| Used Books; Consignment Books; For Sale; Vintage Books; Old Books; Railroad Books; Train Books; Softcover Books; Hardcover Books; Out of Print Books; |  |
Atlas HO BN GP40; HO used brass; HO Used Atlas; HO used Kato; HO used Athearn; HO used OMI; HO used Overland; HO used Overland Brass; |
|---|
We accept:  |
Updated & Uploaded to Web: April 18th, 2021 |
Home |
 |
Newest COMPLETE
|
New List Uploaded 3/21/21 |
5coconsi4-8-4 Pictorial edited by Robert J Wayner
©1970 Wayner Publications. Good cond. Minor Wear. Has bumps on top Scvr.
Horizontal format, b&w photos $7.95pfb
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
Free shipping minimum order $25.
under $25. $6. first book; +$1. ea. extra
shipped U.S.Mail/Media Mail
Free shipping Continental U.S. only
A Century of Passenger Trains A Study of
100 yrs of passenger service on the D&RGW Railway, its heirs, successors. Scvr 250 page b&w photos. Good cond. nice copy.
Good quality paper in book. $7.95 pfb
A long Look at Steam. By Robert P Olmsted
© 1965. From UP 4-8-8-4s to the Midland Coal Co. 0-6-0s. All photos have been taken by the author during more than sixteen years of traveling to view steam. HCv issued w/o Dust Jacket. 125 page. B& photos. Good cond. Two small scratches on top of front cover. All pages in very good
cond. $19.95 pfb
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
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 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 Fighting Railroads, A World War
II Pictorial history. By Don Denevi 1996 first printing May 1996. Photos of various types of locomotives, most in action hauling military movements. War time freight and passenger trains turned troop carriers. Scvr 140 page b&w. Good cond.
Nice copy $12.50 pfb
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 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
An American Journey by Rail Photos by
Dudley Witney, text by Timothy Jacobson. ©1988 W.W. Norton & Co. Hcvr 10 1/4”x13 3/4”; 200 page b&w with 110 color photos. “...you can relive the heyday of rail travel--from the bygone luxury of the private Pullman car to the Empire Builder of Amtrak.” Very nice color photos. Book in
very good, clean, tight condition. $5.90 jwb
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
Articulated Western Pacific Locomotives.
By Mark Nobel (Author) Donald Duke (Editor) Guy L. Dunscomb (Collaborator) Paperback, staple bound, 22 b&w pages. Published by, The Pacific Railway Journal. V.2,Number 8 January 1959. Pages have wrinkle from top to bottom, but otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Really in pretty nice cond Originally published in Baldwin Locomotive magazine, this article highlights the development of Baldwin's 2-8-8-2 articulated locomotives for use on the then new extension line from Keddie, CA to Bieber, CA and on the main line through the Feather River Canyon, the last steam locomotives that WP ever ordered. Also discusses the Mallet 2-6-6-2 locomotives that were also used. Detailed information and statistics on both are included. Illustrated with black and white photos. With roster of WP's steam locomotives and gradient profile of the main
WP line. 22 pages……Our Price $4.95pfb
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
B&O Steam Finale V.1 by Deane Mellander
and Bob Kaplan. Photography by William P. Price © 1986, first ed. National Railway Historical Soc. Book begins in New Jersey and works west along the Cumberland Div into west Virginia coal country and along the Ohio River. Very good cond. Nice copy Hc 120 page
all color $39.95 pfb
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 org
Big Boy by William Kratville ©1963 Barnhart
Press Pub. This is tribute to a King that ruled the Wahsatch Mountains and the high plains of Wyoming for nearly two decades. The Story of UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. Scvr 96 page b&w photos and one color photo and fold out page. Good cond. Back cover small bend at top. Front cover has
some wear. nice copy $21.95 pfb #1
Big Boy by William Kratville ©1972 Kratville
Pub. This is tribute to a King that ruled the Wahsatch Mountains and the high plains of Wyoming for nearly two decades. The Story of UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. Scvr 96 page b&w photo and fold out page. Good cond. cover and pages. Cover has some wear.
