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A History of Union Pacific Steam ...................................39.75 America’s Greatest Circus Train .....................................50.75 American Steel & Wire Company – Cleveland, OH........60.00 American Steel Industry 1850-1970 – A Geographic Interpretation.........................................25.75 Amtrak by the Numbers..................................................75.50 Amtrak Past Present Future ...........................................32.75 An Illustrated Guide to American Freight Train Equipment ...32.75 Baldwin: Fifty Years at Eddystone Book 1: 1906-1939 ...25.75 Baltimore & Ohio Pacific Locomotives- Handsome Passenger Workhorses..............................27.75 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 Billboard Refrigerator Cars.............................................56.50 Boston & Maine Memories- Featuring the Photos & Career of Preston Johnson...........................46.50 Budd Passenger Cars Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 7 ........each 25.00 Burlington Route Passenger Trains Vol 3 .......................55.75 Canadian Pacific’s Esquimalt & Nanaimo Ry – H/C.......45.75 Canadian Trackside Guide 2013 ....................................32.50 Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Class 2-8-4 Steam Locos .......23.75 Cincinnati Railroad Heritage Color Pictorial ...................55.75 Colorado Rail Annual 31 Colorado RR Water Tanks ......40.75 Conrail Atlantic Region in Color Vol 1 1976-1978...........48.75 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 Diesel’s First 50 Years ....................................................74.75 Durango & Silverton – Furukawa ...................................45.50 Durham Union Station –Durham, NC.............................27.00 East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co Rockhill Furnace ...35.00 East Broad Top Slim Gauge Survivor .............................45.75 Electric Traction Along the Stillwater – Dayton Covington & Piqua ...........................................22.75 Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway – Signature Press.........56.50 Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway 1885-1905 – s/c.............27.75 Extra Narrow Gauge Junction – Maine 2ft......................55.75 Fast Trains World Wide...................................................27.75 For Pullman Eyes Only-Rare Internal Files of Operating Dept....23.75 Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the American West ..........25.75 Gateway Yard – Youngstown, Ohio – Pittsburgh & Lake Erie...60.00 Ghost Rails Vol 9 State Line Legends- Ohio/PA Industrial Lines.36.75 Gilpin Railroad Era .........................................................78.50 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 L&N Cumberland Valley Division Album 1945-1985.......27.75 Lackawanna Plant – Bethlehem Steel Co Ore to Iron to Finished Steel ........................................27.00 Lehigh & New England RR & Its Successors in Color ...48.75 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 Volume 1, 2, 3 or 4 each .48.75 Merchants Despatch ......................................................60.75 Milwaukee Road Locomotives Vol 2 or 3 each 55.50 V4......55.75 Milwaukee Road Thu Passenger Service V1 1941-1956.....48.75 Minnesota RRs A Photographic History 1940-2012.......36.75 Missouri-Kansas-Texas in Color Vol 2 The Red Era.......48.75 Modeling the White Pass................................................32.75 Montana Central Railway: 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 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 New York Subway Cars From R-1 to R-160....................60.75


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A Trip by Rail in the Shenandoah Valley on the B&O RR and Southern Ry................................55.75 Amtrak Power in Color Vol 1...........................................48.75 Angola Horror – 1867 Train Wreck that Shocked the Nation ..24.75 Big Hooks – Railway Cranes..........................................36.75 Boston Below – Boston Subway ....................................36.75 Brooklyn Elevated Equipment ........................................60.75 Burlington Northern Diesel Locos 1980 & Fuel Tenders 1985.34.50 Burlington Northern RR Branch Lines The Nebraska Experience.27.75 Canadian National Steam Vol 1 h/c 65.75; s/c ...............45.75 Cass Scenic Railroad – 50 Years a State Park ..............55.75 Chesapeake & Ohio Passenger Service 1847-1971......32.75 Clinchfield Railroad Co Freight Equipment 1980 ...........29.50 Columbia, Newberry & Laurens RR–Dutch Fork Line....34.75 Conrail Loco Classification Book January 1, 1978.........34.50 Delaware & Hudson RR Corp Equipment Dept Freight Car Diagrams 1976...............34.50 Delaware & Hudson RR Corp Equipment Dept Locomotive Classification 1946.........34.50


A Mill on the Point: 125 Years of Steel Making at Sparrows Point, MD ....................................27.75


