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A History of Union Pacific Steam ...................................39.75 A Mill on the Point: 125 Years of Steel Making at Sparrows Point, MD ..........................27.75


A Trip by Rail in the Shenandoah Valley on the B&O RR and Southern Ry................................55.75 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 Power in Color Vol 1...........................................48.75 Baldwin: Fifty Years at Eddystone Book 1: 1906-1939...25.75 Baltimore & Ohio Pacific Locos- Handsome Pass 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 Budd Passenger Cars Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 7 .......each 25.00 Burlington Northern RR Branch Lines The Nebraska Experience.27.75 Canadian Pacific’s Esquimalt & Nanaimo Ry – H/C.......45.75 Canadian National Steam Vol s/c...................................45.75 Cass Scenic Railroad – 50 Years a State Park ..............55.75 Chesapeake & Ohio GP7/GP9 Diesel Locomotives ......23.75 Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Class 2-8-4 Steam Locos.......23.75 Chesapeake & Ohio Passenger Service 1847-1971......32.75 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Facilities in Color Vol 1 ...48.75 Colorado Rail Annual 31 Colorado RR Water Tanks......40.75 Columbia, Newberry & Laurens RR – Dutch Fork Line..34.75 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 Delaware & Hudson RR Corp Equipment Dept Freight Car Diagrams 1976.................................34.50 Delaware & Hudson RR Corp Equipment Dept Locomotive Classification 1946...........................34.50 Diesel’s First 50 Years ....................................................74.75 Durango & Silverton – Furukawa ...................................45.50 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 in Color Vol 1 Eastern Sub..........48.75 Empire - Development of Timber Industry in Tuolumne Co, CA..55.75 Erie Lackawanna Power in Color Vol 1...........................48.75 Extra Narrow Gauge Junction – Maine 2ft .....................55.75 Gateway Yard – Youngstown, Ohio – Pittsburgh & Lake Erie...60.00 Ghost Rails Vol 9 State Line Legends- Ohio/PA Industrial Lines.36.75 Ghost Rails Vol 10 – Iron Phantoms – Jones & Laughlin.....55.75 Great Northern Railway Freight Car Diagrams 1955 .....34.50 Great Northern Railway Passenger Car Diagrams 195234.50 Great Northern Ry Steam & Electric Loco Diagrams 1946..34.50 Harriman vs Hill – Wall Street’s Great Railroad War ......27.75 Heisler Locomotive 1891-1941 – Reprint s/c .................36.75 Interstate RR History of an Appalachian Coal Road......38.75 Joint Line -1880-1995 ....................................................40.75 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 River Valley Trackside with Kulp .........................48.75 Lehigh Valley Railroad A Photo Album...........................45.50 Logging Locomotives of the West ..................................32.75 Logging RRS of Blue Ridge & Smoky Mt V1 50.50; V2 .44.75 Long Island Railroad in Color Volume 1, 2, 3 or 4 each.48.75 Maybrook Gateway – H/C..............................................53.75 Merchants Despatch......................................................60.75 Milwaukee Road Locomotives Vol 3 or 5 each...............55.75 Milwaukee Road Power in Color Vol 1............................48.75 Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern ...............................50.75


