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Alco Rotary Snow Plow, 1909 -- This reproduction of Alco's catalog documents the rotary with action photos, detail photos, cutaway drawings, user's instructions, and a roster of customer railroads. 28 pages, 9" x 6", soft cover.
#0100-000096..........Sale Price $1.50
All Aboard!: The Canadian Rockies by Train by David Mitchell -- This well-designed book tells the story of the epic feat of constructing and operating two rail lines through the spectacular Canadian Rocky Mountains. Learn how the rails got there, who put them there, and how you can get there on the Rocky Mountaineer train of today. The photos will certainly make you want to go. 144 pages, 42 color pages, 60 b&w photos, maps. 8.5" x 10", soft cover.
#0100-000111..........Sale Price $14.97
America's Fighting Railroads: A World War II Pictorial Memoir by Don Dellevi -- The author tells and shows how the railroads shipped raw materials and supplies by the millions of tons and transported troops by the hundreds of thousands for America's war effort. 200 pages, 200 b&w photos. Soft cover.
#0100-000129..........Retail $7.77
Where are they? What are their reporting marks? How many and what kinds of locomotives do they have? What do they haul? Where do I tune my scanner? This handy-sized book lists the important facts, figures, and gives the locomotive rosters for over 500 short lines in North America. If you're at all interested in short lines, you shouldn't be without it. 368 pages, approx. 135 b&w photos. 8.25" x 5.5", soft cover.
Order# 0400-001073 Retail $24.95 Your Sale Price $14.97
American Steam Locomotive by Brian Solomon -- Here is a colorful, action-oriented look at the mighty locos that once ruled the rails. Hundreds of great photos, most in color, illustrate a throughly researched text detailing the origins, development, and growth of the steam locomotive from its earliest days right up to the diesel's takeover. 160 pages, 200 photos. 10"x10", hard cover.
#0100-000174..........Sale Price $17.97
The American Streamliner by Donald Heimburger and Carl Byron -- This fascinating and colorful book shows us the developments that led up to the era of the streamliners, documents the earliest trains of the flashy new breed, and leads us railroad by railroad through the best of the prewar streamlined hotels on wheels. Come visit the last exuberant era in American railroad passenger service. 176 pages, approx. 215 photos, illustrations & literature reproductions (half in full color). 10.25" x 10.25", hard cover.
#0100-000175..........Sale Price $26.97
The American Train Depot & Roundhouse by Hans and April Halberstadt -- Covers the evolution of depots, examines their architectural style and uses. Also looks at roundhouses, where steam locomotives were serviced. 192 pages, 200 color illustrations, 50 b&w photos. 10" x 10", hard cover.
#0100-000180..........Retail $29.95 Sale $17.97
America's Rail Pictorial by Russ Porter -- These are artist Porter's personal color photos, taken all over the country. The book goes railroad by railroad, showing photos taken from the declining years of steam until the second generation of diesels on 37 roads. Many situations which were once ordinary can be revisited between these covers. 152 pages,approx. 310 color photos. 10.25" X 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-000181..........Retail $44.95 Sale $26.97
Anthracite Country Color by Gerard Bernet -- Here is a color pictorial of photos by Bruce and Arch Kantner of the Reading, Central of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley, and Pennsylvania Railroad in the coal mining area of the state of Pennsylvania. 48 pages, color photos. Soft Cover.
#0100-000295..........Retail $19.95 Sale $11.97
Anything But Steam by Frederick A. Kramer -- This book is filled with gasoline engine locos, self-propelled gasoline passenger cars and electric freight locos serving not only major railroads, but also were taken by ICC inspectors during the 1920's of anything that was non-traditional motive power. 46 pages, 93 b&w photos.
#0100-000299..........Retail $10.00 Sale $6.00
Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Service - The Postwar Years by Eugene Huddleston -- The story of ACL's postwar passenger trains is told supported by great company publicity photos of trains and equipment with car and locomotive rosters, diagrams and drawings. 128 pages, 200 b&w and color photos, official diagrams and drawings. hard cover.
