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![Compartment C, Car 293 [1938] by Edward Hopper](images/EHcompartmentC1938_236x270.jpg "Compartment C, Car 293 [1938] by Edward Hopper")
It's my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they're going. For them it's the journey itself and the people they meet along the way. You see, at every stop this train makes, a little bit of America, a little bit of your country, gets on and says hello.
— David Baldacci, in "The Christmas Train"
Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.
Those whistles sing bewitchment: railways are irresistible bazaars . . . Anything is possible on a train . . .
— Paul Theroux
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Books on Railroad History
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McMillan Publications [est. 1977] of Arvada, Colorado sells hundreds of railroad history books & videos
Omni Publications Railroad Division [est. 1984] in Palmdale, California
Signature Press [est. 1993] publishes high-quality railroad history books
Karen's Discount Books [est. 1994] - transportation specialists, 1315 Hot Spring Way in Vista, California
![Sundance Publications, Ltd. [est. 2006] publishes railroad history books in Denver, Colorado](images/SundancePublns.jpg)
 | "Heavy Metal: The Essential Bibliography of American Railroading" [2008] by Brent Cassan Volume 1: BookSurge Publng 9¾x7 pb [5/2008] for $28.79 Volume 2: BookSurge Publng 9¾x7 pb [5/2008] for $28.79 |
browse books by George B. Abdill [?-1982]
Byron Babbish
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has written 30 books about railroading, including the 'Railfan Chronicles Series' and the 'Chronicles of A Detroit Railfan Series'
 | "The Railfan Chronicles: Riding The Algoma Central Railway, 1980 to 2014" [2015] by Byron Babbish Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2015] for $5.98 CreateSpace 10x8 pb [8/2015] for $49.98 |
author Lucius Beebe [1902-66] and his partner photographer Charles M. Clegg, Jr. [1916-79]
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railroad books by historian Chapman Frederick Dendy Marshall [1872-1945]
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books by railroad historian William D. Middleton [1928-2011]
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 | "South Shore: The Last Interurban" [1970, rev 1999] by William D. Middleton more than 250 photographs, maps & schematic drawings; Chapter 2 "Insull's Super-Interurban" is often reprinted Indiana Univ Press 2nd edition 11¼x8¾ hardcover [6/99] out of print/used Golden West Books 10¾x8¾ hardcover [1970] out of print/used |
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"Classic Trains" Magazine for Spring 2011 contains cover article "Great Photographer: William D. Middleton" single-issue magazine [Spring 2011] out of print/used via Anazon |
railroad books by author Linwood W. Moody
railroad books by author David F. Myrick
British author Christian Wolmar: browse books official website
railroad books by author Ted Wurm
Railway History Reading - General
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 | "Wonders and Curiosities of The Railway: Stories of The Locomotive In Every Land" [1884] by Wm. Sloane Kennedy Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $22.36 Palala Press 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2016] for $25.95 S.C. Griggs & Co. hardcover [1884] long out of print/used available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive |
 | "The Strategy of Great Railroads" [1904] by Frank H. Spearman [1859-1937] chapter titles: The Vanderbilt Lines; The Pennsylvania System; The Harriman Lines; The Hill Lines; The Fight for Pittsburg; The Gould Lines; The Rock Island System; The Atchison; The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; The Chicago and Northwestern; The Rebuilding of an American Railroad; The First Transconti-nental Railroad; and The Early Day in Railroading Univ Press of the Pacific 8x5 pb [10/2003] for $14.55 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $33.08 Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover [1904] out of print/used |
 | Railroad Magazine [May 1942] articles on working for the Cincinnati Southern (with map); North America's first railroad (before the B&O!); Ben Holladay and the Oregon Central; the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (with map & locomotive roster); memoirs of a D&RG auditor; a list of new high speed passenger schedules; explanation of timetable boards; True Tales of the Rails; and regular monthly features such as railroad stories, the survey of electric street railways, and the Railroad Camera Club; illustrated throughout with b&w photos and numerous vintage ads; cover by Harry C. Temple Railroad Magazine single issue [5/1942] out of print/scarce |
