Depot Square Publishing

This is the first of two volumes on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.The city of Pittsburgh had the potential to be a major industrial center but for the freight discrimination imposed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Every new rail outlet built to offer an alternative to the Pennsy was eventually taken over by that company.

The only route left was a narrow corridor along the Monongahela River threading through steel mills. lead works, glass factories, and other industries.Pittsburgh yearned for independent rail service but was unable to secure it until William McCreery, John Dravo, James Bennett, Jacob Henrici and the Harmony Society, and others banded together to found and construct the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie.

Building on four miles of trestle work through South Side - at times into the Monongahela River - to get to McKees Rocks, the P&LE eventually reached Youngstown, Ohio where connections were made with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern (New York Central) and the Atlantic & Great Western (Erie Railroad), 68 miles from the Steel City.Growing to over 200 miles of mainline, the P&LE hauled so much tonnage in iron ore, steel, bituminous coal, coke. oil, and limestone that it became the largest revenue per ton mile railroad that ever operated in America.

This 322-page book opens with the story of the pivotal meeting that formed the P&LE when the founders and industrialists went to war with each other. The result was a railroad independent of the Pennsy and answerable only to the needs of Pittsburgh. It is no wonder that the line acquired the nickname "The Little Giant."373 B&W photographs, maps, engravings, and other ephemera form the nexus of this story.

Years of research into the history of the P&LE and the local industries and environs served to elicit a wonderful story about the line and its association with the region.Complete with images of P&LE motive power, rolling stock, facilities, the South Side complex, steel mills and other industries, the "company" villages that housed the mill workers and their families, and steamboats on the Monongahela and Ohio rivers bring the story to life.This title is printed at 175-line screen on 80 lb.

Sterling Premium gloss paper as a flat-backed, Smyth-sewn, oblong, laminated hardcover with an additional protective gloss film lamination.Very limited print run, hardcover, 322 pages, standard landscape format, this is a historical work rather than a pictorial but illustrated with many photographs, maps and illustrations.

Features:

• New Hardcover Jack Polaritz
• Suzanne C. Hudson and John W. Hudson Depot Square Publishing

Depot Square Publishing, softcover, 160 pages, 11.5 x 8.5 x.5 in., 270 color and B&W illustrations and other ephemera; bibliography; index.

Vintage B&W photographs through contemporary color serve to illustrate the evolution of a selected railroad from the golden age of steam to the modern age of streamlined diesels and electrics. Having observed its twentieth anniversary in 2003, the Metro-North Railroad is a fitting choice to initiate this series (Railroads Over Time).

This installment depicts the Hudson Line between Poughkeepsie and Oscawana, New York which includes some of the most spectacular scenery in the Hudson River Valley. Illustrations begin with the Hudson River Rail Road and continue through the New York Central, Penn Central, Conrail and Metro-North.

Early steam, E-units, FL-9s, F-10s, Geeps, B23-7s, U-boats, RDCs, SPV-2000s and Genesis engines are all shown.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Hudson Line Chronology
• Map of the Hudson Valley (color)
• Poughkeepsie
• Camelot
• New Hamburg
• Chelsea
• Beacon
• Bannermans Island
• Storm King
• Cold Spring
• Garrison Cliffs
• Garrison
• Glen Clyffe
• Manitou
• Anthony's Nose
• Middle Tunnel
• Flat Rock Tunnel
• Fish Island
• Road Hook
• Annsville Creek
• Peekskill Bay
• Peekskill
• Travis Point
• Montrose
• Cortland
• Crugers
• Oscawana
• Bibliography
• Index
• Down The Tracks..

Depot Square Publishing, hardcover with dust jacket, 341 pages, 8.75 x 11.5 in., 619 illustrations (over 300 in full color), maps, blueprints, bibliography, and a complete index. Oblong hardcover with dust jacket format with a protective gloss film lamination. Printed at 175-line screen on 80 lb. Sterling Gloss Text paper.

