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55 5 Miles of Family Ties. Recollections of Missouri’s family operated Rock Port, Langdon & Northern Rwy. by J. Pete Hedgpeth, edited by James J. Reisdorff. 5.6 mile short Line Rwy constructed in 1890 and left a legacy of colorful shortline memories. Scvr 72 pge b&w.Good cond. front cover has bend on upper right hand
corner. Lightly soiled covers. $24.95pfb
A Century of Model Trains by Allen Levy
HC 208 pge b&w/color photos second ed. 1975. Mostly photos of European model
trains mint cond. $39.95pbNow $9.95
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A Golden Decade of Trains The 1950’s in color
by Robert r. Malinoski ©1991 Morning Sun books, first Printing. Hc 128 page all color. Book is in good cond. DJ has two tears, one on the front bottom and one on the back bottom.
Our price $19.95pfb
Otto Perry : Master Railroad Photographer
by Charles Albe & Wm C. Jones. Biography by R.H. Kindig ©1982 Colorado RR Museum. Otto was a pioneer RR photographer who covered North American RRing from 1913 until his death in 1970. This book collects a representative sample of over 500 b&w photos showing 75 different RRs. Hc 336 page. Book is in very good cond. DJ has some wear and a few small dents, but a very nice copy. $24.95pf
Across Iowa on the Keokuk & Western and
The Humeston & Shenandoah RRs by Bernard G. Corbin & Associate editor J.C.Hardy. ©1986 Book perpetuates memory of Keokuk & Western & The Humeston & Shenandoah RRs which became part of the Burlington system. Very good cond. Nice copy.
HC no DJ 144 pge b&w $87.50rs
Across the Canadian Shield ©1998 CN Lines
Special Interest Group. CNR main line RRing in the mid 1950’s by Alan Lill & Robert Wanner. HC Horizonal format, 208 page b&w/color. Very good cond. Like new $89.95pfb
Along An Open Track by Ed and Salley
Kochanek ©1972 North Shore Pub. The book is an attempt at rediscovering the excitement of RRing whether it be steam, diesel or electric locos. HC 208 page, 330 b&w photos, 4 full color photos. Nice photos. Book and pages are in good cond. DJ is in poor cond. w/small tears and fading
and discoloring. $7.95pb
American Railroad Portfolio Prints UNION
PACIFIC DIESELS. UP diesels caught in action. Shot by the famous photographer Nils Huxtable. Eight 11x14” full color prints on the finest quality archival paper. Ideally suited for framing. Its the drama of some of UP’s most
powerful diesel locos. $15.95pfb
American Steam V. 1 The photos of Ben F.
Cutler, by Robert A. Lemassena ©1987 Sundance Books. First printing May 1987. B&W photos are grouped geographically. Appalachia, the midwest, Rocky Mountains, Northwest, North Pacific coast, Canada with selected RRs examined. Hc w/clear plastic DJ. 256 page b&w. Very good condition.
Like new. ours $39.95pfb
American Steam Finale 1954-1970 by Lloyd E.
Stagner ©2001 first printing Sept. 2001. This book presents a RR by RR synopsis of when regular steam service ended on Main lines and short lines in USA. Scvr 48 pge b&w photos.
Very good cond. Like new. $39.95pb
America’s Rail Pictorial Diesels Over
by Russ Porter. Heimburger House Publishing 1998. Hcvr First ed. 152 page, all color tribute to the nation’s rails. Steam, diesel, freight & Passenger trains fro the 19502 2960s and 1970s. DJ and book in very
good, unread cond. $12.95jwb
American Steam V.2 Locomitive so the
Northeast by Robert A Lemassena. Signed by author #195. ©1989, Sundance books. first printing of V. 2 May 1989. Pictorial of steam locos in New England, the Mid Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the midwest and the upper south. Hc. clear plastic DJ. 256 page, photos of b&w and some color photos. very good cond like new. Nice
copy ours. $34.95pb
American Steam locomotives Design and
Development 1880-1960 by William L. Withuhn Indiana Univ Press. The book covers all the bases in development of steam motive power from latter decades of the 19th century to the end of steam innovation and production by 1960. HC 451 page b&w photos. Book is in good cond. pages lie new cond. HC and DJ have bumps at the top front and back corner. Front DJ has some discoloration on the front
edge.$29.95pb
Amtrak at Milepost 10 K.Zimmerman. 1981
1st printing. Sc 80 pge b&w some color.
Mint cond $3.95jwb
Articulated Steam Locomotives of North
America. V.2 by Robert A. LeMassena ©1991 First Edition. Signed by author #586 of limited ed of unkown size. Sundance Pub. History packed w/photos of articulated steam locos on RRs that used them. HC w/acetate DJ. 256 pge b&w. Book in very good cond. . No wear on cover or
pages.Ours $175.00pb
Articulated Steam Locomotives of North
America V.1 by Robert A. LeMassena ©1979, first printing Sept. 1979. Sundance Books. Signed by Author book#1249. V.1 In this fascinating history packed with photos of articulated steam locos on the RRs that used them. If you want to know what RRs ran which articulated locos, this is the book. Hc w/clear vinyl dust protector. 416 pages b&w and some color photos. HC and pages are in very good cond. Back plastic vinyl cover is breaking up on the top and bottom and edge on back cover of vinyl cover. Book itself is nice copy. Not bad for a book 41
years old. ours..$59.95pb
B&O Power. Steam, Diesel and electric power
of the B&O. 1829-1964. by L.W.Sagle and Alvin f. Stufer ©1964 Staufer RR Books. Complete history of B&O motive power HC 351 pge, b&w photos. Book in very good cond. Dust
jacket some wear $39.95pfb
Backwood Railroads of the WestSteinheimer
A portfolio by Richard Steinheimer. ©1963, Kalmbach Pub. H.cover Horizonal 13’x9 1/2” 178pp. b&w. Contents; Short lines. Mining RRs. DRGW Narrow gauge. Electric Lines. Branch lines. Lumber lines. Great b&w photos!! Dust jacket shows some wear, owners name inside of front cover, has white tape over name. Hard covers and inside pages clean, unread. Tight binding.
Nice condition. $18.99jwb
Baltimore & Ohio Steam in Color by David
Mainey. ©2001 Morning Sun books. Class by class review of post war B&O steam from switchers to streamlined and the mighty EM-1s. Hcvr 128 page 265 color
photos. Very good cond like new. $45.00pfb
Big Boy by William Kratville ©1972 Auto-
Liner Inc. This is tribute to a King that ruled th Wahsatch Mountains and the high plains of Wyoming for nearly two decades. the Story of UP 4-8-8-4 BigBoy. Scvr 96 page b&w. Pages are in good cond. Cover is in
poor cond. Lot of wear ..$19.95pfb
Bradford The Railroad Town. by Scott D.
Trostel, ©1987 Cam-Tech Pub. First ed. second printing June 1987 “A Railroad town history of Bradford, OH. a Pennsylvania RR town. Founding, Growth and demise of a RR town. HC 152 pge b&w photos. Book is in good cond. DJ fair cond. w/tears and spots on the
front cover. $29.95pfb
Burlington Route Steam Finale by Lloyd E.
Stagner South Platte Press 1997; 1st ed. 60 page b&w. The years 1954-1977 on the CB&Q; C&S; and FWD. Plastic dust jacket. Book in very nice unread cond. Tight binding. Map of CB&Q inside back cover.
#3003 color photo on cover $65.00jwb
Car Builders Cyclopedia of American
Practice 1946 Seventeenth ed. Simmons-Boardman Pub. Editor Roy V. Wright. Definitions and typical illustrations of RR and industrial cars, their parts and equipment and more. Hc 1,444 page, b&w photos. Book in poor condition. shows wear. Parts of the first end sheet page missing on bottom corner due to bug damage. (bugs long gone) All text and photos are complete. Hcvr front and back in poor cond.
A wealth of information. Original owner, C&NW section boss in our town, Morgan, MN.
our price $39.95pb
Centennials in Action by George R. Cockle
©1980 Overland Models, Inc. First printing. Fascinating history of the UP 6600 horsepower Centennial Diesels from design and construction through their use across the high plains. B&w photos as well as schematic diagrams. Includes info on painting and lettering and more. Sc 88 page b&w photos. Very good cond. Nice copy
ours $39.95pb
Centennials in Action by George R. Cockle
©1980 Overland Models, Inc. First printing. Fascinating history of the UP 6600 horsepower Centennial Diesels from design and construction through their use across the high plains. B&w photos as well as schematic diagrams. Includes info on painting and lettering and more. Sc 88 page b&w photos. Pages are in good cond. Cover has wear both back and front. Front cover and first few pages have bumps at the
bottom front corner. Price $11.95pb
Central Nebraska Rails Grand Island 1946-
1958 “A steam railfan’s paradise”. Union Pacific and Burlington Rte. by John H. Conant ©1989 South Platte Press. One man’s comment on and a nostalgic look back at an interesting decade in the heart of a steam fan’s paradise in Nebraska. Scv very good
cond. B&W photos 48 page $19.95pfb
Classic North American Steam by Nils
Huxtabel ©1990 Brompton Books Corp. Hcvr 10 1/2x14 1/2” b&w 128 page. Steam b&w photos of 4-4-0 to 4,-6-6-4, 16 wheel arrangements. + Shay, Heisler & Climax. Book and DJ are in very nice un-read condition. Excellent b&w photos on
large pages $13.95jwb
Colorado Rail Annual #9 ©1971 Colorado
RR Museum CONTENTS; Tin feathers and Gasoline Fumes; Prospector; The Judge’s train. A Tribute to Fred Jukes. Track of the C.A.T.S. HC 126 pge b&w. book is in good cnd. DJ in poor con. w/tears/
wrinkles. ours. $5.95pb
Colorado Rail Annual No. 11 A Journal of
Railroad History in the Rocky Mountain
West. ©1973 Colorado RR Museum. Hc. 215 page b&w. Book and DJ in very good cond. Pages in clean, unread cond. CONTENTS; Narrow Gauge in North Mexico. Otto Perry,RR
Photographer. Train time in Ouray. $22.95jwb
Colorado Rail Annual No. 15 Idaho-Montana
Issue . Mallory Hope Ferrell; C. Hauck, Rex C. Myers ©1981 Colorado RR Museum. Hc 216 page b&w. Contents; Utah & Northern narrow gauge. OSL&UN; Oregon Short Line Era. Union Pacific, Montana Div. Gilmore & Pittsburgh; Northern Pacific Sus, Union Pacific Tributary. Includes maps. Book w/DJ in very
good, unread cond. $19.95jwb
Colorado Rail Annual #16 Short Line to
Cripple Creek. by Tivis E. Wilkins ©1983 Colorado RR Museum. Story of the Colorado Springs & Cripple creek District Rwy. HC 180 page at0 b&w photos. Collection of photos, postcards and other advertising material reproduced in full color. Rosters of locos and cars with several maps. Good cond. DJ has small tear
on top front. Nice copy $21.95pfb
Colorado Rail Annual #30 Age of the De-
capods by Robert A. LeMassena & Harold K. Vollrath. ©2010 Colorado railroad Museum. An illustrated encyclopedia of North American steam locos w/10 drivers from 0-10-0 to 2-10-10-2. HC 204 page all b&w photos. Hc, DJ and pages in very good
cond. Like new. $129.95pb
Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge by
Mallory Hope Ferrell ©1981 Pruett Pub.. Dark brown paper covered boards w/gilt spine lettering. Pictorial dust J. very nice cond. Hcvr 238 page b&w photos. Book in clean, unread cond. An account of the closing decade of this line which served mining and other interests in Colorado high country. Well illustrated. The Bear Trap Stack
Era. Very nice book $49.95jwb
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Classic American Steam by Nils Huxtable
©1990 published in 1990 Smithmark Publishers. Describes he leading types of steam locos in the U.S. and Canada and depicts surviving examples and the places where they have been preserved. Good cond. pages are like new. Hc and Dust J. have a bupm at bottom os spine. Hc and DJ have small dent on back cover but still a
very nice copy $9.95pb
Daylight 4-8-4’s The complete story of
Southern Pacific GS class 4400 ser. locomotives by R. J. Chjurch ©1976 Krativille Publications. From the Daylights to the Bicentennial Freedom Train. The book goes into the background and operatins of all GS locos including the latter day Ex-Cotton Belt Series. This edition also contains a new chapter on the nation’s most famous 4-8-4 GS-4 #4449 the loco used on the Bicentennial’s American Freedom Train. Hc 97 page plus new chapter. B&W photos and back to back full page color photos of the 4449 in Daylight colors and one in Freedom Train colors. Book is in bood cond. DJ has some wear and discoloration on spine. Pages in good
cond. Nice copy $79.00pb
Daylight Reflections by Nils Huxtable
©1987 Steamscenes, First printing. Golden Jubilee Ed. “The most Beautiful Train in the World.” Hc horizontal, 104 page, all color. Good tight, unread condition. DJ has very slight wear on bottom spine, but
very nice copy $10.95jwb
Daylight Reflections by Nils Huxtable
©1987 Steamscenes, First printing. Golden Jubilee Ed. “The most Beautiful Train in the World” traces the rise and decline of the famous streamliner and the restoration of #4449. Hc horizontal format, 104 page, all color. Very good cond., light rubbing wear on DJ. but very nice copy.
