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This is an upgrade and update of what was a good book originally. The current edition includes the current era since the Union Pacific buyout of the Southern Pacific and includes color photographs and great maps that John Signor is known for. The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad; Union Pacific's Salt Lake Route was first published in 1988 and has long been out of print.

However, since the initial printing, much has happened on the old Salt Lake Route and considerable additional material has come to light. A desire to revise, correct, update and expand the first edition has resulted in this volume, and, with modern printing methods available today, it includes a great deal more color photographs and illustrations than the original.

This revised addition includes 64 additional pages plus 48 period graphics and timetables, 52 maps, 415 photographs of which 81 are in color, a bibliography and index. Union Pacific is one of the most modern railroads in the country. The railroad's 780-mile line from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles is no exception.

To the uninformed it would seem as if the railroad was built just yesterday, yet the history of this, the Salt Lake Route, now spans more than a century rich in the annals of railroading and the American West. As far as transcontinental railroads are concerned, the Salt Lake Route is a late comer, yet it is a true pioneer.

The location of the railroad, connecting the City of Saints (Salt Lake City) with the City of Angels (Los Angeles) was built through largely undeveloped country more or less following the Old Spanish Trail. It even founded the City of Las Vegas, Nevada which in Spanish translates to "The Meadows" for wild grasses fed by artesian springs.

Organized in a chronological format, this volume covers in detail every aspect of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad's construction and operation, its merger with Union Pacific in the Twenties, and the challenges of competition, wartime and coping with the demands of the country it traversed. Contents, Introduction, pp.

6–10; From Trail to Rail, Early Development, pp. 11–40; The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Completion and Early Operation, pp. 41–104; The 'Pedro' Comes of Age, Union Pacific Assumes Control, pp. 105–184; The LA&SL, Road of the Streamliners, pp. 185–252; The California Division, Freeway for Freight, pp.

253–284; Into the New Millennium, The 'Pedro' Enters its Second Century, pp. 285–312; Epilogue, Bibliography, Index, pp. 313–320. Hardcover with dust jacket, standard vertical format, 8 x 10 in., 320 pages, Black-and-White and Color illustrations and photographs, maps and timetables.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 299 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1 in., 320 illustrations, color plates, rosters, bibliography and index.

The Northern Pacific Railway entered the diesel era with a large fleet of modern steam locomotives, but gradually and then more rapidly, made the transition to diesel-electric motive power. Covering in detail, all of the NP's diesels: the first-generation switchers, the early road units, and the postwar road-switchers.

The more powerful and technologically advanced second-generation units such as U25C, the U28C, the SD-45, and the U33C units are presented. Of the many books Golden Spike stocks, I read this one from cover to cover.

It is an excellent book not only for the Northern Pacific, but for what the railroad mechanical departments experienced in selecting models from the many-at the time-diesel builders. It was especially humorous to read about the 'new' Baldwin road switcher that as the paint wore away revealed factory demonstrator colors!

Contents:

• Preface, pp. 6–10
• The Northern Pacific Before 1945, pp. 11–26
• The Diesels Appear: 1938-1945, pp. 27–54
• First of the Mainline Diesels, pp. 55–78
• Northern Pacific Railway History: 1945-1960, pp. 79–112
• The Post-War Road Diesels, pp. 113–144
• The Post-War Switchers and Road-Switchers, 145-178
• Northern Pacific Railway History: 1960-1970, pp. 179–210
• Second-Generation Diesels on the Northern Pacific, 211-228
• The RDC's, pp. 229–240
• Epilogue, pp. 241–246
• Appendices: Explanatory Notes, pp. 249–250
• Northern Pacific Railway Trackage by Division (July 1947), pp. 251–253
• Numerical Locomotive Rosters, June 1945, January 1955 and January 1964, pp. 254–256
• Locomotive Data by Class, pp. 257–277
• Northern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Painting and Lettering Practice: 1938-1970, pp. 278–286
• Locomotive Diagrams, pp. 287–292
• Bibliographic Notes, pp. 293–295
• Acknowledgments, p. 296
• Index, pp. 297–299.

The Golden State of California was once a beehive of interurban electric railways, and the interurban played a major role in the development of intercity public transportation. Replacing the infrequent and costly steam railroad branch line network, the interurban grew and expanded at about the same time as the motor car. The interurban outpaced the motor car until the Depression. But the convenience of the motor car won the battle for users and only those Interurbans that operated freight, express and mail service and offered commuter trains were able to survive until after World War II. The convenience of the automobile and the motor bus triggered the eventual demise of the interurban system.

