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Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. In this book, you'll see some of the most spectacular, and rare, shots of the Reading, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, and CNJ Railroads as they ran through Schuylkill and Carbon counties. These pictures are truly amazing to say the least. The great color reproduction on glossy paper makes this softcover book a great reference for modeling. Contents: Introduction, pg. 2, acknowledgments, pg. 3, Central New Jersey, pp. 4-11, Lehigh Valley, pp. 12-19, Pennsylvania Railroad, pp. 20-27, Reading Company, pp. 28-46, Anthracite-Who, What, Where, Why and When, pp. 47, Bibliography, pp. 48. Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 48 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., all Color photographs.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. The Brooklyn & Queens Transit was formed from the surface lines of the former Brooklyn Rapid Transit after a disastrous wreck that had claimed the lives of 94 people and injured 100 had forced the BRT into receivership. This book is a brief history of the B&QT and a B&W photographic tour of the system. Contents: A Brief Historical Review, pp. 4-11, Downtown and Surrounding Areas, pp. 12-33, From Coney Island North to Church Avenue, pp. 34-47, Eastern Brooklyn and Western Queens, pp. 48-71, Fighting Snow, pp. 72-75, Trackless Trolley Postscript, pp. 76-80. Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 80 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W photographs and maps.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. This book is not a history of Pennsylvania short line railroads, but an attempt to give the reader a feel for what these lines were like in captions and Color photographs. The largest portion of the book portrays the Wellsville, Addison and Galeton. Next in coverage is the Maryland & Pennsylvania, then the Pittsburgh and Shawmut, then the Montour plus one or two photographs of other short line railroads-all in color! Contents: Ch. 1: Wellsville, Addison & Galeton, pp. 4-17, Coudersport & Port Alleghany, pp. 18-19, Ch. 2: Cornwall Railroad Co., pp. 20-25, Ch. 3: Maryland & Pennsylvania, pp. 26-35, Ch. 4: Montour, pp. 36-37, Ch. 5: Pittsburgh & Shawmut, pp. 38-41, Ch. 6: Selected Short Lines, pp. 42-47, Bibliography, pp. 48. Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 48 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., all Color photographs.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. This book presents the color photography Rich Pennisi, a former E-L employee, and others in 1970 and 1971. Contents include The Susquehanna Division, New York Division-Erie Side, New York and Scranton Divisions (Lackawanna Side) and Farewell to the Lake Cities. Color track diagrams of some Interlockings are included as are some timetable reproductions. Looking through this book makes one miss the colorful E-L. Contents: The Susquehanna Division, pp. 4-19, New York Division-Erie Side, pp. 20-33, New York & Scranton Divisions (Lackawanna Side), pp. 34-61, Farewell to the Lake Cities, pp. 62-63, Acknowledgments, pg. 64. Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 48 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., all color photography.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. A color photographic tour of the Chicago & North Western beginning in the 1970s and ending in the 1990s its assimilation into the Union Pacific. Photographs selected range from First-Generation power to ALCO Centuries, Fairbanks-Morse H16-66s, the C&NW Executive Train, cabooses and Powder River coal train power. Excellent photographic reproduction for the modelers! Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 48 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., all Color photographs.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. This book focuses on one class of locomotives which seemed to fit the successor of Penn Central and other eastern United States carriers well, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors model SD40 and SD40-2s. Excellent for pulling heavy freight trains around Horseshoe Curve or running along the Water Level Route to Buffalo, this book uses excellent photographs and photographic reproduction to tell their story. Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 48 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., all Color photographs with roster and mechanical detail specifications.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. Part One of this book covers the Conestoga Transportation Company, which was an impressive electric transportation system that served the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area. Part Two covers the Hershey Transit Company which served the model town founded by Milton Hershey. Milton Hershey took great pride in his works and the trolley system was no exception. Contents: Part One: Conestoga Transportation Company, pp. 3-32, Part Two: Hershey Transit Company, pp. 33-64. Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 64 pages, 8 x 11 x .25 in., B&W photographs with text and extensive captions.