Railroad Books
Explore Railroad History Through Expert Publications
Discover our extensive collection of railroad history books covering major carriers, regional lines, and specialized topics. From Southern Pacific's legendary routes to detailed equipment guides, our curated selection features publications from leading railroad historians and historical societies.
- Major Railroad Companies: Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Pennsylvania Railroad, and more
- Regional & Short Lines: Detailed histories of smaller operations
- Equipment & Rolling Stock: Comprehensive guides to locomotives, freight cars, and passenger equipment
- Geographic Focus: Books organized by state and region
Perfect for railroad enthusiasts, modelers seeking prototype information, and history buffs.
Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Division
Regular price$90.00$80.95
Santa Fe 1960s in the Golden State
Regular price$69.95$60.95
Baltimore & Ohio Vol. 4 Off the Beaten Track: Secondary Main Lines
Regular price$74.95$63.95
W. R. McKeen and the Union Pacific Motor Cars
Regular price$99.99$84.95
Southern Pacific in San Francisco
Regular price$80.00$72.95
The Century Series: A Portrait of Alco Diesel Power
Regular price$89.95$75.95
Southern Pacific Lines Los Angeles Division
Regular price$80.00$72.95
The Last Three Decades of the Chicago & North Western, 1971-1995
Regular price$42.95
First of Its Kind - The Buffalo Creek Railroad, Volume II: 1950 and Beyond
Regular price$44.95
The McCloud River Railroads
Regular price$70.00$39.95
Jawbone: Sunset on the Lone Pine Expanded Edition
Regular price$39.95$32.95
Kansas City Southern: Southeast Division
Regular price$89.95$76.95
SP Trainline Archive on CD-Rom Issues 1 to 80
Regular price$49.95
San Francisco Overland Limited and Other Select Overland Route Trains - A Pictorial
Regular price$129.95$115.95
Santa Fe Passenger Train Compendium
Regular price$74.95
Santa Fe in World War II: Contributing to Victory
Regular price$50.00$42.95
Rio Grande In Color Volume 7: Front Range DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$69.95$49.95
Southern Pacific and the KM Hydraulics: Expanded Second Edition
Regular price$89.95$79.95
Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Vol. 2: Sleepers and Baggage-Dorms
Regular price$80.00$72.95
Southern Pacific's Western Division
Regular price$70.00$49.95
Rio Grande In Color Volume 6: Tennessee Pass DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$69.95$49.95
Southern Pacific 1930s to 1990s: Los Angeles to Bakersfield Volume Two Revised and Expanded
Regular price$79.95$69.95
Southern Pacific 4-8-0 Locomotives
Regular price$49.95$44.95
Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 3: Head End Equipment
Regular price$80.00$72.95
The Comprehensive Guide to Conrail Cabooses
Regular price$70.00$39.95
First of Its Kind - The Buffalo Creek Railroad, Volume 1: 1868 to 1950
Regular price$44.95
Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots
Regular price$70.00$34.95
Railroad Logging in the Klamath Country
Regular price$49.95$39.95
GM&O-The Alton Route In Color Volume 1: The First Generation SPECIAL ORDER ONLY
Regular price$59.95$50.95
Southern Pacific Oregon In Color DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$59.95$44.95
Rio Grande In Color Volume 8: Hauling Freight over the Great Divide DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$55.95$49.95
Pennsylvania Railroad Dining Cars
Regular price$19.95$16.95
The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated History
Regular price$99.95$84.95
A Railroad Life: On the Road with Mike Bednar Volume 3
Regular price$69.95$59.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 36: 4-6-6-4 Challenger
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 34: Shays and Other Locomotives
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Passenger Trains of Texas Missouri Pacific
Regular price$69.95$59.95
The Pennsylvania Railroad's New York Division Forgotten Passenger Operations
Regular price$42.95
Burlington Northern E-Unit Finale In Chicago Suburban Service
Regular price$30.95
El Paso & Southwestern Steam Locomotives
Regular price$69.95$59.95
Southern Pacific Lines Stations Volume 1: Coast Division-Los Angeles Division-Portland Division
Regular price$15.00$14.95
The Southern Pacific Trackside at Transition: The Photography of Alden A. Armstrong
Regular price$75.00$67.50
Railroads of Arizona Volume 6: Jerome and the Northern Roads
