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Updated as of 05/08/2008
Arizona
Mining Town Trolleys
A History of Arizona's Warren-Bisbee Railway by Richard V. Francaviglia. 48 pages, (1983)
Soft cover
$9.95
California
Alameda By
Rail by
Grant Ute and Bruce Singer. The railroads are now gone from Alameda.
For nearly 75 years, Alameda was laced with a tight mesh of railroad
track carrying passengers to ferry boats bound for San Francisco and
over bridges to Oakland. This book traces the history in (1) First
Steam Railroads: From Three Settlements to a Suburb, (2) Southern
Pacific suburban Steam Lines: The Only Way across the Bay, (3)
Street Railways: The Other Way to Oakland, (4) Southern Pacific
Electrification: A Trip around the Island by Red Car, (5) Interurban
Electric Railway: A Trip to San Francisco on the Bridge Railway, and
(6) Afterword: End and Aftermath. 128 pages, B&W photos —
(2007) Images of Rail Series, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99 (NEW)
California
Trolleys In Color – Volume 1: San Diego & Los Angeles
– by P. Allen Copeland, 128 pages, Morning Sun
Hardcover
$59.95
Central California Traction,
California's Last Interurban,
David Stanley and Jeffrey Moreau. From its beginnings in 1902 as
part of the Stockton streetcar system, this interurban became the
joint property of the Western Pacific, Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
in 1928. Passenger service died quietly in 1933, electric operations
ceased in 1946 and the company continued as a diesel-powered short
line under the same ownership. The last train to Sacramento ran
during the summer of 1998, and the CCT continues to operate between
Stockton and Lodi, and has taken on switching chores at the Port of
Stockton. This book includes roster information as well as a
complete history throughout the 20th century. (9/2003) Signature
Press
Hardcover
$65.00
Electric
Railways Around San Francisco Bay, Volume 1
— Golden West Book — 72 page softbound photos and text.
Starts with BART and goes back to Oakland’s city cars, the
Key System and more. Numerous black and white photos.
Softcover $24.95
Electric
Railways Around San Francisco Bay, Volume 2
—
Market Street Railway —
Municipal
Railway of San Francisco — Northwestern Pacific Railroad, Petaluma
&
Santa
Rosa Railroad — Sacramento Northern Railway, San Francisco, Napa
&
Calistoga
Railroad — Shipyard Railway
80 Pages, B&W photos, Golden West Books
Softcover
$24.95
Ferries of
San Francisco Bay by
Paul C. Trimble with William Knorp. Decades before San Francisco Bay
was crisscrossed by bridges, and extensive network of ferries plied
these green waters, moving passengers, vehicles, and freight between
San Francisco, Alameda, Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Contra Costa
Counties. These vessels have long been an important link in Bay Area
transport, along with their railway connections. (1) East Bay to San
Francisco, (2) Ferries of the North Bay, (3) Across the Carquinez,
and (4) Today's Ferries. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2007) Images of
America Series, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99 (NEW)
Key System
Gallery, A Photographic Visit
to the Trans-Bay and City Streetcar Lines of the Key System and its
Affiliated Street Railways in Oakland, Berkeley and East Bay cities,
1902-1958 by James H.
Harrison. This book includes: (1) Introduction, (2) Interurban and
Transbay Trains, (3) Streetcars (4) Facilities, (5) Freight and
Maintenance Equipment, and (6) A Key System Bus Sampler. 96 pages,
B&W photos, (April 2006) Shade Tree Books
Softcover $29.95
Key System
Streetcars, Transit, Real
Estate, and the Growth of the East Bay by
Vernon J. Sappers. The east shore of San Francisco Bay, long known
as the East Bay, was served for almost 80 years by a network of
streetcar lines, both for local service and to bring passengers to
ferry piers for travel to San Francisco. The first of these local
car lines began horsecar service in 1869. As the years passed, more
and more lines were built, some of them cable cars with several
different track gauges. These were gradually combine and changed to
a common track gauge and those not already electrically powered were
electrified. This combination became the Key System, with two
divisions, one providing local streetcar service and the other with
express trains connecting to ferry piers-and later to transbay
trackage on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. This book is
the history of the local streetcar lines. In addition to car line
history, much of the book comprises descriptions of individual
streetcar routes, with historic street scenes. Also 47 maps, along
with graphics and ephemera, and 778 photos (45 in color), most of
which have never been published. 480 pages. high quality paper,
(2007 Bay Area Electric Railroad Association) Signature Press
Hardcover $70.00
(NEW)
The Key
System, San Francisco and The Eastshore Empire
by
Walter Rice and Emiliano Echeverria. (1) Creating Key's Eastshore
Empire Transbay Lines, (2) The Cars Key's Eastshore Empire Patrons
Rode, (3) Crossing the Waters of San Francisco Bay, (4) The 1930s
Bring Big Changes, (5) The Boom Years of World War II, (6) From Rail
to Rubber, and (7) Next Stop Buenos Aires. 128 pages, B&W photos —
(2007) Images of Rail Series, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99 (NEW)
Los
Angeles Railway Yellow Cars by
Jim Walker. Covers (1) The First Years: 1874-1898, (2) The
Huntington Years I: 1898-1910, (3) The Huntington Years II:
1910-1927, (4) The Later Los Angeles Railway Years: 1927-1945, (5)
Los Angeles Transit Lines: 1945-1958, (6) The Last Yellow Car Years:
1958-1963, and (7) Aftermath and Rail Rebirth: 1963-Present.
128 pages, B&W photos, (2007) Arcadia Publishing.
