Books, Maps and Atlases

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

A comprehensive history of the Union Pacific Streamliners. Five years of research covers every aspect of these famous trains including 43 timetables, 17 menus, 73 diagrams of locomotives and cars, profit and loss statements, operating contracts with partner railroads, equipment values, over 1200 photographs and 56,000 words of text.

Contents:

• Part 1: In The Beginning..., the early trains from the M-10000 to the Treasure Island Special Including Painting and Lettering
• Part 2: Then They Ran Daily. Including Motive Power After 1938 to the Train of Tomorrow
• City of Las Vegas and Braking Systems
• Part 3: Equipment 1948-1971, all classes of equipment up to the Amtrak Era
• Part 4: Streamliner Memories
• Index. Auto-Liner, hardcover with dust jacket, 592 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 2 in
• B&W photographs, diagrams, equipment rosters, data. Features: New Hardcover William Kratville and Harold Ranks Kratville Publications 1980

Auto-Liner, hardcover, 144 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in.

, B&W photographs.The story of Union Pacific's Challenger 4-6-6-4 steam locomotives from development to their final years. Illustrated with B&W photographs and extensive text.

Contents:

• The First Challengers
• Union Pacific Influence
• Passenger Assigned
• Modifications 3900-3939 Early Series
• Operations 3900-3939 Early Series
• Jabelmann Power
• Extra 3950 West
• War-Time Duplicates
• Last Steam Design
• Modifications Later Series
• Operations Later Series. Features: New Hardcover William Kratville Kratville Publications 1980

Hardcover, 144 pages, 8.5 x 11 in. Color photographs with captions.Hundreds of never-before-published photographs. Features: New Hardcover Dean Freimund and Joseph Shine Four Ways West 2023

Colorado Railroad Museum, softcover, 44 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., over 60 B&W images, 1 color page of Rio Grande reefers at the CRA.

Ice houses were a new concept when the country's railroads finally began to use them to replenish the ice necessary to keep their customers' perishable items from spoiling in transit. Railroads were reluctant users of refrigerated cars in the first place, but large shippers such as meat packers, breweries, and produce suppliers demanded they use this method to ship perishable goods.

In Colorado Ice Houses the author uses photographs, drawings and maps to skillfully explore this unique subject.

Contents:

• Colorado Railroad Ice Houses, pp. 5–37
• List of Ice Houses, pp. 38–40
• Folio Sheets of Railroad Reefers (reefer car diagrams both standard and narrow gauge), pp. 41–43
• Bibliography, p. 44.

Bob's Photo, softcover, 48 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., B&W photographs with captions.

Photographs in B&W from the collection of Bob's Photo.

Contents:

• Electric Zone Map, p. 3
• Experimental Units, p. 4
• Class FF1, p. 5
• Class L5, p. 6
• Class DD1, pp. 7–9
• Class B1, pp. 10–13
• Class O1, pp. 14–16
• Class L6, pp. 17–18
• Class P5 and P5a, pp. 19–21
• Class P5 Modified, pp. 22–23
• Class P5b, p. 24
• Class R1, p. 25
• Class GG1, pp. 26–31
• Class DD2, p. 32
• Class E2B, p. 33
• Class E3B and E2C, pp. 34–35
• Class FF2, p. 36
• Class E-44, pp. 37–39
• MU Cars, pp. 40–47
• Index, p. 48.

Bob's Photo, softcover, 48 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., B&W photographs with captions.

Black and White photographs from the Bob's Photo collection printed on high-quality glossy paper.

Contents:

• Class EL-3A (1-D-1), pp. 4–13
• Class EL-2B (B-B+B-B), pp. 14–25
• Class EL-C (C-C), pp. 26–30
• Diesel-Electric, pp. 31–45
• Electric-conveyor Cars, pp. 46–47
• Index, p. 48.

Bob's Photo, softcover, 48 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., B&W photographs with captions.

This book is based on the collection of negatives or prints owned by Robert A. Liljestrand. Text and captions were written by David R.

Sweetland. This is not a complete list of all passenger cars owned by the New Haven, but a sampling of their equipment.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 4–5
• Wooden Coaches, pp. 6–9
• Steel Coaches, pp. 10–19
• Club Cars, p. 20
• Parlor Cars, pp. 21–24
• Sleepers, pp. 25–27
• Wooden Diners, pp. 28–29
• Heavyweight Diners, pp. 30–31
• Lightweight Diners, p. 32
• Grill Cars, pp. 33–35
• Combines, p. 36
• Observations, p. 37
• Business Cars, p. 39
• RPO-Baggage Cars, pp. 40–41
• Baggage Cars, pp. 42–44
• Work Cars, pp. 45–47.

