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Santa Fe 1940-1971 In Color Volume 1: Chicago-Kansas City
By Lloyd E. Stagner
The first in a four volume series of the finest vintage AT&SF color available. This series shows Santa Fe steam at its best and at least one of every diesel class that the road had during this period. This first volume features such rarities as “The Blue Goose,” E3’s, Baldwin center-cabs, FT’s in passenger service, and much more, all in full color. 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe 1940-1971 In Color Volume 2: Kansas City-Albuquerque
By Lloyd E. Stagner
A true Santa Fe classic! See rare DL109s in Kansas City and then spend a day in 1946 as everything from 2-10-2s to FTs pass by. Watch as 2-10-4s help F7s thru Abo Canyon and E1s glide over Raton Pass. Joint Line steam and early diesels in abundance. 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe Intermountain West.; Colorado Railroad Annual #23
Raton Mountain Journal + more.

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Santa Fe Power In Color V1: Alco, Baldwin, & FM (incl. misc. Builders & Slugs
By Ed Mackinson
Santa Fe's diesel power was diverse and fascinating. Volume 1 includes units from Alco, Baldwin, Fairbanks-Morse, and miscellaneous builders! 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe Power In Color V2: Electro-Motive E, F & Cowl Units
By Ed Mackinson
Santa Fe's Electro-Motive cab units are icons of American Railroading. In this volume, we explore the company's E, F, and cowl locomotive types.128 pages, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe Power In Color V3: Electro-Motive E, Switchers and Four-Axle Hood Units
By Ed Mackinson
Electro-Motive power played a huge role in moving Santa Fe trains. In this volume, we cover the four-axle hood units, from pre-WWII switchers to Warbonnet GP60Ms! 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe Power In Color V4: Electro-Motive Six-Axle Hood Units
By Ed Mackinson
For many years, six-axle Electro-Motive roadswitchers were the backbone of Santa Fe's mainline freight service. Volume 4 features them all, from the SD24s of 1959 to the "Warbonnet" SD75Ms of Santa Fe's final days! 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe Power In Color V5: General Electric Locomotives and Santa Fe's Entry into BNSF
By Ed Mackinson
The final volume features the many General Electric locomotives operated by Santa Fe. Included is a review of Santa Fe locomotives as they were assimilated into the BNSF system! 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe the Final Years 1980-1986 in Color V. 1 Chicago to Belen, Raton and Denver
By Jerry A. Pinkepank
The colorful last years of the Santa Fe saw red and yellow SPSF liveries mix with red and silver "Super Fleet" warbonnets, as Volume 1 takes across the Transcon from Chicago to Belen and along the Front Range from Denver over Raton. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe the Final Years 1980-1986 in Color V. 2 Belen to California Texas Lines
By Jerry A. Pinkepank
A definitive look back at the last years of this fallen flag. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe Through Passenger Service in Color V. 1
By Greg Stout
A train by train look at the Santa Fe's premier passenger services. From the SUPER CHIEF and El CAPITAN to the SAN DIEGAN. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.
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Santa Fe Through Passenger Service in Color V. 2
By Greg Stout
The second tier mainline trains are examined across the entire Santa Fe system. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.
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Seaboard Coast Line in Color
By William G. McClure III
The motive power of the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line railroads were merged to form this new system in 1967 and were later augmented by new power. 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Seattle to Los Angeles Route Map
Handy guide to today's passenger trains traveling from Seattle to Los Angeles, via Tacoma, Portland, Eugene, Sacramento, Emeryville, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. Includes extensions northward to Vancouver, British Columbia, and southward to San Diego. Designed for quick reference in the field or on the train using a narrow format that fits in your pocket or camera bag. Each page highlights approximately 50 miles of track and provides the location of both passenger stops and the host railroad's freight stations along the way. All passenger stations and many other points are identified using GPS coordinates given in latitude and longitude. This allows you to track your progress while travelling on the train with a GPS unit or to catch the train while railfanning trackside. In addition, radio frequencies of road channels used on the route are shown on each page and in an index at the back. 42 pages, B&W, Softcover.