Contents:
Introduction, pp. 9-14;
1. San Diego Electric Railway-The La Jolla Line, pp. 15-18;
2. San Diego & Southwestern Railway, pp. 19-22;
3. Glendale & Montrose Railway, pp. 23-28;
4. Pacific Electric Railway, pp. 29-104;
5. Visalia Electric Railroad-Orange Grove Route, pp. 105-110;
6. Tidewater Southern Railway, pp. 111-118;
7. Central California Traction Company, pp. 119-132;
8. San Francisco, Napa, & Calistoga Railway, pp. 133-144;
9. Peninsular Railway-The Blossom Line, pp. 145-154;
10. San Francisco & San Mateo Electric Railway - The 40 Line, pp. 155-166;
11. Key System, pp. 167-196;
12. Southern Pacific Company-Interurban Electric Railway, pp. 197-224;
13. Sacramento Northern Railway, pp. 225-252;
14. Northern Electric Railway, pp. 253-264;
15. Northwestern Pacific Railroad, pp. 265-282;
16. Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad, pp. 283-291;
Bibliography, pp. 292-293.

Golden West Books, hardcover with color dust jacket, 293 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs with text and captions.

Golden West Books, softcover, 142 pages, 11 x 8.5 x.5 in., B&W photographs.

Henry Edward Huntington's impact on the public transportation system of Southern California was far reaching. His Pacific Electric red interurban went everywhere. That is except for the western portions of Los Angeles county where Moses Sherman's and E.

P. Clark's 180-mile Los Angeles Pacific Railroad dominated. By 1903, Huntington and the Southern Pacific controlled by Edward H.

Harriman had become partners in the Pacific Electric. During March 1906, Harriman negotiated with Sherman and Clark, for control of their railway. In the meantime Huntington operating on his own acquired the narrow-gauge Los Angeles and Redondo Railway.

It had 89 miles of track, including 3 lines to Redondo Beach. Harriman always had in his mind the merging of the Pacific Electric with the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad, thus forming a huge interurban empire.

R.S. Lovett, Harriman's successor at Southern Pacific negotiated the sale of Huntington's interest in Pacific Electric to Southern Pacific by November of 1910 for an undisclosed sum. Once the Southern Pacific had control of the Pacific Electric, the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad was merged into the Pacific Electric, thus becoming the Western Division of the Pacific Electric.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Los Angeles Pacific Railroad
• Balloon Route Trolley Trip
• Port Los Angeles-Santa Monica Canyon Line
• Venice Short Line
• Redondo Beach via del Rey Line
• Western-Franklin-Brush Canyon Line
• Westgate Line (Brentwood)
• Lagoon Line
• Santa Monica Air Line
• Coldwater Canyon Line
• Hollywood Boulevard Line
• Santa Monica Boulevard Line
• Hill Street Station
• Los Angeles-Vineyard Local Service
• Sherman Car House and Shops-West Hollywood Car House
• Hill Street Tunnels
• Vineyard-Beverly Hills-Sawtelle-Santa Monica Line
• Echo Park Line
• Glendale-Burbank Line
• Edendale Line-Edendale-Atwater Line
• Canoga Park Line
• San Fernando Line
• Van Nuys Line
• Subway Terminal Building-The Subway
• Freight Service
• Inglewood Line
• Los Angeles-Hollywood-Beverly Hills-Venice Line
• Bibliography, Acknowledgments. This book consists primarily of B&W photographs with extensive captions augmented with maps and advertising reproductions.

Golden West Books, softcover, 112 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .5 in., B&W photographs with captions and text.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 207 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.75 in., 217 illustrations, car drawings, bibliography and index.

This is a second edition with updated information, images and tables. This book presents the complete intermodal story: The development of Gene Ryan's Rail Trailer Company; General Motors flirtation with a depressed center-car design; the establishment of Trailer Train; Southern Pacific's truck-trailer train experiment between Los Angeles and San Francisco (handling only company owned Pacific Motor Trucking Trailers); the separation of Pennsylvania Railroads influence over Trailer Train; and the combination of rail-highway units familiarly called Rail Van and RoadRailer.

