San Francisco, Railways of
by Paul C. Trimble. San Francisco was once dominated by
railways which included many innovative systems such as massive
bores through rocky hills, or elaborate cable and counterweight
systems to hand steep inclines. Others were simpler horse-drawn
affairs that took passengers from the downtown and waterfront areas
to outlying districts. The author has drawn from his collection of
vintage photos to tell this story and illustrate the bond between
San Francisco's early railways and the riders and communities they
served. 128 pages, B&W photos, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Sky Route
to the Quarries, History of the Barre (VT) Railroad
by Bill Gove. The granite
industry of Barre VT prospered to the extent that Barre was known as
the "granite center of the world". There was a time in th3e late
1800s when the industry nearly died due to the high cost of to
transport the granite off the Hill. The author relates the story of
the enterprise that saved the granite from an early demise, the
Barre Railroad, later known as the Barre and Chelsea Railroad. More
than 100 vintage photos plus maps detailing the story of the Barre
Railroad. 97 pages. (2004) published for Quarry View Publishing by
Bondcliff Books.
Softcover $21.95
(NEW)
South
Dakota Railroads —
by Mike Wiese and Tom Hayes. A pictorial history of railroads in
South Dakota with sections on Depots, Trains, and Wrecks. 128 pages,
B&W photos, (2004) Images of Rail Series, Arcadia Publishing.
Softcover $19.99
Southern
Railway, The
by Sallie Loy, Dick Hillman, and C. Pat Cates for the Southern
Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History and the Southern Railway
Historical Association. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2004) Arcadia
Publishing.
Softcover
$19.99
St. Louis
Gateway Rail, the 1970s
by Lesley Barker. (1) Terminal Railroad Association and
Manufacturer's Railway Company, (2) Major Railroads in the St. Louis
Gateway, and (3) Non-Railway-Owned Cars Seen in the St. Louis
Gateway. 128 pp. B&W photos, (2006) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Steam Locomotives of the B&O Railroad - Photo Archive by
Kim D. Tschudy. This book looks back at the steam engines that made
America and served the B&O from the Civil War to eth end of the
steam era.
126 pages of B&W photos, (2003) Iconografix
Softcover
$29.95
Steam to
Diesel in New Jersey, Revised
Edition– by Charles P. Caldes.
This book presents the mixed era of late-steam and
early-diesel-based power on the big and small railroads of New
Jersey from the mid-1940s to the end of the 1950s. nearly 200 B&W
images. 128 pages. (revised edition 2004) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Steam to the Summit
The Green Mountain Railway, Bar Harbor's Remarkable Cog Railroad by
Peter Dow Bachelder. The story of Bar Harbor's short-lived cog
railroad to the summit of Green Mountain in the 1880's 162 pages,
(2005) The Breakwater Press
Softcover $20.00
Susquehanna,
New York Susquehanna & Western RR
by John Krause and Ed Crist. 95 pages, B&W.
Carstens
Softcover
$16.95
Sylvester Marsh and the Cog Railway
by
Richard S. Joslin. The story of the inventor of the cog
railroad to the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire and the
building of that railroad. 44 pages, 6" x 9" booklet style, sepia
and B/W photos.
(2000) Morgan Press
Softcover $7.95
(NEW)
The Thunder of Their Passing,
A Tribute to the Denver & Rio Grande's Narrow Gauge and The Cumbres
& Toltec Scenic Railroad
by Robert D. Turner. This volume chronicles the story of one of the
finest preserved steam railroads in North America, from its origins
as the Denver & Rio Grande's San Juan extension in the 1880s silver
mining boom, to its present-day operations as the spectacular
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. The book spans more than 125 years
of railroading in the beautiful aspen-covered high country of
Colorado and New Mexico. 288 pages, B&W and color photos. (2003)
Sono Nis Press
Hardcover $55.00
Softcover
$44.95
(Out of Stock)
Titanic Railroad, The Southern New England,
The Story of New England's Last Great Railroad War
by Larry Lowenthal. How an effort to build a seemingly small branch
line from Palmer to Providence represented a climactic episode in
New England railroad history, opening into the realms of
international finance, Canadian politics, the Progressive movement,
and the compelling drama of the Titanic. 253 pages, B&W
photos, maps and diagrams, (1998) Marker Press
Hardcover
$39.95
Toledo
Railroads -by
Karl F. Hise and Edward J. Pulhuj. Just after the turn of the 20th
century there were 20 different railroads servicing Toledo Ohio with
four different main stations, providing employment for the town and
shaping its commerce and architecture. This book preserves their
history through vintage photos of trains, rail yards, stations,
roundhouses, towers, bridges, and special trains, such as the ones
that ran for presidential elections and football games. 128 pp. B&W photos,
(2005) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
This
Train is Bound for Glory, The Story of America’s Chapel Cars
— Wilma Rugh Taylor and Norman Thomas Taylor, Judson Press. This
book traces the adventures of thirteen railroad chapel cars and
their Episcopal, Baptist, and Roman Catholic missionaries throughout
the western United States during the period of the 1890s through the
1930s.
