Colorado Railroad Museum - Golden, Colorado

New Railroad Books and DVD

The newest titles which have become available. Please call us at 800-365-6263 to order a copy of any of these books or DVDs, or order our catalog online.

New Titles as of 6/30/08

ALCO'S FA: Running in the Shadow - An In-Depth Look at the Alco-GE/MLW FA Series
By R. Craig Rutherford. This book traces the comprehensive history of the Alco-GE and MLW-FA series locomotives. Chapters cover not only each US railroad to operate these locomotives, but also Canada and Mexico and exports to South America. Excursion railroads and surviving locomotives are also covered. A detailed roster section is provided.
128 pages, color photos, hardcover. $59.95

BALTIMORE AND OHIO'S CAPITOL LIMITED AND NATIONAL LIMITED
By Joe Welsh. In 1923, the Baltimore & Ohio's Capitol Limited started its travels between Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Two years later, the B&O's National Limited linked the nation's capital to St. Louis. This authoritative, illustrated history takes readers back to the B&O's glory days, with a wealth of images, route information, details of the trains' passenger motive power, and the inside story on how the frugal railroad streamlined its equipment with innovative and aesthetically striking results.
160 pages, 110 black and white and 100 color photos, hardcover. $36.95

BALTIMORE AND OHIO'S MAGNIFICENT 2-8-8-4- EM-1 ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVE
By Thomas W. Dixon Jr. and Bob Withers. This is the story of B&O's last steam locomotive class, the fabulous EM-1 2-8-8-4 simple articulated, which the road bought during World War II. Although B&O wanted diesels, war-time restriction prevented it from ordering any and the EM-1s were built instead. They handled the last years of war traffic and served ten more years, hauling fast freights, coal trains, and even some passenger runs over the heaviest grades of the B&O.
128 pages, black and white photos, drawings and maps, hardcover. $23.95

BURLINGTON NORTHERN IN COLOR: Volume 1 - The Urge to Merge
By Jim Boyd. The predecessors of Burlington Northern - GN, NP, CB&Q, SP&S - and the events leading up to the 1970 merger are illustrated in vivid color. First in a three-volume set that will cover the entire history of Burlington Northern.
128 pages, color photos, hardcover. $59.95

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY 2007 LOCOMOTIVE REVIEW AND DIAGRAMS II
By Robert C. Del Grosso. This book catalogues the BNSF's 6,193 owned and 350 leased locomotives by roster number series and model, with coverage through January 31, 2007. The general format is a hundred percent line-by-line roster reflecting builder data, renumber and repaint dates. Photos represent each model group. Other sections include Retirements, New Motive Power, the Bold Heritage locomotive paint scheme, Remote Control Platforms, Green Goats and GenSets, and a listing of maintenance shops showing where each locomotive is assigned. A special section includes official locomotive diagram and technical specification sheets (folios) of all models fully retired from the company fleet.
176 pages, 215 color photos, hardcover. $48.00

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY 2008 LOCOMOTIVE REVIEW
By Robert C. Del Grosso. This ninth edition catalogues BNSF Railway's entire fleet of owned and leased locomotives by roster number series and model with coverage through March 31, 2008.
160 pages, 195 color photos, hardcover. $48.00

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS: Volume 2
By Robert C. Del Grosso. This is a continuation of the format in Volume 1 with new and different types of cars and freight car number series presented. The historical data for car totals cover the period 1995-2007. This longer time period has added a new perspective in reviewing the evolution of the fleet in terms of both newly acquired and merger-acquired cars.
104 pages, color photos and diagrams, hardcover. $48.00

CALIFORNIA'S LOCOMOTIVES: Shortline Steam in the Golden State
By Joseph A. Strapac. At the peak of the industry in the late 1920s, small common carrier railroads remained a viable business model everywhere in the state - even in the desert. In fact, many of the railroad organizations that appear in this book can still be found operating in their traditional venues. This volume addresses a cross-section of the rod-driven steam locomotives delivered to California shortlines and private carriers in the three decades or so between the late 1890s and late 1920s.
128 pages, black and white photos, softcover. $32.95

