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*A Decade of D&H by Karl R. Zimmermann
Delford Press. ©1978; Ten colorful, turbulent years on the Delaware & Hudson. Sc Hori-zontal format 80 page b&w photos. Good cond. Nice copy
our price $12.00 jwb 4’22
*America’s Rail Pictorial by Russ Porter
©1997 Heimburger House Pub. 152 page Hcvr 10x11” Very nice color photos of RRs from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe to Wabash. book in very nice cond. w/D.jacket
Ours $7.95 jwb 2’23
Balboa Scale Models fifth edition Caltalog
S.cvr Horizontal, 34 pages of color photos of Balboa brass models. Very good condition. our price $9.95 jwb 4’22
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Burlington Northern and Santa Fe railway
1998 Annual. by Robert C. Del Grosso ©1999 Great Northern Pacific Publications. Scvr b&w with color section. 13 color pages & fold out color map. Book in clean unread cond. Cover slight wear, hardly noticible. BN-ATSF-BNSF Roster Number Ser. Conversion list (as of Dec. 31, 1998.)
Ours $29.95 jwb 11’21
*Cheyenne West - Part 1 by Wesley Fox
Fox Publications ©1996 H.cvr 96 page b&w photos. Signed by author. Many nice photos. Great for UP fan! Book and Dust jacket in very nice, clean unread cond.
ours $25.00 jwb 2’23
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COLORADO RAIL ANNUALS
Colorado Rail Annual #9 ISBN 0918654092
Galloping Geese on the Rio Grande Southern by Chappell, richardson Editors Hauck. Publisher Colorado Rr Museum 2000 Hcvr 126 pp, well illustrated Very good copy. Other articles; Prospector; Judge’s Train. Fred Jukes, photographer. Tourists over Cumbres. Very good cond. in Original
shrink wrap. $$49.50 jwb 7’22
#9 ABOVE NOW ...23.95 jwb
Colorado Rail Annual #9 ©1971 Colorado
RR Museum CONTENTS; Tin feathers and Gasoline Fum
es; Prospector; The Judge’s train. A Tribute to Fred Jukes. Track of the C.A.T.S. S.cvr 126 pge b&w. book is in good cnd. Cover shows some wear, but inside in very good
cond. ours. $5.95 jwb
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Daylight 4-8-4’s The complete story of
Southern Pacific GS class 4400 ser. locomotives by R. J. Chjurch ©1976 Krativille Publications. From the Daylights to the Bicentennial Freedom Train. The book goes into the background and operatins of all GS locos including the latter day Ex-Cotton Belt Series. This edition also contains a new chapter on the nation’s most famous 4-8-4 GS-4 #4449 the loco used on the Bicentennial’s American Freedom Train. Hc 97 page plus new chapter. B&W photos and back to back full page color photos of the 4449 in Daylight colors and one in Freedom Train colors. Book is in bood cond. DJ has some wear and discoloration on spine. Pages in good
cond. Nice copy $29.00 Now $14.95pb
*Denver South Park & Pacific by M.C. Poor
Rocky Mountain RR Club. A history of the DSP&P and Pacific Railroad and allied narrow gauge lines of the Colorado & Southern Rwy Co. ©1949 This is the story of an outstanding engineering feat. A colorul and gripping story. Hc 493 page b&w photos & a map pocket w/maps at back of book and charts. Owners name is on one of the first pages in the book. Book and pages are in good cond. Cover has some wear, DJ is in poor cond.. Part of DJ spine is missing and
tears on front and back $99.95 pfb 5’22
ABOVE SOUTH PARK NOW $49.95
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton RR in Color
by David Hickcox and Dale A. Devene, Jr. A representative view of the DT&I operations from 1953-1982. HC 128 page all color. Book and DJ are in good cond.
nice copy ours $74.95 ML
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Diesel Locomotive Rosters; United States
Canada, Mexico byCharles W. McDonald. ©1982, Kalmbach Pub. Scvr 123 page b&w Horizontal, 8 1/2”x 5”. A convenietn reference to motive power of contemporary North American RRs. Book in
very good unused cond. Now$1.50 jwb
Echoes Down The Canyon by Ted Benson
©1987 Westrail Pub. A Western Pacific Journal 1968-1986. First printing Feb 1987. WP’s last two decades of independence along with the RR’s exciting transformation into UP’s Feather River Div. HC 64 pge, b&w photos. Book and pages are in good cond. DJ in very poor cond. w/large and small tears. Spine in good cond.
our price $39.95 reduced $30.00rs.