Softcover
$45.00
Trackside
Along the Boston & Maine 1945-1975
with Donald G. Hills, by Carl Byron. Donald Hills had a 40 year
career as a Telegrapher, Towerman, Dispatcher and Trackside
photographer on the Boston & Maine. 128 pages, all color.
(2005) Morning Sun
Hardcover
$59.95
Trackside
Along the New Haven 1950-1956 with
Arthur E. Mitchell– Morning
Sun – by Carl R. Byron, 128 pp. all color
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside
Around Allentown, PA. 1947–1968
with Arthur Angstadt by Jeremy F. Plant. Allentown PA was the
hub of this busy steel, coal and cement producing portion of the
country. The region was served by CNJ, LV, RDG, DL&W, L&NE
which are visited in more than 250 vintage views. Morning Sun
Hardcover
$59.95
Trackside
Around Boston 1942–1962
with Lawson Hill, by Carl Byron. Lawson Hill was an early color
pioneer who recorded the roads around his hometown during the steam
to diesel changeover after World War II.— Morning Sun
Hardcover
$54.95
Trackside
Around Buffalo 1953-1976:
Color photos by railroad in the Buffalo NY area. 128 pages. Photos
by Ray Richards, Reg Button & Devin Lawton. Stephen M. Koenig,
Morning Sun Books
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside
Around Chicago 1957-1965 with George Speir: by Ed Derouin. Visit with the 38 railroads that served the Windy City
1957-1965 through the camera lens of George Speir. Almost
exclusively first generation diesel but there’s a little steam and
traction too. Morning Sun
Hardcover $54.95
Trackside
Around Cleveland 1965-1979
With Dave McKay by Dave
McKay. This book illustrates the various railroad operations
in the Cleveland area by location including some photos of the rapid
transit lines. 128 pages (2005) Morning Sun
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside Around Massachusetts 1950-1970 with Russ Munroe
by Jeremy F. Plant. The three major roads of the State - NH, B&M and
B&A are scrutinized in full color by noted rail photographer Russ
Munroe. There's a little CV and other roads also. 128 pages. (2004)
Morning Sun Books
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside
Around Montreal 1955-1979 with Peel Steven, Sr. by
Peel Steven, Jr. This book contains 99 pages of photos taken
in the Montreal area plus photos from the photographer's trip to
Western Canada, plus the Half Moon, New Brunswick and Maritime
area, and some photos of Toronto. 128 pages (Oct. 2007) Morning Sun
Books
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside
Around New York City 1953–1968
with Robert Malinoski by Steve Barry— All the pre-Penn
Central roads around the “Big Apple” are explored through the
lens of Bob Malinowski’s camera in the steam to diesel transition
years. Morning Sun
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside
around the Big Apple 1964-1973 with Al Roberts
by Allan H. Roberts. A circle tour in a variety of seasons around
the "Big Apple" (New York City) to view some operations extant in
the 1960's and early '70's - the pre-Conrail era. Heavily electric
powered passenger service, some freight, and some harbor scenes of
tugs and ferries. Sections on (1) Staten Island - Richmond County,
(2) Brooklyn - Kings County, (3) Queens - Queens County, (4) The
Bronx - Bronx County, (5) Manhattan - New York County. 128 pages,
all color photos, (2007) Morning Sun Books.
Hardcover
$59.95
Trackside Around New Jersey 1968-1983 with Robert J. Yanosey
by Robert J. Yanosey. Join the founder of Morning Sun books as he
relates his 1 years of railroading career moving from EL
towerman to Penn Central Trainmaster and into the management ranks
of government rail agencies. Photo coverage includes EL, CNJ, PC,
Conrail and others. 128 pages. (2006)
Morning Sun Books
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside
Around The Niagara Peninsula 1953–1976 with
Reg Button by Stephen M. Koenig— A tour of the railroads in the
"Golden Horseshoe", the area between Niagara Falls, Ontario and
Toronto, showing what Reg saw and enjoyed and wished to
preserve. 128 pages, all color, (2004) Morning Sun
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside Around Ontario 1955-1960 with Don McCartney
by John Riddell. A look at Ontario railroading in the late 1950's
including CP, CN, TH&B, ET, electric lines, equipment and rail ferry
operations. Included 55 photos on the following electric railways:
Canadian Nations, British Columbia Electric, Cornwall Street Railway
Light & Power Company, Grand River, Lake Erie & Northern, London &
Port Stanley, Montreal & Southern Counties, Niagara, St Catharine
& Toronto, and Quebec Railway Light & Power Company. Also included
is a rare 1940's look at Ontario Northland steam and sidetrips to
other provinces. 128 pages. (2003) Morning Sun Books
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside
Around Philadelphia 1945-1969 with Dave Cope, Bill Ellis and Frank
Watson by Bert
Pennypacker. The reader is guided around the rail lines that served
Philadelphia during the 40’s and 50’s through more than 250
color photos. Pictured are steam and diesel on the Pennsy, B&O,
Reading and PRSL as well as traction on the city streets.