Volume II, is where Taibi continues his story of the D&H and its connection to all of the towns served between the 'City of the Hills' (Oneonta) and the 'Parlor City' (Binghamton). This book contains more than 600 first-generation color, sepia, and black & white illustrations - from vintage stereo-views and post cards to Color photographs of current owner Canadian Pacific Rail sharing the steel ribbons with Norfolk Southern.

Vintage D&H steam and early diesels to the most modern motive power - AC4400CW, SD60 SD90, ES44AC, C40-9W, and ES40DC - are captured at various locations over the line. Union Pacific and BNSF run-through power makes numerous appearances.

An extensive introduction reviews the first book. Then Volume II starts its own story with an all-new section on Oneonta. From there the journey continues down the Susquehanna watershed through Otego, Wells Bridge, Unadilla, Sidney, Bainbridge, Afton, Nineveh, Harpursville, Belden, Tunnel, Sanitaria Springs, and Port Crane - concluding at the 'Parlor City', Binghamton.

Contents:

• Yesterday..and Today, pp. I - xxiv
• An Oneonta Farewell, pp. 1–30
• Sunrise at Pony Farm Road Bridge, pp. 31–48
• Cabin Country - OG to TP, pp. 49–126
• Beside the Susquehanna - TP to SW, pp. 127–188
• Up and Under Belden Hill - SW to BL, pp. 189–240
• Susquehanna River Rendezvous - BL to QD, pp. 241–292
• Transitions, pp. 293–298
• Epilogue, pp. 299–304
• Bibliography, pp. 305–306
• Index, pp. 307–311.

Depot Square Publishing, hardcover with dust jacket, 238 pages, 11.25 x 8.75 x.5 in., 523 illustrations (over 200 in color), maps, blueprints, bibliography, and a complete index.

The earliest explorers and settlers in central New York first used ancient Indian trails to enter the region. Over time, primitive dirt roads, plank roads, and turnpikes in combination with the navigable portions of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries greatly aided expansion into the lands southwest of Albany.

Eventually, the broad gauge Albany & Susquehanna Railroad - a predecessor of the powerful, renowned Delaware & Hudson Railroad - formed what would be regarded as the ultimate link in the transportation system that connected Albany with Binghamton.

Besides accelerating community growth, the railroad spurred the development and facilitated the growth of local industry - limestone and cement, dairy and agriculture, and the manufacturing of tools, wagons, wood products, and machinery.

In his inimitable style, Mr. Taibi engages the reader on a point-to-point tour, weaving an entertaining story around how these three phases of passage - the Roads, Rivers, and Rails - created lifelines for the interior towns.

This book contains more than 500 color, sepia, and black & white illustrations - from vintage stereo views of A&S/D&H operations to Electric Locomotive Color photographs of current owner Canadian Pacific Rail with Norfolk Southern operations via trackage rights.

Early D&H steam and the most modern diesels - AC4400CW, SD60, SD90, ES44AC, C40-9W, and ES40DC - are shown at various locations. Union Pacific run-through power is also included. Among those places visited in this first installment of Roads, Rivers, and Rails, are Voorheesville, Altamont, Delanson, Cobleskill, Richmondville, Worcester, Schenevus, and Oneonta.

Volume II will begin the story anew at Oneonta and continue on to Otego, Unadilla, Sidney, Bainbridge, Afton, and Nineveh - concluding at the 'Parlor City,' Binghamton.

Contents:

• Two Routes to Quaker Street, pp. 1–32
• Down and Up to Cave Country, pp. 33–66
• Over the Hill to Dante, pp. 67–106
• Chief Schenevus and his Creek, pp. 107–164
• City of the Hills, pp. 165–204
• Coming Attractions, pp. 205–207
• Bibliography, p. 208
• Index, pp. 209–212.

The Rutland & Burlington Railroad completed its mainline from Burlington to Rutland and Bellows Falls, Vermont in December 1849, connecting Boston with the Connecticut River and Lake Champlain thereby opening the Great Lakes and the burgeoning western markets to New England commerce. Thus began the fabled and much-loved Rutland Railroad.

