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A History of Union Pacific Steam ...................................36.75 American Steel & Wire Company – Cleveland, OH........60.00 American Steel Industry 1850-1970 – A Geographic Interpretation.........................................25.75 Amtrak by the Numbers .................................................75.50 Anthracite Railroads & Mining in Color Vol 2..................48.75 Appalachian Coal Mines & RRs in Color V1 Kentucky...48.75 Baldwin: Fifty Years at Eddystone Book 1: 1906-1939 ...25.75 Baltimore & Ohio Rails Across the Heartland Toledo to Cincinnati......................................................55.75 Baltimore & Ohio Vol 2 Sunburst Trail to Chicago ..........40.75 Bangor & Aroostook Stations & Structures ....................32.75 Before Guilford ...............................................................35.75 Billboard Refrigerator Cars.............................................56.50 Boston & Maine Memories- Featuring the Photos & Career of Preston Johnson ....46.50


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A Mill on the Point: 125 Years of Steel Making at Sparrows Point, MD ....................................27.75 America’s Greatest Circus Train.....................................50.75 Amtrak Past Present Future...........................................32.75 Amtrak Power in Color Vol 1...........................................48.75 Atlantic Coast Line Freight Equip Data Book 1947 ........29.50 Baltimore & Ohio Pacific Locos- Handsome Pass Workhorses..27.75 Baltimore & Ohio R.R. – Steam on the West Slope .......19.50 Big Hooks – Railway Cranes..........................................36.75 Burlington Northern Diesel Locomotive Diagrams.........29.50 Burlington Northern RR Branch Lines The Nebraska Experience.27.75 Canadian National Steam Vol 1 h/c 65.75; s/c ...............45.75 Canadian Trackside Guide 2013 ....................................32.50 Central of Georgia Railway Loco Diagrams 1947 ..........29.50 Central of Georgia Ry Passenger Equipment 1954 .......34.50 Chattanooga’s Transportation Heritage – Arcadia..........21.50 Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Class 2-8-4 Steam Locos.......23.75 Conrail Atlantic Region in Color Vol 1 1976-1978 ..........48.75 Delaware & Hudson Bridge Line Freight 1960-1983 Vol 1 The North End...................................70.75


L&N Cumberland Valley Division Album 1945-1985 ......27.75 Lackawanna Plant – Bethlehem Steel Co Ore to Iron to Finished Steel........................................27.00 Lehigh Valley Railroad A Photo Album...........................45.50 Logging RRs of the Blue Ridge & Smoky Mtns Vol 2.....44.75 Long Island Railroad in Color Vol 1, 2, 3 or 4 each........48.75 Mastering Iron – The Struggle to Modernize an American Industry 1800-1868.................................40.75 Merchants Despatch ......................................................60.75 Milwaukee Road Locos Vol 2 or 3 each 55.50 V4..........55.75 Minnesota RRs A Photographic History 1940-2012.......36.75 More Chicago & North Western in Minnesota................60.75 Nevada Central Sagebrush Narrow Gauge - Ferrell .....40.75 New York Central Trackside Big Apple to Buffalo 1965-69..48.75 New York City Electrified RRs in Color Vol 1 or 2 each ..48.75


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Britain’s World of Steam................................................40.00 Diesels & Electrics Vol 1 30.00; Vol 2............................34.00 London Transport Trams A Black & White Album..........42.00 London Trolleybuses A Black & White Album ...............42.00 London Underground Stations......................................52.00 London United Electric Tramways.................................52.00 Piccadilly Tube A History of the First 100 Years............42.00 Railways of Jamaica .....................................................52.00 The Shelter of the Tube.................................................36.00 Tourist Railways Around Belgium & Luxembourg.........19.00 Trains Coal & Turf – Transport in Emergency England..45.75 Underground Pioneers – London..................................24.00 Underground Train File Surface Stock 1933-59............24.00 Underground Train File – Tube Stock 1933-59..............22.00 World Gazetter Part 4 North America...........................25.00


