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Alco Century Series Vol 1 32.50; Vol 2 ..........................36.50 Along the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Rail Line – Arcadia ...................................21.50 Amtrak by the Numbers..................................................75.50 Anthracite Railroads & Mining in Color Vol 2..................48.75 Baltimore & Ohio Vol 2 Sunburst Trail to Chicago..........40.75 Before Guilford ...............................................................35.75 Bethlehem Steel Bethforge Division ..............................25.00 Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna Steel Plant......................25.00 Billboard Refrigerator Cars .............................................56.50 Billion Dollar Coal Field – McDowell County West Virginia...71.50 Bluestone – Norfolk & Western Branch Line ..................25.75 Boston & Maine Memories- Featuring the Photos & Career of Preston Johnson.....46.50


J&O Railroad Productions – Erie Pennsylvania 2012 ....19.50 J&O Railroad Productions – Longest Day in Fostoria ....19.50 JPM – Lehigh & New England Vol 3...............................27.75 JPM – Railfanning the Appalachian Region Vol 1..........27.75 JPM – Short Lines & Branch Lines V1-Lehigh River Valley .27.75 Pentrex – California Northern .........................................27.75 Pentrex – Northeast Sampler .........................................27.75 Pentrex – Return to Feather Canyon..............................27.75 Sunday River – 611 Across the Mountains ....................28.75 Sunday River – Daylight on Tehachapi ..........................32.75 Sunday River – SP Daylights As They Were..................28.75 Sunday River – The Big A 1218 .....................................38.75 Tell Tale – Alco Heaven Vol 1 ........................................22.75 Tell Tale – Alco Heaven Vol 2 ........................................22.75 Tell Tale – Vermont’s Island Line Revisited ...................22.75


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Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio .....................70.75 Pittsburgh Steel Company 1901-1986 Monessen PA ....25.00 Prophet’s Pennsy ...........................................................45.50 Pullman Std. Library V1 -50.50; V8-10 or 12-16 each....36.50 Quincy Mining Company –Hancock, Michigan ...............35.00 Railfan for Life – Photography of Hal Carstens – h/c .....32.75 Railroad Atlas of No. America: GLE; GLW; PNW; Texas, Prairies West, Prairies East, So. East; AZ&NM; Appl. & Pied; Mtns & Plains; So. States, Dakotas & MN each .26.50


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Southern Railway in Color Vol 3.....................................48.75 SP Pictorial Vol 39 Along the Golden State Route .........26.50 SP Pictorial Vol 41 Around the San Francisco Bay ........26.50 Spokane International Ry - Idaho’s Main Line to Canada..45.75 Steel Mill Railroads in Color Vol 4 ..................................48.75 Trackside Around Pittsburgh 1965-2005 w/ Baer...........48.75 Trackside Around Southeastern Pennsylvania 1965-1975...48.75 Train Wreck The Forensics of Rail Disasters .................27.75 Trams and Trolleybuses Worldwide ...............................40.75 Transit in the Triangle – A Century Look at Pittsburgh Public Transit.................60.75


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