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	Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Class 2-8-4 Steam Locomotives Stock #: KB10803 List Price: ~~$24.95~~ Karen's Price: $22.95 The First in the History Series Books! This is the 1st book and covers the C&O K04 Kanawha. During World War II, the C&O turned to the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement to handle the fast freight schedule demanded by the war-time needs. The C & O had watched the development of the 2-8-4 on the Nickel Plate Road and the Pere Marquette through the "Advisory Mechanical Committee" which was common to the four railroads controlled by the Van Sweringens. It based its 2-8-4 design on the NKP and Pere Marquette "Berkshires". However it chose to name them "Kanawhas" after the Kanawha River, which paralleled its main line. Between 1943 and 1947, the C & O purchased ninety, Class K-4, 2-8-4 "Kanawhas", twenty from the Lima Locomotive Works and seventy from the American Locomotive Company. These locomotives were numbered 2700 through 2789. All of these locomotives had 69" diameter drivers, 26" x 34" cylinders, a 245 psi boiler pressure, they exerted 69,350 pounds of tractive effort and each weighed about 292,500 pounds. Soft cover more» Subject: Trains
	B&O Pacific Locomotives - Handsome Passenger Workhorses Stock #: KB10802 Author: Bob Withers List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $27.95 Baltimore & Ohio Pacific Type Passenger Locomotives! Approximately 125 great photos that cover all B&O 4-6-2 classes including many photos of them at work in all types of passenger service. As B&O’s premier class of passenger locomotives, the Pacifics were the backbone of the line’s passenger business. The book has rosters and background text on each class. A Great new piece of B&O literature. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Rails Around Missouri - A Stock #: KB10727 Author: Michael C. Kelly List Price: ~~$54.95~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 MISSOURI! From the Shadow of the Gateway Arch to the stockyards of Kansas City, from the hometown of Mark Twain through the Ozarks to the hometown of Scott Joplin, come along as we tour the Show Me State’s railroad past. With 224 pages filled with maps, history and all-color photographs, “Rails Around Missouri” takes you back to a time when the railroads had unique identities, passed through backwoods towns, and carried mail & passengers to and from the big cities. Over 500 photographs help cover the state from north to south, east to west, dating from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. As a bonus, the book is available with 2 different covers to pay tribute to the state’s rich railroad heritage. The photographers who contributed include: Ken Albrecht, Charlie Childs, Joe Collias, Paul Dalman, Ken Donnelly, Tony Fey, Lance Garrels, Tom Gildersleeve, Ed Gray, Chris Guss, Mike Haper, Ed Hawkins, Dale Hearn, Bill Keene, Michael J Kelly, Bob King, Jan Kohl, Allen Maty, Jerry Michels, Rick Morgan, Scott Muskopf, Arthur Myracle, George Nelson, Mark & Mike Nelson, Terry & Joyce Norton, Robert Plough, Gary Roe, Leon Sapp, Daniel Schroeder, Greg Stout, George Strombeck, Larry Thomas, Bill Wehmeier, JD Yoder, Lee Yoder. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Rails Around Missouri - B Stock #: KB10799 Author: Michael C. Kelly List Price: ~~$54.95~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 MISSOURI! From the Shadow of the Gateway Arch to the stockyards of Kansas City, from the hometown of Mark Twain through the Ozarks to the hometown of Scott Joplin, come along as we tour the Show Me State’s railroad past. With 224 pages filled with maps, history and all-color photographs, “Rails Around Missouri” takes you back to a time when the railroads had unique identities, passed through backwoods towns, and carried mail & passengers to and from the big cities. Over 500 photographs help cover the state from north to south, east to west, dating from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. As a bonus, the book is available with 2 different covers to pay tribute to the state’s rich railroad heritage. The photographers who contributed include: Ken Albrecht, Charlie Childs, Joe Collias, Paul Dalman, Ken Donnelly, Tony Fey, Lance Garrels, Tom Gildersleeve, Ed Gray, Chris Guss, Mike Haper, Ed Hawkins, Dale Hearn, Bill Keene, Michael J Kelly, Bob King, Jan Kohl, Allen Maty, Jerry Michels, Rick Morgan, Scott Muskopf, Arthur Myracle, George Nelson, Mark & Mike Nelson, Terry & Joyce Norton, Robert Plough, Gary Roe, Leon Sapp, Daniel Schroeder, Greg Stout, George Strombeck, Larry Thomas, Bill Wehmeier, JD Yoder, Lee Yoder. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Industrial Railroading in Color, Volume 2 Stock #: KB10780 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Look behind the fences of docks, grain elevators, power plants and other industries where standard railroad-size locomotives work. Hard cover more» Subject: Trains
	Santa Fe the Final Years 1980-1996, in Color: Volume 2, Belen to California Texas Lines Stock #: KB10779 Author: Jerry A. Pinkepank List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 A definitive look back at the last years of this fallen flag. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia, Volume 26 Stock #: KB10772 List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $27.95 Early Lightweight House Cars (50 pages) . The article is part of the continuing series covering American box car and refrigerator car designs. It describes the lightweight aluminum and Unicel house car designs built during the 1940s to early 1950s, including box cars for 10 American and Canadian railroads (ACL, Alton, C&O, CN, CP, GN, M&StL, NKP, RI, RS) and refrigerator cars for FGEX, IC, and PFE. The article includes 44 photos, 8 diagrams, and 2 tables. Pennsylvania Railroad X29 Rebuilds (35 pages) This continues the series of articles on American rebuilt box cars, describing the 10,000 PRR X29B, X29D, X29E, X29F, and X29G rebuilds of 1951 to 1959. The article includes 32 photos, 16 diagrams, and 1 table. ACF Proprietary-End 40’-6” 50-Ton Box Cars (28 pages). The article describes the 2,550 box cars built by ACF from 1948 to 1950 with ACF's proprietary Corrugated Steel Ends. Three variations of these ends were applied to box cars built for 5 railroads (C&EI, DT&I, M-K-T, RDG, and WLE). They came with various door openings, side construction options, and four different types of roofs. The article includes 27 photos, 21 diagrams, and 3 tables. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Great Northern Railway, Route of the Empire Builder Stock #: KB10769 Author: John Kelly List Price: ~~$36.95~~ Karen's Price: $32.95 Founded by James J. Hill in 1889, Great Northern was in the forefront of developing and promoting western tourism to Glacier National Park. The railroad’s slogan, “See America First,” was featured along with the mascot “Rocky” on freight cars and advertising. Today, Amtrak’s Empire Builder offers daily service between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. Noted author John Kelly has selected from the BNSF Railway archives and his own extensive collection to gather nearly 200 photographs, period advertising pieces, and related GN material such as maps, timetables, and travel brochures that showcase the streamlined Empire Builder as well as the Oriental Limited, Cascadian, International and Western Star passenger trains. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Milwaukee Road Steam Era in Wisconsin; Volume 1: The Main Line Stock #: KB10762 Author: Thomas E. Burg List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $27.95 THE MILWAUKEE ROAD STEAM ERA IN WISCONSIN, VOL. I is the first of three volumes edited by Thomas E. Burg and is new from Merrill Publishing Associates. Structured around a fine selection of photos from the collection of Roy Campbell, the book covers the Milwaukee’s main line between the Illinois state line at Ranney and the Mississippi River at LaCrosse. Campbell took many of the photos, and the balance are from other photographers. The meat of the book shows the Milwaukee at the height of the steam era between the wars, the CMStP&P of beefy USRA heavy Mikados; lithe Pacifics with inward bearing trailing trucks, fast, modern, shrouded Alco-built Atlantics and Hudsons rolling the HIAWATHAS at 100 per; and handsome non-streamlined 4-6-4s and big speedy capable Northerns on freight and passenger trains. more» Subject: Trains
	Winter Warriors Stock #: KB10761 Author: Robert P Olmstead List Price: ~~$18.95~~ Karen's Price: $17.95 A great selection of black & white photographs taken in the harsh winter of both the U.S. and Canada. Featuring both steam and diesel, both on passenger and freight operatins from the 1950s to 2011. Snow, ice, sleet and fog and trains. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Pacific Electric Cars, A Pictorial Journey: 1911-1953 Stock #: KB10715 Author: David Garcia and Joseph Strapac List Price: ~~$70.00~~ Karen's Price: $59.95 The Pacific Electric Railway, organized in 1901-02 by Henry Huntington and carried on after 1911 by a new corporation of the same name, owned by the Southern Pacific, was closely aligned with Southern California’s history and economic development. This book addresses the forty-two years -1911 to 1953- that the “new” Pacific Electric Railway operated electric-powered passenger and freight trains in southern California. The authors had access to extensive photo files illustrating PE cars and their operating environment and selected the most effective for use in this book, with three major goals: to illustrate all the major classes of cars and locomotives acquired by the new PE after 1911 (as well as providing representative images of “legacy” cars inherited from predecessors), to provide detailed, informative picture captions that can both stand on their own and provide the seeds for future research. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Railroad Critters in Color, Volume 3 Stock #: KB10760 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 A visit to the industrial “backyards” for a view of railroad operations using cookie-cutter and special-order locomotives built by Atlas, Baldwin, Davenport, GE, Plymouth, Porter, Whitcomb and others. Over 300 new photos. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Seaboard Coast Line in Color Stock #: KB10759 Author: William G. McClure III List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The motive power of the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line railroads were merged to form this new system in 1967 and were later augmented by new power. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Steam Locomotives of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, Vol 7 Stock #: KB10758 Author: Ed Austin List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $24.95 This volume covers the 4-8-4s and the 4-6-6-4s of the SP&S Railway. An invaluable legacy in black & white photographs. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 18 Stock #: KB10743 Author: Joe Strapac List Price: ~~$34.95~~ Karen's Price: $29.95 Content of volume 18 is specifically Alco and GE switch engines, from the high hood 660s of 1939 through the Century-415 “Center cabs” of 1966. Additionally, you’ll find in these pages INTENSE coverage of the GE 44-tonner, on the SP proper and its subsidiary lines. Ditto the GE 70-tonners. Color covers, black & white photos inside. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Extra Narrow Gauge Junction Stock #: KB10742 Author: Dick Andrews List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 A collection of 60 columns from the Narrow Gauge & Short Line GAZETTE. Charming stories about narrow gauge, with an emphasis on Maine 2-foot railroads by a writer who actually rode on some of them. The book is a great tribute to Dick Andrews and to the inspiration and counsel that he provided to us younger guys for close to 50 years -- and a great read. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Pittsburgh Trolleys In Color, Volume 1 Stock #: KB10737 Author: Ed Ridolph List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The Steel City was an operating museum of trolley cars when our photographers captured its essence in the 1960s. Join us in the days when the town was still bustling and much different than today. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Steel Mill Railroads, Volume 4 Stock #: KB10736 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 A continuing look at railroading as it relates to the steelmaking process----from the iron ore mines, through the iron and steel production, transportation of finished products, and the ultimate recycling processes. Join us with this continuing popular series of Steel Mill Railroads. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Erie Lackawanna in Color, Volume 8: New York Division Stock #: KB10735 Author: Robert J. Yanosey List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The New York Division was the busiest division on the EL comprised of a tangle of suburban commuter lines and freight routes. Photographers Al Holtz and Bill Rosenberg captured the workings of this dynamic division from New York City and out to the Delaware River. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Train Wreck Stock #: KB10732 Author: George Bibel List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $27.95 Trains are massive—with some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collide or go off the rails, their destructive power becomes clear. In this book, George Bibel presents riveting tales of trains gone wrong, the detective work of finding out why, and the safety improvements that were born of tragedy. Train Wreck details 17 crashes in which more than 200 people were killed. Readers follow investigators as they sift through the rubble and work with computerized event recorders to figure out what happened. Using a mix of eyewitness accounts and scientific explanations, Bibel draws us into a world of forensics and human drama. Train Wreck is a fascinating exploration of • runaway trains • bearing failures • metal fatigue • crash testing • collision dynamics • bad rails. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Colorado Railroad Water Tanks, Annual #31 Stock #: KB10730 Author: Bill Reich List Price: ~~$44.95~~ Karen's Price: $39.95 Colorado Railroad Water Tanks is a historical tour of the water tanks of Colorado's steam railroad era. Steam locomotives required a large quantity of water to generate the required amount of steam for motive power. Colorado railroads operated over six hundred tanks located along the approximately 6,000 miles of track. The six hundred tanks and their locations are listed in an index and documented with construction dates, sizes, water sources and pumping equipment, when the information is available. The process and history of bringing water from its source to the locomotive's tender is explained and illustrated. Included are 289 pages with over 260 color and black & white photographs, maps and illustrations of tanks and water equipment! Drawings, illustrations, maps and photographs in digital form are also included on a CD. Tanks that still remain are listed and located with GPS data for those wishing to visit these reminders of Colorado's railroad past. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	C&O Railway in Hinton, West Virginia Stock #: KB10729 Author: Thomas Dixon & William Simonton List Price: ~~$19.95~~ Karen's Price: $18.95 This book covers the history and operations of the C&O in Hinton, West Virginia. It features over 100 photos (many in print for the first time), drawings, and diagrams that provide a complete picture of the railroad in this important division point. An essential reference for study and modeling. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad and Predecessors, Volume 3 Stock #: KB10726 Author: Jerry DeVos List Price: ~~$60.00~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 Introductory Offer! Equipment Manufactures and the Equipment; Portland Company (Part2) Franklin & Magantic Railroad Phillips & Rangeley Railroad Sandy River - Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad (Part 1) This first successful two-foot narrow gauge common carrier in the United States and its sister carriers created a need for specialized and unique equipment. The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad and Predecessors, Volume 3 by Jerry DeVos provides a comprehensive look at the rolling stock, locomotives, motorized railcars, freight cars, and non-revenue equipment manufactured for or by the narrow gauge lines in Franklin County. This third volume describes the locomotives and freight cars built by the Portland Company; the history of the shops of the Franklin & Megantic, Phillips & Rangeley, Sandy River and Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes railroads; the excursion cars built by the Phillips & Rangeley; and the excursion cars, railcars and railbuses, and cabooses built by the Sandy River and SR&RL. more» Subject: Trains
	Bangor and Aroostook Stations and Structures Stock #: KB10725 Author: George & Katherine Melvin List Price: ~~$34.95~~ Karen's Price: $29.95 This books is organized into 16 chapters covering all the mainlines and branches of the railroad in existence in the 1950s.... There are photos of the dock facilities at Searsport, 102 different stations, 20 freight houses, 15 track crew buildings, 14 water tanks, six turntables, 10 engine houses, seven coaling facilities, 14 bridges, two interlocking towers and eight potato houses. There are multiple photos of many of the stations showing different sides. The book is 8 1/2 X 11 inches, perfect bound with flaps, 144 pages, 50 color photos, 334 black & white photos and two maps. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Union Pacific Locomotive Directory, 2007-2012 Stock #: KB10716 Author: Paul K. Withers List Price: ~~$34.95~~ Karen's Price: $29.95 This 6x9" book covers the Union Pacific's 6,000+ locomotive fleet in a unit-by-unit listing using information supplied by the railroad. While the existing fleet is cover in b&w images, the units added during the 2007-2012 time frame are cover in a series of color photographs as are the Heritage units, Olympic units, Bush Library unit, Boy Scout anniversary, and Breast Cancer awareness locomotives. Perfect for your camera bag or modeling workbench. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	New York Central Trackside, Big Apple to Buffalo: 1965-1969 Stock #: KB10712 Author: Allan H. Roberts List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Noted rail photographer Al Roberts give the reader the lowdown on the east end of the “Water Level Route”. Be there as he describes what it like taking photos on the NYC and PC in those days. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Northern Pacific Through Passenger Service In Color Stock #: KB10711 Author: Geoffrey H Doughty List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The NP was one of those roads that took pride in its passenger service right to the end. Passenger train expert Geoff Doughty guides the reader stem-to-stern throughout the Northern Pacific’s streamliners. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside around Pittsburgh, 1985-2005 with David Baer Stock #: KB10710 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The “Steel City” has changed quite a bit since the days of PRR, B&O, P&LE and dozens of steel mills puffing out smoke and product. Join Dave Baer for a tour of Pittsburgh and the surrounding area to see how railroading has changed. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Conrail in Color, Volume 3: The 1990s Stock #: KB10708 Author: Jeremy F. Plant List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The last years of Big Blue before absorption by CSX and NS in this all color book. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Chicago and North Western in Color, Volume 4: 1965-1995 Stock #: KB10707 Author: Lloyd A. Keyser & Phil Borleske List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The concluding chronology in this epic all-color history of the C&NW. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	FRISCO - Nothing could be Finer than a Frisco Diner Stock #: KB10705 Author: John W. Reed List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 Food service on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railroad began with a single dining car converted from a coach and grew into a fleet of 34 dining cars serving the Frisco’s nine-state territory in the mid-1940s. Immediately after World War II, brand new streamlined dining cars were added to the Frisco’s fleet. It was a time when businessmen, celebrities and families on vacation routinely took the train to their destinations, and dinner in the diner was a special treat. Frisco's dining cars developed a reputation for serving the finest food on rails. Highly complimentary letters were common. One such letter, from a New York passenger in 1949, appeared in the railroad’s newsletter, All Aboard, complimenting the Frisco on its food and service, adding, "Other lines should send scouts to get ideas from your chefs!” This book preserves the memories of the people who made the dining car experience possible, and to pass on the lure of the dining car to generations that have never known the appeal of "dinner in the diner.” Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Diesel's First 50 Years Stock #: KB10588 Author: Louis A. Marre List Price: ~~$80.00~~ Karen's Price: $69.95 Spotlighting North American Diesel production from its inception to 1971, this new book features many never-before published photographs in both sharp black and white and stunning color. Noted author and historian Louis A. Marre documents each manufacturer, model type, years produced, and what railroads received each model. The book has 464 pages in a beautiful 11 x 8½ horizontal format. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway; A Concise History and Fact Book Stock #: KB10704 Author: Thomas Dixon List Price: ~~$0.00~~ Karen's Price: $29.95 This books is a general reference intended for both the novice and the expert. It shows the C&O Railway by subdivision and station, and describes its facilities and yards. Equipment coverage includes both steam and diesel locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and the vital importance of coal to the railway. Enjoy the C&o Experience! Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Burlington Waycar Drawing Book Stock #: KB10703 Author: Randall Danniel, Marian Reis, Joseph Douda List Price: ~~$79.95~~ Karen's Price: $69.95 This new companion book includes most of the waycar and caboose drawings found in The Burlington Waycars book and are now featured in a larger, full-page format for easy viewing. The book includes 48 new drawings from CB&Q historian and master modeler William L. Glick. All of these drawings are presented in both HO and O scale for CB&Q, C&S and FW&D cabooses. Bill has done a great job with these new drawings. The new page format includes photos, when possible, illustrating the waycar drawing shown on the same page as the drawing for easy reference. All new drawings are referenced back to the page numbers found in The Burlington Waycars. Also included are several new waycar photos that escaped inclusion in The Burlington Waycars. The large 11" x 17" format book is coil bound for lay-flat use, and printed in the United States. Soft cover, coil bound. more» Subject: Trains
