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Stock #: 16442
Author: Jim Boyd

Covers the chop-nose era from 1960 to the Union Pacific merger, with a review of motive power changes, pre-Amtrak passenger service and the 1974 renumbering and paint scheme changes. Hard Cover.

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Stock #: 17194
Author: Bernard Kempinksi

This book provides a reference for modelers to the workings of steel mills and the railroads that serve them. From raw-materials-in to steel-ingots-out, The Model Railroader’s Guide to Modeling Steel Mills explains the industrial process and the massive complex built around steel production. The model railroader using this book will better understand how to create a realistic mill area and set up its rail operations. Chapters are included for steelmaking, steel mill railroads, steel mill track planning, and modeling tips. Soft Cover. more»

Stock #: 13671
Author: J.G.A. Meyer

Created in 1892 by J.G.A. Meyer, the former chief draftsman at the Grant Locomotive Works, Modern Locomotive Construction is one of the most in-depth documents to emerge from the age of steam. Regarded as "the Bible" of steam engines, it is replete with information about every aspect of locomotive building and maintenance. This text can educate even the most learned railroader and answer questions you never even knew you had. Soft Cover. more»

Stock #: KB10819
Author: Martin Burwash

This books takes a look at new train stations are going up, mostly, but not exclusively, in Western Europe and Japan. This album showcases those stations in conjunction with a current exhibit at Chicago's Art Institute. The modern train station is here critiqued in accessible prose, not in architectural jargon, just as the buildings themselves purport to welcome travelers, not intimidate them. Across the varied designs, one discerns a commitment to light and structural lightness: Lisbon's Oriente Station features a vaulting train station that mimics the nave of a Gothic cathedral. Another common feature is the accommodation that stations make to high-speed trains, most avidly by builders in France, Germany, and Japan. Designers of the few new station projects in the U.S. also flex their blueprints for the day, if ever, when this country gets with the high-speed program. This book, makes a contemporary architectural trend visible and exciting. Soft cover. more»

Stock #: 13455
Author: Dr. Nick Muff, M.D.

Includes modular interiors for urban structures, Fred Harvey & Kansas City Union Station, basic RTV molds & resin casting for interiors, unique & unusual structures and more. Spiral Bound. more»

Stock #: 13238
Author: David Longest

The New Albany and Salem Rail Road Company - most often called the Monon - is only a memory of a time when trains streaked across the hills and farmland of southern Indiana. The Monon Railroad in Southern Indiana examines the real purpose of railroads as movers of people and the products they devoted their lives to producing and focuses on areas from New Albany to Bloomington. Soft cover. more»

Stock #: KB11223
Author: Terry E. Arbogast

A new pictorial focused on the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton diesel era of the Monongahela Railway in southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. Included among the 600 photos are many action and night photos.  This is the story in pictures of the MRY's roster of 27 Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton S-12. Used in multiple unit operation with as many as six units to haul 250 car coal trains down the namesake river to Brownsville, Pa, they wer quite a sight. The eight former New York Central BLH RF-16 'Sharknose' diesels were acquired in 1967. Hard cover.

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Stock #: 11482
Author: Erle C. Hanson

118 miles south of San Francisco lies the picturesque city of Monterey. The Monterey & Pacific Grove Street Railway provided efficient transportation for residents of the area but when the motor coach appeared on city streets, its utility owners let the railway die. 72 photos, maps, drawings. Soft Cover.

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Stock #: 12501
Author: Gene P. Schaeffer

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This is a pictorial look at the Montour railroad. Includes before & after shots at Wicks Crossing, before and after shots of the two bridges at McPhearson Run, shots of the 14000 just days old, on display in East Carson Street Yard back in the mid 1940's, the Eastward Trip from Montour Junction to Mifflin Junction, Horning Road Crossing in 1921 and much more. Hard cover.

 

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Stock #: 13713
Author: Harry W. Brunk

This book continues the story told in the author's first book, "Up Clear Creek, on the Narrow Gauge". Compiled from a collection of 88 articles that originally appeared in the magazine, Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette. This book continues the story from the author's first book about the intimate details of the Clear Creek Canyon area of Colorado. Includes color & B&W photos. Hard Cover.

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Stock #: 15345

Originally printed in 1898 and then periodically revised, The Motorman...and His Duties served as the definitive training text for a generation of streetcar operators. A must-have for the trolley or train enthusiast, it is also an important source of information for museum staff and docents — in fact it's currently in use as a training book in at least two historic trolley museums. Lavishly illustrated with numerous photos and black and white line drawings, this affordable reprint contains all of the original text. streetcar, trolley, interurban, electric, operators, history, training, drawings, street more»

Stock #: 15153
Author: Charles Seims

The story of this short trackage railway from Altadena to Alpine Tavern, rising 3,130 feet in 5.84 miles which constituted an engineering marvel. Also includes the coming of Henry Huntington and his Pacific Electic. Illustrated. Hard Cover. more»

Stock #: 13492
Author: Fred Runner

A hundred years ago, high on the summit of Mount Tamalpais, stood a grand lodge with a breathtaking view. For 33 years, elegantly dressed men and women came to visit on the gritty steam trains of a famous twisting railroad known affectionately as the Crookedest Railroad in the World. Soft Cover. more»

Stock #: 13592
Author: Richard Mackie

On one level the story of loggers and their machines—cold deckers, skidders, geared locies and many more. The book's nine chapters alternate revealingly between logging and social history: between working landscapes and the communities they supported. A stunning visual feast, this richly illustrated history contains 340 photographs of the men, women, families and communities supported by logging. Soft Cover.

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Stock #: 13493
Author: William E. Rogers Jr.

The Mountain View Trolley was established on July 10, 1907, after booming tourism increased the need for transportation between Stroudsburg and the town of Delaware Water Gap. Built by the J. R. Brill Company in Philadelphia, the Mountain View Trolley ran on a narrow-gauge track and was capable of hauling a large number of passengers. The introduction of motor coaches and automobiles brought about the end of the trolley age, and the Mountain View Trolley ended its run in September 1928. Soft Cover. Mountain, view, trolley, stroudsburg, delaware, water, gap, brill, company, philadelphia, narrow, gauge, history, vintage more»