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Morning Sun Books, 2007. Hardcover. New. Follow the fall of the Lehigh Valley Railroad through its Annual Reports and more than 250 color images from post WWII to Conrail in this book. This title includes photographs of the last of steam, first-generation diesels, the Apollo, John Wilkes streamlined steam and the Lehigh Valley's New York Harbor tugs. You will not find pages with lots of white space here - there's much to see and read in these 128 pages! Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all Color photographs with captions.

Morning Sun Books. Hardcover. New. The Reading had a heavily-built network of lines extending east of the City of Brotherly Love to serve passengers and freight. The road's stations, towers, bridges, yards, signs and other aspects are explored in color photographs with or without trains. Contents: Historical Background, pp. 5-11, Reading Terminal, pp. 14-42, Port Richmond, pp. 43-75, Entering the Garden State, pp. 76-98, Port Reading Branch, pp. 99-103, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Branch, pp. 104-128. Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

Sundance Publications, 2007. Hardcover. New. Hardcover, 416 pages, B&W Photographs, maps, town plats and track diagrams, equipment rosters, drawings. Westward from Golden, Colorado pushed this narrow-gauge line through rugged, scenic territory. Here is a detailed account of the line, the area and the towns it served. Contents: Golden, Colorado, a Railroad Town by 1871, pp. 9-58, Narrow-Gauge Railroad Construction in Clear Creek Canyon, 59-184, Early Black Hawk and Central City History, pp. 185-208, Rails Reach Central City - 1878, pp. 209-276, South Clear Creek Extension and the Georgetown Loop, pp. 277-406, Roster of Locomotives and Cars, some line drawings of equipment, pp. 407-414, Index, pp. 415-416.

Colorado Railroad Museum. Hardcover. New. Historian Charles Albi comments on this new title: ""For the first time, here is the complete story of Rio Grande's standard gauge passenger car fleet from the wooden cars of the 1880s through to the ski train of the 1980s. Included is a year-by-year history of passenger service, detailed rosters of different eras, famous trains like the California Zephyr and obscure ones like the San Luis. It is the result of many years of research and will become the definitive source of information on this fascinating topic."" Colorado Railroad Museum, hardcover, 352 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .75 in., over 400 images (more than half in Color), many images are published for the first time. Numerous illustrations of timetables, railroad passes, dining car menus and advertising matter.

Omni Publications. Softcover. New. An informative biography of the man and the company, his Santa Fe railroad relations and his encouragement of Southwest Indian crafts. This enlarged edition includes B&W photographs and illustrations of Harvey Houses and Girls, china, hollow-ware, menus and recipes, as well as a listing of railroad-related eating facilities operated by the company and when. One of the best books on this topic! Contents: Birth of a Businessman, pp. 1-8, Fred Harvey: Entrepreneur Extraordinary, pp. 9-19, The Harvey House and the West, pp. 20-27, Indians, Architecture, Etcetera, pp. 28-34, The Later Fred Harvey System, pp. 35-39, Fred Harvey Hotels, Eating Houses and New Stands, pp. 40-43, The First Contract Between the Santa Fe Railway and Fred Harvey, pg. 44, The Second Contract Between the Santa Fe Railway and Fred Harvey, pg. 45, Fred Harvey's Surprise Visit: September 11, 1881, pp. 46-47, Seventy-Five Cent Dinner Menu on Westbound Passenger Trains in 1888, pg. 48, Poetry in… Read More

Morning Sun Books. Softcover. New. The final two decades of the ""Action Road"" are captured across the railroad in exciting, scenic photographs. Fast freights roll through the glorious landscapes of Colorado and Utah of the Rio Grande's route along with a little passenger action. Softcover, 96 pages, standard landscape format, Color images with captions.

Morning Sun Books, 2023. Hardcover. New. Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., all Color photographs. Volume 1 begins with a sampling of the final year of the Reading as an independent company and continues with a look at the first seven years of the railroad as an important component of the new Conrail system. We see the multi-color motive power of early Conrail gradually transforming into CR ""dress blue"" with more variety provided by the diesels of the Delaware & Hudson, whose trackage rights over the Reading continued into the Conrail era.

