duotone photos, softbound. $6.95

REFRIGERATOR CAR COLOR GUIDE
By Gene Green. A look at the operation and roster of privately-owned ice-bunker reefer cars in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Contains a sequence of the icing process atop an icing dock in 1962.
128 pages, all-color photos, hardbound. $59.95

REGIONAL RAILROADS OF THE MIDWEST
By Steve Glischinksi. This book celebrates and chronicles twelve of the Midwest's most notable regional railroads: Chicago Central & Pacific, Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern, Escanaba & Lake Superior, Indiana Rail Road, Kyle Railroad, Iowa, Chicago & Eastern, Iowa Interstate Railroad, Red River Valley & Western, Toledo, Peoria & Western, Twin Cities & Western, Wisconsin Central, and Wisconsin & Southern. System maps are also featured.
160 pages, all color photos, hardcover. $36.95

REMARKABLE RAILROAD PASSES OF OTTO MEARS
By William Strong. A booklet on the famous silver passes issued by Otto Mears. Lists the different passes, to whom and when they were issued.
35 pages, softbound. $6.95

REMEMBERING MIDWESTERN ALCOS
By Robert P. Olmsted. This hardcover book contains photographs showing plenty of ALCO smoke and action on the following five Midwestern railroads: Chicago & North Western, Green Bay & Western, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, Missabe Road, and Monon Route.
80 pages, black and white photographs, hardcover. $31.50

RIDING THE HIGH WIRE: Aerial Mine Tramways in the West
By Robert A. Trennert. This is the first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways in the American West, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. The author shows how the mid-nineteenth century development of wire rope manufacturing made it possible for American entrepreneurs such as Andrew S. Hallidie and Charles Huson to begin erecting single rope tramways in the 1870s and 1880s.
140 pages, black and white photos and illustrations, hardbound. $19.95

RIO GRANDE CAR PLANS
Edited by Robert J. Wayner. Copies of plans for the rolling stock of the Denver & Rio Grande Western through 1969, including both standard and narrow gauges and passenger and freight cars. Reprint.
56 pages, black and white, album format, softbound. $21.95

RIO GRANDE COLOR PICTORIAL: Volume 1 - 1930-1950
By P. Allen Copeland. The scope of this first all-color pictorial encopasses the time frame 1938 to 1957, a period that covers the railroad's conversion from steam to diesel-electric locomotives. There are rare photos ranging from D&SL/D&RGW steam to early first generation diesels in original paint schemes.
128 pages, all color photos, hardbound. $59.95

RIO GRANDE DIESELS: Volume 3
By Joseph Strapac. The last in the trilogy. Features include the last of Rio Grande diesels and other all-time diesel era equipment. New and secondhand diesels since volume two - new GP40-2s, SD50s, GP60s and the former Conrail GP40s - in-depth up-to-date study of Rio Grande diesel locomotive retirements and "graduates" to other roads - diesel era passenger cars, other than California Zephyr cars, both modernized heavyweights and the non-CZ lightweight streamlined cars - the new Ansco Ski Train cars, originally from Canada but already part of a Rocky Mountain institution - diesel era work equipment from clearing wrecks and fighting snow, including cranes, pile drivers and Jordan spreaders - special coverage of Rio Grande's short-lived Pueblo to Kansas City line.
112 pages, 190 photos, diagrams, maps, roster, and text, softbound. $24.95

RIO GRANDE IN COLOR: Volume 1 - Colorado
By Ross B. Grenard. The all-color story of the "Mainline Thru the Rockies" during the last years of standard gauge steam and the years when FTs and PAs were common. Noted historian Ross Grenard guides the reader through scenic Colorado eloquently explaining the D&RGW operations and innovations during the 1950s and 1960s.
128 pages, color photos, hardcover. $45.00

RIO GRANDE IN COLOR: Volume 2 - Utah
By James Sandrin. To the typical rail historian or enthusiasts, the D&RGW consists conceptually of the mountain passes of Colorado, the Narrow Gauge Circle, Glenwood Canyon, and the like. Seldom do the deserts of eastern Utah, the coal fields east of the Wasatch or the brutal conquest of Soldier Summit spring to mind. Combine the awe-inspiring beauty required to operate a railroad in such a place and the compelling story of "Rio Grande in Color 2" emerges. Tour the D&RGW from Grand Junction to the SP interchange at Ogden through more that 230 vintage color photos. Every type of diesel from FT to SD45 is lensed in this most spectacular setting. There's even a little steam in this station-by-station itinerary.
128 pages, color photos, hardcover. $49.95