* Eighty four Forty Four S.cvr horizontal
format, 10 page b&w photos of Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844/8444 steam loco used in rail fan service. Very good cond. $5.00 jwb’22
Golden State Rails by WesleyFox
©1980 by W.Fox A California RR Pictorial showing SP, WP, SF, UP during the 1970s. Scvr 72 page b&w. Very good cond.
ours $13.95 NOW $9.95 jwb‘8’22
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* Lackawanna Heritage 1947-1952 by John
Krause, Ed Crist, photos by R.F. Collins, John Krause and John L. Treen. Railroad Heritage Press ©1978. S.cvr Horizontal, 48 page b&w photos. Steam/diesel photos. Clean nice cond. Back cover
shows some wear $9.95 jwb’22
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Model Railroader Cyclopedia V.1 Steam
10-’21 Locomotives. Edited by Linn H. Westcott. ©1960, . Kalmbach books Lots of detailed photographs with schematics for building scale model steam locos and more. Many loco photos. Hc Horizontal, 272 page, b&w photos. Blue Hc and pages are in very good, unread cond. DJ has some wear and
small tears front and back. price $14.95 jwb
Motive Power of the Union Pacific by Wm.
Kratville & H.E. Ranks Aug 1958. Publication presents a photographic look at all the system’s locos and technical information. Hc., NO DJ. 288 page b&w photos of motive power. UP plan package in pocket at back of book. Good cond. few pages w/bends at back of book. Owners name on one of the front pages.. Nice copy
for a 64 year old book. $49.95 pfb 5’22
Motive Power ABOVE NOW...$29.95 pfb
*Motive Power of the Union Pacific by Wm
Kratville & H.E. Ranks ©1958. First printing Aug. 1958. This book is an effort by authors to preserve and present in a comprehensive manner all the available information on the motive power, past and present, of the Union Pacific its acquired lines and its leased lines. A photographic look at all of the systems locos, steam, diesel, turbine and electric. Hc. 253 page plus a photo section, a system roster 1865-1958 and plan package motive power of the Union Pacific. All drawings are in HO scale. Book and pages are in very good cond. DJ in very poor cond. w/large & small tears
. Price $39.95 Now $19.95 pfb 5’22
Modeling Cajon by Pete Youngblood
©1985 Trans-Anglo Books. Scvr 72 b&w photos and diagrams/drawings. Book has some history, prototype photos, model photos, drawings, diagrams of facilities on Cajon, operations, layout plans + much more. Book in good cond. Has slight bend on cover and first 12 pages top right corner.
Book in clean unread cond. NOW $3.95jwb
Monon the Hoosier Line by Gary W.
Dolzall and Stephen R. Dolzall ©1987 Interurban Press, first printing. Hcvr 206 b&w pages. “...a book that chronicles the extraordinary Monon RR, a book that records its history from birth to the merger with the L&N in 1971.” Book in tight, clean, unread condition. DJ very nice.
$29.00 jwb 10-’21
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Narrow Gauge to Cumbres by Doris B.
Osterwald ©1972 A pictorial History of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic railroad. Scvr 39 page b&w. Color photos on cover. Good cond. Slight wear, but overall in good
cond. . price $9.95 jwb 2’23
New York Central Facilities in Color by
Geofrey H Doughty ©2002 Morning Sun Hcvr 128 page all color. System-wide examination of the NYC’s stations, towers, shops, signals, yard structures, bridges + more miscellaneous parts of the RRs physical plant. Book is in clean, unread
cond. DJ very nice $39.95 jwb 2-’22
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Philip R. Hastings, Portrait of the
Pennsylvania Railroad by Douglas M. Nelson ©2002 1st Printing, Pine Tree Press. Photos frm the collection of the California State RR Museum. Hcvr Horizontal 9.5x11”, 128 page 145 duotone photos, 7 Pennsy maps, index, . Author D.Nelson has selected 145 of Hastings’ most memorable black and white Pennsy images, many not previously published, presented here as a collection for the first time. Book in good, unread cond. DJ in nice cond. also. Binding tight, no markings. $31.95 jwb 2’23
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Route of the Warbonnets by Joe McMillan
A Contemporary Look at the Santa Fe. ©1977 by Joe McMillan. First printing. Book #1383. H.cvr 176 page b&w photos. “The warbonnet units are gone now, but their spirit lives on...tour the SF with us and see the last days of these renowned locos and see the modern (1977) SF with its unit trains, piggyback hotshots and new power.” Book in excellent, tight, unread
condition. Now $29.95 jwb
* Santa Fe Locomotive 3751 booklet. 22pge
Scvr, color photos by San Bernardino RR Historical Society, 1993. 9x12”. Remarkable Journey; History; Restoration; Operation; Employee Recognition Excursion Train. Excellent Cond. Great color/b&w photos.