Softcover
$19.95
(NEW)
Monterey
and Pacific Grove; Streetcar Era
by Earl C. Hanson, 80 pages, B&W photos, (1990) Interurban Press
Softcover $16.95
Mount Lowe Railway
by Michael A. Patris and the Mount
Lowe Preservation Society. (1) Lowe Builds an Empire, (2)
Earth's Grandest Mountain Ride, (3) Henry Huntington Takes
Control, (4) Adversity Strikes, and (5) Landmark Lost. 128 pp. B&W photos,
(2007), Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99 (NEW)
Pacific
Electric In Color Volume I — by P. Alan Copeland.
This electrified freight and passenger train railroad blanketed the
Los Angeles area. The “Big Red Cars”, Southern Pacific
influence, vintage street scenes are all to be found in this book,
Morning Sun
Hardcover $49.95
Pacific
Electric in Color Volume II
by P. Allen Copeland — 128 pages — All color.
Flavor and variety of this large railway in the years after
WWII. Augments Volume I
as well as stands alone. More than 250 vintage views of PE operation
in the 40’s and 50’s, includes rare views of freight equipment
and other unusual items. Morning Sun
Hardcover $54.95
Pacific
Electric Railway, Volume Two – The Eastern Division
: Compiled by Donald Duke. Covina Line, Pomona Line, San Bernadino
Line, Riverside Line, Freight Service, Railway Post Office Service,
Box Motor Service, Pomona Local Lines, Riverside-Corona Local Line,
San Bernadino-Redlands Local Line. 122 pp. B&W, Golden West
Books
Softcover $32.95
Pacific
Electric Railway, Volume Four – The Western Division:
Compiled by
Donald Duke. Balloon Route Trip - The Beverly Hills/Santa Monica
line - Canoga Park Line - Coldwater Canyon Line - Echo Park Line -
Edendale Line - Freight Service - Glendale/Burbank Line - Hill
Street Tunnels - Los Angeles/Hollywood/Venice Line - Port Los
Angeles/Santa Monica Canyon Line - Redondo Beach via Play Del Rey
Line - San Fernando Line - Santa Monica Air Line - Santa Monica
Boulevard Line - Sherman Car House & Shops - Subway Terminal
Building/Subway Van Nuys Line - Venice Short Line - Vineyard Local
Line - Western/Franklin Line - Westgate/Brentwood Line. 142 pages, B&W,
(2004) Golden
West Books
Softcover $39.95
Pacific
Electric Red Cars by
Jim Walker. (1) Before Pacific Electric, (2) Founding of Pacific
Electric, (3) The Great Merger, Opening of the Longest Line:
1911-1920, (4) The Automobile Age Begins: 1921-1930, (5) The Great
Depression and More Buses: 1931-1940, (6) Wartime and Postwar
Developments: 1941-1950, (7) More Buses, New Company, and the
End of Red Cars: 1951-1960, (8) PE's Last Years: 1961-1965, ad (9)
Postlude and Gallery. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2006) Images of Rail Series, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Sacramento's
Streetcars by
William Burg. Until 1947, Sacramento's streetcars linked a bustling
downtown district with residential neighborhoods, workplaces, and a
growing series of suburbs. This book features (1) Horse Cars and
Electric Wires, (2) The cars of Sacramento, (3) Downtown: J and K
Streets, (4) Midtown Homes, (5) Streetcar Suburbs, (6) Sacramento
Northern, (7) Central California Traction, (8) Sacramento City
Lines, and (9) Rail fans, Fan trips, and Resurrection.128 pages, B&W photos —
(2006) Images of Rail Series, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Sacramento’s
Shining Rails,
A History of Trolley Transportation
in California's Capital by Al Mankoff. 80 pages, B&W photos,
(1993) Railhead Publications
Softcover
$19.95
San
Francisco's California Street Cable Car,
Celebrating a Century and a Quarter of Service by Walter
Rice, Ph.D. and Emiliano Echeverria — 56 pages —
(2003) Harold Cox
Softcover
$12.50
San
Francisco's Interurban to San Mateo by Walt
Vielbaum, Robert Townley, Walter Rice, Emiliano Echeverria, and Don
Holmgren — A
pictorial story of the 40-Line to San Mateo. All proceeds from this
book will be donated by the authors to the Bay Area Electric
Railroaders Association (BAERA) car house No. 3 project at the
Western Railway museum. The book is divided into the Introduction,
(1) In the Beginning, (2) Big Sub Era, (3) The Era of the 40 Line,
(4) Visitors from the north and local Feeders, (5) The Ride is Over,
and Cars of the 40 Line.
128 pages, B&W photos —
(2005) Images of Rail Series, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Sacramento
Northern
Railway by Paul C.
Trimble. The Sacramento Northern Railway was once a critical
interurban link between California's northern Central Valley
communities, the state capital, and the Bay Area. This 186 mile
route started in San Francisco's Financial District, to Sacramento
and then on through Marysville to Chico. A 22-mile segment of the
route remains in operation at the Bay Area Electric Railway Museum. The book is organized into
six chapters: (1) the North End, (2) The South End, (3) Terminals
and Shops, (4) Sacramento Northern Freight, (5) Related Railways,
and (6) the Sacramento Northern Lives!
128 pages, B&W photos —
(2005) Images of Rail Series, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
San
Francisco's Market Street Railway by Walt
Vielbaum, Philip Hoffman, Grant Ute, and Robert Townley — A
pictorial story of the operation, of the Market Street Railway
spanning the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and ending with
the boom times of World War II. The book is organized into
chapters by the families of lines on the colorful transfers used.
128 pages, B&W photos —
(2004) Images of Rail Series, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
San
Francisco's Powell Street Cable Cars
by Emiliano Echeverria and Walter Rice.
