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Railroad Books
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S-1: ALCO's First Standard
Switcher and ALCO DL109: ALCO's First Cab Locomotive
By George Melvin. This CD book contains an in-depth series on the history
of ALCO's S-1 and DL109 locomotives and the roads that used them. Designed
to be an invaluable tool for both modelers and historians, the CD presents
both series in PDF format. The text is fully searchable, and all photos can
be zoomed in on for close examination of every detail. Pages can be printed
for personal use. The S-1 series was first published in the October 2002
to August 2004 issues of Model Railroading magazine, and the DL109
series was in the June and July 2005 issues.
104 pages, 256 photos, 75 in color, 300 dpi PDF images on CD format.
$18.95
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SAGA OF THE SOO: West from Shoreham
By John A. Gjevre. A pictorial account of the Soo Line Railroad and its
predecessor lines in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana: 1882-1990.
216 pages, 340 photos, maps, diagrams and illustrative examples of over 100
advertisements, album format, hardcover. $39.50
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SAGA OF THE SOO: Volume 2 - Three Generations
West
By John A. Gjevre. A pictorial account of the Soo Line Railroad in Minnesota,
the Dakotas and Montana, 1883-1990. Includes photos and advertisements spanning
nearly a century.
225 pages, 550 photos, hardbound. $45.00
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SAGA OF THE SOO: Volume 3 - East, West and to
the North
By John A. Gjevre. The Soo was an affiliate of the Canadian Pacific from
1888 after that railroad acquired about 56% of its stock. In 1990, when the
CP acquired the remaining stock, the railroad became known as the 'heavy
haul - US' portion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In this volume will be
found the story of the Soo's 'Chicago Division' (the Wisconsin Central Railroad).
The Soo's relationship to its parent, the Canadian Pacific Railway, is
emphasized, along with illustrated histories of those lines in Wisconsin,
Illinois and Upper Michigan. An entirely new and different section on locomotive
history will be of interest to many, and one can vicariously relive those
days of luxury and not-so-luxury rail passenger travel.
240 pages, over 380 photos, many in color, maps, hardbound.
$50.00
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A SAMPLING OF PENN CENTRAL: Southern Region on
Display
By Jerry Taylor. This book explores every nook and cranny of the Penn Central's
Southern region. Mr. Taylor thoroughly dissects operations at the Columbus,
Cincinnati & Indianapolis terminals. With the benefit of 30 years' hindsight,
his new introduction helps the reader understand successes and failures of
those crucial days for the nation's premier railroad.
488 pages, over 200 black and white photos, horizontal format, hardbound.
$59.95
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SANTA FE 1940-1971 IN COLOR: Volume 4 -
Texas-El Capitan
By Lloyd Stagner. The first half of this book takes the reader from Newton,
Kansas through Oklahoma and down into the Lone Star State as everything from
2-6-2s to FTs to U28CGs power the trains. Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston
are just a few the major stops made en route as the author guides the color
tour. The first three volumes are recalled as the history and character of
Santa Fe's famous El Capitan streamliner is detailed. A final trip west over
Raton and Cajon is taken ending in Los Angeles were two of the rarest diesel
paint schemes that ever existed: an all-blue FT set photographed in 1951
and a solid-gold PA in 1960.
128 pages, all-color photos, hardcover. $49.95
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SANTA FE — ALL THE WAY: Volume 1 -
1940s-1966
By Bill Marvel. Santa Fe has something not easily translated to the bottom
line. It had style. No other road cultivated a regional identification as
assiduously as Santa Fe. When its rails reached California in 1897, Santa
Fe was the only railroad whose tracks stretched in an unbroken line all the
way to Chicago. Thus a slogan was born: "Santa Fe - All the Way". Travel
this famous road from the 1940s to 1966 in this book of vintage photography.
128 pages, all-color photos, hardcover. $49.95
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SANTA FE — THE CHIEF WAY
By Robert Strein, John Vaughan, and C. Fenton Richards Jr. This book captures
the artwork used to promote the Santa Fe's 'Chief' name trains during
the height of passenger travel. Photos of advertising are shown, plus photos
taken both in the train and from trackside.
128 pages, color and black and white photos, hardcover.
$39.95
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SANTA FE CHIEFS
By Bill Yenne. This history of the Santa Fe Railroad's flagship passenger
trains carries readers back to an era of luxury travel on America's rails
- when movie stars and moguls booked their places on the Chief for
the 40-hour trip from Chicago to Los Angeles - fast even than Amtrak's
Southwest Chief today. The story of America's most celebrated passenger
train, the nation's first diesel-powered streamliner - from its first run
in 1936 to its takeover by Amtrak in 1971 - also includes coverage of the
Santa Fe's other Chiefs, including the Texas and San
Francisco.
160 pages, color photos, hardbound. $34.95
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SANTA FE FACILITIES IN
COLOR: Volume 1 - Transcontinental Route - Chicago to Los Angeles
By Lloyd Stagner. Stations, signals, shops, yards and other segments of the
physical plant along the right of way, Chicago to Los Angeles, from the late
1950s to 1990.