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100 Years of Canadian Railway Recipes........................38.50 Amtrak Power in Color Vol 2...........................................48.75 Amtrak Power in Color Vol 3...........................................48.75 Appalachian Coal Mines & Railroads Vol 2 Virginia .......48.75 Bangor & Aroostook RR Mech Dept Loco Diagrams 1923 & 1938 ..34.50 Bangor & Aroostook RR Mech Dept Loco Diagrams 1951/1953.....34.50 Brooklyn Elevated Equipment........................................60.75 Burlington Northern Power in Color Vol 1.......................48.75 C&O/B&O in Color .........................................................48.75 Canadian National Diesel Locos 1964 V1 or 2 (Diagrams) Ea...34.50 Canadian National Diesel Locos 1974 V1 or 2 (Diagrams) Ea...34.50 Canadian National Passenger Equipment 1968 (Diagrams).....34.50 Canadian Trackside Guide 2014 ....................................35.00 Chesapeake & Ohio Coaling Stations............................23.75 Chesapeake & Ohio Heavy Pacifics...............................23.75 Chicago Streetcar Pictorial The PCC Car Era 1936-1958 ...65.75 Conrail Atlantic Region in Color Vol 2 ............................48.75 Conrail Under Pennsy Wires..........................................48.75 Dayton & Western Traction Company ............................23.75 Delaware & Hudson Co Motive Power Dept Loco Classification 1930 & 1933 .................................34.50 Encyclopedia of B&O Cabooses Vol 1 ...........................38.75 Franklin Co Nar Ga The Next Stop is Rangeley-Maine NG...50.75 From the Midwest to Florida By Rail 1875-1979 Vol 1 (PRR)....100.00 General Electric 70 Ton Diesel Locomotives..................34.75 Great Northern Through Passenger Service in Color ....48.75 Historical Guide to North American RRs 3rd


I am the Train –Boston & Maine Locomotive Engineer ..58.00 Jersey Central Lines in Color Vol 4 Pennsylvania ..........48.75 Lackawanna RR Passenger Equipment Floorplans 1941....34.50 Lehigh Valley Diesel Pictorial ........................................23.75 Lehigh Valley RR Diagrams of Engines & Tenders 1934.....34.50 Lincoln’s Funeral Train Epic Journey from Washington to Springfield..36.75 London Underground Manual ........................................32.75 Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad ..................36.75 Maine Central RR Loco Diagrams 1923, 1924, 1947, 1956...34.50 Milwaukee Road Power in Color Vol 2............................48.75 Morristown & Erie Locos & Cabooses 1895-1998 .........32.75 Narrow Gauge to the San Juans....................................50.75 Nevada’s Virginia & Truckee Railroad – Arcadia ............21.50 New Haven Freight Car Diagrams 1976.........................34.50 New Haven Passenger Train Consists 1955 & 1962......34.50 New York Central Steam Power in New Jersey & PA.....23.75 Nickel Plate Comes to St Louis......................................36.75 Norfolk & Western Steam Last 30 Years ........................27.75


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Modeling the White Pass................................................32.75 Morristown & Erie Vol 1 The Early Years 1895-1952......48.50 Nevada Central Sagebrush Narrow Gauge - Ferrell .....40.75 New York City Electrified RRs in Color Vol 1 or 2 each..48.75 Norfolk Southern Heritage in Color ................................48.75 O. Winston Link: Life Along the Line...............................36.75 Ohio Central in Color Vol 1 Southern Lines ...................48.75 Over the Alleghenies – Early Canals and Railroads of Pennsylvania............................................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 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 Inspection of Physical Property 1948...70.00 Pennsylvania RR Vol 1: Building an Empire 1846-1917...70.75 Pennsylvania Railroad’s Cleveland Docks .....................27.00 Pittsburgh Steel Company 1901-1986 Monessen PA....25.00 Potomac Yard – Gateway Between the North and the South ..65.75 Pullman Std. Library Vol 1 -50.50;Vol 8-10 or 12 - 16 each..25.00 Railroad Atlas of No. America: GLE; GLW; 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, 4 or 5 each....65.75 Railroad Critters in Color Vol 1, 2, 3 or 4 each...............48.75 Railroad Night Scenes ...................................................40.50 Rails Around Lake Tahoe ...............................................56.75 Railway Prototype Cyc. Vol 10 - 14 @ 23.50; 15 or 16, @ 26.50; 19, 25 or 27 @ ..............................28.50


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Vancouver Island’s Esquimalt & Nanaimo Ry – H/C......45.75 Virginian Rails 1953-1993..............................................45.75 West Florida Rails in Color Vol 1 ACL & SCL 1957-1967....48.75 West Virginia RRs – Vol 1 24.50; Vol 2 C&O, 3 B&O, 4 VGN, or 5 Logging @ ................27.75


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