Motorbooks Model Trains

Follows Samuel Insull's Great Chicago Systems into downtown Chicago. Powered by electric traction, the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad and the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad carried passeng ers from outlying towns into the big city. Includes the Skokie Valley Route, South Shore Lines and Sunset Lines. Vintage photographs, timetables and poster advertising are featured. John Kelly. Paperback, 8-1/2 x 10-1/4'', 128
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A comprehensive look at all the ore docks constructed on the Great Lakes, this book includes their operational life span up to the present. All the iron ore in the Lake Superior Iron Ore District was transported by rail to one of these great docks. Features numerous photos of ore docks and ore cars, ore car schematics and other data. Patrick C. Dorin. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11'', 128
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''Santa Fe Passenger Trains in California'' tells the story of Chico's trains in the Golden State beginning in the 40s as well as those of successor lines including Amtrak and commuter agencies. It covers services, routes, equipment and more in its 100 pages.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the Coal Fields of West Virginia and Kentucky is a historical look at the C&O's numerous mainlines and branches in a scenic region of the
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A collection of the best photographs from the bestselling railway magazine, Steam Railway. Hardcover, 9-7/8 x 9-7/8'', 164 pages,
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An album of 135 color photos of the B&O, C&O and WM during the Chessie era. Most of the images are from 1972 through the late 1980s making this book a valuable reference for Chessie System modelers. Thomas W. Dixon, Jr. Paperback, 8-1/2 x 1 pages, 135 color
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Showcases Chicago's six major railroad stations and the trains that served them with historic photos featuring name trains and architectural details. Includes maps, timetables and promotional
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Authoritative, complete guide to Lionel's operating cars, book lists price and rarity. Includes all known and authenticated operating car variations, original boxes, insert & liners, packed envelopes, instruction sheets and any other peripheral at came with the operating car. Introduction by Roger Carp of Classic Toy Trains details the history of Lionel's operating cars. Based on authentic Lionel documents and expert observations of authors Joseph P. Algozzini and
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Lists and values vintage Lionel uncataloged train sets (known as promotional outfits) using original company documents. Provides complete information on special sets made for retail and promotional firms like Sears, Montgomery Ward, JC Penney, Spie gel, Western Auto, A&P, Quaker Oats, S&H Green Stamps and more. John W. Schmid. Paperback, 8-1/2 x 11, 848 pages, 1500 color
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Overview of facilities on America's railroads concentrating in the late-steam early-diesel era. Includes roundhouses, coaling and sanding towers, water stations and
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During World War II the B&O purchased its last class of steam locomotives, the EM-1 2-8-8-4 simple articulated. Though the railroad desired to purchase diesels, wartime restrictions dictated this final order for big steam. EM-1s moved plenty of traffic and then served for ten more years hauling fast freights, coal trains and, occasionally, passenger runs over the B&O's heaviest grades. Softbound, 71 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11''
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All about how this all-coach train of only five cars powered by a Pacific 4-6-2 served as an emblem of hope that railroads could retain passenger service despite highway and airline
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