128 pages, over 280 all-color photos, hardbound. $59.95
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SANTA FE FACILITIES IN COLOR: Volume 2 -
Branches
By Lloyd E. Stagner. Santa Fe's branch line network was quite extensive,
handling everything from unit coal trains to single cars of Kansas grain.
Explore the stations and other railroad-owned buildings of the ATSF in this
book.
128 pages, almost 300 color photos, hardbound. $59.95
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SANTA FE HERITAGE: Volume 2
By Stephen and Cinthia Priest. Second in the series.
Volume 2 covers such topics as the 1951 flood, Argentine area, dome cars,
potash service, Belen Yard and much more.
192 pages, black and white and color photos, hardbound. $59.95
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SANTA FE HERITAGE: Volume 3
By Stephen and Cinthia Priest. Third volume in this
series featuring more historical documentaion on the California and Texas
sections of this railroad. See the Barstow, California engine service
facility/shops, Cajon horsepower, Santa Fe gantry cane and much, much more.
192 pages, black and white and color photos, hardbound. $59.95
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SANTA FE HERITAGE: Volume 4
By Stephen and Cinthia Priest. Fourth in an acclaimed
series of books featuring historical documentation as seen through the eyes
of the company photographer. Topics range from Bicentennials to the wheat
harvest (shipping grain) to major maintenance-of-way projects. Included as
always will be sections on steam depots/buildings and freight cars. Pristine
photographs are from the Kansas State Historical Society's Santa Fe collection.
192 pages, black and white and color photos, hardbound. $59.95
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SANTA FE IN THE LONE STAR STATE: Volume 1 -
1949-1969
By Steve Allen Goen. Twenty years of great Santa Fe photography in Texas.
Very comprehensive captions on this never before covered part of the 'Atchinson'.
There is some steam, and loads of Warbonnets, zebra stripes and blue/yellow
F units. There are also sections on passenger cars and Texas depots.
144 pages, all-color photos, hardcover. $49.95
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SANTA FE LOCOMOTIVE #132:
A Q-125 Remembrance of the "Cyrus K. Holliday"
By Richard E. Scholz and Larry E. Brasher. This is an illustrated history
of the oldest Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe steam locomotive to be preserved.
Here is the fascinating story of the service life of this historic 2-8-0
type engine, originally built in 1880 to conquer the steep grades of the
Santa Fe in Colorado and New Mexico. Saved from the scrap heap in 1939, the
engine would later serve for more than two decades as "Cyrus K. Holliday",
the premier exhibition locomotive for the Santa Fe. The #132 is now beautifully
restored to its original appearance and is on display at the Kansas
State Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas.
80 pages, black and white photos, softbound.
$19.95
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SANTA FE LOCOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT: The Journey to
Supreme Steam and Pioneer Diesels
By Larry E. Brasher. Santa Fe steam power in the twentieth century was
distinctive and often technologically advanced. This book presents the
development of locomotives, from early designs of the nineteenth century
through the 'supreme steam' of the 1930s, with Santa Fe's superb 4-8-4 and
2-10-4 locomotives.
308 pages, 296 photos, endsheet map, hardbound. $65.00
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SANTA FE LOCOMOTIVE FACILITIES: Volume 1 - Gulf
Lines
By Russell L. Crump. The author explores the fueling, sanding, watering,
and locomotive servicing facilities of the Santa Fe from its origins
(AT&SF) to present day. Steam and diesel are both covered.
192 pages, black and white and color photos, maps, diagrams, horizontal format,
hardcover. $59.95
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SANTA FE PASSENGER CAR REFERENCE SERIES: Volume
2 - Coach, Smoker and Chair Car Genealogy
By John B. McCall. From the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society.
With comprehensive appendices.
284 pages, 28 in color, horizontal format, spiral-bound.
$61.00
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SANTA FE PASSENGER TRAINS IN CALIFORNIA: From
the 1940s Thru Amtrak and More
By Patrick C. Dorin. The latest in a series of books on Santa Fe passenger
trains tells the story of the line's trains in California from the first
streamliner up to Amtrak. Amtrak and state-sponsored services that operate
on ex-Santa Fe lines are also treated. Ideal for passenger buffs, Santa Fe
fans, and modelers.
90 pages, black and white photos with color section, hardbound.
$29.95
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SANTA FE PASSENGER TRAINS
IN THE STREAMLINED ERA
By Patrick C. Dorin. This new edition features many photos, diagrams
and drawings, with an extensive text dealing with the AT&SF's superb
passenger trains from the beginning of the streamlined era through the arrival
of Amtrak in 1971. Of interest to any passenger train buff or modeler. Exterior
and interior photos give fresh insight into Santa Fe's passenger service.
144 pages, 200 black and white and color photos, hardbound.
$32.95
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SANTA FE, RAILROAD GATEWAY TO THE AMERICAN WEST:
Volume 2 - Passenger and Freight, the Fred Harvey System, Steam and Diesel
Locomotives, Signals, Communications, and the Santa Fe Emblem
By Donald Duke. For well over a century, the Santa Fe operated many-first
class trains between Chicago, the West Coast and Texas, trains like the
California Limited, the Overland Limited, the Grand
Canyon, the Chief, the Super Chief and the El Capitan,
to name a few. Presented is the history of the Santa Fe's hotels, eating
houses, and dining cars. Explained is the advancement of freight service
from wood cars to steel, and the advancement to piggyback and container service.
