Pennsylvania
– Standard Railroad of the World-Volume 1 by Jeremy Plant and Robert J. Yanosey. A colorful look back at the
diesel, steam and electric operations that characterized the
Pennsylvania Railroad once touted as the “Standard Railroad of the
World” Morning Sun
Hardcover $54.95
Philadelphia, Marlton and Medford Railroad Co. 1881-1931, The,
A small booklet size book now back in stock. The history of a rural
New Jersey short line from its construction in 1881, through its
merger into the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company and final
decline fifty years later as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's
Atlantic Division. 32 pages, B&W photos (1973 reprinted 1997) West
Jersey Chapter, NRHS
Softcover $4.50
Philip
R. Hastings: Portrait of the Pennsylvania Railroad by Douglas M. Nelson. A new book, museum-quality, duo-tone black &
white featuring 145 suburb Pennsy images of steam, diesel and
electric. Hastings made repeated trips to the railroad in the 1950s,
“capturing its landscape in broad strokes, defining its character,
and embracing its people. Cloth covers, 100 lb. paper, maps, index,
128 pages. Pine Tree Press
Hardcover $49.95
Piggyback and Containers A History of Rail Intermodal on
America's Steel Highway -
by
David J. DeBoer. A history of the various forms of methods of
dealing with LCL (Less-than-Carload) freight using containerization.
From the Long Island Railroad's "Farmers Train" in the 1890s to the
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee's "ferry truck service" between
Milwaukee and Chicago and numerous piggyback experiments to the
current methods. 208 pages, B/W photos, more than 200 illustrations. (1992,
third printing June 2007) Golden West Books
Hardcover
$49.95 (NEW)
Pike's
Peak Region 1900-1930, Railroads of the,
by Allan C. Lewis. (1) Colorado Springs
and Cripple Creek District Railway, (2) Denver & Rio Grande, (3)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, (4) Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific,
(5) Colorado & Southern, (6) The Colorado Midland Railway, (7)
Colorado Springs and Interurban, (8) Manitou and Pike's Peak, and
(9) The Midland Terminal Railway. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2006)
Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Pioneer
American Railroads: The Mohawk and Hudson & The Saratoga and
Schenectady
by F. Daniel Larkin, 95 pages, B&W photos and diagrams.(1995)
Purple Mountain Press.
Hardcover
$25.00
Portland
Company, The: 1846-1982
by David Fletcher, 128 pages, B&W photos. This company built many
steam railroad and marine steam engines, and many other items in
Portland, Maine. Arcadia Publishing.
Softcover
$19.99
Providence
& Worcester Railroad,
Portrait of a Winner
1973-2006 by Robert C. Barnett. Since resuming independent
operations in 1973, the Providence & Worcester Railroad has grown
from a 45-mile shortline to a regional rail system with more than
500 route miles in 2006. (1) The 70's, (2) The 80's, (3) The 90's
and (4) The New Millennium. 83 pages, all color photos, (2007)
Railroad Explorer.
Softcover
$34.95
(NEW)
The Pullman Porters and West Oakland by Thomas and Wilma
Tramble. (1) The Pullman Company Concept, (2) The Soul of a Pullman
Porter, (3) West Oakland: A Haven for Black Families, (4) Time for
Community Building, (5) West Oakland Blacks Acquire Real Property,
(6) A Door to New Occupations, (7) Entrepreneurship in Oakland, (8)
Leisure-Time Activities, and (9) Leadership from Clubs and
Organizations. 128 pages, B&W photos.
(2007) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Rahway
Valley Railroad 128
pages, B&W photos, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Rail
Lines of Northern New England
— A Handbook Of Railroad History, Robert M Lindsell 414 pages
packed with over 100 vintage and current photographs and dozens of
maps, this volume tells the story of every common carrier rail line
that operated in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
Softcover
$23.95
Rail
Lines of Southern New England
— A Handbook of Railroad History, Ronald Dale Kerr, 380 pages,
over 100 maps and 90 photographs. Brief summaries on the predecessor
rail lines of the region and what remains of them today.