Bob's Photo, softcover, 48 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., B&W photographs with captions.

The New Haven Railroad had a well-deserved reputation for being an innovator. Despite its chronic economic difficulties, the NH's leadership somehow always managed to position it on the leading edge of railroad technology of the time.

One of the New Haven's greatest technological claims to fame is that it was a leader in the field of railroad electrification. Presented here are equipment and locations of the NH's Electrified Zone. This book is based on the collection of photographs owned by Robert A.

Liljestrand. All of the black and white images in this book are from the Ed Hermann collection. Text and captions were written by Richard Abramson.

Contents:

• Introduction, p. 3-5
• Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Terminal to SS-22 New Rochelle, pp. 6–12
• Passenger Electrics, pp. 13–19
• Freight Electrics, pp. 20–25: Electric Switchers, pp. 26–30
• MU Cars, pp. 31–35
• Locations Around the Electric Zone, pp. 36–46
• Visitors Under the Wires, p. 47
• Index, 48.

Up Clear Creek on the Narrow Gauge is a collection of 54 articles by the same title that originally appeared in the bi-monthly magazine, NARROW GAUGE AND SHORT-LINE GAZETTE (also published by Benchmark Publications). It is the story of the author's H0n3 scale model railroad. He based his Union Central and Northern layout on the Clear Creek District of the 3-foot gauge Colorado & Southern Railroad that ran from Golden, Colorado, to just beyond Silver Plume.

Although this book tells the story of the author's layout, it is not a "how-to-do-it" book. Rather it is a book of inspiration and motivation - the author has an infectious enthusiasm for his modeling and his subject, thus Up Clear Creek is also a history book - modeling the C&S as it was in the late 1920s and early 1930s required a great deal of research. The history of the area is discussed in the text and reflected in the accurate modeling not only of the railroad and its equipment, but also of the houses, churches, mines, and businesses along the line.

Whether you are a model railroader, a railfan, or just curious about the intimate details of the Clear Creek Canyon area of Colorado, you will find something of interest in this book. Modelers will find inspiration and techniques that are applicable whatever railroad they model, be it Eastern, Western, narrow or standard gauge, logging or mining.

Softcover, 144 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., all color photograpsh.

Railroads of the Hudson River Valley is Bill Mc Bride's first book but railfans will recognize his name from photo credits and articles he has had published in Trains, Railfan & Railroad, TRP, Railpace, The Short Line and Railroads Illustrated. His photographs have also graced the pages of other authors books when they required high quality photographs.

In Railroads of the Hudson River Valley the author takes you on a scenic tour of one of the most beautiful and famous river valleys in the country. Railroads line both banks of the river and during the past twenty-nine years Bill Mc Bride has climbed mountains, hills, rocks and trees to get spectacular scenic photographs of various railroad trains, both freight and passenger, that called the valley home.

The intrepid photographer has also waded into the river and walked out onto frozen ice shelves to further his documentation of the railroads. In addition to the 244 color photographs, you will find an account of a 1927 train wreck at Iona Island that claimed four lives, stories about the history and origin of Iona Island, Bear Mountain State Park, Bannermans Island and Dicks Castle.

Also covered is the history of a very ambitious railroad that was started but never built. The author tells his story of the Railroads of the Hudson River Valley in a first-person narrative that shares his adventures and misadventures in making so many unique photographs. The reader will get the sense that they are sitting with the author as he goes through his photographic collection.

Many of the photographs presented in the book cannot be taken today for various reasons ranging from trees that have grown, buildings that have been constructed and 911 restrictions. Tom Nemeth, the editor and publisher of Railpace Magazine, did the layout and editing for the book. The book was printed by GRIT Printing of Montoursville, Pa. who are responsible for the outstanding quality of photographs in Railpace.2009 celebrates the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s first voyage on the river that would eventually be named for him and Railroads of the Hudson River Valley fits deliciously into that celebration!

Features:

• New Softcover Bill McBride Bill McBride 2008

This title covers a great range in railroad ownership and the subsequent changes in locomotive paint schemes. The Soo Line red and white paint scheme dominates the photo selection but there are also locomotive consists with former Milwaukee Road power and later the red with white lettering Soo Line.

Contents:
Neenah, WI to Schiller Park, IL, pp. 4-24,
Bensenville, IL to Bettendorf, IA, pp. 25-66,
The SD60s Arrive, pp. 67-74,
The Canadian Pacific Buys the Soo, pp. 75-84.

White River Productions, softcover, 130 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., roster, B&W and Color photographs and illustrations.

The is a very comprehensive title on one type of Rio Grande narrow gauge car. There is much text here. I wish the photographs were larger, but that has probably already been done by other authors and publishers.

