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Take the Pike’s Peak Route Passenger Trains on The colorado Midland 1887-1900
Colorado Rail Annujal #34
By Adrian & Art Hundausen
This Colorado Railroad Museum's latest Annual is the result of authors Adrian and Art Hundhausen's lifelong interest in the Colorado Midland Railroad. This is a book that fans of the Colorado Midland won't want to miss! The road's history from 1887 to 1900 is detailed, along with the human side of the Midland narrative. Colorful stories found in this new volume include the trials and tribulations of Midland employees, drunken Swedish miners who fell off the train, and a father chasing his runaway daughter to Leadville serve as fascinating examples. Interesting chapters such as "Spooky Victorian Railroad Stations and Hotels", "Ride With a Mormon to Old Mexico," and "Trip With a Kodak over Hagerman Pass" compel further reading. Salient topics - such as the 1894 Cripple Creek Strike and the Pullman boycott in Colorado - are covered in much greater detail than in previous books. A selection of timetables and advertising brochures is faithfully reproduced, showcasing the vivid color and imaginative illustrations used by CM in the 19th century. Plentiful diagrams of Pullman cars, maps of Midland trackage, and schematics of depots are included. 368 pages, 461 Illustrations, including 86 in full color, 27 Maps, Hardcover.

The 400 Story, C&NW passenger Trains
By Jim Scribbins
Three midwestern railroads introduced luxury passenger service in 1935, competing for Chicago–Twin Cities business and leisure travelers. Chicago and North Western’s modern, sleek, and fast rail line began with a conventional steam-powered train dubbed the “400” and named after its ambitious schedule: “400 miles in 400 minutes.” In 1939, it evolved into an even faster diesel-powered streamlined train, eventually expanding into a fleet of streamliners that served Wisconsin, Minnesota, and upper Michigan. 225 B&W pages.

The Classic Western American Railroad Routes
By Bruce Clement Cooper
In 1869 the east and west coasts of the USA were at last linked by rail, launching what is now known as the “golden age of the railroad.” Within twenty years several other major transcontinental routes had been opened, and the railroad companies who had invested millions of dollars need to attract both freight and passengers. To celebrate these pioneering routes, the railroad companies, enterprising publishers and even the United States Geological Service, produced a large quantity of colorful literature, including souvenir books, foldout postcards and illustrated maps. This exciting volume, packed with rare railroadiana and expertly-written text, brings those wonderful days back to life! 320 pages, B&W and Color, Hardcover.

The Comprehensive Guide to Conrail Cabooses
By Rudy Garbely & Conrail Historical Society
Conrail was formed just before the end of the caboose era which will make this title more interesting as the predecessor railroads of Conrail were from the caboose era. As with all early Conrail operations, the many paint schemes of the cabooses, cars and locomotives make for a great color book. Plus add in the roster of over 2,500 cabooses, this will be a great reference title, too. The Garbely Publishing Company has partnered with The Conrail Historical Society to produce the definitive guide to Conrail cabooses. Authored by GPCo (and CRHS) president Rudy Garbely with contributions from The CRHS staff, this book will include all 35 classes of Conrail cabooses, complete with the histories of each class and stories from Conrail employees that worked on them. This book also contains information on cars that were destined for the Conrail roster, but never operated on Conrail. The book includes over 600 color photographs, 28 original Conrail car diagrams, and detailed roster entries for over 2,500 cabooses. 308 pages, Color, Hardcover.

The Great Railroad War: United States Railway Operations During World War I
By Rudolph L. Daniels
World War I was the first worldwide conflict of its kind, requiring mass mobilizations at unrivaled levels. Tasked to move troops, equipment, ammunition, and supplies around the clock, American railroads were pushed to the precipice of failure. Despite the difficulties, American railroads and railroaders had a profound impact on the war effort. This book is the story of the unpreparedness of the railroads for an unprecedented war, the 1918 government takeover to ensure safety and peak operating efficiency, and the subsequent relinquishment of the railroads with the groundbreaking Transportation Act of 1920. Daniels discusses the operational details of United States rail shipments both at home and abroad, and how these operations interplayed and overlapped with military operations in France and Russia. 159 pages, B&W, Softcover.

The Great Rock Island Route A history of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR -- Its Predecessors and Subsidiaries. 1852-1984
By John T. Gaertner
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) had a long and varied history, possessing an extensive network that made it the 10th largest railroad in the united States serving 14 states. The CRI&P) was a pioneer and did much to promote the development of its territory. The R.I. became the first road to bridge the Mississippi and enter Iowa. The CRI&P managed todo quite well, despite being handicapped by longer routes and the lack of its own terminals at some important points, surviving the various bank panics and a looting of the property by the Tinplate Trust. The RR remained a major player, until the late 1950’s, when it became obvious that there was not enough business remaining to keep all the railroads viable. The CRI&P’s demise some 20 years later was remarkable given the size of the property, but not surprising when seemingly everyone--investors, federal and state governments, and other railroads--considered shuttering the railroad to be the best solution to the problem of excess capacity. Even the Rock Island’s employees contributed by going on strike when the railroad was on its knees in the late 1970’s, striking the road’s death knell.

CONTENTS:
1. Pioneer Road to the Mississippi, The CRI&P
2. Mired in Iowa; The Mississippi & Missouri
3. Reaching out to the Missouri; The CRI&P
4. New feeders protect the flanks.
5. The push beyond the Missouri; Chicago, Kansas, and Nebraska
6. Refinements to the Great Depression
7. The Iowa Route--Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern.
8. The 35th Parallel Route--The Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf
9. Making the Dream a Reality--Choctaw & Memphis
10. A St. Louis Gateway--The St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado
11. The Tinplate Trust’s continued Expansion
12. Collapse of the House of Moore--USRA--The Roaring ’20’s.
13. The Great Depression--Bankruptcy--The Road of planned progress.
14. Reorganization--Declining Market Share
15. Merger mania--The Quest for Survival
16. Excess Capacity--Cashlessness--Demise

391 pages, B&W Photos,71 Maps, Index, Bibliography, Appendix, Hardcover.

The Long Island Railroad in Color V.1 1949-1966
By Arthur J. Erdman
This chronological look back at LIRR operations begins with steam displacement by FM C-liners and RS3's and ends with the introduction of new Alco Century 420's. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

The Long Island Rail Road In Color Volume 5: Freight Operations
By Arthur J. Erdman
A captivating look at how freight destined to and from Long Island was handled by LIRR steam and diesel power, closing with a short chapter on NY & Atlantic operations. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

The Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company; The Historic Union Pacific Salt Lake Route
By John R. Signor
Union Pacific is one of the most modern railroads in the country. The road’s 780-mile line from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles is no exception. To the uninformed it would seem as if the railroad was built just yesterday, yet the history of this, the Salt Lake Route, now spans more than a century rich in the annals of railroading and the American West. As far as transcontinental railroads are concerned, the Salt Lake Route is a late bloomer, yet it is a true pioneer. The location of the railroad, connecting the City of Saints (Salt Lake City) with the City of Angels (Los Angeles) was built through largely undeveloped country more or less following the Old Spanish Trail. It even founded the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. Laid out in chronological format, this volume covers in detail every aspect of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad’s construction and operation, its merger with Union Pacific in the Twenties, and the challenges of competition, wartime and coping with the demands of the country it traversed. The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad; Union Pacific’s Salt Lake Route was first published in 1988 and has long been out of print. However, since the initial printing, much has happened on the old Salt Lake Route and considerable additional material has come to light. A desire to revise, correct, update and expand the first edition has resulted in this volume, and, with modern printing methods available today, it includes a great deal more color than the original and 64 additional pages, 48 period graphics and timetables, 52 maps, 415 photos of which 81 are in color, bibliography and index. B&W and Color, 320 total pages, Hardcover.