#0100-000383..........Retail $26.95 Sale $16.17
Baja California Railways by John Kirchner -- A study of railroads and railroading south of the California border. The Baja was the route of choice for several American railroad projects. Learn about it in this fully documented history. 349 pages, 225 illustrations (photos, maps, timetables). 5.75" x 9", hard cover.
#0100-000379..........Retail $29.95 Sale $17.97
The Baldwin Locomotive Works: 1831-1915 by John Brown -- Brown combines economic, business, labor, social and technological history to write a dazzling account of this giant of 19th century industry. 328 pages, occasional b&w photos, appendices, bibiliography. 7.25" x 10.25", hard cover.
#0100-000394....(out of print, 2 left)....Retail $35.95 Sale $21.57
The Baldwin Locomotive Works Catalogue of Locomotives -- General service locomotives of all gauges and sizes from about 1915. Beginning with information and formulae followed by catalog listings for 61 types of locomotives of 21 wheel arrangements, each one illustrated. 127 pages, approx. 70 b&w photos, drawings, graphs. 6.25" x 9", hard cover.
#0100-000390..........Retail $9.00 Sale $5.40
Vauclain System of Compound Locomotives -- A reprint of a 1900 Baldwin Locomotive Works book on the Vauclain Compound type steam locomotive. It shows how the four-cylinder compound system worked (with drawings), and it shows photos of many Vauclain compounds Baldwin had built. 91 pages, approx. 85 b&w photos, drawings. 6" x 9", soft cover.
#0100-000393..........Retail $5.00 Sale 3.00
Baltimore & Ohio Trackside with Willis McCaleb by James Semon and Bruce Dicken -- You've already seen McCaleb's work in the Nickel Plate books. Here is the evidence that he turned his artist's eye toward the B&O as its steamers passed from Cleveland to West Virginia, to Indiana and back to central Ohio. The book shows every type of B&O steamer working in the Midwest during the fifties-- and it is nearly completely steam! 128 pages, approx. 180 color photos, maps, literature. 8.75" X 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-000405..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Stations and Towers Along te Niagara Division by Bill Fries -- Photos and history of the Baltimore & Ohio (ex BR&P) depots and towers along the mainline sub-division, the Rochester sub-division, the Silver Lake sub-division and the Salamanca sub-division.
#0100-000408..........Retail $20.00 Sale $12.00
Baltimore & Ohio E-Unit Diesel Passenger Locomotives by Douglas Nuckles and Thomas Dixon, Jr. -- B&O bought E-units early and often, following their development from the EA/EB until the E9 at the end. This book documents B&O's use of the E-unit through that entire history. 78 pages, approx. 100 photos, some color. 8.5" x 11", soft cover.
#0100-000465..........Retail $15.95 Sale $9.57
Baltimore & Ohio: Sunburst Trail to Chicago by David Ori, Stephen Salomon, and David Oroszi -- Focuses on two far-flung B&O divisions, the Pittsburgh- and Akron-Chicago Divisions, and on the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad. Depicts the character of the B&O from the mid-fifties through 1987. 128 pages, approx. 200 color photos. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-000512....(out of print, 2 left)....Retail $44.00 Sale $26.40
The Beauty of Railroad Bridges in North America: Then and Now by Richard Cook -- A well done pictorial salute to the designers and builders of railroad bridges, those beautiful, utilitarian, and often monumental structures. Designed for ordinary people who find bridges fascinating. 208 pages, more than 300 illustrations (mostly b&w photos). 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-000565..........Retail $44.95 Sale $26.97
The Berkshire and Texas Types by Jack Farrell -- Documents the 2-8-4's and 2-10-4's of every railroad that ran 'em, along with specs and rosters of each railroad's versions. Many large action shots of these types at work are shown. 192 pages, approx. 270 photos, a few in color. 11.25" x 8.5", hard cover, slip cased.