This is a pretty good history of the fleet. Rio Grande High-Side Gondolas is a must for Railfans and modelers interested in narrow gauge rolling stock. In spite of the author's quote in the introduction as "a brief, incomplete history," this book is anything but.

Dr. Rhine has chronicled these cars for decades and this is a detailed study of the Rio Grande's narrow gauge high-side gondolas. The book traces all the major classes of cars, from introduction to the railroad, through the many variants and permutations of the car type, to the end of their service lives.

These cars formed the backbone of the coal, mineral, and loose material transport and in so doing, had long and productive lives on the line with many examples still extant, including some in regular service as passenger cars on tourist and museum railroads.

Contents:

• Foreword, Introduction, pp. 4–7, Compatibility - Couplers and Brakes, pp. 8–14, The High-Side (Flat-bottom) Gondolas, pp. 15–20, Various Series of Gondolas, pp. 21–38, Rebuilding the High-Side Fleet, pp. 39–52, Series Details, pp. 53–66, Common Rebuilding Features, pp. 67–76, The Matter of Stakes, pp. 77–83, An Alternative View of the D&RGW's Rebuilt High-Side Gondolas, pp. 84–91, Reduction in the High-Side Gondola Fleet, pp. 92–101, References, p. 102, The Fourth - Grand(e) Rebuild, pp. 103–128, All-Time 32-Foot Gondola Roster, pp. 129–167, Destruction of the 32-Foot Gondolas, pp. 168–176.

Magazine, pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations. The 2024 Railroads Illustrated Annual is packed with photography from coast to coast, including: Farewell to Montana Rail Link Florida East Coast Paint Schemes Action on the Fort Worth & Western Railroad A Look Back at Colorado's Joint Line Day in North America 40th Anniversary Table of Contents: Dispatchers Report/Editorial Opening Remarks by editor Steve Jessup A Fond Farewell to Montana Rail Link by Steve Jessup/Photos as Noted Montana Rail Link Back When — 1994 and 2004, by Carl Graves/Photos as Noted Paint Schemes of Florida East Coast — Welcome to the New Florimex! by John R.

Doughty Jr. /Photos by the Author Fort Worth & Western — A Feisty Short Line in the Lone Star State by Joshua Chlapek/Photos as Noted I've Been to Duluth, by David Blazejewski/Photos by the Author The Heyday of Colorado's Colorful Joint Line by Robert R.

Harmen, DDS/Photos by the Author Seasonal Day in North America, Photos from Fall, Winter, and Spring Day in North America Celebrates 40th Anniversary A Look Back at 1985

Magazine, pages, 8.5 x 11 in., color photographs and illustrations. Large scale railroading outdoors is magical, and this new Annual brings that to you, just in time for spring. This fourth great issue is packed with building and how-to projects along with great layout tours and our Garden Gallery photo feature, filled with great shots from readers like you!

Brimming with information on prototype trains to flights of fancy and whimsy; whatever your large-scale modeling style, you'll find the Garden Trains Annual is for you.

Stuck for structure building inspiration? Then this book is for you! A follow-up to Bob Walker's Scratch building for Model Railroaders, his new book gives you 21 distinctive structure building ideas.

Bob's "Scratch-builders Corner" features remain one of the most popular RMC columns, and this book applies the simple tips and techniques he has shared over the years to structures in HO, S, and O scales.

Build a gas station, depot, sand house, wood and stone factory, retail store, tavern, engine house, water tank, freight house, and many more. Scale drawings for select projects are included. No structure builder should be without a copy.

White River Productions, softcover.

By Bob Walker

Hardcover, 384 pages, 650 Color & B&W Photographs, Illustrations, Maps, Diagrams, and Locomotive Roster Data.

Over the past two decades, author John Ham has produced several books about the New York Central Railroad in New York State. His most recent publication was the book about the Central's Main Line entitled From Grand Central to Albany.This title continues the tour of the New York Central main line, continuing west from Albany and Schenect­ady along the scenic Mohawk River Valley to Syracuse and on through the fertile farmlands of central New York to Rochester and finally, Buffalo.The focus of this book is on the New York Central's "Glory Years" using a multitude of fine steam and early diesel photographs taken along the Water Level Route by some of the most noted rail photographers of the 20th Century.

Using their original negatives and prints, they have been graciously loaned to the author by dif­ferent Historical Societies and collectors.This 384-page volume contains not only superb New York Central photos, but images of the Central's Branch Lines, other connecting railroads and industries that were served by the Central in one capacity or another.

There are more than 650 images between the covers. We hope you will take this journey along the sce­nic Mohawk Valley with us and enjoy it as much as we have while researching and assembling this book.