$27.95 pfb #2
Big Boy by William Kratville ©1972 Kratville
Pub. This is tribute to a King that ruled the Wahsatch Mountains and the high plains of Wyoming for nearly two decades. The Story of UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. Scvr 96 page b&w photo and fold out page. Pages good condition Cover has some wrinkles at spine
front and some wear. $24.95 pfb #3
Big Boy by William Kratville ©1972 Kratville
Pub. This is tribute to a King that ruled the Wahsatch Mountains and the high plains of Wyoming for nearly two decades. The Story of UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. Scvr 96 page b&w photo and fold out page. Pages good condition. Cover has a lot of
wear $19.95 pfb #4
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
Call The Big Hook by Samuel A. Dougherty
©1984 Golden West Books. 5 3/4”x 9” H.cover 256 pge. Text & b&w photos. Book is about the author’s years of service for the D&RGW during the transition, steam to diesel, years. It illustrates the evolution of RR safety practices that the DRGW has made during his career. Historical in nature since the events have happened, the reader will learn the cause, effect and how a given accident could have been prevented. Many photos of trains “in the ditch” at wreck scenes. Book in good cond.DJ very slight
wear. Book clean/tightPrice $10.95 jwb
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
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
Colorado’s Mountain Railroads Vol. 1
Compiled by R.A.Lemassena and R.A. Ronzio and C.S. Ryland. © 1963 first ed. The Smoking Stack Press. Scvr 112 page, b&w photos w/fold out plates. Very good cond. Nice photos of locos of various
shortlines covered. $11.95 pfb
Colorado’s Mountain Railroads Vol.2 by
R.A. Lemassena assisted by Jackson C. Thode. © 1965 first ed. The Smoking Stack Press. Scvr b&w photos w/fold out plates. V.2 is the story of the Rio Grande railroad “family”. The Denver & Rio Grande Western as well as its ancestors, the Rio Grande Western and the Rio Grande Southern. The chronology is complete from 1870 to 1965 and portrays in in detail the inter-related development of the Rio Grande’s trackage, locomotives (acquisitions and dispositions), traffic and corporate affairs.
Very good cond. Price $29.95
Colorado’s Mountain Railroads Vol. 3
Compiled by R.A.Lemassena and R.A. Ronzio and C.S. Ryland. © 1964 first ed. The Smoking Stack Press. Scvr., b&w photos w/fold out plates.V. 3 provides detailed coverage of the steam RRs that once flourished in Colorado, from the Denver & Salt Lake to the Wasatch & Jordan Valley. Each RR has a short information section (about the company and its locos) that is illustrated w/b&w photos, a map etc.
Good Cond. Nice copy $11.95 pfb
Colorado’s Mountain Railroads Vol. 4
Compiled by R.A.Lemassena and R.A. Ronzio and C.S. Ryland. © 1966 first ed. The Smoking Stack Press. Scvr 163 page b&w photos and maps. The fourth volume in this series is a supplement to V. 2 which covered the Rio Grande’s family of RRs. It includes material that wouldn’t fit into V. 2 including detailed maps of the Rio Grande’s far-flung empire and potos of the territory through which it operated. The maps, from 1915 have been updated. Good cond. Spine has wrinkles, pages in good
cond. $11.95 pfb
Colorado’s Mountain Railroads Vol. 5
Compiled by R.A.Lemassena © 1968 first ed. The Smoking Stack Press. Scvr 163 page b&w photos w/map section. V. 5 of series treats the RRs of the Colorado Plains east of the Rocky Mountains. RR’s covered; SF; CB&Q; Rock Island; Colorado Central; Colorado-Kansas, Colo and ‘southeastern, C&S, Colorado & Wyoming, The Denver, Laramie & Northwestern, The Denver & New Orleans and more. Very good cond.
