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Railroad Books
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UINTAH RAILWAY: The Gilsonite Route
By Henry E. Bender Jr. One of the last narrow gauge lines built in to Rockies.
The line was built almost exclusively to carry the unusual mineral called
gilsonite, the glossy black asphaltum found nowhere else in the world. The
unusual task was made the more difficult by the fantastic grade climbing
Baxter Pass, five miles of unremitting 7.5 percent grade with many ultra-sharp
curves, for which the route became most famous. The Uintah had specially
built equipment, precursors of the Mallets, which makes this story extremely
interesting.
290 black and white photos plus maps and rosters, 240 pages, hardcover.
$44.95
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UINTAH RAILWAY PICTORIAL: Volume I - Mack
to Atchee
By Rodger Polley. The picture story of the Uintah Railway begins at Mack,
Colorado, as this narrow gauge line was constructing a hotel, office building
and water tank during 1906. The arrival of new locomotives is illustrated,
including numerous pictures of famous articulated engines Nos. 50 and 51.
Various flatcars and gondolas, as well as cabooses, appear in service at
this time. Gilsonite ore was the Uintah Railway's primary reason for existing.
The route across the unrelenting desert to the coal-mine facilities at Carbonera
are approached mile-by-mile - including cars being loaded at the coal tipple.
Also included are train wrecks, graphically portrayed with historic photographs.
320 pages, 414 historic black and white views, 7 full color pictures, hardcover.
$52.00
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UNION PACIFIC: Volume
I - 1862-1893
By Maury Klein. The history of the railroad that connected the coasts
and unified the United States. The Union Pacific Railroad is renowned as
America's first transcontinental railroad and is one of the strongest companies
in the railroad industry today. This book details the feat of engineering
and human strength that conquered the terrain of the desert and mountains
and also the colorful wheelings and dealings that were waged in executive
boardrooms in New York and Boston and in the chambers of Congress as dreamers
and scoundrels, politicians and patriots forged a pioneering enterprise in
transportation. Reprint.
816 pages, 117 halftones, 5 line art, softbound.
$24.95
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UNION PACIFIC: Volume
II - 1894-1969
By Maury Klein. The saga continues as the Union Pacific lays the groundwork
for modern industry in America. The second volume begins after the financial
panic of 1893, one of the worst depressions Americans had yet experienced,
which pushed the railroad into bankruptcy. This book examines the complex
challenges faced by the Union Pacific in the new century - the expanding
role of government and its restrictive regulations, the growth of labor unions,
the devastating effects of two world wars, and the growing competition from
new modes of transportation. Reprint.
672 pages, 114 halftones, 15 line art, softbound.
$24.95
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UNION PACIFIC: Saving a Big Boy and Other Railroad
Stories
By Bess Arnold. This book is an effort to preserve some of the oral history
of former Union Pacific Railroad employees in Wyoming who experienced the
era of both World War II and steam-powered locomotives. In this sequel to
her earlier and well-received book about UP employees as told in their own
words, the author has expanded on the subject to include the accounts of
women who were hired to work for Union Pacific at a time when railroading
was otherwise viewed as being "a man's world". Included here are stories
of shop employees, track workers, train dispatchers and locomotive engineers.
56 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $19.95
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UNION PACIFIC 2002-2003 LOCOMOTIVE DIRECTORY
This book helps identify the heritage of any locomotive on the UP roster
as of April 1, 2002. This handy field guide provides a unit-by-unit listing
of every unit on the Union Pacific roster, as well as a listing of units
not assigned UP numbers and the carrier's historic locomotive fleet.
160 pages, over 100 photos, softbound. $24.95
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UNION PACIFIC DIESELS IN COLOR: Volume 1 -
1934-1959
By Ed Austin. This transition from steam to complete dieselization is illustrated
in full color in this book. From doodlebugs to SD24s, vintage views tell
the story of UP's revamp of its motive power.
128 pages, over 250 color photos, hardbound. $59.95
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UNION PACIFIC DRAMA
By Robert P. Olmsted. This book contains images, portraits, and impressions
of the Union Pacific locomotives and trains between 1950 and 2003. From steam,
Es and Fs through GP30s and SD40s to 6000-horsepower units. Features top-quality
photographs of a railroad at work across the years.