Features:

• New Hardcover John M. Ham Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain Press 2022

Withers Publishing, softcover, 120 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., 295 B&W photographs.

Here is the sixth softcover book in a series that covers the diesel fleet of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Each book pictorially covers particular groups of PRR locomotives including complete roster data and specifications of each model featured.

A four-color laminated cover will feature an original painting, specially commissioned for each book. This book pictorially covers the freight cab units built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors: F3, F5, F7 and FP7 models; and ALCO FA and FB models.

Units are pictured as-built from the factory, working during the glory days of the PRR, and finally wearing Penn Central compatible numbers and faded coats of Brunswick green.

Contents:

• pages are numbered from Volume 1. acknowledgments and Introduction, pp. 346–348
• PRR Classification of EMD and ALCO Freight Cab Units, p. 349
• EMD F3, pp. 350–382
• EMD F7, pp. 383–431
• EMD FP7, pp. 432–448
• ALCO FA-1/FB-1, pp. 449–452
• ALCO FA-2/FB-2, pp. 453–462
• Index, pp. 463–464.

This is my favorite era of American railroading. First-Generation diesels in their as delivered and later day paint schemes. Passenger trains carrying the mail, Alco PAs and EMD F-units.

Depots still well-maintained including those made out of wood. Unusual diesels now long-gone such as Southern Pacific's U50s and various Baldwin-made locomotives. There are a handful of Southern Pacific steam photographs such as a head-on shot of 4445 starting to leave Bakersfield with the depot in the background.

The Kaiser Steel ore-trains, Trona Railway, Plaster City narrow gauge, Pacific Electric, Santa Fe red-and-silver, 40-foot billboard boxcars, clean diesels and no graffiti. I personally missed this era and saw the remains later on.

I need a time machine to go back and experience it all. What a glorious railroad era! The photographs count approximates each railroad's presence in southern California.

First is Southern Pacific with Santa Fe as a close second. Union Pacific is a distant third place. Most pages have one large photograph with captions.

Other pages have two and a few pages three photographs. Some railfans wish they lived in southern California. Others were fortunate enough to have been born there.

Tom Gildersleeve, Gordon Glattenberg, and the late William H. "Hank" Mills are among the latter. The photographic trio began their exploration of the Southland in the early 1950s, when profound societal and technological change began to sweep the Golden State.

Beyond the Technicolor dreams Hollywood was sending around the world, citrus groves were steadily giving way to industrialization and suburban sprawl. An expanding web of freeways was turning trolleys into antiques, while colorful new diesel locomotives steadily took the reins from steam's iron horse.

Transition was in full flower, providing the authors with intriguing subject matter cast against a wide array of dramatic settings. At a time when most photographers documented the industry in black and white, Gildersleeve, Glattenberg, and Mills made Kodachrome their film of choice, opting for a medium that could realistically capture the full palette of their surroundings.

Popular publishing was predominantly a monochrome enterprise, providing few opportunities for color shooters beyond slide shows at private homes and railroad club meetings. It would be the mid-1970s before new technology allowed all three of the authors to reach a wider audience.

The decision to concentrate on color photography might be construed as an act of faith, with little reward beyond the satisfaction of a job well done. As this volume will attest, that faith has been rewarded on a grand scale.

Some 345 color images invite inspection, the majority of them being published for the first time. Focusing on the years between the mid-1950s and late 1960s, Southland takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour of the region between Bakersfield and the Mexican border.

Six chapters and eight detailed maps, with comprehensive captions by award-winning photojournalist Ted Benson, convey the excitement of Southern California railroading in the golden age of Kodachrome. Over 250 action-packed pages depict the full sweep of activity, from Santa Fe Alco PAs and Union Pacific gas-turbine electrics battling Cajon Pass, to Southern Pacific 4449 in the days when the famed steam locomotive was just another Daylight 4-8-4.

Red and yellow trolley cars thread the bustling streets of Los Angeles, contrasting with trios of GP9s roaming the wilds of Carrizo Gorge. From busy double-track mountain main lines to thrice-weekly locals in the Mojave Desert, there's something for every reader in the pages of Southland.

Contents:

• Tehachapi and Beyond, pp. 6–51
• Owenyo Branch, pp. 52–59
• Saugus Line, pp. 60–79
• Los Angeles Basin, pp. 80–123
• The Surf Line, pp. 124–149
• Imperial Gateway, pp. 150–151
• San Diego & Arizona Eastern, pp. 152–164
• Kaiser Steel, pp. 164–173
• Sunset Route, pp. 174–191
• Cajon Pass, pp. 192–231
• Mojave Crossings, pp. 232–255
• Afterword, p. 256. White River Productions, 256 pages, 12 x 9 x.5 in., Color photographs with captions, maps.