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SEPTA Rail Operations In Color
By Olev Taremae and Michael Murray, OSFS
SEPTA Rail Operations in Color traces the history of commuter rail services in the Philadelphia region, starting with the agencies that preceded SEPTA through today! Photographs and captions illustrate SEPTA’s Regional Rail operations, past and present. Photographs and rosters feature its full range of equipment. SEPTA’s other rail-related operations are all sampled. 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Soo Line/CP Rail In The Twin Cities; A Color Pictorial
By Dean Freimund
Study and savor many colorful, dramatic images of Soo Line and CP Rail operations in the Twin Cities and outlying terminals from 1985-2015. A former employee who worked the extra board for ten years examines many of the locomotives and most of the jobs and the routes over which the crews hauled freight, interchanged cars with other railroads and serviced customers throughout the beautiful and busy service area. 144 pages, Map, 400 Color Photos, Hardcover.

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Soo Line Power In Color Volume 1: Switchers & Covered Wagons
By Stephen M. Timko
Kicking off our coverage of Soo Line Power, in Volume 1 you'll find 300 color photos of Soo Line’s switchers and covered wagons! Alco, EMD (and EMC), Baldwin, Fairbanks-Morse, and a lone GE are featured, as is a single yard slug! Also included are company F3a, F7s, FP7s and FA-1s. 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Soo Line Power In Color Volume 2: Early Road Switchers 1945-1965 (RS-1s to GP35s)
By Stephen M. Timko
Features early roadswitchers from the Alco RS-1 to the EMD GP35s! GP7s, GP9s, GP30s, and rebuild variations are included, as are the Baldwin Road Switchers. Fuel tenders, cabooses, and rare Soo Line miscellanea round it out! 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Soo Line Power In Color Volume 3: Modern Road Power 1966-2020
By Stephen M. Timko
GP and SD models built in LaGrange and London are featured, including rare SD40As, SD39, SD60s and SD60Ms, SDL39s, GP15C,s and GP39-2s! For variety there’s also an SD40B, and a pair of SD45s, as well as the common GP40s and GP38-2s. Rounding out coverage is the elusive 10-unit order for GE U30Cs. 128 pages, Hardcover.
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Southern Pacific 1960s - 1990s V.1 Sacramento to Sparks. Story behind the Picture Revised Edition
By David Houston
This is an extensively edited second printing of the first book in the Story Behind the Picture series. Featured are 144 pages of quality Southern Pacific and Amtrak photos from the 1960s to the 1990s, guaranteed to bring back memories of the way it was, with 99% of them in color. The previously unpublished works of David Houston are proudly presented in large format, just as they were photographed. Enjoy seeing Sacramento, Roseville and the mighty Sierra Nevada's as they were. Beautiful scenes of snow removal including rotaries, flangers and spreaders in action! 144 pages, Color & B&W, Hardcover.
$69.95
$56.95
Southern Pacific 4-8-0 Locos
By J.A.Strapac & Tom Dill
A new book by noted Steam and Diesel authority Joe Strapac and Tom Dill, detailing the history of the 4-8-0 steam locomotives owned by the Southern Pacific. The SP rostered 84 engines in several classes and the various changes to them are documented throughout the book. Illustrating the text are numerous unpublished photos from the cameras of noted railroad photographers H.L. Arey and H.H Arey as well as Robert McFarland, Bert Ward, Gerald Best and others. A chapter on tenders by Arnold S. Menke and a comprehensive roster is included, along with engine diagrams, division assignments and engine dispositions.
208 pages, B&W, Hardcover.