Featured are the various hitch arrangements, the once popular trailer-leasing program, the expansion of United Parcel from a department store delivery service to the United States' largest freight carrier and their influence on rail-piggyback.

This book is written by an industry insider who tells the 'who' and 'why'.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 10–12
• The Less-Than-Carload Problem, pp. 13–20
• It's Soup-The First-Generation, pp. 21–26
• The Amazing Mr. Ryan, pp. 27–32
• Commercial Implications, pp. 33–42
• Load 'Em Up, pp. 43–50
• Technology- Never Where's, Wanna-Bee's and Sorta Where's, pp. 51–66
• The Birth of Trailer Train, pp. 67–72
• Intermodal Gains a Voice, pp. 73–76
• Trailer Leasing, pp. 77–82
• Terminal Mechanization, pp. 83–98
• United Parcel Service-The Little Brown Package Car, pp. 99–104
• Trailer Train and Gene Ryan, pp. 105–110
• Santa Fe-Super C and the Coax Train, pp. 111–118
• Federal Railroad Administration, pp. 119–128
• Road-Railer, pp. 129–134
• New Technology, pp. 135–146
• Deregulation-Free at Last, pp. 147–150
• Putting Technology to Work, pp. 151–166
• The Movement to Domestic Containers, pp. 167–174
• End of the Beginning, pp. 175–178
• Appendix, pp. 179–183
• Bibliography, pp. 184–187
• Index, pp. 188–192.

Mountain railroading in Southern California has always been synonymous with names like Tehachapi, Cajon Pass and Beaumont Hill. While the two former passes have been the subject of several published histories, Beaumont Hill, Southern Pacific's gateway to Southern California, from the east, has been largely overlooked.

The publication of this book fills that void. After years of exhaustive research, John R. Signor presents the full story of over a century of history and operations at Beaumont Hill. From its fragile beginnings in the 1870's up to today's heavy double-stack traffic, every facet of Beaumont Hill's long and colorful history has been explored.

In the early days, learn about the desperate search for water to satisfy thirsty locomotives, of flashfloods and sandstorms, and how the blistering heat affected day-to-day operations. Trace the evolution of motive power from the diminutive American and Consolidation-type engines of the late nineteenth century through today's high-tech diesels.

Follow the rise and decline of such name trains as the Sunset Limited, the Golden State Limited, the Argonaut, and the Imperial. Get the inside scoop on management decisions concerning double-tracking, signal systems, Centralized Traffic Control, and electrification. Beaumont Hill: Southern Pacific's Southern California Gateway takes you trackside to witness the pageant of over a century of train operations.

See multi-engined freights charge upgrade, first, with the sturdy Consolidations of the early 1900's, followed by the mighty cab-forward Mallets of the late steam era and finally on into the diesel age. See Kaiser ore trains struggle upgrade with 20 locomotives, alone. See the ponderous beet drags moving west from the Imperial Valley, and streamliners of another era-in black and white and in color.

Not to be overlooked are the more pastoral activities of the branch lines radiating out of Colton (including Pacific Electric's electrified operations), and the agricultural oriented operations in the Imperial Valley and along the Inter-California Railway. Crisp maps detail the activities of places like Beaumont, Colton and Indio at their zenith, be it in the 1910s or the late 1940s.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 174 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1 in., more than 265 illustrations, 12 color plates, 8 maps drawn especially for this book, timetable reproductions, a profile of the line from Yuma, Arizona to Los Angeles. Two color paintings by John R. Signor.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 234 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1 in., 425 illustrations, maps, bibliography and index.

Southern California's Mount Lowe Railway lived up to its title, The Most Scenic Mountain Railway in the World. In its short trackage from Altadena to Alpine Tavern, its rails climbed 3,130 feet in 5.84 miles, thus constituting an engineering marvel.

This book chronicles in word and picture the building of the electric railway into Rubio Canyon, the construction of the great incline on a 62 percent grade, and the narrow gauge trolley from Echo Mountain to Alpine Tavern.

The Alpine Divisions tracks followed the natural contour of the mountainside, over 18 trestles and around 127 curves.

Contents:

• Pioneers of the San Gabriel's, pp. 7–16
• The Land Boom and Afterwards, pp. 17–24
• Professor Lowe Takes Hold, pp. 25–50
• Opening Day, pp. 51–68
• White City, pp. 69–88
• Building the Alpine Division, pp. 89–104
• Hard Times, pp. 105–120
• Disasters-Coming of the Pacific Electric, pp. 121–178
• The Burning of Alpine Tavern, pp. 179–220
• Appendix, pp. 221–222
• Bibliography, pp. 223–231
• Index, 232-234.