White River Productions, hardcover with dust jacket, 256 pages, 12 x 9 x.75 in., 380 color photographs, 12 detailed maps, index.

By Ronald C. Flanary, Scott D. Lindsey, David P. Oroszi

Beautiful Southern Green and Cream cab units, high-hood second-generation diesel units, lush green scenery, bright red cabooses, well-maintained track, massive bridges and trestles and division maps - the Southern Railway is well illustrated in this White River Productions title.

There was a time, particularly during the 1970s, when virtually every railroad enthusiast was, in some manner, a Southern Railway fan. The cause for such notoriety was the Southern's long-running steam excursions, a program that began in 1966 and was eventually discontinued by successor Norfolk Southern in 1994.

As spectacular and successful as the steam program was, it did not adequately touch on the extraordinary success of the Southern as a railroad system. The company that gave a "Green Light to Innovations" was always at the forefront of the US railroad industry by virtually any metric one could use.

Rather than being remembered for its grand, green and gold-striped Ps-4 Pacific types, Saluda Grade, or the streamlined Southerner of 1941, it was the "modern" Southern that commanded respect. Southern was an early convert to diesel-electric traction.

The company's management led the way into the 1960s with remote mid-train helper locomotives, mechanized track gangs, welded rail, and a fleet of specialized freight cars to handle all types of commodities and finished goods.

There was also one of the earliest computer-driven car location systems, a virtually spotless safety record, and ground-breaking regulatory accomplishments that proved to be precursors to today's largely unregulated industry.

Today's railroad industry is now largely free from the archaic constraints that kept it from being fully competitive with other forms of transportation, thanks in large part to Southern's innovations. This book, the combined efforts of 75 photographers plus input from some of the leading historians of the railroad that "Served the South," is a division-by-division visual tour of the work-a-day Southern.

This 256-page volume, with 380 outstanding color images, and 12 detailed maps, is the most comprehensive visual history of the modern Southern ever published. Chapter introductions provide context to better understand each geographic region's traffic base, its lines and terminals, and of course its trains.

It's all here as well, from first class freights with nearly 200 cars and mid-train power, plus the Southern Crescent, on down to the most lowly of yard switchers, local freights and mine runs. And of note is the foreword written by Wick Moorman, who started his distinguished railroad career with the Southern Railway.

Contents:

• The Southern Railway, pp. 6–7, Eastern Division, pp. 8–47, Piedmont Division, pp. 48–61, Carolina Division, pp. 62–83, Georgia Division, pp. 84–107, Coastal Division, pp. 108–129, Crescent Division, pp. 130–143, Alabama Division, pp. 144–157, Appalachia Division, pp. 158–175, Tennessee Division, pp. 176–203, Kentucky Division, pp. 204–243, Western Division, pp. 244–255, Index, pp. 256.

By Brian Jennison and Victor Neves White River Productions

White River Productions, hardcover with jacket, Color photography.

Southern Pacific Western Division is an all-color pictorial covering the operations of the Southern Pacific Railroad in northern and central California, from Sacramento to the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, north to Eureka and south to San Luis Obispo.

Seven chapters present stunning color photography of the diverse geography of this part of the Golden State, from redwood forests to open farmland to scenic bay side and ocean vistas to busy urban centers.

While emphasis is on operations in the 1960 through 1990-time frame, Southern Pacific Western Division includes many historic photos from the 1940s and '50s as well, some of which have not previously been published.

It's all here: The multitude of fabulous paint schemes that SP used in the steam-diesel transition era, including Daylight, Black Widow, Tiger Stripes, and Scarlet and Gray, plus several experimental and special patriotic paint schemes.

Many of the named passenger trains, such as the Lark, the Owl, the Cascades, the Coast, Noon, San Joaquin and Shasta Daylights, the Redwood, the Senator and even the maid-of-all-work Tehachapi are covered, as well as the coast mail trains, the Peninsula commutes and early Amtrak.

SP's diverse steam motive power is presented, with Consolidations, Mountains, GS-Class and of course the big Cab Ahead Articulated Consolidations featured. Diesels from EMD, GE, Alco, Fairbanks Morse, and the German builder Krauss-Maffei are shown in a variety of first, second, and third generation cab and hood configurations.

Salient aspects of the histories of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific are discussed in the chapter introductions and many informative photo captions, and day-to-day freight operations are presented in detail, referencing employee timetables as appropriate.

The work has been reviewed by career Southern Pacific employees whose contributions are gratefully acknowledged. Although the Southern Pacific is gone, having been merged into the giant Union Pacific, the railroad lives on through these photographs, and the reader will come away with an appreciation for this once mightiest of western roads.