ours $14.95pfb
Denver’s Railroads Revised & enlarged Ed.
by Kenton Forrest & Charles Albi ©1986 Colorado RR Museum. Well illustrated history of the Railways of Denver and Union Station. HC 256 page b&w photos and 4 large maps loose in folder back of book. Very good cond. Still in
shrink wrap. $39.95pb
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton RR in Color
by David Hickcox and Dale A. Devene, Jr. A representative view of the DT&I operations from 1953-1982. HC 128 page all color. Book and DJ are in good cond.
nice copy ours $74.95 ML
Diesel Locomotive Rosters; United States
Canada, Mexico byCharles W. McDonald. ©1982, Kalmbach Pub. Scvr 123 page b&w Horizontal, 8 1/2”x 5”. A convenietn reference to motive power of contemporary North American RRs. Book in
very good unused cond. $2.95jwb
Diesel Spotters Guide Update by Jerry A.
Pinkepank, Louis A. Marre. ©1979 Kalmbach Pub. Second printing 1980. Scvr 8 1/2” x 5” 161 page b&w. Including electrics and light weight-train power cars. Very
good cond. $5.95jwb
Diesels of the Union Pacific V. 1, The Classic
Era byDon Strack ©1999 Wither’s Pub. First Vol. documents the history of UP’s fleet of diesel and turbine locos during the 1934 to 1982 period. HC 224 page b&w photos and rosters. Like new cond. very nice
copy $49.95pb
Diesels of the Union Pacific V.2 by Don
Strack. ©2005 Wither’s Pub. This volume continues the coverage of UP’s fleet of diesel and turbine locos from 1934 on. Hc 176 page, b&w and some color photos. New cond. still in original kplastic wrap. $49.95pb
Donner by Richard Steinheimer
Dick Dorn. ©1989 Horizontal, H.cvr 104 page excellent color photos. Book in unread condition, DJ very nice also. Clean copy. “...this all color masterpiece is a work of art.” A visual history of first and second-generation diesel locos operating before they are replaced by a third generation. ...a dynamic look at the mountains and powerful forces of nature that helped shape the soul of today’s SP lines.
Our price $79.95jwb
Dreams, Disasters, And Demise; the Milwaukee
Road in Minnesota. ©1988 Grenadier Pub. First ed. Imitation Leather cover. Very good cond. Dust Jacket has very slight wear top of spine and top/bottom right conner. Hard cover in perfect cond. Pages clean, unread. 227 pp, map end papers, extensive b/w photos, maps, appendix. Excellent history of Milwaukee Road in Minnesota from mainlines to branch lines.
Ours $95.50jwb
Echoes Down the Canyon A Western Pacific
Journal 1968-1986. by Ted Benson ©1987 Westrail. First printing Feb.1987 A pictorial history of WP’s last 20 years of independence and its subsequent exciting transformation into Union Pacific’s Feather River Division. Hc 64 page b&w photos. Very nice cond. nice copy
ours $44.95pfb
Echoes Down The Canyon by Ted Benson
©1987 Westrail Pub. A Western Pacific Journal 1968-1986. First printing Feb 1987. WP’s last two decades of independence along with the RR’s exciting transformation into UP’s Feather River Div. HC 64 pge, b&w photos. Book and pages are in good cond. DJ in very poor cond. w/large and small tears. Spine in good cond.
our price $39.95rs
Electric Railways around San Francisco Bay
Vol 1 Bay area Rapid Transit-East Bay Transit Interurban Elec. (SP) Key System. Compiled by Donald Duke ©1999 A historical and pictorial survey of the electric Rwys operating around San Francisco Bay from WWII on. Scvr Horizontal, 72 page, b&w photos. Very good cond.
Still in plastic wrap. $29.95 pfb
Fogg and Steam by Frank Clodfelter
©1978 Pruett Pub, First Ed. A regional look at Steam in North America. A spectacular celebration of the steam loco era. 26 never before published H.Fogg paintings and over 100 superb b&w photos Hc 14x10 1/2” Horizontal. 154 page. DJ in good cond. Binding tight and pages clean and unread.
No internal markings on pages.
Our price ..$39.95jwb
Fogg and Steam by Frank Clodfelter
©1978 Pruett Pub, First Ed. A regional look at Steam in North America. A spectacular celebration of the steam loco era. 26 never before published H.Fogg paintings and over 100 superb b&w photos Hc 14x10 1/2” Horizontal. 154 page. DJ in good cond. Binding tight and pages clean and unread.
No internal markings on pages.
Our price .. $53.50jwb
George L. Beam and the Denver & Rio
Grande V.1 by Jackson C. Thode ©1986 First printing July 1986. V.1 contains photos from 1892 to 1934 taken by George Beam and present a graphic tour along the lines of the DRGW between Denver and Grand Jct. CO. HC 280 pge b&w photos very good, unread
condition Has original mylar plastic cover.
Signed by author #646 ours $13.95jwb
George L. Beam and Denver & Rio Grande Vol II. First printing July 1989, Sundance Books. by Jackson C. Thode. V.2 focuses on the narrow gauge Rwy that entered the San Luis Valley and the San Juans. Book very good cond.
nice copy HC 280 pge b&w photos $43.95pfb
Georgetown and the Loop by P.R. Bob
Griswold; R.H. Kindig, Cynthia Trombly. ©1988 first ed. by Rocky Mtn RR Club. “A pictorial history of the “old Loop” and the story of the incredible rebuilding of the “New Loop.” signed by Authors. Very good cond. nice copy.
Hc 254 pge b&w photos Price $19.95pfb
Georgetown and the Loop by R.P. “Bob” Griswold, Richard H. Kindig and Cyntha Trombly. A pictorial history of the “old loop” and the story of the incredible rebuilding of the “new loop” HC 254 pge. pages in good cond. b&w, some color. $39.95rs
Getting Started with Lionel Trains; Your
introduction to Model RRing Fun. by Allan W. Miller 2001 Scvr b&w/color, 126 pge
very nice copy $3.95 pfb
Golden State Rails; A California Railroading
Pictorial. by Wesley Fox 72page soft cover. 1980. ISBN 0960412204. Very good cond.
b&w photos. $2.95jwb
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Giants of the West A pictorial presentation
of Union Pacific’s super powered locomotives. by George R. Cockle ©1981 Overland Pub. A pictorial history of the UP’s super powered locomotives. All the big power locos are in this book. Sc 208 pagem Many b&w photos. Very good cond.
Like new ours. $79.95pb
Great Northern Steam & Electric in Color
by David H. Hickcox. ©Morning Sun 1999. 128 page Hard cover in original plastic wrapping from publisher Mint $59.95jwb
Great Passenger Trains Union Pacific’s
Streamliners by Joe Welsh ©2008 An illustrated account of the development, motive power, and amenities of the UP’s pacesetting passenger trains including its dome cars and themed lounge cars. Very good cond. Like new Hc 160 page b&w and
color photos. $49.95pb
Headlights & Markers, An Anthology of RR stories. edited by Frank P. Donovan and Robert S. Henry. Much text. HC 396 pge. Good cond. dust jacket has some dents
$6.95pb
Historical Inventory of the Union Pacific RR
1946 List of agencies, stations, equipment, Etc of the UP on Jan 1, 1946. Scvr black plastic spiral bound. Horizontal format. 286 pge. few b&w photos. Good cond., like new.
Our Price $7.95pfb
How A Steam Locomotive Works by Karen
Parker ©2008 TLC Publishing. The book examines how a modern steam loco works, including all its major sub systems and appliances. 96 page Very good cond. nice copy, Like new. Book comes w/o DJ
Ours $69.95pfb
I Remember Pennsy by Don Wood ©1973
first edition. Hcvr 168 pp b&w with 4 color pages. A pictorial from noted rail photographer D. Wood showcasing PRR locos that he loved. Divided into seven geographical sections from New York Division west to Altoona. Slight wear on back and left lower spine of D.Jacket. Pages in clean unread cond. Tight binding. $8.95jb
Illinois Central; Main Line of Mid-America
by Donald J. Heimburger with photographers Jerry Carson & Owen Leander. ©1995 Heimburger House Pub. All color photos of the largest North-South RR in the US. HC 128 page. Good cond. Hcvr has small dent on te bottom corner front and back. Pages good cnd.
Nice copy $27.95rs
Kansans Curve by Robert P. Olmsted
South Platte Press. “Don Ball Curve” Lawrence, Kansas Union Pacific Rr 1948-2007. The curve is locaged along KC-Denver main of UP at Lawrence, KS. Boo is devoted up UP and Rock Island trains. (R.I. has trackage rights.) Scvr 48 page b&w.
Staple bound. Like new, very nice $19.95pb
Key System Streetcars Transit, real estate and
growth of the East Bay. by Vernon J. Sapper. Signature Press. the Long complex and fascinating history fo the Key surface lines and their predecessors. HC 480 pge maps, drawings, history, routes, rosters and more. B&w photos. Very good cond. Still in original plastic wrap
ours $79.95pfb
Kearney & Black Hills by Francis Gschwind
©1990 South Platte Press. #68 of 1000. A historic branch of the Union Pacific. Detailed history of the entire life of the K&BH what was once an important branch line across the fertile Platte River Valley to the ranch country of the sand hills. Als information on the varied motive power, from steam, doodlebugs to powerful diesels. HC 415 pge b&w. Very good cond. like new.