Nice copy $19.95pfb
Used/Consignment book shipping;
Orders over $25.00 shipped Free by
U.S. Postal Media Mail.
Order under $25.; $6.00 first bk. $1. ea extra
Free shipping continental US only.
Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North
America Northeast U.S.A. PA. MD. DL. NJ.NY.VT.CT.NH. RI.MA.ME. Accurate Rr atlas for this large area. Sc 74 pge very
good cond. $23.95 pfb
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
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
Durango & Silverton Traveler’s Buide by Ed
Gerlits ©1994 An interesting narative on the history, geography and wildlife of the Animas River Canyon. Colorful maps, information pertaining to the operation of the trains with color photos. Scvr 30 pge all
color. Very good cond. nice copy $5.95 pfb
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 .. $53.50jwb
Fortress Railways of the Baltic Shores
by Mehis Helme ©1994 Plateway Press. Remarkable story of Esonia’s fortress Rwys in the early 1900s. Owned in turn by Imperial Russia, Germany (twice) Estonia and the Soviet Union. The story through 90 years of peace and war. Scv 80 pge b&w photos, maps, loco rosters and drawings.
Good cond. nice copy $9.95 pfb
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
Golden Rails by Wm. Kratville. Kratville
Publications, Omaha, NE 1965. 100 years of operation of UP RR.The General operation of the entire system has been recorded in the book. 314 page b&w photos, portraits, timetables and maps. Book and pages are in good cond. DJ is in poor cond.
w/tears and wear. ours $39.95 pfb
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
Great Railroad Photographs USA by Beebe
andClegg, 1994 signed by the authors, Book#185 of 2000. Hc 243 page, b&w and some color photos w/slip case. Red cloth covers, original plastic wrapper.
Very good cond. Nice copy. $99.95 pfb
Free shipping minimum order $25.
under $25. $6. first book; +$1. ea. extra
shipped U.S.Mail/Media Mail
(UPS no free used book shipping.
$10.first book; $1.50 ea. extra bk)
Free shipping Continental U.S. only
Handy Railroad Atlas of the United States
Rand McNally. Shows & identifies all U.S. RRs with mileage between key points and kinds of services offered. Railroad Model Craftsmand edition ©1971 Scvr 64 pge Front & back cover lot of wear. kSome of pages have bends at the bottom front corner. Front cover has a bend in the middle $1.95pb
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 Div- ision west to Altoona. Slight wear on back & 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
Illinois Central Steam Finale 1936-1960
Lloyd E. Stagner & Stephen A. Lee ©1994 South Platte Press first ed. A study of steam in it’s last years on IC. Scvr 108 pge b&w. Book in good cond. Bottom back cover & several pages have bump on them, but a
nice copy. $29.95pfb
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
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
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.
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
Summer 1996, V. XIX #4. B&O steam power
part 2. Diverse power at Agusta, GA. Midados of the UP, Iowa steam.
(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
LOCOMOTIVE QUARTERLY
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BOOKS.
soft cover, 72 page b&w photos
ours $7.95 ea.
LOCOMOTIVE QUARTERLY ABOVE
///////////////////////////////////
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
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
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
Free shipping minimum order $25.
under $25. $6. first book; +$1. ea. extra
shipped U.S.Mail/Media Mail
Free shipping Continental U.S. only
(UPS: no free shipping on used books when using UPS.)