The Milwaukee Road in Color V. 1; The East End
By William Raia
The first in a multi-volume set that will cover the Milwaukee Road from one end to the other during the period when one could see Hiawathas propelled by everything from 4-4-2s to Bi-Polars to Erie-builts. This volume covers the territory east of the city of Milwaukee and showcases many varieties of the road’s steam and diesel operations centered around the Chicago area. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

The Milwaukee Road in Color V. 3; Wisconsin and Michigan
By William F. Stauss
Begin our tour in Milwaukee again with a look back at Erie-builts, E7s, and vintage steam. Then join a tour of the remainder of Wisconsin, station-by-station, along with Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

The Minneapolis Northfield & Southern Railway; From Dan Patch to Dragons
By John C. Luecke and Paul R. Spyhalski
For the first time, the full history of this interesting interurban-turned belt line will be available to students of Minnesota Railroad history. The book will cover every aspect of this never-say-die short-line from the earliest plans of the "Dan Patch" to the final takeover of the MN&S by the Soo Line and beyond. The book will include: 208 pages, with approximately 250 Photos including 16 pages of Color, 40+ Maps & Diagrams, and more information than anyone, including the authors, ever thought was possible. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket.

The Model Railroader’s Hand Book
By Gerry Leone
How much time have you wasted searching through piles of reference books and magazines to find that one piece of information that’s vital to a modeling project? The Model Railroader’s Handbook puts all that information in one place! Created as a workbench companion, this comprehensive guide is easy to use, well organized, and to the point. Gerry Leone wrote this book to be the ultimate reference guide, a must-have for modelers of any skill level working in any scale. Some of the useful information in this book include: 

• How to decipher resistor codes 
• Overviews of track planning software 
• Types of benchwork 
• Programming DCC decoders 
• Building a helix 
• Cleaning track 
• And so much more

288 pages, Softcover.

The Monongahela Railway In Color V. 1
By Stephen M. Timko
Volume 1 covers the Brownsville headquarters of this important, Fallen Flag coal hauler, the equipment, and the East Division. The work details the diesel purchases including Baldwin switchers and second-hand Sharks, new GP38’s and hand-me-down GP7’s, and the experimental Super-7’s, as well as run-through power from parents and partners (B&O, Chessie, Penn Central, Conrail, C&NW, Detroit Edison, and others.) 128 pages, Hardcover.

The Monongahela Railway In Color V. 2: West Brownsville, the West Division and Branches 1975 - 1993
By Stephen M. Timko
Volume 2 covers the former MGA West Division, including the modern (1967) Waynesburg Southern and (1984) Manor Branch. It features 300 full-color photos by noted railfan photographer E. Roy Ward! 128 pages, Hardcover.

The Monongahela Railway In Color V. 3: The Conrail & NS Era
By Stephen M. Timko
More spectacular color coverage by Roy Ward of the Monongahela Railway in the Conrail and Norfolk Southern era! The entire former Monongahela is featured in this final volume, as well as a look at Conrail’s connecting Mon Line. 128 pages, Hardcover.

The New River Train In Color
By Bob Withers
The "New River Train" is an annual excursion operated every October by the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society in cooperation with CSX Transportation and Amtrak between Huntington and Hinton, W.Va., including the remote and scenic New River Gorge. The excursion -- operated every year except nine since 1966 -- celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2016. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

The Northern Pacific
By Dale Sanders
This beautiful book features an all-color tour of the entire Northern Pacific system from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest. Steam locomotives, black and gold freight diesels, and the two-tone green North Coast Limited are all here. Since this is an all-color book, and since color photography did not become common until the 1950s, this book covers the last 25 years of the Northern Pacific's existence. Beautiful scenery, well-maintained depots and facilities, color maps and large photographs make this a wonderful book. Chapters are arraigned based on NP's divisional alignment in 1953. 176 pages, 264 Color Photos, Color Maps, Hardcover.

The Northern Pacific in Minnesota
By John C. Luecke
An in depth study of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Minnesota from its first days along the Mississippi River in St. Paul to the final Burlington Northern merger. 460 pages, 300+ Photos, Pull Out Map, Hardcover.

The Pennsy in the 1950s – The Last Great Decade
By Christopher T. Baer, Photos by John Dziobko, Jr.
Contents include: Sunnyside, New York City, Aerotrain, Northern New Jersey, Ballast Cleaning Train, Meadows Enginehouse, Central New Jersey, Trenton, Shore Points, Union Transportation Co., Camden, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Phoenixville, Thorndale, Harrisburg, Enola, Susquehanna River, Paxinos, Williamsport, Middle Division, Altoona, Hollidaysburg, Horseshoe Curve, Cresson, Blairsville, Pitcairn, Pittsburgh, Conway, Steubenville, Crestline and Columbus. 128 pages, Hardcover.

The Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio
By Rick Tipton
Chapter 1, A Short History of Columbus Railroads, PRR Lines into Columbus, Other Lines and Connections at Columbus; Chapter 2, Columbus Union Depot and its Passenger Trains; Chapter 3, St. Clair Avenue Enginehouse; Chapter 4, Pennsy Freight Yards; Chapter 5, 20th St. Shops; Chapter 6, The Columbus & Newark (C&N); Chapter 7, Columbus & Xenia (C&X); Chapter 8, Chicago Columbus & Indiana Central (CC&IC); Chapter 9, The Akron Branch (CA&C); Chapter 10, The Sandusky Branch. Maps in Rear Pocket: Columbus Railroads, 1893; Columbus Railroad Facilities, 1934; Columbus Railroads and Industries, 1962; Port Columbus to Olentangy, 1958, Yards in Columbus and Bradford, 1928; Alum Creek to “RA,” 1945; The Enginehouse at Spruce Street, c.1950; The Freight House at 4th & Naughten Sts., 1941; St. Clair Enginehouse and its Environs, 1951 and St. Clair Diesel Servicing Facilities, 1956. 188 pages, 334 Illustrations, Hardcover.

The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie in Allegheny County V. 1 Pittsburgh to Esplen
Book covers the specified area frombeginning to 1960s.
Hardcover, Horizontal Format, 322 pages, Maps, Diagrams, Drawings, Text & B&W photos.

The Railroads of Port Jervis 1960-1976 Volume 2
By Rudy Garbely
The second in a series of titles covering railroad operations around Port Jervis, New York, this book will cover the time from the Erie Railroad’s merger with the Lackawanna Railroad in 1960 through the Erie Lackawanna’s 1972 bankruptcy up to its merger into Conrail in 1976. This book is illustrated with never-before-seen black and white and color photography, as well as a variety of historic maps.. 80 pages, Softcover.