SPHTS
$49.95
$43.95
Southern Pacific Freight Car Painting and Lettering Guide
By Dick Harley & Anthony W. Thompson
This guide has been designed as a companion to the Southern Pacific Painting & Lettering Guide for locomotive and passenger cars published by the SPH&TS in 2013. It illustrates how Southern Pacific (and subsidiaries) owned freight cars were painted and lettered over the years, as well as PMT trucking equipment used in TOFC service and rail cars from wholly-owned rail car leasing companies Evergreen and Golden West. Extensive coverage of painting and lettering practices for Pacific Fruit Express equipment is also included. Coverage begins with the emergence of Common Standard practices in the 1880s (1906 for PFE) and continues through 1996. All information in this volume is based on official SP and Pacific Fruit Express, car and locomotive builder documents, plans and drawings. This book will be useful as a tool for historians and modelers. 192 pages, Color, Horizontal Format, Hardcover.
SPHTS
$80.00
$66.95
Southern Pacific & The KM Hydraulics (2nd Edition)
By Robert J. Zenk
The definitive story of Southern Pacific’s high-reaching experiment in horsepower, tech and traction is back — this time in an expanded second publication. Southern Pacific & The KM Hydraulics: Second Edition features the full story of SP’s remarkable foray into imported road diesel power during the great horsepower race of the 1960s. Drawing richly upon never-before-seen materials from the U.S. and abroad, author Robert J. Zenk weaves a compelling tale of SP’s audacious spirit of mechanical and corporate innovation meeting the hope-filled ambition of the German postwar economic boom. Quality hardcover printing with fine color throughout, the book is lavishly illustrated with archival material from deep inside German and American operations. KM Hydraulics traces a surprisingly logical evolution of thought leading to an experiment perhaps doomed to fail, but nevertheless leaving a permanent imprint on U.S. motive power and an indelible visual spectacle for fans of the Southern Pacific. 2014’s First Edition from SPH&TS sold out almost immediately; this Second Edition expands on the original’s breadth and depth of coverage with 80 new pages, expanded text, rich with new illustrations and accounts, and a bounty of additional images by some of SP’s finest photographers.
New for this edition:

• New photos by Steinheimer, Benson, Heard, Patterson, Taylor
• Expanded tech sections on Voith hydraulic transmissions & Maybach motors
• Drawings and coverage of little-known design proposals by KM and others
• Expanded coverage of competing Alco Model DH-643
• Complete account of the restoration of SP 9010, the sole survivor
• New chapter on Southern Pacific KMs in scale
80+ Drawings, 384 pages, Color and B&W Photos - Many never published, Horizontal Format, Hardcover.
SPH&TS
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$74.95
Southern Pacific in San Francisco
By John R. Signor
While it could be argued that Sacramento, California, was the point from which the vast Southern Pacific Railroad system grew, it was San Francisco which became the nucleus of wealth, power and political influence that was to become the Southern Pacific Co. Here the railroad system was planned, financed and managed. Southern Pacific was one of the first large corporations to make San Francisco its headquarters and was for many years California’s largest employer, and largest land owner – except for the federal government – in most of the states it operated in. Underscoring the city’s importance, San Francisco was milepost zero in a system that identified the location of all points of the vast Southern Pacific Railroad, west of El Paso, by their distance from San Francisco. Within the city itself, SP employed thousands of people over the years in its offices, shops, yards and on its trains, streetcars, ferries and steamships. The railroad gave unselfishly to the relief work that followed the earthquake and fire of 1906. Yet is is in San Francisco that we find the origin of the sobriquet, “the Octopus,” which appeared in editorials criticizing the company’s monopoly of the city’s streetcar systems, long before the popular novel of the same name was published. The opulence of its high-ranking officials added fuel to the fire. San Francisco was the only point on the former Southern Pacific system – or west of the Mississippi for that matter – that has enjoyed daily commuter rail service for nearly 160 years, mostly under SP management. And it was out of San Francisco that the last of SP mainline steam locomotives operated. Southern Pacific moved into what would become its final decades of activity in San Francisco with a spirit of optimism and innovation, yet railroad freight operations eventually withered under intense pressure from other forms of transportation, competition from the Port of Oakland, mergers, and the flight of rail-served industry and warehousing from the city in the face of escalating property values. At this point, Southern Pacific’s greatest asset was the critical real estate it controlled in the city, which it attempted to leverage for much-needed cash. Ultimately by 1996, and the merger with the Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific for all intents and purposes had disappeared from San Francisco entirely. This then is the story of the rise and fall of this once great corporation in San Francisco in all of its manifestations spanning 132 years, focusing primarily on its rail operations within the San Francisco Terminal.
