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B&O Trackside with Willis McCaleb By James Semon and Bruce Dicken B&O steam in all its glory is captured mostly in Ohio by noted rail photographer Willis McCaleb. This fourth Trackside book takes the reader from Cleveland to West Virginia into Indiana and back into central Ohio. Coverage includes every type of B&O steam working in the Midwest during the fifties. 128 pages, Hardcover. |
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Boston & Maine Tracksidew/Arthur E. Mitchell By Carl R. Byron The 11th in our “Trackside” series takes us to New England chiefly during the 1950’s as Arthur Mitchell sets out to record the end of steam on the B&M. On the way he captures the rare diesels of this pioneering railroad. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover. |
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11/17/24 |
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Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway in Color V. 2 Pennsylvania-Middle Division By Mike Zollitsch A milepost-by-milepost tour of the former BR&P line in Pennsylvania from B&O days to today. Author Zollitsch leaves no stone unturned as he relates the operation and local flavor of this rural trackage. 128 pages, Hardcover. |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Power In Color Volume 1: Switchers, Es, and Fs By Stephen M. Timko Features the switchers, Es, and Fs of the company’s fleet! From the single GE 44-tonner through the Alco and EMD/GMD switchers, as well as the fleet of narrow-gauge Atlas and GE dock pushers. Photos of varnish and freight power include E7s and E8a, F7As, F7bs, and FP7s. 128 pages, Hardcover. |
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12/14/24 |
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Erie Lackawanna In Color Volume 2: New York State, Buffalo-Hornell, Syracuse By Larry DeYoung EL expert Larry DeYoung examines the Empire State operations of the Route of Friendly Service from Buffalo/Hornell to Syracuse, Utica and Suffern. Ride the Southern Tier and its extensive branchline system when the EL hosted anything from SD45s to F3s on the head end. 128 Pages, Hardcover. |
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Erie Lackawanna Trackside w/Allan Roberts & Arthur Erdman By Arthur J. Erdman October 17, 1960 to April 1, 1976 – a short 16 years of existence for the Erie Lackawanna Railway. It was painful to see the EL fade into history when Conrail absorbed it. We’ll visit the Erie, Lackawanna, & EL sides, as well as the most interesting connections along the way. This title will delight EL fans as the author takes us on a striking photographic tour featuring illuminating stories of the departed Route of Friendly Service! 128 Pages, Hardcover. |
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7/31/24 |
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Freight Car Color Portfolio Book #4 ACFX-CSXT By Robert J. Yanosey Famed rail photographer Em Gulash traveled extensively in the U.S. and Canada and made it part of his standard repertoire to photograph freight cars in these far flung places. This volume covers the rolling stock of ACFX, AGPX, ATSF, ATW, BAR, BN, B&LE, B&M, BNSF, B&O, CHTT, CN, CP, CR, CRYX, CSXT, and other roads. 96 pages, All Color, Softcover. |
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Lehigh Valley in the Conrail Era Volume 2: 1987-1999 By Robert F. Wilt Explore the evolution of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's remaining vestiges under the new operations of Conrail during its reign as a megalithic corporation, until it becomes a partner in an even larger corporate giant. The Route of the Black Diamond lives on in the hearts of all! 128 pages, Hardcover. |
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12/22/24 |
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Norfolk & Western in Color V3 1974-1982 By Stephen M. Timko After a decade of absorbing the Nickel Plate and Wabash, the expanded Norfolk & Western finds its stride and a new NW logo. 128 pages, Hardcover. |
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Penn Central and Conrail Trackside with Engineer Chip Syme By Chip Syme Join author Chip Syme as he hires on with the Penn Central in 1969 as a fireman through the end of Conrail during his days as an engineer! A lot of good miles and smiles and they're recounted here in terrific photographs and entertaining stories! 128 pages, Hardcover. |