The Railroad Photography of J.Parker Lamb
By Kevin Keefe, intro by Fred W. Frailey
Book showcases the black-and-white imagery of a master of the craft. Parker Lamb came of age in the South and the Midwest during a time of great transition on railroads in the United States. New technology was replacing the steam locomotives and labor-intensive practices that had dominating railroading for more than a century. Cameras in hand, Lamb bore witness to the end of that era and continued to vividly portray all that followed. His lyrical photographs depict new diesels, waning passenger trains, blossoming freight business, and many of the people who worked in, and were captivated by, the great American institution of the railroad. A biographical essay by noted transportation journalist Fred W. Frailey explores Lamb’s life and photographic contributions, while captions by former Trainsmagazine editor Kevin P. Keefe add context to Lamb’s imagery. 208 pages, B&W, Hardcover.

The Restoration of Rio Grande Southern Steam Loco #20
By Rhine, Moedinger & Taylor
Whole story on restoration, photos, text. 69 pages, B&W/Color, Softcover.

The Rio Grande Southern Story V. 1; Over the bridges Ridgeway to Teluride
By Russ Coleman
This first volume of the series starts with the early history of the line and moves on mile-by-mile for a tour of the line. 416 pages, B&W and Color Photos, Hardcover.

The Rio Grande Southern Story V. 5; Rico and the Mines
By Dell A. McCoy; Russ Collman; Wm Graves
This book is a study of the Rio Grande Southern railroad, this book focuses on the town of Rico and the mining branch that once switch-backed it's way up the mountain behind Rico, Colorado. Included are detailed descriptions and photos from many periods of Rico's history. There's a lot of detailed photos, drawings and track layouts of the depot grounds, mines, and engine facilities in Rico, including the variations over the years. The story of the town's history is also told in great detail, with many photos of various buildings, the evolution of the town's main street and it's shops and stores, and so on. Anyone interested in the history of this part of the country during the 1890s to 1950s will enjoy this book. As with every book in the series, this one includes many hundreds of photos, historical accounts, track plans, building and bridge drawings, and much more. 496 pages, B&W and Color Photos, Hardcover.

The Rio Grande Southern Story V. 6; Rico to Delores
By Dell McCoy; Russ Collman
This beautiful book, illustrated throughout with black and white photos, follows the RGS as it struggled to stay afloat during the Great Depression. Details the use of small, hand-me-down locomotives which became the famous "Galloping Goose" between Ridgway and Durango, the omnipresent menace of floods and rockslides, fire and blizzard, as well as life in the mines that supported the railroad. This superb mile-by-mile photographic study takes you through the last years of the RGS in Rico down past the tumbling Dolores River. The book also covers the A. A. Rust logging railroad, newspaper articles that flesh out the struggles with derailments and floods, and the efforts of Elizabeth (Betty) Pellet to persuade the federal government to keep the RGS operating during World War II. With maps, line drawings, gradient profiles, index and more! 480 pages, B&W and Color Photos, Hardcover.

The Rock Island in Minnesota
By John C. Luecke
The Rock Island was the last mainline built in southern Minnesota. Until this time little has been written about this important through route. "An in-depth history of the Rock Island in Minnesota, the author's 9th book on Minnesota railroads covers the construction and operations of the road's various lines from 1900 to the present. Also included is a study of the Rock Island's extension through the southwestern part of the state that was slated to be a new connection to the Northern Pacific railroad at Bismarck, North Dakota. "More than 225 photographs (90% of which have not been published previously) from a plethora of photographers, ranging from the construction period to steam operations, from mainline to branchline and from freight to passenger. Included are 16 pages of color photographs. and more than a dozen maps highlighting essential aspects of the Rock Island's Minnesota system. 192 pages, B&W and Color Photos, Hardcover.

The Shay Locomotive: An illustrated History (2nd printing)
By R.A. Henderson, John Benson, George Kadelak, Steve Hauff
The Shay Locomotive - An Illustrated History is the most complete, thorough, and accurate book ever produced on this unique and storied locomotive. The authors have spent decades researching, collecting photos, and organizing the information in this all-new volume. The book features:

• More than 600 pages More than 1000 photos, illustrations, and drawings
• Complete listing of every Shay built by shop number, by owner/operator, and by location
• Lima’s involvement in the Shay from the first locomotive by Ephraim Shay in 1881 to the last Shay built in 1945
• Photographs of every single surviving Shay
• 3 Appendices of Patents, Drawings, and Specifications
• Wrecks and mishaps
• Mechanical evolution, and so much more!

The Soo Line in Minnesota
By J.C. Luekcke & Paul Spyhalski
This in-depth study of the Soo Line in Minnesota covers the history and development of this late-comer to the State's railroad scene. Linking the Twin Cities rail hub to some of the most remote hinterlands in northern Minnesota, the story of the Soo Line is one of constant battle, perseverance and innovation against the might of much stronger opponents. 320 pages, almost 300 Photos, 16 pages of color, 55+ Maps & Drawings, Hardcover.

The Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger In Color Volume 1: Before the Merger 1949-1984
By Jerry Pinkepank
The 1985 merger of these two roads was an “accidental merger” according to the author who was an Assistant VP-Planning for Soo Line. This volume sets up the two roads in the years preceding the combination. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

The Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger In Color Volume 2: Pre-Merger Milwaukee and the Merged Soo Line
By Jerry Pinkepank
Continuing the coverage of Milwaukee Road operations with the Montana and Pacific Northwest lines, the Sioux City/Council Bluffs line, and the Kansas City line! The Montana coverage includes a detailed survey of electric operations from the author’s 1968 visit. Also featured is the perspective of the author’s position as Soo’s AVP Operations Planning. A detailed account of the author’s dynamometer car test of GP59/B32-8 demonstrators details operations from Minneapolis through Milwaukee and Chicago to Ottumwa on the Kansas City line, and the background of the acquisition of the iconic Soo SD60s. Included is a detailed look at the Wisconsin Central before its acquisition by Canadian National. Concludes with coverage of the Chicago-Terre Haute-Louisville operation. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

The Southern Pacific in Northern California & Oregon
By Mark C. Hornbeck
The Southern Pacific Railroad was a major transportation force in Northern California and regions of Western Oregon from its construction beginning in the 1870s until the Company was mergered out of existence in 1996. Faced with many daunting challenges of geography and distance, the SP was always in the forefront of locomotive development and utilization. In this New Book, 'The Southern Pacific in Northern California & Oregon; The Diesel-Era in Color', observe the modern-day Southern Pacific Transportation Company between Portland, Oregon and Sacramento, California through the extraordinary photography of Mark C. Hornbeck as he travles the Golden Empire in search of contemporary railroading at its best. 300 pages, 300 Color Photos, Hardcover.

