Morning Sun Books

Hardcover, 128 pages, color photographs with captions.

From the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California in the West to the Gulf of Mexico in the East, and from the U.S. Border in the North to the Yucatan Peninsula in the South, this new title features the passenger services of Mexico.Major express trains such as the AZTEC EAGLE and connecting lines such as the Coahuila and Zacatecas narrow gauge railroad are included.

Also featured are examples of motive power including steam, diesel and electric, plus three streetcar lines. The trains were equipped with a fascinating variety of mostly hand-me-down passenger equipment that changed quite a bit over the nearly 60-year period (1961-2017) covered by these photographs.

This book is a must-have!

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• New Hardcover Bob Schmidt and Michael Caramanna Morning Sun Books 2024

Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions. Freight cars across North America featuring (just to name a few) Canadian Pacific, Chesapeake & Ohio, New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, and many roads in between-an immense variety of mid-20th Century freight cars.

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• New Hardcover James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly Morning Sun Books 2023

Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., all Color photographs.

The mid-1970s brought a new look to Miss Katy beyond green paint. Run-through trains, coal trains, new (and used) power.

Contents:

• Introduction, p. 4
• M-K-T Green and Yellow Roster, p. 4
• M-K-T Final Roster Summary, p. 4-5
• Katy F Units in Action, pp. 6–13
• 1973-1978, pp. 14–33
• 1978-1980, A Day at Parsons, pp. 34–47
• BN Checks Out the Katy, pp. 48–65
• Enid and the Oklahoma Kansas and Texas, pp. 66–79
• 1981-1983, A New Decade and New Traffic, pp. 80–89
• 1984-1986, pp. 90–95
• Texas Time: Let's Head South for a While, pp. 96–111
• 1987-1988, The Last Two Years, pp. 112–128.

Softcover, 96 pages, 11 x 8.

5 in., all-Color photographs. All hopper cars must have reporting marks ending in "X," and must have been painted in something other than ordinary grey with minimal stenciling. Plainly painted cars in any other color were allowed as were grey cars that had stenciling over and above the minimum requirements.

These two volumes will be essential color references for modelers!

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• New Softcover James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly Morning Sun Books 2024

Hardcover, 128 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., all Color photographs.From October 17, 1960, to April 1, 1976, was a short 16 years of existence for the Erie Lackawanna Railway. It was painful to see the EL fade into history when Conrail absorbed it.You will visit the Erie, Lackawanna, and EL routes, as well as the most interesting connections along the way.

This title will delight EL fans as the author takes us on a striking photographic tour featuring illuminating stories of the departed Route of Friendly Service!

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• New Hardcover Allan H. Roberts and Arthur J. Erdman Morning Sun Books 2023

Hardcover, 128 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., all color photographs and illustrations. GP and SD models built in LaGrange and London are featured, including rare SD40As, SD39, SD60s and SD60Ms, SDL39s, GP15Cs and GP39-2s! For variety there's also an SD40B, and a pair of SD45s, as well as the common GP40s and GP38-2s. Rounding out coverage is the elusive 10-unit order for GE U30Cs.

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• New Hardcover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun Books 2022

The Old Reliable's passenger service was neither deluxe nor state-of-the-art, and its feature trains all originated on someone else's railroad. However, the Louisville & Nashville offered a comfortable, friendly service that connected the major gateways in the East and Midwest with the South.Hardcover with jacket, 128 pages, Color images with captions.

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• New Hardcover Greg Stout Morning Sun Books

The final volume of Conrail's interesting motive power roster includes a large variety of switchers - from the single GE 44-tonner to the former Reading's MP15s. Also included are the medium-horsepower Baldwin road-switchers and the ALCO RS3ms and RS1s. ,Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

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• New Hardcover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun Books

The Wabash Railroad's diesel locomotive power is covered in full from a single, small General Electric switcher, to the monster Fairbanks-Morse Train Masters. This title includes an in-depth look at the Canadian-assigned F-units, and the second-generation orders from ALCO, Electro-Motive Division, and General Electric including units ordered by the Wabash but delivered as Norfolk & Western.Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

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• New Hardcover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun Books

A rare view of the locomotive fleet of one of US Steel's major short line railroads. Nearly 300 photos of single locomotives switching industries to five-unit ore, coal, and coke drags. The Union Railroad served multiple mills in the Monongahela Valley and our photographers were there to record the activity.

Morning Sun Books, hardcover, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all Color photographs.