There are three cable lines in operation today in San Francisco, the
California Street line and the two Powell Street lines - the
Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde. This book is divided into (1) The
Ferries and Cliff House Era (1887-1893), (2) Southern Pacific and
the "Baltimore Syndicate" (1892-1906), (3) Earthquake and Fire: A
Shortened System (1906-1921), (4) New Ownership, the Cable Car Lady,
and the Mayor (1921-1947), (5) Cable Car Wars Continue: A New Line
(1947-1957), (6) A Physical Collapse and Rebirth (1957-2005), and
(7) Today's Powell Street Cable Cars/Roster..
128 pages, over 200 B&W photos —
(2005) Images of Rail Series, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Visalia Electric Railroad, The
Southern Pacific's Orange Grove Route by
Phillips C. Kauke. The complete story of construction, operation,
and dieselization of this small California Road, from 1904 until
1992. 168 pages, 251 photos, 15 maps, rosters, (2004) Signature
Press
Hardcover
$55.00
West Coast Interurbans - California -
by
Donald Duke. A pictorial history of California interurbans,
beginning in San Diego and following the coastline up to Los
Angeles, north to the San Francisco Bay Region and finally into
California's wine country. Covers (1) San Diego Electric Railway -
The La Jolla Line, (2) San Diego & Southwestern Railway, (3)
Glendale & Montrose Railway, (4) Pacific Electric Railway (most
lines), (5) Visalia Electric Railroad, (6) Tidewater Southern
Railway, (7) Central California Traction Company, (8) San Francisco,
Napa & Calistoga Railway, (9) Peninsular Railway, (10) San Francisco
& San Mateo Electric Railway - The 40 Line, (11) Key System, (12)
Southern Pacific Company-Interurban Electric Railway, (13)
Sacramento Northern Railway, (14) Northern Electric Railway, (15)
Northwestern Pacific Railroad, and (16) Petaluma & Santa Rosa
Railroad. 293 pages, B/W photos, more than 579
illustrations-Maps-Bibliography-Appendix. (2007) Golden West Books
Hardcover
$59.00 (NEW)
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
Canada
Canadian
Trolleys, Volume 1 - Eastern
Canada
by Robert Halperin. A new color photo book covering Halifax, St.
John NB, Quebec City, Quebec Railway Light & Power, Montreal,
Montreal & Southern Counties, Ottawa, Cornwall, Oshawa, Toronto, St.
Catharines, Hamilton, Dundas, Guelph, Grand River, Lake Erie &
Northern, Kitchener, London, London & Port Stanley, Windsor,
Sudbury, Inco, Noranda, Port Arthur and Fort William. 128 pages,
color photos. (August 2006) Morning Sun Books
Hardcover
$59.95 (NEW)
Edmonton's Electric Transit,
The
Story of Edmonton's Streetcars and
Trolley Buses,
Colin K. Hatcher and Tom Schwarzkopf, 210 pp., over 200 photos
(1983) Railfare Enterprises Limited.
Hardcover
$22.95
Montreal
& Southern Counties Railway Co.
by J. R. Thomas Grumley. Another volume in the “Canada’s Traction Heritage Series”.
67 pages, mostly B&W photos. (2004) Bytown Railway Society
Softcover
$21.95
Montreal
Streetcars Volume 2: "People
& Places"
by J. R. Thomas Grumley. The second volume on Montreal in the
"Canada's Traction Heritage Series" The names of places and streets
reflect the names in use at the time of the events described. For
example, Dorchester Street became Dorchester Blvd. in 1954 and was
subsequently renamed René Lévesque Blvd. It should be noted that all
reports from newspapers, Montreal Tramways notices, etc. have been
copied verbatim and reflect the English in common use at the time of
the report. 35 pages, mostly B&W photos, some colored photos,
includes a fold-out 1929 MTC map. (2005) Bytown Railway Society
Softcover
$14.95
Montreal
Streetcars Volume 3: "Scenic
Routes"
by J. R. Thomas Grumley. The third volume on Montreal in the
"Canada's Traction Heritage Series" (1) Route #29 -
Outremont, (2) Precursor to the Tram Lines on the Mountain, (3)
Route #93 - Remembrance Road, (4) History of Montreal Streetcar/Bus
Transfers, (5) Route #11 - Mountain (Montagne), (6) Observation Car
Routes, (7) Route #17 - Cartierville, and (8) Route #91 - Lachine
and Route #92 - Lachine Extension. 43 pages, B&W and color photos,
includes a fold-out 1941 MTC map. (2008) Bytown Railway Society
Softcover
$19.95
(NEW)
Ottawa Car
Company, The 1898 - 1948,
by David C. Knowles (2003). Second in the Bytown Railway
Society's Canada's Traction Heritage Series. The cover
features QRL&P Car 454 now at the Seashore Trolley Museum. 35 pp.,
B&W.
Softcover
$13.95
Ottawa's
Streetcars An Illustrated History of Electric
Railway Transit in Canada's Capital City by Bill McKeown.
This book details the history of the Ottawa Electric Railway, its
predecessors and the Ottawa Transportation commission, all
forerunners of today's OC Transpo. The book contains 256 pages with
over 300 photos (over 40 in full colour) plus seven city trackage
and route maps including one huge 1929 route map in full colour.
Also includes many appendices.`(2006) Railfare DC Books
Hardcover
$54.95
Quebec
Railway Light & Power Company,
Montmorency Division
by J. R. Thomas Grumley. Another volume in the “Canada’s Traction Heritage Series”.
Includes photos of Seashore's Car 454, 51 pages, B&W and color photos. (2006) Bytown Railway Society
Softcover
$20.00
Saskatoon's Electric Transit,
The
Story of Saskatoon's Streetcars and
Trolley Buses,
Eaten Wayman, 98 pp., 138 photos (1988) Railfare Enterprises Limited
Hardcover
$19.95
Streetcar
Builders of Canada Volume One:
The Ontario Car and Foundry Company, The Preston Car & Coach
Company, The Tillsonburg Electric Car Company
– William Bailey and Douglas Parker, 155 pp., B&W photos,
diagrams, car details.
