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Features: The images of this colorful New England railroad give a glimpse of the trains, stations and surroundings reaching back as far as 1941. Noted area railroad expert George Melvin lends his expertise to this all-color book.
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Features: Noted rail author Jim Boyd brings together the three volume set covering the colorful Bulington Northern system in its transition years. This volume covers the "green" years leading up to the BNSF merger.
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Features: Pre-1950s color railroad photography in the Deep South is exceptionally rare and this book contains a lot of it!
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Features: Detailed captions along with rare color photography of the early Milwaukee electric operations make this a must have book.
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Features: Stations, towers, yards, shops all put in context with trains and operations on the eastern end of the LV.
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Features: This fascinating all-color book takes readers out of the suburban zone and into the New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania for a colorful look at DL&W stations, servicing facilities and more.
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Features: This handy volume is a great reference to regional railroads and shortlines in western Canada. A few roads covered include BC Rail, government hoppers, Northern Alberta Railways and more--but no CP or CN!
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Features: This all-color book takes us on a journey up the mighty Mississippi River into St. Louis, Chicago, the Twin Cities and elsewhere in the transition era.
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Features: A station-by-station look at the seldom-photographed PRR operations on the Delmarva Peninsula. Baldwins abound as the photographer takes us from Wilmington to Cape Charles in the Pennsy's last years.
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Features: This all-color book follows Michigan's most distinctive railroad from beginning to end with stunning photographs and informative text about the railroad and it's relationship with Lake Michigan carferries.
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Features: This all-color book is the photographic record of an Erie RR operator who carried his camera at work and on trips in eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania steel and coal country. He photographed the railroad scene in heavy industrial territory during the steam- and classic diesel-eras.
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Features: This all-color book visits trolley systems in western Canada including those in Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Nelson, Regina, Saskatoon, Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg. In text and captions to over 250 rare color images, author Robert Halperin gives detailed accounts of these systems.
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Features: Covers the last of Rio Grande's mainline steam in freight and passenger service as well as the early diesel roster including everything from FTs to SD9s. for added interest, the author has provided details by a former D&RGW employee.
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Features: This all-color book examines stations, towers, roundhouses and maritime structures along the C&O. This volume also features plenty of C&O train images and detailed commentary by noted C&O expert E.L. Huddleston.
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Features: An all-color look at the NP's final decade in more than 250 color photographs. The first generation of diesels was yielding to the second, while the road readied itself for the upcoming BN merger.
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Features: A look at the vital east end of the New York Division in full color through its facilities. Included are images ranging from the impressive Penn Station to simple stations and crew buildings in locations like Waverly Yard.
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Features: A fond look back at the SCL, SOU, CG, L&N, regional roads and shortlines in Georgia through the lens of an EMD employee in the process of delivering new locos.
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Features: The much maligned Penn Central operated an amazing variety of diesel locomotives mostly inherited from its three predecessors NYC, PRR and NH. See them in operation on freights, commuter trains and through passenger service in this 128-page book.
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Features: The cars that made the money! Box cars, gondolas, coil cars, covered hoppers, flat cars, hoppers, ore jennies, reefer and stock cars. Theyre all here whether bought brand new by CNW, inherited from predecessors or purchased second-hand.
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Features: Dave McKay was schooled in photography and took his talent trackside to capture the numerous rail lines that surrounded his Eastern Ohio home. N&W, PRR, PC, CR, B&O, EL and NYC are just the trunk lines. Many other shortlines, terminal carriers, steel companies and industrials are included in this sweep through the east end of the Buckeye State.
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Features: A look at post-war railroading on the CP, MILW, DRGW, ATSF, UP, SP and more. Photographers Vincent A. Purn and John A. Knauff traveled the western states and provinces photographing vanishing steam, shiny streamliners and other railroad subjects.
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Features: Photographer Joe Elliott roamed rail lines in the Twin Cities for four years between 1968-1972 capturing the vanishing passenger fleets of the GN, NP, CB&Q, MILW, CNW and RI. He also paid attention to freight lines such as CGW, SOO, MN&S and others, making this book a must-have for modelers of railroads serving Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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Features: An all-color look at stations, shop buildings, roundhouses and other structures. With text by noted B&O authority Bob Withers, this book is a must-have for B&O fans and modelers.
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Features: This book features unique color photos by NYC company photographer Ed Nowak. The book follows the development of NYC's passenger service in the streamliner era from 1943-1950.
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Features: A compilation of rare images of the WM during the transition era. By Jeremy F. Plant.
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Features: An all-color look at the short period when newly merged Burlington Northern took over Hill lines passenger operations in the months before the Amtrak startup. Photographer George Strombeck captured BN trains and shares a look at the early Amtrak years on BN lines.
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Features: This all-color book is a photographic look at the stations, towers, bridges and more along the west end of the Pennsy's New York Division mainline, plus images of facilities on several area branches.
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Features: This all-color book covers the stations, towers, bridges and other facilities on the LV's Wyoming Division Main and L&S District.
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Features: A colorful look at the electrified lines in the Hawkeye State. Lines shown include Cedar Rapids & Iowa City, Charles City Western, Des Moines Rwy., DM&CI, Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern, Iowa Terminal, MC&CL, O&CB, Sioux City Service, Southern Iowa Rwy., and WCF&N.
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