	West Virginia Railroads, Volume 5: Geared Logging Locomotives Stock #: KB10701 Author: Thomas Dixon List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $27.95 The 5th volume in the West Virginia Railroads series is a general history of the geared Shay, Climax, and Heisler type locomotives that were so prevalent in West Virginia logging operations in the era from 1890s until the 1950s. Included are overview histories of each type of engine followed by chapters showing photos of the engines as they were being used in the woods in large and small logging operations. A general chapter on logging in West Virginia serves as a backdrop for the appearance and use of these unusual locomotives. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, Volume 25 Stock #: KB10700 List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $27.95 Santa Fe Bx-34, -37, and -43 Class 1937 A.A.R. Modified Standard Box Cars. The article is the eleventh in a series covering American box car designs that were built during the first half of the 20th century. Described are the 40’, 50-ton box cars assembled by Pullman-Standard and General American that followed the design of the A.A.R. modified-standard, all-steel box car of 1937. The article includes the latest information pertaining to the billboard stenciling applied to these cars. The article includes 1 table, 6 diagrams, and 46 prototype photographs. 1936 A.A.R. Standard 50-Ton and Related 33’ Offset-Side Hopper Cars (Part 7). The article expands on cars of this type discussed in six previous volumes. Included are many photographs obtained since Volumes 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, and 13 were published. The previously-named “A.A.R. alternate standard” hopper cars are discussed and assigned their more appropriate name of “A.M.C. Standard Design 50-Ton Hopper Car” after the Advisory Mechanical Committee of the C&O, Erie, and NKP Railroads that owned tens of thousands of these cars. Several newly obtained diagrams amply illustrate the many design differences apparent in the various cars. The article includes 11 tables, 24 diagrams, and 112 prototype photographs. more» Subject: Trains
	Rails Around Lake Tahoe Stock #: KB10625 Author: Mallory Hope Ferrell List Price: ~~$60.00~~ Karen's Price: $56.95 Lake Tahoe, nestled on the eastern flank of the High Sierra, is among California's loveliest places. In the 19th and early 20th century it was the site of extensive railroad lumbering operations, which gradually gave way to increasing tourism. The beautifully clear waters of the lake provided transportation for not only the timber, but for passengers, mail and freight aboard the many steamboats that plied its blue surface. In this magnificent setting, logging railroads and steamboats of the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company brought huge logs to lakeshore sawmills. The Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad and its connecting Clear Creek Flume took the timbers, lumber and cordwood up and over the divide to reach the Comstock Bonanza towns. By the late 1890s, most of the virgin stands had been cut. In the early 1900s, tourists began to flock to Lake Tahoe. They rode on a new narrow gauge, the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company. Eventually the Southern Pacific took over the property and converted it to standard gauge. The SP branch was abandoned in 1941. This is the story of the many logging railroads that operated in and near the Tahoe basin, with hundreds of rare photographs, maps, plans and illustrations. The author, a distinguished historian of narrow-gauge railroading and the West, has with this book added further luster to a long record of fine publications. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	North American Locomotives Stock #: KB10699 Author: Brian Solomon List Price: ~~$50.00~~ Karen's Price: $44.95 Spanning more than one and a half centuries, this treasure trove examines the steam, diesel, and electric locomotives that have have kept North American commerce on the rails since the middle of the nineteenth centuty. Prolific rail author Brian Solomon takes an encyclopedic approach and describes every major type. And because locomotive-building has long been a made-to-order business, the book is arranged alphabetically by railroads from across the United States and Canada to show the variant technologies that railroads ordered to best suit their specific needs, whether for freight or passenger operations. The 75-plus railroads covered range from the best known historical lines such as Canadian Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Baltimore & Ohio, to today’s giant Class I roads, commuter lines, and selected short lines. The result is a profusely illustrated and beautifully presented reference guide that features more than 400 locomotive gems from throughout the ages, including historic machines such as New York Central’s J3a Hudsons, Pennsylvania Railroad’s GG1 electrics, and EMD’s classic E- and F-Units, to today’s most powerful modern diesels. All the major builders—past and present—are represented, including such heavyweights as Baldwin, Alco, Lima, EMD, GE, and more. more» Subject: Trains
	North American Railroads, Illustrated Encyclopedia Stock #: KB10698 Author: Brian Solomon List Price: ~~$40.00~~ Karen's Price: $35.95 This richly illustrated encyclopedia of classic and contemporary American railroads features consise histories of 101 U.S. and Canadian railroads past and present. Illustrated with period and modern photography in both color and black and white, evocative print ads, and system maps, each profile is also accompanied by one or more fact boxes offering details on the railroads' geographic scope, hardware, and freight and passenger operations. Spanning more than a century and a half, this giant compendium of “fallen flags,” Class I behemoths, classic regional carriers, and transportation icons is sure to become the go-to compendium for railfans of all stripes. more» Subject: Trains
	Transit in the Triangle Stock #: KB10697 Author: Blaine Hays & James Toman List Price: ~~$65.00~~ Karen's Price: $54.95 Words cannot adequately describe the incredible scope of operations of the Pittsburgh Railways Company. At its peak, Pittsburgh Railways operated 606 miles of trackage (1918) over 68 streetcar routes. Pittsburgh Railways was the first transit operator in North America to place a PCC car in revenue service in August 1936. Over a period of several years, Pittsburgh Railways acquired 666 PCC streetcars, giving it the third largest PCC car fleet in North America. Streetcars operated in both urban settings and on two interurban lines to Washington, PA and Charleroi, PA. With more than 350 photos, many in full color, and featuring track maps and an extensive roster, Transit in the Triangle is sure to be a popular edition. more» Subject: Trains
	Vintage Cubano - Adventures with Old Car, Antique Trains & People Stock #: KB10696 Author: Adolf Hungry Wolf List Price: ~~$75.00~~ Karen's Price: $64.95 From 1993 to 2005 writer and photographer Adolf Hungrywolf spent 18 months in Cuba documenting that island nation’s “transportation time warp.” He recorded hundreds of narrow- and standard-gauge locomotives – most of them American-built – and dozens of American autos from the 1950s, 40s, 30s, and even the 20s. All-color book brings Cuba’s railroads, old cars, and people to life. With over 1,000 images – including historic photos – lengthy journal entries, and comprehensive captions, the author paints a complex and interesting picture. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	BNSF Locomotive Directory 2011-2012 Stock #: KB10695 Author: Paul Wester and Paul K. Withers List Price: ~~$34.95~~ Karen's Price: $29.95 Withers Publishing is pleased to announce our new BNSF Locomotive Directory covering the motive power changes during the 2011-2012 period. Following the layout of our other locomotive directories, the book presents the data in a unit-by-unit listing, using official BNSF records. Additions, retirements, and renumberings to BNSF’s locomotive fleet are all covered. A 6x9-inch vertical-format perfect-bound book contains the more than 200 color photos. Soft Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Baltimore & Ohio: Rails Across the Heartland, Toledo-Cincinnati (Glendale) Stock #: KB10694 Author: David Oroszi, Stephen Salamon, David Ori List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 Introductory Offer!!! This is the third in a series of high-quality hardcover B&O books covering the 1960’s into the 1980’s. The spectacular photography that has been carefully selected for this book shows much more than just the trains. Get a good look at towers (inside and out), interlockings, junctions, stations, bridges, signals and more! Plus, this book offers a wealth of operational details, including freight train schedules and maps of major cities. Hardcover. more» Subject: Trains
	Appalachian Coal Mines and Railroads in Color, Volume 1: Kentucky Stock #: KB10693 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$56.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Those who know, know that Everett Young is the man to go to for heavy-duty coal railroading. Join him for a look at the hollows and mountains of Kentucky where the coal was abundant and rare power everywhere. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside around Southeastern Pennsylvania 1965-1975 Stock #: KB10692 Author: John P. Stroup List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Pennsy, Penn Central, Reading, B&O and a dazzling array of vintage traction make this a terrific book. Join photographers Tilden and Stroup as they capture the main lines and secondary lines around the “City of Brotherly Love.” Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Penn Central Power Stock #: KB10691 Author: Robert Yanosey List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Special 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition!!! Penn Central Power, Morning Sun Book’s first title, is reprinted in a special 25th Anniversary limited run released on November 15, 2012 in anticipation of a new series entitled Penn Central Power In Color, which will begin in 2013 and pick up where the original left off. The original Penn Central Power was vastly different from the typical MSB format to which readers have become accustomed. Instead of being in all color, that first Penn Central Power (and this reprint) is 248 pages of black-and-white photography with a 12-page color insert. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Around the San Francisco Bay Pictorial, #41 Stock #: KB10690 List Price: ~~$27.50~~ Karen's Price: $25.50 This volume will feature S.P. photos from around the San Francisco Bay Area, san Hose, the Pennisula and the North and East Bay. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Along the Golden State Route, Pictorial #39 Stock #: KB10689 Author: Jeff Ainsworth List Price: ~~$27.50~~ Karen's Price: $25.50 Beginning in Tucumcari, New Mexico, where SP interchanged with Rock Island and proceeding westward to El Paso. You’ll see all the trains that operated along this line. Nos 3-4 Golden State Ltd. Nos 39-40, Imperial. Nos. 47-48 Mail & Express Once we arrive in El Paso, and head west toward Los Angeles, we add the trains along the Sunset Route and a variety of Freight trains that operated on both the North and South Lines between El Paso & Tucson. The North Line is the Southern Pacific Line via Lordsburg & Deming, while the South Line is the former El Paso & Southwestern Line via Columbus, Douglas and Fairbank with a branch to Tombstone. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Canadian Pacific's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Stock #: KB10688 Author: Robert D Turner List Price: ~~$49.95~~ Karen's Price: $44.95 The Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway had a special character and charm like few others. Skirting the eastern coastline of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, it was separated from the rest of the national and continental rail network by the Georgia and Juan de Fuca Straits. During the days of steam power on the railway, it was a distant and often rustic outpost of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s vast system, but it was a profitable one. It hauled logs and coal, fish and paper, strawberries and raspberries, beer and wine, automobiles and oil, and tons and tons of wood. The E&N carried soldiers off to two world wars, toured royalty on Vancouver Island and carried hundreds of passengers in stately parlour cars or rickety day coaches. The mail was sorted on the trains and could be delivered “Up Island” in a matter of hours. The E&N’s well-maintained steam locomotives were the pride of the railway. Carefully researched, and beautifully illustrated, this book captures the E&N in its many moods. Hundreds of never-before-published rare photos, including some exceptional colour images from the 1940s, and an extensive and insightful text document the railway, the people who worked on it and all those whose lives it shaped. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside on the Santa Fe in Oklahoma, 1957-1973 Stock #: KB10686 Author: Darryl E. Muralt List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 A neglected corner of the great Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe is revealed in this colorful look back. Frank Tribbey scoured the “Sooner State” for Rare images after the end of steam. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Railway in Color, Volume 3 Stock #: KB10685 Author: Kurt Reisweber List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The Southern was the modern railroad of the South while at the same time operating some backwoods lines. The entire system is illustrated in the days when F3’s were working side-by-side with SD24’s. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Conrail in Color, Volume 2: 1980-1989 Stock #: KB10684 Author: Jeremy F. Plant List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Big Blue finds its stride in the 1980s and changes the face of Northeast railroading. New power arrives along with new business. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Spokane International Railway Stock #: KB10680 Author: Clive Carter List Price: ~~$49.95~~ Karen's Price: $44.95 The 141-mile branch line between Spokane, Washington and the International Border with Canada provides a rare success story. The line that was once the Spokane International now carries close to ten times more tonnage annually than it did fifty years ago. From an enthusiast’s viewpoint, the line has provided a catholic selection of motive power, together with passenger train service during its first half-century, and a variety of freight traffic operating over a demanding route. A thorough history of this century-old system and its modernization are presented herein, filling a gap in railroad writing. 243 photos, 47 illustrations and 26 tables. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Depots in California, Volume 2 - Shasta, Sacramento, San Joaquin & Los Angeles Divisions Stock #: KB10679 Author: Stephen M. Hayes List Price: ~~$57.00~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 The pictorial covers the Depots of Sacramento, Shasta, San Joaquin and Los Angeles Divisions. There are 600 historical photographs, including a list of all stations from the original timetables. Also listed are the type of agency and a summary of existing depots. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	AMTRAK Across America Stock #: KB10677 Author: John A. Fostik List Price: ~~$32.95~~ Karen's Price: $29.95 Amtrak is an essential part of America’s transportation system, today for over 28 million passengers. From the legacy Streamliners of the pre-Amtrak era—Champions, Chiefs, Eagles, Rockets, Zephyrs—to today’s modern Acela Express and future plans for more high speed “corridor trains,” this book covers all the lines from past to present. Through the use of evocative photos, postcards, memorabilia and other collateral, this book is a journey through the past 40 years of Amtrak across America and all the preceding rail lines that transformed the nation—the Downeaster, Adriondack, Ethan Allen Express, Vermonter, Capitol Limited, Cardinal and Hoosier, Empire Service, Keystone, Lake Shore Limited, Maple Leaf, Pennsylvanian, Auto Train, Carolinian and Piedmont, Crescent, Palmetto, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Blue Water and Wolverine, Carl Sandburg and Illinois Zephyr, City of New Orleans, Hiawatha, Illini and Saluki, Lincoln Service, Missouri River Runner, Pere Marquette, Heartland Flyer, Texas Eagle, California Zephyr, Empire Builder, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, Cascades, Coast Starlight, Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins, and Pacific Surfliner. Soft Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Route 66 Encyclopedia Stock #: KB10676 Author: Jim Hinckley List Price: ~~$45.00~~ Karen's Price: $39.95 An encyclopedia with a twist, The Route 66 Encyclopedia presents alphabetical entries on Route 66 history, landmarks, personalities, and culture, from Bobby Troup’s anthem “Route 66” to The Grapes of Wrath to the Wigwam Motel, illustrated with over 1,000 old and new, color and black-and-white photos and memorabilia. You'll learn about Jack Rittenhouse and Will Rogers as well as the contributions of lesser-known figures like Arthur Nelson and Angel Delgadillo. With references to the old (including the history of the U Drop Inn Café in Texas) and new (including a section about the recent Cars movie), The Route 66 Encyclopedia provides a sweeping look at a highway that has become more than just a road. These pages cover the history of Route 66 and the people who played a role in its transformation from highway to icon between 1926 and the present, but like the highway itself, this work does not fit within the traditional confines of generalities or terminology. Yes, this is an encyclopedia, a reference book for all things Route 66. However, it is also a time capsule, a travel guide, a history book, a memorial, a testimonial, and a chronicle of almost a century of societal evolution. Hard cover. more» Subject: Travel
	Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh in Color, Volume 4 Stock #: KB10675 Author: Mike Zollitsch List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Like all railroads, the BR&P depended on freight interchange with the railroads it connected to. Author Mike Zollitsch has gathered together an outstanding selection of Erie, PRR, NYC, LV, B&O and other roads in both the steam and diesel era to show the interrelationship with BR&P in its service area. Hard cover more» Subject: Trains
	Industrial Railroading in Color, Volume 1 Stock #: KB10674 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $44.95 This all-color book takes a look behind the fences of industry where standard railroad-size locomotives work (sometimes along with critters). Join us for a look at GP7s, F7s, MU’ed Alco switchers, and many more models working in industrial settings. Over 350 never published photos. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Frisco in Color, Volume 2 Stock #: KB10673 Author: Greg Stout List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Author Greg Stout takes the reader on a tour of the colorful Frisco that offered E8’s with race horse names and squadrons of F-units and FA’s handling the freight. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Cincinnati Railroad Heritage Color Pictorial, 1950s - 1970s Stock #: KB10658 Author: J. David Ingles & Denny Hamilton List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $54.95 The greater Cincinnati area was a terrific place to be a train-watcher and photographer during the 1950s, '60s and '70s. This book documents the last of regular service steam power, the many rare and unusual first-generation diesels and the 1970s steam excursions. Cincinnati's interesting topography provides the backdrop for many interesting rail operations including C&O's Cheviot Hill, B&O's Winton Place passenger station, and the city's three spectacular Ohio River rail bridges. Areas covered included Dayton, Hamilton, Midland City, and Portsmouth, Ohio. Passenger trains from 9 different railroads are shown. Cincinnati Union Terminal is featured in a 22 page section with over 75 photos including steam power at its roundhouse, and more! Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Lines across Texas and Louisiana, 1934-1961 (T&NO) Stock #: KB10667 Author: Joe Dale Morris with George C. Werner List Price: ~~$90.00~~ Karen's Price: $79.95 The States of Texas and Louisiana and the Southern Pacific Railroad grew up together. In 1853 the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado, the first railroad in Texas was opened; and in the same year the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western, the first component railroad of the T&NO in Louisiana was opened. Soon, thirty-four other railroads were built in Texas, forming nine predecessor roads, and nine railroads were built in Louisiana, forming five predecessor railroads. In 1927 the Espee leased all of the predecessor roads to the Texas and New Orleans Railroad and finally in 1934 all of the leased companies were merged into a single company. In including a historical review of the companies, with over 900 black & white and 80 color photos, taken by 50 of the nation’s finest hotographers, 15 illustrations, 12 maps in full color, a bibliography and index the full story of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, the Southern Pacific Lines in Texas and Louisiana, is presented. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Union Pacific Big EMD's - DD35 and DDA40X, Soft cover Stock #: KB10664 Author: Diesel Era List Price: ~~$39.95~~ Karen's Price: $36.95 After testing EMD’s GP35-DD35-DD35-GP35 demonstrator set, Union Pacific was so pleased with the design that it almost immediately ordered an additional 25 DD35s and 22 matching GP35s, which were delivered between May and August 1964. These joined the four-unit demonstrator set previously acquired by the carrier. The Centennials were the final example of Union Pacific’s search for the ideal locomotive. While the road pursued a study of its motive power needs in late 1967 and early 1968, UP in March 1968 tried, as a stopgap measure, using EMD’s SD45 model as a high-horsepower, high-speed locomotive, but with limited success. UP returned to the concept of double-engine locomotives and in collaboration between the railroad and EMD, the DDA40X came to life. Within 13 months of an initial March 1968 communication, the railroad and the builder had worked out a definitive design, and the first unit was delivered. The timing of the first unit coincided with the 100th anniversary of the May 10, 1869, ceremony marking the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit, Utah – the DDA40X quickly became known as the Centennial. It was numbered 6900, and 46 more examples arrived over the next 28 months. 130 B/W and 170 color photos plus diagrams. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Union Pacific's M-10,000 and the Early Streamliner Era, 1934-1941 Stock #: KB10633 Author: Thos. R. Lee List Price: ~~$75.00~~ Karen's Price: $69.95 The definitive book on this radical period in UP passenger train development. Written by Thomas R. Lee, noted Union Pacific historian and author of Turbines Westward. Edited by John Signor, editor emeritus of the Union Pacific Historical Society Streamliner, and distinguished author. Hardcover. more» Subject: Trains