Not forgotten is the saga of Santa Fe's steam locomotives and diesel fleet.
268 pages, 476 photos, hardcover. $59.95
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SANTA FE RAILWAY
By Brian Solomon. As a tribute to America's favorite railroad, the Santa
Fe, this book discusses everything from its origins, freight operations,
passenger operations, and more. The Santa Fe Railway's charisma and mystique
has long made it one of America's compelling railways. From Chicago to LA,
it blends a nation's westward vision with all the best elements of railroading.
96 pages, 80 color photos, softbound. $14.95
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SANTA FE RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK REFERENCE SERIES:
Volume 3 - Furniture and Automobile Cars
By Richard H. Henderson. Illustrates the Santa Fe's furniture and automobile
cars.
157 pages, album format, spiralbound, softcover. $39.95
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SANTA FE RAILWAY STREAMLINED
OBSERVATION CARS
By Jon Boyle. This book features many photos, diagrams and drawings with
an extensive text dealing with the observation cars used on many of Santa
Fe's great high-speed passenger trains. Those interested in the Santa Fe
will definitely want this book, and it will be of interest to any passenger
train buff as well. Exterior and interior photos, many taken from the railroad's
own public relations photo collection, as well as floor plan drawings, give
new insight into the important element in the AT&SF passenger operation
in the streamlined lightweight era.
80 pages, 200 black and white and 50 color photos, softbound.
$22.95
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SANTA FE STEAM SURVIVORS
By Lloyd E. Stagner, with Bob Yarger. Steam locomotive No. 1079, once a workhorse
for the historic Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway system, was donated
to Coffeyville, Kansas for for public display in November 1955. More than
thirty years later, the 2-6-2 type had taken a beating from exposure to the
outdoor elements. Sadly, the slow deterioration of No. 1079 is a fate shared
by many other steam locomotives now on display "for posterity" across the
United States. The author documents both the in-service history of all Santa
fe "steam survivors" and where they are currently located, and noted railroad
preservation writer Bob Yarger then comments on what action can and must
be taken in order to assure the future survival of many of these treasured
artifacts of America's rail heritage.
48 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $19.95
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SANTA FE TRACKSIDE WITH BILL GIBSON
By Lloyd Stagner. The tenth Trackside book tours the Santa Fe in the 1950s
and 60s, chiefly in the area south of Kansas City. Bill Gibson was a Santa
Fe employee, and photographed everything from FTs to six-axle road switchers
on this fallen flag.
128 pages, all-color photos, hardcover. $54.95
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SANTA FE'S EASTERN OKLAHOMA RAILWAY COMPANY: Book
One - The Stillwater District
By Joseph A. Cammalleri. The first in the series describing Santa Fe's
nearly-abandoned Eastern Oklahoma lines.
200 photos, maps, and charts, horizontal format, hardcover. $49.95
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SANTA FE'S SUPER
CHIEF AND EL CAPITAN 1936-1971
By Patrick C. Dorin. A complete history of these two great Santa Fe trains.
The first of several books that detail particular passenger service.
Cars, service, timetables, diagrams, and photos, ideal for passenger train
fans and modelers.
100 pages, over 100 black and white and color photos and
illustrations, hardbound. $28.95
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SEABOARD COAST LINE &
FAMILY LINES RAILROAD: 1967-1986 - A CSX Predecessor
By W.E. Griffin Jr. This book brings great SCL images and text together to
form a cohesive history of this system that combined two, then three of the
Southeast's most important lines and set the stage for the merger to form
CSX in 1986. The author tells the story of this modern giant as it reorganized
and consolidated the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line into SCL,
eventually incorporating L&N and Clinchfield into its group before finally
joining with Chessie System to form CSX.
160 pages, 200 black and white and color photos, drawings, maps,
equipment data and roster, hardbound. $34.95
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SHAY LOGGING LOCOMOTIVES AT CASS, WEST VIRGINIA
1900-1960
By Phillip V. Bagdon. The Cass Railroad as a log and pulp wood hauler was
one of the East's largest and most long-lived. Besides being lush with
engine-related pictures and data, the book covers wrecks, snow battles, and
other encounters with the often wild and woolly nature of early 20th century
rail logging.
112 pages, black and white photos, hardcover. $26.95
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SHERMAN HILL: A Railfan's Perspective
A guide for the railfan photographer to the easy roads to get to the high-density
traffic area of the Union Pacific Railroad.
37 pages, fifteen black and white photos, 14 maps, ring-bound, softcover.
$18.95
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THE SHORE LINE ELECTRIC
RAILWAY COMPANY
By O.R. Cummings. One of the nation's more unprofitable traction companies
during the otherwise prosperous 1910-1924 period was Connecticut's Shore
Line Electric Railway Company. At its height from mid-1916 until mid-1919,
the Shore Line Electric Railway operated a nearly 230-mile system that included
almost 17 miles of main track in the adjacent state of Rhode Island. Inability
to withstand competition from paralleling steam railroads and the private
automobile resulted in the abandonment of various lines, beginning in 1920
with all operations ending in 1924.