$165.00pfb.
Krauss-Maffei Diesel Hydraulic ML-4000CC
Old Line Publishers. Operating Manul road locomotives. ©1963 Model ML 4000CC. Scvr pocket size. Very good
cond. $29.95 pfb
Lehigh Valley 2 In Color. by Robert J. Yanosey. 1st printing ©1991. our of print. Good cond. Nice copy dust jacket in fair cond.
$29.95pfb
Lines West By Charles R. Wood. A pictorial
history of the Great Northern Rwy operations and Motive power 1887 to 1967. ©1967 Superior Publishing Co. second printing. Great Northern story from the days when steam was king. HC 192 pge b&w photos of steam, electric and diesel motive power. Back DJ has small tear top left and shows some wear. Book contents in good unread cond. Binding tight and straight.
ours $8.95pfb
Lionel America’s Favorite toy Trains by
Gerry & Janet Souter. MBI. A colorful large format history that follows the world’s most famous trains. Richlyillustrated with b&w/color photos. Hc 156 page Very good
condition. like new $11.95pfb
Little Look at the 800s by Wm. W. Kratville
©2005 Auto-Liner, Inc. UP’s 800 class 4-8-4s FEF-1, FEF-2 and FEF-3. A short pictorial which includes both builders and operating photos. Scvr Horizontal format, 23 pages b&w photos. Staple bound.
Very good cond. $17.95pb
Little Look at Big Boy by Wm. W. Kratville
This giant of the rails was the largest simple articulated steam loco ever and it was the most powerful in terms of horsepower. Scvr Horizontal format, 20 page b&w. Staple
bound. Good cond., nice copy $11.95pfb
Little Look at the Challenger by Wm. W.
Kratville ©1993. UP did not invent the 4-6-6-4 type of loco but gave it the famous name Challenger. Scvr Horizontal 20 page. Many b&w photos and drawings. Very good
cond. Nice copy $4.95pfb
Loco Profile 16 ; Union Pacific 4-12-2s
Scvr 7 1/2”x10”, 23 b&w page. “Loco Profiles” contain approx. 8,000 words, up to thirty photos; dimensioned drawings; various diagrams and a double-page spread in full color of side and end view, illustrating up to three locos. Each issue features a world-famous loco class, including previously unpublished facts. #16 Un. Pacific 4-12-2s. Largest single-driving-unit steam loco ever built, and the biggest of the three-cyliner type. They had an element of British practice with the Gresley conugated valve motion. Their sheer size, and the length of copled wheelbase, posed difficult design problems in firebox design and in flexibility allied to rigidity. These wer surmounted, and the 88 engines had an effective career of 25 to 30
years. Booklet in very good cond. $5.95jwb
Locomotives of the Duluth Missabe & Iron
Range by Frank A. King ©1984 Pacific Fast Mail, first ed. Hcvr 319 page b&w several color pages. Jacket in good cond. book in very nice, unread cond. Tight binding. “...book has been compiled to fill the need for a detailed look at the locomotives of the Missabe up to and
including SD 38-2s” ours $49.50jwb
LOCOMOTIVE QUARTERLY
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BOOKS.
soft cover, 72 page b&w photos
ours $7.95 ea.
FALL 1998 V. XXII #1 ANN Arbor RR motive
power. DRGW third Div. narrow gauge. C&O mikes Scvr 72 pge b&w very good cond
SUMMER 1999 V. XXII #4 Pennsy power pt 2.
Pacific Grat eastern Sojourn. the Seaboard Air Line’s Decapods. Very good cond.
FALL 1999 V. XXIII #1 Central of Georgia’s diverse locomotives. Consolidations of the Northern Pacific. NYO&W engines at Cadosia,
NY very good cond. $7.95 ea
WINTER 1999 V. XXIII #2. Rutland RR power.
An Oakland sojourn. SOO Line’s capable mountain type. Very good cond. $7.95pfb
Summer 1978 V.II #4 Giants of Sherman
Hill, the C&O’s simple simon 2-8-8-2;
SP&S where GN and NP meet + More
(2)FALL 1978 V.III #1. NYC class H-5 2-8-2s. Rocky Mtn RRing on the CPR. The KCM&O’s upgraded roster and more. 80 page 3-color plates
Some wear on spine, good cond. $7.95 ea
SPRING 1979 V. III #3 North country hauler--
the Bangor & Aroostook. Rock Island memories. The Florida East Coast’s Pacifics & more. Good cond. Bottom front corner and few
pages small bends. 80 pge b&w $7.95 ea
Summer 1984 V. VII #4 Power progress on
the NC&St.L UP 4-8-2’s +more.$7.95
SPRING 1989 V. XII #3. Seaboard Air Line
Locos. Articulated of the DRGW. At rutland on the Rutland. Very good. $7.95 ea
Spring 1997 V. XX #3 Mo.Pac. locos, Part 1;
UP’s 3 cylindered 4-12-2s +more
Top front cvr small bend on corner
FALL 1997 V. XIX #1. Long Island RR Locos.
Ill.Central 2-8-2’s Part 2. Cincinnati power pre 1920. Very good. 72 pge b&w $7.95 ea
SUMMER 1998 V. XXI #4. Central RR of New Jersey part 2. SP mastodons Part 2 and more.
Very good conds. 72 pge b& $7.95pfb
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Locomotives, Limiteds and Locals by R.P.
Olmsted ©1977. A book of photos of steam, diesel and electric locos. A nice section on UP’s Big Boys & 4-12-2s and more. Very good cond. Unread HC 136 page
b&w photos. $29.95pb
Mainline Steam Revival by Ron Ziel
Amereon House Sunrise Special Ltd ©1990. Beautifully photographed coverage of the steam engines that have been preserved and restored by mainline RRs across the U.S. and Canada. HC 208 pge 34 colr & 277 b&w photos
Very good cond. Like new $14.95pfb
Magnetic North Canadian Steam in Twilight
by Roger Cook & Karl Zimmermann ©1999 Boston Mills Press. This book is an inspiring chronicle of the brief bright moment when steam locos ran their miles in eastern Canada HC 160 pge b&w/color. Very good
cond. Like new. $13.95pfb
Memories of the Cab Forward A Personal
View by Richard E. Lohse ©2013 first Ed. SPH&tS.. A vivid and personal pictorial of the facinating parade of these locos operating in and around Roseville, CA. during the glory days os steam. The history and development of these unique locos are briefly outlined and more. Hc Horizontal 299 page, 200 b&w and color photos. Very good
cond. Like new. $195.00pb
Model Railroader Cyclopedia V.1 Steam
Locomotives. Edited by Linn H. Westcott. Kalmbach books. Includes more than 125 scale drawings of steam locos. A composite portrait of the American Steam loco. Scvr 272 pages Horizontal format b&w photos and drawings. Book is in very nice
condition. No wear $34.95pfb
Model Railroader Cyclopedia V.1 Steam
Locomotives. Edited by Linn H. Westcott. ©1960, eighth printing 1979. Kalmbach books Lots of detailed photographs with schematics for building scale model steam locos and more. Many loco photos. Hc Horizontal, 272 page, b&w photos. Blue Hc and pages are in very good cnd. DJ has some wear and small tears front
and back. price $39.95pb
Model Railroader Cyclopedia V.2 Diesel
Locomotives. Compiled by Bob Hayden 1980 Kalmbach books. Presents details of 50 notable North American diesel locos. Many photos, diagrams and more. Also includes HO scale plans. Scvr 159 page. Large horizontal format. B&W photos. Good cond. cover has some wear but pages in
good cond. $ 39.95pfb
Modeling Cajon by Pete Youngblood
©1985 Trans-Anglo Books. Scvr 72 b&w photos and diagrams/drawings. Book has some history, prototype photos, model photos, drawings, diagrams of facilities on Cajon, operations, layout plans + much more. Book in good cond. Has slight bend on cover and first 12 pages top right corner.
Book in clean unread cond. $12.95jwb
My Iron Journey. A life with steam and steel.
by Otto Kuhler ©1967 National Rwy Historical Society. b&w and color photos. HC 244 pge. Autobiography of a life with steam and steel. Book and DJ in very good, unread
condition. $29.95jwb
My Iron Journey. A life with steam and steel.
by Otto Kuhler ©1967 National Rwy Historical Society, Second printing 1978. b&w and color photos. HC 244 pge. Autobiography of a life with steam and steel. Contents in good cond. DJ has tear on top spine and some wear.
nice copy. $23.95pb
Narrow Gauge Railways in America Howard
Fleming. Including ©1983 Third printing. A list of Narrow gauge Rwys 1871-1949 compiled by Brian thompson. Scvr 101 page plus directory pages. good cond. Nice copy Illustrated with engravings
reproduced from original volume $3.95pb
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New Orleans Steam Spectacular by Joe Strapac
A black & white pictorial tracing the UP’s and SP’s participation in the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. UP sent 844 and SP sent 4449. Sc 64 pge b&w. ©1984 Shade Tree Books. Good
cond. Nice copy price $11.95pfb
Norfolk & Western Giant of Steam. by
Major Lewis Ingles Jeffries. ©2005 Pruett Pub.Co. Revised edition; first printing. The most definitive history of the N&W Rwy steam power ever written has been expanded and updated in this new revised ed. A variety of historic and modern Photographs. Frontispiece, drawings, table, Bibliography. Hc 350 pge b&w photos.
Book in good cond. DJ has cfreases and wrinkles at the front. Spine and back still good.
Nice copy. (second copy) $49.95pfb
Norfolk & Western Steam by Thomas W.
Dixon, Jr. The Last 30 years. ©2013 TLC Pub. This book gives an overview of N&W steam Locos operating in the period 1930-1960 with emphasis on the J class 4-8-4s, a-Class simple articulated 2-6-6-4s and the many Y classes of 2-8-8-2 compound articulated’s. Book is in very good cond. Like new. Hcvr comes w/out DJ. 112 page b&w.