	Santa Fe, The Final years in Color, Volume 1: Chicago to Belen, Raton and Denver 1980-1996 Stock #: KB10661 Author: Jerry A. Pinkepank List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The colorful last years of the Santa Fe saw red and yellow SPSF liveries mix with red and silver "Super Fleet" warbonnets, as Volume 1 takes across the Transcon from Chicago to Belen and along the Front Range from Denver over Raton. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Hudson & Manhattan Railroad in Color Stock #: KB10660 Author: Robert Yanosey List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 This publication marks the 50th Anniversary of the H&M’s demise. This new book examines the final decade of the H&M and the first decade and a half under PATH, the agency set up to run the Hudson Tubes. Hard cover more» Subject: Trains
	California's Locomotives, Volume 2 Stock #: KB10659 Author: Joe Strapac List Price: ~~$34.95~~ Karen's Price: $29.95 This title follows the 128-page softcover we published in March 2008, addressing shortline and industrial steam locomotives. It covers ONLY Alco and GE industrial and shortline diesel locomotives used in the state of California. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Santa Fe: Canyon Lands and Super Chiefs, Volume 5 Stock #: KB10611 Author: Joe McMillan List Price: ~~$64.95~~ Karen's Price: $59.95 Canyon Lands and Super Chiefs, the fifth volume in our Santa Fe in Color Series, features the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in the state of Arizona. Our journey begins on the New Mexico/Arizona border at Lupton and continues west to Williams Junction. From there, we head south to Phoenix, with side trips along the way to Clarkdale, Prescott, and Parker. Returning to Williams Junction, the tour continues with a brief look at the Grand Canyon District before touring west to the Colorado River at Topock on the Arizona/California Border. This volume covers the Santa Fe from the late 1960s to the AT&SF-BNSF merger in December 1995. Expanded coverage is given to the old Kingman District – in later years, the west end of the Seligman Subdivision – between Seligman and Topock. Included in this book are many photographs of mainline freight and passenger trains, locals on branch lines and work trains going about their daily chores. See also maintenance of way activity, stations, employees, structures, bridges, signals, and an ample coverage of the Grand Canyon State’s beautiful scenery. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Burlington Route Passenger Trains, Volume 3 Stock #: KB10624 Author: John Strauss, Jr. List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $54.95 This book featuring an operational history on most "Q" passenger trains, including the forwarded trains to and from Chicago for the GN, NP, and WP/D&RGW. Not only are the famous Zephyrs featured, but the many short and local passenger consists are also included. The author, John F. Strauss, Jr.'s father was in Burlington middle management, and John retained many "official" records, including actual passenger train consists, which are featured in this book. There is also a complete index of passenger car photographs which appear in all three volumes in this historical series. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Union Pacific in the Los Angeles Basin Stock #: KB10626 Author: Jeff S. Asay List Price: ~~$80.00~~ Karen's Price: $69.95 Southern California was only one corner of the Union Pacific system, but the story of the railroad in that area is fascinating and surprisingly complex. It began in the 1880s with the predecessors of the Los Angeles Terminal Railway, extended through the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, begun under the ownership of Senator W.A. Clark and then jointly owned with Union Pacific under E.H. Harriman, continued under the name Los Angeles & Salt Lake, until eventual absorption into Union Pacific system. The story extends through the 20th century to the Southern Pacific merger of 1996, with some details, such as the Alameda Corridor, down to the present day. Part of this fascinating story is the relationships with the other three major railroads in the Los Angeles area, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Pacific Electric. Those relations varied between cooperation and vigorous hostility, with each of the railroads taking turns at the opposite extreme from the others at different times. An important part of the story is Union Pacific’s tenancy of Terminal Island, initially to serve the traffic of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and later to benefit from the vast Wilmington Oil Field, something unimagined when the Los Angeles Terminal Railway was acquiring title to the property in 1890. The book is lavishly illustrated. About 560 photographs, most previously unpublished, enrich this book, in addition to 100 graphics of different kinds, many in color, and 60 maps. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Sleeping Cars of the Santa Fe, Reference Series, Volume 5 Stock #: KB10657 List Price: ~~$65.00~~ Karen's Price: $59.95 Sleeping Cars of the Santa Fe is the final installment in our Passenger Car Reference Series. A comprehensive overview of Santa Fe sleeping cars from the wood car era through the heavyweights to the end of the lightweight era, this volume covers Wooden Sleeping Cars, Wooden Sleepers Acquired from the Pecos Valley and Northeastern, Wooden Emigrant Sleeping Cars, Wooden All-Section Tourist Sleepers, Wooden Sleeping Car Assignments, Heavyweight Sleeping Cars, Heavyweight Cars Purchased for Work Service Only, Heavyweight Cars purchased for Business or Special Purpose Use, Foreign-Line and Pullman-Owned Heavyweight Sleepers used on AT&SF Scheduled Trains, 1950-1959, Lightweight Sleeping Cars, Lightweight Sleeping Cars Not Built, Lightweight Sleeping Car Assignments, Foreign Road Sleepers on the Santa Fe, Santa Fe Sleepers on Foreign Roads and Dormitory Cars. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Santa Fe Depots - Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Stock #: KB10656 Author: Robert E. Pounds & William W. Childers List Price: ~~$55.00~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 This book brings to print the late Robert Pounds' work on the Gulf Lines depots. Published in the same style as his Western Lines Depots book of 1984, it includes sections on Station Name Sources, a basic history of "The GC," Depot Construction & Evolution, Depot Operations & Services, and is then broken into chapters on the Main Line, covering the 1st District of the Galveston Division, 1st and 2nd Districts of the Southern Division, and 1st and 2nd Districts of the Northern Division. The Galveston Division sections covers the Galveston Terminal, Houston, Matagorda, Garwood, Bonus, Hall and Nash Dome Districts and the Texas City Terminal Railway Co. The Southern Division section covers the Lampasas, Sweetwater, San Saba, San Angelo, Paint Rock, Sterling City, Dublin, Menard, and Waco Districts. The Beaumont Division section covers the Somerville, Conroe, San Augustine, Longview, Port Bolivar, Silsbee, Saratoga, Grigsby, Oakdale and Ore City Districts. The Northern Division section covers the Pauls Valley, Dallas, Paris, Sherman, Honey Grove, Weatherford, Cresson, Ringling, Sulphur, Lindsay and Ada Districts. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Long Island Railroad in Color, Volume 4: The Photography of William Brennan Stock #: KB10655 Author: Arthur J. Erdman List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Bill Brennan’s LIRR photography is some of the best of the 1960s. The road was exclusively the domain of Alco’s and FM’s during this wonderful grey-and-orange period. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Lehigh Valley in Color, Volume 6 Stock #: KB10654 Author: Mike Bednar List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The story of the Valley’s through freights, how they gathered the local traffic and forwarded it to classification yards. The Apollo piggyback service and the 1972 pickup of former L&NE trackage added additional traffic to the mix. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	The Madam Queen - ATSF #5000 Stock #: KB10587 Author: Sam D. Teague List Price: ~~$49.95~~ Karen's Price: $44.95 An in-depth look at the development, construction, operation, retirement and subsequent restoration of ATSF No. 5000. This book features B&W and color images of the locomotive shown in all types of service. Included are dozens of drawings and original paperwork detailing the development and alteration of the locomotive as she worked for Santa Fe during her career. CAD drawings of the locomotive and AT&SF structures have been combined to show the locomotive on turntables, under coaling towers, and in the shops at Albuquerque, New Mexico. The final chapters document relocating the engine to its new resting spot in Amarillo, Texas. This is a must-have book for the historian, steam fan, or modeler. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	South Park's Gunnison Division Memories & Then Some Stock #: KB10647 Author: Tom & Denise Klinger List Price: ~~$62.00~~ Karen's Price: $54.95 The DSP&P, the DL&G and the Colorado & Southern narrow gauge 'Gunnison Division' comes to life through family memories, newspaper articles and photographs from the construction era to daily operations. There are approximately 435 black/white photos with over 300 previously unpublished photographs. Including timetables, advertising material, maps and photos. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Union Pacific Nebraska Depots, and a Few Other Structures Stock #: KB10646 Author: James L. Ehernberger List Price: ~~$24.95~~ Karen's Price: $22.95 Signed by the Author!! Each and every station is listed, mainly for the era between 1901 and 1980. A station may not have had any structures, and were only used to serve an industry, or perhaps a siding. Railroad records were compiled from information provided by people working in the field, and because of the huge staff involved, this created many inconsistencies. The author makes a herculean effort to provide consistency and organization in this book, providing a wealth of detail and information. 232 black and white photos with captions and data on 400 Union Pacific Nebraska stations. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside on the Union Pacific 1960-1982, with Emery Gulash Stock #: KB10635 Author: Timothy Morris List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Master photographer Emery Gulash visited the Overland Route many times during the 22 years following the demise of steam while the UP was searching for the “perfect diesel” combination to handle its fastmoving freight. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Anthracite Railroads & Mining in Color, Volume 2 Stock #: KB10634 Author: Chuck Yungkurth List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 An all-color look at the intimate relationship between the anthracite coal industry and the D&H, EL, R&N and other area roads. Hard cover more» Subject: Trains