#0100-000570..........Retail $15.00 Sale $9.00
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad--In Color by Robert Lorenzo and Nathan Clark, Jr. -- Celebrates the 125th anniversary of the heavy-duty carrier linking Pittsburgh with the Great Lakes. Main and branch line action are vividly portrayed in photos taken from the 1950s to 1994. 128 pages, 200 color photos. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-000610..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
B&O Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment by Craig Bossler -- Modeling the B&O and need to know what its equipment looked like? Here are your answers--in color. The entire gamut is covered, from those unique wagontop boxcars to Slumbercoaches, trailers, and the ubiquitous hopper cars. 128 pages, over 300 color photos. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
The Big Guys by Robert P. Olmsted -- This book includes tons of the Union Pacific's biggest locomotives from 1949 to 1997 most taken by the talented Robert Olmsted. See photos of Big Boys, Challengers, U-50's, Gas Turbines and more. 104 pages, approx. 275 black & white photos. 8.75" X 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-001147..........Retail $38.00 Sale $22.80
British Columbia Railway -- From PGE to BC Rail by J.F. Garden -- This, I'am informed, is the second printing of this title.But I can see why it needed to be printed again. The book is beautiful, containing many large color photographs of trains moving through some of the most impressive scenery in North America. It begins with a history of this fascinating railroad/political football, and goes on to provide a luscious photographic tour along the line. Alcophiles will really enjoy it! 455 pages, approx. 475 color photographs. 11.25" X 10.25", hard cover.
#0100-001306..........Retail $79.95 Sale $47.97
Boston & Maine in Color by Jeremy and Jeffrey Plant -- Beginning with lots of unique black steam engines and traveling through maroon and the blue diesels, this book takes us on a colorful and historical trip over the changing Boston & Maine from 1939 to the Guilford era. 128 pages, approx. 215 color photos, map, literature reproductions, rosters. 8.75" X 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-001325..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Boston & Albany, the New York Central in New England, Vol. 2 by Robert W. Jones -- The second volume covers the road from Worcester, MA to Albany, NY, eight seperate branch lines, the character of railroad life in the Berkshire Mountains, the author's personal reminiscences, and more.
#0100-001353..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Boston's Depots & Terminals by Richard C. Barrett -- Here is the history of over 30 (including major renovations) Boston depots. It contains plans, history and artifacts. 240 pages, 300 b&w illus., full color dustjacket. hardcover.
#0100-001354..........Retail $54.95 Sale $32.97
Boston & Maine---Three Colorful Decades of New England Railroading by Robert W. Jones -- This is a reprinted book. Its five major sections and 300 beautiful photos cover the time from the 1940s to the 1970s. You'll see the end of the New England's steamers, passenger trains under control of E units, freight trains powered by F's and GP's. And all in the fine scenery of New England. 210 pages, hard cover.
#0100-001355..........Retail $59.95 Sale $35.97
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Lines in Queens by Vincent F Seyfried
covers the complete history; from the original lines expanding out from Brooklyn down to the end of trolley service in 1950. 88 pages including historical details, photos, rosters and route maps of both horse car lines and trolley routes. Includes the following information: North 2nd Street & Middle Village RR., Bushwick RR Co., Grand St. & Newton RR., Williamsburgh & Newton RR., Brooklyn City RR., Metropolitan RR Co., Brooklyn Heights RR., Brooklyn & Windfield Rwy., New Williamsburgh & Flatbush RR., Brooklyn Queens & Suburban RR Co.
Order# 0100-001374 Fall Release Retail $TBA
Brownie the Boomer edited by H. Roger Grant -- This book chronicles the life of Charles P. Brown and is a portrait of working conditions in the early years of the century. 279 pages, 20 illustrations. 8.25" X 9.25", cloth cover.