Softcover
$22.95
Railroading Around Dothan and the Wiregrass Region by
Dothan Landmarks Foundation, Inc. The Wiregrass Region of southeast
Alabama, southwest Georgia, and north Florida (named for the
perennial grass that covered the long-leaf pine forest floor) " is a
product of the railroads that arose with the New South" This book
celebrates, in word and image, that era in American History. 128 pages, B&W photos,
(Oct. 2004) Arcadia Publications
Softcover
$19.99
Railroad
Atlas of North America, SPV’s Comprehensive:
Fully Indexed, Volume 1, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and
Maryland. revised edition, 104 pages,
Mike Walker
Softcover $28.95
Railroad
Atlas of North America, SPV’s Comprehensive:
Fully Indexed, Volume 10, New England & Maritime Canada, 76
pages, Mike Walker
Softcover $28.95
Railroad
Cities: Concord, New Hampshire:
by Robert A. Liljestrand & David Sweetland, A photo album of
railroads in and around Concord NH, 48 pp., B&W, Bob's
Photos
Softcover
$15.00
Railroad
Cities — Jersey City, NJ
— by Robert A. Liljestrand & David R. Sweetland, 48 pp.,
B&W, Bob's Photos
Softcover
$20.00
Railroad
Cities: Providence, Rhode Island:
by Robert A. Liljestrand & David Sweetland, Photo album includes
coverage of trolleys of United Electric Railways. 48 pages, B&W
photos, Bob's Photos
Softcover
$15.00
Railroad
Cities — Springfield, Massachusetts
— by Robert A. Liljestrand & David R. Sweetland, 48 pp.,
B&W, Bob's Photos
Softcover
$13.95
Railroad Depots of Northern Indiana
by David E. Longest. (1) Northeastern Indiana, (2) North Central
Indiana, (3) Northwestern Indiana, (4) Indiana's Monon Railroad, (5)
The South Shore Line, (6) The Amtrak in Indiana, (7) The Central
Indiana and Western Short Line, and (8) Preservation of Our Rail
Heritage. 128 pages, B&W photos (2007) Images of Rail, Arcadia
Publishing
Softcover $19.99
Railroad Depots of Northeast Ohio
by Mark J. Camp. (1) Baltimore and Ohio Lines, (2) Erie Railroad
Lines, (3) New York Central Lines, (4) Nickel Plate Lines, (5)
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines, (6) Other Lines, and (7) Reuse of
Depots. 128 pages, B&W photos (2007) Images of Rail, Arcadia
Publishing
Softcover $19.99
Railroad
Depots of Northwest Ohio -by
Mark J. Camp. By 1907, 20 rail lines served the northwestern
counties of Ohio. All had a series of stations along their lines,
often with depots or other rail structures. Northwest Ohio was once
home to over 250 passenger or combination depots. This book relives
the golden age of railroad travel through vintage postcards and mid
20th century photos of selected depots and related structures. They
are grouped by railroad, and most are now gone. 128 pp. B&W photos,
(2005) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Railroads
Depots of Southern Indiana
by
David E. Longest. Sections (1) North on the Pennsylvania Line, (2)
Crossroads of America - the Indianapolis Area, (3) Eastern Indiana
and South, (4) New Albany's Railroad History, (5) Tracing the Monon
route, (6) West Central Indiana, (7) West on the Southern Line, (8)
A Local Class III Railroad (Short Line), and (9) Efforts in
Preserving Our Rail Heritage, 128 pp.,
B&W. (2005) Arcadia Pub.
Softcover
$19.99
Railroad Depots of West Central Ohio
by Mark J. Camp. (1) Baltimore and Ohio Lines, (2) The Erie
Railroad, (3) New York Central Lines, (4) Nickel Plate Lines,
(5) The Pennsylvania Railroad, (6) Other Lines, (7) Reuse of
Depots. 128 pp. B&W photos, (2005), Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Railroad
Ferries of the Hudson River and Stories of a Deckhand
— An illustrated business, technical, and social history of the
ferryboats that were once operated across the Hudson River between
New Jersey and Manhattan by railroad companies in connection with
their commuter and long-distance passenger trains. Raymond Baxter
and Arthur Adams, Fordham Univ. Press
Softcover
$19.95
R. R.
Stations of New England Today Vol. 1 The
Boston & Maine R. R. — by Mark W. Beauregard, 72 pages,
B&W photos, Railroad Avenue (1979)
Softcover
$7.95
Railroad
That Came Out At Night, The,
A Book of RAILROADING in and around BOSTON , 72 pages, B&W
photos, Frank Kyper, Carstens Pub.
