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James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly To the casual railfan and modeler, tank cars come in two varieties: those with domes and those without domes. But given the highly regulated nature of the car type,...

ames Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly To the casual railfan and modeler, tank cars come in two varieties: those with domes and those without domes. But given the highly regulated nature of the car type,...

Bob Schmidt & Michael Caramanna From the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California in the West to the Gulf of Mexico in the East, and from the U.S. Border in the North to the Yucatan Peninsula in the...

Jeremy F. Plant & Brian D. Plant Explore the changes over time that affected Guilford and its successor, Pan Am, from motive power and operations to the variations in name and ownership. Coverage in...

James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly All hopper cars must have reporting marks ending in “X,” and must have been painted in something other than ordinary grey with minimal stenciling. Plainly...

James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly All hopper cars must have reporting marks ending in “X,” and must have been painted in something other than ordinary grey with minimal stenciling. Plainly...

Flock’s excellent camera skills captured Southwestern PA’s class 1s, short lines, industrials, and trolley lines. Coverage wasn’t limited to trains and motive power – it also...

Olev Taremae The Delaware Lackawanna Railroad's Alco power has ruled Northeast Pennsylvania for over 30 years. Using the best work from 13 photographers, this book chronicles the variety of Alco...

James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly The conclusion to the three-part series! Featuring refrigerator cars, stock and tank cars and early piggyback equipment. Plus, express, milk, pickle cars, and more! 128...

Kurt Reisweber Offers a grand scenic tour of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway across Virginia as it existed as a part of the Chessie System in the 1970s-‘80s. Many out-of-the-way locations in the Old...

Just Geeps in Color Volume 2: GP9, GP18, GP20 & GP28 from Morning Sun Books explores the 1954-release of model GP9, a wildly popular copy of the design, of which over 4,200 units were produced at...

Canadian Pacific Power In Color Volume 5: Modern Four-Axle Road PowerStephen M. Timko Concludes coverage of the company’s diesel motive power fleet. Featuring modern four-axle road power,...

Trackside in the Lehigh River Valley 1963-1976 with Bob Wilt There's more to the Lehigh River Valley than Asa Packer's railroad, the LVRR. One could see the LVRR competitors on the opposite bank...

Erie Lackawanna Equipment: A Sampling of Freight, Passenger, & Non-Revenue Rolling Stock Used on the EL (Softcover) Robert Yanosey The 1960 marriage of the Erie and Lackawanna lasted only 16...

Featuring signs railroads used at their offices and shops, in operations, and at all types of stations. It also illustrates the different types of crossbucks from simple to wig-wag. Like Volume 1, it...

The final installment in this series chronicling the revenue equipment of dozens of companies 1980 - 2000. Features NS, N&W, NYC(CR), ONT, OTTX, P&LE, PC, PHD, PLCX, PROX, PTLX, RBOX, RGCX, SBD, SCL,...

By Robert J. Yanosey Famed rail photographer Em Gulash traveled extensively in the U.S. and Canada and made it part of his standard repertoire to photograph freight cars in these far flung places...

Greg Stout An in-depth dive into the great trains of the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and merged Seaboard Coast Line, which moved passengers between Chicago, the Northeast, and sunny...

Dr. Art Peterson and P. Kent Hannah The stations, towers, shops, and other fixed facilities of the Q on the main line and branches between Galesburg, Illinois and Ottumwa, Iowa are comprehensively...

Jerry Pinkepank The motive power and phosphate operations in the Bone Valley of Florida are explained in detail by diesel authority Jerry Pinkepank in this concluding volume to the series. SBD...