#0100-001381..........Retail $28.00 Sale $16.80
Building the Clinchfield by James Goforth -- Goforth, formerly a Chief Engineering of the Clinchfield, describes how George Carter caused a first class railroad to be built through the most rugged mountain barriers in the eastern U.S. he emphasizes what was built, how it was built, and who did the building. Carter himself drove the last spike in early 1915, finishing the work of many immigrant laborers. 122 pages, photos, maps, schedules, etc. 5.5" X 8.5", hard cover.
#0100-001852..........Retail $14.95 Sale $8.97
Burlington Route Depot Life . by Carryl Hadcock with Alfred Holck
Here's a photo and text account of Hadcock's career as a station agent-operator on the CB&Q's Lincoln Division from 1937 to 1972. His narrative is a personal chronicle of the duties and experiences of a CB&Q employee in small prairie towns in Nebraska and other parts of the western reaches. Let Mr. Hadcock share with you his experiences with CB&Q steam power, with the famous Zephyrs, and with railroading right up into the dawn of the Burlington Northern era. 44 pages, soft cover.
Order# 0100-001901 Retail $12.95 Sale $7.77
Burlington Route: Color Pictorial, Volume 1 by Alfred Holck-- An all color photographic essay on the change from steam to diesel on the Burlington whose text is mainly in the form of photo captions. 128 pages, approximately 300 photos, rosters, ads, map. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-001902...........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Burlington Northern and Its Heritage by Steve Glischinski -- The challenges and benefits of BN's successful merger are fully described in this history--which provides a full understanding of how BN became the entity that it is today. 192 pages, 274 color photos, 16 maps. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-001451....(out of print, 4 left)....Retail $39.95 Sale $23.97
"C" Books....
California Railroads by Alvin Fickewirth -- Records every railroad that ever operated within the borders of California. Each railroad's power type, its gauge, and its length is shown. 194 pages, approx. 210 b&w photos. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-002002..........Retail $46.95 Sale $28.17
Chicago Burlington & Quincy in Color, volume 2 by Mike Spoor -- This 429 mile journal on "Lines East" between Chicago and the Twin Cities focuses on the '50's in to 1960's time frame, when the second generation of diesels began to arrive on the CB&Q. The traditional black and gray paint schemes gave way to a brilliant Chinese red and gray scheme on the new road switchers, while the older F-units soldiered on side-by-side. 128 pages, all color photos. 8.75" X 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-002006..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Chesapeake & Ohio Color guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment by David Hickox -- Although the C&O was thought of as basically a coal hauler, this book displays some very attractive passenger and general merchandice equipment. All of the photos in the book were recorded before the advent of the Chessie System. 128 pages, over 300 color photos. 8.75" X 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-002008..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Canada's First Railway: Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad by Nick and Helma Mika -- This fascinating story of Canada's first railway recalls the trials and triumphs of the early pioneers and their quest for faster and better means of transportation. 64 pages, 8.5" x 9.75", hard cover.
#0100-002101..........Retail $15.95 Sale $9.57
Cabins, Crummies & Hacks (& Vans), Vol. 5: Northern North America by Henry Maywald -- Here are color photographs of cabooses both old and more recent from 108 different railroads from north of the Mason-Dixon line in the United States on into Canada. 96 pages, approx. 210 color photos. 10.75" X 8.75", hard cover.
#0100-002107..........Retail $32.95 Sale $19.77
The booklets that follow are carefully researched, fully illustrated 11" x 8.5" texts of Canadian railroading by the British Model Railroaders of North America:
Canadian National in the West, Vol, 1 by J.A. Love -- A picture album with accompanying instructional captions containing a number of good historic and recent photos of CN power and trains in the western part of Canada. 24 pages, 23 b&w photos, map. 11" x 8.5", soft cover.
0100-002211..........Retail $3.60
The Hard Coal Carriers: Vol. 2- Camelback Twilight by gerard Bernet-- This book features the last years of Jersey Central's Passenger Camelbacks. It contains diagrams and roster data as well as photos and maps. It not only covers the locos but also the passenger carsthey pulled. Covers 150, 590, 600, 631, and 750 classes. 96 pages, color covers, b&w photos, diagrams, etc.