168 pages, 175 photos and illustrations, hardcover. $40.00
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SHOW TRAINS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
By Fred Dahlinger Jr. Show trains have transported mysterious cargo across
America for over a century. Now the enchantment of show trains is captured
for all to enjoy in this fascinating book. Rare photographs presented by
the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, WI, display the unusual construction
and exotic cargo of these show trains. Witness all types of eye-popping traveling
show cars including carnival trains, dog and pony show cars, Wild West show
cars and more.
128 pages, 120 black and white photos, softbound. $29.95
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A SILVER CAMP CALLED
CREEDE: A Century of Mining
By Richard C. Huston. This book is essential reading for anyone interested
in the history of the region or mining in general. It is the chronicle of
an era now committed only to memory, as well as an in-depth look at
the lives of the people who came to the area in search of their dreams.
549 pages, black and white and color photos, hardbound.
$32.95
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SILVER AND SAWDUST
By Ken Reyher. An intimate look at the day-to-day lives of the men and women
who lived in the booming San Juan mining camps of the late 1880s, the glory
years of the San Juan silver boom. The stories tell of how the miners worked,
played, raised families, and died in the midst of the some of the most awesome
scenery in the world.
204 pages, over 45 illustrations, softbound. $15.95
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SLOW TRAINS DOWN SOUTH:
Volume 1 - ...Daily 'Cept Sunday
By Mallory Hope Ferrell. A pictorial study of off-the-beaten-path shortline
steam in Dixie's "Bible Belt" during its final noontide.
287 pages, black and white and color photos, horizontal format, hardbound.
$59.95
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SLOW TRAINS DOWN SOUTH:
Volume 2 - ...Deep in Dixie
By Mallory Hope Ferrell. A pictorial study of steam power on shortlines and
uncommon carriers of the "Bible Belt" in the glory years, from just prior
to WWII, until abandonment or dieselization overtook them. This volume
concentrates on the deepest of the Deep South and covers the small steam-powered
lines of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and
Eastern Texas.
225 pages, black and white and color photos, horizontal format, hardbound.
$59.95
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SMELTERS OF PUEBLO
By Eleanor Fry. Using old newspaper accounts and historical records, the
author recounts the forty-three year history of the smelter era and its impact
of Pueblo's long-term growth and development. Producing lead, gold, silver,
copper, and later zinc, the smelter era was a different time and different
age, tapering off as mining within the state played out.
164 pages, photos, tables and bibliography, softbound. $12.00
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SOOT: It's What's For Dinner
By Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. The 260 recipes in
this cookbook taste like a railroad. The recipes come mostly from Friends
members and represent 20 states, Australia, England, New Zealand and Mexico.
Doesn't your mouth just water when you think about Coal Tipple Cornmeal Pancakes,
Chama Chili Relleno Casserole, and for dessert, Stockyard Cow Patties? These
recipes reflect tradition (Anything Will Do Hobo Stew) and change (Fried
Chicken a la Firebox) and many more.
217 pages, black and white illustrations, spiral-bound, softcover.
$15.00
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SOUTH BUFFALO
RAILWAY
By Stephan M. Koenig. This book is the story of a unique American industrial
short line. This eight-mile-long railroad served the greater Buffalo, New
York area along the shores of Lake Erie. Serving the third-largest steel
mill in America, it moved hundreds of thousands of tons of steel products
for shipment all over the world. The South Buffalo played a vital role in
America's economy for a majority of the twentieth century, made possible
by the railroad's partnership with Bethlehem Steel, the main company it
served.
120 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $24.95
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SOUTH DAKOTA
RAILROADS
By Mike Wiese and Tom Hayes. The arrival of the railroad in South Dakota
is directly responsible for the population boom and town development the
state experienced in the early 1900s. Enticed by the promise of opportunity,
many immigrants and East Coast residents hopped on the train and headed west;
many settled in South Dakota. Railroads opened the doorway and made the west
what it has become.
128 pages, over 200 black and white photos, softbound. $19.99
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THE SOUTH PARK LINE
By Mallory Hope Ferrell. This book covers the rise and fall of the Denver,
South Park & Pacific as it overcame tremendous obstacles progressing
through the Rocky Mountains.
368 pages, black and white photos, diagram sheets, drawings, rosters, hardbound.
$89.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC COLOR
GUIDE TO FREIGHT AND PASSENGER EQUIPMENT: Volume 2
By James Kinkaid. SP and SSW tank cars, box cars, gondolas, hoppers, auto
racks, flat cars and refrigerator cars.
128 pages, all color photos, hardbound. $59.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC COLOR
GUIDE TO FREIGHT AND PASSENGER EQUIPMENT: Volume 3
By James Kinkaid. Includes business and official cars, passenger cars, cabooses,
maintenance of way, intermodal cars, auto racks and leased cars.
128 pages, all color photos, hardbound. $59.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC DAYLIGHT LOCOMOTIVES
By Robert J. Church. All the GS-class steam locomotives are covered in this
new book. Famously streamlined for the Southern Pacific's beautiful
Daylight trains, ultimately they served in many capacities across
the entire SP system. From design and construction, call by class, to maintenance
and test, through service usage system-wide, the complete story is here.
731 pages, 39 drawings, detailed rosters, bibliography, hardcover.