	Bodie Railway & Lumber Company Stock #: KB10632 Author: Wanda & Richard Canton List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $27.95 Bodie is a Unique Ghost Town and California State Historic Park located in the Eastern Sierra at an elevation over 8300 feet. In 1880 plans were in effect to buld a 32 mile narrow gauge railway that would haul timbers and cordwood from the forest area to the mines at Bodie. A route was surveyed from Bodie to the forested area where a sawmill was to be constructed in a ravine. The railway skirted the eastern shore of Mono Lake and finally with the aid of two switchbacks climbed the steep grade to its terminus above Bodie near the Standard Mine. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Billerica and Bedford Railroad Stock #: KB10631 Author: Donald L. Ball List Price: ~~$54.95~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 This book is the story of one of the era's technological experiments; Massachusetts' two-foot-gauge Billerica & Bedford Railroad. It began service in 1877 and in six months time it failed. In trh vast drama of North American railroad expansion the Billerica & Bedford and the Maine two-foot railroads that it spawned comprise a fascinating sideshow. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Passenger Cars, Volume 5: Lounge, Dome & Parlor Cars Stock #: KB10577 List Price: ~~$145.00~~ Karen's Price: $119.95 The fifth and final volume of the Southern Pacific heavyweight and lightweight passenger Car fleet. Volume 5 will cover all the Lounge cars, Dome Cars and Parlor cars owned by the SP and Affiliates from 1890-1971. Including wood observation smoking and buffet-baggage cars purchased by the SP, UP and affiliated lines. Full coverage of SP's streamlined lounge and ovservation-lounge cars on the 'City of San Francisco' and the lightweight tavern and parlor cars in 1937 for the 'Daylight'. The magnificent 3-unit articulated kitchen-dining-lounge cars received in 1941 for the 'Lark' and their 1948 sisters received for the 'Cascade' are covered in detail. Additional coverage is provided on lounge cars operated by the El Paso & Southwestern. 818 photographs, 97 floor and side elevation plans, with bibliography, glossary and index. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Burlington Waycars Stock #: KB10628 Author: Randall Danniel, Marian Reis, Joseph Douda List Price: ~~$0.00~~ Karen's Price: $124.95 VERY LIMITED SUPPLY!! The Burlington Waycars book is now here! This Magnum Opus is 756 pages with over 1200 color and black/white photos. It also has 100+ drawings of cabooses and waycars. All waycar class are covered in the Burlington Family including CB&Q, C&S and FW&D with a full color roster, with Joe Douda's superb roster and dispostion backed by 45 years of research. Material derived from over 50 photographers and collections to complete this superb work. Includes general arrangement drawings, paint and lettering drawings (they weren't all Red, Brown or Silver) and much more. High quality coated paper. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside around Detroit and Windsor, 1943-1976, Emery Gulash Stock #: KB10623 Author: Jerry A. Pinkepank List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The Michigan Central main line Ann Arbor through Windsor, from Hudsons along the Huron River through the latter day tenants of the Detroit River Tunnel, and the last days of Grand Trunk Western steam in the suburban zone. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	New York City Electrified Railroads in Color, Volume 2: Lines into Pennsylvania Station Stock #: KB10622 Author: Alred E. Fazio List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The story of the PRR, LIRR, NH and their successors that used Penn Station from an electric traction point of view. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Railroad Critters in Color, Volume 2 Stock #: KB10610 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 A continuing look at industrial size locomotives behind industry fences. Volume 2 contains additional photos of smaller critters - less than 50 tons, and expands into the field of larger critters. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	New York Shortlines in Color, Volume 2 Stock #: KB10609 Author: Garry R. Carlson List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Traditional shortlines of the State, L to U, from Lowville & Beaver River RR to Unadilla Valley RR. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Lines, Common Standard Plans, Volume 1 Stock #: KB10620 Author: Bruce Petty List Price: ~~$0.00~~ Karen's Price: $39.95 This volume covers a wide range of subjects for the Southern Pacific Lines. Paint colors for company buildings, number plates for signals, fixed signs, 100' pony turntables, highway crossing paved with plank, 50,000 wooden water tank, 65,000 wooden water tank, open deck for steel bridges, open deck pile trestle and much, much more. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Tin Feathers, Wooden Trestles and Iron Men Stock #: KB10619 Author: Stan Rhine List Price: ~~$10.95~~ Karen's Price: $9.95 The Galloping Geese. It is hardly news that the Rio Grande Southern survived the double-barreled blasts of the Ames Slide and by the hatching of a flock of geese. The 'Galloping Geese', the unique amalgmations of rubber tire and flanged wheel for passenger and freight, not only kept the railroad running, but spread the flame of the RGS across the land, and eventually, far beyond our shores. This remarkable story burgeons with Goose invention, fabrication, operation deterioration, restoration and re-creation. Even more remarkable is the fact that all the Geese are alive and well, and three of the seven have migrated to the Colorado Railroad Museum. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Davenport Locomotive Works Stock #: KB10618 Author: Thomas E. Burg List Price: ~~$19.95~~ Karen's Price: $18.95 Davenport Locomotive Works Rod Locomotive Catalog, Tenth edition, twenty-fifth anniversary (ca. 1927) along with selected pages from the “Catalogue of Davenport Steam Locomotive Repair Parts” (ca. 1930-1933). The catalog reproductions illustrate the line of locomotives produced by the Davenport Locomotive Works and successor companies, Davenport, Iowa. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	West Virginia Railroads, Volume 4: Virginian Railway Stock #: KB10617 Author: Lloyd D Lewis List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $27.95 This fourth volume in the West Virginia Railroads series tells the story of the Virginian Railway within the state. Built late in the railway era, it was intended for the almost excusive haulage of coal from West Virginia mines to Norfolk, Virginia. The Virginian operated a 136 mile electrified mainline, much of it through its West Virginia territory, which improved operations over steam power. Because of its lack of passenger and general freight, and concentration on coal, it had a reputation as an unmatched money-maker. Organized in 1907, it was absorbed by Norfolk & Western in 1959. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	America's Shortest Interstate Railroad Stock #: KB10604 Author: Richard A. Herr List Price: ~~$19.95~~ Karen's Price: $18.95 The Nebraska-Kansas Railroad was owned and operated by the Ideal Cement Company at its plant near Superior, Neb. This small industrial railway, about four miles long at maximum length, crossed the state line from the cement plant in Nebraska to the company's rock quarry in Kansas. Hauls of the N-K Railroad were almost exclusively limestone rock for use in the manufacture of cement at the Superior plant. The line achieved national fame when "Ripley's Believe It or Not" cited it as being the shortest interstate railroad in the U.S. The N-K, which at various times used electric, steam and diesel power, operated until the end of cement production at the Superior plant in 1986. This book includes 95 black- and-white illustrations. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Lost Railroads of Western New York, Volume 2 Stock #: KB10603 Author: Stephen M. Koenig List Price: ~~$24.95~~ Karen's Price: $22.95 This is the second in a planned series of books about now-vanished railroads of the western New York state region. Following on Volume 1, Volume 2 looks at the history of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and its operations between Depew (an important junction east of Buffalo) and the famed international border community of Niagara Falls. This second volume with 130 b&w illustrations, many of them rare photographs, covers the traffic operations, motive power, facilities and trackage rights that the LV used for its gateway to and from Canada. It also features a series of "before and after" photographs that provide comparisons of LV era scenes with contemporary scenes of the same locations. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Union Pacific's Topeka Rails Stock #: KB10602 Author: Robert P Olmstead List Price: ~~$18.95~~ Karen's Price: $17.95 This book features the best of the author's photography taken of the Union Pacific and Rock Island (via trackage rights) diesel era in the Topeka, Kansas, vicinity from the mid-1960s through the contemporary era. It includes coverage of passenger and freight train action in the vicinity of the UP Topeka depot, which served as an active passenger station until 1971. It is today a major rail museum known as the Great Overland Station. This study in black and white, of which the author is noted for his many books in this format, looks back at almost 50 years of change that have taken place along UP rails through Topeka. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Western Pacific Remembered - DVD Stock #: KB10591 Author: Charles Smiley List Price: ~~$29.50~~ Karen's Price: $24.95 DVD. Visit the Western Pacific from both sides of the San Francisco Bay down to Niles Jct. and then on the San Jose branch and return to Niles Jct. for a ride through Niles Canyon. Then from Altamont Pass we run to Stockton, Sacramento and all thegreat locations to Oroville. Oroville to Keddie brings more trains and great scenery. We run to Bieber on a freight and then return to Keddie to run to Portola. From Portola we ride locals to Reno and Loyalton. From there we review the run over the Great Basin Desert to Salt Lake City. See things that have been removed forever. This ambitious project brings all vintage, color movie scenes shot by6 cinematographers in 8 and 16-mm film. See film shot in the CZ cab and on locals and freight trains. Lots of scenes shot from trackside and other points of view. This will bring you what it was like to work for a fine railroad. We feature many special maps made for this video, train sounds and informative narration. more» Subject: DVD
