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Model Trains → Books and Misc. → Books - Historical
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Features: This authoritative, illustrated history tells the story of one of the country's premier passenger trains, Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited, an institution in New York-to-Chicago rail travel from 1902 to 1955. Text and pictures introduce readers to the posh cars and powerful engines, the luxuries and amenities on board, the stations, terminals and timetables -- everything that made the train the pride of the Pennsylvania. Hardcover, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8", 160 pages, 90 color and 90 B/W photos.
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Features: This richly illustrated volume takes us behind the scenes to show what goes into keeping a railroad running in our era of computer-aided 6,000-horsepower diesel locomotion. From dispatching and signaling, to maintaining locomotives and driving trains; everything it takes to keep a railroad running smoothly and safely. Includes anecdotes from railroad workers as well as the historical evolution of railway vocations and descriptions of how each job has changed over time. Hardcover, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8", 160 pages, 150 color and 75 B/W photos.
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Features: One of America's greatest railroads, serving the Midwest and the South for more than 150 years, the Illinois Central ran some of the nation's most famous passenger trains (most notably the City of New Orleans), as well as a freight service renowned for its quality. Drawing on archival records and interviews, this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated history of the Main Line of Mid-America looks at the motive power and rolling stock, reliable passenger service, crack freight operations, and the IC's most interesting routes. Hardcover, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8", 160 pages, 100 color and 50 B/W photos.
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Features: The Hiawathas -- the Twin Cities Hiawatha, the North Woods Hiawatha and the Midwest Hiawatha -- became known as the fastest trains in America, clocking over 100 miles per hour on daily runs. This authoritative history of Milwaukee Road passenger service is illustrated with evocative color photography detailing the renowned steam and diesel locomotives and their distinctive rolling stock. Includes design drawings, car interiors, route maps and period ads. Hardcover, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8", 160 pages, 120 color photos, 60 b&w photos.
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Features: Canada's first cross-country rail link in 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railway united a vast young nation and opened its remote areas to settlers and commerce. CPR's story unfolds in spectacular sweep and gritty detail, from incorporation to multinational presence. This richly illustrated volume depicts locomotives, rolling stock, employees, the operations and the diverse terrain CPR traversed that made it The World's Greatest Travel System. Hardcover, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8", 160 pages, 100 color and 50 B/W photos.
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Features: Few images speak as clearly of a time and a place as a dramatic black-and-white photograph of an American steam locomotive powering through that storied era of railroad history. All the new photographs in this beautiful book meticulously recreate with stunning images that original monochromatic style, capturing the bygone age of steam rail against the settings of its heyday. Hardcover, 10 x 10", 192 pages, 120 B/W photos.
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Features: Peter Lynch. This illustrated history revisits the days when trains like the Merchants Limited, Yankee Clipper, Cranberry, and Quaker carried tourists and commuters to the great cities of the East Coast. Plenty of photographs and authoritative text chronicle trains and routes detailing motive power, rolling stock, advertising, stations and services that made the New Haven a passenger giant. Hardcover, 8 1/2 x 11", 160 pages, 180 photos.
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Features: Bill Yenne. Classic system maps produced by North American railroads, collected for the first time in a single volume, offer a sweeping view of the industrys remarkable reach in the period of its greatest power. Each railroads routes unfold in multi-page spreads featuring a capsule history, vital specs such as track mileage and years of operation, and period photographs, all detailing their mid-twentieth-century might. Hardcover 8 1/4 x 10 5/8", 176 pages, 25 color and 25 black-and-white photos, 150 diagrams.
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Features: A new generation of locomotives for a changing world: greener, cleaner and just as powerful. This book introduces General Electric's Evolution Series, the company's latest locomotives. Today's railfans will want to read about their development, testing, production and use of the locomotive that, in its first year of production, was offered by every Class 1 railroad in North America. Sean Graham-White. Hardcover, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8", 144 pages, 160 color images.
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Features: In 1972 three great railroads joined forces as the Chessie System, their diesel engines resplendent in a brilliant yellow, blue and vermillion scheme and sporting the stylized Chess-C based on the kitten logo. This book traces the railroad's origins from the B&O and C&O in the early 1960s to the inclusion of the WM a decade later, as well as examines the Chessie System itself, from its major facilities, diesel fleet and intermodal operation to the technological advances that distinguished its reign. Hardcover, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8", 160 pages, 100 color and 50 B/W photos.
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Features: Great ships carried centuries of cargo across the inland sea called the Great Lakes. Although old-style shipping hung on longer in this freshwater environment, technically advanced ships are replacing the steel steamships that rely on experienced captains to maneuver the vessels in and out of tight harbors and around rocky shores. Original and historic images show passenger vessels, ore boats, tugboats, barges and more at work on this inland waterway. Covers early days to the final destination in the boneyard as the old-timers are being replaced by modern-day ships. Franz A. Von Riedel. Paperback, 8-1/2 x 11", 160 pages, 320 b/w images.