Our price $59.95pb
Norfolk & Western Steam’s Last Stand
by Mallory Hope Ferrell. ©2007 Hundman Pub. A pictorial of the final decades of smoking steam action on the N&W. It is a photographic study of guts, grime and power as everything from small 2-8-0s and “Mollies” to husdy doubled-headed 2-8-8-2’s moving coal trains. HC w/DJ Horizontal format 319 pages b&w and a few color photos. Very good cond. DJ has a small wrinkle on top front corner. Nice copy
ours $59.95pb
Northern New England Color Gde to
Freight and passenger Eq. B&M; Maine Cent.; Rutland RR; Bangor & Aroostook RR. Central Vermont Rwy. by David Sweetland w/Stephen Horsley ©1994 first printing. HC 128
page all color. Very good cond. ours $26.95rs
On Memory Sideing. A colorful story of
RR building and progress of SP. Nice
copy. some wear. $9.95pfb
Otto Perry : Master Railroad Photographer
by Charles Albe & Wm C. Jones. Biography by R.H. Kindig ©1982 Colorado RR Museum. Otto was a pioneer RR photographer who covered North American RRing from 1913 until his death in 1970. This book collects a representative sample of over 500 b&w photos showing 75 different RRs. Hc 336 page. Book is in very good cond. DJ has some wear and a few small dents, but a very nice copy. $24.95pf
Otto Perry’s Railroad Pilgrimage ©1981
Sundance Pub. First printing. An amazing photo collection of western RRing featuring photo post cards from private collectors. HC horizontal format 11x16”. Protected by plastic cover. Cover has a photo of a train. 164 page b&w. Contents are in good condition but the book has a big
bow in middle. ours $29.95pfb
Otto Perry’s Railroad Pilgrimage ©1981
Sundance Pub. First printing. An amazing photo collection of western RRing featuring photo post cards from private collectors. HC horizontal format 16x11”. Protected by plastic cover. Cover has a photo of a train. 164 page b&w. Contents are in good condition but pages 1-164 were damp at bottom right corner 2x3”. Pages have been separated, but are wrinkled slightly. CONTENTS; DRGW travels; RGS; Narrow gauge lines of Colorado; Standard gauge RR of Rocky Mtn Region. Beyond the Rocky
Mtns. Outstanding photos. ours $29.95pfb
Pacific Electric to the Beach (2) Los Angeles
to Santa Monica via Hollywood & west Los Angeles. Pacific Elec. Series V. 2. by Jeff Ainsworth; ©2016 Monte Vista Pub. 1st Ed. 60 page, staple bound. Scvr, Horizontal b&w photos. Like new cond, still in plastic
wrap each (2) $29.95pfb
Penn Central Power, by Robert J. Yanosey
©1987 Morning Sun Books, First ed. Diesel and Electric locos of PC. Good cond. nice copy. HC 248 pge b&w/color $34.95pfb
Pennsy Diesel Years. Bk #1 by Robert J.
Yanosey ©1988, Morning Sun Books, first printing Hc 160 pge all color book in good cond,
DJ in poor cond. w/tears $39.95pfb
Pennsy Diesel Years 3. R.J. Yanosey © 1990
Morning Sun.first printing. Hcvr 128pge, all color. ... the best scenes of the PRR diesels in the transition yrs from steam to diesel. Boo and pages are in good cond. DJ has some wear and small tear at the top front next to spine.
Good copy our s$21.95ML
Pennsy Power. Steam/electric Locomotives
of the PRR 1900-1957. by Alvin f. Staufer ©1962 “...when the Nation’s largest RR presided over the largest and most unique fleet of steam power in the Land.” HC 319 pge b&w and section of Pennsy Calendar paintings. Book in good cond. First and second page have tears at
the top of pages. Dust J. in poor cond $18.95pb
Pennsy Power Steam/electric Locomotives
of the PRR 1900-1957. by Alvin f. Staufer Text writing by Bert Pennypacker. ©1962 “...when the Nation’s largest RR presided over the largest and most unique fleet of steam power in the Land.” A picture-work study of the steam and Electric era on the Pennsy. HC 260 page b&w devoted to steam and 60 to electric. Also a section of Pennsy Calendar paintings and art. Book in good cond. Dust jacket has some small
tears. our price $15.95pfb
Pennsy Steam Years V. 2 by Ian S. Fischer ©1997 Morning Sun Books. First printing. Hc 128 page all color. Very good cond. $24.95pb
Pennsy Steam Years V. 2 by Ian S. Fischer
©1997 Morning Sun Books. First printing. Hc 128 page all color. A division-by-division look back at the rugged steam power of the PRR. Much action in the state of Pennsylvania and some great early 1950s color from Ohio and Indiana. There's even a 1941 action shot of K4s 5399 equipped with poppet valves. Contents: New York Div’n, pp. 6-8; New York & Long Branch, pp. 9-17; Philadelphia Terminal Division, pp. 18-20; Atlantic Division, pp. 21-29; Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, pp. 30-33; + more. D.Jacket in fine cond. Pages clean, unread, binding tight and straight. Very good copy.
Ours $25.00jwb
Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive
by J. Parker Lamb ©2003 Indiana Univ Press. The contributions and role of mechanical engineers in the evolution of locomotive design. lamb reviews the seady progress of steam loco technology through its pinnacle during the 1930’s. Hc 197 page
b&w. Very good cond. Like new $19.95pfb
PFE ;Southern Pacific, Union Pacific. The world’s
largest refrigerator car Co. by Anthony thompson, Robert J. Church, Bruce Jones. ©1992 Signature Press. A thorough and complete history of the Pacific Fruit Express Co. HC 432 pge 663 b&w/some color photos. Scale car drawings, shop track layouts, system maps and more. Six years in reparation..the whole story. Very good cond. still in original plastic wrap.
$89.95pfb
Power for the Streamliners Union Pacific’s
E8/E9A fleet by Robert P. Olmsted ©2008, first printing-June 2008. The book is a pictoral celebration of the UP E8 and E9 diesel locos, the streamlined thoroughbreds. Stapled Hard card cover, 48 pages b&w
photos. Very good cond. Like new $19.95pb
Portrait of an Engine Southern Pacific Cab
Forward 4294 by Joseph J. Bothman ©1969 This book brought about by the author’s desire to build an “O” gauge model of this engine. Scvr Horizontal format, Many b&w photos and erection drawings of 4294. Scvr plastic spiral binding. 61 page. Cover is in poor cond. Pages and back cover are in
good cond. $13.95pfb
Rails to the Rockies by Gregore LePak
A pictorial of Rring in the Rockies.HC 126 pge b&w photos, maps and more. Book is in good cond. DJ has a tear on the back
top. ours $11.95jwb
Rails in Richmond by Carlton Norris
Mckenney.©1986 interurban Press. fascinating history of the electric street Rwy system in Richmond, VA and the interurbans to Ashland and Petersburg. HC 191 pge b&w
photos. Very good cnod. nice copy. $47.95pb
Railroad Maps Prairie. Scvr b&w no photos
241 pge 8 1/2x11” MAC Publishing 1980 Colorado Springs, CO. Highways; cities; stations; signals; tonnage. States; MN; IA; MO; ND; SD; NE;KS;OK;TX. Maps originally prepared by Dept. of Transportation. Book very good unused
cond. $11.95jwb
Railroad Photography, Western States
by Robert O. Hale compiled by Donald Duke ©2004 Golden West Books. Extensive coverage of SP, UP and SF late steam and early diesel power. Scvr Horizontal, 115 page b&w photos. Very good
condition, nice copy $15.95pfb
Railroads of Nevada and Eastern Califronia
V.1 by David Myrick ©1962 Howell-North Books. second printing Dec. 1963. Here is the record of over 43 RRs of Northern Nevada, many of them never before chronicled. it explains how RR development mostly paralled the eras of mining prosperity. Hcv 453 page, b&w photos and maps. Book in good cond. DJ has a few small tears top
of spine. Nice copy $9.95pb
Railroads by Don Ball, Jr. All color book about
the changes in RRing over the last three decades. Here is coast to coast coverage of end of steam; switching to diesel; coming of Amtrak, rail mergers and more! Here we have some of the finest of Ball’s vast collection--many images reproduced for the first time. Hcvr 160 page all color. 10x11” format. Book and DJ are in very
good cond. Unread. $6.95jwb
Railroads by Don Ball, Jr. W.W. Norton & Co.
All color book about the changes in RRing over the last three decades. A coast to coast coverage.Here we have some of the finest of Ball’s vast collection. Hcvr 160 page all color. 10x11” format. Very nice
condition $6.95pfb
Railroads The Great American Adventure
by Charlton Ogburn, Photographed by James A. Sugar. ©1977 National Geographic Society. HC 7 1/4”x 10 1/2” 199 page w/index. Relive a glorious age of RRing in the book from the first steamer to efficient diesels. Carefully researched historical illustrations, contemprary color photos and special picture essays enrich the text symbolized by the steam age as well as the streamliners and the golden age of RRing.
Book in good cond. Unread, slight wear on DJ
DJ has photos of NKP 759 on excursion train.
ours $2.95jwb
Railroading Tehachapi on a Desert
Mountain by Steve Schmollinger ©1993 Boston Mills Press. Hc 160 pge all color. Very good cond.
nice copy $29.95pfb
Rails West 89 from publishers of Pacific
Rails News ©1989 Interurban Press. Compiled by E.Lawrence. A photographic look at the year in RRing. 1989 was an incredible year for railroading and railfans. Here is the story and many terrific images Scr 80 page b&w and color. Very good
condition. ours. $6.95pfb
Railroading Tehachapi on a Desert
Mountain by Steve Schmollinger ©1993 Boston Mills Press. Hc 160 pge all color. 160 page illustrated study of the railway over the Tehachapi Mountains from Bakersfield to Mojave California in fine condition. Includes dust jacket. Very good
cond.....29.95 jwb
Railways Across the Andes, by E.A. Haine
Publisher; 1981 Pruett Pub. First Ed. H.cvr 259 pge b&w photos. “Book highlights the tremendous engineering achievements that brought the iron horse into the mighty Andes. This new work discusses the history of over 96 different railroads and includes 100 photoss, 68 maps and 12 charts along with extensive appendices, index of names and bibliography.
Good condition. Nice Copy. $27.95pb
Reading Lines- RDG Color Guide to
Freight and passenger Equipment. by Craig T. Bossler. ©1993 Morning Sun, first printing. HC 128 page all color. Very good cond.
our price $41.95rs
Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Recollections
by John B. Norwood ©1986 Heimburger house Pub. First ed. “... an authoritative, historic overview of the D&RGW’s three-foot lines in Sou. Colorado and Northern New Mexico. HC 272 pge b&w and a few color photos. Book is in good cond. DJ small tears and
some wear $29.95pb
Roaring Fork Valley An Illustrated Chronicle
by Len Shoemaker. ©1958 Sundance books. Saga of pioneer days in one of the most beautiful regions of the world-roaring Fork Valley of Western Colorado. HC 216 pge, b&w/color. third ed, second printing Feb 1979, signed by author. Has clear plastic cover wrapper. Very
good cond. Neve read. nice copy $23.95pfb
Roaring U50’s Union Pacific’s Twin Diesels
by Rev. Harold Keeley ©1978 George R. Cockle & Associates. copy #1324 of 5000. A detailed look at UP’s U50 diesel locos from General Electric. Illustrated throughout with a mix of b&w and some color photos with rosters, milage charts and schematic diagrams. Scvr 80 page very good cond.
Like new, nice copy. $49.95pfb
Rocky Mountain Railroads ; Rio Grande
Southern. compiled by Richard Dorman.. Scvr Horizontal 90 page Mostly colored some b&w photos. R.D. Publications, Santa Fe ©1999. Book is supplement to author’s earlier books of the RGS. Good cond. top right corner of cover and first 23 pages has slight bend. Inside
pages good cond. ours $24.95jwb
Sherman Hill A Guide to Facilities & Oper-
ations by Donald K. Park II ©1988 Parkrail Pub. Second ed. new revised ed. Books purpose is to present a profile of Sherman Hill operations that will help photographers, modelers and train watchers make the most of their visit to the hill between Cheyenne and Laramie WY. Staple bound 23 page, b&w photos. Scvr. Maps, route profiles, radio frequencies and more. Good cond. small dent at the top of spine.