CALIFORNIA RAILS 1950s: A Color Pictorial
By Dallas Gilbertson. The author made an effort to photograph the last of steam in the Golden State during the early and mid-1950s. SP and shortlines still had extensive steam operations during this period. He also extensively photographed California's electric railways in LA and the Bay Area.
128 pages, all color photos, hardcover. $59.95

CHESSIE SYSTEM RAILROADS IN WEST VIRGINIA
By Thomas W. Dixon Jr. This book is an album of photos depicting trains operating exclusively in West Virginia on the Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and Western Maryland railroads during the era when they were part of the combined Chessie System. Most photos range from 1972 to the late 1980s and show heavy trains powered by multiple locomotives hauling the black diamonds that were so much a part of these railroads' character.
64 pages, 135 color photos, softcover. $22.95

CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND IN COLOR: Volume 2 - Insull's Road: 1948-1969
By Geoffrey H. Doughty. Once part of an interurban empire consolidated by Samuel Insull, one of Thomas Edison's chief lieutenants, the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad managed to survive in an era where the automobile became the dominant form of short- and long-distance transportation.
128 pages, over 200 color photos, hardbound. $59.95

CHICAGO STATIONS AND TRAINS PHOTO ARCHIVE
By John Kelly. This book highlights Chicago's six major railroad stations and the trains that served them. Included are Dearborn Station, Grand Central Station, Central Station, La Salle Street Station, North Western Station, and Union Station. Chicago's railroad stations featured superb architecture with marble floors and staircases, while restaurants, newsstands and shops filled the concourse areas. Historic photographs feature name trains like Super Chief, Capitol Limited, 20th Century Limited, Broadway Limited, California Zephyr, Hiawatha, 400, and City of Denver.
128 pages, 136 black and white photos, horizontal format, softcover. $29.95

CHICAGOLAND COMMUTER RAILROADS
By Patrick C. Dorin and Andrew T. Roth. Commuter, or Suburban Rail Passenger Train Services have played an important role in the Chicago metro area for well over 100 years. Since the city and its suburbs are economically interdependent with one another, passenger service is crucial to the economic health of the entire Chicago area. This book begins with a brief, detailed review of each of the many commuter services offered in the Chicago area before the development of the Regional Transit Authority, and moves on to detailed information of routes, train frequency, number of passengers, and physical equipment of the Metra and Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD, South Shore) services.
128 pages, 40 color and 160 black and white photos, softcover. $32.95

COLORADO & SOUTHERN PLATTE CAÑON MEMORIES AND THEN SOME
By Tom and Denise Klinger. Relive railroading from 1900 to 1938 on the C&S narrow gauge along the Platte Cañon District from Denver to Como and beyond (Alma Branch and Boreas Pass to Breckenridge). Topics include floods, snowsheds, wrecks, scrapping, train operations, resort hotels, murder and romance, all gleaned from newspapers, diaries and photographs of the day. In addition, there are interviews from those who were there, and data from engineer A.A. Anderson's original time books which recorded daily operations.
336 pages, over 450 black and white photos, hardcover. $65.00

CONTAINERS A-Z
By David G. Casdorph. This CD book contains the excellent series on containers. It provides an extensive photographic record of intermodal containers from A to Z. The ISO types, characteristics, owner/operator information (when known) and available models are all documented. Designed to be an invaluable tool for both modelers and historians, the CD presents this 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. This series was first published in Model Railroading magazine between April 2000 and February 2003.
93 pages, 315 color photos, 300 dpi PDF images on CD format. $18.95

CUMBRES & TOLTEC: A Photographic Tribute to America's Most Spectacular Scenic Railway
By Sam Furukawa. Almost hidden from public view in a high and remote corner of the Rocky Mountains is the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. This 64-mile line crosses and re-crosses the border between southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico, passing through some of the most spectacular mountain scenery anywhere in the world. Instead of more history, this volume seeks to show what the C&TS looks like today. You'll find plenty of photos of locomotives and trains, including some from well beyond trackside, including a seriers of remarkable photos shot from a jet helicopter at the height of the fall foliage season in the San Juan Mountains.
176 pages, all color photos, horizontal format, hardcover. $49.95