Hardcover, 208 pages, 9 x 11 in.

, color photographs and maps. The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad was built through the Rocky Mountains, not around them. A tenacious rebel, the Rio Grande survived for more than a century as an independent railroad in a land of giants. At the end of the 20th century, the enduring memory of the Rio Grande is one of black and gold diesels thundering through smoky tunnels on a right-of-way blasted out of solid rock by construction engineers who didn't know the meaning of the word impossible.

The First Edition was published in 1994 and comprised 128 pages with 146 photos. The Second Edition includes 208 pages, 223 full-color photographs and nine lavishly illustrated maps. This new volume presents a retrospective of a railroad where words of description always fall short. In the pages of Rio Grande: Scenic Line of the World - Second Edition may be found all of the elements that made the Rio Grande the scenic wonder it was.

The evergreen mountains of La Veta Pass, the bare rock of the Royal Gorge, the golden aspen on Tennessee Pass, the multi-colored sandstone of Ruby and Bootlegger Canyons, the moonscape of the Utah desert, the majestic Wasatch Range, and the sheer ruggedness of the entire Moffat Road, are all here in one amazing volume.

Through acquisitions and mergers, Rio Grande slowly lost its personality to that of Southern Pacific, and later, Union Pacific. The images in this book help preserve the memory of the last years of the Rio Grande and perhaps provide some justification for the railroad’s bold claim of being the Scenic Line of the World.

Hardcover with dust jacket, 224 pages, 11 x 9 in., Color and B&W photographs (about 60% Color) and roster statistics.

Northern Pacific Railway purchased its first diesel locomotives in 1938. Over the next 30 years the fleet continued to grow, culminating in more than 700 units from four different builders. This special two-volume set documents the entire NP fleet leading up to the March 1970 Burlington Northern merger.

This volume includes coverage of the sizable fleet of EMD F-series locomotives, from the first FT to the last F9. If you are modeling Northern Pacific diesel locomotives, this certainly will be a helpful book.

Contents:

• Introduction Chapter 1: EMD FT 6000-Series 5400-Series Increased Air Radiation FT Minutiae Chapter 2: EMD F3A/F3B 6000-Series Freight 6500-Series Passenger Chapter 3: EMD F5A 6000-Series Freight 6500-Series Passenger Chapter 4: EMD F7A/F7B/FP7 6000-Series Freight 6500-Series Passenger 6600-Series Passenger Chapter 5: EMD F9A/F9B 7000-Series Freight 6700-Series Passenger Numerical Roster

American Locomotive Company (Alco) built ten locomotives for Denver & Rio Grande Western in 1923, and three of these remarkable machines still call Durango, Colorado home, powering the iconic "Silverton" trains since the 1950s.

Here is the story of the first modern narrow-gauge locomotive on Rio Grande and how it is posed to enter its second century of service. Author Jerry Day spent 45 years compiling information and more than 300 photos, maps, track folios, drawings, and diagrams, including a three-page foldout drawing created by Mike McKenzie for this 200+ page volume.

In addition, you will find the history of D&RGW's purchase of the K-28s, the operational history on the lines they ran, and the history of K-28 snow fighting operations, special passenger runs, wrecks and mishaps, movie appearances, locomotive modifications and changes, and how the K-28s operate today on the Durango & Silverton railroad.

Includes an appendix with the complete D&RGW/Alco specs for the locomotives.

Contents:

• New
• Hardcover
• Jerry B. Day
• White River Productions
• 2023

Hardcover with dust jacket, 240 pages, 11 x 9 in., Color and B&W photographs (about a 60% color) and roster statistics.

Northern Pacific Railway purchased its first diesel locomotives in 1938. Over the next 30 years the fleet continued to grow, culminating in more than 700 units from four different builders. This special two-volume set documents the entire NP fleet leading up to the March 1970 Burlington Northern merger.

This volume includes all models except the EMD F-units presented in volume 2. If you are modeling Northern Pacific diesel locomotives, this certainly will be a helpful book.

Contents:

• Introduction Chapter 1: Switchers EMC/EMD GE Alco Baldwin Electric Trailers Chapter 2: Roadswitchers EMD GP7/GP9 Convertible Fuel Tanks GP7/GP9 Flangers Exhausting Equipment Alco RS-3 Flangers - Baldwin Chapter 3: High Horsepower The Race for Horsepower EMD GE Locotrol Journal Box Number Plates Chapter 4: Diesel Motorcars EMD Budd Numerical Roster Shop Switchers

Hardcover, 192 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., B&W photographs and illustrations. The Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railway was incorporated in 1880 to merge with Colorado Central Railroad, build west to the mining camps in the Colorado mountains, connect with Denver, South Park and Pacific, and compete with the larger Denver & Rio Grande.