All pages in good cond. ours. $19.95pb
Sherman Hill by James L Ehernberger and
Francis G. Gschwind. ©1973 E.G.Publications. second printing 1978. This book chronicles for the first time the complete saga of UP rails over Sherman Hill in text and photos. HC issued without DJ. 128 page, b&w photos. Shows much wear front & back cover. Pages are in good cond.
Pages are in good cond. $11.95pb
Sherman Hill in the Diesel Era by A.J.Wolff
Book highlights the diesel and turbine power that operated over UP’s Sherman Hill since 1960. Hc 224 page, b&w and color photos. Very goo cond. Still in original
shrink wrap . $59.95pfb
Snow Plow Clearing Mountain Rails. by
Gerald M. Best ©1966 Howell North Books. The intriguing subject of snow clearing equipment and methods covered. HC 119 pge b&w photos. Book is in good
cond. DJ has some small tears. $15.95pfb
Soo Line in Color by Robert J. Wise ©1997
Morning Sun Pub. 128 page Hcvr and Dust J. are clean crisp and bright. Book in tight, clean unread cond. with no markings. Binding is tight and square. “...but with SOO LINE in color, you can relieve the glory years of one of the more remarkable RRs in the Midwest.” Has diesel roster 1938-1984.
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Southern Pacific Color Guide to Freight &
Passenger Equipment V.1 by Anthony W. Thompson. Exclusively SP Company Photographs This volume gives the reader a rare glimpse of a proud roster. HC 128 page. Very
good cond. Nice copy. $39.95ML
Southern Pacific Steam Pictorial V. 2 . 2900 ser
to 5000 series. by Guy L. Dunscomb, Donald K. Dunscomb and R.A.Pecotich. Shasta edition, book #123. Limited edition, 1st printing, signed by Authors. Scarce. HC horizontal format 170 pge b&w. Photos of SP loco #4350 and a reproduction of a painting of #4376 4-8-2 . HC has a dent on middle bottom front and back cover. Both top and bottom corners of front cover have a small dent. Pages in very good cond DJ
has some dents on the front spine. $199.95pfb
(2)Southern Railway Color Guide to Freight
and Passenger Equipment by James Kinkaid 1996 Morning Sun. Hcvr 128 page all colo. Very good cond. nice copy. Still in original
shrink wrap. ours. $44.50pfb
Spectacular Railroad Photography. Roger
Ingbretsen ©1988 Hundman Pub. Hc 129 page w/dust jacket.A full color guide to weather and lighting conditions. The “ultimate guide to RR photography” is the most descriptive evaluation of this book. It will show you how to take the most basic equipment, every day weather and lighting conditions, imagination and persistence and generate spectacular photos. The use of light, time of day, seasons, inclement weather and night photography are all discussed in an effort to help you “see” how to “produce” a creative RR photo. CONTENTS; Basic concept of creative RR photos. Splendor of SUNRISE. Mystique of FOG. Versatility of RAIN. Cover of SNOW. Serenity of a SUNSET. Warmth of early MORNING & LATE AFTERNOON. Magic of NIGHT. Art of COMPOSING. A great Photo learning guide. Book in very good cond. Excellent
photo examples. ours $10.95jwb
Steam Beneath the Red Star by Ron Ziel &
Nils Huxtable. Book shows a variety of unusual and often impressive steam locos in parts of the world where photographs of military installations and industrial sites and rqilways is strictly forbidden. One of the first cold war nostalgia books with 88 color and 368 b&w photos. HC 256 page. Very good
cond. nice copy ours $15.95
Steam Locomotives Roster Union Pacific
RR Co. 1915-1995. Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line RR. ; Oregon-Washington RR and Navigation Co.; Los Angeles and Salt Lake RR co. by Gordon McCulloh 1995. Scvr 102 pge, plastic spiral bound w/clear plastic front covver. No
photos. Good cond. Nice copy $74.95pb
Steam Steel and Stars by O.Winston Link
America’s Last Steam Railroad ©1994 Harry N. Abrams Publisher. 90 b&w photos cover every activity of the Norfolk & Wesstern Rwy as well as capturing rural American life in the 1950’s. Scv large format. 144 pages b&w. Mostly night photos. Very
nice cond. A nice copy $10.95pfb
Sterling Colorado Crossroads on the Prairie
by James R. Jones & Russ Collman ©2000, First Ed. Featuring the Burlington Route and the Union Pacific. HC plastic DJ, 352 pge b&w, color photos. Very good cond.
Like new, nice copy $59.95pfb
The 400 Story C&NW’s passenger Trains
by Jim Scribbins ©1982 The book recaptures the excitement of the 400 era. Horizontal, 231 page b&w photos and a few color. Very good cond. nice copy, no wear on
pages. $18.95pfb
The A, Norfolk & Western Mercedes of
Steam by Ed King ©Trans Anglo Books. A complete account of the N&W’s finest locomotives. Includes over 200 b&w and 20 color photos, drawings, index and more. DJ has a tear (repaired) and wrinkles on the spine. HC has wrinkles on back side of Spine. Pages in very good cond.
A nice copy. ours $59.95pfb
The Alco Line by Eric Hirsimak ©1993
Mileposts Publishing. First edition. Hc Horizontal format, 125 pages, b&w photos. New cond. still in original plastic
wrap. $69.95pb
The American Heritage History of Railroads in America. by Oliver Jensen. by American Heritage Publishing Co. Jacket/slipcover. Hc 320 pge b&w & few color. Book mint cond. Slipcase good cond.
Nice copy $19.95pfb
The Art of Brass in model railroading V. 1
Published by Presse Eisenbahn Author; Seiichi Kumata, President of Kumata & Co. Japan ©1982. Hcvr 230 page b&w photos of steam, diesel, turbine, electric, interurban/street cars, rail motor freight, passenger, caboose rolling stock. Book & DJ in very good, unread clean,
tight condition ours....$92.00jwb
The Art of Railroad Photography. by
Gary J. Benson. “Techniques for taking dynamic trackside pictures.” Hcvr 148pge all color. Kalmbach, 1993. An intelligent and thorough guide for photographing trains.
Good cond $2.95pfb
The Big Guys Union Pacific’s largest Loco-
motives 1949-1997 by Robert P. Olmsted 1968. First ed. Steam and diesel. Hc 104 page, b&w. Like new, still in original
plastic wrap $69.95pb
The Brass Train Guide Book by Dan Glasure
The most comprehensive collection of bras model train data available. ©2007 Publishing Partners Intermational, LLC #0939 of 1000, first Ed. First printing. Issued w/out DJ. Gold lettering on front of Hc 303 page w/inerviews and abundance of color photos of brass models. Very good cond. Like new.
our price $125.00pfb
The Brass Train Guide Book by Dan Glasure
The most comprehensive collection of bras model train data available. ©2007 Publishing Partners Intermational, LLC #0214 of 1000, first Ed. First printing. Signed by Author.
ssued w/out DJ. Gold lettering on front of Hc 303 page w/inerviews and abundance of color photos of brass models. Very good cond. Like
new. our price $135.00pfb
The Call of Trains Railroad photographs by
Jim Shaughnessy with text by Jeff Brouws ©2008 W.W.Norton & Co. HC 224 pge 170. The best of Shaughnessy’s duotone photos taken over his 40-year career between 1946 and 1988.
Very good cond. Like new $99.95pb
The Canadian National Railway’s Story
by Patrick C. Dorin ©1975 Superior Pub Co. 1st ed. Hcvr 206 pge b&w photos w/ rosters and maps. Well-done history of CN detailing its operations and equipment from formation in 1919 through 1975. Book in good cond. DJ has small tears. nice
copy ours $13.95pfb
The Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee
Tradition. V. I 1830-1886 by Robert C. Jones Signed by author #164. © 1981 Sundance Pub. Silverton, CO. First printing Sept. 1981. “The early years.” 192 b&w pages H.cvr with plastic cover. Book in near mint cond. tight binding and in unread cond.
Book in mint, unread cond. $29.75jwb
The Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee
Tradition. V. II. 1887-1910 “The busy years.” ©1981 Sundance Pub, Silverton, CO. 1st printing Dec. 1981 H.cvr 192 b&w page in mint cond. Unread copy in original vinyl plastic dust cover. ISBN 091358228X
Price $29.95jwb
The Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee
Tradition. V. III 1911-1927 “Austerity and Prosperity, 1911-1927” ©1981 Sundance Pub. Silverton, Co. First printing Feb. 1982. ISBN 0913582298. Hardcover. plastic dust cover has slight bend bottom front. Hard cover in excellent cond. 192 b&w page Book in mint, unread cond. $25.75jwb
The Crookedest Railroad in the World.
California’s Mt. Tamalpals & Muir Woods RR. Revised and enlarged ed. by Ted Wurm and Al Graves First Printing 1983 Trans-Anglo Books. 281 Curves in 8 1/2 miles of track 7 1/2% grades. A readable history of the Rwys 30 year existence. HC 132 pge 216 b&w photos good
cond. DJ has some wear. $17.95pfb
The First 10 Years by Briam Marsh ©1987
Overland Models. Signed by Brian T. Marsh and his father, Thomas E. Marsh. HC, horizontal format, maroon cover w/gold lettering. Comes w/out DJ. 223 page b&w a few color photos of OMI built models. Very
good cond. like new. $99.95pfb
The Gilpin Gold Tram Colorado’s Unique
Narrow gauge by Mallory Hope Ferrell ©1970 Pruett Pub. Co. “..Story of two foot gauge RR that hauled ore from the mines above Central City to the smelter at Black Hawk.” Hcvr 112 pge. Historic b&w photos, maps, sketches and scale drawings of cars and Shay Locos. Good cond. DJ has a fe small tears and discoloration on
spine. All pages in very good cond. $15.95pb
The Golden Years of Railroading. Union
Pacific Across Sherman Hill. (Kalmbach books) Big Boys, Challengers and streamliners. Scvr Horizontal, 128 pge b&w photos. Very good cond. nice copy
ours $19.95pfb
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad A
Canadian national railway. by Patrick C. Dorin ©1977 Superior Pub. Co. First printing. The book traces the early history, motive power, trains and train service of the Grand Trunk Western in the U.S. Descriptions of the routes traveled, maps, equipment rosters and more. HC 174 age b&w photos. Good cond. Book cover and DJ have bumps on th front and top corner.
Pages in good cond. $19.95pb
The Great Trains by Bryon Morgan ©1973
Crown Pub.Inc. The “Great Trains” is a ticket to the scores of colorful trains which ran or run all around the world. Hc 259 pge b&w
photos. Good cond nice copy $9.95pfb
The History of the Union Pacific Americas
Great transcontinental Railroad. Edited by marie Cahill & Lynne Piade 1989 edition; Crsent books. HC 127 page, b&w/color photos. Very good cond. like new
ours ...$9.95pfb
The History of the Union Pacific in
Cheyenne . by Robert Darwin 1987 Express Press Ltd. This massive book presents many unpublished photos of the RR and the great Cheyenne terminal it built. Book covers every aspect of the Cheyenne scene from 1868 on.Initial focus is on steam, but diesel is not neglected once it arrives on the scene. There are special sections on Sherman Hill, name trains and portraits of famous trains with several yard maps and diagrams. Horizontal 16’x11” oversized. 386 page b&w. Like new, still plastic wrap and
cardboard shipping box. $250.00pfb
The Iron Horse; by Henry B. Comstock.
