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Current Titles

Texas & New Orleans

      by A.D. McLennan

There has long been a need for a good history of the Texas & New Orleans Railroad, SP's subsidiary in Texas and Louisiana. The railroad is described from early days until the merger into parent SP in 1961. Individual chapters describe the components of the system, from El Paso, through San Antonio and Houston, to New Orleans, plus the Victoria Division reaching to Brownsville, and the East Texas lines. 

Please note this book will ship mid April 2008.

Price: $ 70.00 Quantity:


Key System Streetcars

      by Vernon J. Sappers

A welter of streetcar lines in the East Bay of the San Francisco area gradually was merged into the Key Route. The long, complex and fascinating history of this system is very overdue for a book-length treatment.

Price: $ 70.00 Quantity:

 

Chard Walker's Cajon

by Chard L. Walker

The result is an atmospheric and quite complete look at one of the busiest and most dramatic railroad passes in America, from an author well suited to tell the story. Railroad history buffs generally, and Santa Fe fans in particular, will be sure to enjoy this book.
 
Price: $ 60.00 Quantity:

 

Southern Pacific's Salt Lake Division

by John R. Signor

This volume traces the long and colorful history of the Southern Pacific Railroad through Nevada and Utah, starting with the pioneer Central Pacific in the 1860s, and continuing on with the vibrant Harriman years after 1900, through Depression and War, and on into the modern era.

 

Price: $ 75.00 Quantity:

 

Pullman-Standard Freight Cars, 1900-1960 

by Edward S. Kaminski

An authoritative survey of Pullman-Standard's freight car production.

 

Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

 

Santa Fe Locomotive Development

by Larry E. Brasher

This book presents the development of locomotives, from early designs of the nineteenth century, through the "supreme steam" of the 1930, with Santa Fe's superb 4-8-4 and 2-10-4 locomotives, and the simultaneous explorations of pioneer diesel power.

 
Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

 

Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Vol. 4: Box Cars

by Anthony W. Thompson

Complete history of SP box cars, the railroad's most numerous type, from 1865 to 1965

Price: $ 70.00 Quantity:

 

The Florida Keys Overseas Railway

by Warren Zeiller

Unpublished construction photos enrich the story of Flagler's railway to Key West

Price: $ 55.00 Quantity:

 

The Electric Way Across the Mountains

by Richard Steinheimer

This famous book about the Milwaukee Road electrification returns in a Second Edition

Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

 

Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Vol. 3: Automobile Cars and Flat Cars

by Anthony W. Thompson

Complete history of SP auto and flat cars from 1870 to 1965

Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:
 

 

Trains to Yosemite

by Jack A. Burgess

A Complete history of the remarkable Yosemite Valley Railroad, including passenger and freight operations.

Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

 

The Visalia Electric Railroad: SP's Orange Grove Route

by Phillips C. Kauke

Complete history of a small component of the SP system, 1904 to 1992, 

from electric to diesel.

Price: $ 55.00 Quantity:

 

Southern Pacific Daylight Locomotives

by Robert J. Church

Complete history of SP's most famous locomotives, from design to retirement

Price: $ 70.00 Quantity:

 

Southern Pacific's Western Division 

by John R. Signor

History of SP's line from Sacramento to Oakland, including the distinctive Oakland Pier

Price: $ 70.00 Quantity:

 

Central California Traction 

by David G. Stanley and Jeffrey J. Moreau

History of "California's Last Interurban" from 1902 to the present

Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

 

Tank Cars from American Car & Foundry, 1865-1955

by Edward S. Kaminski

A major presentation of cars produced by the largest North American builder of tank cars, AC&F.

Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Vol. 2:  Cabooses

by Anthony W. Thompson

Complete history of SP cabooses from 1871 to 1980.

 
Price: $ 70.00 Quantity:
 

 

Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Vol. 1:

Gondolas and Stock Cars  

by Anthony W. Thompson

History of SP gondolas and stock cars from about 1900 to about 1960.

Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:
 

Santa Fe to Phoenix, Vol. 5 of Railroads of Arizona

by David F. Myrick

History of the Santa Fe's "Peavine" and associated lines in central Arizona

Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

 

Great Northern Lines East 

by Patrick C. Dorin

Superb photos and freight car information for the Great Northern Railway

Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

 

The Magor Car Corporation 

by Edward S. Kaminski

The history of of this important car builder, over its entire lifetime, 1902-1973
Price: $ 55.00 Quantity:

 

Pacific Fruit Express 

by Anthony W. Thompson,  Robert J. Church &

     Bruce H. Jones

A complete history of the refrigerator car company owned by Southern Pacific and Union Pacific
Price: $ 75.00 Quantity:

 

Southern Pacific's Shasta Division 

by John R. Signor

The history of SP's scenic line from northern California into southern Oregon
Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

 

Snowbound Streamliner 

by Robert J. Church

Rescuing the City of San Francisco from a Sierra blizzard in 1952
Price: $ 49.95 Quantity:

 

Southern Pacific's Coast Line Pictorial 

by Anthony W. Thompson and John R. Signor

A second volume on SP's line between San Francisco and Los Angeles
Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

 

American Car & Foundry Company,1899-1999 

by Edward S. Kaminski

A Centennial history of this major North American railcar builder

Out of Print

 

The Santa Fe Route, Vol. 4 of Railroads of Arizona 

by David F. Myrick

Construction and operation of the Santa Fe across northern Arizona

Out of Stock

 

Great Northern Lines West 

by Charles R. Wood

A superb photographic book of the west end of the Great Northern Railway

Price: $ 55.00 Quantity:

 

Southern Pacific's Coast Line 

by John R. Signor

SP's historic and scenic line between San Francisco and Los Angeles
Price: $ 65.00 Quantity:

The Pacific Coast Company 

by Gerald M. Best

Ships and Narrow Gauge along the Pacific Coast

Price: $ 49.95 Quantity:

Southern Pacific's 4300 4-8-2's 

by Robert J. Church

Design, construction, and operation of SP's Mountain-type locomotives
Price: $ 55.00 Quantity:

 

Railroad History in Photographs 

edited by A.W. Thompson, R.J. Church and J.J. Pryor

  • 150 Years of North American railroading in historic photos
  • 1997 Benjamin Franklin Award finalist in History
Out of Print

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