Softcover $23.50
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, rail ferry
operations. Includes 55 photos on the following Electric
Railways: Canadian National, 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. 128 pages, all color (2003) Morning Sun
Books.
Hardcover
$59.95
Tr
Transit
in British Columbia — The First Hundred Years
by Brian Kelly and Daniel Francis — Harbour Publishing —
1990 — 150 pp.
Hardcover
$44.95
Chicago Area
Chicago:
City on the Move
by Michael Williams, Richard Cahan and Bruce Moffat. For
close to 150 years, photographers have documented the construction
of Chicago's public transportation system. They photographed the
building of the city's famous "L" lines and subway tunnels, and the
streetcars that glided through city streets. Some of these photos
from the Chicago Transit Authority archive are available in this
book. Take a ride on the Blue Geese, the Green Hornets and the Old
Reds. "This is a book for people who love transportation, who love
photography and who love the city on the move". 9" x 11 1/2"
format, 256 pages. B&W photos, (2007) CITYFILES
PRESS
Hardcover
$39.95 (NEW)
Chicago &
West Towns Railways,
The by James J. Buckley. Eight miles west of Chicago's Loop
is a cluster of 17 long-established communities that were served by
a street railway and bus system whose roots can be traced back to
the late 19th century. the Chicago & West Towns Railways operated
five major streetcar lines that provided convenient and inexpensive
transportation to the residents of the communities of Oak Park,
River Forest, Forest Park, Maywood, Cicero, Berwyn, Brookfield and
LaGrange.— (2006) CERA Bulletin 138, 250 pages,
311 photos ( a few in color)
Hardcover
$60.00 (NEW)
The Chicago "L"
by Greg Borzo. (1) Precursors and
Prototypes, (2) First "L" - South Side, (3) Second "L" - Lake
Street, (4) Third "L" - Metropolitan, (5) Union Loop "L", (6)
Fourth "L" - Northwestern, (7) Expansion and Unification, (8)
Serving and Shaping the Suburbs, (9) Finally a Subway, (10)
Chicago Transit Authority, (11) Brown Line Turns 100, and (12)
Magic and Mystery of the "L". 9" x 9.75" format, 168 pp. 240 B&W photos,
drawings and maps,
(2007), Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$26.99 (NEW)
Chicago, North
Shore & Milwaukee Railway in Color Volume 1: Streetcars &
Electoburgers
by Geoffrey H. Doughty. The fabled North Shore interurban system is
explored in the color film age and its troubles chronicled in
detail. Rare color advertisements complement this effort.
128 pages, (2006) Morning Sun Books
Hardcover
$59.95 (NEW)
Chicago, North
Shore & Milwaukee Railway in Color Volume 2: Point of No Return
by Geoffrey H. Doughty. This volume covers the story from the early
1950s when directors of the company decided to chart a new path that
would seal the fate of the colorful electric interurban.
128 pages, (April 2007) Morning Sun Books
Hardcover
$59.95 (NEW)
Chicago,
South Shore & South Bend Railroad —
How the Medal Was Won — CERA Bulletin 124, 160 pages,
B&W photos
Hardcover
$10.00
Chicago,
South Shore & South Bend In Color,
Volume 1: Sixty Years of the South Shore by Kevin J.
Holland. Six decades of color in the history of "America's Last
Interurban" as documented by a group of outstanding photographers
from 1941 to 2001. 128 pages, all color photos, (Jan. 2005) Morning
Sun Books
Hardcover
$59.95
Chicago,
South Shore & South Bend In Color,
Volume 2: Insull's Road: 1948-1969 by Geoffrey H. Doughty.
(1) In a Class by Itself, (2) Balancing Act 1950-1960 and (3)
Juggling Act 1960-1980. 128 pages, all color photos, (Jan. 2008) Morning
Sun Books
Hardcover
$59.95 (NEW)
Chicago
Tunnel Story, The: Exploring
the Railroad “Forty Feet Below” by
Bruce Moffat. Taking a look back at one of the world’s largest and
most unusual narrow gauge electric railways. Operations encompassed
more than 60 miles of track that were used by 149 electric
locomotives that moved freight, mail, coal and other commodities
between railroad terminals, department stores, warehouses and major
buildings until 1959. Includes the infamous “Loop Flood” of
1992. 244 pp., CERA Bulletin 135
Hardcover
$55.00
Cooperation
Moves the Public,
Shore Line Interurban Historical Society, Dispatch Number 1 by
Bruce G. Moffat. The first of a new series of publications. Train
Operations of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin and the Chicago Transit
Authority on the Garfield Perk "L". 82 pages, B&W and color photos, (2006)
Shore Line
Softcover
$24.95
The
Insull Chicago Interurbans — CA&E, CNS&M,
CSS&SB — by Gordon E. Lloyd — Morning Sun — 1996 — 128
pp. — An all color book of photographs of the great interurban
lines serving Chicago.