This 128-page hardcover with dust jacket takes the reader back to the pre-1925 era when steam was king. Local mills produced typical Vermont goods: woolens, textiles, limestone, talc, soapstone, marble, milk, lumber, wood products, leather goods, and paper. Small towns like East Wallingford, Ludlow, Proctorsville, Cavendish and Chester depended on the Rutland for their very existence.

Experience a point-to-point journey over the Green Mountains from Rutland to Bellows Falls through more than 200 vintage illustrations, maps, ephemera, and Victorian advertising featuring stations, industries, hotels, and small town 'main streets' in the Golden Age of Steam. Information is included on connecting lines such as the Cheshire, Sullivan, Vermont Valley and other regional railroads.

This title is printed at 200 line screen on 80# gloss enamel paper in a landscape format. Depot Square Publishing, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 215 illustrations, maps, Bibliography, Index.

Depot Square Publishing, hardcover with dust jacket, 160 pages, 11 x 8.5 x.5 in., 236 illustrations; maps; bibliography; index.

n 1869, the Lackawanna Railroad leased and then gained control of two predecessor roads that it would ultimately work to unite as its Syracuse Division. These railways had been the first to link the growing inland cities of Syracuse, Cortland, and Binghamton with the Lake Ontario port of Oswego.

In addition to providing an outlet for the regions bounty, the acquisitions were groomed to haul Lackawanna Scranton Coal to the shore of the Great Lakes. Through their presentation of 239 photographs and vintage ephemera, period maps, and an insightful account of local history, the authors take the reader beyond the depot and onto the main streets and side streets to revisit life and travel as they were in the early Twentieth Century America.

This book covers the era between 1875 and 1925.

Contents:

• The Syracuse Division: A Regional History, pp. 1–5
• Binghamton & Oswego Line, pp. 6–90
• Cincinnatus Branch, pp. 91–122
• Postscript, pp. 123–134
• Bibliography, pp. 135–136
• Index, pp. 137–142
• Down The Tracks.., pp. 143–144.

Depot Square Publishing, hardcover with dust jacket, 152 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., 193 photographs and 6 maps; index.

Scenes Along the Rails is the anchor title for a series of books planned to pictorially explore the railroads and related industries of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and New England. The first 25 years of the 20th century-perhaps the busiest time for American railroads-forms the time frame for the series.

Part 2 of Volume 1 centers on the High Plateau and Endless Mountains area between Wilkes-Barre and Sayre, Pennsylvania. The Lehigh Valley Railroad's Pennsylvania Division and its Bowman Creek and State Line and Sullivan branches comprise a significant portion of this book.

Mining operations in sections of the Northern and Bernice coal fields are depicted along with scenes of the major lumber company towns of Laquin, Masten, Lopez and Ricketts.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Map: The Coal Fields of Pennsylvania
• Guide to Railroad Maps
• Lehigh Valley Railroad
• Pittsburgh, Binghamton and Eastern Railroad
• Susquehanna and New York Railroad
• Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad
• Williamsport and North Branch Railroad
• Eagles Mere Railroad
• Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad
• Susquehanna, Bloomsburg
• and Berwick Railroad
• Bibliography
• Index.

Depot Square Publishing, hardcover with dust jacket, 108 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., B&W photographs; maps; index.

Scenes Along the Rails is the anchor title for a series of books planned to pictorially explore the railroads and related industries of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and New England. The first 25 years of the 20th century-perhaps the busiest time for American railroads-forms the time frame for the series.

Part 1 of Volume 1 centers on Scranton, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Map of the Anthracite Coal Fields
• Guide to Railroad Maps
• New York, Ontario and Western Railway
• Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad
• Delaware Valley Railway
• Delaware and Hudson Company
• Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
• Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley
• Erie Railroad
• Shohola Glen Switchback Railroad
• Epilogue
• Bibliography
• Railroad Index.