0100-002120............Retail $19.95 Sale $11.97
Canadian Rail Car Pictorial, Volume One: Canadian Pacific 40' Boxcars by Richard Yaremko -- Looking to make your models more authentic? This book is the first of a new series which will be welcomed by Canadian railfans and those who model Canadian rolling stock. Each book will contain 42 large format color photos showing the paint and lettering schemes used on specific prtotype cars in service from the fifties to the present. The photos don't just illustrate the decoration schemes--they also reveal how they weathered. And they're printed on acid free glossy paper. The text gives each car's builder, its spotting features, and its building and servicing dates. This first volume deals with the CP's fleet of 40" box cars. 42 pagers, 42 color photos. 11" X 8.5", soft cover.
#0100-002250..........Retail $21.95 Sale $13.17
Canadian Rail Car Pictorial, Volume Two: Canadian Pacific 40' Boxcars by Richard Yaremko -- This wide format book presents 42 large format color photos illustrating the paint and lettering schemes on the 40' boxcars that were the mainstay of trains in the fifties, and have lasted up to the present. The book was designed especially for the modeler. the text identifies each car's builder, spotting features, build dates and service dates, further making the book an invaluable resource fo the detailing, painting and weathering of models. 42 pages, 42 color photos. 11" X 8.5", soft cover.
#0100-002251..........Retail $21.95 Sale $13.17
Canadian Rail Car Pictorial, Volume Two A: 40' Canadian National Boxcars, Part 2 by Richard Yaremko -- If you're a CNR modeller, especially of the past, you'll find this book very useful. It covers the 40' boxcars of the CNR between the 1960 logotype change (to the lazy three from the maple leaf) up until the 1990s, which ended the 40' boxcar era, giving rich detail on the different types shown in its large color photographs. 40 pages, 42 color photos. 8.5" X 11", soft cover.
#0100-002252..........Retail $21.95 Sale $13.17
Canadian Rail Car Pictorial, Volume Three: 50', 60', and 86' Canadian Pacific Boxcars by Richard Yaremko -- This volume presents the paint and lettering schemes as well as some details of the contruction used on these cars. The text identifies the car's builder, spotting features, built and service dates. 42 pages of large format color photos printed on acid-free, glosscoated paper including front and back covers), 11" X 8.5", perfect bound.
#0100-002253..........Retail $21.95 Sale $13.17
Canadian Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment by John Riddell -- This fascinating volume attempts to fill the gap in car type and decoration information for the Canadian Pacific. Its photos were captured between 1940 and 1996, and show a great variety of both car types and paint schemes over the years. Especially interesting are the cars built early in the century. 128 pages ,approx. 320 color photos. 8.75" X 11.25", hard cover.
#0100-002260..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Canadian National in the East, Vol. 1
0100-002221..........Retail $3.60
Canadian National in the West, Vol. 2
Order #0100-002212 Retail $3.60
Canadian National in the West, Vol. 3
Order #0100-002213 Retail $3.60
CPR in Manitoba, Vol. 1
#0100-002301..........Retail $3.60
CPR's Boundary Subdivision
0100-002306..........Retail $4.20
CPR's Rossland Subdivision
0100-002307..........Retail $4.20
CPR in the East, Vol. 1
Candian Pacific Railway in the Rockies, Vol. 4
0100-002314..........Retail $4.20
Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rockies, Vol. 5
0100-002315..........Retail $4.20
Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rockies, Vol. 6
0100-002316..........Retail $3.60
Canadian Pacific in the Rockies, Vol. 8
0100-002318..........Retail $3.60
Canadian Pacific in the Rockies, Vol. 9
0100-002319..........Retail $3.60
Canadian Pacific in the Rockies, Vol. 10 by D.M. McBain -- The last volume. 26 pages, 29 b&w photos, map. 11" x 8.5", soft cover.
