Books, Maps and Atlases

Volume 5: 4-8-4s of the UP (820-844). 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

Union Pacific Historical Society, hardcover, 288 pages, 11 x 8.5 x.5 in., B&W and Color photographs.

This excellent book on Union Pacific cabooses is a must-have for Union Pacific fans and caboose fans. Beginning with the earliest cabooses on the UP, wooden 4-window cupola-less cars, to the steel slogan-bearing cars used until the common demise of the use of cabooses in the 1980s, and to the second-hand cars acquired with the demise of the Rock Island and the various mergers, its all here! Diagrams, line-drawings, painting specifications and rosters together with the numerous black and white and Color photographs give the rail enthusiast and model railroader all the information one needs to learn about and model UP cabooses.

With help from many sources including Union Pacific department records and the Union Pacific Historical Society this is a complete work. Also included with the rosters are notes on the disposition of many cars and their locations.

Contents:

• Ch. 1: The Historical Era, pp. 14–34
• Ch. 2: Standard CA and CA-1 Cabooses, pp. 35–76
• Ch. 3: Wooden Specialty Cabooses, pp. 77–92
• Ch. 4: Wooden Caboose Miscellany, pp. 93–100
• Ch. 5: Roster of Union Pacific Wooden Cabooses, pp. 101–132
• Ch. 6: Steel Cabooses, pp. 133–212
• Ch. 7: Steel Maintenance-of-Way Cabooses, pp. 213–220
• Ch. 8: Roster of Union Pacific Steel Cabooses, pp. 221–246
• Ch. 9: Painting, Lettering and Numbering, pp. 247–269
• Appendix A: Roster of Early Subsidiary Cabooses, pp. 270–278
• Appendix B: Roster of Other Road's Wooden Cabooses, pp. 284–286
• Roster of Recent Merger Partner's Steel Cabooses (Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Missouri Pacific, Spokane International, Western Pacific), pp. 284–286
• Bibliography and References, pp. 287–288.

Volume 1: 0-6-0 Switcher, LA&SL 4226 through UP 4430. 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 Ehrenberger, 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

Union Pacific Historical Society, hardcover, 11 X 8 x.75 in., extensively illustrated in B&W.

The definitive book on this radical period in Union Pacific passenger train development. Written by Thomas R. Lee, noted Union Pacific historian and author of Turbines Westward.

Edited by John Signor, editor emeritus of the Union Pacific Historical Society Streamliner, and distinguished author. If you are expecting Color photographs in this book you will be disappointed. Color photography was not prevalent and company photography was done in black and white.

Contents:

• Introduction and Acknowledgements, pp. 7–8
• 1934: The Stream-Line Train Arrives, pp. 9–68
• 1935: First and Second Trains in Service, pp. 69–90
• 1936: Teething Pains and More Streamliners, pp. 91–120
• 1937: Operational Matters, pp. 121–140
• An Eighth Train and More Refinements, pp. 141–154
• 1939: Steam Substitutes and Sabotage, pp. 155–168
• 1940: More Diesels Arrive, pp. 169–180
• 1941: New Trains-Prelude to War, pp. 181–196
• Epilogue, Appendix, pp. 197–208. Appendix includes flowchart of equipment and dispositions.

Volume 30: 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur) Class UP 2201-2279. 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 29: 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur) Class OWR&N 2100-2171. 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 28: 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur) Class UP 1900-1949, OSL 2001-2034. 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 21: 4-12-2 Class UP 9078-9087, OSL 9500-9514, OWR&N 9700-9707. 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 29: 2-8-2 Mikado (MacArthur) Class OWR&N 2100-2171 by James L. Ehernberger Collection. This will be an on going series of about 40 books covering all classes of Steam Locomotives of the UPRR and its subsidiaries. Each book is 80 pages, 11 x 8.5 horizontal format, printed on 100 lb. enamel stock and a softcover.

Each Volume contains 77 quality photographs. Supporting technical data is included for the time the photo was taken. The books show 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.

The books contain photographs from 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 Historical Society, softcover, 80 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., B&W photographs with captions.

Volume 12: 4-6-0s of the UP # 1242-1354, OSL # 1511-1586 and OWR&N # 1707-1760 from the James L. Ehernberger Collection. This will be an on going series of about 40 books covering all classes of Steam Locomotives of the UPRR and its subsidiaries. Each book is 80 pp., 11 x 8.5 horizontal format, printed on 100 lb. enamel stock and a softcover.