Hardcover
$54.95
Trackside
Around Scranton 1952-1976 with Edward S. Miller by Chuck Yungkurth. Ed Miller recorded the rail events on all the major
railroads in the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valleys chiefly during the
1950’ s and 60’s. DL&W, LV, D&H, NYO&W, L&WV,
PRR, CNJ and Erie all served this anthracite producing territory.
Some Scranton Transit too. Morning Sun.
Hardcover
$54.95
Trackside
East of the Hudson 1941–1953
with Bill McChesney by Jeremy F. Plant with Brian D. Plant. Bill
McChesney is a heretofore never recognized master color photographer
whose color work has been hidden away for 50 years. Now you can
witness New Haven steam still in its prime.
Morning Sun
Hardcover
$49.95
Trackside Grand Trunk New England
Lines with John Ames
by George F. Melvin. This book
contains photos taken by John Ames who worked for the Grand Trunk
from June 21, 1950 until his retirement in 1992, The photos are
shown in order of the various stations on the line starting in
Portland ME through Yarmouth, New Gloucester, Oxford, Norway, South
Paris, Bethel, Gorham N, Berlin, Island Pond VT to the Canadian
border at Norton VT. Also included are photos taken at other
locations where he worked such as Montreal, Rouses Point NY,
Ogdensburg NY and Prescott ON. There are also some photos of the
Montreal & Southern Counties interurban line. 128
pages, all color photos, (2007) Morning Sun Books.
Hardcover
$59.95
Trackside
in search of Northern New England Steam
with John T. Morrison
by John R. Campbell. Covers the Boston & Maine, Central Vermont,
Rutland, MEC & BAR. 128 pages of
glorious color photos of the later years of steam. (July 2006)
Morning Sun
Hardcover
$59.95
Trackside
in search of Southern New England Steam
with John T. Morrison
by John R. Canfield. This volume tells a pictorial story of two
famous American railroads, the Boston and Albany and the New York,
New Haven and Hartford, operating in the waning years of steam
service. It contains sections on (1) Intercity Passenger Service,
(2) Commuter Service, (3) Freight Service, (4) Switchers, (5)
Railfan Excursions, (6) Some Oddities, and (7) Southern New England
Potpourri. 128 pages of
color photos of the later years of steam. (April 2007)
Morning Sun
Hardcover
$59.95
Trackside
in the Albany NY Gateway 1949–1974
with Gerritt Bruins by Len Kilian and Jim Odell. This book takes us
to the Albany-Rensselaer-Troy area of New York state during some of
the most exciting times to be trackside in the last-of-steam,
first-of-diesel days. See the B&M, D&H and New York Central
when steam and diesel worked side-by-side. 128 pp.
Morning Sun
Hardcover
$49.95
Trackside
in the Erie Lackawanna New Jersey Commuter Zone
With William J. Brennan
by William J. Brennan. This book covers
the various Erie Lackawanna commuter lines in New Jersey including
the ferries to New York City and electrified routes. 128 pages
(2005) Morning Sun
Hardcover $59.95
Trackside in the Mid-Atlantic States 1946-1959 with
Vincent A. Purn and John A. Knauff by
Kevin J. Holland and Robert J. Yanosey. Covers (1) Black Diamonds,
Touring the Anthracite Roads (2) Main Lines, From
Pennsylvania to the Potomac (3) Mountain Steel, Chessie's
coal conveyor and (4) Blue Ridge, Following Pocahontas.