0100-002320..........Retail $3.60
Canadian Pacific in the West, Vol. 1
Order #0100-002321 Retail $4.80
The Canadian (famous Train)/H3>
Order #0100-002322 Retail $6.00
Canadian Pacific,Transcontinental Limited.
Order #0100-002323 Retail $7.20
Canadian Pacific, Steam Power Memories in British Columbia
Order #0100-002324 Retail $7.20
Canadian Pacific, Kettle Valley Railway,
Order #0100-002325 Retail $7.20
Canadian Pacific ,Calgary-Edmonton, Vol #1
Order #0100-002330 Retail $4.20(br>
Canadian Pacific in the East, Vol. 2
Order #0100-002332 Retail $4.80
Canadian Pacific in the Okanagan Valley
Order #0100-002333 Retail $4.80
Canadian Pacific in the Okanagan Koot,DSL
Order #0100-002334 Retail $5.40
Canadian Railways Illustrated History/H3>
Order #0100-002340 Retail $24.00
Canadian Pacific in Southern Ontario, Vol. 1
0100-002341..........Retail $3.60
Canadian Railway Scenes, No. 2: C.P.R. Centennial Issue - Montreal to Vancouver compiled by Adolf Hungry Wolf -- Covers the route thru the Rockies & Selkirks, concentrating on the steam and transition eras. 111 pages, over 100 b&w photos. 11" x 8.5", soft cover.
0100-002346..........Retail $5.97
Canadian Pacific in the Selkirks, Vol #2.
#0100-002348........ Retail $7.20
End of Canadian Soft Cover Section
Cascade Division by Martin Burwash -- Review the past 25 years of railroading in the Washington Cascades as BN and Milwaukee Road locomotives struggle to haul freight over the mountains in this black and white photographic record. 128 pages, 220 B/W photos. 8.5" x 11", hard cover.
0100-006180..........Retail $39.95 Sale $23.97
Chessie, The Railroad Kitten by Thomas Dixon, Jr. -- Chessie was a theme of the C&O's advertising for many years. Read and view the story of Chessie and her family here. 64 pages, 84 photos (mostly literature reproductions), 14 in color. 8.5" x 11", soft cover.
0100-002905..........Retail $7.17
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy--In Color, Vol. 1 by Mike Spoor -- Covers the railroad during the transition years from late steam into the early diesel era. 128 pages, 200 color photos. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
0100-002003..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
CNJ/LV Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment by Craig T. Bossler--This color guide illustrates for the historians, modelers and casual readers, rolling stock of these two smaller roads of the Middle Atlantic Region. The Jersey Central and the Lehigh Valley both rostered very colorful rolling stock in their later years. Full Color, 8.5” x 11”, hard cover.
0100-002770..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
CF7 Locomotives: From Cleburne to Everywhere by Cary Poole-- Here’s a historical and contemporary look at CF7 locomotives from their beginnings at Santa Fe’s Cleburne, TX shops to the colorful roles they play on today’s shortlines. The book features quotes from the men who built them and those who run them now. There are drawings and specs along with many photos. 112 pages, over 100 photos (25% color), complete roster with disposition. 8.5” x 11”, soft cover.
0100-002835..........Retail $24.95 Sale $14.97
Chesapeake and Ohio Color Pictorial, Vol-ume One-- Here is a collection of color photographs depicting the operations of the well-managed Chesapeake & Ohio prior to 1963. See steam locos of the Pere Marquette which became working parts of the C&O system in 1947. There are some fantastic steam shots along with shots of those stylish first generation diesels. Color photos, 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
0100-002889..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Chicago's Commuter Railroads: A Guide to the Metra System by Richard Kunz -- A complete and informative route by route, station by station guide to the entire commuter railroad system around Chicago, illustrated with photos from past and present. 64 pages, approx. 92 photos (1/2 color), rosters, maps. 8.5" x 11", soft cover.