(Historical value) $12.95 jwb
*Signatures in Steel by Greg McDonnell
©1991 Greg McDonnell, Boston Mills, Pub. H.cvr 207 page 12 1/4”x11 1/4”. This book captures the drama, intensity, vitality of Canadian RRing with simply the best photos available anywhere and a moving text by railfan Greg McDonnell. “The photographs contained herein are far more tan celuloid images of so much smoke, steel, wood and glass, they are moments carefully and deliberately frozen in time. Come then, and experience the excitement of hooping “The Mountaineer” at morley and the solitude of the prairie at sunset east of Arden...experience the enduring drama, the magic and the glory that was - and is - Canadian railroading” G. McDonnel. Book in very good, clean, unread condition. Slight wrinkle bottom left of D.jacket otherwise fine
shape. $12.50. jwb 2’23
Soo Line in Color by Robert J. Wise ©1997
Morning Sun Pub. 128 page Hcvr and Dust J. are clean crisp and bright. Book in tight, clean unread cond. with no markings. Binding is tight and square. “...but with SOO LINE in color, you can relieve the glory years of one of the more remarkable RRs in the Midwest.” Has diesel roster 1938-1984.
Ours $59.95jwb
Southern Pacific Company Steam
LocomotiveCompendium. ©1990 Shade Tree Press. H.cvr 426 b&w page. Information includes builder, when in service, when sold or scrapped. Numerous locomotive photographs. Book in good, clean unread
cond. $89.98 NOW $73.00jwb 10-’21
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*Southern Pacific Daylight Trains 98-99 V.1
By Richard K.Wright ©1970 second Ed. Book #1868 signed by Author. Southern Pacific. A complete history of the workd’s most beautiful streamlined passenger ttain. Over 1,000 illustrations-including acion and builders photos and more. Hc 656 page b&w photos. Good cond. DJ has some wear and small tear on bottom back of jacket. Pretty
nice copy $89.95 NOW $49.95pfb 4’22
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The 50 Best of B&O. Book Four by E.L.
Tommy Thompson 1977. A portfolio of the favorite 50 photos from the camera and collection of the author, photographer and editor. Copy #1707. Good cond, front and back cover have some discoloration due to age. SC spiral
bound. 52 page b&w photos. $9.95pb 4’22
The 50 Best of Pennsylvania Railroad. by
Bob Lorenz. Book Four Copy #292. A portfolio of the favorite fifty photographs from Railfandom’s famous brush and lens artist. Plastic spiral bound, Scvr Horizontal. 52 page b&w photos. Good condition, some discoloration on front & back cover nice
copy $27.95 pfb 4’22 Now $9.95
The Call of Trains Railroad photographs by
Jim Shaughnessy with text by Jeff Brouws ©2008 W.W.Norton & Co. HC 224 pge 170. The best of Shaughnessy’s duotone photos taken over his 40-year career between 1946 and 1988.
Very good cond. Like new $19.95pb
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The Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee
Tradition. V. I 1830-1886 by Robert C. Jones Signed by author #164. © 1981 Sundance Pub. Silverton, CO. First printing Sept. 1981. “The early years.” 192 b&w pages H.cvr with plastic cover. Book in near mint cond. tight binding and in unread cond.
Book in mint, unread cond. $25.00jwb
The Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee
Tradition. V. II. 1887-1910 “The busy years.” ©1981 Sundance Pub, Silverton, CO. 1st printing Dec. 1981 H.cvr 192 b&w page in mint cond. Unread copy in original vinyl plastic dust cover. ISBN 091358228X
Price $25.00jwb
The Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee
Tradition. V. III 1911-1927 “Austerity and Prosperity, 1911-1927” ©1981 Sundance Pub. Silverton, Co. First printing Feb. 1982. ISBN 0913582298. Hardcover. plastic dust cover has slight bend bottom front. Hard cover in excellent cond. 192 b&w page Book
in mint, unread cond. $25.00jwb
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*The Great Northern Railway - A Pictorial
Study by Charles Wood & Dorothy Wood. ©1979, published by PFM. Hardcvr, #18 of 500 Limited Edition w/slipcover box. Signed by both authors. Original owner’s name on slip cover box. 560 page w/ index. A definitive pictorial history of the G.N., book traces history from its predecessor line through to BN’s “new” Cascade Tuinnel. Hundreds of b&w and some color photos as well as paintings by Mike Pearsall and Howard Fogg. Includes rosters of steam, electric, and diesel locomotives, and gas & diesel motor cars. Numerous maps and bibliography. End papers showing system maps. Book in mint, clean, tight, unread
condition. Collectible $125.00 jwb 2’23
*The Northeast Railroad Scene V.1 The
Lehigh Valley by Bob Pennisi. ©1976 Robert Pennisi; Railroad Avenue Ent. Scvr, horizontal format. 60 b&w pages. “A brief pictorial of some of our favorite roads as they looked in the 15 or 20 years before the proposed Conrail takeover.” Book in good
condition ours $12.95 jwb 4’22
ABOVE V. 1 NOW $9.95
*The Northeast Railroad Scene V.2 The
Lehigh & Hudson River by Bob Pennisi. ©1977 Robert Pennisi; Railroad Avenue Ent. Scvr, horizontal format. 56 b&w pages. “A brief pictorial of some of our favorite roads as they looked in the 15 or 20 years before the proposed Conrail takeover.”