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Pennsy Steam Years V. 2 By Ian Fischer A division-by-division look back at the rugged steam power of the Pennsy. Lots of action in the state of Pennsylvania as well as some great early 1950s color from Ohio and Indiana. There's even a 1941 action shot of K4s 5399 equipped with poppet valves! 128 pages, Color, Hardcover. |
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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Power In Color Including PC&W, Montour and Y&S By Stephen M. Timko Known as the “Little Giant” for the vast tonnage it carried over a short route, steel and related industries were its lifeline, and when Big Steel collapsed in the late 1980s, so did this Little Giant. Alco, EMD, & FM switchers worked with Alco PAs, RS3s, & GP7s hauling tonnage & passengers. Includes U28Bs, GP38s, & GP38-2s. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover. |
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4/13/25 |
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Rio Grande Scenic Line of the World By Dale Sanders Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad was built through the Rocky Mountains, not around them. A tenacious rebel, Rio Grande survived for more than a century as an independent railroad in a land of giants. At the end of the 20th century, the enduring memory of Rio Grande is one of black and gold diesels thundering through smoky tunnels on a right-of-way blasted out of solid rock by construction engineers who didn’t know the meaning of the word impossible. With 223 full-color photographs and nine lavishly illustrated maps, this volume presents a retrospective of a railroad where words of description always fall short. In the pages of "Scenic Line of the World" may be found all of the elements that made Rio Grande the scenic wonder it was. The evergreen mountains of La Veta Pass, the bare rock of the Royal Gorge, the golden aspen on Tennessee Pass, the multi-colored sandstone of Ruby and Bootlegger Canyons, the moonscape of the Utah desert, the majestic Wasatch Range, and the sheer ruggedness of the entire Moffat Road- all are here in one amazing volume. Through acquisitions and mergers, Rio Grande slowly lost its personality to that of Southern Pacific, and later, Union Pacific. The images in this book help preserve the memory of the last years of the Rio Grande and perhaps provide some justification for the railroad’s bold claim of being the Scenic Line of the World. 223 Color Photos, Horizontal Hardcover. |
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Santa Fe Intermountain West.; Colorado Railroad Annual #23 Raton Mountain Journal + more. Hardcover |
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Seaboard Coast Line Through Passenger Service In Color By Greg Stout An in-depth dive into the great trains of the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and merged Seaboard Coast Line, which moved passengers between Chicago, the Northeast, and sunny Florida! 128 pages, Hardcover. |
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12/23/24 |
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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. |
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12/23/24 |
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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. |
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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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12/23/24 |
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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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The Long Island Rail Road In Color Volume 4: The Photography of William J. Brennan By Arthur J. Erdman Bill Brennan's LIRR photography is some of the best of the 1960s. The road was exclusively the domain of Alco's and FM's during this wonderful grey and orange period. 128 pages, Color, Hardcover. |
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Trackside around Olean, New York 1960s-1970s with Robert D. Jacobi and William R. Jacobi By Robert & William Jacobi Portrays passenger and freight operations on the Erie and PRR in the 1960s and 1970s at the western NY railroad town of Olean, as well as along the PRR Buffalo-Harrisburg line from Buffalo to Renovo, over the steepest mainline grade on the PRR, the Erie from Olean to Binghamton over Cuba Summit (the highest point on the Erie between Hoboken and Chicago), and other EL lines in western NY that crossed impressive trestles. 128 pages, Hardcover. |