Built in 1883, the Loop was an engineering marvel of the day, solving the problem of linking the towns of Silver Plume and Georgetown (only two miles apart), but with more than 600 feet in elevation difference. The Loop was more than 4.6 miles of track, including two hairpin turns and a viaduct where the route looped 100 feet over itself within the narrow mountain valley.

This allowed the railroad grade to be traversed by conventional trains. In addition to serving the mines, the line proved a popular tourist destination. Indeed, the rebuilt Loop has hosted tens of thousands of riders each year since 1974. This new book details the history of the line until its abandonment in 1938.

White River Productions, hardcover with jacket, 192 pages, 12 x 9 x.75 in., 256 all Color photographs, 6 maps.

Rio Grande: Heart of the Rockies looks at the dramatic influence of railroad builder David H. Moffat on the Denver & Rio Grande Western. In Volume I of this series, one of the watershed events for the young D&RG was the conversion of the main lines from narrow gauge to standard gauge, initiated in 1890 during Moffat's presidency.

Following his departure from the D&RG the following year, Moffat intensified the pursuit of his great dream - constructing a direct transcontinental mainline west from Denver. Indeed, the 'Moffat Road', which he spearheaded, eventually became the primary transcontinental conduit for the D&RGW as well as the source of substantial local traffic.

Moffat, however, would not live to see the outcome of what he had begun and following his passing, his Denver, Northwestern & Pacific was reorganized into the Denver & Salt Lake. The color images in this Volume, all captured in the later years of D&RGW operations, illustrate the many construction challenges he faced as he pushed the DNW&P rails west, for this was no route seeking the easiest of grades and alignments.

It was the boring of the Moffat Tunnel beneath the Continental Divide in 1927 that encouraged the D&RGW to cast its lot with the D&SL in developing both local and transcontinental traffic. The completion of the tunnel, followed by the opening of the Dotsero Cutoff in 1934, gave the line through the Heart of the Rockies a chance to thrive, unlike so many other railroad enterprises that had challenged Colorado's mountains and failed.

The line west of Denver remains one of the most colorful operations in the region. Though many changes occurred in the final quarter of the 20th century, the experience of trains winding through the mountains has beckoned rail photographers from around the globe to record the action.

And while the Rio Grande itself is gone, the images herein help to illustrate how it was during the era of color slide photography along the D&RGW in the Heart of the Rockies.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 6–7, Mile-High City, pp. 8–29, The Front Range, pp. 30–67, Heart of the Rockies, pp. 68–105, Colorado Valley, pp. 106–145, The Craig Branch, pp. 146–173, Dotsero Cutoff, pp. 174–191, Bibliography, p. 192.

White River Productions, hardcover with jacket, 464 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1.5 in., B&W and Color photographs and illustrations, maps, locomotive rosters.

This book was a massive project by the author and includes B&W photographs from the early days, Color photographs from the later days and color maps to help tell the story of Georgia-Pacific and its railroads.

ForestRails is a story of railroads and the role they played in the growth of Georgia-Pacific, a major forest products company. From the early beginnings, railroads have been absolutely essential in the delivery of raw materials and shipment of finished products of the forests.

Such was the case with Georgia-Pacific's railroads. Just as man does not live on bread alone, railroads could not survive without freight to haul. Thus it is necessary for this story to also tell the parallel stories of G-P's acquisitions that included the railroads.

This story is an important part of American business history. By 1900 lumbermen had recognized the efficiency of a steel wheel on a steel rail and the number of logging railroads grew rapidly. The coming of the railroads freed lumbermen from being tied to the riverbanks and dependency on weather conditions.

Railroad logging could be operated year-round with little or no interruptions from the weather. Railroads also made large areas of timber accessible that could not have been logged before. G-P's acquisitions have included 16 common-carrier short line railroads and five major private logging operations.

Each short line was a separate subsidiary company of Georgia-Pacific. Although governed by boards of directors, the short lines were separately operated at arms-length due to government regulations. The author does not purport to analyze the financial and economic aspects of the Georgia-Pacific railroads.

Although the railroads were profitable, it would be impossible to quantify the precise economic benefit of the railroads to G-P from financial statements alone. Instead, the operational characteristics of the railroads and, more importantly, their vital support of the logistics processes of the company; mills, plants, and distribution systems are explored in depth.

To be included in this story, a railroad must have been owned or operated by G-P at some time during its existence. The history of each railroad is then told from its beginning. Certain unique and creative arrangements for preserving rail service at mills on non-company railroads are also discussed.

