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Lake Line
Stock #: KB10574
Author: Bajema, Kindem & Budzynski
List Price: $55.00
Karen's Price:
$48.95
The Lake Line relates in time to an experience living in the electric interurban and street car era between 1900 and 1928. The Lake Line Interurban did more than just carry passengers and express freight between Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon and points in between. The Interurban also completed with steam railroads for passengers and packages bound to and from Chicago. 180 photographs, 27 maps, 7 timetables, 27 advertisements and 17 other illustrations are included. Hard cover.
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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»
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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»
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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.
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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»
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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.
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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.
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AMTRAK By The Numbers, 1971 - 2011
Stock #: KB10556
Author: David C. Warner
List Price: $79.95
Karen's Price:
$71.95
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.
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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.
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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.
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Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Stock #: KB10553
Author: Gene P. Schaeffer
List Price: $50.00
Karen's Price:
$41.95
This new book on the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway covers the first decade of operations, from 1990 through 2000 focusing on the Wheeling - East End. The East End of the W&LE was originally the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway and covers the entire 111 mainline track of the former P&WV as well as the West End, Mifflin and Clairton Branches with coverage of trackage rights over the CSX between Connellsville and Hagerston, Maryland. Hard cover. more»
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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»
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Pacific Electric and the Growth of the San Fernando Valley
Stock #: KB10545
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»
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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»
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Pennsylvania Railroad Gondolas, 1869-1968
Stock #: KB10531
List Price: $50.00
Karen's Price:
$41.95
This book has an introduction covering an overview of freight cars and gondolas; PRR Gondolas from GA to G44, gondolas in Work Equipment service and an Epilog.
There are over 350 photos many with cars under load, in addition to numerous car diagrams and information tables. The book is in landscape format, 8½" x 11", on heavy paper, color and B&W. Soft cover. more»
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The Western Pacific
Stock #: 18549
Author: Ken Meeker
List Price: $79.95
Karen's Price:
$71.95
With Dale Sanders! On the scale of modern mega-sized railroads, the Western Pacific might now be thought of as a regional carrier. In its day, however, the WP was a key link in the transcontinental rail network, forwarding traffic between the Denver & Rio Grande Western and Union Pacific in Salt Lake City, and the San Francisco Bay Area. All seven of WP's subdivisions, as well as subsidiaries Sacramento Northern and the Tidewater Southern are documented. 410 full color photographs and 11 detailed maps. Hard cover. more»
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Steam: An Enduring Legacy
Stock #: KB10530
Author: John Gruber
List Price: $50.00
Karen's Price:
$44.95
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.
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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»
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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.
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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»
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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.
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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.
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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»
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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»
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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»
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Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio
Stock #: KB10497
List Price: $75.00
Karen's Price:
$64.95
A Brand new Book from the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. Chapter 1, A Short History of Columbus Railroads, PRR Lines into Columbus, Other Lines and Connections at Columbus; Chapter 2, Columbus Union Depot and its Passenger Trains; Chapter 3, St. Clair Avenue Enginehouse; Chapter 4, Pennsy Freight Yards; Chapter 5, 20th St. Shops; Chapter 6, The Columbus & Newark (C&N); Chapter 7, Columbus & Xenia (C&X); Chapter 8, Chicago Columbus & Indiana Central (CC&IC); Chapter 9, The Akron Branch (CA&C); Chapter 10, The Sandusky Branch. 334 illustrations, the large majority are photos. more»
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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.
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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.
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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
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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»
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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»
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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»
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Kansas City Streetcars, from Hayburners to Streamliners
Stock #: KB10470
Author: Edward A. Conrad
List Price: $55.00
Karen's Price:
$49.95
When it came to rail-based mass transit, Kansas City had it all. From the first horse car to the last streetcar, the KC transit scene was replete with every type of public transit during its 88 years of existence. Everything from horse cars, cable cars, steam dummies, and a host of electric streetcars from primitive home built sparkers lurching over unpaved street to sleek modern PCC's gliding along miles of private right-of-way. Hard cover. more»
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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»
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Logging Railroads of the Blue Ridge & Smoky Mountains, Volume 2
Stock #: 10247
Author: Thomas Fetters
List Price: $48.95
Karen's Price:
$41.95
This is not just another book on logging railroads, but a review of the great initial splash dam logging of Andrew Gennett with his mill at Fort Madison, in the wilderness of that dark corner formed by North Georgia, Southeastern Tennessee and far Western North Carolina. It also includes the great hydroelectric projects of Georgia Railway & Power Company, and the gold and copper mining in Dahlonega County, Georgia. Hard Cover. more»
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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals & the Making of Modern America
Stock #: 10246
Author: Richard White
List Price: $35.00
Karen's Price:
$32.95
The transcontinentals were pivotal actors in the making of modern America, but the triumphal myths of the golden spike, Robber Barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Richard White is one of those rare historians who tells the story of the western transcontinentals as it has never been told before, with insights that speak as much to our own time as to the nineteenth-century era he explores. Hard Cover. more»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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Du Pont Family & the Street Railway Industry
Stock #: 12995
Author: James E. Dalmas
List Price: $19.95
Karen's Price:
$18.95
This book covers the Du Pont family and how they were involved in the street railway industry in the 19th & 20th century. The street railway business provided DuPont managers with the executive skills needed to turn the black powder business into a Fortune 500 company. Soft Cover. more»
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BNSF Railway Company, 2011 Locomotive Review
Stock #: 12374
Author: Robert Del Grosso
List Price: $47.00
Karen's Price:
$42.95
As of February 20, 2011, BNSF Railway's motive power fleet totaled 6,836 locomotives. These include 6,741 units owned, 87 on long-term leases and 8 rosters by subsidiary Houston Belt & Terminal Railway. Includes color photos of each class and complete rosters. Hard cover. more»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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.
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Southern Pacific Depots in California
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»
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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»
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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»
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