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Bob's Photo: Generally 48 page photographic studies of the subject, with rosters sometimes included. Although all photos are in Black and White, quality is high, and captions are useful. Mostly the work of Bob Liljestrand.
Atlantic Coast Line Freight Cars
Boston &Maine Steam Vol.1 Pacifics
Boston & Maine Steam Vol. 2: Class R1, S1 and T1
B&O Diesel Locomotives Vol.1 Switchers & Road Switchers
Boston Revere Beach & Lynn
Central Vermont & Grand Trunk Diesel Locos 1940-75
Creameries of Upstate New York at Turn of the Century
Electric Locomotives & Interurbans – South Shore Line
Equipment of the Boston & Maine series: Vol. 1 Switchers & Road Switchers
Equipment of the Boston & Maine series: Vol. 2 Diesel Cab Units
Equipment of the Boston & Maine series: Vol. 3 Railcars, Talgo, & Electric Locomotives
Equipment of the D&H series: Vol. 1 Passenger Cars
Equipment of the D&H series: Vol. 2 Steam Locomotives
Equipment of the Virginian: Vol.1 Steam Locomotives
Equipment of the Virginian: Vol. 2 Diesel & Electric Locomotives
Erie Lackawanna Diesels Vol.1
Erie Lackawanna Diesels Vol.2
New Haven Railroad's Boston Division
New Haven Diesel Locos Vol.1 Switchers & Road Switchers
New Haven Diesel Locos Vol.2 Early Cab Units
New Haven Diesel Locos Vol.3 Cab Units
New Haven’s Electric Locomotives and MU’s
New Haven's Electrified Zone
New Haven’s Midland Division
New Haven’s Old Colony Division Vol. 1
New Haven’s Old Colony Division Vol. 2
New York Central Electric Locomotives & MU Cars
Passenger Cars of the New Haven
Passenger Cars of the Pennsylvania: Vol. 1 Coaches
Passenger Cars of the Pennsylvania: Vol. 2 Sleepers
Pennsylvania RR Baggage & Mail Cars
Pennsylvania RR Dining Cars
Pennsylvania RR Electric Locomotives & MU Cars
Pennsylvania RR Parlor Cars
Railroad Cities: Conneaut, OH
Railroad Cities: Concord, NH
Railroad Cities: Philadelphia, PA
Railroad Cities: Providence, RI
Railroad Cities: Springfield Mass.
Railroad Cities: Jersey City
Rails Across Boston Vol.1 South & West
Rails Across Boston Vol.2 North
Rails Across New Haven
Railway Milk Cars Vol. 1
Railway Milk Cars Vol. 2
Railway Milk Cars Vol. 3
Railway Milk Cars Vol. 4 DL&W Pt.2
Rolling Stock of New England series: Vol. 1 New Haven Work Equipment
Rolling Stock of New England series: Vol. 2 New Haven Freight Equipment
Bondcliff Books Bondcliff Books is an independently owned and operated book publishing and book-selling firm specializing in titles related to the mountains of New Hampshire and northern New England. These include books on local history (especially logging railroads),
J.E. Henry's Logging Railroads - Revised
Logging Railroads Along the Pemigewasset
Depot Square Publishing The popular series, SCENES ALONG THE RAILS, (HB) takes a look at the pre-1925 era of railroading during the Golden Age of Steam. Using vintage illustrations and other ephemera, the impact of railroads on the towns and villages served within a given region is portrayed. The ROADS, RIVERS AND RAILS series began in 2012 with the release of John Taibi’s The Delaware & Hudson’s Susquehanna Division Heritage Trail, Volume 1: Albany/Schenectady to Oneonta. From early stereoviews to contemporary colour, the relationship between the three modes of parallel transportation is explored on a point-to-point basis. These are also HBs.