The illustrated history of steam locomotives. ©1993 Greenberg Pub. Co. Second printing. The story of steam power on American RRs. HC 222 pge b&w color.Very good cond.
nice copy. Never read $4.95pfb
The Iron Horse and I, A personal recount
byJames Burke ©1995 Hcvr all b&w photos. Captions/text is in long hand, no printing. Pages aren’t numbered but must be 200+. Interesting read. Book in mint cond. Dust jacket slight wear on right edge. $5.95jwb
The Iron Horse & I by James Burke. HC 500 pge b&w photos. Captions/stories are handwritten. Signed copy #701/1000 copies. Good cond. dust jacket has some wear. Small
tear on dust jacket. $5.95pfb
The Lakers V. II by Eric Hirsimaki 1st ed. 1988. Lake Boats on the Great Lakes. HC 127 pge all color. Good cond nice copy$17.95 fb
The Locomotive Cyclopedia V.2 compiled
by Robert L. Hundman ©2005 Hundman Pub.Inc. V.2 like V.1 is designed for the avid steam loco aficionado and the scale modeler. Here in an oversized, ready reference format. The intricacies of steam and electric locomotives from 0-6-0s to 2-8-8-4s and electric Locos. book has 2 small bumps on bottom front cover. DJ has small bumps on bottom front & small tear on back
bottom. Pages are in good cond. $69.95pb
The Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co.
Union Pacific’s historic Salt Lake Rte. by John r. Signor ©1988 Golden West Books. A lavishly illustrated history of the LA & SLRR. The complete story of the famous Salt Lake route from its organization to today’s super freeway for freight. HC 256 page b&w/few color photos. Book in very good cond. DJ has some small tears on front spine
and back top. nice copy 59.95pfb
The Love of Trains Steam and diesel locos in action around the world. by Victor Hand & Harold Edmonson. ©1974 Octopus Books. Hc 104 pge color photos. Book & DJ in good
cond. Ours. $2.95pb
The Madame Queen Santa Fe 5000 by Sam
Teague An in depth look at the development, construction, operation and subsequent restoration of Santa Fe #5000. Hc. 1st ed. ©Paired Rail Railroad Publications. Hc 160 pge 11x 8 1/2”, b&w photos. very good cond. Still in
Still in plastic wrap. $125.00pfb
The Majesty of Big Steam by Brian Solomon
©2015, Voyageur Press. More than two decades of research and photography in this book. These pages horos the most powerful steam locos that would ever work the rails on this continent or anywhere else. HC Horizontal format, 176 pages, b&w with a few color photos. Like new cond. nice
copy $13.95pb
The Milwaukee Electrics by Noel T. Holley
©2002 Hundman Publishing Co. Mukileto, WA. H.cvr w/pictorial dust jacket painting by Larry Fisher. 304 pp. profusely illustrated with b&w photos (a few in color), maps, detailed drawings, etc.kBibliography and index. A classic book covering gthe development, equipmen and operation of the Milw. Rd’s electrified zones across the Rockies and the Cascades. The electrics were a rugged and unique form of RR motive power. A very nice copy, clean unread. Tight binding D.Jacket in nice cond. $63.95jwb
The Moffat Road by Edward T. Bollinger
and Frederick Bauer. A great book about America’s most colorful RR. ©1962 Sagb Books. Limited signed/numbered ed. #232. Hc 359 pge b&w photos. Book in good cond DJ has a few
tears. $23.95pfb
The Norfolk and Western As I knew it.
N&W Historical Society. A photographic pilgrimage to preserve the image of N&W steam power. See the A, J and Y class of locos at their peak, plus numerous other classes of steam operated daily by the N&W. Hc w/DJ 11x 14” Oversize format. 170 page, b&w. Good cond. Pages like new. Cover and DJ have a slight
bump at bottom of spine. $39.95pb
The Northern Pacific Railway of McGee
and Nixon by Richard Green. Autographed by the author and both photographers. ©1985 Northwest Short Line. Horizontal Hcvr 270 pge b&w photos. Classic photos of NP equipment and environment during the 1930-1955 period Very good
cond. still in shrink wrap. $49.95pb
The Northern Pacific Railway of McGee
and Nixon by Richard Green. Autographed by the author and both photographers. ©1985 Northwest Short Line. Horizontal Hcvr 270 pge b&w photos. Classic photos of NP equipment and environment during the 1930-1955 period Very good
cond. Clean, unread, tight.. $48.95jwb
The Omaha Road Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha Rwy. by Stan Mailer ©Hundman Publishing Co. The Omaha was part of C&NW’s midwest empire. The Omaha functioned in concert with CNW’s mainline across Wisconsin.
Hcvr Book in very good cond. $59.95pfb
The Overland Route Union Pacific RR
by Ross Grenard & John Krause. Carstens Pub. A trip back into time and a look at both the scenic and man made wonders that flourished along the overland route. The final 20 yrs. of steam on UP 1937- 1957. Scvr 82 page Horizontal, b&w photos. Good cond. Some wear on front and back cover. Last 10 pages and back cover have a paper clip mark at the top.
Pretty nice copy $5.95pfb
The Overland Route Union Pacific RR
by Ross Grenard & John Krause. Carstens Pub. A trip back into time and a look at both the scenic and man made wonders that flourished along the overland route. The final 20 yrs. of steam on UP 1937- 1957. Scvr 82 page Horizontal, b&w photos. Good cond., cover and spine have wear. Bent corners on several pages.
not real bad, other pages ok. $5.95pfb
The Overland Route Union Pacific RR
by Ross Grenard & John Krause. Carstens Pub. Later version with yellow front cover. The authors have chosen the final twenty years of UP steam to show what we consider the glory years, 1937 to 1957. The years when steam, diesel and turbines were working side by side. Sc Horizontal, 82 page, b&w photos. Good cond.
Nice copies (2) each $19.95 pb
The Pennsylvania 1940-1950s by Don Balljr
©1986 First Ed. Sthe standardß Rr of the world, a vast photographic coverage of the PRRs great engines and trains HC 404 pge, all color. Very good cond. nice copy
$9.95pfb
The President Travels by Train by Bob
Withers. ©1966 TLC Pub. Hcvr 422 page.B&W photos, book published w/o DJ. Fascinating story covers President travels from Civil War to 1930s and 1940’s. “...rich and interesting detail connected with the decisions and sometimes high drama connected with the transportation of the President.” Like new
condition, nice copy. $19.95pfb
The Railroad Scene by William D. Middleton ©1969 Golden West Books. First printing. A photo album of the total North American Railroading scene of locomotives, trains, and RR people and places. Hc 144 page b&w photos Book is in good cond.
DJ has small tears. $3.95pfb
Like new, nice copy $239.95pb
The Rio Grande Pictorial by Dell McCoy
Russ Collman. ©1971, Sundance ltd, Denver, CO. Horizontal, Hcv 216 page text, photos, maps and few diagrams. A very fine, unread copy...clean. Issued w/out DJ. Book #00286, signed by authors. Inside front Hcver has owners first name & Christmas 1971. “One hundred years of Railroading
thru the Rockies.” Ours $31.95jwb
The Second Diesel Spotters Guide by Jerry
Pinkepank ©1973, Kalmbach books. Book includes industrial units. 8 1/2”x 5. Horizontal, Scvr b&w. Used copy, notes on back of back cover. Cover coming loose at
spine. Inside pages clean price $2.00jwb
The Streamlined Era by Robert C. Reed ©1975
Golden West Books. The evolution of semi-streamlined steam locos, the comingof the Burlington’s famous Zephyr and UP’s City of Salina streamliners. The book discribes every aspect of streamlining. Hcvr 298 pages, 500+ illustrations. four color plates. Complete list of streamliners 1933-1942 and more. Very good
cond. DJ has bump on bottom of spine $24.95pb
The Story of the California Zephyr by
Karl Zimmermann ©1972, third printing 1984 The silver streak passenger service run by the Burlington, rio Grande and WP. Book describes predecessor trains and the origin of the Cal Zephyr. Good cond nice copy, never read.
Sc 104 pge b&w $19.95pfb
The Trains We Rode V. 1 by Lucius Beebe
& Charles Clegg. ©1965 Howell-North Books. V. 1 embraces the main line carriers of the land from Alton through New York Central HC 465 pge, b&w photos 801 illustrations, 6 in color. 5 new paintings by Howard Fogg. Good cond. Nice copy
ours $10.95pfb
The Trains We Rode V. 2 by Lucius Beebe & Charles Clegg ©1966 Howell North Books
V.2 continues the Alpabetical presentation of the RRs from Northern Pacific to Wabash. HC 511 pge. 750 illustrations, 5 in full color, 2 paintings by Howard Fogg. Good cond. DJ has some small tares on top spine Nice copy.
Our price $13.95pfb
The Twilight of Steam Great Photography
from the last days of Steam Locos in America by Brian solomon ©2014 Voyageur Press. Some of the best b&w photography from great rail photographers of the postwar era. Large format images show steam loco at work and at rest all over the US and Canada. HC 191 page all b&w photos. Very good
cond. Like new, nice copy $19.95pb
The Union Pacific Centennial Locomotive
by James J. Reisdorff & Michael M. Bartels, photos by A.J. Wolff ©2011 South Plate Press. How 13 of the world’s largest diesel locomotives were preserved. (The DDA40X or Centennial type.) Book is story of how the Centennials became part of UP’s legendary motive power and the circumstances under which each of the 13 survivors came to be preserved. Scvr Horizontal format, 48 page, 50 b&w photos very good cond. still in original plastic wrap.
ours $19.95pb
The Union Pacific Type V.2 4-12-2 by
William Kratville & John E. Bush ©1995 #687. The story of UP’s 3 cylinder power. Numerous b&w photos, illustrations, diagrams, charts, roster and index. Very good cond. like new. Still in shrink wrap. Hc, Horizontal format, 352 page. b&w. $180.00pb
Trackside Around Detroit Downriver 1946
1976 with Emery Gulash by Jerry A. Pinkepank ©2004 Hc 128 page. All color. Very good cond. some wear on the DJ Nice
copy. ours 443.95 ML
Trails Among the Columbine A Colorado
High Country Anthology. Published by Sundance Pub ©1988. By Dell McCoy. Contents; Peeking through the Aspens. The Creede Branch. Back Country Adventures. Lake City’s Melody of the past. The Lake City branch. Hcvr 192 page b&w and color in publisher’s myler dust jacket. Book in very
fine, clean unread condition. $29.95jwb
Trails Among the Columbine 1989
©1989 Sundance Pub. by Russ Collman. Hcvr 192 pp. b&w photos.
Contents; A Paddle on Blue Mesa. The Black Canon of the Gunnison (D&RGW).The Gussison County. The Rio Grande’s Baldwin Branch. The Gussison Gold Belt.