Morning Sun Books, hardcover, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., all-Color photographs.

The book begins with a synopsis of the history of this old and huge steel plant. The follows two 2-page aerial photographs to give the reader a perspective of the size of the whole facility. This first volume focuses on the various class 1 railroads (Reading Company and Lehigh Valley) bringing ore, limestone, and coal to Bethlehem and delivery to the plant by the Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England Railroad.

Contents:

• A Brief History of Bethlehem Steel Company, pp. 3–9
• Glossary of Terms, pp. 10–11
• OBTAINING RAW MATERIALS: Iron Ore, pp. 12–23
• Limestone, pp. 24–27
• Bituminous Coal, pp. 28–47
• Super-Heated Air, p. 48
• TRANSPORTING RAW MATERIALS: Coke and Limestone Transport, pp. 49–55
• Ore Dumping, pp. 56–63
• Ore Transport, pp. 64–71
• Scrap Metal Transport, pp. 72–73
• Making Iron, pp. 74–128.

Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., all Color photographs with captions.

The Ann Arbor Railroad was as much a steamship line as a railroad. This text rich Volume follows Michigan's most distinctive railroad from beginning to end with stunning photographs that will surprise readers.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 1–7
• Ch. 1: Building the Ann Arbor Railroad, pp. 7–24
• Ch. 2: The First DT&I Era, pp. 25–28
• Ch. 3: The Ann Arbor Railroad Company, pp. 29–36
• Ch. 4: The Wabash Era, pp. 37–70
• The Second DT&I Era, pp. 71–108
• Afterword's, pp. 109–128 (Conrail, Cross Lake Operations, The Ann Arbor today).

Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., all Color photographs with captions.

The Western Pacific was an interesting railroad in terms of its history, operations, facilities and equipment. It earned the respect of many perhaps because of its David vs. Goliath image as it competed head to head against the vastly larger Southern Pacific or in part to its attractive orange and silver locomotives, or the California Zephyr and its run through the Feather River Canyon, or even to the lowly boxcars, many of which were adorned with a colorful feather logo.

Come along for a look at the colorful WP with outstanding photographs not only of the fabled California Zephyr equipment, but heavyweight passenger cars, general freight service cars, TOFC flats and trailers, maintenance of way equipment, and finally finishing with cabooses.

Contents:

• The Zephyr's Budd Cars, pp. 6–11
• Heavyweight and Other Passenger Equipment, pp. 12–17
• 40 foot Boxcars, pp. 19–27
• 50 foot Boxcars, pp. 28–38
• 60 and 86 foot Boxcars, pp. 39–43
• Reefers and Insulated Boxcars, 44-61
• Stock Cars, p. 62
• Flatcars and Bulkheads, pp. 63–69
• TOFC Flats and Trailers, pp. 70–73
• Auto Racks, pp. 74–75
• Mill Gondolas, pp. 76–79
• General Service and Wood Chip Gondolas, pp. 80–83
• Open Hoppers, pp. 84–88
• Covered Hoppers, pp. 89–97 Non-revenue Cars, pp. 98–105
• Work and Wreck Outfit Cars, pp. 106–112
• Derricks and Cranes, pp. 113–115
• Miscellaneous Equipment, pp. 116–117
• Cabooses, pp. 118–128.

Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., all Color photographs with captions.

The Great Steel Fleet, Pace-maker Fast Freight, Early Bird Service - all famous slogans carried out by the equipment of the NYC System. This book examines these cars in over 300 Color photographs taken from the postwar years and into the 1960s, with expert commentary.

Contents:

• Passenger Equipment: Head End, pp. 4–10
• Coaches, pp. 11–19
• Sleepers, Parlor Cars, pp. 20–29
• Observation Cars, pp. 30–36
• Rider Coaches, p. 37
• Freight Equipment: Stock Cars, p. 38
• Refrigerator Cars, pp. 39–41
• Gondolas/Flat Cars, pp. 42–50
• Covered Hoppers, pp. 51–58
• Open-top Hoppers, pp. 59–63
• Intermodal/Auto Cars, pp. 64–67
• Box Cars, pp. 68–88
• Cabooses, pp. 89–103
• Miscellaneous/Non-Revenue Equipment, pp. 104–128.

Softcover, 96 pages, 11 x 8.

5, Color photographs with captions. The coal-carrying hoppers and gondolas from 1972-2008 are explored in full-color through the lens of Robert Harmen. Mostly representing the cars that served the Powder River Basin, also featured are those cars that served other territories in the West!