$70.00
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC
DAYLIGHT STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
By Kenneth G. Johnsen. This book covers the Daylight's inception and
glory years, the Warbaby era, the Western Pacific versions, the American
Freedom Train, and the modern-day adventures of the 4449. It includes full
technical details, specifications, and complete historical data on all the
Daylights. Variations in appearances of the engines, a
"Daylight Spotter's Guide", numerous first-person accounts from the
people who ran the Daylights, and a thorough index make this a book
you'll refer to time and time again.
112 pages, over 250 color and black and white photos, softbound.
$24.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE COMPENDIUM:
Volume 1 - Pre-1965 SP Numbers, T&NO and Cotton Belt, Subsidiary
Roads
By Joseph A. Strapac. About 2,740 Southern Pacific diesel locomotives are
tabulated and discussed in this volume, which addresses the locomotive roster
as it developed between the 1930s and 1965. This book documents those locomotives
delivered before 1965 and follws them at least up to the renumbering imposed
late that year. The diesels of each corporate component are listed and discussed
in ascending numerical order, not necessarily chronologically and definitely
not by model. A list of SP/T&NO diesels arranged by order date and SP
order number is available from the author.
231 pages, black and white photos, hardcover. $54.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE COMPENDIUM:
Volume 2 - Post-1965 SP and Cotton Belt Numbers, Union Pacific
Transition
By Joseph A. Strapac. Thousands of Southern Pacific diesel locomotives are
tabulated and discussed in this volume, which addresses the locomotive roster
after 1965.
336 pages, black and white photos, hardcover. $69.96
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT CARS: Volume 1 - Gondolas
and Stock Cars
By Anthony W. Thompson. First in the series, this book presents the history
and photos of all SP gondola and stock car classes from 1905 to 1960. A rich
resource for modelers and historians alike.
320 pages, 527 photos, 30 drawings, hardbound. $65.00
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT CARS: Volume 2 -
Cabooses
By Anthony W. Thompson. This second volume in a series on Southern Pacific
freight cars presents cabooses. The era is approximately 1871 until the end
of caboose construction in 1980. The book contains an extensive array of
rosters, photos, and where possible drawings of the major car classes, along
with other material as available, such as construction photos, publicity
photos, lettering drawings and so forth. Survival of the cars over the years
is presented, as are numerous photos of the cars in service.
392 pages, 682 black and white and color photos, hardbound. $70.00
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT
CARS: Volume 3 - Automobile Cars and Flat Cars
By Anthony W. Thompson. Southern Pacific owned one of the largest fleets
of freight cars in the United States. The broad sweep of SP freight car history,
encompassing freight operations of more than a century, is an important part
of this book. Development of flat car and furniture car (soon to be automobile
car) types is described through the Harriman era, the 1920s, and the arrival
of all-steel cars. The 1950s saw many changes, including the first piggyback
cars, as well as bulkhead and other modified flat cars, while SP built its
last automobile car class in 1955. Hog-fuel (wood chip) conversions, logging
and pulpwood cars, and heavy duty flat cars are all included here.
416 pages, 701 black and white photos, 59 drawings, complete roster, hardbound.
$65.00
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT
CARS: Volume 4 - Box Cars
By Anthony W. Thompson. The most common type of freight car on North American
railroads, for many decades, was the box car. The Southern Pacific was no
exception. A wide view of SP box car history, encompassing freight operations
of more than a century, is summarized and explained in detail in this book,
covering a period of roughly 1865 to 1965.
496 pages, over 840 black and white photos, 36 in color, 92 drawings, roster,
car diagrams, hardbound. $70.00
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC HISTORIC DIESELS: Volume
5 - G.E. U-Series Locomotives
By Joseph A. Strapac. This volume investigates General Electric's 1962-75
contribution to the SP roster, in the form of 334 U-series locomotives. All
had in common the four-cycle, 16 cylinder 7-FDL engine licensed from
Cooper-Bessemer and #752 traction motors.
96 pages, softbound. $24.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC HISTORIC DIESELS: Volume 6 -
Diesel Locomotives of the Texas & New Orleans
By Joseph A. Strapac. This volume jumps back in time and space to the states
of Texas and Louisiana during the 1950s, when the T&NO existed as separate
corporation with its own operating practices and locomotive numbering - but
with its diesels painted almost identically to those of parent SP. The T&NO
disappeared before most "second generation" diesels were built and long before
SP's troubled latter-day history. T&NO railroaders were a proud lot,
operating short fast trains often with hand-me-down locomotives and minimal
budgets.
Softbound. $24.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC HISTORIC DIESELS: Volume
7 - Electro-Motive GP9 Locomotives
By Joseph A. Strapac. Traces history of GP9 on the SP. Includes 1954 passenger
units, T&NO freight units, the first Pacific Lines freight units, "Torpedo
Boats", low-nose GP9s, through upgrade era.
96 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $24.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC HISTORIC DIESELS: Volume
9 - Alco PA/PB Passenger Locomotives
By Joseph A. Strapac. The Southern Pacific was notoriously tractive
effort-conscious in its purchases of locomotives, not easily swayed by mere
horsepower claims. Once the decision was reached in 1944 that no more new
steam locomotives would be purchased for passenger or freight service, SP
started to examine the claims put forth by the locomotive manufacturers in
anticipation of postwar passenger diesels. SP, T&NO and the Cotton Belt
purchased 66 PA/PB locomotives from Alco between 1948-1953; all of them were
in the roster by 1967. Were they successful?