Book in good cond. ours $12.95 jwb 4’22
ABOVE V. 2 NOW $9.95
*The Northeast Railroad Scene V.3 The
Reading Co. by Bob Pennisi. ©1978 Robert Pennisi; Railroad Avenue Ent. Scvr, horizontal format. 64 b&w pages. “A brief pictorial of some of our favorite roads as they looked in the 15 or 20 years before the proposed Conrail takeover.”
Book in good cond. ours $12.95 jwb 4’22
ABOVE V.3 NOW $9.95
*The Pennsylvania 1940-1950s by Don Ball jr
©1986 First Ed. Elm Tree Books. The standard RR of the world, a vast photographic coverage of the PRRs great engines and trains HC 204 pge, all color. Limited edition, #1267 of 1,850. Signed by authors daughter for Don. Clean, unread condition. Good binding, Clean Dust jacket
ours NOW $19.95 jwb 4’22
*The Switzerland Trail of America with an
added chapter. by Forest Crossen, Robinson Press. An illustrated history of Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific and Colorado & Nortrhwestern,; Denver, Boulder & Western Lines. HC 444 page of text & photos, four paintings, three by Howard Fogg. 376 photos. Book in in very good condition
Our price $17.95 pfb 4’22
The Rainbow Route; an illustrated history
of the Silverton Railroad; The Silverton Northern Railroad; The Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly Railroad. by Robert e. Sloan & Carl A. Skowronski. First Ed, First printing © 1975 Sundance Publishing, Denver, CO. Hard cover, like new book in original clear jacket. Heavily illustrated w/historic photos and documents in b&w and original color photos. 416 page. Color pictorial end papers synopsis, acknowledgements, forward, table of contents, scale drawings of equipment, bibliography, index. Book in excellent, unread condition. Clear
Acetate dust Jacket. $89.95 pfb 5’22
Rainbow above NOW $39.95 pfb
*The Rio Grande Southern An ultimate
Pictorial Study. by Richard L. Dorman ©1990 A special edition supplementing V.1 on “The Southern, Narrow Gauge Odyssey.” Hcvr. Horizontal, 279 page b&w and several color plates. Jacket has very slight tear bottom and back jacket several slight marks. Inside clean, tight and unread. Mint cond.
inside. $69.95 jwb
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The Union Pacific Type V.2 4-12-2 by
(2) William Kratville & John E. Bush ©1995 #687. The story of UP’s 3 cylinder power. Numerous b&w photos, illustrations, diagrams, charts, roster and index. Very good cond. like new. Still in shrink wrap. Hc
, Horizontal format, 352 page. b&w.
two..each...$95.00pb V.2 $59.95 each pfb
Trackside Around Detroit Downriver 1946
1976 with Emery Gulash by Jerry A. Pinkepank ©2004 Hc 128 page. All color. Very good cond. some wear on the DJ Nice
copy. ours $39.95.95 ML
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*Union Pacific Diesels in Color V. 1 1934-
1959 by Ed Austin ©2003 Morning Sun Pub. H.cvr 128 page all color. The transition from steam to complete dieselization is illustrated in this release. from doodlebugs to SD24s, more than 250 vintage views tell the story of UP’s revamp of its motive power. Book in in original plastic wrapping.
Mint cond. $69.95 jwb 2’23
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* World’s Greatest Steam Locomotives by
Eugene L. Huddleston ©2001 TLC Publications. H.cvr 132 b&w pages. Covers C&O 2-6-6-6; Virginian 2-6-6-6; N&W 2-6-6-4; UP 4-8-8-4. Book in excellent clean,
unread condition. Like new $23.95 jwb
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