Railroads Over Time: Metro North's Hudson Line Poughkeepsie - Oscawana
Roads, River’s & Rails D&H Susquehanna Div. Vol. 1
Roads, River’s & Rails D&H Susquehanna Div. Vol. 2
Scenes Along The Rails Series: Anthracite Region Of PA Part 1
Scenes Along The Rails Series: Anthracite Region Of PA Part 2
Scenes Along The Rails Series: DL&W's Syracuse Division
Scenes Along The Rails Series: The Rutland Railroad, Rutland to Bellows Falls
The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie in Allegheny County Vol. 1 – Pittsburgh to Esplen
Double Take Productions
Remembering: Long Island Rail Road’s Fairbanks-Morse Era
Garbely Publishing Company A mixture of HB and SB, but many feature colour photographs.
Conrail Rainbow Years Vol. 1
Conrail Rainbow Years Vol. 2
Conrail Rainbow Years Vol. 3: NJ Commuter Operations
Conrail Rainbow Years, Vol 4: New Jersy's EX-EL Commuter Operations (Summer 2021)
Conrail Business & Research Trains: The Special Equipment Fleet (Late 2021)
Comprehensive Guide to Conrail Cabooses
Great Railroad War: US Railway operations During WWI
Iron Horses and Paintbrushes – Charles Amos
Pinsley Railroad Company (May/June 2021)
Rahway Valley Vol. 1: History 1897-1950 Revised 2nd Edition
Rahway Valley Vol. 3: Facilities, Industries, Operations
Railroads Along the Edge of the Road – NH & VT (Due Spring 2021)
Rails to Sterling Forest, Erie’s Greenwood Lake Division
Rock – A – Bye Baby, Rockaway Valley Railroad – Reprint Soon Out of Print
The D&H – To New England & Canada 1968 – 1991 (Dec 2020)
The Heisler Locomotive 1891-1941 Revised 2nd Edition
Tracks Around Mt. Union Soon out of Print
Transportation History of Boonton, NJ Soon Out of Print
Grenadier Publications These are real quality HB publications with about 200 pages and lots of colour and B&W photographs.
Minneapolis Northfield & Southern - Dan Patch to Dragons
More Chicago Great Western in Minnesota
More Chicago Northwestern in Minnesota
More Milwaukee Road in Minnesota
Northern Pacific in Minnesota
The Rock Island in Minnesota
The Soo Line in Minnesota
Kahndog Publications
P&LE Steam Freight Locomotives Vol. 2: Berkshires
NJ International
Cross Continent Electric
Electric Plan Book Vol. 1
The Jets – NH’s EP-5’s
Third Avenue Railway System in Manhattan
Old Line Graphics Very similar to Morning Sun (same size, 128+pp, many photographs, but not always all-colour
B&O Vol. 2 Cumberland to Chicago
East Broad Top - Slim Gauge Survivor
Interstate Railroad
L&N Cumberland Valley Division (temp unavailable)
Railroad Night Scene
Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac
Virginian Rails
Outer Station Project A mix of HB and SB books with plenty of colour photographs where appropriate, eg diesels. The Reading Railroad Book series is well-regarded, (and expensive) with the first 4 volumes already out of print and very difficult to find.
CNJ Stations Structures & Marine Equipment
Conrail's North Jersey Coast Line
CSX In Action
Kansas City Street Scene – K. C. Public Service
Lehigh Valley Selected Locations and Facilities - NY Harbor Region
Lehigh Valley Selected Locations Vol. 2 Westward to Packerton
Narrow Gauge to Boston BRB&L
NYC Stations & Structures Vol.1 River Div. JC - Weehawken
Norfolk Southern Heritage Fleet
Norfolk Southern in Action
PRR – Select Look at H’burg, Reading, Phila., Camden & PRSL
Rails Across Central Jersey
Rails of Western Pennsylvania
Reading Railroad Book V Oley St. to Belt Line Jct. & Shops
Reading Railroad Book VI Belt Line Jct. to Port Clinton
Reading Railroad Book VII Port Clinton to Pottsville
Reading Railroad Book VIII Norristown Branch
Reading Railroad Vol. 8 – Select Philadelphia Locations
Reading Railroad 1940 – 1965 Pictorial - Revisited
Reading’s Wreck Trains and Disasters
Shortline & Industrial Railroads of New Jersey Vol. 1
Shortline & Industrial Railroads of New Jersey Vol. 2
Twilight on the EBT 1945 - 1965 (Very few copies left)
"Novelty” - A Pioneer in Anthracite Burning Steam locomotives on the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Feb 2021
Railroad Books
Dining Car Panorama
Railroad Avenue Enterprises Rather like Bob’s Photo, with pictorial B&W SB books. Some titles do have colour photography.