Each Volume contains 77 quality photographs. Supporting technical data is included for the time the photo was taken. The books show 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.

The books contain photographs from 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 Historical Society, softcover, 80 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., B&W photographs with captions.

Volume 15: 2-10-2 Class OSL/UP 5300-5300 & OWR&N 5400-5414. 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 17: 4-6-2 Class UP2802-2911. 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 14: 2-10-2 Class UP 5045-5089. 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 11: 4-8-2s of the LA&SL and UP (7850-7869). 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

This is the third in a series of high-quality hardcover B&O books covering the 1960s into the 1980s.The spectacular photography that has been carefully selected for this book shows much more than just the trains. Get a good look at towers (inside and out), inter-lockings, junctions, stations, bridges, signals and more!

Plus, this book offers a wealth of operational details, including freight train schedules and maps of major cities.This book has a layout of about 20 percent text and 80 percent photographs. This book is a good value as there are more pages than a Morning Sun book and more information than captions alone.

Contents:

• Toledo Division Main Line, pp. 4–103
• Toledo Division Branches, pp. 104–127
• Freight Operations Between Toledo and Cincinnati, pp. 128–135
• Passenger Operations Between Detroit and Cincinnati, pp. 136–144.The Railroad Press, hardcover, 144 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., all pages in color printed on high quality paper, sharp images and accurate color. Features: New Hardcover David P. Oroszi The Railroad Press

This second volume continues with a great railroader and story-teller, Mike Bednar. Yes, there are some pictures of the co-workers, but there is also good color photography of trains and equipment. How relatively bland it is today compared to the colorful paint schemes seen in the Northeast in days gone by.

Excellent color reproduction coupled with expert commentary. This is book is 'how it was'. A Railroad Life: On the Road with Mike Bednar features the another 18 episodes of Mike Bednar's famous railroad stories from TRP Magazine (The Railroad Press), richly illustrated with vintage photography.This beautiful 128-page hardcover book includes upgraded photos and even more color!

Mike describes railroad operations with incredible detail and you'll enjoy his unique personality and wit!Learn first-hand what it was like to be a railroader in the 1960s, 70s and 80s! The page numbering continues from the first volume.

Contents:

• Salute to the Railroad Wife, pp. 132–135
• In Search of the White Elephants, pp. 136–141
• LV's Hammerhead ALCO RS3, pp. 142–145
• In the Middle of Nowhere
• LVRR and CNJ's Penn Haven Junction, pp. 146–151
• Reading and Northern's Cinder Block, pp. 152–155
• Lehigh & Hudson River, pp. 156–161
• Mike Bednar's Surprise Party, pp. 162–169
• Clean-up in Aisle 5! (derailment), pp. 170–175
• Lightning Strikes the Lehigh Valley, pp. 176–187
• Good Bye
• Miss Phoebe, pp. 188–197
• Ghost of the Lehigh Valley, pp. 198–203
• Tales of Snow Oil and Icebergs, pp. 204–209
• Classic B&W Photography in the Anthracite Region, pp. 210–221
• Cabins
• Crummies and Hacks, pp. 222–227
• The Lehigh Valley's Burly Baldwin Brutes, pp. 228–233
• Conrail's Early Days, pp. 234–241
• The "Koncrete Town"
• Northhampton
• Pennsylvania, pp. 242–256
• The Railroad Press, hardcover, 128 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in
• Color photographs and extensive captions. Features: New Hardcover Mike Bednar The Railroad Press

The Garbely Publishing Company, softcover, 88 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., Color photographs.The fourth in a series of titles covering the Susquehanna, this book features over 150 previously unpublished color photos covering the railroad’s major territorial expansion in the 1980s and 1990s.Coverage includes both freight and excursion operations on former Lehigh & Hudson River and Erie rails from the mid-1980s through the late 1990s.

This book showcases photos of the ex-L&HR main line from Sparta Junction to Maybrook, the former Erie route from Campbell Hall/Maybrook to Binghamton, and the Lackawaxen & Sturbridge's related operations on the ex-Erie Honesdale Branch.

