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Stock #: 13649

This volume covers the Union Pacific Challengers in the following groups. UP #3975-3999 (1943 series), and #3700-3717 (oil fuel). Photos of each locomotive are provided as well as class designations, builder, build dates, weights and capacities. Soft cover.

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Stock #: 13647

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This volume covers the Union Pacific Challengers in the following groups. #3900-3939, 3800-3839, 3702, 3707 and 3710. The simple articulated locomotives of 1936 and 1937 series. Photos of each locomotive are provided as well as class designations, builder, build dates, weights and capacities. Soft cover. more»

Stock #: 13648

This volume covers the Union Pacific Challengers in the following roups. UP #3930-3949 (1944 series), and UP #3950-3969 (1942 series). Photos of each locomotive are provided as well as class designations, builder, build dates, and weights and capacities. Soft cover.

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Stock #: 13477
Author: John Kelly

On February 12, 1934, Union Pacific premiered the M-10000, called Tomorrow's Train Today, it was the first lightweight, streamlined passenger train to operate in the United States. The tiny brown-and-yellow speedster offered hope and promise for America's future during the Great Depression. Later renamed City of Salina, the train was the beginning of Union Pacific's City Fleet of streamliners including the City of Los Angeles, City of San Francisco, City of Portland, City of Denver and Challenger, departing from Chicago and serving all the West. Union Pacific system maps, timetables, travel brochures, and advertising are featured.UP, Union, pacific, passenger, trains, M-10000, tomorrow's, train, today, lightweight, streamlined, passsenger, city, salina, los, angeles, san, francisco, portland, denver, challenger, chicago more»

Stock #: 17565
Author: Tim Mulina

Includes a brief history & roster notes plus photos from the engineer's side, the rear & brake wheel, the fireman's side, the trucks, the cab interior and top views. Photos. Spiral bound. more»

Stock #: 17954
Author: Tim Mulina

Includes a brief history & roster notes. Photos of the front, the cab, roof & top of unit, interior are included. Also includes Trucks & underframe, beltpack remote control, sides & roster shots. Spiral bound. more»

Stock #: 10027
Author: James L. Ehernberger

The Union Pacific Railroad developed the 1st 4-6-6-4 type locomotives and they were named the Challenger. This was during the Great Depression in the 1930's. It was an era where a higher speed locomotive was desired to compete with truck competition. Today only one Challenger is in operating condition.

After a series of 5 orders for these 4-6-6-4 locomotives the railroad obtain 105 more of this class and they were used on most of the heavier traffic routes.  Hard cover.

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Stock #: 12619
Author: Maury Klein

The story continues as Union Pacific lays the groundwork for modern industry in America. The second volume in the history of the Union Pacific begins after the financial panic of 1893, one of the worst depressions Americans had yet experienced, which pushed the railroad into bankruptcy. 114 photos. Soft Cover. UP, union pacific, history, great depression, 1800s, bankruptcy, pacific, union more»

Stock #: 16677
Author: I. E. Quastler

Follows the story of the Kansas Central from its conversion to standard gauge and later operations as the UP controlled LK&W. The story of its motive power, operations and demise in 1935 are covered in many rare photos and descriptive text. Soft Cover. more»

Stock #: 12503
Author: M. Bartels & J. Reisdorff

Across the US in the past 3 decades, a large number of new short line or regional railroads have been formed to operate trackage that no longer fits the economic plans of a larger railroad company. These spin-offs use personalized service and lower costs to attract business. This book serves as a case study of the dramatic changes in operating methods that took place on one rail line between the decades of the 1960s and the 1990s. Soft cover. more»

Stock #: 18975
Author: Donald Duke

This pictorial history presents the 100 year story of the Union Pacific in Southern California, beginning with the Los Angeles Terminal Railroad, the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, and on to the Union Pacific. Presents an insight into the passenger and freight service, the transition from steam to diesel and the ups and downs of operation. Over 320 photos. Hard Cover.

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Stock #: KB10626
Author: Jeff Asay

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.

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Stock #: KB11256
Author: A.J. Wolff and J.L. Ehernberger

Book on Cheyenne facilities! – A. J. Wolff and Jim Ehernberger have prepared this fine treatise on UP facilities in Cheyenne. This book is an invaluable source of information for modelers recreating UP’s Cheyenne facilities in various eras, and it will be appreciated by UP history buffs seeking to understand UP’s Cheyenne terminal operations over the years.  More than 200 black and white and color images. Historical details are provided in each caption regarding the structures, including shops, roundhouses, servicing tracks, freight yard, stores department, depot, tower A, stockyards, etc. Hard cover.

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Stock #: KB10633
Author: Thos. R. Lee

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.

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Stock #: 16981
Author: Geoff Swaine

Up the Line celebrates the dedication and enthusiasm of the steam railway preservation movement in Great Britain. Covering many of the lines now operating preserved steam locomotives, this nostalgic volume describes the history of each line, and stunning color photographs pay tribute to the skills of the volunteers who keep the lines, engines, and rolling stock alive. Color photos. Hard Cover. steam, great britain, endland, preservation, nostalgic, engines, history, rolling stock, england, uk, gb more»