UPS; $10.first book;
$1.50 ea. extra book)
Free shipping Continental U.S. only
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 (The Last 25 yrs)
by Ron rosenberg ©1973 Quadrant Press. Scvr. Horizontal format. 93 page b&w photos. Good condition. Has som wear, small bump top front cover at spine. Pages
in good condition. $9.95pfb
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
Norfolk & Western Steam (The Last 25 yrs)
by Ron rosenberg ©1973 Quadrant Press. Scvr. Horizontal format. 93 page b&w photos. Good condition. Has som wear, small bump top front cover at spine. Pages
in good condition. $9.95pfb
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
North American Hudsons the 4-6-4 steam
Locomotive by Lloyd e. Stagner, edited by James J. Reisdorff ©1987 South Platte Press, First Ed. Book describes in detail the 4-6-6-’s owned by 16 major American RRs and CN,CP, and Rwy of Mexico and how they were used. Book in good cond. Spine has bump at top. Pages in good cond. Scv 108 page b&w
photos $29.95pfb
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
Northern Pacific Color Pictorial V. 3 by Wm.R
Kuebler, Jr. Four Ways West Publ 1998. Hcvr 128 page b&w and color photos. Autographed by author. Book has clean, crisp pages and tight binding. Unread cond. like new.
Ours $99.95 jwb
On Memory Siding. 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
Pacific Fruit Express ;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. $74.95pfb
Pacific Fruit Express by Anthony W.
Thomson, Robert J.Church and Bruce H. Jones. Signature Press July 2000 second ed. Hcv. 464 page.744 photos, 54 in color, a superb system map, 52 other drawings and graphics, and additional materials resulting in an outstanding package of RR and west- ern history. Has two small white spots on top of DJ. Otherwise in very good, unread
condition. $59.95 pb
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 K-4’s Remembered. By Frederick
Kramer 1992, Bells & Whistles Pub. 4-6-2 class K-4, The Keystone of Steam Passenger power. Scvr 32 page, b&w photos.
Very good cond. Nice copy $8.95 pb
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 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
Portrait of the Rails from steam to Diesel
by Don Ball, Jr ©1972 New York graphic Society. Introduction by David P. Morgan. The book chronicles America’s most colorful industrial transition: the change over fo the Rr industry from steam to the diesel. Hc 295 page b&w photos. Book is in good cond. DJ in poor cond. small tears
front & back $7.95 pfb
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 An American Journey by Don
Ball, Jr. © 1995, New York Graphic Society. Mr. Ball plunges into “real railroad country” far from the beaten path. He highlights his own RR adventure. Very good cond. Nice copy Hc 285 page b&w
photos. $9.95 pfb
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. 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 Steam in Color by Jeremy F. Plant
1996 Morning Sun Books. First printing Hcvr 128 page all color. Very good
cond. $29.98 pfb
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
Rio Grande Ski Train by Steve Patterson &
Kentron Forrest. ©Tramway, Inc. The whole story of this interesting and unique Train. Sc 63 pge b&w photos. Top front and back cover and all pages have some bend damages.
(2) each $3.95 pb
Rio Grande Ski Train by Steve Patterson &
Kentron Forrest. ©1984 Tramway, Inc. The whole story of this interesting and unique Train. Sc 63 pge b&w photos.
Good Cond $9.95pb
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
Roaring U50’s by Rev. Harold Keekley
©1978 George R. Cockle & Associates. #1325 of 5000. Union Pacific’s Twin Diesels. A detailed look at UP’s U50 diesel locos. Sdv 90 page, b&w/color photos. Good cond.
ours $39.95 pfb
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
Santa Fe, Burlington Northern & Montana
Rail Link 1995 Loco Directory. by Robert D. Del Grosso ©1995 Great Northern Pacific Publications. Sc 133 pge b&w. good
condition, nice copy $9.95pfb
Santa Fe Locomotive 3751 4-8-4 by Brian B.
Brooks & Wm Plunkett. ©San Bernardino RR Historical Soc. History, restoration, operation, employee recognition and excursion train trip from Los Angeles to Chicago and back Aug. and Sept 1992. SC 21 pge color/b&w. Very good cond.
$12.95 pfb
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.
Ours $59.95jwb
Free shipping minimum order $25.
under $25. $6. first book; +$1. ea. extra
shipped U.S.Mail/Media Mail
Free shipping Continental U.S. only
(UPS: no free shipping on used books when using UPS.)