Denver & Rio Grande Western Nar. Ga. Bridges in Color....24.50 El Camino Real and the Route of the Daylight...............36.75 Elgin Joliet & Eastern in Color V1 Eastern Subdivision .48.75 Empire The Development of the Timber Industry in Tuolumne County, CA.....................55.75


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Erie Lackawanna Power in Color Vol 1...........................48.75 Erie Locomotive Diagrams 1928....................................34.50 Expansion of the Norfolk & Western Railway to include the NKP, Wabash.........................................27.00 General Electric 70 Ton Diesel Locomotives..................34.75 Ghost Rails 10 – Iron Phantoms – Jones & Laughlin.....55.75 Great Northern Railway Freight Car Diagrams 1955 .....34.50 Great Northern Railway Passenger Car Diagrams 1952.....34.50 Great Northern Ry Steam & Electric Loco Diagrams 1946...34.50 Harriman vs Hill – Wall Street’s Great Railroad War ......27.75 John Frank Stevens – Civil Engineer .............................36.75 Joint Line -1880-1995 ....................................................40.75 Lehigh River Valley Trackside with Kulp .........................48.85 Lehigh Valley Diesel Pictorial ........................................23.75 Logging Locomotives of the West ..................................32.75 Maps of Interurban Lines ...............................................27.00 Maybrook Gateway – H/C ..............................................53.75 Memories of the Cab Forward A Personal View.............70.75 Milwaukee Road Locomotives Vol 5...............................55.75


Norfolk Southern Passenger Equipment Diagrams 1985 ....29.50 Nothing Could be Finer than a Frisco Diner ...................55.75 O. Winston Link: Life Along the Line...............................36.75 Pacific Electric Cars A Pictorial Journey 1911-1953 ......65.75 Penn Central in Color Vol 1, 2, 3 or 4 each ....................48.75 Penn Central Northeast Region Power Book August 1972..34.50 Penn Central Power in Color Vol 1 or 2 each..................48.75 Penn Central Through Passenger Service .....................48.75 Pennsylvania Railroad Advertising Art ...........................85.75 Pennsylvania RR Facilities in Color Vols 1 - 17 each .....48.75 Pennsy RR Gondolas Revenue & Work Equipment 1869-1968...45.75 Pennsylvania RR V1: Building and Empire 1846-1917...70.75 Pennsylvania Railroad’s Cleveland Docks......................27.00 Pittsburgh Steel Company 1901-1986 Monessen PA.....25.00 Prophet’s Pennsy............................................................45.50 Pullman Std. Library Vol 1 -50.50;V 8-10 or 12 - 16 each..25.00 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 United States Vol 1, 2, 3 or 4 each........65.75 Railroad Critters in Color Vol 1, 2 or 3 each ...................48.75 Railroad Night Scenes....................................................40.50 Railroads For Michigan...................................................45.75 Rails Around Lake Tahoe ...............................................56.75 Rails Around Missouri ....................................................50.75 Railway Prototype Cyc. Vol 10 - 14 @ 23.50; Vol 15, 16, 18 @ 26.50; Vol 19, 25, 26 @ ....................28.50


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 Rock Island in Minnesota ...............................................48.75 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad & Predecessors Equipment Vol 3 ....................................55.75


Southern Pacific Lines Across Texas & Louisiana 1934-1961....82.75 Southern Pacific Passenger Cars V2 or 3@125.00; V4 or 5 @145.00 Southern Pacific’s Golden Empire 1954-1958................80.75 Southern Ry Company Spencer Shops 1896-1960 .......27.00 Southern Railway Passenger Equipment 1954..............34.50 SP Narrow Gauge Locos and Freight Equipment ..........80.75