Hardcover
$49.95
Interurban
Trains To Chicago, Photo
Archive
by
John Kelly. The focus of this book is Samuel Insull's Great Chicago
Systems, three suburb interurban routes that extended north, west,
and southeast from Chicago. (1) Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee
Railroad - Skokie Valley Route, (2) Chicago Aurora and Elgin
Railroad - Sunset Lines, and (3) Chicago South Shore and South Bend
Railroad - South Shore Lines. Includes posters, maps and B&W
photos. 126 pages, (2007)
Iconografix
Softcover
$29.95
Kenosha On
The Go by
Kenosha Streetcar Society.(1) Local Transportation, (2) The MRK
Line, (3) The North Shore Line, (4) The Chicago and North Western
Railroad, and (5) Streetcars Return. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2008)
Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99 (NEW)
The
“L” — The Development of Chicago’s Rapid Transit System,
1888-1932 — by
Bruce G. Moffat — 306 pages (1995) Bulletin 131 of the Central Electric Railfans’
Association
Hardcover
$55.00
North
Shore Line Interurban Freight
by Edward M. DeRouin. The author notes that the
freight-hauling side of the North Shore Line had always taken a rear
seat to the passenger business. The freight trains were behind the
scene players that shared the spotlight only when one looked
closely. He hopes that this book will shed some of that light on
these frequently witnessed, but little known, activities. 96 pages,
some B&W photos, many color photos, many diagrams, etc. (2005)
The Midwestern Rail Series Number Two, Pixels Publishing
Softcover $34.95
(NEW)
North
Shore – South Shore
— Heimburger House — This 142 page, hardbound, all color photo
history of two of Insull’s lines is well done with superbly done
photos that look as if you could step right into the scene.
Hardcover
$42.95
South Shore
Line
— Electric Locomotives & Interurban Cars by Robert A. Liljestrand &
David R., Sweetland. This book does not cover all cars and
locomotives owned by the South Shore, but is a sampling of most
types owned by the railroad between 1926 and 1960. 48 pages, B&W
photos (2006) Bob's Photo
Softcover
$20.00 (NEW)
Story
of the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad, The — Volume 1 —
Trackage by Larry Plachno — Transportation Trails — 1986
Hardcover
$36.00
Story
of the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad, The — Volume 2
— History by Larry Plachno — Transportation Trails — 1989
Hardcover
$64.00
Woodstock
and Sycamore Traction Company, The by
William E. Robertson — National Bus Trader
Softcover
$10.00
Colorado
Centennial
State Trolleys — The
Life and Times of Colorado’s Streetcars by
Ken Fletcher — Colorado Railroad Museum — 1995 — 160 pp. —
Photographs and descriptions of trolley operations in the state.
Major emphasis on the Denver Tramway
system. A very nice book that covers most of this state’s
lines. This 160
page softbound book is full of photos and text
Softcover
$24.95
Denver’s
Street Railway —
Volume 1 1871–1900 — Sundance — 352 pages with many
black and white photos and maps.
Divided into six chapters. This is an excellent history of
the early years of the Denver Tramways.
Hardcover
$51.95
Denver’s
Street Railway —
Volume II 1901–1950 — by Don Robertson and Rev. Morris
Cafky. 536 pages, 736 B&W photos, 50 color photos, and 50 maps and
schedules. (March 2004, Sundance
Publications.
Hardcover
$75.00
(Out of Stock)
District of Columbia
Baltimore-Washington Trolleys in Color by
LeRoy O. King, Jr.
This new book covers the Capital Transit Company, Baltimore Transit
Company, The Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad Co., and The
Hagerstown and Frederick Railroad. 128 pages, (2006) Morning Sun
Hardcover $59.95
(NEW)
Florida
The
Florida Keys Overseas Railroad by
Warren Zeiller. The story of the Overseas Railway to Key West, an
extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, has been told many
times, but there is more to tell. The core of this new book is the
collection of photographs made by William Asa Glass, one of the
construction engineers on the project. His views show both the
engineering and human sides of the great project in a unique way.
Also included is a retrospective of the route today, with the modern
Keys highway alongside many of the surviving original railroad
bridges. Maps, artwork, 166 photos, most unpublished, including 129
by or collected by Bill Glass. A few modern photos in color. 156
pages. (2006) Signature Press
Hardcover $55.00
(NEW)
Street
Railways
of St. Petersburg, Florida
— by James Buckley
- 48 pages, B&W photos (1983) Harold Cox
Softcover
$8.95
Hawaii
Streetcar
Days in Honolulu (Breezing Through Paradise) — A well illustrated story of the creation of modern Honolulu and of
the creators and communities created. Brizdle and Simpson. 156 pages.
Softcover
$29.95
(Out of Stock)
Illinois
Illinois
Terminal In Color Volume I — by Gordon E. Lloyd.
The personal photography of noted traction authority Gordon Lloyd
takes the reader on a tour of the IT from 1952 up to the NW
takeover. 128 pages, (1998) Morning Sun
Hardcover $49.95
Illinois
Terminal In Color Volume II —
by William E. Volkmer. Through the camera lens of master traction
photographer Eugene Van Dusen the reader is taken across the IT
system in the late 1940’s, early 1950’s. Both freight and
passenger operations in full color.
128 pages, (2001)
Morning Sun
Hardcover
$54.95
Indiana
Central
Indiana Interurban by
Robert Reed — Covers the rise and fall of the mighty interurban that
provided a link from Indianapolis to nearly every city and village
in existence. 128 pages, B&W photos, Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Electric
Railroads of Indiana
by Jerry Marlette (Second Edition
1980) 214 pages, B&W photos, sample tickets, schedules, map of
abandoned lines.
Softcover
$20.00
Gary
Railways published by
the C. E. R. A. — 1975–36 pp.
Softcover
$4.00 (Out off
Print, 4-LEFT)
Indianapolis Railways
A Complete History of the Company and Its Predecessors From 1864 to
1957 by Jerry Marlette. (2002) The title says it all.
From mule cars through "club lounge" cars and trackless trolley
operations, 301 pages, many B&W photos, samples of tickets,
transfers, tokens, maps, schedules, car rosters, track and car barn
plans, etc. Includes three suburban lines.
Hardcover
$50.00
Moonlight
in Duneland —
Indiana University Press — This oversized soft bound book is a
history of the artwork and advertising posters used to promote the
South Shore line. The
full color posters depicted alone should make this a most welcome
addition to anyone’s library.
