Motorbooks Model Trains

Americas First Post-War Streamliners. Dixon, TLC. Pere Marquette Railway was used by C&Os Chairman, Robert R. Young, as a test bed for his ideas on how to cure the passenger train problem in America. The new trains were of the latest design and on-board services were superb for coach operation. The story is told in great detail from original documents and with great photos, many of them from C&O official files. Softcover, 8-1/2 x 11'', 80 pages, 130 color and B&W
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Dorin, TLC. An overview of the lines freight trains and cars over the years, with emphasis from the 1930s to modern times. There are great illustrations showing steam and diesel locomotives, cars of all types, and information about how the trains w ere operated. Hardcover, 128 pages, 8-1/2 x 11'', 200 color and B&W
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The Nashville Route. Downey, TLC. The author has given a very complete history of the line and concentrates much of the book on the trains, equipment, and operations, with excellent B&W and color photos, maps and illustrations. It fell on bad d after WWII and eventually its trackage was taken over after 1968 and operated by Southern, Louisville & Nashville, and Illinois Central. Hardcover, 144 pages, 8-1/2 x 11'', 200 color and B&W
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A Western Maryland Predecessor. Clarke, TLC. Beginning as a narrow gauge line in 1880, its name and gauge changed in 1881 and in the ensuing years it opened a huge swathe of timber and coal territory in northern West Virginia to use. The story is c arried down through the WM and Chessie System eras to todays CSX operations on the remaining lines. A must for those interested in West Virginia, mountain railroading, and coal and lumber development. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11'', 160
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This complete and illustrated guide to railroad signaling in the U.S. simplifies and presents the utterly bewildering array of mechanisms, procedures, and rules that have evolved since the 1830s to promote safety, impose control, and disseminate in formation on Americas railways. In addition to providing a brief history of North American signaling from the nineteenth century onward, the author provides photos of equipment and explanations of not only how it works, but how it
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Interesting photographic collections culled from archives throughout the U.S. Rare images include often-overlooked details that are ideal for modelers. Each is softcover, 10-1/4 x 8-1/2'', 128 pages, 120
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Souter. This colorful volume illustrates the history of Lionel electric toy trains. Learn of Lionel's greatest years in the 1950s and 1960s and its resurgence in the 1990sjust in time for the company's 100th anniversary celebration in 2000. Paperba ck, 10 x 10'', 156 pages, 150 color and 50 black-and-white
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All Color Railroad Book Tells Story of the Milwaukee Road. The latest arrival in MBI Publishing's Railroad Color History series tells about the true grit and glory days of one of America's greatest railroads. ''The Milwaukee Road'' covers the histo ry of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad and its predecessors from its beginnings in the late 1800s to its purchase by rival Soo Line in 1985. Images of the roads famous ''Hiawatha'' passenger trains, its
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33 Years of Amtrak. Telling the story about America's passenger railroad, this latest MBI book covers the colorful and controversial 33-year history of the system created in 1971 from the remnants of the railroads' passenger services. Veteran railr oad author Brian Solomon gives us a glimpse of U.S. passenger train service in the years leading up to Amtrak's creation. Also covered are service additions and deletions, and the locomotives and cars Amtrak has operated since its
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Author Pat Dorin gives an excellent overview of The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific passenger trains starting with the streamlined, steam-hauled Hiawatha and following the story through to the introduction of Amtrak(R) and beyond. Cars a overed in detail as well as motive power. Reproduced timetables and ads give a good feel for the passenger era. Modelers, Milwaukee Road fans, and passenger train devotees will all find material of interest in this general
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Complete rosters and data on C&O's transition to diesel power and experience with first- and second-generation diesel locomotives. Follows through the C&O/B&O era up to Chessie System. C&O opted for diesels saying they were a stopga a coal-fired turbine was developed but, seeing the economics, C&O embraced diesel power. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11'', 128 pages, 150 color
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The Story of an Ore Hauler. A new release in MBI Publishing's Railroad Color History series is the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway. Noted railfan and author John Leopard takes us on a tour of this famous iron ore hauler. Beginning with a b look back at its late-nineteenth-century origins in the Duluth & Iron Range and Duluth, Missabe & Northern railroads, this book concentrates on the period from 1937--when those two roads merged under U.S. Steel--to the present.
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Brian Solomon. Here is the detailed and fascinating history of how two legendary railroadsthe Santa Fe and the Burlington Northernmerged in 1995 to create one of Americas new rail icons, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF). Includes BNSFs first decade, the BN and its predecessors (the CB&Q, GN, NP, and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle) plus Santa Fes rich history in the Midwest, Texas, and the Southwest. Also includes ten specially commissioned system maps, and three
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History of a Famous Passenger Train. The latest addition to MBI Publishing's ''Great Passenger Trains'' series, ''Great Northern Empire Builder'' covers the 75-year history of GN's passenger train legacy. From its beginnings as a heavyweight luxury train to its important role in the Amtrak system, this enduring train has long been a popular subject with modelers and
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Brian Solomon. Well into the 1950s, the SP operated an extensive fleet of popular, colorful passenger trains that became the preferred mode of travel for the West Coasts nouveau riche and everyday travelers alike. This history covers their motive p ower, rolling stock, and the SPs services. Archival photographs depict the trains on their routes systemwide from Portland to Los Angeles, Texas, and New Orleans. Hardcover, 8 1/2 x 11'', 160 pages, 90 color and 90 black-and-white
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