The Streamline Era
By Robert C. Reed
The Streamline Era by Robert C. Reed presents the complete streamline story as it relates to transportation. Streamlining was first applied technologically to the design of machines in motion — trains and locomotives, airplanes, automobiles, and ships — where swift movement was significant. The term was based on the scientific fact that smooth surfaces with unbroken corners offered the least resistance to air currents; hence, the idea of stream-lined, assuring the greatest potential for power and speed. This book describes every aspect of streamlining, from the sweeping popularity of Art Deco, based on the style of the Bauhaus School of Design, to the influence of industrial designers such as Cret, Dreyfus, Bel Geddes, Kuhler and Loewy. Even several precursory experiments in the streamlining of trains dating back to 1832 are covered. The evolution of semi-streamlining of steam locomotives, the coming of the Burlington’s famous Zephyr and Union Pacific’s colorful City of Salina streamliners, the mad rush by America’s railroads to streamline the passenger train, the invasion of the diesel locomotive which established uniformity and conformity in motive power, and those unique makeshift streamliner conversions by depression-poor railroads are all accounted for. Full chapters are devoted to streamlining of trains around the world, the streamlining of airplanes, and the development of the streamlined automobile. While true technological streamlining began on the railroads, it was of relatively short duration. Railroad streamlining began fading as America entered into World War II. Aesthetic streamlining continued to influence transportation throughout the 1940s and ’50s and its form is evidenced even today. Concluding chapters reflect a study of this continuing influence. 298 pages, 500 Photos, Hardcover.

The Structure Handbook for Model Railroaders
By Stephen Priest
Structures are a key part of your model railroad, providing visual interest as well as supporting the operation of your railroad. The Structure Handbook offers modelers new skills, tips, and tricks that can be applied to the construction, finishing, and placement of structures in any scale. Topics include:

• Scene Integration
• Paint and Glue
• Wood Kits
• Plastic Kits
• Kitbashing 
• Lighting
• Materials
  Softcover, Vertical Format

The Stylish EMD GP30
By Diesel Era, Paul Withers
Following the format of Wither's other successful locomotive model books, this next offering covers EMD's unique GP30 model. The 29 original owners plus the EMD demostrators are covered. Printed and bound in the U.S.A. 208 pages, Color & B&W, Hardcover.

The Trains of Lincoln Station 
By Richard L. Schmeling and Michael M. Bartles
All color, but for two photos of steamers. “…mainly meant to be a sharing of images taken of the railroads that served Lincoln’s Burlington station and its environs between the early 1960s and the year 2012.  Many nice photos, mostly Q, BN, Amtrak, some SF and BNSF. 64 pages, Horizontal Format, Softcover.

The Uintah Railway: The Gilsonite Route
By Henry E. Bender, Jr.
This book tells the story of the only railroad to penetrate the vast Uintah Basin of western Colorado and eastern Utah. The line was built almost exclusively to carry gilsonite, the glassy black asphaltum found nowhere else in the world. The Uintah had specially built equipment -- precursors of the Mallets -- which makes its story extremely interesting for a road of such moderate length. This book includes 290 illustrations. Hardcover.

The Un-Driving of the Golden Spike
By Jeff Terry; Thornton Waite; James R. Reisdorf
Seventy-three years after the driving of the Golden Spike, on September 8, 1942 the Golden Spike was “un-driven” at Promontory Summit during a brief ceremony that largely replicated the original event in reverse. This is the illustrated story of the un-driving of the Golden Spike in 1942 and the various personalities involved. 80 pages, B&W, Softcover.

The Wisconsin Southern Story
Complete WSOR stroy text/photos 1980-present. 286 Color Pages, Hardcover.

To Puget Sound Electrified
By John Gaertner
A history of the Milwaukee Road’s Coast Division 1905-1980. Many maps and several examples of Milw. Rd RR passenger ads. A number of steam and diesel photos along with many electric photos. 97 pages, B&W w/16 Color Photos, Softcover.