Softcover $12.95
Railroads -
The History of The American Railroads in 500 Photos by Steve
Barry. Photos of classic and contemporary trains, including
electric, steam, diesel, stations and memorabilia. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2",
400 pages. (2002) Crestline
Softcover $14.98
Railroads
of Cape Cod and the Islands by
Andrew T. Eldredge. 128 pp.,
B&W. Arcadia Pub.
Softcover
$19.99
Railroads
of Chattanooga by
Alan A. Walker. 128 pp.,
B&W. Arcadia Pub.
Softcover
$19.99
Railroads
of Dubuque (Iowa) by
John Tigges and James Shaffer. This book tells the Dubuque-related
stories of (1) The Illinois Central, (2) The Milwaukee Road, (3)
Burlington, (4) The Chicago Great Western, and (5) The Trolleys and
Funiculars. 128 pp.,
B&W, (2005) Arcadia Pub.
Softcover
$19.99
Railroads
of Hoboken and Jersey City
by Kenneth French. Includes a trolley section. 128 pp.,
B&W. Arcadia Pub.
Softcover
$19.99
Railroads of the Columbia River Gorge by D.C. Jesse
Burkhardt. Take an unforgettable journey through nearly 200 archival
photographs of the region's first steam locomotives, wrecks, floods,
snowstorms, and the entrepreneurs who changed the landscape. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2004)
Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Railroads
of New Jersey, Fragments
of the Past in the Garden State Landscape
by Lorett Treese. The text consists of short essays organized
in six sections, roughly corresponding to the regions of the Garden
State as defined by the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth and
Tourism Commission: Skylands Region, Gateway Region, Shore Region,
Delaware River Region, Greater Atlantic City Region, and Southern
Shore Region. The author states that this book is part history and
part travel guide, intended to place the state's railroads and
railroad artifacts in historical context. 228 pp.,
B&W photos. (2006) Stackpole Books.
Softcover
$19.95
Railroads
of North Carolina by
Alan Coleman. (1) The Common Carrier Railroad, (2) Railroad
Holding Companies, and (3) Cooperative Ventures. 128 pages, B&W
photos, (2008) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99 (NEW)
Railroads of the North Woods, by Dr. Everett L.
Parker
— A Chronicle of the network of railroads which once existed in the
North Woods of Maine, from Greenville to Eagle Lake in the Moosehead
Region. Includes the lumbering railroads, the Bangor & Aroostook,
the Canadian Pacific and the Maine Central Railroads. 42 pages,
(2002) Moosehead Communications
Softcover
$8.95
Railroads of Omaha and Council Bluffs (Iowa) by
William Kratville. Chapters on (1) The Union Pacific, (2) The
Burlington, (3) The North Western, (4) The Missouri Pacific, (5) The
Rock Island, (6) The Milwaukee, (7) The Illinois Central, (8) The
Great Western, (9) the Wabash, and (10) The Other Roads. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2002)
Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Railroads
of the Pine Tree State — Volume One
— by G. Donald Marson & Brian Jennison. Boston & Maine,
Grand Trunk Railway, Maine's Short Lines, Maine Central, Bangor &
Aroostook, Canadian Pacific. (1999) 144 pages. Four Ways West
Hardcover
$49.95
Railroads
of the Pine Tree State — Volume Two
— by
G. Donald Marson & Brian Jennison.
Grand Trunk - St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company, Maine's
Shortlines, Guilford Transportation Industries, Bangor and Aroostook
Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian American - Eastern Maine
Railway - New Brunswick Southern.144 pages (2000) Four Ways West
Hardcover
$49.95
Railroads
of Vermont, A Pictorial:
634 photographs plus maps, tickets and timetables that cover Vermont
from the Civil War through the early 1990s. Forty railroads
including obscure logging railroads, urban trolley systems,
industrial railroads and large well-known rail systems. Robert C.