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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, Hardcover. |
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Union Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment V. 2 By Lou Schmitz Union Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 2: "Volume I gave you the UP's rolling stock through the lenses of its company photographers. Now see them through the effort of Lou Schmitz, a lifelong Omaha resident and UP employee who was photographing UP equipment throughout the 1950s and later. 300 photos, 128 pages. |
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Wheat Lines & Super Freights By McMillian Santa Fe in Color Series - Vol 3 covers operations of the Santa Fe in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado; packed with great photos, informative captions and end-sheet maps. List price $64.95, hardcover, all-color photos, 240 pages. |
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American Car & Foundry Box Cars 1960-1981; American Refrigerator Transit; Billboard Refrigerator Cars; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Equipment, 1883-2004; Great Northern Lines East, Second Ed.; Jerome and the Northern Roads Railroads of Arizona V6; Merchants Despatch, Its History and Equipment; Southern Pacific Freight Cars. V. 1 Gondolas and Stock Cars; Southern Pacific Freight Cars V. 4; Box Cars; Southern Pacific Lines Standard Design Depots; Southern Pacific Ten-Coupled Locomotives; Southern Pacific’s Salt Lake Division; Southern Pacific’s Western Division; Steam Days in Dunsmuir; The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway; The Magor Car Corporation; The Visalia Electric Railroad Southern Pacific’s Orange Grove Route; Union Pacific in The Los Angeles Basin;
Signature Press American Car & Foundry Box Cars 1960-1981; Signature Press American Refrigerator Transit; Signature Press Billboard Refrigerator Cars; Signature Press Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Equipment, 1883-2004; Signature Press Great Northern Lines East, Second Ed.; Signature Press Jerome and the Northern Roads Railroads of Arizona V6; Signature Press Merchants Despatch, Its History and Equipment; Signature Press Southern Pacific Freight Cars. V. 1 Gondolas and Stock Cars; Signature Press Southern Pacific Freight Cars V. 4; Box Cars; Signature Press Southern Pacific Lines Standard Design Depots; Signature Press Southern Pacific Ten-Coupled Locomotives; Signature Press Southern Pacific’s Salt Lake Division; Signature Press Southern Pacific’s Western Division; Signature Press Steam Days in Dunsmuir; Signature Press The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway; Signature Press The Magor Car Corporation; Signature Press The Visalia Electric Railroad Southern Pacific’s Orange Grove Route; Signature Press Union Pacific in The Los Angeles Basin;
American Car & Foundry Box Cars 1960-1981 Signature Press; American Refrigerator Transit Signature Press; Billboard Refrigerator Cars Signature Press; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Equipment, 1883-2004 Signature Press; Great Northern Lines East, Second Ed. Signature Press; Jerome and the Northern Roads Railroads of Arizona V6 Signature Press; Merchants Despatch, Its History and Equipment Signature Press; Southern Pacific Freight Cars. V. 1 Gondolas and Stock Cars Signature Press; Southern Pacific Freight Cars V. 4 Box Cars Signature Press; Southern Pacific Lines Standard Design Depots Signature Press; Southern Pacific Ten-Coupled Locomotives Signature Press; Southern Pacific’s Salt Lake Division Signature Press; Southern Pacific’s Western Division Signature Press; Steam Days in Dunsmuir Signature Press; The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Signature Press; The Magor Car Corporation Signature Press; The Visalia Electric Railroad Southern Pacific’s Orange Grove Route Signature Press;Union Pacific in The Los Angeles Basin Signature Press;