Toledo, Peoria & Western in Color
By Roger Kujawa, David Ingles, David Jordan
The Peoria Road was a small but vital link in America’s Transcontinental Route. It rostered an interesting array of one-of-a-kind diesels, all of which can be seen in this 1950’s to present look at the road. A small Color Guide section covers its varied equipment as well. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Along Allentown, PA 1947-1968 with Arthur Angstadt
By Jeremy F. Plant
Allentown, Pennsylvania was the railroad hub of this busy steel, coal and cement producing portion of the country. The region was served by CNJ, LV, RDG, DL&W, L&NE. These roads are visited in more than 250 vintage views. Even President Truman's campaign train is recorded! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Along the Boston & Maine 1945-1975 with Donald G. Hills
By Carl R. Byron
The story of a career B&M agent-operator in color as he saw his railroad from World War II up to Guilford. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Along the Erie Railroad and Connections with Jim Kostibos
By Jim Kostibos
An all-color retrospective on the Erie and EL and key freight connections east of Hornell, NY. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Along the New Haven 1950-1956 with Arthur E. Mitchell
By Carl Byron
Trackside book #26 tours the New Haven in its Hunter Green pre-McGinnis years after WWII. Photographer Art Mitchell shows us a little steam and marine operations and plenty of early diesels and heavy electrification. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Atlanta 1955-1975 with Howard Robins
By Paul Faulk
The rail center of the South is scrutinized in full color by noted photographer Howard Robins. Enjoy ACL, SAL, SOU, A&WP, GA, CofG, SCL, L&N, and the other smaller roads that made Atlanta, Georgia such an eclectic mix of railroading in the 1960s. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Boston 1942-1962 with Lawson Hill
By Carl Byron
Lawson Hill was an early color pioneer who recorded the roads around his hometown during the steam to diesel changeover after World War II. His camera captured New York Central's earliest diesels that conquered the hills of the B&A; the transition from steam to diesel on the B&M; and the unique
DL109's of the New Haven. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around British Columbia 1966-1982 with Matt Herson
By John Riddell
The majestic scenery of British Columbia provides a theater for the trains of CP, CN, PGE and smaller roads during a period when the last of first generation power worked side by-side with new six axles. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Canada with Matthew Herson
By John Riddell
Tour railway scenes across Canada from 1957 to 1984 via 250 color images from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island and the Yukon Territory! Featured views include the last narrow gauge railway operations in Newfoundland, steam excursions on the CP and CN, electric commuter operations around Montreal, early GO train commuter operations around Toronto, Northern Alberta freight operations near Peace River, CN operations in the Fraser River canyon, logging operations on Vancouver Island, and White Pass shovel-nosed diesels in the Yukon! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Charottesville,VA 1967-1984 with Jeremy F. Plant
By Jeremy F. Plant
Noted Morning Sun author Jerry Plant details his own early photographic ventures on the Southern, C&O, RF&P, SCL, & N&W in Virginia. Coverage continues with shortlines Chesapeake Western, Virginia Blue Ridge and W&W. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Cleveland 1965-1979 with Dave McKay
By Dave McKay
An outstanding photographic tour of Cleveland, Ohio and the surrounding countryside in full color when EL, NYC, PRR, NKP (N&W), and other lines were operating the last of first generation power. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Denver 1955-1979 with Jim Ozment
By Thomas A. Brunner
The late Jim Ozment took his camera to work with him as a track supervisor on the D&RGW around Denver but was also a dedicated railfan in his free time. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Detroit and Windsor 1943-1976 with Emery Gulash
By Jerry A. Pinkepank
The Michigan Central main line Ann Arbor through Windsor, from Hudsons along the Huron River through the latter day tenants of the Detroit River Tunnel, and the last days of Grand Trunk Western steam in the suburban zone. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Detroit Downriver 1946-1976 with Emery Gulash
By Jerry A. Pinkepank
Downriver Detroit is the city's heavy workshop, the place of steel mills, shipyards, and chemical plants. This all-color book which begins in Delray includes the Ford River Rouge complex, the PM-Wabash-PRR railroutes as well as other railroads in this general area. NYC, B&O, GTW, DT&I and Shore Line complete the excursion back to the late steam/early diesel years. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Duluth 1957-1960 with Wayne C. Olsen
By David C. Schauer
A colorful look at the waning days of steam on the DM&IR, NP and shortline D&NE. also included are steam fantrips on the Soo and DM&IR as well as a GN diesel switch job on the ore docks. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Eastern Ohio 1965-1995 with Dave McKay
By Stephen M. Timko
Dave McKay was schooled in photography and took his talent trackside to capture the numerous rail lines that surrounded his Eastern Ohio home. N&W, PRR, PC, CR, B&O, EL and NYC are just the trunk lines. Many other shortlines, terminal carriers, steel companies and industrials are included in this sweep through the east end of the Buckeye State. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Georgia 1968-1970 with Jim Boyd
By Jim Boyd
A fond look back at the SCL, SOU, CG, L&N, regional roads and shortlines in Georgia. Future Railfan and Railroad editor Jim Boyd was delivering new EMD’s at the time. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Granger Country 1952-1955 with Rich Wilson
By Jim Boyd
A WWII veteran returns to "Granger Country" in 1952 and records the end of steam and the early diesels on CB&Q, RI, Milwaukee, UP, IC and C&NW. Ranging from his home in Iowa, photographer Wilson also went into the adjoining states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas and Nebraska. A nice chapter on the long-gone Southern Iowa Railway also! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Harrisburg with Thomas F. Seaman
By Thomas F. Seaman
Operations and trains of the PRR, PC, CR, RDG and D&H are examined in this look at the Harrisburg crossroads. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Illinois 1960-1973 with George Strombeck
By Greg Stout
The multiple lines that crisscrossed Illinois are examined in full color by photographer George Strombeck during the last full decade of privately- run passenger service. A sampling of roads across the entire state give a comprehensive look at railroading 40 years ago. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Kansas 1960-1975 with Lloyd E. Stagner
By Lloyd E. Stagner
Lloyd Stagner’s name is very familiar in the railroad literary world and his color photography and biographical data is shared with us in this book. First and second generation diesel is captured by Lloyd on Santa Fe, Rock Island, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific. There’s also a little on CGW, KCS, CB&Q, SLSF and M-K-T. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Louisville (East) 1948-1958 with Jack Fravert
By Rick Tipton, Charles Buccola, John Campbell and Charles B. Castner
Jack Fravert chronicled the railroading around Louisville in the years following WWII when steam was succumbing to the diesel. L&N, C&O and PRR steam and diesel operations are examined and explained in detail. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Louisville (West) 1947-1958 with Jack Fravert
By Castner, Campbell, Buccola and Tipton
Pioneering color photographer Jack Fravert’s color work on the B&O, Monon, K&IT, IC, SOU and some intriguing shortlines around his hometown of Louisville is chronicled in more than 200 photographs. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Mason City 1958-1978 with Soph Marty
By Jim Boyd
M&St.L, RI, MILW and a number of other roads greeted Dr. Soph Marty when he moved to Mason City, Iowa in 1960. Join him as he explores his new hometown and records the early 1960 merger and motive power changes. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Massachusetts 1950-1970 with Russ Munroe
By Jeremy F. Plant
The three major roads of the State - NH, B&M and B&A - are scrutinized in full color by noted rail photographer Russ Munroe. There's a little CV and other smaller roads also. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Montreal 1955 - 1979 with Peel Steven, Sr.
By Peel Steven, Jr.
The Canadian Pacific and Canadian National were in their last days of steam when photographer Peel Steven, Sr. began to record their passing in stunning color. The early diesels around this beautiful city are also well-recorded. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around New England 1967 - 2020 with Jeremy and Jeffrey Plant
By Jeremy and Jeffrey Plant
Brothers Jeffrey and Jeremy Plant made numerous trips from the late 1960s to the present to photograph the railroads of New England. This volume examines main, branch, and short lines in all six of the New England states, with special attention to action shots of motive power and operations in scenic locations across this beautiful region. Featuring New Haven, Penn Central, Delaware & Hudson, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and more! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around New Hampshire 1950-1970 with Ben English, Jr.
By George F. Melvin
Examine the “Granite State” in full color during the period right after steam but prior to Guilford. Super coverage of the entire state! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Newfoundland
By Bill Linley
Life-long Canadian railway photographer Bill Linley traveled to Newfoundland several times during the last decades of the narrow gauge railway. Bill's captures the history and variety of the main line, branches, locomotives, and rolling stock. A comprehensive diesel roster and pictures of the railway's ferries and coastal boats round out coverage. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Newport News with Gary Friedhaber (Trk #109)
By Kurt Reisweber
The business end of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway was at Newport News, Virginia where the company and later its successors Chessie and CSX dumped the coal hauled by its trains across the state. There's much more to the story than just this in this intriguing. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around New Jersey 1968-1983 with Robert J. Yanosey
By Robert J. Yanosey
Join the founder of Morning Sun Books as he relates his 15-year railroading career moving from EL towerman to Penn Central trainmaster and into the management ranks of government rail agencies. Photo coverage includes EL, CNJ, PC, Conrail and others. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around New York City 1953-1968 with Robert Malinoski
By Steve Barry
A top-notch combination: the photography of Bob Malinoski and the writing of Railfan and Railroad Magazine editor Steve Barry. All the pre-Penn Central roads around the "Big Apple" are explored through the lens of Bob Malinoski’s camera in the steam to diesel transition years. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Norfolk with Kurt Reisweber
By Kurt Reisweber
The intriguing railroading around Norfolk, Virginia is expertly described by the author in this 128 page book. Norfolk is toured through the lens of cameraman Soph Marty in the 1950s and followed up by the work of author Reisweber and others during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Ontario 1955-1960 with Don McCartney
By John Riddell
This is an electic look at Ontario railroading in the late 1950s, including CP, CN, TH&B, ET, eclectic lines, equipment and railroad ferry operations. Included is a rare 1940s look at Ontario Northland steam and sidetrips to other provinces. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Ontario's Cottage Country
By Bram Bailey
Bram Bailey takes you on a railfan trip through the tourist area north and east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You will see first and early second generation diesel units on the Canadian National, Ontario Northland, Via Rail, Algoma Central, Canadian Pacific and the electrics of International Nickel spanning the years 1964 until 2017 with an emphasis on the 1968-1990 time frame. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Pennsylvania 1957-1989 with Al Holtz
By Mitchell E. Dakelman
Noted color photographer Al Holtz takes you from Easton to Pittsburgh visiting the PRR, P&LE, LV, CNJ, RDG, B&O and many other roads. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Peoria 1963-1980 with Ed Johnson
By Ed Johnson
Peoria was a seldom-photographed rail hub between Chicago and St. Louis served by a multitude of roads all included in this book: CB&Q, C&IM, P&PU, IC, GM&O, ATSF, PRR, C&NW, NKP, IT, TP&W, CRI&P, and their successor companies. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Pueblo 1955-1970
By Jim Boyd
Denver hobby shop owner's photos of the steam to diesel transition years on Colorado's famous "Joint Line" between Denver and Pueblo and the FW&D in Texas. Santa Fe, Rio Grande, C&S, FW&D, Rock Island, MoPac and Colorado & Wyoming. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside around Rochester 1970-1980 with Daniel Orr and Greg Marling
By Daniel Orr and Greg Marling