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH AMERICAN RAILROADS
Edited by William D. Middleton, George M. Smerk, and Roberta L. Diehl. Lavishly illustrated, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent's railroads covers the US, Canadian, Mexican, Central American and Cuban systems. The encyclopedia's overarching theme is the evolution of the railroad industry and the historical impact of its progress on the North American continent.
1296 pages, 543 black and white photos, 59 maps, hardcover. $99.95

EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE
By J. Parker Lamb. The diesel locomotive sent shockwaves through rigid corporate cultures and staid government regulators. For some, the new technology promised to be a source of enormous profits; for others, the railroad industry seemed a threat to their very livelihoods.
216 pages, 160 black and white photos, hardcover. $39.95

A FIELD GUIDE TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD DEPOTS AND FREIGHT HOUSES
By John H. Roy Jr. At the height of the railroad era, nearly every community in New England had at least one depot and freight house around which the town center grew. With the decline of the railroads, scores of these historic structures have been lost, including many architectural gems. This all-new handbook is a guide to 467 such structures that survive today. Each entry includes a photograph of the structure, the date it was built, its use today, and brief historical and architectural notes.
352 pages, 479 photos, 6 x 9", softcover. $19.95

THE FRUIT BELT ROUTE: The Railways of Grand Junction, Colorado 1890-1935
By William L. McGuire and Charles Teed. A history of the the horse car, trolley, and interurban route to Fruita, Colorado. By the Rio Grande chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
56 pages, black and white photos, softcover. $19.95

GE EVOLUTION LOCOMOTIVES
By Sean Graham-White. For the first time, readers are given a full account of the GE Evolution Series locomotives and their GEVO powerplants. Here are the technologies that answered the EPA's more stringent "Tier 2" emissions regulations and yielded no fewer than 25 US patents. The author provies the complete story behind Evolution Series' design, manufacture, testing, and sales; gives readers a rare look inside General Electric's Erie, Pennsylvania, facilities; and relates interviews with key GE and railroad personnel.
144 pages, color photos, hardcover. $36.95

GHOST STORIES OF COLORADO
By Dan Asfar. The rich and rugged history of Colorado is filled with both spectacular successes and dashed dreams. It is a land of Native Americans, pioneers, miners, ranchers, and soldiers. Against this backdrop, the author explores the ghosts, poltergeists and other residual spiritual inhabitants of the Centennial State.
223 pages, softcover. $12.95

GOLDEN CITY TASTES AND TRADITIONS: Golden, Colorado
From the Golden Cultural Alliance. This cookbook contains more than 250 recipes submitted by the residents and organizations of Golden as well as many snippets of history and lore about Golden and Colorado.
256 pages, spiral-bound, color photo section, hardcover. $13.95

GP40: The First 645 Geep
By George Melvin. This CD book contains the exceptional series on EMD's GP40, the first Geep powered with the 645 engine. It documents the GP40's use by original owners and many of their subsequent owners and provides a photographic record of these engines. Designed to be an invaluable tool for both modelers and historians, the CD presents this 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. This series was first published in Model Railroading magazine between August 2000 and September 2002.
116 pages, 212 photos, 135 in color, 300 dpi PDF images on CD format. $18.95

THE GRANDLUXE EXPRESS: Traveling in High Style
By Karl Zimmermann. This book invites readers aboard the glamorous renovated cars of the GrandLuxe railway train. In 1989, the American-European Express, a stylish train created in emulation of Europe's Orient Express, commenced operation between Washington and Chicago. Forced to close down two years later, it was reborn in 1994 as the American Orient Express. The AOE, as this luxury streamliner was often known, matured under the tutelage of various owners until 2006, when under new ownership it acquired a new name, the GrandLuxe Express.
112 pages, 10 black and white and 96 color photos, hardcover. $39.95