RIO GRANDE IN COLOR: Volume 3
By James Sandrin. A year-by-year look back at the "Mainline Through the Rockies", starting in 1947. Follow the transition from bankruptcy to merger, Mallets to GP60s.
128 pages, over 240 color photos, hardcover. $59.95

RIO GRANDE L CLASS 2-8-8-2 PICTORIAL: Denver and Rio Grande Western Steam Series Volume 1
By Jeff Ainsworth. This volume covers the 2-8-8-2 type of Rio Grande's L Class. Included are the classes L-95, L-96, L-107, L-109, L-131, and L-132. There are both action and roster photos, including action photos on both front and back covers, plus a unique three-photo center spread showing three different types of 2-8-8-2s on one train as it climbs Tennessee Pass.
52 pages, black and white photos, horizontal format, softbound. $27.50

RIO GRANDE M CLASS 4-8-4 PICTORIAL: Denver and Rio Grande Western Steam Series Volume 2
By Jeff Ainsworth. This volume covers the 4-8-4 type of Rio Grande's M Class. Included are M-64 #1700 to M-68 #1804. There are both action and roster photos, including action photos on both front and back covers.
52 pages, black and white photos, horizontal format, softbound. $27.50

RIO GRANDE F CLASS 2-10-2 and M CLASS 4-8-2 PICTORIAL: Denver and Rio Grande Western Steam Series Volume 3
By Jeff Ainsworth. This volume covers Classes F-81, M-67, M-69, M-75 and M-78. Roster and example photos for each class, including action photos on both front and back covers.
58 pages, black and white photos, horizontal format, softbound. $27.50

RIO GRANDE L CLASS MALLETS AND ARTICULATEDS: Denver and Rio Grande Western Steam Series Volume 4
By Jeff Ainsworth. This volume covers Classes L-62, L-76, L-97 and L-105, and covers road numbers L-62 #3300 - #3307 and #3350, L-76 2-6-6-0 #3360 - #3375, including a few D&SL #200-215, L-97 #3800 - #3802 and L-105 4-6-6-4 #3700 - #3714. Roster and action photos for each class, including action photos on both front and back covers.
54 pages, black and white photos, horizontal format, softbound. $27.50

RIO GRANDE MEMORIES
By John Norwood. The third in a series of Rio Grande books by former D&RGW railroader, stories of the operations and incidents during his 38 years with the railroad. This book deals with both the standard and narrow gauge portions of the railroad, divided into six chapters, beginning with background about the famous railroad photographer, William H. Jackson. Following are chapters on Stations, Famous Locations, Disasters, Passenger Trains and Equipment. Each chapter delves into specific times and locations on the Rio Grande to help tell the railroad's (and John's) story.
192 pages, 270 black and white photographs and eight page color section, hardcover. $42.95

RIO GRANDE NARROW GAUGE CAR DIAGRAMS
This book features official equipment diagrams of work, passenger and freight equipment used on the narrow gauge lines. Includes technical notes about the dimensions.
31 pages, album format, softcover, spiral-bound. $6.95

RIO GRANDE NARROW GAUGE FINAL YEARS: Alamosa to Chama
By Joseph P. Hereford Jr. and Ernest W. Robart. This book illustrates the narrow gauge freight trains operated by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad between Alamosa, Colorado and Chama, New Mexico, during the years 1965 to 1968. The 92 miles of track connecting those two points were part of 293 miles of narrow and dual gauge railroad still then operated by the D&RGW, the remnant of what had once been an extensive narrow gauge railroad 'empire' in the Rocky Mountains.
112 pages, black and white photographs, horizontal format, softcover. $28.00

RIO GRANDE NARROW GAUGE IN COLOR: Volume 1 - 1947-1959 - Empire Contraction and Railfan Discovery
By Thomas A. Brunner. The narrow gauge's last days as a common carrier are chronicled in magnificent color work by master photographers Robert F. Collins, Emery Gulash, and others.
128 pages, all-color photos, hardbound. $59.95

RIO GRANDE NARROW GAUGE IN THE SUMMER OF 1941
By John W. Maxwell and Charles S. Small. This reprint is the story of the authors' 1941 trip to photograph the three-foot Rio Grande Southern and the Denver & Rio Grande. The duo visited Montrose, Ridgway, Durango, the Silverton Branch, the Farmington Branch, Antonito, Alamosa, Salida, the Santa Fe Branch, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
120 pages, black and white photos, maps, timetables, track plans, softbound. $39.95