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. This book is a selection of photographs from the Railroad Avenue photograph collection. Since Bob Pennisi of Railroad Avenue was employed by the Erie Lackawanna from 1962 to 1977 and worked 'the Erie side', he is able to accurately caption the photographs for the reader. Photographs cover the late steam-early diesel era of Erie operations in New Jersey. This includes the ferries and commuter trains but also includes some freight action. Contents: Introduction, pg. 2, Jersey City, pp. 3-7, Hoboken, pg. 8, The Main Line, pp. 9-20, Bergen County Line, pg. 21, New York & Greenwood Lake, pp. 22-30, The Caldwell Branch, pp. 31-33, Back to Great Notch, pp. 34-36, The Orange Branch, pp. 37-38, The New Jersey & New York, pp. 39-40, The Newark Branch, pp. 41-47, The Northern Branch, pp. 48. Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 48 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W photographs and captions.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. This book is the first in a series of books about the railroads which operated in and around Northeast Pennsylvania. Their common denominator was Anthracite coal which they hauled out of the region. The general time period will start at 1940. The first topic to be covered will be the Electo-Motive's classic first-generation GP locomotives: the GP-7, GP-9 and GP-18s operated by these railroads. Contents: Introduction, pp. 3-5, Ch. 1: Central Railroad of New Jersey, pp. 6-19, Ch. 2: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, pp. 20-29, Ch. 3: Erie Railroad, pp. 30-39, Ch. 4: Erie Lackawanna, pp. 40-55, Ch. 5: Lehigh Valley, 56-63, Ch. 6: Reading Company, pp. 64-75, Ch. 7: Those Geeps at Work, pp. 76-80. Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 80 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., B&W and Color photographs (5 pages of color), locomotive roster data.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. On April 23, 1954, an era ended on the Central Railroad of New Jersey as scheduled, steam passenger operations came to an end. Not only did steam Passenger Service end on that day, but also the last of Central Railroad of New Jersey's Camelback steam locomotives operated. The CNJ had long been a user of this distinctive, humped-back design. After April 23, 1954, the next fire these locomotives would experience in their firebox would be the fire from the cutter's torch. This book's focus has been narrowed to the careers of only those passenger camelback locomotives that remained on the CNJ roster as of January 1, 1945. Contents: Introduction, pp. 2-3, Ch. 1: Historical Review, pp. 4-5, Ch. 2: Notes, Generally Speaking, pp. 6-11, Ch. 3: Engines #150-184, pp. 12-25, Ch. 4: Engines #590-595, pp. 26-31, Ch. 5: Engines #600-630, pp. 32-37, Ch. 6: Engines #631-635, pp. 38-41, Ch. 7: Engines #750-789, pp. 42-51, Ch. 8: An Oasis In The Land of Camels, pp. 54-59,… Read More

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. This large-format book ships by itself. This large-format book is a collection of HO scale plans of Lehigh Valley passenger equipment with some B&W photographs and text. The blueprints have been redrawn from original LV shop prints. Included is the following information: Construction material, trucks, wheels, brakes, weights, roster numbers and construction dates. Contents: Milk Cars, Baggage Cars, Passenger Baggage Cars, Coaches, Club Cars & Diners, Parlor Cars, Business Cars, Brief History in Diagrams and photographs. List of Pullman cars assigned to the Lehigh Valley. Railroad Avenue, softcover, 11 x 17 x .25 in., 64 pages. B&W photographs and HO scale diagrams.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. A photographic tour featuring scenes from the John Harrington Riley collection. This book is a pictorial review of the Third Avenue Railway, but in a more general sense it is a pictorial review of street scenes in Manhattan and The Bronx during the late 1940s. All of the images are from the postwar 1940s. And all images are from the inexpensive folding and box cameras of amateur photographers who happened to be rail fans. Contents: In Manhattan, pp. 5-26, North-South in The Bronx, pp. 27-49, Cross-town in The Bronx, pp. 50-78, Last Glimpses, pp. 79-80. Railroad Avenue Enterprises, softcover, 80 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., B&W photographs.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Softcover. New. Unification of New York's rapid transit lines started on June 1, 1940. After a decade of rough-and-tumble politics, the Inter-borough Rapid Transit and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Transit properties had been bought by the city. The properties were then combined with the municipal Independent Subway system. The combined operation was the New York Transit System run by the Board of Transportation. The board dated back to 1924 and, as an arm of the city government, was controlled by the mayor. The Board thus lacked the independence needed to handle fundamentals such as setting fare levels to assure adequate income and establishing spending priorities on a strictly business-like basis. A fight by local politicians to retain this political power would massively consume the energies of the city, state, labor and civic groups throughout the 1940s and beyond. The focus of this book is on the events of the 13 year period between unification and the transfer of the… Read More