GREAT TRAIN ROBBERIES OF THE OLD WEST
By R. Michael Wilson. Rails reached the West toward the end of the 1860s, and it wasn't long before road agents graduated from robbing stagecoaches to robbing trains. For outlaw gangs, there was no venue riskier than a train robbery. But then again, no other line of work offered such potential for instant wealth. This book is an action-packed collection of gangs too notorious, hauls too large, and murders too cold-blooded to fade into obscurity.
167 pages, softcover. $12.95

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
By Kenneth Jessen. The Great Western Railway was a subsidiary of the Great Western Sugar Company. The railroad was designed to bring freshly harvested sugar beets in from the fields of north-central Colorado to selected Great Western factories for processing. It also hauled raw materials to the factories and delivered refined sugar to common carriers. With such a specialized purpose, it is a tribute to the short line that it still survives today. This book provides an overview of the railroad from its beginning to modern times.
160 pages, softcover. $24.95

HAWAIIAN RAILWAY ALBUM WWII PHOTOGRAPHS BY BY VICTOR NORTON, JR.: Volume 4 - Plantation Railways on Kauai and the Remaining Islands
By Gale E. Treiber. This volume features plantation railroads on Kauai, Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii, plus photos from Victor Norton's return home after the War. Photographs include the Port of Nawiliwili, Ahukini wharf, loading operations out in the field, cane flumes, sugar mills, rare diesels and lots of steam.
64 pages, 73 black and white photos, 19 rosters, maps, softcover. $21.95

THE HIAWATHA STORY
By Jim Scribbins. First there was a single experimental coach, then an entire fleet. Soon Hiawatha was a railway legend. Loved for their radically new, streamlined look, the Hiawatha's Art Deco engines were a hallmark of American industrial design - a genre of passenger cars from Tip Top Tap to Touralux to the glass-encased Skytop. For Midwestern passengers from Chicago to Aberdeen, the Hiawatha represented speed, comfort, and luxury, offering spectacular views of the rolling landscape. From 1935 to 1970 it carried countless passengers and even more memories.
272 pages, 356 black and white photos, softcover. $29.95

THE HORSESHOE CURVE: Sabotage and Subversion in the Railroad City
By Dennis P. McIlnay. The Nazi plot to destroy the Horseshoe Curve - a mission that Hitler himself conceived - was one of the world's deadliest terrorist acts. Had the Nazis succeeded in demolishing the Horseshoe Curve, they could have crippled the American war machine and changed the course of history. Part spy story and part historical epic, this book seamlessly blends information from 300 sources, including diaries, biographies, military records, histories, engineering studies, court briefs, and FBI files.
455 pages, black and white photos, hardcover. $29.95

KANSAS CURVE
By Robert P. Olmsted. This pictoral is about "Don Ball Curve" in Lawrence, Kansas. Informally named for a master of railroad photography and book publishing, the curve is located along the Kansas City-Denver main line of the Union Pacific. Devoted to the Union Pacific and Rock Island trains (the latter using trackage rights) that have rolled through the Don Ball Curve between 1948 and 2007, this book can also serve as a guide for railfans interested in visiting Lawrence and the Curve with its current high volume of train traffic.
48 pages, black and white photos, softcover. $19.95

KEY SYSTEM STREETCARS
By Vernon J. Sappers. This long-awaited volume is a complete history of the streetcar lines in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay area, from 1869 to 1948. Centered on Oakland, but spanning from Richmond through Berkeley to Hayward, this extensive network had quite diverse equipment, fully covered in complete rosters. Route descriptions, and superb historical photos of street scenes, are the core of the work.
480 pages, 778 black and white photos, 47 maps, graphics, bibliography, index, hardcover. $70.00

LOCOMOTIVE 346: Rebirth for the 21st Century
By Dirk P. Ramsey and George E. Lawrence. A revised edition of the original "Locomotive 346: The First Hundred Years", this book is a history of the museum's Locomotive 346 and includes a new section covering the engine's rebuilding at Strasburg.
48 pages, black and white photos, softbound. $9.95

