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Illinois Central in Color
Stock #: 14331
Author: Lloyd Stagner

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Takes the reader through the early 1950s up to the 1972 ICG merger. Almost half the book is steam, while still covering the operations with black Geeps, E-units and 2nd generation diesels. Hard Cover.

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Images of the San Juans (Revised verson)
Stock #: KB11283
Author: P. David Smith

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Step back in time and see how prospectors, miners, merchants, investors, and families settled the mining towns in the gold and silver-rich San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Telluride, Ouray, and Silverton are well portrayed, as well as many of the smaller towns that are now just crumbling piles of stone and lumber. P. David Smith has also added lengthy captions that explain and point out the particulars of each photograph. This book will really give you an idea of the way it was over 100 years ago in the San Juan Mountains. Featuring more than 250 rare and historical photographs from the private collection of Ruth and Marvin Gregory, this book allows readers to venture into the mines, ride the railroads, and share the catastrophes and celebrations of yesterday s West. Including well-researched and illuminating narratives, Images of the San Juans Revised, is the true life story of an awe-inspiring area, its inhabitants, and an ever-enduring pioneer spirit.

In Images of the San Juans noted Ouray historian P. David Smith pays tribute to two well-known Ouray historians, Ruth and Marvin Gregory. Ruth Gregory (Marvin is now deceased) and P. David Smith have reviewed literally thousands of prints, glass plates and negatives from the Gregory's extensive photograph collection. A selection of over 250 superb images devoted to key events and themes in the history of the San Juans had been included in this book - many having never been published before. Soft cover.

 

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Indiana Rail Road Company
Stock #: 16519
Author: Christopher Rund

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The story of the development of the company from its original part of America's first land grant railroad, the Illinois Central through the political and financial juggling required by entrepreneur Tom Hoback to purchase the line when it fell into disrepair. The company was then reborn as a profitable carrier. 178 B&W photos. Hard Cover. more»

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Indiana Railroad: The Magic Interurban
Stock #: 11731
Author: George K. Bradley

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A look back at one of American's most famous innovative interurban railwys. Spanning nearly the length and breadth of the Hoosier State, the Indiana Railroad's management aggressively competed with highway-based competitors during the 1930s. Hard Cover. more»

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Interurban Trains to Chicago
Stock #: 12842
Author: John Kelly

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Book follows Samuel Insull’s Great Chicago Systems, 3 interurban routes powered by electric traction that carried passengers from the north, west, and southwest into downtown Chicago. They were the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee RR, the Chicago South Shore & South Bend, Chicago Aurora & Elgin. Covers the Skokie Valley Route, South Shore Lines, & Sunset Lines. 122 B&W photos. 128 pages. more»

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Interurban to St. Albert
Stock #: 16880
Author: Raymond Corley & Douglas Parker

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The Edmonton Interurban Railway operated for only a few short months before its carbarn and its one and only car were destroyed by fire. Service on the line to St. Albert was never restored, though the interurban railway's tracks at the Edmonton end of the line became a part of Emonton's street railway system. This history includes route maps and detailed drawings and descriptions of both the car (a Drake automotrice gas-electric) and the carbarn. 22 B&W photos. Soft Cover. more»

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Introduction to North American Railway Signaling
Stock #: 13244

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Covers the basics of signaling philosophy & techniques. If you need info pertaining to signaling systems used in the varius rail transportation modes in North America: freight, main-line passenger service, commuter, light rail and heavy rail transit. Included are sections on railway signaling, track work, switches, wayside signals, relays, train dection, block signaling, interlocking, remote control, cab signals, grade crossings, automatic train control, defect detectors, and lighting and surge protection. Soft cover.

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Invisible New York: The Hidden Infrastructure of the City
Stock #: 18873
Author: Stanley Greenberg

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Includes large format B&W photos which reveal the city's hidden infrastructure: a vault beneath the Brooklyn Bridge once used for wine storage, an attic space above the ceiling in Grand Central Terminal, an old missile silo serving as a graveyard and more. 53 illustrations. Hard Cover. more»

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Iowa Trolleys In Color
Stock #: 13296
Author: Ed Ridolph

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Includes Cedar Rapids & Iowa City, Charles City Western, Des Moines Rwy., DM&CI, Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern, Iowa Terminal, MC&CL, O&CB, Sioux City Service, Southern Iowa Rwy, Sioux City, Omaha & Council Bluffs, Charles City Western, and WCF&N � The Grandic Route. All in vivid color. Hard Cover.

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Iowa's Railroads: An Album - Soft Cover
Stock #: 15077S
Author: H. Roger Grant & Don Hofsommer

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The authors explore the pivotal role that railroads played in the urban development of the state as well as the relationship Iowa & its rails shared. More than 400 B&W photos. Includes Chicago & North Western, Cedar Rapids & Iowa City, and the Iowa Northern. Soft Cover. more»

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Iowa's Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Stock #: 12717
Author: John Tigges & James Shaffer

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When talk began circulating in 1848 about the importance of railroads, the idea raced forward, with the backing of the Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad Company, or "the River Road," which ran along the western bank of the Mississippi River and passed through Bellevue. Their hopes and dreams became reality in a three-foot-gauge line 31 years later, in 1879. Soft Cover more»

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Iron Feather: Corporate History of the Western Pacific and Sacramento Northern Railroads
Stock #: KB11215
Author: Jeff S. Asay

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The Western Pacific Railroad, from its inception in 1903 until the Union Pacific takeover in late 1982, was always fending off one crisis or another, managing to remain independent through luck and clever financial maneuvering. "Today, much of the WP has been abandoned and some has been sold, but the original Bogue main line from the Bay Area to Salt Lake City remains intact and in operation. This book also relates the parallel story of the Sacramento Northern Railway, an electric interurban that Alvin Krech acquired for the WP in the 1920s for its freight traffic base. Sacramento Northern suffered the same precarious ride as its parent company, and was finally merged into Union Pacific along with the Western Pacific. Hard cover.

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Iron Trails of North America: 1978-2008
Stock #: 13534
Author: Robert W. Burns

List Price: $49.99
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This book presents North American railroads from 1978 to 2008. Change has always been a part of railroading and the last thirty years have been no exception. Includes photos of Santa Fe, Union Pacific, BNSF, Conrail, Norfolk Southern, CSX, Cass Scenic, Rio Grande Narrow Gauge, White Pass & Yukon, Knox & Kane, Alleghany Railroad, Baltimore & Ohio, Buffalo & Pittsburgh, and Western Maryland. Over 450 exciting color photos. Hard Cover. more»

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