A Colorful Look At…. Conrail SD40's & SD40-2's
A Colorful Look At…. The Chicago & North Western
A Colorful Look At…. The Erie Lackawanna
A Colorful Look At…. Selected Pennsylvania Shortlines
Anthracite Country Color
Brooklyn & Queens Transit
The Hard Coal Carriers: Vol. 1 - First Generation Geeps
The Hard Coal Carriers: Vol. 2 - Camelback Twilight
Diamondbugs – Erie Doodlebugs
Dutch Country Trolleys
Erie Railroad – New Jersey Memories
Memories Of Eastern Pennsylvania Railroading
The Morristown & Erie Railway
Operation: Cleveland Union Terminal
RR Stations of New England Today – Vol. 1 The B&M
Third Avenue Railway
Unifying The Subways
26 Miles to Jersey City
Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Historical Society. "Potomac Yard" is 831 pages, with numerous maps and hundreds of photographs, while the auto-train books are 200pages each.
Auto-Train
Amtrak’s Auto Train
Potomac Yard – Gateway Between the North and the South Vol.2 1920-1999
Shade Tree Books
Joe Strapac’s books are well-known to SP fans, with the Historic Diesel series proving very popular. Mostly SBs, with hundreds of B&W photographs in each volume
California’s Locomotives–Shortline Steam in the Golden State
California's Locomotives Vol. 2 ALCO & GE Shortline Diesels
GE 70 Ton Diesel Locomotives
Interurban Electric Locomotives from Baldwin-Westinghouse
Interurban Electric Locomotives from General Electric
Key System Gallery
Pacific Electric’s 500-class Cars
Rio Grande Diesels Vol. 3
SP Historic Diesels Vol. 5 – GE’s
SP Historic Diesels Vol. 6 – T&NO
SP Historic Diesels Vol. 11 – Baldwin’s
SP Historic Diesels Vol. 13 – GP20, 30, 35 & DD35
SP Historic Diesels Vol. 19 Post 1978 GE Units
SP Historic Diesels Vol. 21 Misc. EMD Freight Units
SP Historic Diesels Vol. 22 Passenger Hood Unit Reprise
Silverlake Images
Lehigh Valley Diesel Pictorial
Manufacturers' Catalog Archive Series.
These titles provide strong data related to their topics and are far beyond a simple picture book.
Book1- Jordan Spreaders
Book 2- Browning Cranes
Book 3 - Budd Passenger Cars
Book 4 - Bethlehem Steel
Book 5 – Mining Locomotives of Ironton & General Electric Company
Book 6 – Bucyrus – Erie Company Vol. 1
Book 7- Roberts & Schaefer Co Locomotive Coaling Plants
Book 8- Heisler Locomotives Vol.1: Geared and Fireless
Book 9 - Trolley Coaches (Electric Buses)
Book 10 – Gregg Railway Cars (Domestic and exported freight cars)
Book 11 – Vulcan Locomotives Vol. 1 – Gasoline Locomotives (Due 3-2021)
Book 12 – Western Wheeled Scraper Co. Western Dump Cars (Due 3-2021)
Book 13 - Plymouth Locomotives Vol.1 (Due 4-21)
Book 14 – Beyer – Garratt Articulated Locomotives (Due 4-21)
Book 15 – Ohio locomotive Crane Co. (Due 5-21)
Book 16 – Lima Locomotive Works Vol. 1 Super Power Steam (Due 5-21)
Book 17 – Ingersoll – Rand Locomotives (Due 6-21)
Book 18 – Baldwin – Westinghouse Vol.1 Electric Locomotives (Due 6-21)
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia #20 (Reprint)
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia (Volume 35) Few left, very soon Out of Print
Stoney Clove Catskill Mountain Press
From Gotham to the Berkshires – New York Central’s Harlem Division including Scenes Along the Old “Put”
Rails Above the Hudson River – The Poughkeepsie Bridge Route
The Railroad Press Mainly good quality SBs with a variety of B&W and colour photographs. Their latest (Mike Bednar) book is a 128 HB with all-colour photographs.