96 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $24.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC HISTORIC
DIESELS: Volume 11 - Baldwin Switchers and Road Switchers
By Joseph A. Strapac. This book takes a look at diesel switchers used by
the Southern Pacific Railroad and built by Baldwin. This particular
history covers all of the switchers owned by SP, Cotton Belt, and T&NO
railroads. A roster lists the engines by original number, class, date shipped
and more.
112 pages, black and white photos with large captions, softbound.
$29.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC HISTORIC
DIESELS: Volume 12 - EMD SD45 Locomotives
By Joseph A. Strapac. The history of EMD's SD45 locomotive on the SP, including
a roster and full captions.
128 pages, black and white photos, softbound.
$32.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC HISTORIC DIESELS: Volume 13
- EMD Early Turbo GP Locomotives
By Joseph A. Strapac. Between 1947 and 1959, dieselization on the Southern
Pacific followed a predictable pattern. In that time period, locomotive design
did not evolve rapidly; both the locomotive builders and the railroads were
content with minor enhancements - mostly aimed at making locomotives easier
to maintain. By the end of the fifties, however, the railroad industry was
faced with new challenges. Completely dieselized in 1957, the SP by 1959
was forced to consider a whole new round of "re-dieselization".
128 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $32.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN COLOR: Volume 3 - Classic
Scarlet 1958-1971
By Jim Boyd. Jim Boyd's motive power examination of the EsPee continues in
the 1960s as the road introduces second generation power and a new paint
scheme.
128 pages, color photos, hardcover. $59.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN COLOR: Volume 4 - The
Tunnel Motor Era
By Jim Boyd. The Southern Pacific epic continues during the 1970s as the
railroad enters a troubled period. The best SP color photos ever published.
128 pages, color photos, hardcover. $59.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN COLOR: Volume 5 - Merger
and Memories
By Jim Boyd. The last two decades of the SP saw a surprising variety of color
schemes. This exciting period plus a 1950s retrospective of steam and first
generation diesel provide the theme of this book.
128 pages, color photos, hardcover. $59.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC PASSENGER
TRAINS
By Brian Solomon. This book tells the story of how Southern Pacific's fabulous
passenger network evolved to include not just the famed Daylight trains,
but also services like the Lark, Owl, City of San
Francisco, and Sunset Limited, to name a few. Witness nearly
every one of these great trains serving California's teeming urban centers,
traversing western mountains, and racing across Texas and the desert Southwest.
Also included are descriptions of the engineering feats that made the network
possible, as well as discussion of the technical capabilities, appointments,
purchase and assignment of Southern Pacific passenger motive power and rolling
stock.
160 pages, black and white and color photos, hardbound.
$34.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC PASSENGER TRAINS: Volume 2 -
Day Trains of the Coast Line
By Dennis Ryan and Joseph Shine. This book features Southern Pacific's extensive
passenger operations with emphasis on the famous Coast Line between San Francisco
and Los Angeles. Follow us through the great years, Depression years, the
war years, the Coast and Noon Daylights' finest hour, and finally,
fading spirit. Additional chapters feature heavy weight modernization and
air conditioning, a complete history of SP's colorful lightweight chair cars,
Daylight dining service and much more.
400 pages, hardcover. $74.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
By Brian Solomon. More than just a railroad, the Southern Pacific was an
empire, anchored in San Francisco but stretching from Portland, Oregon, to
several ports on the Gulf of Mexico. For many years it was, in fact, the
nation's only true "transcontinental" railroad. This illustrated history
tells the tale of SP's development from 1861 through its 1996 acquisition
by Union Pacific.
160 pages, 100 color and 50 black and white photos, hardcover. $39.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC SACRAMENTO DIVISION
By Brian Jennison and Victor Neves. A retrospective on railroading in northern
and central California, Nevada and Utah from the late 1950s until the mid-1990s.
A thorough look at SP's mainline and branchline operations from Dunsmuir
to Fresno, and from Sacramento to Ogden.
144 pages, 223 all-color photos, horizontal format, hardbound. $69.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S HISTORIC OVERLAND ROUTE COLOR
PICTORIAL
By Tom Dill. Features scenes and extensive captions mostly from the 1950s
and 1960s of the western portion of the first transcontinental railroad from
Oakland to Ogden, Utah. Featured is the era from the last of steam and first
generation diesel locomotives.
Hardcover. $49.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S SALT
LAKE DIVISION
By John R. Signor. The Salt Lake Divisione extended from Ogden, Utah to Sparks,
Nevada, more than 500 miles of a vast 'basin and range' country, which even
today looks much as it did when the Central Pacific was building across it
in 1868. This book traces the long and colorful history of railroading in
this lonely, dry, and yet dramatic landscape.
480 pages, 682 photos, 77 in color, 68 maps and graphics, bibliography, index,
hardcover. $75.00
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S SCENIC COAST LINE: A Color
Pictorial
By Tom Dill. Author and historian Tom Dill continues his coverage of the
vast system in vivid color. Not only are the Coast and Los Angeles Divisions
covered, but also the Western Division, the major feeder for the Coast Line.