344 pages, 560 Photos, 33 Maps, B&W/Color, Hardcover.
Sph&ts
$80.00
$69.95
Southern Pacific Official Color Photography V. 1
By Anthony W. Thompson
Travel along with SP "company" photographers as they cover assignments to capture steam-powered freights and passenger trains, new diesels and special events in full color. These photos were commissioned by the SP in the late 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s for all types of corporate purposes — advertising, brochures, annual reports, etc. Straight from the corporate archives — many never before seen! 128 pages, Hardcover, Color.
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Southern Pacific Los Angeles Division
By John Signor, SPH&TS
From the first stirring of a Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad locomotive in January 1869, to the merger with Union Pacific on September 11, 1996, Southern Pacific’s Los Angeles Division in all of its manifestations was an engine of growth and prosperity in Southern California. It employed many thousands over the years in its offices, shops and trains. It brought settlers west, established towns, brought war workers in and sent the troops home. Much has been written about the Southern Pacific and its subsidiaries in the Southland. This volume was conceived to augment these works by tracing the long and involved operating history of the Southern Pacific as it first helped to create Southern California, then later adapted to cope with its explosive growth. Accompanying the text are over 1,000 photographs—most never published, including 456 in color—timetables and other ephemera, and 76 maps, many of which are rendered in the author’s unique “bird’s eye view” style.With Los Angeles as a destination of significance from the beginning, the author has been able to draw from a wealth of historic material on the subject, preserved by the railway itself, official repositories, interested employees and other individuals which includes photographs, first hand experiences and the day-to-day paperwork that documented how SP operated in Southern California. Southern Pacific’s Los Angeles Division is sure to find a place on the book shelves of those interested in the SP, or the history of Southern California as a whole. 584 pages, Hardcover.
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Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way Equipment
By K.W. Harrison
From the Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society is an exhaustive catalog of maintenance of way equipment on the Southern Pacific and subsidiary lines. More than twenty years in the making, Kenneth Harrison documents more than fifty thousand maintenance of way cars and equipment with over 1,200 photographs, hundreds never before published. Subsidiary lines covered include the T&NO (and predecessors), Cotton Belt, SD&AE, SP de Mexico, NWP and Pacific Electric. Equipment coverage is broken down into the following groups: flangers, spreaders, snow plows, wrecking (relief) cranes, relief outfits, pile drivers, shovels, ditchers, boarding cars, roadway water cars, roadway box, roadway flats, roadway ballast, test and supply cars, shop switchers and many system oddities. 496 pages, B&W and Color Photos, Horizontal Hardcover. Also included is a CD-ROM with all available roster information for all subsidiary lines.
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$149.95
$122.90
Southern Pacific Power In Color Volume 1: Switchers, Slugs, and Passenger Hood Units
By Ed Mackinson
During the last quarter-century of its existence, the Southern Pacific had a very large and diverse diesel roster. Volume One explores the many types of yard power and passenger hood units that graced the railroad's "Golden Empire" in the years 1971 through 1996. 128 pages, Hardcover, Color.
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Southern Pacific Power In Color Volume 2: Switchers, Geeps and More
By Ed Mackinson
During its last quarter-century, Southern Pacific used many models of locomotives, and older and newer power often worked side-by-side. Volume 2 illustrates most of the four-axle roadswitchers, some of the six-axle units, and the last few Fs in use during this fascinating period. 128 pages, Hardcover, Color.
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Southern Pacific Power In Color Volume 3: Six-axles, Eight-axles, and GP60's
By Ed Mackinson
The big road power purchased by EsPee in the years prior to the merger with UP is examined in this final volume of the series. 128 pages, Hardcover, Color.