Located almost midway on the former NYC main line between New York City and Chicago, Rochester has always been a hotspot of high speed freight train action. The authors show this aspect well during the PC and CR era along with the other roads that serviced the area: LV, EL, B&O, G&W, and smaller operations. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around San Francisco 1956-1976
By Donald V. Jewell
A delightful two-decade long look at SP, AT&SF, and WP locomotives and operations in the Bay area. Some rarities! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Sayre-Towanda-Waverly with Lloyd Hall
By Jeremy F. Plant and Bill Caloroso
From 1948 and into the 1950s, Lloyd Hall was shooting the LV, Erie, DL&W, and PRR around his neighborhood in the northern Pennsylvania - southern New York towns of Sayre and Towanda, PA and Waverly, NY. Some of the best LV steam, FT and PA color ever seen! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Southeastern Pennsylvania 1965-1975 with John P. Stroup and William Tilden
By John P. Stroup
Pennsy, Penn Central, Reading, B&O and a dazzling array of vintage traction make this a terrific book. Join photographers Tilden and Stroup as they capture the main lines and secondary lines around the “City of Brotherly Love.” 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Southern California 1954-1963 with Dick Donat
By Dick Donat
Photographer Dick Donat was an active member of the Pacific Rail Society during the 1950's and recorded its rail activities and the changeover from steam to diesel on the UP, SP and ATSF. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around St. Louis 1952-1959 with Jim Ozment
By James Sandrin
A railroad hub second in importance only to Chicago is examined during the 1950s road-by-road. See A&S, B&O, C&EI, C&NW, CB&Q, NYC, GM&O, IC, IT, MKT, Frisco, PRR, MP, Cotton Belt, TRRA and Wabash when their first generation diesels gleamed in their newness. A little steam too! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around the Delaware Valley 1960-1983 with John Stroup and William Tilden
By John P. Stroup
PRR, Reading and PRSL are explored through the viewfinders of two talented photographers during the troubled years leading up to Conrail. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around the Garden State 1950-1975 with Bob Goin and John Dziobko, Jr.
By John R. Canfield
A wonderful look back at the northern portion of New Jersey (with a little crossing of the northern border into New York) during the era before Conrail. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around the Lehigh River Valley with Randolph Kulp
By Doug Peters
Noted author and Lehigh River Valley historian Randolph Kulp’s treasure trove of LV, CNJ, RDG, L&NE, L&HR, and numerous other roads in the Allentown-Easton-Bethlehem surroundings are explored in this wonderful chronicle. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around the Niagara Peninsula 1953-1976 with Reg Button
By Stephan M. Koenig
Reg Button was a very active photographer, capturing day-to-day railroading and every unusual event in the spit of Ontario land that extends toward Buffalo, New York. Of course, CNR, CPR and TH&B are represented along with C&O, Wabash/N&W, and NYC, but expect to see visiting power from roads as diverse as UP, B&LE, IC and B&M. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside around The Steel City with Ed Horm
By David Baer
From the late 1960s through the late 1970s, photographer Ed Horm captured the Baltimore & Ohio, Bessemer & Lake Erie, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Penn Central & Conrail, the Union, and a number of short lines and industrial operations around "The Steel City" of Pittsburgh, PA! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around the Twin Cities with Joe Elliott 1968-1972
By Aaron Isaacs
Trackside photographer Joe Elliott roamed the Minneapolis-St. Paul rail lines in the four years between 1968-1972 chiefly recording the vanishing passenger fleets of the GN, NP, CB&Q, MILW, C&NW and RI. He also found freight on those roads as well as CGW, SOO, MN&S and others. Check out his camera skills in this intriguing approach to the “Twin Cities.” 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around West Virginia 1963-1968 with Bob Withers
By Bob Withers
Journalist Bob Withers relates his early railfanning days on the B&O, C&O, N&W and shortlines in his home state. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside around Western New York 1995-2017 with Michael Zollitsch
By Michael Zollitsch
Western New York in the 1990s remained a haven of railroad diversity, scenic wonder, and traffic density. This book illustrates all of that, reflecting on all that has disappeared since. Spans Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Batavia, Hornell, Jamestown, Westfield, and many points in between! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Western Ohio 1965-1995 with Dave McKay
By Steve M. Timko
Re-visit the PC, B&O, N&W, C&O, EL, CR and several smaller roads like D&TSL, Toledo Terminal and Muskingum Electric. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Around Youngstown 1962-1982 with Dave McKay
By Stephen M. Timko
A RR-by-RR tour of this steel-making center in Northeast Ohio during the era of fallen flags. Visit EL, P&LE, PC, CR, B&O, shortlines and industrials through the camera of photographer Dave McKay. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Binghamton 1960-1976
By Richard J. Allen, Sr.
The wonderful confluence of railroading in Binghamton – EL, LV and D&H – is examined before the coming of Conrail. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Erie to Conrail with Robert F. Collins
By John R. Canfield
Bob Collins was not only a lifelong railfan photographer but a railroad employee. Follow both his hobby and vocation on the Erie Railroad through the colorful Erie Lackawanna years and onto Conrail and NJ Transit. Bob’s wanderings took him all over the former Erie system during those years and his wonderful photography is preserved herein. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside East of Hudson 1941-53 w/Bill McChesney
128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Grand Trunk (New England Lines) with John Ames
By George F. Melvin
The Grand Trunk (New England Lines) of the Canadian National System were an almost forgotten piece of American railroading. Extending from Portland, Maine through New Hampshire to Canada, the late steam, diesel operations of GT are examined in full color through the camera of one of its long-time employees. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in Appalachia with Gene Huddleston
By Gene Huddleston
Gene Huddleston relates his Appalachian roots and experiences on the C&O, N&W, and other routes in the mountainous regions that produced this country’s coal. Many obscure shortlines! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in California 1964-99 with George H. Drury
By Kevin J. Holland and Geoffrey H. Doughty
Widely known for his writing in Trains Magazine and guides to rail travel in Europe and elsewhere, George Drury was also a talented photographer. California was one of his favorite domestic destinations and SP, ATSF, and WP operations were well-recorded by someone who “knew where to look.” 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in Search of Northern New England Steam with John T. Morrison
By John R. Canfield
In the late 1940’s it was readily apparent that steam was quickly being displaced by new diesels on the likes of B&M, CV, MEC, Rutland, and BAR. John Morrison, George Dimond and several other notable photographers began a systematic quest to record the vanishing breed on color film, the results of which are shown in this book. There’s early diesel, too! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in Search of Pennsy Towers and Trains with Paul Geiger
By Robert J. Yanosey
Paul Geiger was a Penn Central block operator who was so fond of his avocation that he searched out and photographed PRR, PC, and Conrail trains operating past all the former PRR towers from the Pittsburgh area to New York City. Follow his efforts inside and outside of these towers in this all-color presentation. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in Search of Southern New England Steam with John Morrision
By John Canfield
After World War II, John Morrison and several other photographers knew that it was only a short matter of time before all steam operations disappeared from the New Haven and Boston & Albany (NYC). They set off to record these operations capturing a lot of early rare diesels along the way. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in Search of Virginia and West Virginia Steam with August Thieme
By William G. McClure III
While this book has a small taste of big mainline steam, it is devoted to those small steam roads in Virginia and West Virginia that continued to operate in the 1950’s well after most other roads had turned to diesel. Photographer Thieme gave special emphasis to logging roads, the operations of which are illustrated in colorful detail. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the Albany, N.Y. Gateway 1949-1974 with Gerritt Bruins
By Len Kilian and Jim Odell
Our seventh “Trackside” book takes us to the Albany-Rensselaer-Troy area of New York State during some of the most exciting times to be trackside in the last-of-steam, first-of-diesels days. See the B&M, D&H and New York Central when steam and early diesels worked side-by-side. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the Erie Lackawanna New Jersey Commuter Zone with William J. Brennan
By William J. Brennan
Bill Brennan’s inspired photography showcases the EL’s commuter service prior to the introductions of the U34CH locomotive and Comet Cars. Stillwells and RS3’s, freight service, branches that haven’t run in almost four decades - it’s all here in this all-Jersey book. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the Heartland 1946-1959 with John Knauff and Vincent Purn
By Kevin Holland and Robert J. Yanosey
Up the Mississippi River into St. Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Denver and many lesser locations in the late steam – early diesel years. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the Land of Lincoln with Richard Ward
By James Lewnard
Wabash, IC, PRR, GM&O, Rock Island and many more roads crisscrossed in central Illinois. The photographer recorded the best in full color. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the Maritimes 1967-1993 with Bill Linley
By Bill Linley
Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and shortlines are illustrated by Bill's striking photography throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island from 1967-93. A wide variety of MLW-Alco power dominated these eastern routes, but GM-EMDs, CLC-FMs, GEs, Budd RDCs, and minority builders are also fully represented. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the Mid-Atlantic States 1946-1959 with V. Purn and J. Knauff
By Kevin Holland and Robert J. Yanosey
The late 1940’s-1950’s tour of the United States continues as they visit the Lackawanna, B&O, Reading, CNJ, EBT, VGN, C&O, PRR, N&W when steam ruled and early diesels were just arriving from the builders. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the Northeast 1946-1959 with Vincent A. Purn and John A. Knauff
By Kevin J. Holland and Robert J. Yanosey
A unique look at the efforts of two photographers attempting to capture North American railroading and life right after WWII. Active RRE members, their travels ranged from mainstream roads like CP, DL&W and NYC to tiny St. J&LC, FJ&G and Edaville. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the Rust Belt 1957-1977 with Cal Banse
By Stephen M. Timko
Erie RR operator Cal Banse took his camera to work and on excursions in eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the steel and coal country. Cal was photographing the railroad scene from the end of steam to the introduction of second generation diesels in a territory known for its heavy industry. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the South 1946-1959 with John Knauff and Vincent Purn
By Kevin J. Holland and Robert J. Yanosey
Pre-1950’s color railroad photography in the Deep South is exceptionally rare and this book contains a lot of it! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the Virginias 1954-1969 with Wayne Sherwin
By William R. Sparkmon
The railroads of Virginia and West Virginia are illustrated in full color during the late steam / early diesel period. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside in the West 1946-1959 with Vincent A. Purn and John A. Knauff
By Kevin J. Holland and Robert J. Yanosey
Two intrepid travelers traveled American (and Canadian) lines in the 15 year period immediately following World War II. They photographed everything from vanishing steam and brand new diesels to hobos riding atop moving box cars.CP, MILW, DRGW, ATSF, UP, SP and much more! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Maryland; From Railyard to Main Line
By James P. Gallagher and Jacques Kelly
In the 1950s, as railroads underwent major changes, some marginal lines stood on the brink of extinction. Steam locomotives grew scarcer by the month, as did rail passenger connections. With a keen eye for location and composition, James Gallagher in Trackside Maryland captures the drama and majesty of steam transportation in Maryland in its waning days, when passing trains left clouds of cinders and smoke behind them and the sound of steam whistles still echoed across the landscape -- all these sights and sounds giving way to modern diesel locomotives. Here Jacques Kelly's evocative prose accompanies Gallagher's ever vigilant lens. We are transported back to the last years of steam railroading. 224 pages, B&W.

