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.
New York, Susquehanna & Western, Volume 5: Binghamton to Utica & Syracuse
Regular price$49.95$42.95
Pennsylvania Railroad Dining Car Department Cooking and Service Instructions (Third Edition)
Regular price$21.25$19.95
Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 21: EMD Four-Motor and Six-Motor Freight Diesels
Regular price$37.95$29.95
General Electric 70-Ton Diesel Locomotives
Regular price$38.00$29.95
California's Locomotives: Short Line Steam in the Golden State
Regular price$35.00$14.95
Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 13: EMD Early GP Turbo Locomotives
Regular price$30.95$29.95
Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 12: EMD SD45 Locomotives
Regular price$32.95$29.95
Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 5: General Electric U-Series
Regular price$25.00$22.95
Rio Grande Diesels Volume 3: A Pictorial History
Regular price$24.95$22.95
Union Pacific in the Los Angeles Basin: A History of the SPLA&SL
Regular price$80.00$59.95
Union Pacific West From Leavenworth
Regular price$19.95
The Magor Car Corporation
Regular price$55.00$44.95
American Car & Foundry Box Cars: 1960-1981
Regular price$75.00$59.95
WISCONSIN Railroad Maps
Regular price$11.95
NEBRASKA Railroad Maps
Regular price$11.95
DAKOTAS Railroad Maps
Regular price$11.95
MINNESOTA Railroad Maps
Regular price$11.95
IOWA Railroad Maps
Regular price$11.95
Motive Power on the Delaware & Hudson
Regular price$38.95
Passenger, Freight & Work Equipment on the Delaware & Hudson 1823-1927
Regular price$38.95
Lehigh Valley Diesel Pictorial
Regular price$21.95
MCA Book 61: Standard Tank Car Company Volume 2
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 53: Railroad Structures: Brownhoist, McClintic Marshall and Ogle
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 51: Baldwin Locomotive Works Volume 1
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 47: General Motors Electro-Motive Division Volume 2
Regular price$35.00$29.95
MCA Book 44: Virginian Railway: Demonstration Heavy Tonnage Handling
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 41: Davenport Locomotive Works Volume 1
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 40: Plymouth Locomotives Volume 2
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 35: Atlas Electric Locomotives
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 26: General Motors Electro-Motive Division Volume 1
Regular price$35.00$32.95
MCA Book 17: Ingersoll-Rand Locomotives
Regular price$35.00$29.95
MCA Book 16: Lima Locomotive Works Volume 1
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 13: Plymouth Locomotives Volume 1
Regular price$29.95
MCA Book 7: Roberts & Schaefer Co. Locomotive Coaling Plants
Regular price$29.95
Santa Fe Steam Locomotive Compendium Volume 1 Early Locomotives (on CD-ROM)
Regular price$33.95
Sante Fe in Transition: A Pictorial History
Regular price$29.95
The History of Santa Fe Rail Testing and Rail Test Cars
Regular price$25.95
Santa Fe Depots: The Eastern Lines
Regular price$50.95
The Heart of the Santa Fe: The Middle Division
Regular price$42.95
Santa Fe on the Great Plains: The Photography of Lee Berglund
Regular price$39.95
The Orient
Regular price$65.00$39.95
Trademarks of the Santa Fe Railway and Peripheral Subjects
Regular price$20.95
Watching the Trains Go By: A Narrative of a Santa Fe Railway Man
Regular price$27.95
Life in the Ghost City of Rhyolite, Nevada
Regular price$15.00$12.95
Santa Fe Box Cars: The Shock Control Era 1954-1995
Regular price$52.95
Santa Fe Open-Top Cars: Flat, Gondola and Hopper Cars 1902-1959
Regular price$57.00$34.95
Mechanical Refrigerator Cars and Insulated Refrigerator Cars of the Santa Fe Railway 1949-1988
Regular price$57.00$34.95
Furniture and Automobile Box Cars
Regular price$33.95
The Track Cyclopedia (1985)
Regular price$35.95
Development and Operation of New York's IRT and BMT
Regular price$59.95
Advanced Principles of Track Maintenance
Regular price$150.00$134.95
The Steam Locomotive: Its Theory, Operation and Economics
Regular price$70.95
Single Car Air Brake Test Procedures Manual
Regular price$38.95
Dictionary of Railway Track Terms
Regular price$39.00$34.95
Rights of Trains
Regular price$35.95
How to Ship by Rail
Regular price$24.95
The 1925 Modern American Locomotive: Construction and Operation
Regular price$36.95
Hand Brakes
Regular price$16.95
Guidelines For Trainyard Inspection of Freight Cars: 4th Edition
Regular price$31.95
Fuel Saving Techniques for Railroads
Regular price$31.95
Fundamentals of the Steam Locomotive
Regular price$16.95
Guide to Freight Car Trucks
Regular price$89.95
Understanding and Servicing Freight Car Brake Rigging
Regular price$16.95
Guide to Freight Car Air Brakes Second Edition
Regular price$67.95
The Double-Stack Container Car Manual
Regular price$19.95
Guide to Coupler and Draft Systems for Freight Cars
Regular price$67.95
Basic Steam Locomotive Maintenance
Regular price$70.95
Basic Training Manual for Brakemen and Switchmen
Regular price$17.95
Amtrak: Past, Present, Future
Regular price$39.95$35.95
ABC's of AirBrakes
Regular price$26.95
The Rio Grande Mountains: The Standard Gauge 4-8-2s of the D&RGW
Regular price$35.00$29.95
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume XI Locomotives of the D&RGW
Regular price$36.00$30.95
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume IX: RGS Right of Way
Regular price$30.00$25.95
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume VI: Motive Power of the C&S
Regular price$35.00$29.95
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume V: Cabooses of the D&RGW
Regular price$28.00$23.95
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume II: Passenger Cars of the D&RGW
Regular price$33.00$28.95
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume I: RGS and D&RGW Motive Power
Regular price$33.00$28.95
The Chili Line and Santa Fe The City Different: 3rd Edition
Regular price$59.95$49.95
Rocky Mountain Railroads Volume II: D&RGW Alamosa to Salida
Regular price$48.95$40.95
Rocky Mountain Railroads Volume I: Rio Grande Southern
Regular price$41.95$34.95
People Moving People: The History of VIA Rail Canada
Regular price$74.95
The Brooklyn & Queens Transit
Regular price$19.95$16.95
Unifying the Subways
Regular price$17.95$15.95
Third Avenue Railway: A Cityscape of Manhattan and The Bronx
Regular price$19.95$16.95
Dutch Country Trolleys
Regular price$15.95$13.95
The Hard Coal Carriers Volume 2: Camelback Twilight
Regular price$19.95$16.95
The Hard Coal Carriers Volume 1: First-Generation Geeps
Regular price$19.95$16.95
Memories of Eastern Pennsylvania Railroading
Regular price$24.95$21.95
Lehigh Valley Railroad Passenger Cars: Photo and Diagram Book No. 1
Regular price$24.95
Erie Railroad: New Jersey Memories
Regular price$19.95$16.95
Diamondbugs
Regular price$12.95