Jones, 355 pages
Hardcover
$60.00
Rails
Around McCloud (CA)
by Jeff Moore. (1) Beginnings, (2)
The Glory Years, (3) From Logs to Lumber, (4) Pit River
Railroad, (5) Modernization, (6) The Boxcar Years, (7) McCloud
Railway Company, and (8) Shasta Sunset Dinner Train. 128 pages,
B&W photos, (2008) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99 (NEW)
Rails
Across Boston, Volume I:
South & West by Robert A. Liljestrand. Includes South Station,
Back Bay Station, The New Haven Railroad, The Boston & Albany
Railroad, Beacon Park Yard, Exeter Street Coach Yard and Trinity
Place. 48 pages, all B&W photos, Bob's Photos.
Softcover
$18.00
Rails
Across Boston, Volume II:
North by Robert A. Liljestrand. Includes North Station, The
Boston & Maine Railroad, Coach Yard, Roundhouse, Somerville Freight
Yard. The Union Freight Railroad. and The Boston Elevated Railway (8
pages). 48 pages, all B&W photos, Bob's Photos.
Softcover
$18.00
Rails
Across New England, 1989-1999 Volume I
-
Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont by Mike Confalone and Joe Posik. Includes
a brief history of the various railroads in northern New England at
this time to help orient the reader. It is a close look at the
changes that took place in northern New England in the post-Guilford
era in the final decade of the millennium. Excellent color photos!
127 pages, (October 2005), Railroad Explorer.
Softcover
$39.95
Rails
Across New England, 1989-1999 Volume
2
- Connecticut, Massachusetts & Rhode Island by
Brian Solomon and Mike Confalone. Includes
a brief history of the various railroads in southern New England at
this time to help orient the reader. It is a close look at the
changes that took place in southern New England in the final decade of the millennium. Excellent color photos!
127 pages, (December 2007), Railroad Explorer.
Softcover
$44.95 (NEW)
Rails
Across New Haven
by Robert A. Liljestrand. Covers (1) The
New Haven Passenger Terminal (the passenger, freight, and
maintenance facilities located in the vicinity of New Haven Union
Station, and the dividing line between between the railroad's
electrified and non-electrified territory), (2) The Cedar Hill
Freight Terminal which was the New Haven's most important freight
yard complex, and (3) Odd and Ends. 48 pages, B&W photos, (2005).
Bob's Photo.
Softcover
$20.00
Rails Along the Oriskany, A
History of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway's Utica Division
and Rome Branch
by John Taibi, 296 pages, B&W photos.
(2003) Purple Mountain Press.
Softcover
$25.00
Rails Around Denver
by Allan C. Lewis. (1) Early
Railroads of Denver, (2) Denver and Rio Grande, (3) Colorado and
Southern, (4) Union Pacific, (5) Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy,
(6) Denver Union Terminal, (7) The Moffat Road, (8) Santa Fe,
and (9) Denver Railroads in the Diesel Era. 128 pp. B&W photos,
(2007), Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Rails
Around Durango
by Allan C. Lewis. (1) Durango Gets a Railroad, (2) Silverton and
Its Surrounding, (3) From Tariffs to Tourists,
(4) A Trip Along the Animas, (5) Connies, Mikes and Movie Stars, (6)
Coal, Cattle, Coaches, and "Cabeese", (7) Portraits fo Power, (8)
I've Been Workin' on the Railroad, (9) Revival and Renaissance, and
(10) Narrow Gauge in the Modern Era. 128 pp. B&W photos, (2006) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Rails Around Helper by SueAnn Martell and the Western
Mining and Railroad Museum. In 1880, the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad was hard-pressed to find a suitable route from Grand
Junction to Salt Lake City. With the coal deposits of eastern Utah
luring them on, railroad officials chose a difficult route over
Soldier Summit and established the town of Helper, Utah, where
"helper" engines were attached to heavy trains. (1) The Railroad
Comes to Town, (2) "Helper, Utah, America", (3) Black Diamonds on
Steel Rails, (4) Towns along the Tracks, (5) The Soldier Summit
Experiment, (6) Branch Lines to the Hub, and (7) Depression and
Recovery. 128 pages, B&W photos.