UPS; $10.first book;
$1.50 ea. extra book)
Free shipping Continental U.S. only
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
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
Steam With Variation by Richard F. Lind
© 1966. Steam with variation. Many nice steam loco photos on poor quality paper in the book. Book is in good cond. w/some wear. Sc large size book, 112 page b&w
photos. $9.95 pfb
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 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 Legacy of the Union Pacific Big
Boy, by James J. Reisdorff and Michael Bartels. South Platte Press, first printing April 2006. Why railfans still love the”World’s Largest Steam Locomotive.” This book will pick up the story of UP Big Boys at the point where most other works on the subject have ended. Scvr 64 page b&w.
Very good cond. Like new $49.5 pfb
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 Contemporary Diesel Spotter’s Guide
A comprehensive reference manual to Locos since 1972; 2nd ed. ©1995 Kalmbach books by Louis A. Marre. Railroad Reference Series #14. How to identify diesel locos quickly and easily. Including rebuilding, upgrading and leasing programs. SC horizontal 351 pge, b&w
photos. Very good cond. Nice copy $3.95pb
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 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 Trank 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 Handsomest Trains in the World.
Passenger service on the Lehigh Valley RR. by William T. Greenbertg Jr and Fred Kramer w/Theodore F. Gleichmann, Jr. ©1978 Quadrant Press. interesting history of the LV. Good cond. nice copy Sc 120 pge b&w. Book is in
good cond. Cover has some wear. $10.95pfb
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 RR 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 History of the Union Pacific RR in Cheyenne A Pictorial Odyssey to the Mecca
of Steam. by Robert Darwin ©1987. Hcvr. horizontal format 16x11 1/4” 386 b&w pages. What is presented here is a compelling visual narrative of the pre-eminent RR of the West and of the great terminal it built on the Wyoming plain. Like the UP itself, the size of this book is impressive, with many of its images reproduced full-page, dramatically en- compassing the reader with their infinite detail and overwhelming presence. Book has many previously-unpublished photos. Book is in clean, unused, unread condition. DJ
excellent also. our price $219.99 jwb
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 Last of Steam by Joe G. Collias ©1960,
Howell-North Books. A pictorial pagent of the waning years of steam RRing in the U.S. Hcv 269 page b&w photos. Book is in good cond. DJ is in poor condition
w/wear and tears. $39.95 pfb
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 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 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 Outer Station, Reading Pennsylvania
by Ben L. Bernhart edited by John L. Bernhart ©1991 This book records the history of the station. Scvr 95 pge b&w photos. Front cover and first few pages have a small bump at the top. Book is in good
cond. Our price $7.95 pb
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 Pacific Northwest Railroads of McGee and Nixon, by Richard Green. 1997
Northwest Short Lines; HC, Horizontal format, 259 page, b&w/color photos. Autographed copy 3-1-’98. A collection of the best photos of Warren McGee and Ron Nixon. Photos of Milw. Rd; Great Northern, Northern Pacific, SP&S, UP, Butte, Anaconda & Pacific and Spokane International. Class photographs of equipment during the 1940-1970 period.
Very good cond. Nice copy $39.95 pb
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
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 Rio Grande Southern II, An ultimate
pictorial study. Compiled by Richard Dorman 1994, first ed. The second volume of a two set study utilizing old and older photos of the RGS RR circa 1891-1952. The RGS comes to life in this superlative photo packed volume. Hcv horizontal format. 344 page b&w and three color illustrations. Very nice cond. Little wear on Dust jacket.