128 pages, color photos (Nov. 2007) Morning Sun
Hardcover
$59.95
Trackside
in the Northeast 1946-1959
with Vincent A. Purn and John A. Knauff by Kevin J. Holland and
Robert J. Yanosey. This book features photos by these two
photographers which are contained in the Williamson Library
collection of the New York Railroad Enthusiasts (NYRRE). Photos
included from the Northeast are Canada: Southern Ontario and
Montreal; New England: White River Junction, Boston & Maine, Boston
& Albany/St. J.&LC, Bangor & Aroostook, Mt. Washington Cog Ry.,
Edaville Railroad, and New Haven; Hudson Valley: New York Central;
Gotham's Orbit: New York Central, New York, Ontario & Western,
Brooklyn Eastern Dist. Term., New Haven, Hudson Ferry Terminals,
Erie, and Lackawanna; Hill and Dale: Bound Brook NJ, Erie, and
Lackawanna. 128 pp. (July
2007)
Morning Sun
Books.
Hardcover
$59.95
Trackside
on the PRR in Central Pennsylvania
by Jeremy F. Plant. This book contains a group of pictures that show
the operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the heartland of its
home state of Pennsylvania. 128 pp. (August
2004)
Morning Sun
Hardcover
$59.95
Trackside
on the PRR North of Washington DC with Wayne Sherwin
by Michael Murray and Robert J. Yanosey. First-hand recollections
and photography from an on the ground Pennsy employee during the
1950’ and 60’s. Brakeman Wayne Sherwin took his camera along on
his varied assignments between Potomoc Yard and the Meadows and
Enola. Morning Sun Books
$54.95
Trackside
Reading Anthracite Country
with Arch & 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 1950's. 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, (2005) Morning Sun Books
$59.95
Trackside
Under Pennsy Wires with James P. Schuman
by Jeremy F. Plant. Jim Schuman was out recording PRR electrics in
action on the west end of the electrified zone in the late 50’s
and early 60’s. Morning Sun
Hardcover
$54.95
Train Country, An
Illustrated History of Canadian National Railways by Donald
MacKay and Lorne Perry. 192 pages, B&W photos from the CN Photo
Library, except where otherwise credited. (1994) Heimburger House
Softcover
$26.95
Trains of America
by Donald J. Heimburger. This book highlights the late steam
and early diesel era of the railroads during the '50s and '60s.
Contains nearly 400 large all-color freight and passenger photos
taken on 85 different railroads throughout the U.S. and Canada. 10 x
11", 204 pages, (1989, second printing) Heimburger House
Hardcover $45.95
Trains
of Cuba,
Steam-Diesel & Electric
: A guidebook by Adolf Hungry Wolf with Photos, Maps, Rosters and
Detailed Information. 97 pp., B&W, Canadian Caboose Press
Softcover
$16.95
Trains
to America’s Playground, The:
Along the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines to Atlantic City
1922-1976, B&W, 48 pages
Softcover $8.00
Tr
Twenty-Five
Years on the ND&C, A
History of the Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut Railroad,
1879-1904
by Bernard L. Rudberg. 297 pp. appendices, index.
Softcover $22.50
Two
Feet to Tidewater – The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington
Railway – Robert C.
Jones & David L. Register. 2002 Expanded and Updated Edition.
386 pages, more than 70 never-before-published vintage photos added
to the 300-plus previously published.
Hardcover $60.00
Two
Feet to Togus — The Kennebec Central Railroad
— Robert C. Jones. 298 pages, more than 100 photos of the railroad
operations and equipment complement the text, and richly illustrated
appendices provide images of Togus, maps and photographs of the
veterans home.
Hardcover
$39.95
Upstate
Odyssey — The Lehigh Valley
Railroad in Western New York —
by Mary Hamilton Dann. This book covers the Lehigh Valley Railroad
from Geneva NY to Buffalo NY with some early history of the entire
Lehigh. 14 chapters and 2 appendices illustrated with B&W photos,
diagrams and maps.136 pages. (1997) Railroad Research
Publications
Softcover
$29.95
Vancouver
Island Railroads
by Robert D. Turner. Rail operations on Vancouver Island date from
the 1860's. The equipment and lines were as diverse as the terrain,
budgets and needs of the times. Turner covers mining, logging, the
Esquimalt & Nanaimo and Canadian National Railways: the small, the
large, and the obscure. Maps, timetables, reproductions - over 250
illustrations and information on everything from hastily built
logging lines to the spotless Canadian Pacific Ten-Wheelers, from
narrow gauge coal lines to Victoria's classic streetcar system. An
expanded and updated edition of a long out-of-print classic. Second
edition 1997, 186 pages, Sono Nis Press.