Trackside Milwaukee Road East with Jim Boyd
By Jim Boyd
Join Jim Boyd in exploring the Milwaukee Road of the 1960s in his Mid-west homeland, from FM C-liners and H16-44s to Hiawathas with Skytops and branchline locals to the UP Cities streamliners. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Milwaukee Road West with Jim Boyd
By Jim Boyd
The editor emeritus of Railfan Magazine continues his journey west on the Milwaukee Road photographing everything from new EMD FP45s to ancient E50 electrics. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Mohawk Valley 1955-2015 with Jack Wright
By Jack Wright
Ride along through the beautiful upstate New York region during NYC, PC, and CR days. The transition from one railroad to another is contrasted against the stories of this historic area. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside on New York Central's Western Division 1949-1955 with Sandy Goodrick
By Jerry A. Pinkepank
The Korean War years on the NYC were a life-or-death race with inflation and loss of business. An all-color tour of the steam-diesel operations on the Western Division photographed by Sandy Goodrick and narrated by Jerry Pinkepank, this book is an excellent look back at those turbulent years on the Central. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside on the PRR Delmarva Lines with John P. Stroup
By John P. Stroup
Station-by-station, the seldom-photographed PRR operations on the Delmarva Peninsula are captured in full color. Baldwins abound as the photographer takes us from Wilmington to Cape Charles in the last years of the PRR. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside on the PRR in Central Pennsylvania
By Jeremy F. Plant
Many photographers featured in the Trackside series ventured into the traditional heart of the PRR in the Fifties and Sixties to capture steam and early diesel operations. The very best of their efforts are shown canvassing an area roughly from Pottsville to Horseshoe Curve. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside on the PRR North of Washington, DC with Wayne Sherwin
By Michael Murray and Robert J. Yanosey
First-hand recollections and photography from an on the ground Pennsy employee during the 1950s and 60s. Brakeman Wayne Sherwin took his camera along on his varied assignments between Potomac Yard and the Meadows and Enola. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside on the Rock Island in Oklahoma 1958-1980 with Frank Tribbey
By Daryl McGee
Go back in time to this seldom-visited nexus of operations and see how the Rock Island operated away from headquarters. Just about any diesel combination imaginable on the Rock is shown in full color and expertly detailed by fellow Oklahoman and friend Darryl McGee. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside on the Santa Fe In Oklahoma 1957-1973 with Frank Tribbey
By Daryl McGee
A neglected corner of the great Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe is revealed in this colorful look back. Frank Tribbey scoured the “Sooner State” for Rare images after the end of steam. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside on the Union Pacific 1960-1982 with Emery Gulash
By Timothy Morris
Master photographer Emery Gulash visited the Overland Route many times during the 22 years following the demise of steam while the UP was searching for the “perfect diesel” combination to handle its fastmoving freight. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Reading Anthracite Country with Arch and Bruce Kantner
By Jeremy F. Plant
The source of Reading Company prosperity – its central Pennsylvania anthracite territory – was recorded by the Kantner Brothers in color chiefly during the 1950s. The last of steam and the earliest of Reading diesels are shown at work, gathering and hauling coal as well as providing first class passenger conveyance. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside to the Jersey Shore with John Dziobko, Jr.
By Joel Rosenbaum and Tom Gallo
The New York & Long Branch a unique railroad stretching along the New Jersey Coast Line where many New York City-employed businessmen maintained bedroom communities. Largely a commuter railroad, it always was the attic where steam or ancient diesels were utilized from parents CNJ and PRR. No one photographed this operation in color better than John Dziobko during the 1950s. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside Under Pennsy Wires with James P. Shuman
By Jeremy F. Plant
Jim Shuman was out recording PRR electrics in action on the west end of the electrified zone in the late 50's and early 60's. Truly the most beautiful Pennsy color work to be found on the mainline (Paoli to Harrisburg), the A&S and the Port Road. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside with EMD Field Representative Casey Cavanaugh 1960-1962
By Casey Cavanaugh
Delivering new FL9s, GP18s and GP20s took this camera-toting field rep to the NH, CB&Q, RI, GN, SP and numerous other roads across the country. His behind the scenes commentary makes for enjoyable reading. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackside with "Mr. Alco" George W. Hockaday
By Jim Odell and Len Kilian
George Hockaday loved the Alco locomotives that his employer created and photographed them new at the plant as well as out on the various railroads he worked with. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover.

Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad
By Kent J. Johnson
Turn your attention to the finer details of trackwork and lineside activities. In this book, you'll find tips, techniques, and ideas for working with track and the details immediately alongside it. Features clear photographic instructions, including illustrated references to prototype trackwork and details. Softcover.

Trains of Council Bluffs & Omaha
By Carl Hehl & Art Zimmerla
At its peak, Council Bluffs, Iowa, was served by eight major railroads, making it the fifth-largest rail center in the United States. Trains of Council Bluffs and Omahadocuments the dramatic impact that new technology had on the railroads serving these two Midwestern cities in the mid-20th century. It was a time when diesels replaced steam power, and streamlined passenger train travel reached its zenith. Railroad enthusiasts Carl Hehl and Art Zimmerla, who photographed the great transition, have the best of their color photography presented in this testimony to an era that forever changed an iconic American industry. 100 pages, 90 Color Illustrations, Softcover.

Travel by Train; The American Railroad Poster, 1870-1950
By Michael E. Zega and John E. Gruber
Between 1870 and 1950, America’s railroads produced a body of poster work significant both for the artists involved and for the range of images created. The railroads used this visual medium from their founding, first in the form of broadsides, dominated by text and intended to convey practical information, and then, during the 1890s, as vivid lithographed display posters. For the next 50 years, American railroads commissioned posters designed to spur the popular imagination and thereby encourage travel. Images of compelling intensity included Maurice Logan’s icons of the 1920s overland limiteds passing in the West; Adolph Treidler’s wonder cities; Santa Fe’s Native Americans; and Leslie Ragan’s and Sascha Maurer’s machine-age steamliners. Although a great deal has been written about European railway and travel posters, their American counterparts remained in the shadows. Travel by Train focuses on the artists, railroad men, and advertising agencies that created and produced the work. It presents the posters in the context of the historical trends and competitive strategies that shaped the development of the railroad industry. The book also follows the development of the advertising business and graphic design in the U.S. and Europe. It features approximately 160 poster images (many in color), personal photographs, and sketches, many of them never before published. 156 pages, 55 B&W Photos, 110 Color Photos, Hardcover

Tumbleweeds and Fast Freights Santa Fe in Color series #4. New Mexico.
By Joe McMillan
We follow the Santa Fe from Clovis in the east to the Arizona state line in the west, and from La Junta, Colorado south to El Paso, Texas. Included are the ore lines around Hurley, the Carlsbad potash lines, the Baca coal spur, and much more. Expanded coverage is given to the terminal at Clovis and to famed Abo Canyon. "TUMBLEWEEDS documents the last three decades (1965-1995) of the Santa Fe in New Mexico. 440 pages, B&W/Color, Harfdcover.

Turbine Power
By Walter Simpson
Covers steam and gas turbine locomotives and trains, how they functioned, and the technology used from the 1939-2003 era that made them go.  This is the first book that brings together information about turbine locomotives and trains that collects all of the various projects in one place. From first prototypes to the most recent proposals, everything is presented with vintage images and references that all railroad fans will enjoy. 128 pages, B&W/Color, Softcover.

Turbines Westward
By Thomas R Lee
For almost twenty years the Union Pacific Railroad operated a fleet of gas turbine Electric Locomotive in their motive power stable to help move the heavy density of freight traffic that the historic railroad enjoys. Turbines Westward is the story of the unique chapter in railroad history, for the UP was the only railroad to own such power. A total of fifty-nine turbine locomotives saw service on the Union Pacific, and all are pictured as the railroad and railfan saw them. Starting with the two steam turbine electrics of 1939, the story follows the development of the three different classes of gas turbine electrics that evolved from the original Big Blow. The Omaha built coal turbine of 1962 is also featured along with the men who were responsible for the turbine era on the Union Pacific. Second Edition Supplement: More photographs and company data has been added to the book. Includes 325 photographs, roster, drawings and printed on high quality book stock. Includes a three-page foldout diagram of coal-burning turbine number 80. Photographs are from Union Pacific files and rail fans. 184 pages, Roster Data, B&W, Softcover.

Twelve Twenty Five; The Life and Times of A Steam Locomotive
By Kevin P. Keefe
The against-all-odds story of a World War II–era steam locomotive and the determination of two generations of volunteers to keep it running comes alive in Twelve Twenty-Five: The Life and Times of a Steam Locomotive. Pere Marquette 1225 was built in 1941 at the peak of steam locomotive development. The narrative traces the 1225’s regular freight service in Michigan, its unlikely salvation from the scrapyard for preservation at Michigan State University, and the subsequent work to bring it back to steam, first by a student club and later by a railroad museum. Milestones along the way include 1225’s retirement in 1951, its donation to MSU in 1957, its return to steam in 1988, a successful career hauling tens of thousands of excursion riders, and its starring role in the 2004 movie The Polar Express. The massive infrastructure that supported American steam locomotives in their heyday disappeared long ago, forcing 1225’s faithful to make their own spare parts, learn ancient railroad skills, and interpret the entire effort for the public. As such, the continuing career of 1225 is a triumph of historic preservation. 248 pages, 143 B&W Photos, Hardcover.

Twilight Rails; The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Midwest
By H. Roger Grant
In Twilight Rails, H. Roger Grant documents the stories of eight Midwestern carriers that appeared at the end of the railroad building craze. This thorough and highly accessible history provides a fascinating look at the motivations, accomplishments, and failures of the twilight carriers, granting a new breath of life to this neglected aspect of American railway history. 275 pages, B&W, Maps, Hardcover.

Twin Cities Rails
By Dean Freimund
The Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, have been an intriguing rail center since its inception; the color film and vibrant schemes of the diesel era made it more so. And the subsequent merger era (and consequent limited partitioning) made this hub a veritable kaleidoscope, creating a magnet for generations of railfans worldwide. The panoply of makes and models of locomotives used by the Class Ones, regionals, terminal, and passenger railroads covers the spectrum, making this book difficult to put down for any and all fans of trains, near and far. 144 pages, All Color Photos, Hardcover..

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