and Historical Association 2012 Calen- dar features 13 historic b&w photos and a set of line drawings for an AA standard ca- boose. Photographic subjects include a roster shot of 0-8-0 No. 1520; cabooses 2814 and 2825; four GP35s pulling train FT2 through the snow at Yuma, Mich.; carferry Ann Arbor No.5 stuck in heavy ice; a view of Ann-Pere Tower near Howell, Mich., which controlled the crossing of the Ann Arbor and the Pere Marquette; 4-6-0 No. 153 with a passenger train at Toledo, Ohio; FA2s on freight; and a nice view of the docks at Kewaunee, Wis., with Ann Arbor No. 7 and Pere Marquette No. 2 being switched by Green Bay & West- ern Mikado No. 402. The calendar folds out to 11″×17″ and sells for $12.00 plus $2.00 postage from the Ann Arbor Railroad Tech- nical and Historical Association (AAR- RTHA), P.O. Box 1691, Holland, MI 49422- 1691;
www.trainweb.org/ annarbor/. The Minnesota Rail Calendar 2012 is available from the Northstar Railway Historical Society. Well printed on glossy paper, the full-color, 13-month calendar folds out to 14″×22″. Subjects include Chica- go & North Western Geeps pushing a wedge plow through deep snow; four Northshore Mining SD40-2s on taconite loads; Burling- ton 4-8-4 No. 5632 on a fan trip in 1963; a pair of “The Rock” Geeps on freight in St. Paul; a Metro Transit LRV wrapped to hon- or the Minnesota Twins’ Harmon Killebrew; Amtrak heritage unit No. 156 leading a truncated Empire Builder near Red Wing; Burlington Northern’s three Bicentennial units; Duluth & Northeastern SW1500 No. 35 and caboose; a Minnesota Commercial B36-7; a pair of Progressive Rail six-motor EMD’s; a St. Croix Valley Geep in the snow; and a Red River Valley & Western freight blasting through a snowdrift. The calendar sells for $22.00 postpaid to Minnesota, $21.00 postpaid elsewhere, from Northstar Railway Historical Society, P.O. Box 120832, New Brighton, MN 55112;
www.MnRailCal.com. The Ontario & Western Railway His- torical Society 2012 Calendar features the
UP Calendar Time
Union Pacific needs images of its contemporary operations for its 2013 calendar. Photographers will receive $250 for full, non-exclusive rights for each image published. Selected images will be retained electronically in UP archives.
Digital images should be in TIFF format and submitted on a disk. Cameras capable of at least 10 megs are suggested. Please identify the location of each picture. If slides are submitted, SAS return packaging is appreciated. The deadline for entries is March 1, 2012.
Send entries to: Tina Abbott Bowerman Union Pacific Railroad 1400 Douglas St. Stop 1550 Omaha, NE 68179
Coal Mining on N&W/NS’s Pocahontas Division (1888 -1988) in McDowell County, West Virginia
Billion Dollar Coalfield’s 640 pages, 515 B&W pho- tos and 130 maps and charts is an encyclopedia of the railroad, 200 coal operations and 125 commu- nities on the N&W/NS in McDowell County. Hard cover, 8½ by 11 format on high gloss pages $80.
www.billiondollarcoalfield.com
Gary Hollow’s 480 pages, 475 B&W photos and 110 maps and charts
cover the development of United States Steel’s 14 coal operations on N&W’s Tug Fork Branch along with the eight other mining operations on the branch line. Hard cover, 8½ by 11 format on high gloss pages. $65. Only 90 books left.
www.garyhollow.com
Coalwood’s 400 pages, 445 B&W photos, 90 maps and charts and personal stories tell how George L. Carter developed his coal empire on N&W’s Clear Fork Branch. Coalwood covers cost of mining de- velopment and operations, UMWA unionization of coal industry and the decline of the coal industry after 1950. Hard cover, 8½ by 11 format on high gloss pages. $55.
www.coalwoodmemories.com
Alex Schust 286 Princes Ln Harwood MD 20776
All three books $180 when ordered together
Order direct with check or money order made out to Alex Schust. Domestic U.S. shipped free via media mail. Internatioal orders please inquire at
twomule@comcast.net
By Carl Bajema, Dave Kindem and Jim Budzynski
From 1900 through 1928, the Lake Line interurban carried passengers and express freight to Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon and points in between, while competing with steam railroads for passengers and packages bound for Chicago. Tourists rode to resorts and picnic grounds on Spring Lake as well as to the sandy beaches on Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. See the interurban era come alive with more than 270 photos, maps, ads, timetables, and other illustrations while reading about the role that electric railways played in Michigan’s commerce and recreation.
Order #B-144,
THE LAKE LINE, 224 pages, $55 postpaid, IL residents add $5.37 tax.
Dept RR, P.O. Box 503, Chicago, IL 60690 E-mail:
books@cera-chicago.org. Dealer inquiries invited.
Visit
CERA-Chicago.org for credit card purchases, a free book catalog, membership, monthly meetings & events schedule.
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