MILWAUKEE ROAD LOCOMOTIVES: Volume 2 - EMD First Generation Switchers and Road Switchers
By Thomas J. Strauss. This volume includes units from SW1 and SW1200 switches to GP9 and SD9 road switchers, from the 1930s to the 1980s.
160 pages, hundreds of color and black and white photos, hardbound. $59.95

MILWAUKEE ROAD PASSENGER TRAINS: Volume 1 - The Pioneer Limited, the Hiawatha, Twin Cities Hiawathas, and other Milwuakee Road Speedliners
By John F. Strauss Jr. The most comprehensive book written on Milwuakee Road's passenger operations. There are many actual train consists, depot arrival and departure lists, passenger car photos, passenger train photos and more.
168 pages, color and black and white photos, hardbound. $59.95

MILWAUKEE ROAD'S WESTERN EXTENSION: Building of a Transcontinental Railroad
By Stanley Johnson. This is the fascinating story of the 1905-1915 building of the first through rail line between Chicago and Puget Sound. It tells of the face-to-face personal and corporate struggle for power by America's railroad barons, the courage and fortitude of pioneering civil engineer surveyors who pushed their way through literally thousands of miles of virgin wilderness in search of a workable route. It is a saga of great accomplishment and remarkable people.
560 pages, 450 photos, drawings and maps, index, hardbound. $74.95

MOVING MAIL AND EXPRESS BY RAIL
By Edward M. De Rouin. This book looks into the history, organization, and operation of mail and express operations in US railroading. It takes you inside the head-end business, definining and clarifying mail, baggage and express work. In addition to photographs, over 100 tables of Railway Express Agency car space reservations and train consists are included. Passenger train fans, historians, and operation-oriented modelers will find new and unpublished material to enjoy.
224 pages, nearly 200 photos, charts, consist information, hardcover. $59.95

NARROW GAUGE PICTORIAL: Volume 7 - Denver & Rio Grande Western Work Equipment - OA to OZ
By Jerry B. Day. Covers the specialty work equipment used by the D&RGW narrow gauge operations.
224 pages, album format, softbound. $35.00

NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD
By Brian Solomon and Mike Schafer. Famous for its many great passenger trains, including the New York-to-Chicago 20th Century Limited, the New York Central also operated high-volume freight trains and the fabulous Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan.
224 pages, black and white and color photos, hardbound. $36.95

NORFOLK & WESTERN: ...Steam's Last Stand
By Mallory Hope Ferrell. A photographic study of guts, grime and power as everything from small consolidations and "Mollies" to husky double-headed 2-8-8-2s moved coal trains to Tidewater and the midwest. The final years of smoking action on America's last steam-powered railway (1945-1960).
320 pages, horizontal format, hardbound. $59.95

NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD BRIDGES
By Brian Solomon. In this book, the author examines each major type of railroad bridge construction - truss, trestle, viaduct, suspension bridge, and movable span - as well as the men responsible for pioneering them, while explaining in layperson's terms the principles behind each. In addition, iconic structures such as Hell Gate, Starrucca Viaduct, and Suisun Bay Bridge are examined in detail.
160 pages, color photos, drawings and diagrams, hardbound. $36.95

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY PHOTO ARCHIVE
By John Kelly. Always a progressive leader in railroading, Northern Pacific was the first to offer sleeping and dining car service from St. Paul to the Pacific Northwest. Outstanding vintage photography, brochures, postcards, menus, timetables and advertisements tell the story of the Northern Pacific's glory years from the 1930s through the 1960s. Featured are the heavyweight North Coast Limited, the faster Vista Dome passenger trains, steam and diesel locomotives, freight cars, maintenance-of-way and cabooses.
128 pages, 122 black and white photos, softcover. $29.95

PASSENGER CARS: Volume 3 - Solariums, Sleepers, Inspection Cars and More
By Hal Carstens. Photos and HO-scale drawings of various observation and lounge cars, sleepers, and others.
123 pages, horizontal format, black and white photos, softbound. $32.95