Book "American Car & Foundry Box Cars 1960-1981 By Edward S. Kaminski"; Book "American Refrigerator Transit By Stuart T. Maher, G.J. Michels, Jr and Gene Semon"; Book "Billboard Refrigerator Cars By R.H Hendricson & Edward S. Kaminski"; Book "Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Equipment, 1883-2004 By Daniel P. Holbrook"; Book "Great Northern Lines East, Second Ed. By Patrick. C. Dorn"; Book "Jerome and the Northern Roads Railroads of Arizona V6 By David f. Myrick"; Book "Merchants Despatch, Its History and Equipment By Roger C. Hinman"; Book "Southern Pacific Freight Cars. V. 1 Gondolas and Stock Cars By Anthony W. Thompson"; Book" Southern Pacific Freight Cars V. 4; Box Cars By Anthony W. Thompson;" Book "Southern Pacific Lines Standard Design Depots By Henry E. Bender, Jr"; Book "Southern Pacific Ten-Coupled Locomotives By Robert J. Church"; Book "Southern Pacific’s Salt Lake Division By John R. Signor"; Book "Southern Pacific’s Western Division By John R. Signor"; Book "Steam Days in Dunsmuir By Robert J. Church"; Book "The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway By Patrick C. Dorin"; Book "The Magor Car Corporation By Edward S. Kaminski"; Book "The Visalia Electric Railroad Southern Pacific’s Orange Grove Route By Phil C. Kauke"; Book "Union Pacific in The Los Angeles Basin By Jeff S. Asay";
Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway in Color V. 2 Pennsylvania-Middle Division By Mike Zollitsch; C&O in Color V. 3 By Jeremy F. Plant and William McClure III; Electric Railways of North America In Color Featuring the Photography of Matt Herson Volume 1 By George W. Hamlin; Erie Lackawanna In Color Volume 2: New York State, Buffalo-Hornell, Syracuse By Larry DeYoung; Erie Lackawanna In Color Volume 7; Mahoning Division By Stephen M. Timko; Erie Lackawanna In Color Volume 8: New York Division By Robert J. Yanosey; Erie Lackawanna Power In Color V. 1; Switchers, Medium HP Roadswitchers, and Passenger Units By Stephen M. Timko; Erie Lackawanna Through Passenger Service In Color V. 2; 1965-1970 By John J. Boehner; Freight Car Color Portfolio Book #4 ACFX-CSXT By Robert J. Yanosey; Hudson & Manhattan Railroad In Color By Robert J. Yanosey; IC/GM&O Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment By James Kinkaid; Jersey Central Power In Color Volume 1: #50-1709 By Robert J. Yanosey; Jersey Central Lines In Color Volume 3 By Walter A. Appel; Jersey Central Steam In Color By Bert Pennypacker; Lehigh and New England Railroad and its Successors in Color By Mike Bednar; Long Island Rail Road Multiple Unit Cars Volume 2: Cars Built 1953-2020s By Michael Boland; Missouri Pacific Through Passenger Service In Color By Greg Stout; New York City Electrified Railroads In Color Volume 1: Lines Into Grand Central Terminal By Alfred E. Fazio and Bridget M. Hodgson; Northwestern Pacific In Color By Scott Inman and Ed Mackinson; Northwestern Pacific Railroad Volume 2: Passenger and Freight Operations, Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad, Maintenance-of-Way Equipment In Color By Ed Mackinson and Scott Inman; Otto Perry & the Union Pacific Nebraska Division By Michael M. Bartels & James Reisdorfe; Penn Central In Color Volume 2: Along the Eastern Seaboard, Boston to Philadelphia By Jeremy F. Plant; PRR Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment V 2 By Ian S. Fischer; Railroad Critters in Color V 2 By Stephen M. Timko; Railroad Critters in Color V 3 By Stephen M. Timko; Railroad Critters in Color V 4 By Stephen M. Timko; Reading Railroad Main Line. Belt Line Jct- Port Clinton By Ben L. Bernhart; Reading Railroad Mainline. Oley Street, Reading – Beltline Junction By Ben L. Bernhart; Rio Grande Secret Places V.1 Tunnel District By R.C. Farewell; Rock Island Westward V. 1 Memories of the High Line By Thomas R. Lee; Rock Island Westward V. 3 The Western Division By Thomas R. Lee; Santa Fe Intermountain West.; Colorado Railroad Annual #23; Seaboard Coast Line Through Passenger Service In Color By Greg Stout; Streetcar Scenees of the 1950's in Color By LeRoy O. King; The Long Island Railroad in Color V.2 1966-1990 By Arthur J. Erdman; The Long Island Rail Road In Color Volume 3: Equipment Color Guide and Facilities By Arthur J. Erdman; The Long Island Rail Road In Color Volume 4: The Photography of William J. Brennan By Arthur J. Erdman; The Monongahela Railway In Color V. 3: The Conrail & NS Era By Stephen M. Timko; Tumbleweeds and Fast Freights Santa Fe in Color series #4. New Mexico By Joe McMillan; U34CH New Jersey's Unique U-boat By Robert J. Yanosey; Warbonnets & Bluebonnets By Joe McMillan; Wheat Lines & Super Freights By McMillian;