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British Columbia Railway to BC Rail Vol 1......................65.75 Budd Passenger Cars Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 7 ........each 36.50 Burlington Route Passenger Trains Vol 3 .......................55.75 California Trolleys in Color Vol 2 San Francisco .............48.75 Canadian Pacific’s Esquimalt & Nanaimo Ry – H/C.......45.75 Canyon Lands and Super Chiefs –Santa Fe – Arizona..65.75 Centercabs & Kitchens – O&W......................................23.75 Chesapeake & Ohio A Concise History and Fact Book .27.75 Chicago & North Western in Color Vol 4 1965-1995......48.75 Chicago Railroad Scenes in Color Vol 1 or 2 each ........23.75 Cincinnati Railroad Heritage Color Pictorial...................55.75 Colorado Rail Annual 31 Colorado RR Water Tanks......40.75 Conrail in Color Vol 1, 2 or 3 each..................................48.75 Crowell Lumber Mill – Rapidus Parish, LA ....................35.00 Cumbres & Toltec – A Photographic Tribute...................45.50 Dayton & Troy Electric Railway.......................................20.75 Detroit & Toledo Shore Line RR–Expressway for Industry ...70.75 Diesels of the Reading Vol 1 ..........................................60.75 Durango & Silverton – Furukawa ...................................45.50 East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co Rockhill Furnace ...35.00 East Broad Top Slim Gauge Survivor.............................45.75 Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway – Signature Press.........56.50 Erie Lackawanna in Color Vol 8 NY Division..................48.75 Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway 1885-1905 – s/c ............27.75 For Pullman Eyes Only – Rare Internal Files of the Operating Dept ....................23.75 Ghost Rails Vol 9 State Line Legends- Ohio/PA Industrial Lines...............................................36.75 Gilpin Railroad Era.........................................................78.50 Grand Central Terminal 100 Years of a New York Landmark ...36.75 Great Northern Railway Route of the Empire Builder ....34.75 Heisler Locomotive 1891-1941 – Reprint s/c .................36.75 Industrial Railroading in Color Vol 1 or 2 each ...............48.75 Interstate RR History of an Appalachian Coal Road......38.75 Jersey Central Communipaw Engine Terminal & South Brooklyn 29th


Erie Lackawanna Power in Color Vol 1...........................48.75 Extra Narrow Gauge Junction – Maine 2ft .....................55.75 Fast Trains World Wide...................................................27.75 Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the American West ..........25.75 Gateway Yard-Youngstown, Ohio-Pittsburgh & Lake Erie.....60.00 Great Northern Railway Freight Car Diagrams 1955 .....34.50 It’s Lonely at the Top – Narrow Gauge Railroad Logging in California’s Lake Cty...................................19.50 Joint Line -1880-1995 ....................................................40.75 Lehigh & New England RR & Its Successors in Color ...48.75 Life on a Locomotive – C&NW.......................................27.75 Locomotives of Severn-Lamb Ltd...................................22.00 Louisville & Nashville Diesel Locos 1972, revised 1976 29.50 Maybrook Gateway – H/C ..............................................53.75 Milwaukee Road Thru Pass Service Vol 1 1941-1956 ...48.75 Miniature Locomotives of David Curwen........................22.00


Denver & Rio Grande RR San Juan Ext-Wolf Creek Trestle 1883.27.00 Diesel’s First 50 Years ....................................................74.75 Durham Union Station –Durham, NC.............................27.00 El Camino Real and the Route of the Daylight...............36.75 Electric Pullman – History of Niles Car & Mfg Co ..........27.75 Electric Traction Along the Stillwater – Dayton Covington & Piqua...........................................22.75