(2007) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Rails
Beyond The Rutland,
78 pages, B&W photos, the Vermont Railway, Green Mountain
Railway, Clarendon & Pittsford RR. Philip R. Jordan, Carstens
Pub.
Softcover $12.95
Rails
to the Border (Volume
One) the New York Central, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Wabash in Southern
Ontario by Kevin J. Holland 35 pages, B&W photos, BRMNA
(2001)
Softcover $12.00
Rails
to the Border (Volume
Two) the Pere Marquette and Chesapeake & Ohio in Southern Ontario by
Kevin J. Holland 27 pages, B&W photos, BRMNA (2002)
Softcover $12.00
Rails
of California's Central Coast
by Walter Rice and Emiliano
Echeverria. (1) Streetcar Days of Santa Cruz: Union Traction,
(2) Sun, Beaches, and Redwood Forests: Rails of Santa Cruz
County, (3) Sugar and Sand: Salinas, Monterey and Way Stations,
(4) Steamships, Steam Engines, and Electric Trains: Pacific
Coast Railway, and (5) The Coast Line: Connecting the Central
Coast. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2008) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99 (NEW)
Reading
Company — In Color - Volume 1 —
by Jeremy F. Plant. Tour the Reading from end-to-end through over
230 views of vintage diesel and electric. Morning Sun
Hardcover
$49.95
Reading
Trains and Trolleys by
Philip K. Smith with the Historical Society of Berks County (PA) 128
pages, B&W photos, (2004) Arcadia Publishing.
Softcover
$19.99
Remembering
the New York, Ontario & Western,
Owego to Sidney and Branches,
by John Taibi. This is an historical and personal
account of the O&W's Northern Division. Built as a part of the New
York & Oswego Midland Railroad during 1869-70, this portion of the
New York, Ontario & Western Railway meandered from one small
community to another, those villages embracing the personality and
charm of the country railroad they helped to build. Exacting history
and personal remembrances are the strength of this latest volume to
deal with the lore of the Old & Weary. This is the author's sixth
book done to perpetuate the memory of the New York, Ontario &
Western Railway. 416 pages, more than 400 illustrations, 8.5' x 11"
(Dec. 2005) Purple Mountain Press.
Softcover $32.00
Revisiting
The Long Island Rail Road
1925-1975 by
David Keller and Steven Lynch. Most of these photos have never been
published before according to the authors. Sections are (Electrified
Service, (2) Feeding the Firebox, (3) Our Diesel Heritage, (5)
Passenger Service, (6) The Morris Park Shops, and (7) Depots and
Towers along the Right-of-Way. 128 pp.,
B&W, (2005) Arcadia Pub.
Softcover
$19.99
Rochester
and Genesee Valley Rails —
by Mary Hamilton Dann. An interesting and informative book that
looks back at the history of the railroads that served Rochester NY
and the surrounding area. New York Central, Erie, Pennsylvania,
Lehigh Valley, Baltimore & Ohio, Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh,
Genesee and Wyoming and Penn Central. Also predecessor lines like
the Tonawanda Railroad, Rochester & State Line, Western New York &
Pennsylvania, Rochester, Lockport & Niagara Falls, Lake Ontario
Shore and the Rochester & Lake Ontario. 172 pages (2001) Railroad
Research Publications
Softcover
$39.95
Reading
Company-In Color-Volume 2
– by Bert Pennypacker. An all-color tour of the Reading’s motive
power, operations and physical plant during the years 1947-1976.
Morning Sun
Hardcover
$59.95
Rutland in
Color– by Philip R.
Jordan.
Lots of steam, RS1s, RS3s and equipment are to be seen as the system
is examined in detail from end-to-end. Morning Sun
Hardcover
$59.95
Rutland
Road — Second Edition
— by Jim Shaughnessy — Syracuse University Press
Softcover
$39.95
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