Model Trains

Features: Bagdon, TLC. The complete story from 1912 to its end in 1971, when the last log train arrived in Rainelle, West Virginia, just before the mill was closed. In 1958 the first diesels came to supplant the Shays, Heisler, and Climax that had powered the trains up until that time. Some of Meadow Rivers equipment went to the Cass Scenic Railroad. Softcover, 80 pages, 8-1/2 x 11", 130 B&W illustrations.
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Features: Tillotson, TLC. The author looks at each and every class from beginning to end and fully illustrates them both with roster photos and with action pictures. About 90% of the book consists of excellent photos of trains at various locations across the system with extended, detailed captions. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11", 112 pages, 30 color and 162 B&W images.
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Features: Dining On The Shore Line Route. Frattasio, TLC. Along with the cars themselves, the spotlight shines on the people behind this New England railroads highly regarded dining and grill car services. China patterns are illustrated, with an appetizing selection of authentic railroad recipes. Softcover, 8-1/2 x 11", 112 pages, 200 B&W photos.
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Features: Covers the history of the railroad and its towns, operations, structures and equipment with maps, B&W and color photos and first-hand stories. Included are the accounts of riding and working some of the actual jobs on the railroad written in railroad lingo. Hardcover, 144 pages, 8-1/2 x 11", 220 color and B&W photos.
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Features: Link. The history of electric locomotives in the U.S. begins with their development in East Coast urban centers. Railways that used or continue to use electric locomotives are depicted in the book including: the B&O, PRR, NH, NYC, N&W, IC, MILW and Amtrak. Softcover, 8-1/4 x 9", 96 pages, 80 color photos.
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Features: This comprehensive, illustrated guide is the definitive reference to major North American railyards more than 70 in all. Over the past 13 years the author has visited each yard gathering brief histories, operating data, information on unique characteristics, and photographs. In the relatively few cases in which yards have been downsized or closed, the author includes the most recent information. Hardcover, 240 pages, 200 color and 50 B&W photos, 20 diagrams, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8". Railroad classification yards are sprawling, multi-acre facilities featuring miles of complex track and "sidings" where rolling stock is dropped off, sorted, and otherwise switched from train
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Features: 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 the 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 photos.
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Features: 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 were operated. Hardcover, 128 pages, 8-1/2 x 11", 200 color and B&W photos.
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Features: 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 days 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 illustration.
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Features: 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 carried 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 pages, 200 B&W photos.
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Features: 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. Paperback, 10 x 10", 156 pages, 150 color and 50 black-and-white photos.
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Features: * 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 history 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 sprawling facilities in Milwaukee, its legendary electrified lines out west and more paint a portrait of "America's Resourceful Railroad.".
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Features: 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 are covered 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 overview of the period and the great service of the Milwaukee Road. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11", 144 pages, 200 black-and-white photographs.
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Features: 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 stopgap measure until 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 photos.
...more about the Motorbooks International TLC Publication - Book -- Chesapeake & Ohio Diesel Locomotives 1949-1971 in Color

Features: 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 exclusive yard diagrams. Hardcover, 10 1/2 x 12", 288 pages, 200 color and 50 black-and-white images, 10 diagrams.
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Features: * 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 power, 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 photos.
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