Republic Steel-Corrigan, McKinney Works-Cleveland, Ohio ...60.00 Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Linking North & South ..38.75 Rio Grande -Chasing the Narrow Gauge – Vol 1 or Vol 2 –@ 52.50; Vol 3......................................54.75 Rio Grande A Last Look Back 1974-2010......................65.75 Road of Service – Perspectives on the North Shore Line .30.75 Rock Island in Minnesota...............................................48.75 Rocky Mountain Railroads Vol 1 39.50; Vol 2.................44.50 Santa Fe The Final Years in Color Vol 1 or 2 each.........48.75 Sawdust on Leatherbark – Mills at Cass, WV................23.75 Seaboard Coast Line in Color........................................48.75 South Park’s Gunnison Div Memories & Then Some.....58.75 Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Vol 18 Alco & GE Diesel Switchers..............................32.75


New York Subway Cars From R-1 to R-160 ...................60.75 North Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad Station.........27.00 Northern Pacific Through Passenger Service ................48.75 Nothing Could be Finer than a Frisco Diner...................55.75 O. Winston Link: Life Along the Line...............................36.75 Penn Central in Color Vol 1, 2, 3 or 4 each ....................48.75 Penn Central Power in Color Vol 1 Freight Cab Units ....48.75 Penn Central Through Passenger Service.....................48.75 Pennsylvania RR Facilities in Color Vols 1 - 17 each.....48.75 Pennsy RR Gondolas Revenue & Work Equip 1869-1968..45.75 Pennsy RR Vol 1: Building and Empire 1846-1917 ........70.75 Pittsburgh Steel Company 1901-1986 Monessen PA ....25.00 Pittsburgh Trolleys in Color Vol 1....................................48.75 Prophet’s Pennsy ...........................................................45.50 Pullman Std. Library V1-50.50;V8-10 or 12 - 16 each....36.50 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 Railroad Atlas of NA –Ont, Manitoba, Quebec, W. Canada, New Eng., CA&NV or CO&UT @28.50; Northeast .....32.50 RR Atlas of the US Vol 1, 2, or 3 each 60.50; Vol 4........65.75 Railroad Critters in Color Vol 1, 2 or 3 each..................48.75 Railroad in the Sky – Bodie Railway & Lumber Co H/C...27.75 Railroad Night Scenes ...................................................40.50 Rails Around Lake Tahoe ...............................................56.75 Railway Prototype Cyc. Vol 10 - 14 @ 23.50; Vol 15, 16, 18 @ 26.50; 19, 25 @................................28.50


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Missouri-Kansas-Texas in Color Vol 2 The Red Era.......48.75 Modeling the White Pass................................................32.75 Montana Central Ry: Copper, Coal and the Empire Builder....23.75 More Black Bear Tracks – Algoma Central.....................25.00 Morristown & Erie Vol 1 The Early Years 1895-1952......48.50 Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Pass Cars 1947 ......29.50 Norfolk Southern Passenger Equip Diagrams 1985.......29.50 Northern Pacific Tacoma, WA Passenger Station ..........27.00 Off the Main Line A Photographic Odyssey ...................50.75 Pacific Electric Cars A Pictorial Journey 1911-1953......65.75 Penn Central Power in Color Vol 2 .................................48.75 Pennsylvania Railroad Advertising Art ...........................85.75 Pennsylvania Railroad Harbor Facilities.........................27.00 Pennsylvania RR Inspection of Physical Property 1948......70.00 Pennsylvania RR Record of Transportation Lines 1940.......30.00 Pennsylvania Railroad’s Cleveland Docks .....................27.00 Potomac Yard – Gateway Between the North and South ..65.75 Prairie Depots in Color V1 GN, MP, A&O, SLSF & MKT ..48.75 Railroad Atlas of the United States Vol 5 MN & IA.........65.75 Railroads For Michigan ..................................................45.75 Rails Around Missouri ....................................................50.75 Railway Prototype Cyclopedia 26...................................28.50 Rock Island Line ............................................................45.75 Rock Island Requiem.....................................................34.75 Routes Not Taken - A Trip Thru NYC’s Unbuilt Subway System.32.75 Santa Fe Depots Volume 1 Engineering Series Vol 7 ....23.75 Santa Fe Depots Volume 2 Engineering Series Vol 8 ....23.75 Santa Fe Los Angeles Division ......................................80.75 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad & Predecessors Equipment Vol 3 ..................55.75 Southern Pacific Lines Standard Design Depots ...........65.75 Southern Pacific Painting and Lettering Guide ..............55.75 Southern Ry Company Spencer Shops 1896-1960.......27.00 Southern Railway Passenger Equipment 1954..............34.50 St Paul Union Depot.......................................................36.75 Steel Mill Railroads in Color Vol 5 ..................................48.75 Tacoma Rail – Arcadia ...................................................21.50 The Railroad Was Our Life – Boston & Maine................39.00 Tooele Valley Railroad – Utah – Arcadia........................21.50 Via in Color The First 25 Years.......................................48.75 Virginian Railway Heritage Trail......................................29.75 Western Maryland Ry Revenue Equipment: Gondolas..35.00 Western Pacific Freight Cars 1966.................................29.50