Features:

• New softcover Neil P. Finch The Garbely Publishing Company 2024

Hardcover titles by The Garbely Publishing Company are all limited production books.Hardcover, 160 pages, Color photographs and illustrations.The second book from author Rudy Garbely covering the Delaware & Hudson, this title is the definitive guide to the railroad's cabooses from the 1950s through the 1990s.

It includes all 15 classes of D&H diesel-era cabooses, plus the cabooses of D&H subsidiaries Greenwich & Johnsonville and Napierville Junction.The book is complete with the histories of each class, specifications and mechanical data, and firsthand stories from D&H employees that worked on them. This material is supplemented with over 300 photographs, several original D&H car diagrams, and a detailed roster.

Features:

• New Hardcover Rudy Garbely The Garbely Publishing Company 2023

Softcover, 84 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., B&W and Color photographs and illustrations. This volume is the first in a series of titles covering the Susquehanna from the 1940s through 1990s, this book features over 150 previously unpublished black & white and color photos covering the railroad's east end. Coverage includes both freight and passenger operations from the railroad's earliest diesel operations through its rebirth in the 1980s as a regional carrier.

The railroad's main yard operations in Edgewater, Little Ferry, and Passaic Junction are covered in this title.

Features:

• New Softcover Carolyn Hoffman The Garbely Publishing Company 2022

Softcover, 80 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations. Since the railroad era began, New York State's Capital Region has been an area of convergence -- most famously for the New York Central, Delaware & Hudson, and the Boston & Maine. However, from the 1960s through the 1990s, this area underwent a lot of change.

Mergers and abandonments left the Capital Region railroad scene scaled back at the end of this era. Author Tim Stockwell -- who was a child in the 1980s and 1990s -- witnessed a lot of this change but had not yet picked up a camera. Through the lenses of photographers like Jim Connor, Jeff Plant, Jeremy Plant, John Sesonske, Gordy Smith, and Jack Wright, Tim takes us on a journey through the Capital Region, with special attention paid to lines that no longer exist.

Volume 1 starts in Albany, then takes a geographical tour in the following order: the D&H Colonie Main Line, the D&H Waterford / Green Island Branch, Mechanicville Yard, the B&M / D&H 'Joint Mainline,' Saratoga Springs, the D&H Adirondack Branch, the Greenwich & Johnsonville, the B&M 'West End,' the B&M Troy Branch, the Penn Central, Conrail, and D&H in Troy, Rensselaer, Amtrak's Hudson Line, the Fort Orange Paper Company, the Upper Harlem Division, and the B&A.

Steve Goen has been the author of a number of popular railroad book titles focusing on Texas and the Southwest published by Four Ways West Publications. Steve is now publishing his own titles, and this is the first of them about railroad passenger service in Texas. The second title he is working on is on the Rock Island in Texas which should be available soon.

Cotton Belt's passenger service ended long before the beginning of Amtrak in 1971. The Cotton Belt didn't have the presence in Texas that its parent, the Southern Pacific, or other prominent Texas-serving railroads such as the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific did. This book fills a need for readers who want to know more about this lesser-known passenger service.

This title covers the history of the passenger service from an era of B&W photography and very little color photography as the trains stopped running many years before Amtrak. There are color photographs, but they are only about 10% of the photo selection, though. Many trains were of a branch line nature and 'doodlebugs' are quite prominently featured.

Maps and Timetable reproductions are in color as they were back in the day. There are some schedules presented as well as some press articles to complete the book.

Contents:

• The Cotton Belt in Texas: The Early Years, pp. 6–9
• Trains 611-612 and 711-712, pp. 10–23
• Trains 3-4, pp. 24–29
• Trains 551-552, pp. 30–35
• Trains 603-604, pp. 36–43
• Trains 401-402, pp. 44–59
• Trains 101-102, pp. 60–71
• Trains 1-2 (Lone Star), pp. 72–93
• Trains 5-6 (Morning Star), pp. 94–102
• Trains 217-218, pp. 103–107
• Trains 7-8, pp. 108–121
• Trains 107-108, pp. 122–135
• Trains 615-616, pp. 136–144. Hardcover, 144 pages, standard portrait format, 8 x 10 in
• B&W and Color photographs and illustrations. Features: New Hardcover Steve Allen Goen Texas Zephyr Publishing

Second Printing with additional pages and photographs. For almost twenty years the Union Pacific Railroad operated a fleet of gas turbine Electric Locomotive in their motive power stable to help move the heavy density of freight traffic that the historic railroad enjoys. Turbines Westward is the story of the unique chapter in railroad history, for the UP was the only railroad to own such power.