0100-002896..........Retail $24.95 Sale $14.97
Chicago & North Western-- The Cowboy Line This book is the cooperative effort of four different writers. They are commenting on the C&NW’s former lonely line to Chadron, Nebraska. It was called the Cowboy Line, and it is now the longest rail to trail project in the United States. The railroad historian writers have written about the line’s rail heritage, major landmarks along the line/trail, and how the “Cowboy Trail” was initially developed. 64 pages, soft cover.
0100-002899..........Retail $18.95 Sale $11.37
Chessie System Diesel Locomotives by Jerry Doyle -- Complete roster data on all diesels inherited by Chessie System and histories of all models and classes that were purchased by it from 1972 through the SD50's of te early 1980's. Portrait type phot wit a number of excellent action scenes are included. 112 pages, over 150 great photos, hard cover.
0100-002909...........Retail $36.95 Sale $22.17
Chicago & North Western, In Color Vol. 1: 1941-1953 by Lloyd Keyser-- An across the system at the C&NW in the years when the road was converting from steam to diesel power. 128 pages, all color photos. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
0100-002910..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Chessie System Cumberland Action by JThomas A. Biery-- The final decade of the B&O, C&O, and Western Maryland Railroads incorporated into the Chessie System Railroads on June 15, 1973 is covered. This beautiful, full color volume focuses on operations in and about Cumberland, Maryland. 112 pages, over 150 great photos on coated paper, soft cover. 0100-002911..........Retail $39.95 Sale $23.97
Chicago Great Western Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment by Gene Green The varied rolling stock of "The Corn Belt Route" is examined through vintage color photos and Mr. Green's expert commentary. 128 pages, 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
0100-002968...........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Chicago & North Western Official Color Photography by Gene Green-- Straight from the company archive, comes over 200 vintage views chiefly from the 1940’s and 50’s of everything from new equipment, to special events and day-to-day operations. 128 pages, all color, hard cover.
0100-003064..........Retail $43.00 Sale $25.80
Civil War Railroads: A Pictorial History of the War between the States, 1861-1865 by George B. Abdill — This is the essential pictorial guide for all of those interested in the role of the railroad in the American Civil War. With more than 220 b&w photos from the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and private collections across the country. 192 pages, hard cover.
0100-003151..........Retail $37.50 Sale $22.50
Classic Diesels of the South: A Railfan’s Odyssey by J. Parker Lamb — Lamb is well-known as a railroad photographer, and this is a collection of black & white photos he took all over the Southeast during the years of the first generation diesels. It is a fine and touching memoir of railroad life of the past in the South. It’ll make you want to do a little time travel. 118 pages, approx. 135 b&w photos, color cover. 8.75” x 11.25”, hard cover.
0100-003155..........Retail $26.95 Sale $16.17
Classic American Railroads by Mike Schafer — This
beautifully laid out book deals with 15 of the
railroads that became so much a part of American life
that they are recalled as classics. Most of them are
gone now, but their stories are here, along with
sharp, well-composed photos that illustrate the
distinctiveness and the environment of each road. 160
pages, over 200 mostly color photos, illustrations,
maps, literature reproductions. 10.25” x10.25”, hard
cover.
0100-003160..........Retail $29.95 Sale $17.97
Classic American Streamliners by Mike Schafer and Joe
Welsh — Here’s a colorful graphic demonstration of the
appeal of streamliners. This well-designed and
magnificently illustrated book tells of the great
streamliners from the great railroads. Text, interior
and exterior photos and sidebars amply explain why
people preferred to ride the classic streamlined
trains of many railroads in the United States. 160
pages, approx. 160 photos (mostly color) +
illustrations and literature reproductions. 10.25” x
10.25”, hard cover.
0100-003161..........Retail $29.95 Sale $17.97
Classic Freight Cars, Vol. 4: 40 Ft. Open & Closed Hopper Cars by John Henderson -- See the variations possible in hopper cars. Deals with the closed hopper in greater detail, especially in showing the paint and lettering schemes of different railroads and private owners. 64 pages, approximately 175 color photos. 11" x 8.5", soft cover.
