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Greenburg's Lionel Trains Pocket Price Guide 1901-2023
Lionel Trains Pocket Price Guide 1901-2023 is the go-to reference guide for toy train collectors and operators for accurate pricing information on prewar, postwar, and modern Lionel® trains. This handy 400+ page guide features:

• Current pricing information with input from experts in the field
• Identification and evaluation tips
• Listings for Lionel® Corporation Tinplate, Club Cars and Special Production, Boxes and Sets
• An easy-to-read format with space for notes
• And much more!
  Pages: 456

Manufacturer’s Catalog Archive Book 47
General Motors Diesel Locomotives V2
This includes reproductions of 5 GM publications: General Motors Diesel Locomotives for Passenger, Freight & Switching Service:This looks at the E8, F7, FP7, GP7, 1200 HP Switcher, 800 HP Switcher, 600 HP Switcher and 2400 HP Transfer Locomotive. Includes a look at the components used in the locomotives, drawings and cutaway views and specifications. Complete Line of General Motors Diesel Locomotives for Passenger, Freight & Switching Service: This includes a look at the F9, GP9, SD9, E9, SW600, SW900 and SW1200. Includes cutaway views and specifications of the locomotives. Train of Tomorrow: This looks at the Train of Tomorrow Passenger Train. Includes a look at the Astro Dome used on the cars and the various cars that make up the train including the Star Dust chair car, Sky View dining car, Dream Cloud sleeping car, and Moon Glow observation Car. SD-7 General Motors 1500 H.P. Six Motor Road Switcher: This looks at the features, performance and specifications of the SD7. The New GP 30: This looks at the GP 30's components, features and specifications. 74 pages, B&W, Softcover.

Manufacturer’s Catalog Archive Book 48
Railway Electrification Great Northern & Milwaukee Road V3
This is a reproduction of 2 publications on Railway Electrification: Great Northern Railway Electrification: This is a 1929 publication detail the electrification of the Great Northern.  This details the initial 3 phase system, the switch to a single phase system, the power distribution system, the construction of the overhead catenary, the locomotives used on the line, operations and maintenance. Electric Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway: This is a 1927 publication on the electric operations of the Milwaukee Road. Includes a look at the Coast and Columbia divisions, passenger and freight train operations, the DC power supply and electrical operations, electric locomotives- freight, switching and passenger, power substations and overhead construction. 74 pages, B&W, Softcover.

Northern Pacific Diesel Power V.1
By Dale Sanders
Northern Pacific Railway purchased its first diesel locomotives in 1938. Over the next 30 years the fleet continued to grow, culminating in more than 700 units from four different builders. This special two-volume set documents the entire NP fleet leading up to the March 1970 Burlington Northern merger.
This volume examines switchers, road switchers, high-horsepower units, and motorcars.

Northern Pacific Diesel Power V.2
By Dale Sanders
Northern Pacific Railway purchased its first diesel locomotives in 1938. Over the next 30 years the fleet continued to grow, culminating in more than 700 units from four different builders. This special two-volume set documents the entire NP fleet leading up to the March 1970 Burlington Northern merger.
This volume includes coverage of the sizable fleet of EMD F-series locomotives, from the first FT to the last F9.

Passenger Train Annual 2022
The 2022 Passenger Train Annual covers your favorite trains from the past and present, including...
• New Trains of 1952: Pennsylvania Railroad’s streamlined, Budd-built “Congressional”.
• Electro-Motive A to Z: From Algoma Central to “Zephyr,” an alphabetical review of North American EMD passenger diesels to mark the centennial of the builder’s founding in 1922.
• Ties That Bind, Part 2: Concluding our survey of passenger trains crossing the U.S.-Canada border in the postwar era.
• And much more!
96 pages, B&W/Color, Softcover.

Railroads Illustrated 2022 Annual Issue #435
The all-new 2022 Railroads Illustrated Annual features photography from coast to coast, including:

• Dash 2 Locomotives: 50 Years Strong
• Going Home: New England Railroading
• Time Machine: West Virginia’s Durbin Rocket
• Scanner Talk Railroading
• Seasonal Day In North America
• And Much More!
96 pages, B&W/Color, 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.

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.

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.

When Southern Pacific Ruled Oregon Rails V3; Portland to Dunsmuir
By Greg Brown, David Houston, Todd Montgomery
This is an all color look at the Southern Pacific in Oregon from the '50s to 1996, guaranteed to bring back memories of the way it was.
99% color, these previously unpublished works of David Houston, Greg Brown and Todd Montgomery are proudly presented in large format, just as they were photographed. We cover Portland to Dunsmuir, branchlines, the Siskiyou, the Modoc and a chapter on the OC&E. 256 pages, B&W and Color Photos, Hardcover.

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