Morning Sun Books. Hardcover. New. Reading Power in Color, Volume I opens with a sampling of Reading Company steam power from the 1940s to the end of regular service steam operation, including a brief look at the T1 4-8-4's in excursion service, then continues with a detailed examination of the railroad's interesting roster of first generation diesels from all four major builders. This title is a good mix of color roster photographs and scenes of the locomotives at work. Contents: A Reading Steam Sampler, pp. 4-22, SW, pg. 23, SW1, pp. 24-25, DS4-4-1000, pp. 26-29, S2, pp. 30-31, VO660, pg. 32, NW2, pg. 33, FTA/B, pp. 34-39, F3A/B, pp. 40-42, F7A/B, pp. 43-52, FA1/FB1, pp. 53-57, RS3, pp. 58-75, AS16, pp. 76-82, GP7, pp. 83-98, H24-666, pp. 99-106, FP7, pp. 107-120, RDC-1, pp. 121-126, RDC-2, pg. 127, RDC-3, pg. 128. Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

White River Productions. Hardcover. New. The Complete History of the Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 Locomotives.By the 1920s, the legendary narrow-gauge system of the Denver & Rio Grande Western had shrunk to a third of the railroad's total trackage, and most of its locomotives were worn out. Yet, traffic was heavy on some parts of the line and growing, and standard gauging the lines made little economic sense. And so the long-time Baldwin customer turned to the Philadelphia firm for 10 new narrow gauge, outside-frame Mikados. Designated K-36 (Mikado, 36,200 lbs. of tractive effort), these beefy Baldwins were soon hauling freight over the four percent grades of Cumbres and Marshall passes and indeed, system-wide. Fast forward almost a century later, and nine of the locomotives still exist and eight are in service on the Durango & Silverton and Cumbres & Toltec Scenic railroads. Truly a remarkable record of service and why the K-36 is beloved by railfans and the crewmen who ran them. Author Jerry… Read More

White River Productions, 2023. Hardcover. New. American Locomotive Company (Alco) built ten locomotives for Denver & Rio Grande Western in 1923, and three of these remarkable machines still call Durango, Colorado home, powering the iconic ""Silverton"" trains since the 1950s. Here is the story of the first modern narrow-gauge locomotive on Rio Grande and how it is posed to enter its second century of service. Author Jerry Day spent 45 years compiling information and more than 300 photos, maps, track folios, drawings, and diagrams, including a three-page foldout drawing created by Mike McKenzie for this 200+ page volume. In addition, you will find the history of D&RGW's purchase of the K-28s, the operational history on the lines they ran, and the history of K-28 snow fighting operations, special passenger runs, wrecks and mishaps, movie appearances, locomotive modifications and changes, and how the K-28s operate today on the Durango & Silverton railroad. Includes an appendix with the complete… Read More

R Robb Ltd. Softcover. New. A book of black and white photographs with captions plus some technical data on the Rio Grande's narrow gauge work equipment. R/Robb Ltd, softcover, 224 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., B&W photographs with text.

Golden West Books. Hardcover. New. This is a second edition with updated information, images and tables. This book presents the complete intermodal story: The development of Gene Ryan's Rail Trailer Company, General Motors flirtation with a depressed center-car design, the establishment of Trailer Train, Southern Pacific's truck-trailer train experiment between Los Angeles and San Francisco (handling only company owned Pacific Motor Trucking Trailers), the separation of Pennsylvania Railroads influence over Trailer Train, and the combination of rail-highway units familiarly called Rail Van and RoadRailer. Featured are the various hitch arrangements, the once popular trailer-leasing program, the expansion of United Parcel from a department store delivery service to the United States' largest freight carrier and their influence on rail-piggyback. This book is written by an industry insider who tells the 'who' and 'why'. Contents: Introduction, pp. 10-12, The Less-Than-Carload Problem, pp. 13-20, It's… Read More

Morning Sun Books. Hardcover. New. In the 20th Century, the DL&W was a shining example of a well-run railroad. Its image of Phoebe Snow to promote the cleanliness of hard coal and the dust free ride of the stone ballast is a significant part of early 20th Century America. Photographer Henry Peterson chronicled the steam locomotives of the Lackawanna on the eve of dieselization. His efforts are shown in this 128-page Color book. Contents: About Henry W. Peterson, pp. 3-8, Hoboken, pp. 9-19, Orange, pp. 20-21, Boonton Line, pp. 22-27, Dover, pp. 28-47, Port Morris, pp. 48-65, Scranton, pp. 66-81, Lackawanna's Last Steam, pp. 82-83, Bangor, pp. 84-89, Earliest Color Photography, pp. 90-95, The D&H Challenge, pp. 96-99, Episodes on the Erie, pp. 100-103, Great Day on the CNJ, 104-107, Delaware & Hudson, pp. 108-109, Legends on the Long Branch, pp. 110-113, The New York Central and the Reading, pp. 114-115, M.U.s at Millington, pp. 116-118, A Phoebe Snow Farewell, pp. 119-123, The Lapsing of the Lake… Read More

Stonybrook Press, 2022. Hardcover. New. Hardcover with jacket, large portrait format 10 x 8 x 3 in., Black and White photographs. Features nearly 300 photographs, many of which are previously unpublished. Volume 7 of the series takes a comprehensive look at the facilities of the Franklin & Megantic, Kingfield & Dead River, the SR&RL railroads in the towns of Kingfield, Carrabasset and Bigelow. Subjects includes the depots, turntables, water tanks, freight houses, section houses, engine houses, coal sheds, bridges, trestles and other major structures. Industries and activities associated with the railroads are presented along with diagrams and maps. The Hammond Field spur and private mill tracks are included.