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 2 - Far Western Railroads" [1943]
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 3 - Midwestern Railroads" [1943)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 5 - Southern Railroads" [1944)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 6 - New England Railroads" [1944)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 7 - Electric Railways" [1946)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 8 - Pennsylvania Railroad" [1944)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 9 - New York Central Railroad" [1944)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 10 - Modern Steam Locomotives" [1945)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 11 - Southern Pacific Lines" [1945)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 12 - Santa Fe Railway" [1945)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 13 - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad" [1946)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 14 - Erie Railroad" [1946)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 16 - The Burlington Route" [1947)
"Trains Album of Railroad Photographs: Book 18 - Railroads of Chicago" [1950)
 | "Circus Trains (Trains Album of Photographs, Number 19)" [1947] by Charles Philip Fox Kalmbach Publng hardcover [1947] out of print/scarce |
 | "The Railroads of The Confederacy" [1952] by Robert C. Black III
Univ NC Press 9½x5¾ pb [4/98] for $21.24 Univ NC Press 9x6½ hardcover [1952] out of print/used for books specifically about the Andrews Raid of 1862, |
 | "The American Railroad Network, 1861-1890" [1956] by George Rogers Taylor & Irene Dorothy Neu, Introduction by Mark Reutter Univ Illinois Press 9x6 pb with map [2/2003] for $13.10 Univ Illinois Press 9x6 pb with map [2/2003] out of print/used Harvard Univ Press hardcover [1956] out of print/used Harvard Univ Press hardcover [1956] out of print/used |
 | "The Golden Age of Railroads (Landmark Book Series)" [1960] by Stewart Hall Holbrook, Illustrated by Ernest Richardson Random House 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1960] out of print/many used |
 | "Civil War Railroads: A Pictorial Story of The War Between The States, 1861‑1865" [1961] by George B. Abdill Over 220 b&w photographs from the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and private collections across the country Indiana Univ Press 10¼x8½ hardcover [5/99] for $32.71 Superior Publng 10½x7¾ hardcover [1961] out of print/40+ used |
 | "American Railroads (The Chicago History of American Civilization)" [1961] by John F. Stover Kindle Edition from Univ Chicago Press [2nd edition 4/2008] for $28.00 {sic} Univ Chicago Press 2nd edition 8x5¼ pb [12/97] for $18.82 Univ Chicago Press 9x6½ hardcover [12/61] out of print/used |
 | "A Locomotive Engineer's Album: The Saga of Steam Engines In America" [1965] by George B. Abdill Bonanza Books 10¾x8½ hardcover [12/88] out of print/used Bonanza Books 10½x8½ hardcover [1965] out of print/50+ used |
 | "Look At Railways" [1969] by L.T.C Rolt a title from the British children's 'Look At...' series Panther Books pb [1969] out of print/used |
 | "The Circus Moves By Rail" [1970] by Tom Parkinson & Charles Philip Fox Carstens Press 7¾x10 pb [9/93] out of print/used Pruett Publng 8¼x10¼ hardcover [6/70] out of print/used |
 | "No Performances Today: Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus June 22, 1918" [1972] by Warren A. Reeder, Jr. The locomotive driver of a deadheading troop train fell asleep and his train plowed into the rear of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train of 26 cars, five miles east of Hammond, Indiana; many victims died instantly, then the train caught fire; 86 people died, 127 were injured entry at Wikipedia North State Press pb [1972] out of print/used |
 | "Trails of The Iron Horse: The Rough and Tumble Story of The Western Railroads" [1975] Edited by Don Russell Illustrated with over 100 rare photographs Doubleday & Co. 10¼x7¼ hardcover [1975] out of print/40+ used Doubleday & Co. hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
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"The American Heritage History of Railroads In America" [1975] by Oliver Jensen Random House Value Publng 12½x9½ hardcover [9/93] out of print/90+ used American Heritage/McGraw-Hill 12¾x9½ hardcover [1975] out of print/50+ used American Heritage/McGraw-Hill 12x9¼ hardcover [1975] out of print/50+ used American Heritage/McGraw-Hill 12½x9¼ loose-leaf [1975] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Rio Grande Glory Days" [1976] by Gilbert A. Lathrop Combination of autobiography and author's stories previously published in Railroad Magazine; author's father was a locomotive driver based in Cimarron, Colorado, and third-generation railroader Gilbert became a roundhouse boy, fireman, brakeman & conducter on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and was also an engine foreman on the Western Pacific RR during World War II. Golden West Books hardcover [1976] out of print/many used |