Spokane International Ry – Idaho’s Main Line to Canada...45.75 Steam Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway.......55.75 Steel Mill Railroads in Color Vol 2, 3 or 4 each ..............48.75 Steel- The Photo of the Bethlehem Steel Plant 1989-1996..55.75 Tank Cars Color Guide Vol 1 or 2 each..........................48.75 The Town that Loved KATY............................................27.75 Trackside Around Pittsburgh 1985-2005 w/ Baer...........48.75 Trackside Around Southeastern Pennsylvania 1965-1975 ..48.75 Trackside w/ Via Cross Canada Compendium & Roster (2 vols) .36.75 Train Wreck The Forensics of Rail Disasters..................27.75 Transit in the Triangle – A Century Look at Pittsburgh Public Transit.................60.75


Transit Progress Derailed – Ontario Hydro’s Radial Electric Railway Scheme ........27.75 Union Pacific in the Los Angeles Basin..........................75.50 Union Pacific’s M-10000 and Early Streamliner Era 1934-1941.70.75 United States Steel Corporation Duquesne Works, PA..25.00 Vintage Cubano .............................................................70.75 Virginian Rails 1953-1993..............................................45.75 West Virginia Railroads – V1 24.50; V2 C&O, V3 B&O, V4 VGN, or V5 Logging @ .............27.75


Western Maryland Ry Cumberland Ext 1904-1906 –IA......60.00 Western Ohio Railway....................................................20.75 Wood & Steel Maintenance of Way Structures & Fixtures-O&W..23.75 Zephyr Rocket ................................................................36.75


Southern Pacific Lines Across Texas & Louisiana 1934-1961 .82.75 Southern Pacific Pass Cars V2 or 3 @125.00; V4 or 5 @.145.00 Southern Pacific’s Golden Empire 1954-1958 ...............80.75 Southern Railway Montpelier Station.............................35.00 SP Narrow Gauge Loco and Freight Equipment............80.75


C-Liners.......................................................................75.00 Die Day in LA ..............................................................60.00 Electric Heritage of the LIRR.......................................30.00 Norfolk & Western Railway A & J ................................35.00 Northeast Railroad Scene Vol 1-6 each ......................30.00 Off With the Old On With the New – Bessemer...........40.00 Powell River’s Railway Era – British Columbia ............45.00 Quarter Century of Santa Fe Consists........................75.00 Rails Along the Battenkill.............................................40.00 Reading Steam Pictorial..............................................50.00 Roaring U-50s .............................................................60.00 Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Vol 1, 2, or 3 each.150.00 Streamliner Cars Vol 2 or 3 each...............................125.00 Surfliners .....................................................................40.00 Trains to the Russian River .........................................45.00 Union Pacific Freight Cars 1936-1951.........................60.00 Union Pacific Locomotives Vol 1 or 2 each..................40.00 Virginian Era................................................................40.00 Wheeling & Lake Erie..................................................45.00 Wisconsin Rails Vol 1 or 2 each ..................................45.00


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