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


Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern ...............................50.75 Missouri Pacific & Texas & Pacific RRs Loco Diagrams 1963..29.50 Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Pass Cars 1947......29.50 New Haven Description of Passenger Equipment 1956 34.50 New York Central Freight Car Directory 1967 ................34.50 New York Central Steam Power in New Jersey & Pennsylvania.23.75 Nickel Plate Comes to St Louis......................................36.75 Norfolk & Western Steam Last 30 Years ........................27.75 Norfolk & Western’s Clinch Valley Line...........................60.75 Norfolk Southern Heritage in Color ................................48.75 Norfolk Southern Heritage Locos 1 Year Later S/C 45.75; H/C..55.75 North American Railroad Family Trees...........................36.75 Over the Alleghenies – Early Canals and RRs of PA.....36.75 Penn Central Power in Color Vol 3 .................................48.75 Pennsylvania Railroad Harbor Facilities.........................27.00 Pennsy Railroad Inspection of Physical Property 1948 .70.00 Pennsy Railroad Record of Transportation Lines 1940..30.00 Potomac Yard – The Gateway Between 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 Railroad Critters in Color Vol 4.......................................48.75 Railway Prototype Cyclopedia 27 ..................................28.50 Remember the Sussex Branch of the Lackawanna RR - H/C....40.75 Rock Island Line ............................................................45.75 Rock Island Requiem.....................................................34.75 Routes Not Taken - A Trip Through NYC’s Unbuilt Subway System....................................32.75 Santa Fe Depots Engineering Series Vol 7 or 8 each....23.75 Santa Fe Loco Facilities V2 West End Western Lines....55.75 Santa Fe Los Angeles Division ......................................75.50 Southern Pacific Facilities in Color V1 CA, OR, NV & UT..48.75 Southern Pacific Lines Standard Design Depots ...........65.75 Southern Pacific RR Diagrams of Steam Locos 1951 ...34.50 Southern Pacific Ten-Coupled Locomotives...................80.75 Steam’s Last Season – A Portfolio of Steam Locomotive Photographs 1955-60....................65.75 Steel Mill Railroads in Color Vol 6 ..................................48.75 Summit Hill The Balloon Route over the DT&I RR-Revised Ed...21.75 The Railroad Was Our Life – Boston & Maine................39.00 The Un-Driving of the Golden Spike ..............................23.75 Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad – Nevada Short Line .....55.75 Trackside Around Norfolk With Reisweber .....................48.75 Vancouver Island’s Esquimalt & Nanaimo Ry – H/C......45.75 West Florida Rails in Color V1 ACL & SCL 1957-1967..48.75 Western Pacific Freight Cars 1966.................................29.50


Spokane International Railway – Idaho’s Main Line to Canada........................................45.75


St Paul Union Depot.......................................................36.75 Steam Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway .......55.75 Steel Mill Railroads in Color Vol 2, 3, 4 or 5 each ..........48.75 Tank Cars Color Guide Vol 1 or 2 each ..........................48.75 Train Wreck The Forensics of Rail Disasters..................27.75 Transit in the Triangle – A Century Look at Pittsburgh Public Transit .................60.75 Union Pacific in the Los Angeles Basin..........................75.50 Union Pacific’s M-10000 and the Early Streamliner Era 1934- 1941 ...............................................................................70.75 United States Steel Corporation Duquesne Works, PA..25.00 Via in Color The First 25 Years .......................................48.75 Vintage Cubano..............................................................70.75 Virginian Rails 1953-1993 ..............................................45.75 West Virginia RRs – Vol 1 24.50; Vol 2 C&O, V3 B&O, V4 VGN, or V5 Logging @ .........27.75


Western Maryland Ry Cumberland Ext 1904-1906 –IA ....60.00 Western Maryland Ry Revenue Equipment: Gondolas ..35.00 Wood & Steel Maintenance of Way Structures & Fixtures-O&W....23.75 Zephyr Rocket ................................................................36.75


Frisco Diesel Power......................................................100.00 Howard Fogg and the Diesel Image...............................90.00 Keystone State Traction -Pennsylvania’s Trolley System....135.00 Locomotives of the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range .......125.00 Memories of Reading Company Power..........................75.00 Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate.................................50.00 Next Stop Grand Central ................................................40.00 Norfolk & Western & Virginian Railways in Color............60.00 Norfolk Southern Diesel Locomotives ............................75.00 Old Up & Down –Catskill Mountain Branch of the NYC .45.00 Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited....................75.00 Rails to Pittsburgh ..........................................................70.00 Shaker Heights Rapid Transit .......................................135.00 Southern Railway System – Webb ...............................100.00 Steam Power of the New York Central............................50.00 The Mighty 800’s ............................................................60.00 The Search for Safety (signals) ......................................60.00 United States Military Railway Service...........................40.00 World’s Greatest Steam Locos – C&O, N&W, UP..........65.00 Zephyrs Thru the Rockies ..............................................75.00


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