Our price $97.50 pfb
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 Train Watcher’s Guide to North
American RRs ©1992 Kalmbach books.. A contemporary reference to the major RRS of US. Canada, and Mexico. Compiled by George H. Drury Sc 288 pge Horizontal. b&w
photos & maps. Good cond. nice copy. $2.95pfb
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 Union Pacific Type V. 1 The story of
UP’s 3 cylinder power by Wm W. Kratville and John E. Bush. Numerous b&w photos, illustrations, diagrams, charts, roster and index. Very good cond. Like new, still in original shrink wrap. HC Horizontal format
300 pages, b&w photos. $169.00 pb
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. $140.00pb
The War Engines by Wm W. Kratville
© 1986 Barnhart Press. C&O 2-8-8-2s and N&W 2-8-8-2 locos on the Union Pacific during WWII. Good cond. Nice copy Scvr 64
page b&w photos . $39.95 pfb
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 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
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
Ticket to Toltec by Doris B. Osterwald
Western Guideways, Ltd 1992. Second edition signed by author. A mile by mile guide for the Cumbres & Toltec scenic RR. Your personal guide for America’s longest and highest narrow gauge steam railroad. Scvr 128 pge b&w/color photos.
Good cond. $9.95pfb
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
Trolley Cars, Street Cars, Trams and
Trolleys of North America. A photographic history. by Frank Sullivan & Fred Winkowski. Motorbook International.
Scvr Horizontal format. 128 page b&w and color. Pages in good cond. Cover has wear and bend top back corner. $9.95 HB
Turbines Westward by Thos. R. Lee © 1975,
T.Lee Publications. First printing. The story of that unique chapter in RR history because UP was the only RR to own such power. Hcv 160 page, b&w photos. All 59 of the engines in action and at rest. Book is in good cond DJ has some small tears, spine of DJ is faded, pages in
good cond. $24.95pfb
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
Two Feet Between the Rails V.II The
Mature Years. by Robert C. Jones ©1980 Sundance books. first printing july 1980 SIGNED by author. The Sandy River and Rangley Lakes RR in Maine. Hcvr 416 pge b&w and several color photos. Good cond. nice copy $99.95pfb
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
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 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 #3985 by Wm E.Botkin,
Ronald C. Hill, R.H. Kindig. Colorado RR Museum. A nice coverage of UP4-6-6-4 3985. Very good cond. Horizontal format 63
page b&w photos. $9.95 pb
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’s 8444 by Harold A.
Edmonson and David Goodheart, 1989 Goodheart Publications. Large 9 x 11 ½” pamphlet on UP’s FEF-3 4-8-4 #844/8444 Scvr 16 page Outstanding color photos on high-quality glossy paper. Photos of 844 and 8444 at various locations on its travels. Several photos with American Freedom train SP #4449. Three pages of “the Greyhound”.
Very good cond. Like New $19.95 pfb
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 Locomotives V.2 Wm. Krat-
ville & Harold E. Ranks ©1960 first Printing. Including OSl, OWR&N, LA&SL, SJ&GI, LNP&W. Mechanical details, diagrams, drawings. B&W photos. Blue plastic spiral bound card cover, Horizonatl format 166 pages. Gooc cond. covers have wear, front cover and pages have bump at bottom front. Other than bump, pages are in
good cond $39.95pfb
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, 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 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.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.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.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.22 UP 2-8-0; #105-275; 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
Items above Horizontal format, soft cover
black & white photos.
////////////////////////////////
Union Pacific Railroad A railroad color
history by Brian Solomon 2000 MBI Pub co. History of one of America’s landmark RRs. Scv 128 page b&w and color
photos. Very god cond. $13.95pfb
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 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’s Cheyenne Facilities
1868-2015. By A.J. Wolff and J.L. Ehernberger © 2015 first printing sept. 2014. The content of this book is to photographically present the changes that have occurred in the UP yard and shop complex in Cheyenne since 1868. Hcv issued w/no DJ. 128 page b&w and color photos.
Very good cond. Like new $39.95pfb
Union Pacific Color Guide to Freight and
passenger equipment. V.2 by Lou Schmitz Morning Sun Pub 1996. Hc 128 page all color. Very good cond.