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• New Softcover Robert J. Yanosey Morning Sun Books 2024

Hardcover, 128 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., color photographs with captions. Flock's excellent camera skills captured Southwestern Pennsylvania's class 1 railroads, short line railroads, industrial railroads, and trolley lines. The selection of photographs isn't limited to trains and motive power it also includes equipment and structures, as well as now-defunct tourist operations.

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• New Hardcover Stephen M. Timko and Robert J. Yanosey Morning Sun Books 2024

Hardcover, 128 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., all color photographs. This title continues the history of the commuter road's vast fleet of Multiple Unit (MU) cars, beginning in 1953 with 20 cars purchased by William Wyer, the railroad's trustee. It then features the Pullman-Standard car fleets of 1955 and 1963 as well as cars purchased by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority starting in 1968, first with the M1 fleet of Metropolitans, then M3's, M7's and finally the M9's of 2020.Also covered are the railroad's two sets of gas turbine/electrics and Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDC's).

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• New Hardcover Michael Boland Morning Sun Books 2023

Hardcover, 128 pages, standard portrait format, Color photographs with captions.

There are some really neat pictures here. Some cars are away from their home road but look like they just came out of the paint shop - maybe they did. Some small roads get multiple pages and images like the Ann Arbor and Minneapolis & St. Louis. Some small roads and private owner cars get one picture.

It's not all "Boxcar Red' as there were many colorful cars seen in the 1950s. This book begins with Ann Arbor and ends with Norfolk & Western and is arranged alphabetically. So, no PRR and Southern Pacific and many others. Maybe another volume will cover those companies. The 1950s are arguably the classic era for freight cars, pre-dating the mergers that would erase many venerable railroads and leave us with new names such as Penn Central, Seaboard Coast Line, and Erie-Lackawanna.

In the 1950s, "boxcar red" was everywhere, but colorful new paint schemes were arriving and turning heads. It was the final decade of friction bearings and roof walks, and the ultimate years of stock cars, ice-bunker refrigerator cars, and even the XM 40' boxcar! s, standard portrait size, Color images with captions.

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• New Hardcover James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly Morning Sun Books

This series begins with a look at the final year of Penn Central's operations and dives directly into the operation of former PC territory under the control of Conrail. Each chapter covers a year in the timeline of the company through 1979. Motive power, trains, buildings, and other scenes are explored in this initial volume, which includes over 350 full color photographs!

The final chapter displays former Penn Central equipment operating system-wide during the era. Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

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• New Hardcover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun Books

Visit the Illinois Central Gulf's Sparta District with its manifest freights, coal trains, and a local all sharing 149 miles of single-track main line traversing a territory rife with sags and hogbacks - part of which was known as "The Badlands." It's the story of "old head" railroading, the comic book plant, a big hill (in both directions), coal mines, and much more - all in southern Illinois!

Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

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• New Hardcover John P. Kohlberg Morning Sun Books

The final volume in this series features over 335 full color images of Norfolk & Western's second-generation road-switchers and newer locomotives! Coverage includes former Nickel Plate GP30s, the lone GP35 and ALCO C-420, ex-Wabash U25Bs, GP35s, and C-424s, as well as N&W-ordered power from the 1960s onward.

GPs, U-Boats, Centuries, and other models are featured. Illinois Terminal's rare SD39s also appear!Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

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• New Hardcover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun Books

An in-depth dive into the great trains of the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and merged Seaboard Coast Line, which moved passengers between Chicago, the Northeast, and sunny Florida! Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

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• New Hardcover Greg Stout Morning Sun Books

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., all color photographs with captions.

The big road power purchased by Southern Pacific in the years prior to the merger with Union Pacific is examined in this final volume of the series.

Former Erie Lackawanna employee Timko completes the coverage of this railfan favorite road starting with U33C #3301 and ending with former passenger-equipped F3A #8454. Coverage includes the U36C and the New Jersey-owned U34CH units, EMD SD45, SDP45 and SD45-2’s. Completing the coverage of this fallen flag are the FTs, F3s and F7s, as well as the ALCO 1500 and 1600 horsepower A's and B's.

Foreword, Summary of Motive Power, pp. 3–5; U33C, pp. 6–18; U36C, pp. 19–21; U34CH, pp. 22–31; SD45, pp. 32–59; SDP45, pp. 60–75; SD45-2, pp. 76–79; FTA, pp. 80–85; FTB, pg. 86; F3A, pp. 87–102; F3B, pg. 103; F7A, pg. 104-115; FA1, pg. 116-117; FB1, pg. 118-125; FA2, pg. 127; FB2, 128. Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all Color photographs.