140 pages
Softcover
$35.00
Northern
Indiana Railway
by George K. Bradley — CERA — 244 pages — Covers South
Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart County, Southern Michigan, LaPorte and
Michigan City Rail Lines
Hardcover $55.00
Kansas
Arkansas
Valley Interurban: The Electric Way:
Wichita to Newton and Hutchinson, Kansas. B&W photos, 60 pages
(1999) South Platte Press
Softcover
$17.95
Heartland Traction,
The Interurban Lines of Kansas City
by Edward A. Conrad.
This is the story of the five interurban lines that served the
Kansas City area (Kansas and Missouri) It tells the story not only
from a historical and technical standpoint, but also from the
perspective of the individuals associated with the line, including
its promoters, financiers, builders, associates and competitors.
Covers (1) Kansas City, Leavenworth & Western - the Leavenworth
Line, (2) Kansas City, Lawrence & Topeka - the Hocker Line, (3)
Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western - the Kaw Valley Line, (4)
Lawrence City
Streetcars, (5) Missouri & Kansas - The Strang Line, and (6) Kansas
City, Clay County & St. Joseph - the Missouri Short Line. 336 pages,
many B&W photos, maps, diagrams, equipment lists and photos,
(2006) Heartland Rails Publishing Company
Softcover
$39.95 (NEW)
Splendid
Ride, A, The Streetcars of
Kansas City 1870 - 1957 by
Monroe Dodd, Kansas City Star Books. 208 pages, many B&W photos,
maps, diagrams. An excellent study of how Kansas City gained such a
marvelous network of rails and how they lost them. Includes horse
cars, the third longest cable car system in the US, an incline, a
tunnel, and more.
Hardcover
$34.95
Louisiana
New
Orleans, The Canal Streetcar
Line -by
Edward J. Bramley, 128 pp. B&W photos, (2004)
Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Maryland
Baltimore
Streetcars - The Postwar
Years
by Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. Revised Edition 2003, John Hopkins
University Press, 173 pages [First
Edition published by Quadrant Press in 1984 as "Baltimore and its
Streetcars: A Pictorial Review of the Postwar Years]
Softcover
$29.95
Early
Electric Cars of Baltimore
— by Harold Cox, 136 pages, B&W photos, (1979)
Softcover
$11.00
Hagerstown
(MD), Railroading Around The Hub City
— by Mary H. Rubin, 128 pp. B&W photos, small section the
Hagerstown & Frederick Railway (Trolleys), Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Michigan
Detroit's
Street Railways— by
Kenneth Schramm. (1) Early Streetcars in Detroit 1863-1901, (2)
Detroit United Railway and the City of Detroit Municipal Operations:
1901-1922, (3) Early Department of Street Railway Operations:
1922-1945, (4) Later Department of Street Railway Operations:
1946-1956, (5) Early Detroit Buses: 1925-1962. 128 pp.
(2006), Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
(NEW)
When
Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails – Book Three – by Jack E. Schramm, William H. Henning and Richard R. Andrews –
Covers the lines from Detroit to Jackson and across the state. 224
pp., 338 B&W photos
Hardcover $39.95
When
Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails — Book Four — by Jack E. Schramm, William H. Henning and Richard R. Andrews —
Covers the lines from Detroit to Wyandotte, Monroe and Toledo and
also covers lines in neighboring Windsor, Ontario. 230 pp., more
than 345 photos and 40 other illustrations.
— Transportation Trails.
Hardcover
$59.00
Minnesota
Como-Harriet
Line Streetcar Line, The,
A Memory Trip Through The Twin Cities:
Aaron Isaacs and Bill Graham, 64 pp. B&W, several color photos,
Minnesota Transportation Museum
Softcover $12.75
Twin
Cities by Trolley The
Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul by John W. Diers &
Aaron Isaacs. Baker. This book offers a rolling snapshot of
Minneapolis and St. Paul from the 1880's to the 1950's, when the
streetcar system shaped the growth and character of the entire
metropolitan area. It recounts the rise and fall of the Twin Cities
Rapid Transit Company including the history, organization, and
operations of the system, life as a streetcar operator and the
technology, design and construction of the cars. The illustrations
show nearly every neighborhood in Minneapolis and St. Paul as it was
during the streetcar era. More than 400 photos and 70 maps,
349 pages (2007) University of Minnesota Press
Hardcover $39.95
(NEW)
Missouri
Heartland
Traction,
The Interurban Lines of Kansas City by Edward A. Conrad. See
under Kansas for description.
Softcover $39.95
King
Trolley and the Suburban Queens
by James F. Baker. This book details streetcar service (1890 - 1950)
from the St. Louis and Suburban Co. and successor to the self
proclaimed "Queens of the St. Louis Suburbs". The two major county
lines operated by the Suburban were the Manchester line and the
cross county lines that joined and became best known as the
Kirkwood-Ferguson Line. 25 Chapters, B&W photos, diagrams and maps,
307 pages (2005) Meramec Highlands Books
Softcover $25.00
Street
Cars, Light Rail & Utility Cars of St. Louis — 1899-2003
— by Andrew D. Young. This book examines the passenger and utility
cars owned and operated by United Railways (1899-1926), St. Louis
Public Service Company (1927-1963), and Bi-State Development Agency
(1963-2003) plus light rail cars of Bi-State's Metrolink System
(From 2/1/2003) 111 pages, black and white photos. (2003)
Archway Publishing
Softcover
$34.95
Streets &
Streetcars of St. Louis,
A Sentimental Journey by Andrew Young, 144 pages. many B&W
photos.
Archway Publishing
Softcover
$39.95
When
Missouri Took The Trolley
by Andrew D. Young. Sections on (1) This is Missouri, (2) Here Comes
the Trolley, (3) Passengers and Freight, (4) Old Cars, New Cars, (5)
The End of the Affair, and (6) Missouri's Trolley Towns with copious
information on each of the trolley towns in Missouri. Large number
of black and white photos, 225 pages.