	Fast Running Stock #: KB10590 Author: Robert P Olmstead List Price: ~~$18.95~~ Karen's Price: $17.95 From the camera and collection of Robert Olmstead, "Fast Running" is a showcase of photography of locomotives and trains at speed, from the Union Pacific, including the Rock Island, C&NW, S.P., Santa Fe, Burlington, NKP, NYC and some contemporary diesels such as the BNSF. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Santa Fe Junctions - Engineering Series, Volume 6 Stock #: KB10586 Author: Robert D Waltz List Price: ~~$24.95~~ Karen's Price: $22.95 This book is the sixth in a series featuring drawings, images, and reference material from the R.L. Crump Library. Noted author Robert D. Walz examines many of the Santa Fe's junctions where mainlines and branches came together. Black & white photos. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 17: SD-40's Stock #: KB10585 Author: Joseph A. Strapac List Price: ~~$34.95~~ Karen's Price: $31.95 The newest book in this series of Southern Pacific Historic Diesels covers the famous SD40, SD40T-2, SD40R and SD40-2M locomotives. 258 photos (black & white) Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Reading Company Facilities in Color, Volume 1: East of Philadelphia Stock #: KB10576 Author: Mitchell E. Dakelman List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The Reading had a heavily-built network of lines extending east of the City of Brotherly Love to serve passengers and freight. The road’s stations, towers, bridges, yards, signs and other aspects are explored in color photos with or without trains. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Pennsylvania Railroad in Jersey City Stock #: KB10570 Author: Charles Caldes List Price: ~~$19.99~~ Karen's Price: $18.99 The Pennsylvania was a major prescense on Jersey City's Hudson River Waterfront for a century. The Central Railroad of New jersey moved more freight and only by a slight margin. The PRR expanded their initial passenger terminal at Exchange Place and freight yard at Harsimus Cove. Many black & white photos and maps. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	North Fork, Norfolk & Western Branch Line Stock #: KB10569 Author: Alex Schust List Price: ~~$27.95~~ Karen's Price: $24.95 The 2nd book in the Branch Line series with 84 B/W pictures and 77 maps and charts to tell the story of the 7.3 miles of railroad that ran from Northfork to Crumpler in McDowell County, West Virginia. The branch line operated from 1891 to 1986 and produced nearly 120 million tons of coal from 12 mining operations over its operating life. NWHS’s newest publication uses construction records, track charts, siding agreements, contracts, maps and photographs to tell the why, how, who, what and when of this branch of the N&W. Learn why the coal operators had to pay the construction costs. Learn how the branch line changed over the years. There are photographs from the 1890s, 1912 topology maps and modern road maps for the railfan. Detailed tipple track charts aid the model railroader in building realistic model railroad mining operations. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Long Island Rail Road In Color Volume 3: Equipment Color Guide and Facilities Stock #: KB10566 Author: Arthur J. Erdman List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Divided into two parts, this book first looks at the varied rolling stock used by the LIRR in freight, passenger and maintenance of way service. Its stations, towers, yards and other facilities are later toured in this 128-page all color book, mostly during the 1950-1980 era. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color Volume 17: Chicago Division Stock #: KB10565 Author: Robert Yanosey List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The main line and Panhandle entrances into the Windy City feature in this final volume to the series. Branches include SC&S and South Bend. Collect the entire set while still available. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Steel Mill Railroads In Color, Volume 3 Stock #: KB10564 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The industrial grit of steel mills and the railroads that served them is examined in more detail. Author Steve Timko continues his road-by-road examination of the industry that helped the railroads prosper. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside on the Rock Island in Oklahoma, 1959-1980 Stock #: KB10563 Author: Darryl McGee List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Go back in time with Frank Tribbey to this seldom-visited nexus of operations and see how the Rock Island operated away from headquarters. Just about any diesel combination imaginable on the Rock is shown in full color and expertly detailed by fellow Oklahoman and friend Darryl McGee. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Erie Lackawanna in Color, Volume 7 Stock #: KB10562 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 A journey through the Company's most highly-industrialized division with a veteran Mahoning Division employee. Journey with us to take a look at the division that produced more revenue annually than the balance of the Railroad. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside in search of Virginia and West Virginia Steam Stock #: KB10561 Author: Will Bagley List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 While this book has a small taste of big mainline steam, it is devoted to those small steam roads in Virginia and West Virginia that continued to operate in the 1950’s well after most other roads had turned to diesel. Photographer Thieme gave special emphasis to logging roads, the operations of which are illustrated in colorful detail. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	PennCentral Through Passenger Service Stock #: KB10560 Author: Geoffrey H. Doughty List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 While Penn Central came into being in February 1968, it still operated a substantial long distance passenger service in the several years before Amtrak. Struggling to create a new image when bankruptcy struck, the three year story is illustrated in nearly 250 color photos. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	San Ramon Branch Line of the Southern Pacific Stock #: KB10559 Author: Ira Swett List Price: ~~$50.00~~ Karen's Price: $44.95 This book give the reader a look at some of the early attempts at railroad building in Contra Costa County, but the book main thrust is about the branch line. Building the branch line initiallly was from Avon to San Ramon, with a later extension to (Radium) Pleasanton. Years of research has produced an attractive and readable history illustrated with line drawings, 126 photographs, the Southern pacific alignment map of the branch line, and station plats. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	AMTRAK By The Numbers, 1971 - 2011 Stock #: KB10556 Author: David C. Warner List Price: ~~$79.95~~ Karen's Price: $69.95 This book presents a comprehensive roster of Amtrak’s passenger cars and motive power in service during the company's first 40 years, fully illustrated with a mixture of lineside scenes and roster views. Roster information is presented in a spreadsheet format with introductory text, grouped by major categories such as steam-heated cars, Heritage fleet, Amfleet, Superliners, diesel locomotives, and electric locomotives. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities, Volume 16: Southwestern Division Stock #: KB10555 Author: Robert J. Yanosey List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Indianapolis to St. Louis on the main line and branches to Louisville, Logansport and elsewhere. Steam and diesel trains work amidst the landscape of interlockings, stations, yards and other facilities that were once found everywhere on this key division. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside Around Toledo, 1946-1976 with Emery Gulash Stock #: KB10554 Author: Jerry A. Pinkepank List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 PRR, NYC, AA, TT, D&TSL and others converged at this strategic location on the Great Lakes. Master photographer Emery Gulash visited Toledo often during these three key decades of change and recorded the passing scene in full color. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Locomotive 315 Stock #: 13792 Author: George Niederauer List Price: ~~$0.00~~ Karen's Price: $79.95 This is the story of an ordinary little steam engine that survived to steam again when the odds were completely against it. As a new Consolidation engine from the Baldwin Loco Works, it began work in Colorado's richest mining district hauling ore, freight and passengers through narrow canyons & over steep grades. The most comprehensive book ever written about a single engine. Proceeds go to the Durango Railroad Historical Society. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Pacific Electric and the Growth of the San Fernando Valley Stock #: KB10545 Author: David Coscia List Price: ~~$65.00~~ Karen's Price: $59.95 The new publication is a history of the Pacific Electric Railway in the San Fernando Valley. From the beginning of the streetcar service in 1911 to the demise of service in 1952, this book traces the history the lines which served North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Reseda, Canoga Park and San Fernando. Also the towns which were developed as a result of the streetcars, the events that shaped the lines, and the struggles they endured before service was abandoned in 1952, Included is a history of the motor coach ines operated by Pacific Electric and its major competitor, Asbury Rapid Transit System. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	A Passion for Trains: The Railroad Photography of Richard Steinheimer Stock #: KB10529 Author: Jeff Brouws List Price: ~~$85.00~~ Karen's Price: $69.95 A tribute to the most revered railroad photographer of our time. To the true rail fan, Richard Steinheimer is an authentic hero, the best of the best. This, the first full-length celebration of his work, presents 160 of his duotone images, with an introduction by Jeff Brouws. A pioneer in train photography, Steinheimer lived through and documented the railroad's heyday and its decline. He is one of very few photographers who appreciate the aesthetics of all locomotives, from steam engines to the latest diesel-powered behemoths. He has a particular fondness for the landscape of the American West, and many of his images situate trains in the larger geography and culture of the time. Known for taking pictures at night, in bad weather, and from risky perches on top of moving train platforms, Steinheimer has an enormous creativity and productivity. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Steam: An Enduring Legacy - The Railroad Photographs of Joel Jensen Stock #: KB10530 Author: John Gruber SOLD OUT Two Thumps Up! A stunning collection that brings an earlier era to life. Although steam engines were seldom used for everyday train transportation by 1960, they live on in the minds of those fortunate enough to have experienced them and in the many museums and steam-powered excursions throughout the country. They are especially active in the West, where master photographer Joel Jensen has, for more than twenty-five years, documented these well-restored and maintained veterans in their natural settings doing what they used to-hauling both passengers and freight and delighting rail fans of all ages. This timeless collection takes us back to the end of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, with captivating images evoking the past. Essays by John Gruber, the president of the Center for Railroad Photography, and Scott Lothes, the project director for the center, help to put these wonderful photographs in context. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside Around Harrisburg Stock #: KB10525 Author: Thomas F. Seaman List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Operations and trains of the PRR, PC, CR, RDG and D&H are examined in this look at the Harrisburg crossroads. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad Stock #: KB10524 Author: Bob Withers & R. Brooks Stover List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Before it became famous for steam excursions, this road was a workaday coal and lumber hauler. Its history and latter day operations are covered in detail. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Railroad Critters, Volume 1 Stock #: KB10523 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 A look at Whitcomb's, Plymouth’s, GE’s and more behind the fences of industries from quarries to steel mills to power plants. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Stock #: KB10522 Author: Samuel Beck & Bill Gustason List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The unglamorous task of switching and transferring freight from one railroad to another fell to this notable terminal road in the Chicago area. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities, Volume 15, Buckeye Division, CUD and West Stock #: KB10521 Author: Robert Yanosey List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 West of the Columbus area, the PRR split into two main routes which employed varied stations, towers, yards and other facilities. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Lehigh Valley - 5 In Color Stock #: KB10520 Author: Mike Bednar List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Work with the local freights over the LV system in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific's Golden Empire, 1954-1958 Stock #: 10322 Author: Tom Moungovan List Price: ~~$85.00~~ Karen's Price: $74.95 Includes the color photography of John B. Hungerford & Harold F. Stewart, steam engineer. More than 500 color photos in this book, most never before published. Covers the Southern Pacific throughout California and into Mexico from 1954 to 1958. All Color Photography! Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Ghost Rails, Volume VIII: The Northern Sub Stock #: KB10499 Author: Wayne A Cole List Price: ~~$50.00~~ Karen's Price: $42.95 This volume covers the B&O Northern Sub from 1900-1982, the Pittsburgh & Western narrow Gauge History from 1880-1900. Callery Junction to Mt Jewett, Tionesta Valley RR, the Pittsburgh Titusville & Eastern and other key logging railroads along the P&W. Knox and Kane Railroad 1982-2010 history, and the famous tourist trains to the Erie Railroad's Kinzua Bridge. The complex connection of 8 railroads in Mr Jewett and the famous Foxburg Bridge history. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside in the Land of Lincoln Stock #: KB10495 Author: James Lewnard List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Wabash, IC, PRR, GM&O, Rock Island and many more roads crisscrossed in central Illinois. The photographer recorded the best in full color. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities, Volume 14: Buckeye Division Stock #: KB10488 Author: Robert Yanosey List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 A close examination of a unique portion of the PRR main line Pittsburgh to St. Louis. Everyday PRR mainline trains utilized the B&O’s C&N Division between Columbus and Newark, Ohio creating facilities and operations not seen anywhere else on the PRR system. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Canadian National Through Passenger Service Stock #: KB10475 Author: Kevin Holland List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The beautiful trains of the Canadian National system are examined in more than 200 vintage color views. Hard cover more» Subject: Trains
	Central Illinois Rails Stock #: KB10485 Author: R. Wallin List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $51.95 Featuring the work of well known author and photographer R.R. "Dick" Wallin, this volume boasts more than 350 color photos, fully captioned with historical details. A broad expanse across Central Illinois from the Illinois River to the Indiana border is covered, with emphasis on the Springfield, Peoria, Bloomington and Decatur areas. Included are views of the Illinois Terminal electrics and over 18 different railroads. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Shortlines of the Pacific Northwest Stock #: KB10484 List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $51.95 This volume by noted rail photographer, Jim Shaw, features an in-depth look at the many Pacific Northwest Shortlines between the early 1960s and 2008. There are more than 75 rail lines presented in the West Washington area of the Cascades and includeing central and eastern Washington. Oregon's West Coast and central and eastern Oregon. Hundreds of never before published historic photographs. Hard cover more» Subject: Trains
	Train Pictures Stock #: KB10472 Author: Charles B. McCreary List Price: ~~$74.95~~ Karen's Price: $65.95 This book is the story of 2 friends, John Sachse and Charles McCreary, first as teenagers then as young adults, at trackside with their cameras during the Golden Age of Railroading - the magic years between 1946 and 1957. Traditional heavyweight passenger trains, modern streamliners, classic and superpower steam engines, and first-generation diesels that ran on American Railroads. 401 photos from 34 railroads - 227 steam engines and 165 1st generation diesels. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Rio Grande Southern, Chasing the Narrow Gauge, Volume III Stock #: 12413 Author: Robert W Richardson List Price: ~~$58.95~~ Karen's Price: $54.95 In this 3rd volume of his narrow gauge chronicle, narrow gauge preservationist Robert Richardson continues to take a close look at the Rio Grande Southern, the 172 mile narrow gauge route that wrapped itself around the craggy and forested San Juan Mountains between Durango and Ridgway, Colorado. In just two years, Otto Mears built a railroad that climbed four mountain passes and featured 142 bridges, including numerous high, spindly trestles. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Trackside around Binghamton 1960-1976, With Richard J. Allen, Sr., Stock #: 10216 Author: Richard J Allen List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The wonderful confluence of railroading in Binghamton - EL, LV, and D&H - is examined before the coming of Conrail. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	West Virginia Railroads Volume 3: Baltimore & Ohio Stock #: 10326 Author: Bob Withers List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $26.95 The story of the Baltimore & Ohio in the state, including treatment of each of its divisions and subdivisions as well as a chapter on passenger service. B&O entered what is now West Virginia in the 1830s, and grew with the development of coal & lumber resources. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Union Pacific's Big GEs - The U50 and U50C Stock #: 13139 Author: Paul Withers List Price: ~~$29.95~~ Karen's Price: $27.95 Looking for a replacement locomotive for its mammoth 4,500 horsepower turbine, UP solicited bids from all 3 major diesel-electric locomotive manufacturers, General Electric responded with a 5,000 horsepower, double diesel design that used the running gear from the turbines they replaced and combined the equipment of two U25Bs mounted on a B+B-B+B running gear. 175 B&W photos and 63 color. Soft Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Steel Mill Railroads In Color, Volume 2 Stock #: 10214 Author: Stephen M. Timko List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 The steel mills of the US and Canada functioned with their own heavy duty switching operations and those of related businesses that included coal suppliers, scrap processing companies, slag handling, mill service, steel companies, mold manufacturing and more. All color. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	New York City Subways In Color, Volume 1 Stock #: 10213 Author: Benjamin W. Schaeffer List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $46.95 Special events and day-to-day operations of the Big Apple's subway system during the last half of the 20th century is examined in this book, including maps of the New York City Subway System. Tons of all color photographs. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Norfolk & Western's Pocahontas Division Stock #: 10221 Author: Mason Y. Cooper List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $54.95 This book traces the building & operation of the N&Ws Pocahontas Division from the first shipment of coal in 1883 to the N&W-Southern merger in 1982. Mason used historical stories to present both facts and recollections on how the division was constructed & operated. The importance of the Pocahontas Division to the Norfolk & Western Railway cannot be overemphasized. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Steam Days in Dunsmuir Stock #: 10360 Author: Robert Church List Price: ~~$60.00~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 Features Dick Murdock's classic Smoke in the Canyon in its entirety, along with other fascinating stories from SP engine & train crews about working on the Shasta Division out of the division point of Dunsmuir, California. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Denver's Street Railways, Volume 3: The Interurbans Stock #: 11995 List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Karen's Price: $49.95 This volume is on the history of the Denver Tramway and highlights the four interurban lines that operate out of the city. Includes Denver Lakewood & Golden, Denver Tramway, Colorado & Southern and more. Also included are the Denver Tramway Information Tables with 21 different tables. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Chasing the SP In California, 1953-1956 Stock #: 11004 Author: Rod Crossley List Price: ~~$75.00~~ Karen's Price: $64.95 From the Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. Covers the S.P. on the California Coast, the San Joaquin Valley, and the Los Angeles Basin, from 1953 through 1956. Chasing the SP in California is a vivid and personal pictorial of the fascinating parade of trains across the west's first great railroad. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Depots in California, Volume 1 Stock #: 10236 Author: Stephen M. Hayes List Price: ~~$55.00~~ Karen's Price: $48.95 This book covers the Coast and Western Division and their branches of the Southern Pacific Depots and Stations. It has photos, drawings and maps, along with 2 original divisional maps. This will list all the stations that were in each Division timetable and type of agency. Over 625 historical photographs, many never before published. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Merchants Despatch Stock #: 10245 Author: Roger C. Hinman List Price: ~~$65.00~~ Karen's Price: $59.95 Merchants Dispatch Transportation or MDT was one of the largest owners & operators of refrigerator cars in the US. Though owned by NYC, it was independently operated from headquarters in Chicago & operated a major shop at East Rochester, NY. Over the years not only refrigerator cars for MDT and its subsidiaries such as Northern Refrigerator Line, but many freight cars for NYC were built at the Despatch Shops. MDT leased cars to other railroads and managed it's own fleet of thousands of cars, before finally closing in 2000. Hard cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Southern Pacific Steam 1940-1957 Stock #: 11162 Author: Joseph A. Strapac List Price: ~~$75.00~~ Karen's Price: $70.95 Covers the Southern Pacific (Pacific Lines) steam locomotives in their final decade and a half, during WWII and as they were supplanted by diesels. Lavishly illustrated volume brings to life a time period of intense interest to modelers and historians. Over 415 roster and action photos, most never before published. Hard Cover. more» Subject: Trains
	Railroads of the Ohio Valley, Book 5 Stock #: 18729 Author: Willard A. Harvey, Jr. List Price: ~~$24.95~~ Karen's Price: $22.50 Covers the 7 major trunk lines Huntington, WV to Cincinnati Ohio from 1968 to 1990s. Includes 200 pictures in color and B&W. From PRR, B&O, NYC, Southern, C&O, and N&W. Soft cover. more» Subject: Trains

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