This is absolutely one of the most fantastic new color books published on
the Southern Pacific. There are loads of steam and first generation diesels
with a touch of early second generation diesels. See Santa Fe freights detouring
on the SP due to the 1952 Tehachapi earthquake, demonstrator diesels working
on the Coast Line, and much more.
128 pages, color photos, hardcover. $59.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S WESTERN DIVISION
By John R. Signor. The Western Division of the Southern Pacific, historically
extending from Sacramento to Oakland and San Jose, and with lines to Fresno,
the Napa Valley, and over Altamont Pass, was a crucible of California operations.
Headquartered in the famous Oakland Pier (or Mole) and dispatching hundreds
of passenger and freight trains daily in its heyday, this division was in
many ways the vortex of SP in the West. With its ferry connection to San
Francisco, and train departures to all parts of the SP system, the Oakland
Pier was at the center.
408 pages, 711 photos, 84 in color, 23 maps, 39 timetable pages, station
list. $70.00
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SOUTHERN
RAILWAY
By Tom Murray. This authoritative account traces the Southern Railway's 88-year
tenure as the transportation force in the South, in the process paying tribute
to the railroad's profitable operations and well-maintained infrastructure
and equipment, and presenting an important chapter in the region's history.
Rare archival photography captures the railway's motive power and rolling
stock against the region's cityscapes and scenic countryside, while system
maps and period ads round out a fitting tribute sure to appear to those who
remember the Southern, and those who arrived too late to know the railroad
firsthand.
160 pages, color photos, hardcover. $36.95
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES AND TRAINS
1950-1980: Volume 1
By Curt Tillotson. Showing primarily diesel action photos taken in the 1960s
forward (with some earlier material), with extended captions. All classes
from the 1940s forward are treated, but the bulk of work is 1960s.
128 pages, black and white and color photos, hardcover.
$29.95
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY PICTORIAL
By Ralph Ward. This book is a pictorial roster of the locomotives, rolling
stock, steam excursions, diesels and more.
64 pages, all-color photos, softcover. $22.95
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY STEAM TRAINS: Volume 1 -
Passenger
By Curt Tillotson Jr. This book contains superb photos of steam-powered passenger
trains in all regions of the railroad, taken by the best photographers covering
the road. The author has organized the photos and written extended detailed
captions explaining the train, geography and overall operations shown. Special
chapters cover the Southern's mountain lines over the Saluda grade and the
Swannoah line. This is an ideal book for anyone interested in the Southern
and in the neat, well-kept steam locomotives that the line operated.
112 pages, 150 black and white and color photos, hardbound. $29.95
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY STEAM
TRAINS: Volume 2 - Freight
By Curt Tillotson. SR freight trains in action in the steam era, arranged
by class, with extended captions and data.
128 pages, over 150 photos, hardbound. $32.95
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STARLIGHT ON THE RAILS
By Jeff Brouws and Ed Delvers. The years between the end of World Ear II
and the mid-1960s saw a flowering of railroad photography in America.
Photographers vied with one another to find archetypal railroad scenes that
they recorded with novelistic precision. The most demanding technical efforts,
however, were devoted to capturing the railroad at night. Here, in a stylish
and moving book, are the last great steam engines, lonely motormen, silent
stations, and more, all evoking the spirit of night railroading - as
quintessentially American as cool jazz - in its glory days.
136 pages, 90 photographs in duotone, 6 photos in full color, hardcover.
$39.95
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ST. CLAIR TUNNEL: Rails Beneath the River
By Clare Gilbert. The St. Clair Tunnel, running between Sarnia, Ontario,
and Port Huron, Michigan, opened for traffic in 1891. It was, and still is,
an engineering wonder. Find out why in this interesting book.
96 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $14.95
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STEAM ECHOES: The Railroad Photography of Glenn
Beier
By Glenn Beier. A photographic artist, Glenn graduated from the prestigious
Art Center School of Photography in Los Angeles. He quietly began seeking
out and photographing the last vestiges of steam-era railroading in the western
United States. Inspired by those who came before him, Glenn purposely sought
to capture the the essence of the narrow gauge, short line and logging railroads
of the West. Not satisfied with the typical locomotive portraits, he strove
to create images that would evoke feelings of power, massiveness and 'aliveness'
of the soon-to-vanish steam locomotives working in their natural habitates,
and to record the character and individuality of the people who, on a daily
basis, brought them to life and put them to work.
288 pages, black and white and color photos, horizontal format, hardbound.
$58.95
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STEAM LOCOMOTIVE COALING STATIONS AND DIESEL
LOCOMOTIVE FUELING FACILITIES
By Thomas W. Dixon Jr. This book contains scores of photos, drawings and
diagrams showing the different types of facilities.
80 pages, softbound. $19.95
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STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE B&O RAILROAD PHOTO
ARCHIVES
By Kim D. Tschudy. This book looks back at the steam engines that made America
and served the B&O from the Civil War to the end of the steam era. Included
are steam engines beginning with small Civil War era 4-6-0s up to the first
streamlined locomotive #5302. A must for all steam enthusiasts.