PIG & WHISTLE: The Story of the Philadelphia & Western Railway
By Ronald DeGraw. The men who founded the Philadelphia & Western dreamed of completing a coast-to-coast railroad network, with the P&W serving as the eastern link into Philadelphia and New York City. This idea failed, but the little railroad which served a collection of Philadelphia-area communities managed to thrive and become an electric railway success story. Three decades after its conception, the company placed into service some of the most revolutionary railway cars ever built, the famous high-speed "Bullets".
224 pages, black and white and color photos, hardcover. $60.00

PULLMAN-STANDARD FREIGHT CARS, 1900-1960
By Edward S. Kaminski. Pullman-Standard was a major builder of freight cars, in addition to its renowned role in construction and operation of passenger cars. In fact, for a time Pullman-Standard was the largest freight car builder in the world, having over fifty percent of US capacity (more than everyone else combined). This book provides a survey of typical cars built by P-S during the 1900-1960 period.
192 pages, 418 photos, 59 in color, hardbound. $65.00

THE RAILROAD NEVER SLEEPS: 24 Hours in the Life of Modern Railroading
Edited by Brian Solomon. On May 10, 2007, the anniversary of the 1869 Golden Spike ceremony that completed the first US transcontinental railroad, several of today's top railroad photographers set out for every corner of the continent to capture railroading action at all hours of the day and night. The result is this colelction of breathtaking photography comprising a compelling portrait of the equipment and people that keep North American life and commerce on the rails.
176 pages, all color photos, index, hardbound. $36.95

RAILROAD PATHFINDER: The Life and Times of Edward L. Berthoud
By Robert C. Black III. Edward L. Berthoud was the quintessential right-hand man of Rocky Mountain railroading. His life offers keen insight into the bitter politics and physical challenges of nineteenth-century railroading in the Rocky Mountain West.
176 pages, black and white photos, maps, index, softbound. $18.95

RAILROADING IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO 1958-1960: 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 PENNSYLVANIA: Your Guide to Pennsylvania's Historic Trains and Railway Sites
By Brian Solomon. This is your guidebook to the history and rich array of railroad sites, colorful preserved railways, museums, and operations that modern-day visitors can see and enjoy in the Keystone State. Inside these pages, veteran railroading author Brian Solomon profiles coal-hauling railways of old and also covers the route of the historic Pennsylvania Railroad and other railways.
160 pages, color photos, index, hardbound. $34.95

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS: Southern Pacific's Lines in Texas and Louisiana
By A.D. McLennan. The Texas & New Orleans Railroad, SP's subsidiary in Texas and Louisiana, is described from early days until the merger into parent SP in 1961. Individual chapters describe the components of the system, from El Paso, through San Antonio and Houston, to New Orleans, plus the Victoria Division reaching to Brownsville, and the East Texas lines. The Houston and New Orleans terminals receive separate chapters, as do steam and diesel power. A concluding chapter covers the 1961 merger.
384 pages, 329 photos, 38 maps, roster, index, hardbound. $70.00

TRACKSIDE ON THE PENNSYLVANIA: Volume 2 - Structures of the Standard Railroad of the World
By Jeff Scherb. The CD version of this book features redrawn PRR standard plans of trackside structures such as signal and switch buildings, passenger stations, combination stations, yard and shop buildings and freight houses. A "must own" for PRR enthusiasts and modelers, this book is also a great resource for any modeler interested in scratchbuilding or detailing structures. Working from original drawings and photos, the author recreated these historical drawings using CAD software so they could be compiled into a practical and comprehensive format useful to both the PRR historian and modeler. CAD drawings can be printed in any scale, and all text is fully searchable.
95 pages, PDF images on CD format. $16.95

THE TRAIN OF TOMORROW
By Ric Morgan. Completed in 1947, the Train of Tomorrow became a postwar symbol of American know-how and promised a bright future for the railroads. This book restores the Train of Tomorrow to its rightful place in history. It includes photographs, drawings, and documents, as well as the diary kept during its inaugural tour.
240 pages, 189 black and white photos, hardcover. $49.95