Stonybrook Press. Hardcover. New. From the author/publisher: This edition unfortunately has 44 photograph captions with scrambled text. Two correction sheets are included inside the book. The printer will not acknowledge their error and the author had no choice but to accept the captions error as he had already placed a 50% deposit for the books. The price to Arizona Hobbies has not changed and therefore the book is priced as is. Volume 6 in the series takes a comprehensive look at the facilities of the Sandy River, Franklin & Megantic and SR&RL railroads in the towns of Freeman, Salem and Strong. Coverage includes the depots, turntables, water tanks, freight houses, section houses, engine house, coal sheds, bridges, trestles, and other major structures. Industries and activities associated with the railroads are presented along with track diagrams and maps. The Mt. Abram branch is included. Features nearly 300 photographs, many of which are previously unpublished. Hardcover with jacket, large… Read More

Stonybrook Press. Hardcover. New. The complete title of this volume is: The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad and Predecessors, The Railroad, Towns and Related Industries Volume 5: The Town of Farmington. In Volume 5, this series on the SR&RL and predecessors, takes a new direction from focusing on equipment (Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4) to focusing on railroad structures, the right-of-way, and industries related to the railroad. Many unpublished photographs, primarily of the railroad and online industries, are presented. Contents: Corrections and Additions to volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Farmington, A Brief History, pp. 1-3, Sandy River Railroad, Construction, Maintenance, Scrapping, pp. 4-16, Maine Central Railroad, Sandy River Railroad Yard, pp. 17-19, Maine Central Railroad Facilities - Pre-1900, pp. 20-36, Maine Central Railroad - Sandy River Railroad Joint Facilities - Pre-1900, pp. 37-42, Sandy River Railroad Facilities - Pre-1900, pp. 43-66, Maine Central Railroad Facilities Post-1900, pp. 67-83,… Read More

Stonybrook Press. Hardcover. New. Volume 4 completes the presentation of the equipment: SR and SR&RL built equipment, ""Snowplows"" built by Joseph M. Whittier, unknown builders and miscellaneous builders and rosters: Eustis, F&M, P&R, SR, SR&RL. Contents: The Snowplow and Flanger Dilemma, The Roster Dilemma, Corrections and Additions to volumes 1, 2 and 3. Equipment Manufacturer Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad, pp. 1-42, Miscellaneous Builders, pp. 43-59, Unknown Builders, pp. 60-200, Equipment Photograph Gallery, pp. 201-221, Railroad Equipment Rosters, pp. 222-240, Appendix (handcars and motorized cars, snow plowing equipment), pp. 24-264, Index, pp. 265-266. Stonybrook Press, 284 pages, large portrait format pages 11 x 8.5 in., over 400 Black and White photographs.

Morning Sun Books. Hardcover. New. The large and varied rolling stock fleet of Consolidated Rail Corporation probably evolved more during the 1976-1987 period than did that of any other major railroad in North America. Conrail inherited and ill-maintained and substantially obsolete fleet of equipment and needed to improve it. Change was prompt and continuous. Join sixteen-year Conrail employee Larry DeYoung for a look at the Conrail fleet during 'Big Blues' first eleven years. Contents include business cars and cabooses through inter-modal equipment and maintenance-of-way equipment. Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

Four Ways West Publications. Hardcover. New. This is the fifth and final all-color book by author Tom Dill on Southern Pacific's Pacific Lines routes in the west and southwest United States. Now follow the Sunset Route from Los Angeles through southern California, Arizona and New Mexico to El Paso, Texas. Then follow the Golden State Route northeast from El Paso to Tucumcari, New Mexico and the connection with the Rock Island. Included is a brief trip through California's Imperial Valley and Baja California on the way to San Diego. There are very extensive captions along with more than 260 never before published color photographs. Featured is the last of Southern Pacific's steam locomotives and first and early second-generation diesel-electric locomotive operations. The time frame for this Volume is the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. Contents: Acknowledgments, Bibliography, pg. 2-4, Introduction, pp. 5-7, Los Angeles Division, pp. 8-61, Tucson Division, pp. 62-95, Rio Grande Division, pp. 96-128.… Read More

Four Ways West Publications. Hardcover. New. Probably the least known and commercialized of the many routes of the vast Southern Pacific system was the San Joaquin Line. Extending 478 miles from Oakland to Los Angeles via Tracy, Fresno and Bakersfield, the route served the rich agricultural area of the San Joaquin Valley. While not having the scenic beauty of the Shasta, Overland and Coast Routes, it did serve as a vital link in the development of southern California. This all-color book will depict the era from the end of World War II to 1970, a period many consider to be the 'Silver Age of Railroading'. Four Ways West Publications, hardcover, 128 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., all Color photographs.