88 pages, 16 in color, black and white photos, hardbound. $30.00
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UNION PACIFIC MOTIVE POWER IN TRANSITION
1936-1960
By Lloyd E. Stagner. Steam locomotive authority Lloyd Stagner takes a
behind-the-scenes look at why the Union Pacific created the "super steam"
locomotives and later opted for diesel and turbine power. Official records
were researched and are quoted as to when and why officials made their decisions
to retire steam on the Overland Route.
64 pages, photos and roster, softbound. $19.95
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UNION PACIFIC PROTOTYPE LOCOMOTIVE PHOTO SERIES
Each volume is intended to show a wide variety of photographic views that
show locomotives during various eras, the various lettering and paint schemes,
changes in appearance, with various tenders, as well as both sides of the
locomotives as much as possible. Each volume provides valuable information
for model railroaders, researchers, historians, and rail enthusiasts.
80 pages, horizontal format, softbound. $24.95 each
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Volume 1: Photos and information for the series
of locomotives from LA&SL, 4226 through UP 4430.
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Volume 2: Photos and information for locomotives
from UP 4431 through UP 4480.
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Volume 3: Photos and information for the series
of locomotives for the UP 4600s, OSL 4700 through 4757, and OWR&N 4900
through 4933.
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Volume 4: UP 4-8-4 Northerns, 800-819. Shows
a variety of views during various eras, lettering and paint schemes, changes
in appearance and with various tenders.
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Volume 5: UP 4-8-4 Northerns, 820-844 (8444).
Same as Volume 4 for the later series of locomotives.
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Volume 6: 2-8-8-0 Articulated, UP 3600 through
3664, OSL 3700s and OWR&N 3800s.
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Volume 7: 2-8-8-0 Articulated, UP 3500 through
3533.
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Volume 8: 2-8-8-0 Articulated, UP 3534 through
3564, OSL 3565-3566, OWR&N 3567-3569.
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Volume 9: 4-8-2 Mountain, UP 7000 through
7019.
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Volume 10: 4-8-2 Mountain, UP 7020 through
7039.
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Volume 11: 4-8-2 Mountain, LA&SL 7850
through 7864, UP 7865 through 7869.
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Volume 13: 2-10-2 Class, UP 5000 through
5044.
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Volume 14: 2-10-2 Class, UP 5045 through
5089.
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Volume 15: 2-10-2 Class, OSL/UP 5300 through
5318 and OWR&N 5400 through 5414.
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Volume 16: 2-10-2 Class, UP 5500 through 5524
and LA&SL 5525 through 5529.
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Volume 19: 4-12-2 Union Pacific Type, UP 9000
through 9029.
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Volume 20: 4-12-2 Union Pacific Type, UP 9030
through 9062.
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Volume 21: 4-12-2 Union Pacific Type, UP
9078-9087, OSL 9500-9514, OWR&N 9700-9797.
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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COLOR HISTORY
By Brian Solomon. From inauspicious beginnings in the 1860s, a little Omaha-based
railroad known as the Union Pacific headed out to the great American West
and never stopped. Nearly 140 years later, the Union Pacific has become the
largest railroad in North America. Famous for its 'Big Boy' steam locomotives,
M10000 streamlined passenger train, numerous acquisitions and mergers, and
its historic role in the transcontinental railroad, Union Pacific has always
been a railroading innovator and the king of doing things on a grand scale.
128 pages, 80 color and 40 black and white photos, softbound.
$21.95
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UNION PACIFIC IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA 1880-1990
By Donald Duke. This book covers historically the building of the lines,
and all the important events that happened to the Los Angeles Terminal
Railroad, the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, followed by
the Union Pacific Railroad. This volume covers the early days, the steam
locomotive era, and up through the coming of diesel motive power. Featured
pictorially in action views are the steam and diesel freight and passenger
trains, stations, yards, roundhouses and shops.
150 pages, over 320 black and white photos, maps, timetables, horizontal
format, hardbound. $49.95
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UNION PACIFIC STEAM
SURVIVORS
By Lloyd E. Stagner with Bob Yarger. During the 1950s, as American railroads
were making the transition from steam to diesel power, Union Pacific's policy
of good relations with its on-line communities was instrumental in the donation
of many retired steam locomotives. Museums, some of them off-line, were also
recipients. These "steam survivors", while in some instances limited to only
one or two extant examples of certain types, are well diversified. They range
in size from small switch engines to that of the world's largest steam
locomotives - the Big Boys. This book examines the status of 52 still-extant
Union Pacific steam locomotives.