Nice copy $39.95pfb
Union Pacific FEF-3 Class 4-8-4 Locomotive
Drawings edited by William C. Fitt, Wilwood Publications. Photographed from original UP records. Schematic diagrams, many which fold out. Scv 50 page. Oversized Horizontal 17”x11” b&w photos. Good cond. Little wear on covers,
but nice copy $87.00pfb
Union Pacific Equipment A comprehensive
survey.by Wm. W. Kratville and Harold E. Ranks. © 1969 Kratville Publications. Authentic diagrams and pictures of most series of every general type of freight, passenger and non-revenue equipment that were used in making this a comprehensive work. Hc Horizontal format 143 page. Issued w/out D.Jacket. Pages are in good cond. Hard cover has wear and dent on bottom right corner.
B&w photos. $29.95 pfb
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 Locomotives V.1 Wm. Krat-
ville & Harold E. Ranks. Barnhart Press ©1960. First Printing. Diagrams, Mechanical info and b&w detail photographs. Wite plastic spiral bound card cover, Horizontal format. Front cover has bend from top to bottom. Pages and back cover are in good cond. Cover has some
wear. $29.95pfb
Union Pacific Locomotives V.2 Wm. Krat-
ville & Harold E. Ranks ©1960 first Printing. Including OSl, OWR&N, LA&SL, SJ&GI, LNP&W. Mechanical details, diagrams, drawings. B&W photos. Blue plastic spiral bound card cover, Horizonatl format 166 pages. Gooc cond. covers have wear, front cover and pages have bump at bottom front. Other than bump, pages are in
good cond $39.95pfb
Union Pacific Modeler V.2 by Terry
Metcalf, 1996 Metcalf Pub. Two bay cvd hopper cars. Sherman Hill April 7, 1978. 350,000 gal water tanks. UP fast Forties. Steel cupola cabooses and more. Scvr 96 pge b&w and color photos. Good cond. Has small tear at top of spine cover. Pages in good
cond. $14.95 pb
Union Pacific Modeler 1994 Metcalfe Pub.
C-30-7 modeling. Passenger Trains in 1956. CA-1 caboose. Intermountain 4750 cov. Hoppers. Life Like SD-7 painting. Mail
Train in 1957. Very good cond. $19.95 pfb
Union Pacific Northwest, The Oregon-
Washington Railroad Navigation Co. by Jeff Asay, Pacific Fast Mail. A history that offers fresh insight into the prominent part the UP RR and its predecessors played in the development of one of America’s most important regions. Hcv 335 page b&w
photos. Very good cond $59.95pfb
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 Official Color Photography,
book #1 by Robert A. Lemassena and Robert J. Yanosey © 1993 first printing. This collection of photos and text presents an intimate glimpse of the smoke and grease and sweat and paint of a great RR at work. Good cond. DJ has long tear at top front, middle. (repaired) Pages in very goodcond. Hc Horizontal format 128 page,
all color. $24.95 pfb
Union Pacific Official Color Photography
Book #2 by Lou Schmitz and Robert Y. Yanosey Hcvr 128 page all color. Like
New. Nice copy $44.95 pfb
Union Pacific Power V.2 by Dick Winegar,
1996, Willamette Falls Pub. Historical roster of diesel, turbine and electric Locomotives. Six Axle Hi-Tech diesel 1986-1996. Scvr 217 page, 36 pages of b&w
photos. Very good cond. $19.95 pfb
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 8444 by Harold A.
Edmonson and David Goodheart, 1989 Goodheart Publications. Large 9 x 11 ½” pamphlet on UP’s FEF-3 4-8-4 #844/8444 Scvr 16 page Outstanding color photos on high-quality glossy paper. Photos of 844 and 8444 at various locations on its travels. Several photos with American Freedom train SP #4449. Three pages of “the Greyhound”.
Very good cond. Like New $19.95 pfb
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 “Challenger”, An unusual
passenger trains 1935-1971. By Patrick C. Dorn TLC Publishing 2001. The story of the “Challengers,” a family of economy trains serving passengers between Chicago and the West from the depths of the depression until after WWII. The resumption of service in the mid 1950s. Scvr 78 page b&w and color photos. Very good
copy $18.95 pb
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
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
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