TRUE TALES OF THE OLD WEST: Volume 16 - Old West Railroaders
By Charles L. Convis. Fascinating stories about the little-known, and little-known stories about the famous. Twenty-three short tales about railroaders and railroading in the Old West.
62 pages, black and white photos and illustrations, softcover. $7.95

TWIN CITIES BY TROLLEY: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul
By John W. Diers and Aaron Isaacs. At its peak in the 1920s and early 1930s, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT) operated over 900 streetcars, owned 523 miles of track, and carried more than 200 million passengers annually. This book offers a rolling snapshot of Minneapolis and St. Paul from the 1880s to the 1950s, when the streetcar system shaped the growth and character of the entire metropolitan area. Follow the tracks from Stillwater to University Avenue to Lake Minnetonka, through Uptown to downtown Minneapolis.
368 pages, 422 black and white photos, 70 maps, hardcover. $39.95

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

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

New DVDs as of 5/30/08

AMERICA AND THE PASSENGER TRAIN
At one time, America's passenger trains set the standard for rail passenger service in the world. Famous trains, with names like 20th Century Limited, Super Chief, California Zephyr and Daylight, are profiled in this program. Also included are the American Orient Express and today's GrandLuxe Rail Journeys. Bonus footage shows GrandLuxe Express plus Canada's Rocky Mountaineer and the rail journey through Mexico's Copper Canyon. This program traces the development of passenger trains that Americans have remembered and cherished for nearly two centuries.
65 minutes, color. RK Productions $24.95 DVD ONLY

BUSTER KEATON'S THE GENERAL
Railroad engineer Buster Keaton is rejected by the Confederate Army and by his sweetheart, Annabelle (Marion Mack). But when Northern spies kidnap both Annabelle and The General, his beloved train engine, it sets in motion cinema's most perfectly structured comic epic. This 1927 silent film is presented here in a beautiful transfer from an archival print. The five-piece Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra uses historica 'photo-play music' to create an authentic, exciting and compelling score of the kind heard in movie theaters in the 1920s.
75 minutes, black and white. Mont Alto Picture Orchestra $19.95 DVD ONLY

GEARS IN THE WOODS
Every kind of steam locomotive ever conceived to haul logs: Shays, Heislers, Climaxes, Articulated rod and Rigid frame Engines. You'll see the Feather River Shays high on S-curved trestles, getting a run at a five and a half percent grade with 25 degree curves, and the fireworks pin-wheel of Climaxes tackling six percent grades on the Hillcrest. Heislers dance around the log dump like daddy long-legs spiders. Climb in to the cab as Rayonier Mallet #8 heads for tall timber and returns with logs of Bunyan size. Two versions of the McLeod operation: first, a double-headed fan trip with an SP daylight consist and - in the ten-foot drifts of February - a sparkling vignette in brilliant sunshine with Mount Shasta towering behind.
54 minutes, color. Sunday River Productions $39.95 DVD ONLY

GREAT AMERICAN TRAIN RIDE 4-DVD COLLECTOR'S SET
Captivating views, colorful locomotives, and historical tracks come together in this 4-DVD collection of rail videos that explores the legendary trains and lines that span America. The journey begins by following the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic over the rugged tracks from Colorado to New Mexico. Next, take in the chilly scenery as you follow steam engines through mountains, into canyons, and alongside lakes in Winter Steam Spectacular. Continue on along one of the most treasured railroads running between Chicago and Los Angeles in Santa Fe Mainline Memories. Finally, end your trip with a journey to Skagway, Alaska, in Alaska's White Pass & Yukon, and take a ride on the White Pass & Yukon Route, a railroad with history dating back to the Klondike Gold Rush.
320 total minutes, color. Topics Entertainment $29.95 DVD ONLY