Regular price$60.00$39.95
Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad: The Nevada Short Line
Regular price$54.95$46.95
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad: The Last 30 Years SPECIAL ORDER ONLY
Regular price$39.95$32.95
Ontario Northland Power In Color DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$69.95$49.95
Red P: Penn Central's Brief Flirtation with Color DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$55.95$49.95
GM&O-The Alton Route In Color Volume 2: The Second Generation DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$59.95$44.95
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines In Color Volume 3: The Green Era DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$59.95$44.95
Burlington Northern Power In Color Volume 1: Locomotives #1 to 2999 SPECIAL ORDER ONLY
Regular price$59.95$50.95
Burlington Northern Washington In Color Volume 2 SPECIAL ORDER ONLY DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$69.95$59.95
Chessie System In Color Volume 3: B&O's East End SPECIAL ORDER ONLY
Regular price$69.95$59.95
Auto-Train In Color SPECIAL ORDER ONLY DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$59.95$50.95
Mexican Passenger Trains In Color
Regular price$69.95$49.95
New Haven Railroad New York-Boston Shoreline In Color DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$69.95$49.95
Penn Central Caboose Color Portfolio SPECIAL ORDER ONLY DISCONTINUED WHEN SOLD OUT
Regular price$39.95$33.95
Penn Central Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 2 SPECIAL ORDER ONLY
Regular price$69.95$59.95
Warbonnets and Bluebonnets
Regular price$64.95$55.95
The Union Pacific Type Volume II: The Story of Union Pacific's 3 Cylinder Power; Signed and Numbered
Regular price$69.95$59.95
Union Pacific Color Pictorial 1950s-1980s
Regular price$69.95$60.95
The Marinette, Tomahawk & Western Railroad History
Regular price$39.95$34.95
The New Haven Railroad's Electrified Zone
Regular price$15.95$12.95
Pennsylvania Railroad Baggage and Mail Cars
Regular price$19.95$15.95
Passenger Equipment of the Pennsylvania Railroad Volume 2: Sleepers
Regular price$15.95$12.95
Equipment of the Virginian Railway Volume 2: Diesel-Electric and Electric Locomotives
Regular price$15.95$12.95
Passenger Cars of the New Haven Railroad
Regular price$15.95$12.95
Southland: Southern California Railroading in the Golden Age of Kodachrome
Regular price$79.95$67.95
Withers Publishing Pennsylvania Railroad Diesel Locomotive Book
Regular price$22.95
Over the Georgetown Loop: A History of The Georgetown, Breckenridge & Leadville Railway
Regular price$79.95$67.95
Rio Grande's K-28 Locomotives
Regular price$79.95$67.95
Northern Pacific Diesel Power Volume One
Regular price$89.95$77.95
The Eureka & Palisade: The Biggest Little Railroad in the Wo
Regular price$79.95$67.95
Amtrak by the Numbers: 2, A Comprehensive Passenger Car and
Regular price$89.95$76.95
Cabooses of the Union Pacific Railroad
Regular price$42.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 35: 4-6-6-4 Challenger
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 32: 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur)
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 26: 2-8-0 Consolidation
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 24: 2-8-0 Consolidation
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 22: 2-8-0 Consolidation
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 16: 2-10-2 Class
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 13: 2-10-2 Class
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Volume 3: Rails Across the Heartland
Regular price$51.95
El Paso & Southwestern Railroad System
Regular price$70.00$62.95
Passenger Trains of Texas - The Katy
Regular price$84.95$75.95
Passenger Trains of Texas - Rock Island
Regular price$59.95$50.95
America's Shortest Interstate Railroad: The Believe It or Not Railroad
Regular price$16.95
Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 4: Dining Service Cars
Regular price$145.95$130.95
Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way Equipment 1895-September 11, 1996
Regular price$149.95$134.95
Southern Pacific Steam 1940-1957
Regular price$75.00$67.50
Southern Pacific in the San Fernando Valley 1876-1996
Regular price$90.00$80.95
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Book - Volume 7
Regular price$59.95
One of Six: The Lehigh Valley Railroad as a Case Study for Conrail
Regular price$25.95