Huntington Tracks won the Gold Medal for the best book in the category of Transportation at the Independent Publishers Book Awards.

This is a very reasonable price for a monumental work on the early days of the Pacific Electric. The development of southern California into a great urban area went hand-in-hand with the construction and operation of the Pacific Electric.

The book talks about Collis and Henry Huntington building their empire into Southern California and focuses on the 1870s through the Great Merger of 1911. A great reference book for all railroad historians

Contents,
Bibliography, Introduction, Foreword, xii-xv;
Ch. 1, The National Railroad Merger and Expansion Era, 1880 to 1906; The Interstate Commerce Commission and the Sherman Antitrust Act, pp. 1-12;
Ch. 2, Collis Huntington and the Southern Route; War with the Santa Fe; Jay Gould and the Union Pacific-Salt Lake City to Los Angeles Route, pp. 13-68;
Ch. 3, Populism and Progressivism 1873 to 1910; The Los Angeles Free Harbor Fight, pp. 69-86;
Ch. 4, The Death of Collis Huntington; Collis Huntington and James Speyer; The Central Pacific Reorganization; The Desert Line, pp. 87-112;
Ch. 5, The Los Angeles Terminal Railway; San Pedro Harbor and The Eight Terminal Railroads of Los Angeles, pp. 113-176;
Ch. 6, William Clark and the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad; George Gould and the Castle Valley Railroad, pp. 177-206;
Ch. 7, Electric Power and Electric Railroad Development; William Kerckhoff and Henry Huntington; The Pacific Light and Power Company, pp. 207-242;
Ch. 8, Moses Hazeltine Sherman and the Los Angeles Pacific Railway, pp. 243-266;
Ch. 9, Henry Huntington Builds the Pacific Electric Railway, pp. 267-344;
Ch. 10, Edward H. Harriman and the Early Pacific Electric Railway, pp. 345-384;
Ch. 11, The Union Pacific / Southern Pacific Merger and Un-merger, pp. 385-411;
Bibliography, pp. 412-416;
Index, pp. 417-426.

Golden West Books, hardcover, 432 pages, 10.5 x 9.5 x 1.5 in., B&W photographs, map end sheets.

This is Volume two in a four-volume set which will cover in text, B&W pictures and captions the Pacific Electric routes and services by Division.

Contents:
Introduction, pp. 6-10;
Covina Rail Line, pp. 11-16;
Pomona Line, pp. 17-24;
Pomona Local Lines, pp. 25-26;
Upland to Pomona, pp. 27-28;
San Bernardino Line, pp. 29-53;
Riverside Line, pp. 54-60;
Riverside-Arlington-Corona Line, pp. 61-68;
Riverside-Redlands Line (Via San Bernardino), pp. 69-72;
San Bernardino Local Lines, pp. 73-79;
Redlands Local Lines, pp. 80-82;
Box Motor Service, pp. 83-90;
Railway Post Office Service, pp. 91-94;
Freight Service, pp. 95-107;
Railroad Enthusiast Excursions, pp. 108-110;
Bibliography, pg. 111;
acknowledgments, pg. 112.

Golden West Books, softcover, 112 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .5 in., B&W photographs with captions and text.

Contents:
Introduction, pp. 6-7;
Henry E. Huntington-The Builder, pp. 8-9;
Northern Division, pp. 10-22;
South Pasadena Line, pp. 23-26;
Pasadena Short Line, pp. 27-35;
New Year's Day in Pasadena, pp. 36-40;
Pasadena Local Lines, pp. 41-44;
Alhambra-San Gabriel-Temple City Line, pp. 45-50;
Mount Lowe Line, pp. 51-56;
Monrovia-Glendora Line, pp. 57-68;
Sierra Madre Line, pp. 69-72;
Pasadena Oak Knoll Line, pp. 73-78;
Sierra Vista Line, pp. 79-81;
Box Motors, pp. 82-85;
Map of the Pacific Electric System, pg. 86;
Bibliography, pg. 87;
Acknowledgments, pg. 88.

Golden West Books, softcover, 88 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .5 in., B&W photographs with captions and text.