48 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $19.95
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UNION PACIFIC WEST FROM LEAVENWORTH: A History
of the Leavenworth, Kansas & Western Railway
By I.E. Quastler. As a sequel to "Kansas Central Narrow Gauge", this book
follows the story of the Kansas Central from its conversion to standard gauge
and later operation as the UP-controlled LK&W. The story of its motive
power, operations and demise in 1935 are recounted in many rare photos and
descriptive text.
88 pages, softbound. $22.95
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UNION PACIFIC'S SHERMAN HILL IN THE DIESEL ERA
By A.J. Wolff. Mention the name Sherman Hill to railroad enthusiasts, and
images of Union Pacific's mammoth steam locomotives, colorful Armour yellow
streamliners, and lonely wind-swept landscapes come to mind. This photographic
journey not only highlights the diesel and turbine power that operated over
Sherman Hill since 1960, but also showcases the desolate beauty of this area.
224 pages, over 500 color and black and white photos, hardcover.
$48.00
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UNION PACIFIC'S TURBINE ERA
By A. J. Wolff. Each locomotive is shown in multiple views, allowing a reader
to view the units from when first delivered to near retirement. As much as
possible, previously unpublished views are presented, from the first steam
turbine to the final experimental coal turbine.
224 pages, horizontal format, black and white photos, hardbound.
$55.00
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UNION RAILROAD IN COLOR
By Rich Borkowski Jr. The seldom photographed Union Railroad fed the blast
furnaces of Pittsburgh, PA with its fleet of EMD switchers and "Buffalos".
Lots of steel mills and heavy industry in this book!
128 pages, all-color photos, hardcover. $54.95
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UP CLEAR CREEK ON THE
NARROW GAUGE: Modeling the Colorado & Southern
By Harry W. Brunk. This is a collection of 54 articles by the same title
that originally appearned in the bi-monthly magazine Narrow Gauge and
Shortline Gazette. It is the story of the author's HOn3 scale model railroad.
He based his Union Central and Northern layout on the Clear Creek District
of the 3-foot gauge Colorado & Southern Railroad that ran from Golden,
Colorado to just beyond Silver Plume. Although this book tells the story
of the author's layout, it is not a 'how-to-do-it' book; the history of the
area is discussed and reflected in the accurate modeling of not only the
railroad and its equipment, but also of the houses, churches, mines, and
businesses along the line.
278 pages, black and white photos and drawings, hardbound.
$61.95
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VERMONT RAIL SYSTEM: A
Railroad Renaissance
By Robert C. Jones. More than forty years ago, the state of Vermont and
Jay Wulfson's Vermont Railway joined forces to buy and revitalize key components
of the moribund Rutland Railroad. Today, Vermont Rail System is a dynamic
organization boasting six affiliates. Seperate chapters track the history
of each affiliate, including relevant antecedent roads. The final chapter
details the combined activities of the railroads through 2005.
304 pages, 208 black and white and 215 color photos, hardbound.
$60.00
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VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE: The Bonanza Road
By Mallory Hope Ferrell. Take an historical ride on the V&T, from its
Comstock Lode beginning to its Hollywood finish and beyond. Over 200 pages,
black and white and color photos, artistic drawings, maps and paintings,
hardcover. $49.95
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VISALIA ELECTRIC RAILROAD: Southern Pacific's
Orange Grove Route
By Phillips C. Kauke. The complete story of construction, operation and
dieselization of this small California road from 1904 to 1992.
168 pages, 251 photos, 15 maps and roster, hardbound. $55.00
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VISTA-DOME NORTH COAST LIMITED
By William Kuebler. The first book ever done on America's "Extra-Fine" passenger
train. It is a complete and comprehensive look at the Northern Pacific's
premier passenger train, including the distinctive dome cars that gave the
train its name and the passengers some very special memories. Let NP expert
Bill Kuebler take you on a guided tour of this train, including a car by
car overview and recollection by employees. There's even a section on the
NP's Stewardess-Nurses, exclusive to the Northern Pacific. Loaded with photos,
diagrams and more.
Over 300 pages, black and white photos, hardbound. $74.95
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