ALCO Reference #1
Altoona Action
Anthracite Classics
A Railroad Life: On the Road with Mike Bednar
B&O: Rails Across the Heartland Toledo - Cincinnati
Bethlehem Steel Railroading
Boston & Albany Steam Power
Canadian Steam in Prairies, Towns
Chessie System: Cumberland Action
Chicago's Railroad Scenes Vol. 1
Chicago's Railroad Scenes Vol. 2 1970-1971
D&H Thunder & Lightning
Freight Equipment of the New York Central
Hawaiian Railway Album WWII Photographs Vol. 2
Hawaiian Railway Album WWII Photographs Vol. 3
Hawaiian Railway Album WWII Photographs Vol. 4
Hawaiian Railway Album WWII Photographs Vol.1 – 4 HB
Illinois Central North of the Ohio River
Nickel Plate Steam 1957-1958
New England Classics Vol.1 Class 1’s
NYC Harlem & Putnam Divisions
NYC Steam Power in New Jersey & Pennsylvania
NYC Steam Power in the Empire State
NYC Steam Power West of Buffalo Vol.1
NYC Steam Power West of Buffalo Vol.2
Passenger Cars of New England Vol.1 B&M
Passenger Cars of New England Vol.2 BAR, MEC
Passenger Cars of New England Vol.3 Rutland, CV
Pennsylvania RR Lines West 1960 –1999 Vol.1
Pennsylvania RR Lines West 1960 –1999 Vol.2
Railroaders of Lehigh River Valley
Railroading in Downtown Chicago Vol.1 1958-1969
Railroading in Downtown Chicago Vol.2 1958-1969
World Famous Horseshoe Curve
70’s Style – Passenger Trains around New York City
Weekend Chef Larger HB books
Diesel Demonstrators
Splendor Sailed the Sound
Steel Rails and Silver Wings
West Jersey Chapter - NRHS
Pavonia Yard & Shops
Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
Reading Seashore Lines - Atlantic City Railroad
White River Productions Varies from very glossy photographic HB books to slimmer SBs on modelling
Denver & Rio Grande: The Early Years
Eureka & Palisades - Biggest Little Railroad in the World
Forest Rails - Georgia Pacific
Freight Car Handbook
Gulf Mobile & Ohio: Illustrated Historical Reference
HOn3 2019 Annual
The Metroliners
Milwaukee Road: Tales Along the Racine & Southwestern
On30 2019 Annual
On30 2020 Annual
Conrail in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley
PRR Lines West Vol. 3 Crestline-Chicago-Michigan 1960-1999
Rio Grande High-Side Gondolas – D&RG/D&RGW Narrow Gauge
Rio Grande – Jewel of the Wasatch
Rio Grande’s Narrow Gauge K-36 Locomotives
Route of the Chiefs
Southern Pacific Western Division
The Southern Railway
Southland
Timber Titans: Baldwin’s Articulated Logging Locomotives
Fifty Years of Amtrak Trains – A Comprehensive Survey of Every Amtrak Route Since 1971 Due ?????
Withers Publishing A variety of books from large HB to the Diesel Era SBs. All well thought of and well produced, with a distinct bias to the diesels.