Contents:
Introduction, pp. 7-12;
The Revolution Begins, pp. 13-20;
Pullman's Marvelous Machines, pp. 21-32;
Those Awful Silver Palace Cars!, pp. 33-38;
Little Games Barons Play, pp. 39-42;
GOLDEN GATE'S Cachet, pp. 43-46;
Dinner is Finally Served, pp. 47-52;
The Colossus Expands, pp. 53-56;
The Pollok Legacy Begins, pp. 57-64;
Smile, Or Else!, pp. 65-70;
Wheatless Wednesdays, pp. 71-80;
It Can Only Get Better, pp. 81-88;
The ABC's Of It, pp. 89-102;
A Rather Public Love Affair, pp. 103-110;
Eggplant in Winter', pp. 111-116;
A Visionary's Last Years, pp. 117-122;
A Desperate Time, pp. 123-132;
All For About $1, pp. 133-138;
Details, Details, Details, pp. 139-148;
The Pre-War Years, pp. 149-168;
SP Goes to War, pp. 169-178;
An Era Mercifully Ends, pp. 179-196;
Epilogue, pp. 197-214;
Selected Dining Car Recipes, pp. 215-233;
Bibliography, pp. 234-235;
Index, 236-241.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 241 pages, 6 x 9 x .75 in., B&W photographs, illustrations, advertising reproductions and recipes.

This is the second volume, featuring a pictorial history of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Now that the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe have merged to form one railroad, there is increased interest in the story of the Santa Fe Railway. This book presents the Santa Fe's system-wide operations of its passenger and freight services.

Also featured is an account of Frederick Henry Harvey's handling of Santa Fe's hotels, eating houses, and dining cars. For over a century the Santa Fe operated many first-class transcontinental passenger trains between Chicago, the Pacific Coast, and Texas cities. The history of each train is told, along with the all-coach streamliner El Capitan, and other trains such as the Scout, El Tovar, and the Grand Canyon Limited.

Freight, the life's blood of the railroad, is brought up to date. Also covered are the signal system, the communication system, and the development of the Santa Fe emblem.

Contents:

• (pages are numbered from Volume 1) Passenger Service, pp. 299–368
• Fred Harvey System: Civilizer of the American Southwest, pp. 369–398
• Freight Service, pp. 399–430
• Steam Locomotives, pp. 431–452
• Diesel Locomotives, pp. 453–492
• Passenger Stations of Los Angeles, pp. 493–508
• Communications, pp. 509–514
• Searching for a Harbor, pp. 515–526
• Emblems and Trademarks, pp. 527–532
• Appendix, pp. 533–534
• Bibliography, pp. 535–537
• Index, pp. 538–540. Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 250 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1.5 in., 476 illustrations, some color pages, maps
• Bibliography and Index

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 288 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1.5 in., B&W photographs, 6 pages in color.

The name Santa Fe began with the early history of the Southwest, grew with the flow of commerce that followed the old Santa Fe Trail, and became a popularized term by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.

For the past century this name has been associated with a famous fleet of streamlined passenger trains, and today's piggyback and container trains. This is the first of three Volumes featuring the Santa Fe System.

Volume One features the organization of the railroad back in 1866, follows its construction from Topeka to California, from Topeka to Chicago, and operation of the trains. It covers the roads venture into Mexico, development of local lines within California, tells about electrification possibilities, the Santa Fe bus system, Santa Fe's venture into air-rail transportation with participation in Transcontinental Air Transport, Santa Fe Skyways, mergers, and up to the pending merger with Burlington Northern (1995).

This Volume also presents a comprehensive review of the Santa Fe's motive power fleet from the earliest 4-4-0 type locomotives, to the giant 2-10-10-2s. The Santa Fe was an early pioneer of diesel motive power due to the alkali water across the desert lands of the Southwest.

Described are the rail motor cars, the diesel switchers, the General Purpose diesels, the GE U-boats, and the most modern Super Fleet motive power. Included are more than 476 illustrations, 27 color plates, documentary reproductions, maps, appendix, bibliography and index.

Contents:

• Preface, pp. 8–10
• The Santa Fe System 1881-1995, pp. 11–48
• The California Southern, pp. 49–68
• Cajon Pass, pp. 69–128
• San Bernardino, pp. 129–146
• Needles District: Needles to Barstow, pp. 147–184
• Second District: San Bernardino to Los Angeles, pp. 185–210
• Third District: San Bernardino-Fullerton-Los Angeles, pp. 211–238
• The Surf Line: Los Angeles to San Diego, pp. 239–280
• Appendix, p. 281
• Bibliography, pp. 282–284
• Index, pp. 285–288.