128 pages, 121 black and white phtos, softbound. $29.95
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STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
By Donald G. Campbell. This book, in text and pictures, gives an authoritative
history of steam on the Kansas City Southern and details each class of steam
locomotive that operated on this progressive southwestern road.
48 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $14.95
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STEAM IN THE PINES: A History of the Texas State
Railroad
By Jonathan K. Gerland. Drawn mostly from primary source documents, this
new history tells the exciting and amazing story of how the Texas State Railroad,
with humble beginnings as an industrial spur built and operated by the Texas
prison system more than 120 years ago, developed into one of the most popular
and unique tourist train operations in the country today.
66 pages, 17 black and white photos, softbound. $9.95
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STEAM OVER
DONNER
By Duncan Still. A chronological and pictorial history of Donner Pass. The
author uses his extensive collection of Southern Pacific black and white
steam photographs, many by the late W.C. Whittaker, to explain with both
text and photos how SP used steam locomotives to battle 'The Hill'. Several
photos of main road power with point helpers, swing and/or rear helpers from
the late 1930s to the mid 1950s are included.
180 pages, over 150 black and white photos, horizontal format, hardcover.
$64.95
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STEAM TO DIESEL: Jim Fredrickson's Railroading
Journal
By Jim Fredrickson. The author's career with the Northern Pacific spanned
a period of far-reaching technological change, which he thoroughly documented
through photos. "Steam to Diesel" presents some of his best photos of the
NP and its competing lines.
160 pages with illustrations and photos, hardbound. $45.00
Softbound - $29.95
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STEAM TRAINS: A Photographic Gallery
By James P. Bell. Few images speak as clearly of a time and a place as a
dramatic black-and-white photograph of an American steam locomotive powering
through that storied era of railroad history. All the new photographs in
this book meticulously recreate that original monochromatic style, capturing
the bygone age of steam rail against the settings of its heyday.
192 pages, 120 black and white photos, hardbound. $34.95
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STEAM'S CAMELOT: Southern and Norfolk Southern
Excursions In Color
By Jim Winn. Southern and Norfolk Southern excursion trains delighted enthusiasts
for 28 years. The author writes the story from the last run of Norfolk &
Western J number 611 in regular service in 1959 and chronicles the lack of
excursions in the early 1960s. He covers the beginning and expansion of steam
excursions on the Southern under Graham Claytor, overviews the endless stream
of different 'hired' steam locomotives from other railroads, and brings the
story into the N&W era with the 611 and 1218.
120 pages, 150 color photos, hardbound. $38.95
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STRANGE BUT TRUE, COLORADO:
Weird Tales of the Wild West
By John Hafnor and Dale Crawford. This is a richly illustrated series of
70 vignettes, each with a surprise ending. The book has been called the defining
book in the category of Rocky Mountain historical books of the weird.
142 pages, black and white illustrations, softcover. $15.95
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STILL STANDING: A Century
of Urban Train Station Design
By Christopher Brown. This book outlines the history and development of large
urban stations throughout the Western world. The basic physical forms and
their evolution are reviewed in the context of the rapid growth of train
travel. The author discusses the arrival and impact of Beaux-Arts architecture
in the 1890s and its profound effect on the American terminal. The end of
the so-called golden era of passenger rail travel coincided with an architectural
move away from the classicism of Beaux-Arts. New and different design forms
appeared while passengers defected to other means of transportation.
152 pages, 106 color photos, hardbound. $49.95
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STOCK CAR CYCLOPEDIA:
Volume 1
By Robert L. Hundman. Subjects covered include early stock cars, AT&SF,
AT&SF SK-3, Baltimore & Ohio (Mather Car), stock cars and their use,
Chesapeake & Ohio, Frisco - SL-SF, St. Louis & Iron Mountain, Southern
Pacific, AAR-Union Pacific, LH&StL - L&N, Missouri Pacific, Norfolk
& Western, and N&W stock ramp.
96 pages, black and white photos and diagrams, horizontal format, softcover.
$29.95
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STREAMLINERS: History of a Railroad Icon
By Mike Schafer and Joe Welsh. Travel back in time to witness the dynamic
trains that reigned supreme from the 1930s through the 1950s. The great
streamliners of yesteryear are brought to life: Santa Fe's Chiefs,
Rock Island's Rockets and Union Pacific's City of Salina pop
from the pages in lavish color. Original brochures, timetables and dining
car menus, plus coverage of development, interior design, rolling stock and
operation deliver a striking tribute to these magnificent passenger trains.
160 pages, 150 color and 50 black and white photos, softbound. $17.95
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STREETCAR LINES OF THE HUB: The 1940s, Heyday
of Electric Transit in Boston
By Bradley H. Clarke. In 1940, the 52 street lines of the Boston Elevated
Railway still accounted for the lion's share of the system's revenue miles.
During World War II, ridership would achieve levels never before attained
and strain the capacity of the system. The viability of the trolley would
be reaffirmed one last time, and the 1940s would be the heyday of electric
transit in Boston. The book covers each route, line by line, plus every carhouse
and station, and the Eastern Mass. Street Railway lines to Stoneham and Quincy.
216 pages, nearly 500 black and white and color photos, detailed track diagrams
and maps. $54.95
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