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A History of the CB&Q Quincy Branch......................................................80.75 A History of Transportation in Western North Carolina............................21.50 Armoured Trains An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1826-2016......................70.75 Auto-Train.......................................................................................................55.75 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Cumberland, MD to Connellsville, PA.........58.75 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’s Pittsburgh Division.......................................22.50 Bispham to Fleetwood - Blackpool Tramway Since 1960 Vol 3............64.00 Black Mountain Railway...............................................................................52.75 Black River & Western Railroad - Arcadia.................................................21.50 BNSF Locomotive Directory 2015-2016...................................................32.75 Boston & Albany Railroad - Worcester, MA to Albany, NY......................53.75 Boston & Maine Ayer, MA to Rotterdam Junction,NY ............................63.75 Building London’s Underground.................................................................64.00 Burlington Route in Focus............................................................................27.75 California’s Capitol Corridor - Amtrak - Arcadia.........................................22.50 California’s Lumber Shortline Railroads.....................................................30.75 Canadian Pacific Thru the Rockies............................................................36.75 Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 Mallet Locomotives....................................23.75 Chesapeake & Ohio Mail by Rail................................................................23.75 Chesapeake & Ohio Through Passenger Service in Color ...................48.75 Colorado & Southern Clear Creek District Memories & Then Some....55.75 Conrail Shared Asset Operations in Color.................................................48.75 Eastern Oregon Shortline Railroads..........................................................30.75 Electric Interurbans and the American People.........................................45.75 Encyclopedia of B&O Cabooses Vol 4......................................................42.75 End of the Line German & French Railways at the End of WW2.........19.50 Erie and Erie Lackawanna in Orange County, NY..................................30.75 Erie Railroad Official Photography Vol 1 A-C............................................36.75 Erie Railroad Official Photography Vol 2 C-F............................................36.75 Erie Western in Color....................................................................................48.75 Express, Mail and Merchandise Service...................................................20.75 ForestRails - Georgia Pacific’s Railroads..................................................75.50 Forging the “Bee Line” RR 1848-1889 Rise & Fall of Hoosier Partisans...40.75 Franklin County Narrow Gauge Vol 3 The Next Stop is Kingsfield.......50.75 GG1 The World’s Greatest Electric Locomotive Vol 1 PRR...................36.75 Ghost Rails Vol 13 Coal Runners...............................................................60.00 Illinois Central Passenger Service in Color................................................48.75 Illinois Division of the Santa Fe Railway.....................................................60.75 Jersey Central Lines Official Photography................................................36.75 John H Burdakin and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad......................23.75 Lehigh & Susquehanna - Jersey Central’s Pennsy Operations Vol 1..22.75 Little Saw Mill Run Railroad - Pennsylvania..............................................36.75 London Trolleybuses A Colour Album........................................................52.00 Lost Oregon Streetcars................................................................................21.50 McCloud River Railroad...............................................................................65.75 Metro-North in Color .....................................................................................48.75


Massachusetts Trolley Heritage..................................................................24.00 Maybrook Gateway - H/C............................................................................53.75 Milwaukee Road Steam Era in Wisconsin Vol 1 or 2 each ...................30.75 Modeling the White Pass.............................................................................32.75 Monorails - Trains of the Future Now Arriving...........................................36.75 Narrow Ga in the Arras Sector-Before, During & After the First World War.45.75 New York Central Power in Color Vol 1 or 2 each....................................48.75 Norfolk Southern in Action............................................................................27.75 NYO&W Kindred Brethren - Class X 2-10-2 & Class Y-2 4-8-2............23.75 Pennsy Main Line RR Stations - Philadelphia to Harrisburg - Arcadia.21.50 Pennsylvania Railroad Harbor Facilities....................................................27.00 Pickle & Vinegar Manufacturers of the Midwest.......................................30.75 Pictorial Hist of C&O Train and Auto Ferries & Pere Marquette Steamers30.00 Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad - Arcadia..................................21.50 Power Clash - PRR vs B&O Motive Power & Pass Traffic Competition..75.50 Pullman Std. Library Vol 1 -50.50; Vol 8, 9 or 12 - 16 each.....................25.00 Railroad Atlas of No. America: GLE; GLW; Texas, Prairies West, Prairies East, So. East; AZ&NM; 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