This book is written for laymen, rather than engineering types, who find bridges a fascinating subject. Also the model railroader will find this book of interest when researching bridges for his layout.

Contents:
Foreword, pp. 9-10;
Bridge Types, pp. 11-16;
Monuments in Stone, pp. 17-40;
It Started With a Kite, pp. 41-50;
The Eads Bridge, pp. 51-56;
The Truss: Geometry at Work, pp. 57-108;
Those Beautiful Arch Bridges, pp. 109-120;
Bridges That Move, pp. 121-140;
Bridges on Stilts: Trestles and Girders, pp. 141-166;
Concrete Bridges, pp. 167-180;
Kate Shelley, pp. 181-186;
New Bridges for Old, pp. 187-196;
Appendix, pg. 197;
Bibliography, pp. 198-200;
Index, pp. 201-204;
Bridge Plans, 205-208.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 208 pages, 300 illustrations, bibliography, index.

Surveys show that many of today's readers - airliner and automobile oriented - have only vague impressions of older trains; in many instances, they are all but unaware of what they looked like. Few, if any, of those readers have ever been on a train, least of all, one that ran over forty years ago.

The author is cognizant of this lack of familiarity and so it is that he offers, for inspection, earnestly and affectionately, the legendary Super Chief. May this meeting of reader and train be easy, unhurried, and, most assuredly, worthwhile.

Stan Repp was, at one time, called, much to his pleasure, a 'one-man latter-day promotion team' for the Super Chief. In accepting that devotee laurel wreath, he is mindful of the responsibility that goes with the accolade, and accordingly, presents this book as his best effort at time-laps recollection in revealing a Great American Train of the past . . . the Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 258 pages, 6 x 8.75 x .5 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

Golden West Books, hardcover, 150 pages, 11 x 8.5 in. horizontal format, over 320 black and white photographs, maps and timetables.

This book covers historically the building of the routes and all the important events that happened to the Los Angeles Terminal Railroad, the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, and followed by the Union Pacific Railroad.

This Volume covers the early days, the steam locomotive era, and up through the coming of diesel motive power. Featured pictorially in action views are motive power and equipment from early steam, late steam and diesel freight and passenger trains plus stations, yards, roundhouses and shops.

Contents:

• Los Angeles Terminal Railroad, pp. 7–14
• San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, 15-36
• Union Pacific Takes Control, pp. 37–154. This book is an overview of the history of the routes followed up with B&W photographs (many by Duke) and extensive captions.

Golden West Books, softcover, 80 pages, 11 x 8.5 x.25 in., B&W photographs and maps.

This volume presents a historical and pictorial survey of the electric railways operating around San Francisco Bay from World War II to the present time. This Volume concludes the story with the Market Street Railway being presented, in addition to the Municipal Railway of San Francisco, the San Francisco, Napa & Calistoga, the Northwestern Pacific, the Petaluma & Santa Rosa, and the southern end of the Sacramento Northern.

Not forgotten is the Shipyard Railway built and operated during World War II.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 77–78
• Market Street Railway, pp. 79–89
• Municipal Railway of San Francisco, pp. 90–112
• Northwestern Pacific Railroad, pp. 113–120
• Petaluma & Santa Rosa, pp. 121–126
• Sacramento Northern Railway, pp. 127–140
• San Francisco, Napa & Calistoga Railroad, pp. 141–146
• Shipyard Railway, pp. 147–151
• acknowledgments, p. 152
• Bibliography, p. 153.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 240 pages, 6 x 9 x.75 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

Many believe Southern California is flat, but it has many hills and is surrounded by high mountains. Several spectacular incline railways were built and proposed over the years. Inclines such as Angels Flight, Court Flight, Mount Lowe Incline, Mount Washington Incline, Catalina Island Mountain Incline, Arrowhead Incline, and the nation's most modern and high-tech incline located at the Getty Center. 130 illustrations, maps, profiles, and index.