RIO GRANDE... TO THE PACIFIC!
By Robert LeMassena. A chronological history, 1870-1970, of the Rio Grande system, including the Rio Grande Southern, Rio Grande Western, and Western Pacific. For each year, there are data on track construction, motive power, acquisitions, and abandonments. Complete profiles and eighteen full-page maps, short histories of 27 subsidiary railroads, plus reproductions of annual passes and public and employee timetables.
416 pages, 550 photos and illustrations, hardbound. $59.00

RIO GRANDE RAILROAD
By James Griffin. Travel west through the Rocky Mountains on the legendary "Rio Grande" railroad. Also known as the D&RGW, it is a favorite among railfans and modelers for its breathtaking scenery and its fascinating narrow gauge legacy. On its journey from Denver to Salt Lake City, the Rio Grande ran through the six-mile-long Moffat Tunnel, one of America's miracles of railroad engineering. This book treats the reader to a wealth of information, including overviews of steam and diesel locomotives, as well as famous passenger trains such as the vista-domed California Zephyr (Chicago to Oakland) and the Royal Gorge (Denver to Salt Lake City).
160 pages, 100 color and 60 black and white photos, hardbound. $29.95

RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN STORY: Volume 1 - Over the Bridges - Ridgway to Telluride
By Russ Collman and Del McCoy. "Mile by mile...station by station...". Covers the railroad starting at the northern terminal of Ridgway and moving south toward Durango and Telluride. Includes the early years of the Rio Grande Southern, the first district - Ridgway to Rico, stations, sidings and major bridges.
496 pages, 80 color and 416 black and white photos, hardcover. $72.00

RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN STORY: Volume 2 - Telluride, Pandora and the Mines Above
By Russ Collman and Del McCoy. Graphically presents the history of the arrival of the Rio Grande Southern in Telluride during 1890. Detailed coverage in this volume tells the reader - including the model builder - what the district's railroad structures were used for. Also features line drawings of the Telluride depot and station structures.
496 pages, 50 detailed maps, 80 full color photographs and 416 black and white views, hardcover. $72.00

RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN STORY: Volume 4 - Over the Bridges... Ophir to Rico
Working its way up from the Ophir depot, Volume 4 in this stupendous series of books presents a mile-by-mile study as the hundreds of photographs cover each of the wooden trestles along the line to Rico, the southern terminal of the First District of the RGS. Colorful newspaper accounts by the early-day Telluride Examiner present the hardships the RGS battled, attempting to keep the line open across Lizard Head Pass.
496 pages, 94 color photographs and 356 black and white views, 33 detailed maps and line drawings, hardcover. $72.00

RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN STORY: Volume 5 - Rico...
The authors of this volume, aided by research materials from Gabe Bradford, Mike Blazek and others, undertook the difficult task of piecing together an almost non-existent story of the little mining town of Rico, the Rio Grande Southern's operations at Rico and the mines, mills and smelters of Rico's Pioneer Mining District. Dell McCoy, publisher, made a number of new friends as he gathered photographs from residents and former residents of Rico. These individuals had many pictures and stories to share. Dell has assembled the historic photographs and written captions for this volume, and William A. Graves has produced the chronology of Rico's mining district, as well as other stories, while Russ Collman has put together the history of the Rio Grande Southern at the railroad's division point, Rico.
496 pages, over 350 photos, hardcover. $72.00

RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN STORY: Volume 6 - Rico to Dolores
This beautiful pictorial begins where Volume 5 left off, as the Great Depression began. The slow recovery during the difficult times that followed affected the Rio Grande Southern to a great extent; however, the railroad managed to overcome these lean years by using small hand-me-down locomotives and rolling stock. Management turned to a unique method of moving passengers over the line between Ridgway and Durango - the makeshift contraption called the "Galloping Goose" entered the narrow gauge scene. The book takes you down the line following the Dolores River passing stations and flag stops with colorful names like Montelores, Garbareno, Kings, Rio Lado, Priest Tank, Bear Creek, Red Rock, Muldoon, Stoner Tank, Raymond, Rust Spur and Stapleton.
480 pages, 354 black and white photos, hardcover. $72.00

RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN STORY: Volume 10 - Over the Bridges... Ridgway to Durango
By W. George Cook, Dell A. McCoy and Russ Collman. This gathering of photographs begins at Ridgway with new and exciting material about the town and Rio Grande Southern's railroad facilities, beginning in about 1900 through the final days of operations in 1951. The pictures featured in this volume were late in arriving and did not make it into the first nine volumes. These scenes illustrate in detail the entire route of the 162-mile narrow gauge line between Ridgway and Durango. New text material describes Otto Mears' nearly impossible task of building this colorful railroad while trying to complete the line before winter.
416 pages, 374 black and white and 31 color photos, hardcover. $72.00

RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN STORY: Volume 11 - Durango and the Perins Peak Branch
By Russ Collman and Del McCoy. This is the continuing story of the Rio Grande Southern Railway and its life around the Durango area and its connection with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. This book illustrates the development year by year as the town progressed and the D&RG upgraded its railroad facilities.
376 pages, 321 black and white photos, 27 color photos, 26 maps, hardbound. $75.00

RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN STORY: Volume 12 - Locomotives and Rolling Stock
This volume concentrates on the locomotives and rolling stock purchased or leased to keep trains running. Hand-written ledgers provided notations about maintaining the equipment through breakdowns, wrecks, and safety modifications. Photographs illustrate a large quantity of the various changes from 1890-1951. A chapter on Motors and Galloping Geese contains revealing details as changes were made updating the Pierce-Arrow bodies. Victor Miller's former C&S cars are extensively illustrated.
416 pages, 490 black and white and 17 color photos, 47 drawings, rosters, hardbound. $75.00

RIO GRANDE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES: Standard Gauge
By Donald J. Heimburger. This book traces the development of Rio Grande's steam locomotives from the early days to the last days of steam, when locomotive fires were dropped and the diesels took over the task of hauling tonnage through the beautiful but rugged Western terrain. The book highlights numerous standard gauge steam locomotives, from the 0-6-0 and 4-6-2 to the giant 2-8-8-2 and 4-6-6-4.
200 pages, 140 photos and 26 folio drawings, equipment rosters, horizontal format, hardcover. $43.95

RIO GRANDE TRACKSIDE WITH JIM OZMENT
By James Sandrin. The photographic perspective of a division engineer of the Rio Grande during the 1950s and 60s, both in his work and hobby.
128 pages, all color, hardcover. $54.95

THE RIO GRANDE'S LA VETA PASS ROUTE: Gateway to the San Luis Valley
By Stephen Rasmussen. Colorado's La Veta Pass is one of the most remote places in the state. High in the Sangre De Cristo mountains, it is a wilderness populated by mountain lions, bears, and also trains. Built in 1899 as a standard gauge alternative to the narrow gauge line over Veta Pass, the La Veta Pass route of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway extends from Pueblo to Creede, running through Alamosa and the fertile San Luis Valley. The railroad allowed San Luis Valley agriculture to thrive, and the Valley remains an important food producer to this day. Other important commodities have included silver (and the miners who flocked to retrieve it), lumber, livestock, minerals and malt for Coors beer.
304 pages, 400 photographs, maps, timetables, locomotive diagrams and documents, hardbound. $50.00

ROAD TO RICHES: The Great Railroad Race to Aspen
By Cathy Clamp and C.T. Adams. From political backstabbing to multiple levels of saboteurs, this book is a narrative tale of the hardworking, proud men of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad who were involved in a race against the Colorado Midland to become the first to reach Aspen. The winner would not only acquire the market for the traveling tourist, but also the valuable freight contracts for the silver and coal found in the area.
192 pages, 26 photos and illustrations, softbound. $14.95

ROAD TO RICHES: The Randsburg Railway and Mining District
By Phil Serpico. An historic epic of California desert railroad construction and operations in the Rand Mining District of the Mojave Desert from 1897 to 1934. The company was originally built by private investors from the East, extending north from a junction at Kramer Station on the Santa Fe Railroad to Johannesburg. Interestingly, the railroad never reached the town of Randsburg as implied in its corporate name. The line was ultimately purchased by the Santa Fe in 1903. Read about the discovery of gold on Rand Mountain, the immense tungsten deposits at Atolia, and the rich silver at Red Mountain. Also included is material on the various stamp mills serving the area.
112 pages, over 150 black and white photos and illustrations including maps, railroad timetables and station plats, hardbound. $29.95

THE ROADMASTERS' GUIDE TO THE MOFFAT ROAD!: A Detailed Guide to Locations, Distances and Events
By Frederick Bauer. A comprehensive location and distance booklet for the Denver and Salt Lake with statistics for both the Hill Line and the Moffat Tunnel line. Cardinal dates in Moffat history and a short history of Moffat trains are included, as is a section on equipment acquisition and one on wrecks and derailments. Sightseeing and train-watching information is also included.
72 pages, black and white photos, spiral-bound, softcover. $18.00