(2007) Archway Publishing
Softcover
$54.95 (NEW)
New England
Along
Branford Shore,
History, Maps and Pictures of the Branford Electric Railway Company
and The Connecticut Company. Richard H. Fletcher and James M. West.
58 pp. B&W photos. (1995) Shore Line Trolley Museum.
Softcover $14.00
Beneath The Streets of Boston.
Building America's
First Subway by Joe McKendry. An exploration of a
century-old world when the city took the initiative to design
and create the country's first subway. In stunning artwork and
through a fascinating (and historically accurate) narrative of
Beantown's first "Big Dig" you will enter the subterranean realm
of workers who dug miles of tunnels by hand. Some
autographed copies available.(2005) David Godine, Publisher
Hard cover
$19.95
Boston
and Maine The, Volume 3
Gas/Diesel Railcars, Flying Yankee, Talgo, and Electric
Locomotives. By Robert Liljestrand & David R. Sweetland, 46
pages, B&W photos.
Softcover
$15.00
Boston's
Blue Line by Frank
Cheney, 128 pages, B&W, (2004) Arcadia Publishing.
Softcover
$19.99
Boston,
Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad by
Robert Liljestrand and David Sweetland. Narrow Gauge Steam and Electric.
48 pages, B&W photos (2000)
Softcover
$18.00
Boston
Trolleys in Color,
Volume 1: The North Side by William D. Volkmer. Travel the
road of color photography between the years 1940 and 1990 over the
Boston transit system. This volume covers the northern part of
Boston, Cambridge, Lechmere, Watertown, Somerville, North Station,
Revere, Braves Field and Reservoir/Cleveland Circle.128 pages,
(March 2004) Morning Sun Books
Hardcover $59.95
Boston
Trolleys in Color,
Volume 2: The South Side by William D. Volkmer. Travel the
road of color photography between the years 1940 and 1980 over the
Boston transit system. This volume covers the southern part of
Boston, City Point, Tremont Street, Arborway, Mattapan High Speed
Line, Dorchester, Riverside, Beacon Street, and operations outside
of Boston including Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway-Quincy,
Union Street Railway-New Bedford, Worcester Street Railway,
Springfield Terminal Railway-Springfield VT, United Electric
Railways-Providence RI, and Connecticut Company-New Haven CT .128 pages,
(August 2004) Morning Sun Books
Hardcover $59.95
Capital
City Streetcar Days —
The Concord & Manchester Electric Branch, The Concord Electric
Railways, and Predecessors 1878-1933 — by O.R. Cummings
(Harold Cox)
Softcover
$12.95
Concord,
Maynard & Hudson Street Railway by O. R. Cummings — 1967
— 38 pp. — Connecticut Valley Chapter NRHS Transportation Bulletin No.
74.
Hardcover
CVNRHS74
$17.00
Connecticut
Company’s Streetcars
by Frederick A. Kramer with Ed Wadhams — Carstons
Publication — 1993
Hardcover
$26.95
Softcover
$21.95
Golden
Age of the Trolley, A
History of the Nahant & Lynn Street Railway Company: by Suzanne Hamill & Ken Wilkie, 91 pp., B&W, Nahant (MA)
Historical Society
Softcover
$20.00
(Out of Stock)
Hartford
and Springfield Street Railway Co. — Diary of a Trolley Road
— compiled by Michael C. De Vito — NRHS — 1974 — 191 pp. —
Transportation Bulletin No. 80 The story of the
Hartford & Springfield Street Railway company and other street
railway companies of north-central Hartford County in Connecticut.
Hardcover
CVNRHS80
$34.00
Hartford
County Trolleys
by Connecticut Trolley Museum. During the golden age of the trolley,
Hartford County (CT) was crisscrossed with over 200 miles of trolley
lines, reaching to all major cities and towns in the county. Only 8
out of the 29 cities and towns in the county were without some type
of public transit. This book features: (1) The Bristol Line, (2) The
Farmington Street Railway, (3) Downtown Hartford, (4) The Hartford
Suburban Liens, (5) New Britain, Plainville, and Southington, (6)
The Hartford and Springfield Street Railway, and (7) The Connecticut
Trolley Museum in 2005. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2005) Arcadia Publishing.
Softcover
$19.99
Hartford
Trolleys
by Connecticut Motor Coach Museum, compiled by Nancy Johanson, Bert
Johanson, and John Sullivan. 128 pages, B&W photos, (2004) Arcadia Publishing.
Softcover
$19.99
Manchester
Streetcars —
Arcadia — yet another wonderful street railway book from our
prolific author, historian and long term member O. R. Cummings.
As part of Arcadia’s Images of America series it contains a
large quantity of B&W photos of trolleys in and around the Queen
City of New Hampshire. Many
of the photos are from our late member Charles A. Duncan.
Its a packed 128 soft bound pages.
Softcover
$18.99
Nantasket
Beach Branch by Bob McGarigle — NRHS — 1981 — 76 pp. — Covers the
New Haven Railroad, Bay State Street Railway and steamboat lines
serving this Massachusetts resort — Transportation Bulletin No.
90
Hardcover
CVNRHS90
$19.95
New Haven
EP-5 Jets, Classic Power No. 9
by Joe Cunningham. 98
pages, B&W and color photos (1991) N. J. International
Softcover
$29.95
New
Haven Railroad The Final
Decade by Scott
Hartley. 160 pages, color (Railpace 1992)
Hardcover
$49.95
New
Haven Streetcars -by
Branford Electric Railway Association, 128 pp. B&W photos,
Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Norway &
Paris Street Railway The
Shortest Streetcar Line in The State of Maine 1895 - 1918 by
O. R. Cummings and Peter C. Hammond. History and social aspects of a
2.13 mile streetcar line. 54 pages, B/W photos (2008)
Softcover
$14.99 (NEW)
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
Softcover
$15.00
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
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
Savin Rock
Amusement Park by Edith
Reynolds. (Postcard History Series) A summer destination for riders
of the Connecticut Company streetcars from New Haven to West Haven.