Contents:

• Incline Railways of Los Angeles. Introduction, pp. 9–26
• Angels Flight, pp. 27–70
• Court Flight, pp. 71–82
• Mt. Washington: Its Hotel and Incline Railway, pp. 83–122
• The Getty Center Incline, pp. 123–138
• Griffith Park Railway and Incline Company, pp. 139–142
• Mount Hollywood Scenic Railway, pp. 143–152
• Incline Railways of Southern California: Mount Lowe Incline Railway, pp. 153–182
• Island Mountain Railway, pp. 183–206
• Industry Hills Cable Incline Railway, pp. 207–214
• Arrowhead Incline Railway, pp. 215–224
• Glendale & Verdugo Mountain Railway, pp. 225–232
• Index, pp. 233–240.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 226 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1 in., more than 235 illustrations, maps, diagrams and locomotive rosters.

This book tells the fascinating story of the development and operation of the Northern Pacific's most powerful and advanced steam locomotives. Making extensive use of the corporate records of the railroad, as well as interviews with former Mechanical Department employees, the authors document the life of the Northern Pacific's trend-setting 4-8-4, 2-8-8-4 and 4-6-6-4 steam locomotives.

Several of the country's finest railroad photographers-Ronald Nixon, Warren McGee, Phil Hastings and Henry R. Griffiths, Jr., to name a few-contributed photographs for this book. Other illustrations came from private and public collections, including those of the Burlington Northern Railroad, Inc., the inheritor of Northern Pacific's legacy.

This is a book which will appeal to rail enthusiasts, railroad historians, students of locomotive technology and anyone whose pulse quickens at the sight and sound of a giant steam locomotive.

Contents:

• Preface, pp. 6–10
• The Northern Pacific Before 1925, pp. 11–28
• The Route of the Northern Pacific, pp. 29–46
• Northern Pacific Railway History: 1925-1945, pp. 47–76
• The Quest for More Horsepower: 1926-1930 (The Northern and Yellowstone), pp. 77–106
• Modern Passenger Locomotives-The 4-8-4s-Classes A-1 to A-5, pp. 107–150
• Modern Freight Locomotives: Classes Z-6, Z-7 and Z-8, pp. 151–188
• Epilogue, pp. 189–190
• Appendix, pp. 191–192
• Explanatory Notes, pp. 193–194
• Northern Pacific Trackage by State or Province, pp. 195–197
• Summary Roster of Northern Pacific Steam Locomotives, pp. 198–199
• Northern Pacific Railway Numerical Locomotive Roster, pp. 200–202
• Locomotive Roster by Class, pp. 203–207
• Northern Pacific Locomotive Painting and Lettering Practice 1925-1945, pp. 208–209
• Northern Pacific Locomotive Profiles, pp. 210–213
• Bibliographical Notes, pp. 214–218
• Acknowledgments, pp. 219–220
• Index, pp. 221–226.

Golden West Books, hardcover with jacket, 298 pages, 500 illustrations, some color pages, a complete list of streamliners, bibliography and index.

The streamline style, which began by rounding corners of immobile objects, ushered in the Moderne era across America in the 1930s. Railroads decided to streamline with the coming of the diesel locomotive.

Featured is the influence of designers such as Cret, Dreyfus, Bel Geddes, Kuhler, and Lowey. The evolution of semi-streamlining took place as depression-poor railroads attempted to modernize. The coming of Burlington's Zephyr and Union Pacifics M-1000, started a mad dash by Americas railroads to streamline passenger trains.

There is also a chapter on streamlining of trains around-the-world. Some aircraft and automobiles of the era are also presented.

Contents:

• The Streamline Style, pp. 9–20
• Early Experiments Toward Streamlining, pp. 21–34
• The Evolution of Semi-Streamlining, pp. 35–46
• The Streamline Era: The Pioneers 1933-1935, pp. 47–88
• Streamlining: The Middle Years 1936-1937, pp. 89–140
• The Peak Years: Zenith and Decline, pp. 141–154
• Diesel Invasion: Uniformity-Conformity, pp. 155–168
• Streamliner Conversions, pp. 169–190
• Baroque Steam Power, pp. 191–202
• Streamlining Abroad, pp. 203–218
• Streamliners in the Sky, pp. 219–230
• The Airflow Automotive Age, pp. 231–240
• Streamlining After the War: End of an Era, pp. 241–264
• The Airplane Comes of Age, pp. 265–274
• Postwar Automotive Streamlining, pp. 275–282
• Appendix, pp. 283–284
• Bibliography, pp. 285–288
• Index, pp. 289–292
• List of Streamliners of North America: 1933-1942, pp. 293–298.