ALCO Century Series Vol.1 4- Axle Models
ALCO Century Series Vol.2 6- Axle Models
ALCO HH Series Switchers
Big Hooks - Volume 2
BN Railroad Historical Review 1970-1995
BNSF Railway – The First Decade Vol. 1 Historical Review 1995-2005 OUT OF PRINT
BNSF Locomotive Directory 2017-2018
Conrail – The Final Years 2nd Printing
Contemporary Diesel Spotters Guide - 2008
Diesels of the Milwaukee Road Vol.1
Diesels of the Milwaukee Road Vol.2
Diesels of the Reading Vol. 1 First Generation
Diesels of the Union Pacific 1934 - 1982 Vol. 1
Diesels of the Union Pacific 1934 – 1982 Vol. 2
EMD’s FP7’s & FP9’s – Dual Service Cab Units
EMD’s SW1500
EMD’s SW8
FM Erie Builts & H20-44’s
GP20 & SD24 – EMD’s Turbocharged Duo
Kansas City Southern in the Deramus Era
Norfolk & Western 2nd Generation Diesel Locomotives
Norfolk Southern 2019-2020 Locomotive Directory
Norfolk Southern Locomotive Directory 2020-2021Due April 2021
Pennsy Electric Pictorial
PRR Diesel Pictorial Vol. 1 ALCO RS Series
PRR Diesel Pictorial Vol. 4 Baldwin Cab & Transfer Units
PRR Diesel Pictorial Vol. 6 EMD & ALCO FGT. Cab Units
PRR Diesel Pictorial Vol. 7 EMD & ALCO Pass. Cab Units
PRR Diesel Pictorial Vol. 8 GP7 & 9’s and SD7 & 9’s
PRR Diesel Pictorial Vol. 9 ALCO & GE Switchers
PRR Diesel Pictorial Vol. 10 EMD Switchers
PRR Diesel Pictorial Vol. 11 ALCO Century’s & GE U-boats
Rockville Bridge – Rails Across Susquehanna
Snow Fighters - 1
Snow Fighters – 2 (Due ???)
The Stylish EMD GP30
UP Loco Directory (Latest version being worked on, delivery unknown)
UP's Big EMD DD35 & DD40X's (Soft Cover)
UP’s Sherman Hill in the Diesel Era
UP’s Switchers and Slugs
BNSF Locomotive Directory 2019 – 2020
We can obtain books from the Publishers listed below, but these are usually only available on Special Order. These books are not ordered by us as a matter of course and may take some weeks to arrive. Books do go out of print and we will alter this list as and when we have that information.
All books are NEW.
Some of these titles are already available on the website, as either new or s/h copies.
Signature Press All high quality HB books with numerous pages, with B&W and colour photography, maps etc.
American Refrigerator Transit by Stuart T. Maher, G.J. Michels, Jr., and Gene Semon
The Duluth Missabe Iron Range Equipment by Daniel Holbrook
The McCloud River Railroads by Moore
The State Belt by William H. Kaufman and Michelle S. Kaufman
American Car & Foundry Box Cars, 1961-1981 by Edward Kaminski
Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots by Henry E. Bender, Jr.
Rails Around Lake Tahoe by Mallory Hope Ferrell
Union Pacific in the LA Basin by Jess Asay
Steam Days in Dunsmuir by Robert J. Church
SP's Sacramento Shops by Robert A. Pecotich
Railroads of Arizona, Vol. 6 by David F. Myrick
Elgin & Joliet & Eastern Railway by Patrick C. Dorin
Sacramento Northern by Harre W. Demoro
SP Freight Cars, Vol. 5: Hoppers, Covered Hoppers, Tank Cars by Anthony Thompson
Billboard Refrigerator Cars by Richard H. Hendrickson and Edward S. Kaminski
Texas & New Orleans by A.D. McLennan
Key System Streetcars by Vernon J. Sappers
Chard Walker’s Cajon by Chard Walker
Southern Pacific’s Salt Lake Division by John R. Signor
Pullman-Standard Freight Cars by Ed Kaminski
The Florida Keys Overseas Railway by Warren Zeiller
SP Freight Cars, Vol. 3: Automobile Cars and Flat Cars by Anthony W. Thompson
The Visalia Electric Railroad by Phillips C. Kauke
Southern Pacific's Western Division by John R. Signor
Central California Traction by David G. Stanley and Jeffrey J. Moreau
Tank Cars: American Car & Foundry by Edward S. Kaminski
SP Freight Cars, Vol. 2: Cabooses by Anthony W. Thompson
SP Freight Cars, Vol. 1: Gondolas and Stock Cars by Anthony Thompson
Santa Fe to Phoenix by David F. Myrick
Great Northern Lines East by Patrick C. Dorin
The Magor Car Corporation by Edward S. Kaminski
Pacific Fruit Express by Anthony W. Thompson, Robert J. Church and Bruce H. Jones
American Car & Foundry Company by Edward S. Kaminski
Great Northern Lines West by Charles R. Wood
Southern Pacific's Coast Line by John R. Signor
Golden West
A well established publisher, high quality books in both HB and SB.