A total of fifty-nine turbine locomotives saw service on the Union Pacific, and all are pictured as the railroad and railfan saw them. Starting with the two steam turbine electrics of 1939, the story follows the development of the three different classes of gas turbine electrics that evolved from the original Big Blow.

The Omaha built coal turbine of 1962 is also featured along with the men who were responsible for the turbine era on the Union Pacific. Second Edition Supplement: More photographs and company data has been added to the book. Includes 325 photographs, roster, drawings and printed on high quality book stock.

Includes a three-page foldout diagram of coal-burning turbine number 80. Photographs are from Union Pacific files and rail fans. T. Lee Publications, softcover, 184 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .55 in., B&W photographs and illustrations, roster data.

Shade Tree Books and Southern Pacific H&TS, hardcover with jacket, 240 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in.

, B&W and Color photographs and illustrations.This book covers the men behind the line, the early history, the demise, and a chapter on its freight history including the 'island' at San Fernando.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Bibliography and Glossary, pp. 4–9
• Titans, pp. 10–15
• Wheat Field, pp. 16–23
• Arrival, pp. 24–37
• Onward, pp. 38–51
• December 1911 to December 1937, pp. 52–83
• Motor Coaches, pp. 84–95
• January 1938 to December 1948, pp. 96–131
• Demise, pp. 132–161
• Freight Service, pp. 162–189
• Epilogue, pp. 190–193
• Views Along the Line, pp. 194–220
• Anecdotes and Stories, pp. 221–224
• Color Photography and the PE, pp. 225–240

Hardcover, signed by both authors, pages, 10.5 x 8.5 in., 40 Color photos and 170 B&W photos. Photography by Robert Morris, Narrated by Bob Zenk. Covers over 35 years of the Southern Pacific operations from the 1960s to 1990s in outstanding photographs.

South Platte Press, softcover, 80 pages, 9.5 x 8.5 x.25 in., B&W and Color photographs (mostly color).

This is a study of the last years of operation by the former Burlington Northern Railroad of its once-extensive agrarian branch line rail system across the prairie regions of southeast Nebraska. The authors explain how these branch lines were operated during the late 1950 era by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and again during the Burlington Northern era of the 1970s-1980s.

Included are co-author Hedgpeth's first-person account of working on these branch lines as a CB&Q brakeman. Some 95 rare and large format images, most in color, illustrate how the BN continued to provide freight service to many small town shippers just prior to abandonment of many of the lines depicted.

Also included is a detailed map of past and remaining branch lines in the area.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements, Introduction, pp. 2–6
• Nebraska's BN Branch Line Era, pp. 7–9
• CB&Q Branch Epitome, pp. 10–14
• BN Branch Transition, pp. 15–20
• Competitor With Branch Lines, pp. 21–22
• 'Braking' on CB&Q Branch Lines of the 1950s, pp. 23–25
• Lincoln - Daykin, pp. 26–29
• Lincoln - Bellwood, p. 30
• CB&Q Branch Line Operations 1950s, pp. 31–33
• Lincoln - Nebraska City, pp. 34–35
• Lincoln - Brownville, pp. 36–39
• Wymore, pp. 40–41
• Table Rock - Wymore, pp. 42–43
• Wymore - Lester Junction, pp. 44–49
• Hastings - Roseland, pp. 50–51
• Hastings - Hildreth, pp. 52–57
• Hastings - Palmer, pp. 58–59
• Lincoln - Shickley, pp. 60–63
• Lincoln - Daykin (Part 2), pp. 64–67
• Lincoln - Hebron, pp. 68–73
• Sutton - Clay Center, pp. 74–76
• Bibliography, pp. 77–78
• Index, 79-80.

Coil Bound, 86 pages, opens to 8.5 x 11 in., B&W maps, index.Sonrisa Railroad Maps are laid out like a railroad employee timetable. Narrow to fit in a pocket and with a heavier paper cover for protection.

