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Classic American Railroads (Hardcover) Classic American Railroads looks at fifteen of America's first common-carrier railroads which enjoyed long, productive lives and had colorful histories of serving freight customers and passengers alike. In over 200 historical and current photos, maps, and other illustrations, Classic American Railroads puts you at trackside--as well as aboard selected famous passenger liners--on some of America's greatest railroads. ISBN 0760302391

Kinsey Photographer Locomotive Portraits Vol 3 (Hardcover) Saga of Darius and Tabitha Kinsey's lifework (she spent 47 years in the darkroom and he spent 50 years in the field with camera, 1890-1940) now continues with volume three including 41 super photographs of the logging industry's steam locomotives, historical essays by John Labbe on each locomotive and the logging operation(s) it served, and excerpts from conversations with some of the oldtime engineers, firemen, and brakemen.ISBN 1884822657

Sierra Railway (Hardcover) This is an intimate history of a vigorous, well-known shortline. It has been continuously in operation since 1896, and now, although dieselized, still maintains some steam motive power for peak loads, railfan trips and numerous movie appearances.

Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad (Softcover) Track and the associated equipment are the focal point of any scale model railroad layout. While the adjacent modelwork is important, most observers direct their attention to the track, the small details along the right-of-way, and, of course, the moving trains. Inside Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad, you'll find instructions and information you can use to easily install and detail your model railroad trackwork to the highest operating and scenic standards. ISBN 0890245711

Cyclopedia: Diesel Locomotives Vol. 2 (Softcover)This second volume of the Model Railroader Cyclopedia is a reference manual of diesel locomotives built and used in North America. While the history and development of the diesel locomotive are covered in detail, the primary emphasis is on presenting high quality reference data for model building.

Locomotive, (hardcover)The image of a powerful locomotive hauling a long train has fascinated and intrigued us for generations. From classic steam engines like the American Standard 4-4-0 to such state-of-the-art locomotives as Amtrak's high speed Acela Express, these work horses of the rails have revolutionized how we transport ourselves and our wares across the land. ISBN 0760309965

System Standards Vol 1 (softcover) To the casual railfan, this publication will be of only nominal interest, but to the dedicated railway transportation buff and historian, as well as the serious model railroader, this first of three volumes on the engineering and architectural standards of the Santa Fe Railway will be a welcome addition to the library as well as a source of academic pleasure provided by perusal of the data contained in the book. ISBN 0930724038

RailRoads Across America (Hardcover) In a short space of time in the nineteenth century, railroads underwent a transformation. The first railroads, in the 1830s and 1840s, were a novelty; before the end of the century, the railroads were the essential cog in the wheel of the North American economy – the major employer, the major method of transporting freight and people. Every person’s daily life was intimately affected by the railroads in some way or other, whether it was reading a newspaper (railroads hastened the news-gathering and production processes) or checking the time (railroads were instrumental in establishing standard time across the continent).

The Pictorial History of Railroads (Hardcover) Many of the world’s older railways are now celebrating their 150th anniversaries, and it is remarkable how much of the original routes and structures survive. For the most part, however, the present-day railroads bear little resemblance to the pioneer lines, apart from following the same routes and exploiting the concept of flanged metal wheels rolling on smooth metal rails. The history of the world’s railroads demonstrates in text and pictures the great changes that have taken place.

America’s Colorful Railroads (Hardcover) America’s Colorful Railroads – the first all-color book on the subject – captures in 281 full-color photographs the period in railroad history, the 1940s and ‘50s, that brought the transition from steam to diesel engines. Don Ball, noted rail photographer and historian, has selected from his own slides, his collection, and the work of the few others then photographing in color a stunning array of pictures celebrating railroads from coast to coast.

East Broad Top (Hardcover) The East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company was the last narrow gauge common carrier railroad in the eastern United States. While it was abandoned in 1956 after 80 years of service to the coal and iron industry, Eastie survives today to operate excursion service over five miles of the oldest surviving active slim gauge roadbed in the country.

The Love of Trains (Hardcover) The sound of the lonesome whistle at night, the smell of smoke-filled stations, the sight of massive locomotives thundering up hill and down dale – all these are part of the great appeal of trains. Victor Hand and Harold Edmonson have traveled the world photographing ‘railroading’s big show’. Together they have captured in vivid descriptions and over 140 stunning color pictures, including eight maps, the most interesting of trains in action, in locations as beautiful and varied as Java, the Andes, Japan, Britain, Spain, America, South Africa, Mexico, France and Australasia.

The History of the Western Railroads (Hardcover) The iron horse and all that it would come to represent was a matter of no small importance to the United States, Canada and Alaska. The railroads were a crucial element in the development of the Wild West, as they snaked their way across vast prairies, deserts and cavernous canyons, over rushing rivers and the formidable Rocky and Sierra Mountains, and through virgin forests. Once chilled steel rails spanned the continent, the transportation of resources, goods, mail and settlers – drawn by the lure of the land, gold and adventure – began changing the face of the West. The disappearance of the magnificent herds of buffalo went hand in hand with the fate of the native Indian.

The Lore of the Train (Hardcover) The railway – a confined track for wheeled vehicles – has been used by man since the early 16th century, but it was not until the advent of the locomotive in 1804 that the stage was set for the train, that invention which was to change the face of life of the planet as nothing else since the first seagoing ships sailed the oceans in prehistoric times. This magnificent volume concentrates on the train itself, the machine for actual conveyance, and all its components – steam, electric and oil-propelled locomotives, and passenger, freight and special cars.