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Railroad Photography of Jack Delano.......................................................55.75 Rails Across The River-Rail Car Ferry-Prescott, ON to Ogdensburg, NY.29.50 Rails Across the Rock - Newfoundland Railway - H/C............................28.75 Rails Around Missouri...................................................................................55.75 Rails Around the Rock - Newfoundland Branchlines - H/C....................28.75 Rails Over the Mountain - Ry Heritage of Canada’s Western Mtns......27.75 Rails’ Tales - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company..................................36.75 Railway Prototype Cyc. Vol 10-14 @23.50; Vol 15-16, @26.50; Vol 19 @28.50; Vol 31/32...................................................................57.00


Southern Railway Power in Color Vol 1 or 2 each...................................48.75 Spokane International Railway - Idaho’s Main Line to Canada.............45.75 Steel From Mine to Mill the Metal that Made America.............................32.75 Steel Mill Railroads in Color Vol 2, 4, 5 or 6 each.....................................48.75 Steel Rails Across East Carolina................................................................39.75 Steel Road Nostalgia Vol 1 or 2 each........................................................36.75 Streamliners - Locomotives & Trains in the Age of Speed & Style........32.75 The Well Dressed Hobo- The Man Who Loves Trains...........................32.75 Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad - Nevada Short Line...............................45.75 Trackside in the Mohawk Valley 1955-2015.............................................48.75 Trolleys of Pennsylvania...............................................................................24.75 Twelve Twenty Five The Life & Times of a Steam Loco-Pere Marquette..45.75 Twilight & Dawn on the East Broad Top 1945-1965................................25.75 Union Pacific Big Boys in Action..................................................................23.75 Union Pacific’s Cheyenne Facilities 1869-2015.......................................50.75 Virginian Rails 1953-1993............................................................................45.75 Virginian Railway Memories........................................................................54.75 Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Revisited - Arcadia.....................21.50 West of Cumberland - B&O Book 1 Old Main Line.................................60.75 White Pass & Yukon in Color ......................................................................48.75 X Car (Private Owner) Color Guide Vol 1, 2, 3 or 4 each........................48.75


Remembering the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.........................................24.00 Rock Island Westward Vol 3........................................................................19.50 Saluda From Top to Bottom.........................................................................52.75 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes RR & Predecessors Equipment Vol 4..55.75 Santa Cruz Trains Railroads of the Santa Cruz Mountains....................27.75 Santa Fe Across the Great Plains - The Photography of Lee Berglund...40.75 Santa Fe Diesel Locomotive Development..............................................70.75 Santa Fe to the Bay West of the Valley Division 2nd District..................40.75 Secrets of the New York City Subway.......................................................27.75 Shortline Railroads of Long Island - A Compendium...............................32.75 Shortlines of the Desert Southwest............................................................55.75 Silver Rails - The Railroads of Leadville, Colorado..................................55.75 Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Vol 21....................................................35.75 Southern Pacific in Oregon in Color...........................................................48.75 Southern Pacific’s Eastern Lines 1946-1996............................................65.75


A Pennsy Diesel Power Review.................................................................50.00 C&O Coal & Color.........................................................................................60.00 Colorado on Glass........................................................................................65.00 Doodlebug Country....................................................................................100.00 Golden Rails - Poor Dustjacket.................................................................135.00 History of the St Louis Car Co Quality Shops...........................................50.00 Iron Horses at War........................................................................................45.00 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern..............................................................45.00 Locomotives of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range.................................95.00 New England Diesels...................................................................................35.00 Northern California Rails Vol 1 or 2 each ..................................................60.00 Pike’s Peak Cog Railroad............................................................................40.00 Railroads of New York..................................................................................60.00 Santa Fe The Diesel Vol 1 175.00; Vol 2.................................................150.00 Santa Fe Waycars......................................................................................125.00 Steam Trains of the Soo - No Dustjacket ..................................................50.00 The Mountains.............................................................................................110.00 Those Amazing Cab Forwards.................................................................125.00 Union Pacific Steam Big Boy Portraits H/C...............................................60.00 Union Pacific Steam Challenger Portraits H/C.........................................60.00


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