0100-003193..........Retail $23.95 Sale $14.37
Classic Locomotives, Vol. 1: Alco Switchers S-1 thru S-6 by Keith Szachacz -- Color photos illustrate the wide variety of paint schemes used by the 111 railroads and corporations that owned the Alco switchers pictured in this book. You can see them in all sorts of situations, east to west, north to south. 88 pages, over 200 color photos, 11" x 8.5", soft cover.
0100-003200..........Retail $32.95 Sale $19.77
Classic Locomotives, Vol. 3: EMD GP-30 by Keith Szachacz -- Great action photographic coverage of the both large and small roads that ran this unit. 80 Pages, 130 mostly color photos. 11" x 8.5", soft cover.
0100-003202..........Retail $32.95 Sale $19.77
Classic Power #1: Chesapeake & Ohio H7 Series by Dixon -- Roster and action shots of C&O's massive pumps-in-front 2-8-8-2 steamers. Descriptive text plus drawings and a data sheet. 54 pages, 10.5" x 8.25", soft cover.
0100-003171....(out of print, 1 left)....Retail $4.17
Classic Power #9: New Haven EP-5 Jets by Joe Cunningham -- Not only did the EP-5 challenge the famous Pennsy GG-1 in high-speed intercity passenger service, its engineering innovations determined the course of future U.S. electric locomotive design for three decades. 98 pages, approx. 110 photos (about 2/3 color), drawings. 11" x 8.5", soft cover.
0100-003179..........Retail $29.95 Sale $17.97
Colorado’s Mountain Railroads by Robert La-Massena —
Originally issued as small-format volumes, the book
has been combined into one volume and completely
rewritten. Its many photos have been selected for
modelers, engine enthusiasts and historians. They show
locomotives and railroad structures in nearly 600 b&w
and 50 full-color scenes. 384 pages. Hard cover.
0100-003301..........Retail $55.00 Sale $33.00
Colorado Midland Railway—Daylight Through the Divide
The Midland was the first standard-gauge railroad
built in the heart of Colorado’s narrow-gauge country.
It began laying track in Colorado Springs in 1886 and
reached the booming silver camp of Aspen two years
later, by way of a tunnel under Hagerman Pass and by
backtracking up the Roaring Fork Valley from Basalt.
376 pages, b&w and color photos, maps. Hard cover.
0100-003305..........Retail $52.00 Sale $31.20
Colorado & Southern Color Pictorial (Southern Division) by Ed Fulcomer -- Highlights the C&S standard gauge line south out of Denver to the Texas border plus the Joint Line to Pueblo, showing the C&S's unique operations and motive power, both steam and diesel. 128 pages. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
0100-003365..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Colorful Colorado Railroads in the 1960's by Ronald Hill -- Color photographs that highlight some of Colorado's favorite railroading subjects against the spectacular scenery of the Centennial state! 112 pages, over 140 color photos. 11.25" x 8.75", hard cover.
0100-003360..........Retail $42.95 Sale $29.77
Conrail — The Final Years by Paul Withers — Conrail’s
current locomotive fleet will be its last. This book
picks up where Conrail Motive Power 1986-1991 left off
and brings you up to 1998. The carrier’s diverse fleet
of EMD and GE locomotives is pictured in both action
and roster shots. The state-of-the-art SD80MAC merits
its own special section in this book. 224 pages, over
600 color and b&w photos. 8.5” x 11”, hard cover.
0100-003409..........Retail $48.00 Sale $28.80
The Corn Belt Route by Roger Grant -- A richly illustrated, colorful history of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company, one of the great small railroads that once served the midwest. 242 pages, 150 b&w photos. 8.5" x 9.5", hard cover.
0100-003430..........Retail $30.00 Sale $22.80
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad by Deane Mellander -- Tells the story of this short line from handsome home-built 2-8-0's and Western Maryland Russian Decapods to black RS3's and then Chessie diesels. 68 pages, 100 photos. 11" x 8.5", soft cover.
0100-003665..........Retail $5.97
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