Contents:

• New
• Hardcover
• Russell Tedder
• White River Productions

The Union Pacific Historical Society and Don Strack are proud to announce that they have collaborated to republish Dons Ogden Rails book of 1977 in a new and considerably expanded, redesigned format. Compared to the original 96-page vertical format, softcover book, the new edition is a 172 pp., hardcover in a 11 x 8.5 horizontal format.

It contains 217 photographs, with 75 in color, along with 24 maps, including a double-page full color map of the Ogden facilities in 1969. Ogden Rails is the history of the railroads in Ogden, Utah from 1869 to today. It starts with the early Union Pacific and associated feeder railroads, the Utah Central, Utah Northern, and Oregon Short Line.

The Central Pacific and Southern Pacific are covered as well as the Denver & Rio Grande Western and Ogden Union Railway & Depot Company. Union Pacific coverage continues through the mergers to current day activities. Coverage is also included of the electric and interurban railroads, The Bamberger and Utah Idaho Central, until their shut down following World War II.

The Utah State Railroad Museum at Ogden Union Station is also presented in photographs and text. Chapters: Introduction, pp. 7–10; Ch. 1: The Transcontinental Railroad, pp. 11–20; Ch. 2: Union Pacific Expansion, pp. 21–30; Ch. 3: Denver & Rio Grande Western, pp. 31–36; Ch. 4: The Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co., pp.

37–42; Ch. 5: Ogden Terminal in the 20th Century, pp. 43–88; Ch. 6: Union Pacific Facilities & Improvements, pp. 89–110; Ch: 7: Southern Pacific Facilities and Improvements, pp. 111–124; Ch. 8: Street Railroads and Interurbans, pp. 125–148; Ch. 9: Recent Ogden Operations, pp. 149–166; Epilogue, Bibliography, Index.

Union Pacific Historical Society, hardcover, 172 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .5 in., B&W and Color photographs, maps.

Volume 8: 2-8-8-0s, UP 3534-3564, OSL 3565-3566, OWR&N 3567-3569. This series of books covers all classes of steam locomotives of the UPRR and its subsidiaries. Each book is 80 pages in 11 x 8.5 horizontal format, printed on 100 lb. enamel stock and is a softcover. Each volume contains 77 quality photographs.Supporting technical data is included for the time the photograph was taken.

The books present a wide variety of photographic views that show locomotives during various eras, the various lettering and paint schemes, changes in appearance, with various tenders, as well as both sides of locomotives.Photographs were taken by noted photographers G.M. Best, R.H. Kindig, Don Roberts, R.J.

Foster, Francis Gschwind, John Conant, Stan Kistler, W.O. Gibson, Art Peterson, Art Stensvad, Lou Schmitz, Jim Ehernberger, Dave Martindell, and others. Union Pacific HS, softcover, 80 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., B&W photographs with captions.

Features:

• New Softcover James L. Ehernberger Collection Union Pacific HS

Volume 3: 0-6-0s of the UP, OSL, OWR&N. This series of books covers all classes of steam locomotives of the UPRR and its subsidiaries. Each book is 80 pages in 11 x 8.5 horizontal format, printed on 100 lb. enamel stock and is a softcover. Each volume contains 77 quality photographs.Supporting technical data is included for the time the photograph was taken.

The books present a wide variety of photographic views that show locomotives during various eras, the various lettering and paint schemes, changes in appearance, with various tenders, as well as both sides of locomotives.Photographs were taken by noted photographers G.M. Best, R.H. Kindig, Don Roberts, R.J.

Foster, Francis Gschwind, John Conant, Stan Kistler, W.O. Gibson, Art Peterson, Art Stensvad, Lou Schmitz, Jim Ehernberger, Dave Martindell, and others. Union Pacific HS, softcover, 80 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., B&W photographs with captions.

Features:

• New Softcover James L. Ehernberger Collection Union Pacific HS

Volume 2: 0-6-0 Switcher, UP 4431 through UP 4480. This series of books covers all classes of steam locomotives of the UPRR and its subsidiaries. Each book is 80 pages in 11 x 8.5 horizontal format, printed on 100 lb. enamel stock and is a softcover. Each volume contains 77 quality photographs.Supporting technical data is included for the time the photograph was taken.

The books present a wide variety of photographic views that show locomotives during various eras, the various lettering and paint schemes, changes in appearance, with various tenders, as well as both sides of locomotives.Photographs were taken by noted photographers G.M. Best, R.H. Kindig, Don Roberts, R.J.

Foster, Francis Gschwind, John Conant, Stan Kistler, W.O. Gibson, Art Peterson, Art Stensvad, Lou Schmitz, Jim Ehernberger, Dave Martindell, and others. Union Pacific HS, softcover, 80 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., B&W photographs with captions.

Features:

• New Softcover James L. Ehernberger Collection Union Pacific HS