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Features: This overview of the great locomotive maker provides a comprehensive account of EMD's history, from the 1920s railcars to the mid-century F units, workhorse GP and SD locomotives, and Dash series; including the company's race with its chief competitor, General Electric, to reach 6,000 horsepower. The EMD's complete story unfolds here in depth and detail with a collection of unpublished color photos and wealth of archival material. Hardcover, 10 x 10", 176 pages, 125 color and 75 B/W photos.
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Features: Traces the postwar Zephyr fleet from the birth of the modern dome car in 1945 through the Burlington Northern merger in 1970. Covers such streamlined passenger train icons as California Zephyr, Denver Zephyr, as well as lesser lights from the CB&Q's timetables, and details Burlington Route's efforts in the 1950s and 60s to maintain passenger service in the face of declining patronage due to airliners and automobiles. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11", 128 pages, 29 color and 175 B/W photos.
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Features: America's success as an industrial nation was built upon the iron tracks of the mighty railroads. This nostalgic, authoritative history of U.S. railroads is richly illustrated and covers everything from a road's beginning to the heyday of the 1940s and 50s, up to the present. Rail buffs will appreciate the detail and focus on railroadings five most fascinating components-locomotives, freight trains, passenger trains, depots and workforce. Softcover 10 x 10", 160 pages, 163 color and 40 B/W photos.
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Features: North American Railroad Bridges by noted author Brian Solomon examines the major types of railroad bridge construction. Bridge use and design principles are described in layperson's terms along with the origins and histories of famous structures such as Hell Gate and Starucca Viaduct. The book is well illustrated with drawings, color and black-and-white photos and period postcards. 160 Pages, Hardbound.
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Features: * Intermodal Railroading Then and Now. * This richly illustrated history chronicles North American intermodal shipping from its inception to the present. Authored by railroad expert Brian Solomon, the book examines the complex relationship between trains, trucks and ocean vessels, from the pioneering efforts of the 1930s to modern double-stack container operations. * Hardbound, 192 Pages, 8-1/2 x 10-5/8".
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Features: This authoritative, illustrated history follows streamliners from 1934 with the launch of the City of Salina right up to Union Pacific's ceding of passenger service to Amtrak in 1971. Dozens of black-and-white images and period color photos depict the City of Portland, City of Denver, City of Los Angeles, City of San Francisco, and City of St. Louis along, with period ads and route maps to complete the picture. Hardbound, 160 pages.
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Features: B&O's glory years are covered using a wealth of images, route information, passenger motive power and details on streamlining of equipment. Excellent cuisine and outstanding service made the Capitol Limited's runs between Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Chicago and The National's trips from Washington, D.C. to St. Louis popular with passengers. Includes the 1981 revival of the Capitol Limited by Amtrak. Joe Welsh. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11", 160 pages, color & b/w images. y.
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Features: The Railroad Color History series book "VIA Rail" is a historical look at Canada's national long-distance passenger railroad. VIA Rail Canada, a Crown corporation, assumed control of CN and CP passenger operations in the 1970s, much like Amtrak did in the U.S. VIA operates a network of 8400mi 14,000km of passenger routes. The author covers all aspects of VIA from its routes to equipment, facilities and more. This book is ideal for anyone with an interest in post-70s Canadian railroading. 160 pages, hardbound.
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Features: An illustrated story of Southern Railway's 88 year tenure, this book examines its impact on transportation in the South. Covers freight and passenger service up to the 1982 merger with Norfolk and Western to form Norfolk Southern. Includes stories about trains like the Crescent and the Southerner and takes in points of interest including the 21.5 mile trestle across Lake Pontchartrain. Tom Murray. Hardcover, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8", 160 pages, 100 color & 50 b/w photos.
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Features: Always setting the pace and pushing the railroad to the fore has been the mighty American locomotive in all its ever-changing, ever-evolving forms. This concise volume traces the transformation and evolution of steam, electric and diesel locomotives from the early 19th century right up to the present. Detailed descriptions identify the more than 100 locomotive types pictured and explain their roles in the history of American motive power. Paperback, 6-1/2 x 8-1/4", 192 pages, 200 color and 50 B/W photos.
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Features: The Chicago & North Western was best known for its Chicago-Twin Cities 400 passenger train. The yellow-and-green 400 Fleet brought people from Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Upper Michigan and southern Minnesota into the big city of Chicago for a day of shopping or business. Coverage includes the Twin Cities 400, Minnesota 400, Peninsula 400, Flambeau 400, Kate Shelley 400 and commuter streamliners. Paperback, 10-1/4 x 8-1/2", 128 pages, 121 B/W photos.
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Features: Following World War II, General Motors Corporation held a virtual monopoly in the bus building business. Their Truck and Coach Division was responsible for many industry-standard and innovative designs including the "New Look" transit and suburban buses. First appearing in 1959, these buses remained nearly the same until a facelift in 1995. This book chronicles the 'look' in color and black and white images. John McKane. Paperback, 8-1/2 x 11", 128 pages, 50 color and 120 b/w images.
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