Model Trains

Features: Author Ed Miller chronicles events on the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley railroads during the 1950s and 1960s.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Trackside Around Scranton 1952-1976 with Edward S. Miller

Features: The third installment of the coverage of the "Q" with more than 250 vintage color scenes.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Vol 3 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy

Features: Follow traction photographer Ed Miller as he crisscrosses the country in the 1950s to record the passing of the trolley in more than 240 color scenes that not only show traction but a way of life in the streets of America that has long vanished.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Street Car Scenes of the 1950s in Color

Features: Travel from Chicago to New York with a B&O management trainee who recorded this railroad when steam and diesel both ruled its lines.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Trackside Along The B&O 1957-1958

Features: The ACL's purple, silver and gold trim stood out in a sea of box car red and hopper black. Yet, in many respects, its equipment was quite conservative. This 128 page book includes hundreds of vintage color photos.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Atlantic Coast Line Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment

Features: First in a two volume set that covers passenger cars and non-revenue equipment. Includes over 300 vintage color photos.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Canadian National Color Guide to Freight and Pasenger Equipment Volume 1

Features: View the revenue freight equipment of the Milwaukee Road through more than 300 color photos in this hardcover, 128 page book.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Milwaukee Road Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 2

Features: Take a tour around the lines that served Philadelphia during the 40s, 50s and 60s. Features steam and diesel on the Pennsy, B&O, Reading and PRSL. Includes 250+ color photos.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Trackside Around Philadelphia 1945-1969 in Color

Features: Travel along with SP "company" photographers as they capture steam-powered freights and passenger trains, new diesels and special events in full color. These photos were commissioned by the SP in the late 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, for all types of corporate purposes - advertising, brochures, annual reports, etc.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Southern Pacific- Official Color Photography, Volume 1

Features: View the freight, passenger and non-revenue equipment of the N&W through more than 300 color photographs from the 1950s, 60s, right up to the merger into Norfolk Southern.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Norfolk & Western Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment

Features: A railroad hub second in importance only to Chicago is examined during the 1950s road-by-road. See A&S, B&O, C&EI, C&NW, CB&Q, NYC, GM&O, IC, IT, MKT, Frisco, PRR, MP, SSW, TRRA and Wabash when their first generation diesels gleamed in their newness.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Trackside Around St. Louis 1952-59 w/Jim Ozment

Features: Lawson Hill's camera captured New York Central's earliest diesels that conquered the hills of the B&A; the transition from steam to diesel on the B&M; and the unique DL109s of the New Haven.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Trackside Around Boston 1942-62 w/Lawson Hill

Features: Discover how Alco got into the passenger diesel market in the 1940s and the technological breakthrough that resulted in the most famous locomotive of that classic first generation era, the magnificent PA.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Passenger Alcos in Color by Jim Boyd

Features: Small in route-miles, the CV was still big-time railroading in the 1950s and 60s. With top-notch through trains, 2-10-4s and quartets of Geeps, CV was a road well worth visiting. 128 pages.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Central Vermont in Color

Features: During the late 50s and early 60s, Shuman recorded quite a few PRR electrics in action on the west end of the electrified zone. This book features some of the most beautiful Pennsy color work to be found on the mainline, the A&S and the Port Road.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Trackside,Under Pennsy Wires with James P. Shuman

Features: Celebrating 150 years of the L&N, a myriad of box cars and other diverse freight cars of the Old Reliable are featured in full color in this new book. More than 300 photos illustrate L&Ns commitment to customer service. 128 pages.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Louisville & Nashville Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Vol 1

Features: The steam, diesel and electric fleet of the NdeM is examined through more than 250 vivid color photographs taken by the author. From 4-8-2's to Geeps, Centipedes to F-units, and more!
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- NdeM (National Railways of Mexico) in Color

Features: Take a class by class tour of the CNJ's varied roster from diminutive 0-6-0's to heavy duty 2-8-2's. Then, go out on the road, for an excursion up the mainline featuring almost all classes. Hardcover, 128 pages, full-color.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Jersey Central Steam in Color

Features: A class-by-class review of post-war B&O steam at rest and at work.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Baltimore and Ohio Steam in Color

Features: C&EI served its customers with its merchandise and coal service as well as a classy set of passenger trains. Covers the 1940s right up to the 1970 split-up into L&N and MP. Hardcover, 128 pages, full-color.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Chicago & Eastern Illinois in Color

Features: First-hand recollections and photography from an on the ground Pennsy employee during the 1950s and 60s.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Trackside on the PRR North of Washington, DC, with Wayne Sherwin

Features: D&H steam departed relatively early making this all-color compilation quite rare. See everything from Camelbacks to Challengers at rest and work in more than 200 photos. Hardcover, 128 pages, full-color.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Delaware & Hudson Steam in Color

Features: Box cars, reefers, stock cars, gondolas, hoppers, flats and caboosesThey're all here in full color, expertly captioned. More than 300 views. Hardcover, 128 pages, full-color.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Canadian National Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Vol 2

Features: Famed photographer Emery Gulash takes the reader out on his home turf to photograph the ever-changing scene on the New York Central Michigan Central trackage from 1940 right up to the 1968 Penn Central merger.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Michigan Central Trackside with Emery Gulash

Features: The seldom-photographed Union Railroad fed the blast furnaces of Pittsburgh, PA with its fleet of EMD switchers and "Buffalos." Hardcover, 128 pages, full-color.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Union Railroad in Color

Features: Follow this fascinating carrier from the Motor City southward into the Midwest as it battled to maintain traffic against much larger competition. More than 200 color photos detail the entire system. Hardcover, 128 pages, full-color.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton in Color

Features: Through the camera lens of photographer Eugene Van Dusen, the reader is taken across the Illinois Terminal system in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Both freight and passenger operations are shown. Hardcover, 128 pages, full-color.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Illinois Terminal In Color Volume 2

Features: View the freight, passenger and non-revenue equipment of the Erie Railroad, as well as the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western through more than 300 color photos. Hardcover, 128 pages, full-color.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Erie/DL&W Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment

Features: Covers 1946 to 1968 in 185 color photos including 47 rare steam shots.
...more about the Morning Sun Books Inc Book -- Delaware & Hudson in Color Volume I