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Southern Pacific Rails Motive Power Finale
By Peter Limas, Dave Crammer, Kevin EuDaly, Tim Johnson and Steve Smedley
This Southern Pacific pictorial shows the system just after the merger with Union Pacific. It showcases the Golden State Route, a day at the ICTF, and the Huntington Beach branch, covers the merger with UP and locomotive acquisitions from 1986-1998. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and a color section. With extensive locomotive roster (with pictures of prototypes for each class) and system map. 160 pages, 16 in Color, Hardcover.
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Southern Pacific Through Passenger Service In Color
By Greg Stout
A railroad that spared no expense to attract passengers, and then spared no effort to drive them away. A look at Southern Pacific's passenger service from the postwar period to the Amtrak era. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.
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Southern Pacific's Golden Empire 1954-1958
By Joe Dale Morris and Rod Crossley
Travel the Golden Empire through the cameras of John B. Hungerford and Harold F. Stewart in more than 495 mostly never-before-published photographs in color. Mr. Hungerford, an author and printing company owner, traveled California and the west from one end to the other focusing on the action of the Southern Pacific Railroad's main lines, branch lines, narrow gauge, Nacozari Branch and interchange railroads. Harold Stewart, a Motorman with the Pacific Electric and later a Locomotive Engineer with the Southern Pacific, traveled throughout the west photographing the SP and other railroad companies. You'll see first hand the photographs as observed through the extraordinary cameras of Misters Hungerford and Stewart. Considering the era, 98 percent of the book is of steam locomotives at work. Includes some nice photographs of the Magma Arizona, Pickering Lumber and Ferrocarril de Nacozari. 296 pages, Color Photos, Hardcover.
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Southern Railway in Color V. 2
By Alton Lanier
The sequel to Southern Railway in Color by Fred Cheney and Dave Sweetland (which sold out quickly and is no longer available) is this new 128-page hardcover book containing over 240 vintage views of the Southern. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.
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Southern Railway Through Passenger Service in Color
By Greg Stout
An examination of Southern’s passenger fleet – its trains, motive power, rolling stock and operations – from the 1940’s until its reluctant entrance into Amtrak in 1979. 128 pages, Color and B&W, Roster, Hardcover.
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SP Trainline; Winter 2024 #158
Remembering the Daylight. High Noon on Cotton Belt + more.
$15.00
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Steam By the Numbers
By Brian Solomon
Delving into the intricate details of locomotive evolution, this captivating book explores over 30 wheel arrangements, from common types like the 4-4-0 American and the 4-6-2 Pacific, to rare variations and articulated locomotives. Steam by the Numbers answers many questions about steam locomotive evolution, explaining the reasons why so many wheel arrangements were developed. Brian Solomon helps you understand why a fast passenger locomotive was not well-suited to heavy freight service, or why a big articulated locomotive that performed well on heavy, slow coal trains in the mountains would not be a good choice for fast freight in the Midwest.

This book explores over 30 wheel arrangements, uncovering the history, development, and operational significance of each arrangement, shedding light on why locomotives varied based on duty, geography, and era. 

You'll get into the history of each wheel arrangement, explaining:

  • Why each was developed
  • When it appeared
  • The major railroads using them
  • How many were built
  • How long they operated
This book is perfect for railfans, as well as modelers who like to choose and operate models more realistically.

224 pages, 9 Color photos, Softcover.

Kalm
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Steel Mill Railroads of Chicago and Northwest Indiana
By John T. Eagan, Jr.
The largest concentration of steel mills and their associated support industries are in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana region. This title closely examines the steel industry in and around that area, with complete coverage of the locomotives, specialty cars, and facilities that help to make steel and its byproducts. The famous Hot Metal Train is covered in detail. Most of the photographs were taken within the confines of the mills themselves and show the daily operation of the steel mill railroads! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.
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