The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company The Historic Union Pacific Salt Lake Route
Beaumont Hill
Dinner Is Served: Fine Dining Aboard the Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific Diesel Era 1945-1970
Northern Pacific Supersteam Era 1925-1945
Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume 1
Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume 2
The Streamline Era
The Super Chief: Train of the Stars
Ulster and Delaware
Union Pacific in Southern California
Huntington Tracks
Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay, Volume 1
Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay, Volume 2
Incline Railways of Los Angeles and Southern California
Mount Lowe: The Railway in the Clouds
Pacific Electric Railway Volume 1 Northern District
Pacific Electric Railway Volume 2 Eastern District
Pacific Electric Railway Volume 3 Southern District
Pacific Electric Railway Volume 4 Western District
PERHYS Monograph No. 2: John L. Whitmeyer, “Remembrances of the Pacific Electric Railway”
PERHYS Monograph No. 9: Alan K. Weeks, “Remembrances of the Pacific Electric Railway”
West Coast Interurbans
Piggyback and Containers
The Railroad Caboose
The Beauty of Railroad Bridges
Four Ways West All high quality HB books, a little like Morning Sun, with mainly colour and sometimes B&W photographs. Often more pages than a MS publication.
Soo Line Generation Out of Print
Chicago & North Western Peninsula Division: Volume Two Out of Print
Rail Competition: Along Wisconsin’s Western Wall
Shortlines of Northern California: Volume One
Shortlines of Northern California: Volume Two
50 Years North American Railroads: Volume Two: Central Mid-West
Central Illinois Rails: Volume Two 1950’s – 1970’s
Illinois Central Gulf 1972-1988
Milwaukee Road Passenger Trains: Volume Three
Milwaukee Road Passenger Trains: Volume Four
Santa Fe in the Lone Star State Volume 1 (1949-1969)
Soo Line/CP Rail in the Twin Cities
Milwaukee Road Locomotives: Volume Three
Railroads of the Pine Tree State: Volume One
Railroads of the Pine Tree State: Volume Two
Pool Power West
Electro-Motive Division’s Classic Cowl Units
Dragon Steel-Alco Diesel Action
Wisconsin Central Heritage: Volume One
Western Pacific Color Pictorial: Volume One
Western Pacific Color Pictorial: Volume Two
Southern Pacific’s Sunset Route: A Color Pictorial
Southern Pacific in Transition
Southern Pacific’s San Joaquin Valley Line
Southern Pacific Passenger Trains: Volume Two Day Trains of the Coast Line
Southern Pacific’s Scenic Coast Line
Texas & New Orleans: Color Pictorial
Rock Island Color Pictorial: Volume Two
Rock Island Color Pictorial: Volume Three
Rio Grande Color Pictorial: Volume One
Pennsylvania Railroad Color Pictorial: Volume Two
Pennsylvania Railroad Color Pictorial: Volume Three
Pennsylvania Railroad Color Pictorial: Volume Four
Pennsylvania Railroad Color Pictorial: Volume Five
Northern Pacific Pictorial: Volume Four (NP Pa
New North American Books: all available to order
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