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Texas Zephyr Publishing. Hardcover. New. Hardcover, 184 pages, standard portrait format, 8 x 10 in., B&W and Color photographs and illustrations (approx. 20% Color), maps, timetable and advertising reproductions. This title is larger than the two previous titles on the Passenger Trains of Texas with 38 more pages. Since there are many older historical photographs, most of the book has B&W photographs. Color illustrations of timetable covers are included on the inside cover pages. This is a very nice book covering the famous and the more obscure trains the CB&Q and affiliates operated in the state of Texas. Contents: The Burlington Route in Texas, The Early Years, pp. 6-9, WV Trains 109-110 (Wichita Falls-Waurika), pp. 10-15, FW&D Trains 5-6, WEST TEXAN (Dallas-Wichita Falls), pp. 16-17, WV Trains 111-112 (Wichita Falls-Abeliene), pp. 18-35, WV Trains 117-118 (Stamford-Spur), pp. 36-41, FW&D Trains 91-92 (Childress-Pampa), pp. 42-46, FW&D Trains 101-102 (Childress-Lubbock), pp. 47-63, Burlington-Rock… Read More

Texas Zephyr Publishing, 2022. Hardcover. New. Hardcover, 176 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., almost 200 rare B&W and Color photographs (about 50-50 B&W to Color). This book is Missouri Pacific only. Texas & Pacific will be another title someday. This title will have 16 chapters featuring a variety of Missouri Pacific passenger trains that once operated in Texas. Trains include the Mineola Branch, Huntsville Branch, Sunshine Special, Texas Triangle, Texan, Gulf Coast Eagle, SAU&G, Houston North Shore, Valley Eagle, Orleanean, Pioneer, Southerner, Texas Eagle (Houston section), Aztec Eagle, Texas Eagle (San Antonio section), and the Brackenridge Eagle. This book is a must have reference source for fans of the Missouri Pacific. Contents: The Missouri Pacific in Texas - The Early Years, pp. 6-13, I-GN Trains 106-107 (Troup-Mineola), pp. 14-17, I-GN Trains 153-154 (Phelps-Huntsville), pp. 18-19, I-GN Trains 31-32 ""Sunshine Special"" (St. Louis-San Antonio), pp. 20-32, I-GN Trains 17-18 ""Texas Triangle"" (Ft.… Read More

Texas Zephyr Publishing. Hardcover. New. Steve Goen has been the author of a number of popular railroad book titles focusing on Texas and the Southwest published by Four Ways West Publications. Steve is now publishing his own titles, and this is the first of them about railroad passenger service in Texas. The second title he is working on is on the Rock Island in Texas which should be available soon. Cotton Belt's passenger service ended long before the beginning of Amtrak in 1971. The Cotton Belt didn't have the presence in Texas that its parent, the Southern Pacific, or other prominent Texas-serving railroads such as the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific did. This book fills a need for readers who want to know more about this lesser-known passenger service. This title covers the history of the passenger service from an era of B&W photography and very little color photography as the trains stopped running many years before Amtrak. There are color photographs, but they are only about 10% of the photo… Read More

Texas Zephyr Publishing. Hardcover, 272 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., 300 B&W and Color photographs and illustrations. In the fifth installment of Steve Goen's "Passenger Trains of Texas" series we take a look at the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad. This book is much larger than Steve's previous titles, a whopping 272 pages, featuring almost 300 B&W and Color photographs. Thirteen chapters are dedicated to Katy passenger operations in Texas. Chapters include the Oleander, Katy Limited, the Waco to Stamford motorcar, the Wichita Falls to Woodward, Oklahoma line, the Belton line, the Stamford to Rotan branch, the Mineola mixed train, the Bluebonnet to San Antonio, the Houston Bluebonnet, the Henrietta Sub to Wichita Falls, the Katy Flyer, the Texas Special, and ending with a chapter featuring the San Antonio passenger station. Included are timetables, menus, and vintage advertising illustrations. Contents: The Katy in Texas: The Early Years, pp. 6-11, MKT Trains 25-26 ""Oleander"" (Houston-Galveston), pp.… Read More

Texas Zephyr Publishing. Hardcover. New. Steve Goen's second book on Texas passenger train service features the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In this book he features the operations of 14 different Rock Island passenger trains that once operated in the Lone Star State. The Rock Island had three major routes that crossed Texas. The Golden State Route cut across the most northern part of Texas at about a 45 degree angle on its way from Chicago to Arizona and California. The Choctaw Route also crossed the most northern part of Texas on its way from Memphis to a connection with itself at Tucumcari, New Mexico. The last route, the Twin Star Route, ran north to south entering Texas from Oklahoma and connecting Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston. This was the most prominent Rock Island route serving Texas. Chapters include the Graham Branch, the ACR Line, and trains such as the Short Line Flyer, Arizona Limited, Texas Rocket, Choctaw Rocket, Memphis-Californian, Oklahoma Rocket, Fort Worth to El Reno RDCs… Read More