Look behind the fences of docks, grain elevators, power plants and other industries where standard railroad-size locomotives work.

Contents:

• Over 100 Companies are represented from Abitibi Paper Company to Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all Color photographs

Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., all Color photographs with captions.

The Southern was the modern railroad of the South while at the same time operating some backwoods lines. The entire system is illustrated in the days when F3's were working side-by-side with SD24's.

Contents:

• The Southern Railway - A Personal Remembrance, pp. 4–8
• Richmond and Danville, pp. 9–45
• Western North Carolina, pp. 46–83
• East Tennessee and Virginia, pp. 84–99
• Cincinnati Southern, pp. 100–128.

Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., all Color photographs with captions.

Volume 2 continues the examination of Southern Pacific's equipment roster covering SP and SSW tank cars, box cars, gondolas, hoppers, flat cars, auto racks, and refrigerator cars using the best color Railfan photography available.

Some of the box cars presented in this book were built in the 1920s with pictures taken of them from 1960 on. Other cars were built later with a number of cars from the 1940s and 1950s with their photographs taken primarily in the 1970s.

Contents:

• SOUTHERN PACIFIC Tank Cars 4-6
• Box Cars 7-49
• Gondolas 50-61
• Hoppers 62-72
• Flat Cars 72-79
• Auto Racks, Flat Cars and Misc. 80-88
• COTTON BELT Box Cars 89-110
• Hoppers and Gondolas 110-115
• Auto Racks 116-117
• Flat Cars 118-121
• Pacific Fruit Express 121-128.

Morning Sun Books, hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., all Color photographs with captions.

The Great Steel Fleet, Pacemaker Freight Service, Century Green - all the NYC terms and more are examined in almost 300 Color photographs with expertly researched captions.

Contents:

• Passenger Equipment, pp. 4–35
• Despatch Shops, pp. 36–37
• Box Cars, pp. 38–41
• Pacemaker Freight Service, pp. 42–62
• Reefers, pp. 63–68
• Covered Hoppers, pp. 69–75
• Gondolas, pp. 76–81
• Flat Cars, pp. 82–89
• Flexivan, pp. 90–93
• Automobile Cars, pp. 94–95
• Hoppers, pp. 96–100
• Stock Cars, p. 101
• Cabooses, pp. 102–113
• Company Service Cars, pp. 114–127
• Conclusion, p. 128.

From the late 1960s through the late 1970s, photographer Ed Horm captured the Baltimore & Ohio, Bessemer & Lake Erie, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Penn Central, Conrail, the Union Railroad, and a number of short lines and industrial operations around "The Steel City" of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, standard portrait format, Color photographs.

Softcover, 96 pages, 11 x 8.

5 in., all-Color photographs.All hopper cars must have reporting marks ending in "X," and must have been painted in something other than ordinary grey with minimal stenciling. Plainly painted cars in any other color were allowed as were grey cars that had stenciling over and above the minimum requirements.

These two volumes will be essential color references for modelers!

Features:

• New Softcover James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly Morning Sun Books 2024

Softcover, 96 pages, 11 x 8.

5, Color photographs with captions. Featuring the following railroads and owners:FAD, FEC, FP&E, GA, GAUX, GBRX, GGPX, GIHX, GLCX, GM&O, GN, GRCX, GSCX, GTW, GUEX, HYLXX, IC, ICG, INT, Ironton, KCNW, KCS, KGBW, L&M, L&N, L&NE, LOLX, LS&I, LV, M&B, MEC, MERR, MI, MILW, MIMX, MKT, MON, MP, MRCX, MSTL, MTR, N&W, NdeM, NH, NHIR, NHT, NKP, NL&G, NP, NS, NSAX, NYC, NYCTA, NYSW, OFCX, OL&B, ONT, ON, OWIX, P&LE, P&PU, P&S, PC.

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• New Softcover Robert J. Yanosey Morning Sun Books 2024

Softcover, 96 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

The "Big Little Railroad" owned many cars that should have been retired if it wasn't for its poor financial outlook, but it ambled on bravely with secondhand passenger cars provided by NJDOT and many hopper cars from the Baltimore & Ohio.

Contents:

• New
• Softcover
• Robert J. Yanosey
• Morning Sun Books
• 2024