Book in clean, unread cond. Tight binding and in original plastic covering.
ours $39.95jwb
Trains of the Twin Ports Photo Archive
Duluth-Superior in the 1950s by Marvin Nielsen. A look at the vast assortment of locos and trains that operated in the Twin Ports during the 1950s’ Scvr 126 pge, Horiz. format b&w. Very good cond,
nice copy $23.95pfb
The White Plume. A Pictorial representation
of the Steam Locomotive. by Charles Bowman. ©1976 Railfare Enterprises, Montreal, Canada. Sections in book about steam in Canada, USA, England, Scotland, West Germany & Austria. Hcvr 160 pp b&w. Dust J. and pages in
book in good cond $11.95pb
Those Magnificent Trains An American
Anthology by Charles Ditlefsen. Published; Ceco Co 1995. S.cvr 8 1/2x10” all color. 87pages. Contents; American RRing; Story of steam and diesel; A little Nostalgia; Passenger Trains; North of the Border; Colorado Narrow Gauge. Excellent color photos of steam, diesel, electric and
passenger trains. ours $4.00jwb
Those Magnificent Trains An American
Anthology by Charles Ditlefsen. Published; Cedo Co 1995. S.cvr 8 1/2x10” all color. 87pages. Contents; American RRing; Story of steam and diesel; A little Nostalgia; Passenger Trains; North of the Border; Colorado Narrow Gauge. Excellent color photos of steam, diesel, electric and
passenger trains. Good Cond. Cover has
some wear ..ours $4.95pfb
Those Magnificent Trains An American
Anthology by Charles Ditlefsen. Published; Cedo Co 1995. S.cvr 8 1/2x10” all color. 87pages. All color photos. This book captures the feel of the grand days of RRing. From the fascinating steam engines to the streamlined diesels. Good cond. nice copy
ours $6.95pfb
To Seattle by Trolley; by Warren W. Wing ©1988. Story of Seattle-Everett Interurban and trolley that went to the sea.
Good cond. Hc 159 pge b&w $6.95pfb
Toy Trains Memories by John Grams
Kalmbach Books. Book tells captivating story of how toy electric trains were once the only Christmas Gift children wanted. HC 160 pge b&w. New condition,
still in shrink wrap $13.95pfb
Two Feet Between the Rails V.I, the
early years. by Robert Jones ©1979 Sundance Publications. H.cvr 416 page mostly b&w, several color photos.Book in very good cond. Tight binding. Never read $$39.95jwb
Trains Illustrated 1990 Feb. Soft cover.
Wintertime Photo Salon. New England trains from the air. The final 4 F7’s of Western Pacific. Duluth & Northeastern steam in color.
Excellent cond. $1.50jwb
Twilight of the Monongahela, by Harry
Stegmaier & Jim Mullison.© 1994 H&M Productions. Flushing, NY Scvr 88 page all color photos. S.cvr, Horizontal format. Book in like
new unread cond. $23.95jwb
Uintah Railway The Gilsonite Route by
Henry E. Bender, Jr ©1970 second printing Feb 1971, Howell North Books. Complete story of the only RR to penetrate the vast Uintah Basin of Western Colorado and Eastern Utah. HC 240 pge b&w Good
condition nice copy $29.95pfb
Uncle Sam’s Locomotives The USRA and
the Nation’s RRs. by Eugene L. Huddleston ©2002 Indiana U.Press. Teh USRA nationalized the Railroad supply industry by standardizing rolling stock designs and twelve loco types. A picture gallery of USRA locos, light and heavy Mikados, Pacifics, mountains, Santa Fes and Mallets. Hc 215 page b&w photos. Like New
Very good con. Stillin plastic wrap$39.95pb
Union Pacific 1977-1980 by George R. Cockle
©1980 Overland Models, Inc. The book focuses on an active period when the RR was testing a variety of locomotives. Book captures the last moments for many of these locos. Scvr 208 page, b&w photos, detailed schematic diagrams & technical data. Book in good cond. Top back cover and last 123 pages have small bend at the top corner. Page 73-74 have a small defect at bottom front corner. Rest of pages are
in good cond. $9.95pfb
Union Pacific 1988 1999 Motive Power
Annual by David Curlee ©1999, first edition Four Ways West Publications. Hcr 160 page, mostly color w/few b&w photos.
Very good cond. Like new $59.95pfb
Union Pacific 1990 by George R. Cockle &
Paul Withers ©1991 Withers Pub. First printing May 1991. A collection of photos and data for every loco class on the UP roster in 1990. Also the historic steam locos and passenger equip. and more. HC issued w/out DJ. 224 pge b&w photos. Book in very good cond. Like new,
nice copy $39.95pfb
Union Pacific Crossing Sherman Hill and
other RR Stories by Bess Arnold. A narrative of UP RR employees who rode the rails across Southern Wyoming in the days of steam and beyond. As told in their words. Scvr 80 page, Horizontal, very good cond.
ours $21.95pfb (2)
Union Pacific Mainline West by William E.
Botkin, Victor Hand and Ron C. Hill.
©1986 Colorado RR Museum A pictorial of the UP’s main line circa 1986 showing the system in action w/maps of the eastern, sout cntral and northwest districts. Scvr 80 pge b&w photos. Good cond. Bottom cove at the spine shows some wear. all pages are in
good cond. $14.95pfb
Union Pacific Mainline West by William E.
Botkin, Victor Hand and Ron C. Hill.
©1986 Colorado RR Museum A pictorial of the UP’s main line circa 1986 showing the system in action w/maps of the eastern, south central and northwest districts. Scvr 80 pge Horizontal,b&w photos. Good cond. All
pages are in good cond. $11.95pfb
Union Pacific Modeler. V.2 ©1966 Metcalfe
Pub. S.cvr 96 page b&w/color photos. including; Steel Cabooses; Sherman Hill April 7, 1978; UP fast forties; Common standard depots; 350,000 water tanks+ more.
Book in very good unread cond. $10.95 jwb
Union Pacific Montana Division Thronton
Waite ©1998, Route of the Butte Special. The book relates the history of the Montana Div. telling when and why it was built. How it has changed and describes the train operation over the years. Sc 184 pge b&w photos. Very good cond, nice copy
ours $39.95pb
Union Pacific Power Historical roster of
Diesel, turbine and Electric Locomotives V.1 Diesel cabs 1934-1962 by Dick Winegar. Scvr 184 pge w/15 pages of b&w photos. Very good cond. Like new
our price $29.95pfb
Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Cars V.1
1950-1964 ©1976 G.B. Davies Assoc. First printing Oct. 1976; second printing Feb 1978. Book #691. Scvr Horizontal format 333 pge plastic spiral bound. b&w photos. Line drawings, foldouts. Good cond. nice copy
Ours.........$199.00pfb
Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Cars V.2
1940-1949 ©1977 G.B. Davies Assoc. First printing sept. 1977. Book #687 Scvr, Horizontal. 228 pge, plastic spiral bound, b&w photos. line drawings fold outs. good cond. Nice copy. Some discoloring on the
back cover next to binding..ours $134.95pb
UNION PACIFIC PROTOTYPE LOCOMOTIVE PHOTOS. U.P.H.S.
FROM James L. Ehernberger Collection. All copies from a collection, like new, never read. Soft covers, Horizontal format, black &
white photos. Prices as marked.
V.1 LA&SL 4226 through 4430, 0-6-0
switcher, 80 page ........ ..ours $14.95pb
V.2 UP 4431-4480 0-6-0 switcher.80pg$14.95pb
V.3 UP 4600, OSL 4700s- OWR&N 4933
0-6-0 switchers, 80 page.........$24.95pb
V.4 UP 4-8-4; 800-819 Northern 80pg $27.95pb
V.5 UP 4-8-4; 820-844(8444) 80page$27.95pb
V.6 UP 2-8-8-0 articulated UP 3600 -3664;
OSL 3700s & OWR&N 3800s 80pg$17.95
V.7 UP 2-8-8-0, 3500-3533, 80 page ....$14.95p
V.8 UP 2-8-8-0, #3534-3564; OSL3565-3566;
OWR&N 3567-2569; 80 page $14.95pb
V.9 UP 4-8-2 Mountain 700-7019; 80pg$14.95pb
V.10 UP 4-8-2 “ “ 7002-7039; 80 pge$19.95pb
V.11 UP 4-8-2 “ “ LA&SL 7850-7864; UP7865
-7869; 80 page b&w................$19.95pfb
V.12 UP 4-6-0; UP 1242-1354; OSL 1511-1586;
LA&SL 1593-1596; OWR&N
1707-1760; 80 page ..........ours $27.95p
V.13 UP 2-10-2 ; 5045-5089..80 page ..$14.95p
V.14 UP 2-10-2; 5045-5044 80 page ....$14.95p
V.15 UP 2-10-2 OSL/UP 5300-5318; OWR&N
5400-5414; 80 page .......ours $14.95pb
V.16 UP 2-10-2; #5500-5524 and LA&SL 5525
-5529; ..........89 page .....ours .$14.95pb
V.17 UP 4-6-2 Pacific 2802-2911; 80pg$14.95
V.18 UP 4-6-2 “ “OSL 3100-3138; LA&SL
3160-3181; OWRR&N 3202-3227 $14.95pb
V.19 4-12-2 Union Pacific type 9000-2029
80 page b&w soft cover ours $19.95pb
V.20 UP 4-12-2 Union Pacific type #9030 -
-9062; 80 page Scvr b&w........$24.95pb
V.21 4-12-2 Union Pacific type 9078-9087; OSL 9500-9514; OWR&N 9700-9707 $19.95pb
V.22 UP 2-8-0; #105-275; 80 page ...$14.95pb
V.23 UP 2-8-0; 3276-358; 80 page.....$14.95pb
V.24 UP 2-8-0; UP 400-498; 80 page $14.95pb
V.25 UP 2-8-0; OSL #512-599; 80pge$14.95pb
V.26 UP 2-8-0; OSL 600-622; OWR&N
#700-768; 80 page .......ours $14.95 pb
V.27 UP 2-8-0 LA&SL #6001-6085; UP 6201-
6358; OSL #6537; 80 page.....$14.95pb
V.28 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur) UP#1900-
1949; OSL 2001-2034; 80pge $19.95pb
V.29 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur) OWR&N
2201-2279; 80 page Scvr ..$19.95pb
V.30 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur) UP 2201-
2279; 80 page scvr ....ours $19.95pb
V.31 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur) UP 2280-
2320; UP 2480-2499 USRA...$19.95pb
V.32 2-8-2 Mikado OSL 2504-2532; OSL 2535
3554; (USRA) Scvr 80 page $19.95pb
V.33 2-8-2 Mikado OSL 2555-2564; LA&SL
2700-2735; 80 page Scvr ......$19.95pb
V.34 UP Shay 59 and 61; UP 4500, 0-8-0 swit-
cher; UP 3570-3598 simple articulated 2-8-8-2 (Ex-C&O); UP 3670-3674 Mallet
compound 2-8-8-2 (ex N&W); UP8000 & LA&SL 8800-8809 (3 cylinder) 4-10-2; LA&SL 5090-5099 (2 cyliner 4-10-2.....$19.95
V.36 UP 4-6-6-4 Challenger UP 3930-3949
(1944 series) & UP 3950-3969 (1942 ser
80 page b&2 ...................price $19.95pb
V.37 4--6-6-4 Challenger UP 3975-3999 (1943
series) & UP 3700-3717 (Oil fuel) $24.95pb
Items above Horizontal format, soft cover
black & white photos.