128 pages, B&W photos, (2006) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
(NEW)
Shelburne
Falls and Colrain Street Railway Company, The
— Published by Conn. Valley
Chapter of NRHS — 1968 — 42 pp. — The story behind the
“Bridge of Flowers”. Also includes some information on the Green
Mountain Railroad Co.
Hardcover
CVNRHS75
$20.00
Shore Line
Electric Railway Company, The,
by O. R. Cummings. The story of one of
the nation's more unprofitable traction companies during the
otherwise prosperous 1910-1924 period. At its height from mid-1916
until mid-1919, the Shore Line Electric Railway operated a nearly
230 mile system in Connecticut, except almost 17 miles of main track
in Rhode Island. The chapters include: (1) Shore Line Predecessors
1913-1916, (2) The Shore Line Electric Railway 1905-1929, (3) Shore
Line Green 1910-1924, (4) Shore Line Successors 1923-1929, and (5)
Rolling Stock. 8 3/4" by 11" format, 168 pages, B&W photos, maps and
diagrams. (Sept. 2007) CERA Bulletin 139.
Hardcover
$40.00 (NEW)
Shore Line
Electric Railway Company, The, Parts 1 and 2 by O. R. Cummings
and Charles F. Munger, Jr. — 1960
— 42 pp. — Connecticut Valley Chapter NRHS Transportation Bulletin No.
13, parts 1 and 2.
Part 1 features the development of the system which in six years
became New England's 5th largest trolley system. Part 2 features the
predecessor companies.
Hardcover
CVNRHS13
$24.95
Streetcar
Lines of the Hub, The 1940's,
Heyday of Electric Transit in Boston by Bradley H. Clarke — This
book is about the Metropolitan Boston streetcar system of the 1940's
operated by the Boston Elevated Railway and its successor, the
Metropolitan Transit Authority, and the Eastern Massachusetts Street
Railway Company. Chapter 1 provides an overview of events that
affected the entire system and the remaining chapters cover the
surface streetcar network geographically. 206 pages, both
color and black and white photos.
(Nov. 2003) Boston Street Railway Association
Hardcover
$46.95
Taunton
Street Railway Company by
Carlton E. Tucker — 1963
— 22 pp. — Connecticut Valley Chapter NRHS Transportation Bulletin No.
68. The Horsecars and the Electrics
Taunton Street Railway Company, Taunton division, Old Colony Street
Railway Co. and the Independent Lines operating in Taunton,
Massachusetts.
Hardcover
CVNRHS68
$19.50
Transit to
Wethersfield, The First 100
Years by
Roger Borrup — 1970
— 72 pp. — Connecticut Valley Chapter NRHS Transportation Bulletin No.
77
The story of a hundred years of local transit to Wethersfield (CT) -
with horse cars, trolley cars and motor buses - 1862 through 1969.
It also tells about Hartford's horse car era transit, 1862 to 1893.
Hardcover
CVNRHS77
$20.00
Tremont
Street Subway — A Century of Public Service by Bradley H. Clarke and O.
R. Cummings — 1997 — 64 pp. — History of America’s oldest
subway in Boston — BSRA.
Softcover
$15.95
Trolleys
in the Land of the Pilgrims — The
Plymouth & Kingston Street Railway, The Brockton & Plymouth
Street Railway, The Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway, and The
Plymouth & Sandwich Street Railway 1886–1928 — by O.R.
Cummings
Softcover
$11.95
Trolleys
to Beaver Lake — A History of the Chester & Derry Railroad
Association 1891–1928
— by O.R. Cummings, 32 pages, (1990) Harold Cox
Softcover
$7.50
Trolleys
to Brunswick, Maine, 1896–1937
by O. R. Cummings — 1966 — 42 pp. — NRHS Transportation
Bulletin No. 73
Hardcover
CVNRHS73
$19.00
Waterbury Trolleys
-by
Connecticut Motor Coach Museum. This book traces the growth and
expansion of the streetcar system throughout the Naugatuck Valley
and the the collection of vintage photographs documents the network
of streetcars that once thrived in Waterbury CT. 128 pp. B&W photos,
(2005) Arcadia Publishing
Softcover
$19.99
Waterville,
Fairfield and Oakland Railway Company by O. R. Cummings — 1965
— 40 pp. — NRHS Transportation Bulletin No. 72
Hardcover
CVNRHS72
$15.00
Western Connecticut Trolleys
by Connecticut Motor Coach Museum. (1) Bridgeport Lines, (2) Danbury
and Bethel Lines, (3) Meriden Lines, (4) Middletown Lines, (5) New
Haven, (6) Norwalk Lines, (7) Shore Line Electric Railway, (8)
Stamford Lines, (9) Odds and Ends, and (10) Connecticut Trolleys in
2006. 128 pages, B&W photos (2007) Images of Rail, Arcadia
Publishing
Softcover $19.99
(NEW)
Yale
Bowl and the Open Trolleys
by John D. Somers — Dorrance Publishing — 1996 — 46 pp. — Recollections
of the famous open car fleet in New Haven.
Softcover
$16.00
New Jersey
Cumberland
County Trolleys (New Jersey)
— Shirley R. Bailey and Don Wentzel. Covers a trolley line
serving Millville, Vineland, Bridgeton and Port Norris, NJ. 104
pages, B&W photos. (1995)
Softcover
$19.95
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