OTTO PERRY'S RIO GRANDE ARTICULATEDS
This feature shows the mightiest steam engines on the Denver and Rio Grande system in all their glory. The giant locomotives are shown tackling the steepest grades on the railroad, from the Moffat Tunnel line to Soldier Summit to Tennessee Pass. Drag freights slog up mountains with three articulated engines pushing and pulling. Passenger trains strain to keep up speed among the high Rockies. We see these monsters charging along the "joint line" south of Denver, crossing the desert west of Grand Junction, and diving into the depths of the Royal Gorge. Runaways, landslides, and boiler explosions are covered.
78 minutes, color. Sunday River Productions $49.95 DVD ONLY

RIDE A FREIGHT ON THE DURANGO & SILVERTON
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ride the front of the caboose as a steam-powered train winds in front of you? Now you can! In this program, you're on board caboose 0505 as a short freight travels from Hermosa to past Tank Creek. It's relaxing to watch the locomotive and train wind through the Colorado mountains and along the Animas River as the engine chugs along. A great steam program that you'll enjoy watching again and again.
80 minutes, widescreen format, color. Railway Productions $24.95 DVD ONLY

SANTA FE SWAN SONG
See unusual street running in several Western cities, plus branches, locals and spectacular mainline views. GE's EMDs, cars, coaches and cabooses fill your screen. We conclude with a tribute to the 18-mile branch from Lamy to Santa Fe, New Mexico. See now-extinct diesel favorites including Kodachromes in action, and ride a dome car over Santa Fe passenger routes through the southwest, including Raton, Glorietta, Tehachapi, and Cajon.
75 minutes, color. Tell-Tale Productions $19.95 DVD ONLY

SOUTHERN PACIFIC CAB FORWARD COLLECTION: The Complete Story of Southern Pacific's Mighty 4-8-8-4 Articulated Locomotives
For nearly 47 years, the Southern Pacific Railroad relied upon its massive AC-type steam locomotives to haul freight and passenger trains throughout California and neighboring states. Built to provide the power and flexibility demanded by the mountainous passes they traversed, these giants were constructed with their cab in front of the boiler, thus earning them the name 'cab forwards'. On this DVD, you'll see cab forwards in service on the Overland Route, the San Joaquin Line, the Sunset Route, the Coast Route, the Shasta Route, and the Modoc Line.
90 minutes plus bonus footage, color and black and white. Pentrex $39.95 DVD ONLY

UNION PACIFIC: Off the Beaten Track - UP Potpurri, Volume 2
Union Pacific's far-flung network of branches have been pruned considerably during the past few decades. Experience rare glimpses of fading Northern Colorado routes in this unusual volume. This is the perfect DVD for those who believe bigger isn't always better. See locals on the Boulder Valley, Dent, Fort Collins and Boettcher lines, plus both surviving segments of the former Julesburg Subdivision. Get them before they're gone!
60 minutes, color. Tell-Tale Productions $19.95 DVD ONLY

UTAH'S INCREDIBLE SOLDIER SUMMIT
Union Pacific's former Denver & Rio Grande Western mainline between Helper and Provo, Utah is a great place to watch trains. Running over the Wasatch Mountains and Soldier Summit, this is a heavy-duty railroad with many maximum-tonnage trains. You'll see trains of the UP, Utah Railway, BNSF, and Amtrak as they climb up and over this twisting mountain railroad. This is a coal line, and you'll see some Utah Railway trains with as many as ten unitys - four on the front, with six-unit manned helpers! Enjoy action at all the great locations, including Helper, the tunnels at Nolan and Kyune, Summit, the Gilluly Loops, Thistle and much more.
90 minutes, widescreen format, color. Railway Productions $24.95 DVD ONLY

WINTER FREIGHTS ON THE DURANGO & SILVERTON
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is known around the world for its great train ride, and the beautiful scenery it passes through. In this program, turn back the calendar and enjoy several mixed freight and passenger trains that were run strictly for photographers. Locomotives 473 and 478, as well as 482, put on a great steam show with multiple runbys through the lovely scenery. If you like steam, then this program is full of great steam action that you won't want to miss.
70 minutes plus bonus footage, widescreen format, color. Railway Productions $24.95 DVD ONLY