The center fold will present an overall map of the state(s). Includes short lines and major highways to find railroad lines and locations. These maps are updated periodically.Concise, clear maps of today's railroading presented by subdivision for ease in following your favorite line.

These pocket-sized references include station index, locations of detectors, crossovers and tunnels, and major rivers and highways. Soft cover with saddle-stitched binding (except California and Illinois, which are coil bound) Features: New Coil Bound David J.

Cooley Sonrisa Publications 2022

Softcover, 38 pages, opens to 8.5 x 11 in., B&W maps, index.

Sonrisa Railroad Maps are laid out like a railroad employee timetable. Narrow to fit in a pocket and with a heavier paper cover for protection. The center fold will present an overall map of the state(s). Includes short lines and major highways to find railroad lines and locations.

These maps are updated periodically. Concise, clear maps of today's railroading presented by subdivision for ease in following your favorite line. These pocket-sized references include station index, locations of detectors, crossovers and tunnels, and major rivers and highways. Soft cover with saddle-stitched binding (except California and Illinois, which are coil bound).

Features:

• New Soft cover David J. Cooley Sonrisa Publications 2018

Softcover, 38 pages, opens to 8.

5 x 11 in., B&W maps, index.Sonrisa Railroad Maps are laid out like a railroad employee timetable. Narrow to fit in a pocket and with a heavier paper cover for protection. The center fold will present an overall map of the state(s). Includes short lines and major highways to find railroad lines and locations.

These maps are updated periodically.Concise, clear maps of today's railroading presented by subdivision for ease in following your favorite line. These pocket-sized references include station index, locations of detectors, crossovers and tunnels, and major rivers and highways. Soft cover with saddle-stitched binding (except California and Illinois, which are coil bound)

Features:

• New Soft cover David J. Cooley Sonrisa Publications 2018

Softcover, 38 pages, opens to 8.

5 x 11 in., B&W maps, index.Sonrisa Railroad Maps are laid out like a railroad employee timetable. Narrow to fit in a pocket and with a heavier paper cover for protection. The center fold will present an overall map of the state(s). Includes short lines and major highways to find railroad lines and locations.

These maps are updated periodically.Concise, clear maps of today's railroading presented by subdivision for ease in following your favorite line. These pocket-sized references include station index, locations of detectors, crossovers and tunnels, and major rivers and highways. Soft cover with saddle-stitched binding (except California and Illinois, which are coil bound)

Features:

• New Soft cover David J. Cooley Sonrisa Publications 2017

Softcover, 86 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., Color photograph with extended captions. This title is a mile-by-mile tour of the Upper Harlem Line beginning at Brewster, NY at mile 51 from Grand Central Station through mile 127 at Chatham, NY. All photographs are in color. Most locomotives are Alco RS units but others including railcars are included.

Some New Haven, NYO&W and Penn Central show up also. Most pages have 3-4 photos per page which are smaller to fit the page.

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• New Softcover George Povall SilverLake Images 2024

Softcover, 92 pages, B&W photographs and illustrations.

Most of the catalogs are of low-profile locomotives for mining operations. There aren't any catalog pages for the larger 44-ton locomotives Whitcomb produced for many class 1 railroads.

Contents:
Locomotives: Geo. D. Whitcomb Co., pp. 5-78,
Haul-Age, pp. 79-86,
Modern Power for Switching Service, pp. 87-90.
Locomotives for Logging, pg. 91.

This long-awaited book from noted Southern Pacific locomotive authority Bob Church covers all the ten-coupled types, from El Gubernator of the 1880s and the Texas & New Orleans 2-10-0s, to all the 2-10-2s and 4-10-2s. Extensive research has yielded the full details about SP's experiments with valve gear on 2-10-2 number 3769, and equally full details about the design and construction of the three-cylinder locomotives with Gresley valve gear in the SP Class 4-10-2s.

Typical of Church's in-depth information, it has many unpublished photographs, some in color, and includes line profiles, maps, and locomotive/tender plans in its 24 chapters, and also features a chapter on tenders by Arnold Menke. Exhaustive information on history, operations and maintenance is also presented.

No SP fan should be without this book. Signature Press, hardcover with jacket, 534 pages, 795 B&W and color photographs, maps and graphics, bibliography, index.

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• New Hardcover Robert J. Church Signature Press