ROBERT W. RICHARDSON'S RIO GRANDE: Chasing the Narrow Gauge
By Robert W. Richardson. In this nostalgic volume, Bob recounts his early days as an editor, advertising coodinator, member of the U.S. Armed Forces, motel owner, and later the head of the largest narrow gauge railroad museum in the country. Primarily, it highlights Bob's life as an avid narrow gauge fan during the last two decades Colorado narrow gauge still operated as a common carrier.
200 pages, 16 pages of color, hardbound. $54.95

ROBERT W. RICHARDSON'S RIO GRANDE: Chasing the Narrow Gauge - Volume 2
By Robert W. Richardson. This is the second in a series of three books. In this five-chapter volume, Richardson talks of the long, drawn-out vanishing act the Rio Grande performed on the narrow gauge lines, Durango and its importance to the railroad and the area, Silverton before the tourist boom, Farmington and the land of the Navajo, and the Third Division and the storied operations along this busy route. Some of the photos are over 50 years old.
208 pages, 16 pages of color, 264 black and white photos and illustrations, hardbound. $55.95

ROCK ISLAND COLOR PICTORIAL: Volume 3
By Louis A. Marre. This is the third and last volume in a series of color pictorials dealing with the locomotives and trains of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. It deals with the final decade of operation of the railroad.
127 pages, all-color photos, hardbound. $54.95

ROCK ISLAND LINE IN FOCUS: The Railroad Photographs (1898-1925) of Jules A. Bourquin
By I.E. Quastler. At around the turn of the twentieth century, a photographer in a small Kansas town, Horton, began to take pictures of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway. Although self-taught in photography, Jules A. Bourquin was soon recording impressive (and rare) images of locomotives, trains, railroaders, and railroad facilities in and near his home town. This book presents a cross-section of some of Bourquin's best railroad pictures, accompanied by detailed captions. These images give beautiful and fascinating insights into the world of railroads and railroaders approximately one hundred years ago.
160 pages, black and white photos, horizontal format, softcover. $29.95

ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAILROADS: Volume II - D&RGW : Durango to Alamosa and Salida
Compiled by Richard Dorman and Bob Hayden. This book tells the story of the narrow gauge routes of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad from Durango, Colorado, to Chama, New Mexico, and on to Antonito, Alamosa, and Salida, Colorado. The lines covered include 350 miles of railroad in two states, and the scenery ranges from the rugged San Juan and Sangre de Cristo mountains to sub-alpine meadows and broad, flat agricultural valleys.
174 pages, color and black and white photos, horizontal format, hardbound. $48.95

ROTARY SNOWPLOWS ON THE CUMBRES AND TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD
By Joseph P. Herford Jr. There is no event in railroading comparable to the operation of a steam rotary snowplow. In words and photographs, the author shows how this tradition as been maintained by the mountain railroaders of the C&TS during the last three decades of the twentieth century.
72 pages, softbound. $14.95

ROUTE OF THE ROCKETS: Rock Island in the Streamlined Era
By Greg Stout. This book covers the Rock Island's passenger operations from the 1937 Rockets to the end of intercity passenger operation.
144 pages, color and black and white photos, hardcover. $54.95

RUN OF THE GEs: The Final North Western Motive Power Roster
By C&NW Historical Society. C&NW locomotives since 1987, including a full roster, paint scheme date for each, and more.
92 pages, over 240 color and black and white photos, softbound. $16.00

RUTLAND IN COLOR
By Philip R. Jordan. To know the Rutland Railroad, and its successor, the Rutland Railway, was to recognize an independent transportation system forged from the unification of several distinct entities, which were among the diverse roots of both Vermont and upstate New York's many vital lines of rail transport.
128 pages, all-color photos, hardbound. $59.95

RUTLAND ROAD
By Jim Shaughnessy. Possessing the flavor of all scenic New England railroads, the Rutland Railroad ran through Vermont and northern New York for more than a hundred years. Surviving bankruptcy, floods, and strikes, it competed with larger, stronger lines and struggled to operate on a smaller scale. Shaughnessy's "The Rutland Road" is a sweeping chronicle from preconstruction in 1831 to the twentieth century.
436 pages, over 500 photographs, softbound. $39.95

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