Trackside in the Mid-Atlantic States 1946-1959 with V. Purn and J. Knauff (Trackside #63)

The late 1940s-1950s tour of the United States continues as they visit the Lackawanna, Baltimore & Ohio, Reading, Central New Jersey, East Broad Top, Virginian, Chesapeake & Ohio, Pennsylvania Railroad, Norfolk & Western when steam ruled and early diesels were just arriving from the builders.

Contents:
Lackawanna, pp. 8-23,
Lehigh & New England, pp. 24-25,
Central New Jersey, pp. 26-33,
Reading Company, pp. 34-36,
Pennsylvania Railroad, pp. 37-41, and pp. 50-59,
East Broad Top, pp. 42-45,
Atlantic City, pp. 48-49,
Baltimore & Ohio, pp. 60-63,
Maryland & Pennsylvania, pp. 64-65,
Washington, DC., pp. 66-67,
Chesapeake & Ohio, pp. 70-91,
Norfolk & Western, pp. 94-121,
Virginian Railway, pp. 122-128.

The C&O and N&W dominate this book. The Lackawanna coverage is mostly from a fan trip. The are many steam locomotive pictures and first-generation diesels in their fresh paint glory.

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

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• Hardcover
• Kevin J. Holland and Robert J. Yanosey
• Morning Sun Books