Union Pacific Salt Lake Route by Mark W.
Hemphill ©1995 Boston Mills Press, first printing. this is the story of UP’s Salt Lake Route. A main line incorporated into the south-central district. This illustrated story has 260 color photos taken between 1948 and 1994. Nice maps, researched text and more. HC 170 page all color. Very good
cond. Like new $49.95 pfb
Union Pacific Salt Lake Route by Mark W.
Hemphill ©1995 Boston Mills Press, first printing. this is the story of UP’s Salt Lake Route. A main line incorporated into the south-central district. This illustrated story has 260 color photos taken between 1948 and 1994. Nice maps, researched text and more. HC 170 page all color. Bottom front cover, DJ and first few pages have a small bump. Back bottom cover and DJ have a bump and small tear on back top DJ.
Other pages good cond. $39.95 pfb
Union Pacific Steam Big Boy Portraits by
John E. Bush & James L. Ehernberger ©1996 Challenger Press. Hc 127 page, b&w photos Very good cond. Still in Original
plastic wrap. ousr $69.95pb
Union Pacific Switchers & Slugs by Don
Strack Wither’s Pub. First ed, First Printing Sept. 1996. Survey of UP’s switch engines and slugs as of mid 1996 just before the merger with Southern Pacific. Scvr 116 page b&w & color section of photos. Good
cond. nice copy $19.95 pb
Union Pacific 3985 by William E. Botkin, &
Ronald C. Hill & R.H. Kindig. ©1985 Colorado Rr Museum. Scvr 63 page Horizontal format, b&w photos. Book good cond. Binding has two dings on the back of
spine. Price $9.95 pfb
Union Pacific 3985 by William E. Botkin, &
Ronald C. Hill & Richard H. Kindig. ©1985 Colorado RR Museum. Fascinating history of UP’s Challenger Steam engine #3985. Scvr 63 page Horizontal format, b&w photos.Very good cond. . Price $11.95 pfb
Union Pacific’s 8444 by Harold A.
Edmonson & David Goodheart ©1989 Goodheart Pub. The only steam loco that has been in continous active service on a major Railroad since the steam era in 1960. Scvr 16 page all color. Very good cond Nice copy
ours $14.95pfb
Union Pacific’s 8444 by Harold A.
Edmonson & David Goodheart ©1989 Goodheart Pub. Large pamphlet on UP’s FEF-3 4-8-4 #844/#8444 in both black and grey paint. Stapled Scvr 16 page. Color photos. Very good cond. like new nice copy
$19.95pfb
Union Pacific CA-11 Cabooses by George R.
Cockle ©1980, Overland Models, Inc. Pictorial guide to the development and construction of UP’s CA-11 and CA-12 cabooses. Scvr 39 page, b&w photos an schematic diagrams. Very good cond. no
wear, nice copy $19.95pfb
Union Pacific and Omaha Union Station
by Carla Johnson ©2001 South Platte
Press. This book tells of the development of all Union Pacific RR passenger stations in the history of Omaha, Neb. between 1866 and 1971. Scvr 84pge b&w.Very good cond.
Like new ours $18.95pb
Union Pacific Equipment by William W.
Kratville & Harold Ranks. ©1969 Auto-Liner. Second printing 2005. A comprehensive survey of freight and passenger cars. MOW and more. HC no DJ, Horizontal. 143 page b&w photos and drawings. Book pages are in good cond. Page 5&6 have a crease. All other pages are
in good cond. $39.95pfb
Union Pacific Freight Cars ; Mechanical design
drawings. Metcalfe Publications. Classes included; G-50-13; B-50-24 & 27; A-50-18; A-50-14; CH-70-1; A-50-5; HK-70-1; HK-50-4; B 50-41; S-40-12; G-50-11; 0-50-6; F-50-10; G-70-1;
CA3&4. Very good cond. $10.95pfb
Union Pacific Freight Cars 1936-’51 by Terry
Metcalfe ©1989 Metcalfe Pub. First Ed. Scr 217 page, horizontal format, b&w photos and drawings. Detailed survey of UP freight cars from the late steam and early
diesel era. Book mint cond. $24.95pfb
Union Pacific Freight Cars 1936-’51 by Terry
Metcalfe ©1989 Metcalfe Pub. First Ed. Scr 217 page, horizontal format, b&w photos and drawings. Detailed survey of UP freight cars from the late steam and early
diesel era. Very good cond. still in original
plastic wrap. $79.95pb
Union Pacific Locomotive Directory 2003-
2004 by Paul K. Withers Sc 176 page,
b&w and rull rosters. Like new $39.95pfb
Union Pacific Locomotive Directory 2007-
2012 by Paul K Withers. ©2013 Withers Pub. Scvr 224 pge b&w/color photos
very good cond. Like new $39.95pfb
Union Pacific Nebraska Depots and a few
Structures by James L. Ehernberger ©2012 Challenger Press. A Historical collection, facts and photographs reference book. Signed by author. Scvr Horizontal format 80 page, 232 b&w photos. Very good
cond. Like new $29.95pfb
Union Pacific Official Color Photography
Book #1 by Robert A. Lemassena & Robert J. Yanosey ©1993, first printing, Morning Sun books. This collection of photos and ext presents an intimate glimpse of the smoke and grease and sweat and paint of a great Rr at work. Very good cond. Like new. HC Horizontal format, 128 pag all color
ours $31.95pb
Union Pacific Railroad Freight cars of
the 1950’s. by Greg Davies. ©1979 byMid-America Pub. First printing. Book #690. S.cvr. horizontal format. 98 pages of b&w photos and plans. Contents; Automobile, combination, insulated, flush (plug door) box cars. Flat car and depressed center. Gondola. Hopper car, (ballast type) and open hopper. Covered hopper. Ore car. Tank and stock cars. caboose. Several photos and illustrations. Book in good cond. Fold out diagram for Painting, lettering, & Numbering for box cars, flat cars, auto box cars and hopper cars
in folder in back cover. nice copy $49.95pfb
Union Pacific Railroad Painting Guide
1903-1930 common standard #22. first printing June 1981 w/color chip page.
Very good cond. ours..$29.95pfb
UP Motive Power Review 1968-77 F.Hol
Wagner, Jr ©1978 Motive Power Services, second printing. A photographic look at the changes of the UP diesel fleet over these years. Sc 120 page b&w, a few color. Good cond. with some wear on top of spine and fading on spine. All pages in
good cond. ours $29.95pb
Union Pacific’s Central Division Hub
Marysville, Kansas. by Ronald Schlichter & Wayne W. Link. ©1995 Blue River Press, with correction sheet. Covers topography, history, facilities, depots, stockyards, local industries, operations and more. HC 256 page b&w and some color photos. Good cond. DJ has small tears at top
spine. Nice copy. $49.95pb
Union Pacific’s Central Division Hub
Marysville, Kansas. by Ronald Schlichter & Wayne W. Link. ©1995 Blue River Press, with correction sheet. Covers topography, history, facilities, depots, stock yards, local industries, operations, trains symbols, special, wrecks and people. HC DJ, 256 page b&w/some color photos. Very good
cond. Still shrink wrap $64.95pfb
Union Pacific’s Central Division Hub
Marysville, Kansas. Facilities Supplement. Plastic cover, large Horizontal format 107 pages, spiral bound. Description of the yard, buildings, roundhouse, coaling station, turntable and more. Very good cond.
Still in shrink wrap. $19.95pfb
Union Pacific’s Stromsburg Branch by Jim
Reisdorff & Forrest Bahm. South Platte Press. A Pictorial review of a rural Nebraska rail line. Both steam and diesel eras showing locos, trains, stations and country side. Scvr Horizontal, 52 page b&w.Very good cond.
Like new $14.95pfb
Union Pacific’s West by Donald Sims ©1991
Trans-Anglo Books. First edition. A photographic tour of the UP in the West. Unread copy still in orig. plastic wrap.
Hc 191 page, b&w & color ours $29.95pb
USRA 2-8-8-2 Ser. Classic Power 3A Second
edition. Rewritten and expanded. USRA refined an existing design in the case of the heavy articulated 1-8-8-1. This design was the Y-2 compound of the N&W Rwy. this is the story. Scvr Horizontal, 150 pge b&w/color photos. Good cond. no cover
wear. nice copy $19.95pb
West From Omaha by Jack A. Pfeifer ©1990
Pacific Fast Mail. A wonderful collection of crisp full color photos of the western RRs taken by the author over 40 yrs. Both steam and diesel and several street railway systems. HC 207 page all color photos. Book and pages are in good cond. DJ has discoloration on front & back from light
and some small tears. $29.95pfb
West From Omaha by Jack A. Pfeifer ©1990
Pacific Fast Mail. A wonderful collection of crisp full color photos of the western RRs taken by the author over 40 yrs. Both steam and diesel and several street railway systems. HC 207 page all color photos. Book and pages are in good cond.
Book and DJ very good cond. $55.00pfb
West from Omaha by Jack Pfeifer ©1990
Pacific Fast Mail. A wonderful collection of crisp full color photos of the western RRs taken by the author over 40 yrs. Both steam and diesel and several street railway systems. HC 207 page all color photos. Book& pages in good cond. Front cover and DJ have a bump at the front to
corner, but still a nice copy. $39.95pb
Western Maryland Rwy Color Guide to
Freight and passenger Eq. by Jack Brown©1995, first printing. HC 128 page all
color. Very good cond. ours $29.95rs
Western Pacific Locomotives and Cars.
Steam, Diesel, Passenger, Freight. by Pat C.Dorin ©1998 TLC Pub, secon printing 1999. Book shows diverse equipment of the WP from 1930s until the 1985 merger w/U.P. and beyond. Hcvr no DJ 128 pge b&w Photos w/color
section. Very good cond. $$27.95rs
Western Pacific Diesel Years by J.A. Strapac ©1980, Overland Models books & Shade Tree Books. Very good cond. Nice copy HC no DJ
208 pge b&w photos ours $49.95rs
Western Steam Spectacular by Joseph A.
Strapac ©1981 Shade Tree Books, First ed. A pictorial commemorating the opening of the California State RR Museum and the Running of UP and SP steam trains to Sacramento. Scvr 64 pge b&w photos Good
cond. Nice copy $10.95pfb
Western Steam Spectacular by Joseph A.
Strapac ©1981 Shade Tree Books, First ed. A pictorial commemorating the opening of the California State RR Museum and the Running of UP and SP steam trains to Sacramento. Scvr 64 pge b&w photos Good
cond. Very slight wear on edge of spine.
ours $10.50jwb
Wheels rolling West. by Dave Styffe & Ted
Benson. ©1979 “Book explores steam and diesel years of the late 1940s and early 1950’s through the first generation diesels of the early 1960’s. Hcr. 80pge b&w nice copy. Inside tight,
clean, unread. DJ shows slight wear $9.95pfb
Yellowstone Branch of the Union Pacific
Route of the Yellowstone Special by Thornton Waite. Book covers in detail, the construction, operation and current operations of the Yellowstone branch of the UP RR. from Idaho, ID to West Yellowstone MT. Scv 98 page b&w photos, time tables, maps and more. Very good cond. Like new
Ours $29.95pb