Softcover $29.95
VIA RAIL —
MBI Railroad Color History—
by Christopher C. N. Greenlaw. A complete and illustrated history of
Canada's national passenger railway system - 8,700 scenic miles
stretching from the Maritime provinces to the Pacific Coast, and
from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay. Archival and modern photography,
four specially commissioned route maps, and print ads detail VIA
Rail's motive power and passenger cars. B&W and
color photos,
maps and ads.160 pages. (2007) Voyageur Press
Hardcover
$36.95
The Virginian Railway by The Princeton Railroad Museum
and William R. "Bill" Archer. The Virginian Railway existed for only
50 years as a separate entity. Its purpose was to carry coal from
the West Virginia coal fields to the Atlantic Ocean. (1) Roger's
Dream, (2) The Lure of Coal, (3) It's Electric, (4) A Transportation
Treasure, (5) Monument to Railroading Excellence, and (6) Virginian
Legacy Lives On. 128 pages, B&W photos.
(2007) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Virginian Railway
Volume 2
— Electric and Diesel-Electric Locomotives by Robert A. Liljestrand
& David R. Sweetland. 48 pages, black and white photos, (2003) Bob's
Photo
Softcover $15.00
West
Jersey Rails
A Series of fourteen Stories about Southern New Jersey
Railroad History. Includes "The Steam Dummy Era at Cape May",
"Camden Area Trolleys", "Reading Steam to the Seashore" and 11
others. 53 pages, B&W photos, West Jersey Chapter NRHS
Softcover $10.00 (Temporarily
Out of Stock)
West Jersey Rails II A
Series of Eleven Stories about Southern New Jersey Railroad History.
Includes "The Electric Line Drawbridge Accident" and "The Shore Fast
Line" 72 pages, many B&W photos, color cover photos (1995) West
Jersey Chapter, NRHS
Softcover $12.50
West Jersey Rails III A
Series of Ten Stories about Southern New Jersey Railroad History.
Includes "The Final Years of Trolley Cars in Wildwood" 80 pages,
many B&W photos, diagrams, timetables, and color cover photos (2002)
West Jersey Chapter, NRHS
Softcover $15.00 (Temporarily
Out of Stock)
When Steam
Ran on the Streets of San Francisco,
The Story of Passenger Steam Trains on San Francisco Streets
— by Walter Rice and Emiliano Echeverria. Harold Cox
(2002) 88 pages, many B&W photos, maps, diagrams
Softcover
$18.00
When
The Maine Central Railroad Went to Sea,
Train Boats and Boat Trains,
by John P. Ascher. Focuses on the company's two rail divisions and
three distinct marine segments, i.e. the Bath-Woolrich train
ferries, 1871-1927; the Portland-Rockport Penobscot Bay - Down East
steamers, 1887-1930; and the Frenchman's Bay ferries, 1884-1931. 213
pages, b&w photos, maps, diagrams (1993)
SALE: Softcover $8.95
Hardcover $15.95
When
the Railroad Leaves Town,
American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, Eastern
United States. Covers the rise and fall of rail service in 64
eastern US communities distinguished by their notable railroad
histories or unusual experiences with rail line abandonment. 65
maps, 136 photos. Truman State University Press
Softcover $39.95
When
the Railroad Leaves Town,
American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, Western
United States by Joseph P. Schwieterman. Covers the rise and fall of rail service in
58 western US communities distinguished by their notable railroad
histories or unusual experiences with rail line abandonment. It
tells the story of transportation providers struggling to survive
and the legal battles and civic initiatives spurred by abandonment
of routes. Illustrated with maps and photographs depicting rail
lines at their zenith and their abandoned remnants today, rekindling
the saga of the Milwaukee Road, Pacific Electric, Rio Grande, Rock
Island and other "fallen flags" of the West. 333 pages, b&w maps and
photos.(2004) Truman State University Press
Softcover $24.95
When The Railroads Went To The Beach, The Role of the New
York, Ontario & Western Railway and the Lehigh Valley Railroad in
the development of Sylvan Beach, New York by
John Taibi and Bruce Tracy. Sylvan Beach is a small community
located on the eastern shore of Oneida Lake northeast of Syracuse
NY. The development and eventual success of the "Coney Island of
Central New York" was due to the New York & Oswego Midland
(reorganized as the New York, Ontario & Western) and to a lesser
degree, the Lehigh Valley Railroad. At the height of its popularity,
O&W and LV on-line ridership was augmented by throngs delivered by
connections with the New York Central, the West shore, and the
Central's extensive interurban system. 236 pages, 270 b&w
illustrations, track plans, maps, railroadiana, and original artwork
by Carl Ohlson. Depot Square Publishing (Limited inventory)
Hardcover
$49.95
White
Mountains,
The, Alps of New England by
Randall H. Bennett, 160 pp., B&W photos, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover $24.99 (1 LEFT)
