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.
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 02: 0-6-0 Switcher
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 01: 0-6-0 Switcher
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Northwest: A Revised and Expanded History
Regular price$73.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 30: 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur)
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 21: 4-12-2 Union Pacific Type
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 20: 4-12-2 Union Pacific Type
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 19: 4-12-2 Union Pacific Type
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 18: 4-6-2 Pacific
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 17: 4-6-2 Pacific
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 12: 4-6-0 Ten Wheel
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 11: 4-8-2 Mountain
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 10: 4-8-2 Mountain
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Volume 09: 4-8-2 Mountain
Regular price$17.00$12.95
Passenger Cars of New England Volume 2: Bangor & Aroostook and Maine Central
Regular price$12.45
A Railroad Life: On the Road with Mike Bednar Volume 2
Regular price$49.95
A Railroad Life: On the Road with Mike Bednar Volume 1
Regular price$49.95
Pennsylvania Railroad Lines West Volume 2: Pittsburgh and Northeast Ohio
Regular price$59.95$49.95
Delaware & Hudson: Thunder & Lightning Stripes
Regular price$17.45
Photobob's Espee
Regular price$64.95$57.95
Passenger Trains of Texas - Burlington Route
Regular price$55.95
Passenger Trains of Texas - Cotton Belt
Regular price$59.95$50.95
The Gilpin Railroad Era: Black Hawk, Central City, Nevadaville, Russell Gulch
Regular price$85.00$74.95
Union Pacific's Topeka Rails 1965-2010
Regular price$19.95$4.95
Otto Perry and the Union Pacific Nebraska Division
Regular price$21.95
Last Train to Wymore: The Story of a Prairie Local
Regular price$21.95
Power for the Streamliners: The Union Pacific's E8A-E9A Fleet
Regular price$16.95
Burlington Route: The Wymore Story Revised Edition
Regular price$16.95
Union Pacific and Omaha Union Station
Regular price$21.95
Southern Pacific Water Lines: Marine, Bay & River Operations
Regular price$49.95$29.95
Through The Berkshires to Boston: The Boston & Albany Railroad
Regular price$79.95$49.95
The Railroads of Port Jervis, Volume 3: The Conrail Era, 1976-1999
Regular price$42.50
The Railroads of Port Jervis, Volume 2: The Erie Lackawanna Years
Regular price$45.00$39.95
New York, Susquehanna & Western Volume 2: Elmwood Park to Butler
Regular price$38.95
New York, Susquehanna & Western Volume 1: Jersey City to Passaic Jct.
Regular price$36.95
The D&H to New England and Canada Volume 1
Regular price$39.45
New York, Susquehanna & Western Volume 3: Smiths Mills to Hainesburg Jct.
Regular price$49.95$38.95
Union Pacific Nebraska Depots: And A Few Other Structures
Regular price$21.95
Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 19: Post-1978 GE and M-K Locomotives
Regular price$30.95$29.95
Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 11: Baldwin Switchers
Regular price$30.00$19.95
Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 6: Texas & New Orleans
Regular price$25.00$22.95
The Visalia Electric Railroad: Southern Pacific's Orange Grove Route
Regular price$55.00$49.95
Southern Pacific Ten-Coupled Locomotives
Regular price$85.00$69.95
Southern Pacific's Salt Lake Division
Regular price$75.00$64.95
The Town That Loved KATY: Parsons, Kansas and the M-K-T Railroad
Regular price$29.95$19.95
Kansas Central Narrow Gauge: Slim Rails Across the Midlands
Regular price$22.95
Merchants Despatch, Its History and Equipment
Regular price$65.00$49.95
Great Northern Lines East (Second Edition)
Regular price$65.00$49.95
The Florida Keys Overseas Railway
Regular price$55.00$44.95
Billboard Refrigerator Cars
Regular price$60.00$49.95
OREGON Railroad Maps
Regular price$9.95
MONTANA Railroad Maps
Regular price$9.95
WASHINGTON and Northern IDAHO Railroad Maps
Regular price$9.95
COLORADO-WYOMING Railroad Maps
Regular price$11.95
AMTRAK Bay Area to Chicago Route Maps
Regular price$14.95
ARIZONA-NEW MEXICO Railroad Maps
Regular price$9.95
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 20 (reprint by SilverLake Images)
Regular price$38.95
MCA Book 54: Vulcan Locomotives Volume 3
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 50: Milwaukee Gasoline Locomotives and Brookville Locomotives
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 39: Lakewood Cars Industrial Cars & Factory Trucks
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 36: Railroad Cranes Volume 1: Burro, Byers, Lambert & P&H
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 34: Vulcan Locomotives Volume 2: Steam and Diesel Locomotives
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 27: Whitcomb Locomotives
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MCA Book 14: Beyer-Garratt Articulated Locomotives
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 11: Vulcan Locomotives Volume 1: Gasoline Locomotives
Regular price$29.95
Santa Fe Painting and Lettering Guide
Regular price$38.95
Santa Fe Depots: Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway
Regular price$57.00$39.95
Santa Fe's Colorado Division Speedway
Regular price$35.95
Santa Fe's Raton Pass (Second Edition)
Regular price$39.95
Santa Fe Railway 1950 System Time Table Reprint
Regular price$42.95
A Quarter Century of Santa Fe Railway Consists (on CD-ROM)
Regular price$11.95
Coach, Smoker and Chair Car Genealogy
Regular price$52.95
Santa Fe's Eastern Division: Where it all Began
Regular price$46.95
Santa Fe's New Mexico Division: Varnish, Coal, Copper and Cattle
Regular price$42.95
Santa Fe Hoppers & Gondolas: 1959-1995
Regular price$55.95
The Basics of Railroad Wheels and Wheel Inspection, 6th Edition
Regular price$31.95$27.95
Understanding the Railway Labor Act
Regular price$37.95
The Railroad: What It Is, What It Does
Regular price$44.95
Introduction to North American Railway Signaling
Regular price$51.95
Fundamentals of Railway Track Engineering
Regular price$134.95
Diesel Theory: Principles Explained
Regular price$24.95
The Railroad Dictionary of Car and Locomotive Terms
Regular price$17.95
The Carman's Dictionary
Regular price$19.50$16.95
Rio Grande Narrow Gauge: The Final Years Alamosa to Chama
Regular price$28.00$23.95
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume IV: D&RGW Refrigerator Cars
Regular price$30.00$25.95
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume III: D&RGW Boxcars, Gondolas
Regular price$35.00$29.95
The Montana Central Railway: Copper, Coal and the Empire Builder
Regular price$20.95
The Northern Pacific's Rails to Gold and Silver Volume II
Regular price$21.95$19.95
Conrail's North Jersey Coast Line
Regular price$21.95$19.95
The Vista-Dome North Coast Limited
Regular price$74.95$54.95
Meals by Fred Harvey: A Phenomenon of the American West
Regular price$10.95$8.95
L&N Cumberland Valley Division Album 1945-1985
Regular price$30.00$25.95
Virginian Rails 1953-1993
Regular price$48.00$40.95
Baltimore & Ohio Sunburst Trail to Chicago: Cumberland to Chicago
Regular price$44.00$37.95
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac: Linking North and South
Regular price$42.00$35.95