 | "Happy Holidays: The Golden Age of Railway Posters" [1987] by Michael Palin Pavilion 8¼x6 pb [4/98] out of print/used |
 | "The Original Old Rails' Tales: Anecdotes, Stories & Memoirs On The Road & In The Yard (New Abridged Family Edition)" [orig 1991] Edited by Alan Allen, Foreword by Louis 'Studs' Terkel [1912-2008] Trafford Publng 8½x5½ pb [2/2005] for $26.49 |
 | "Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Guides: Train" [1992 & 2009] by John Coiley
'Discover the story of railroads - from the age of steam to the high-speed trains of today' Knopf BFYR 11¼x8¾ hardcover [9/92] out of print/40+ used DK Eyewitness audio CD with wallchart [undated] for $28.35 2009 edition includes wallchart and clip art CD DK Children 11½x8¾ hardcover [4/2009] for $16.99 |
 | "Unfinished Business: The Railroad In American Life" [1994] by Maury Klein Univ Press NE 9x6 pb [4/94] for $24.95 Univ Press NE 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/94] out of print/used |
 | "Classic American Railroads" by Mike Schafer
Vol 1: Motorbooks Intl. 10¼x10¼ hardcover [9/96] for $23.07 Vol 2: Motorbooks Intl. 10¼x10¼ hardcover [10/2000] for $25.17 Vol 3: Motorbooks Intl. 10¼x10¼ hardcover [10/2003] for $19.77 |
 | "Parallel Tracks: The Railroad & Silent Cinema" [1997] by Lynne Kirby Duke Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [6/97] for $23.95 Duke Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [12/97] for $84.95 |
 | "A Memory of Trains: The Boll Weevil and Others" [Oct 2000] Text & Photographs by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. with 122 excellent photos, all but one taken by the author Univ South Carolina Press 9x9 hardcover [10/2000] for $21.33 |
 | "Santa Fe: The Chief Way" [2001] by Robert Strein, John Vaughan & C. Fenton Richards Jr. Kindle Edition from Univ New Mexico Press [10/2017] for $9.99 Univ New Mexico Press 10¼x10pb [11/2017] for $28.76 New Mexico Magazine 10x10 pb [9/2001] out of print/used New Mexico Magazine 10¼x10¼ hardcover [9/2001] for $26.37 |
 | "Dixie Limited: Railroads, Culture, and The Southern Renaissance" [2002] by Joseph R. Millichap "A detailed reading of the complex and often ambivalent relationships among technology, culture, and literature that railroads represent in selected writers and works of the Southern Renaissance" including literary giants Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, and poet Dave Smith Univ Press KY 9x6 hardcover [3/2002] for $40.00 |
 | "Hear That Train Whistle Blow! How The Railroad Changed The World" [ages 11 & up; 2004] by Milton Meltzer Random House Young Readers/Landmark 9¼x8 pb [10/2005] out of print/used Random House YR/Landmark 9¼x8 library hardcover [10/2004] out of print/used Random House Young Readers/Landmark 9½x8¼ hardcover [10/2004] out of print/used |
 | "The Train: An Illustrated History" [2004] by Jonathan Glancey
Carlton Books, Ltd. 11½x11½ pb [8/2005] out of print/used Carlton Books, Ltd. 11¼x11 pb [8/2005] out of print/used Carlton Books, Ltd. 8¼x8¼ hardcover [9/2009] out of print/used Carlton Books, Ltd. 11½x11½ hardcover [10/2004] out of print/used Carlton Books, Ltd. 11½x11½ hardcover [10/2004] out of print/used |
 | "The Railroad: The Life Story of A Technology" [2005] by H. Roger Grant Greenwood 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $45.00 |
 | "All Aboard For Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of The Southwest, 1890s to 1930s" [2005] by Victoria E. Dye Univ NM Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $16.47 |
 | "Little Book of Steam" [Green Umbrella 2006] by Clive Groome Kindle Edition from G2 Rights [11/2014] for $3.65 G2 Ent. hardcover [3/2013] out of print/used |
 | "The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed To Save An Ailing Industry" [2006] by Rush Loving, Jr. Former Fortune Magazine journalist reports on the changes in the American railroad industry over the prior 40 years, beginning with the lead-up to the Penn Central RR merger of 1968. Kindle Edition from Indiana Univ Press [2006 edition] for $13.99 Indiana Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2008] for $29.37 Indiana Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2006] out of print/used |
 | "Working On The Railroad" [2006] by Brian Solomon
M.B.I./Voyageur Press 10¾x8½ hardcover [8/2006] for $23.07 |
 | "Great Train Robberies of The Old West" [2006] by R. Michael Wilson Two Dot Books 9x6 pb [11/2006] for $12.95 |
http://www.amazon.com/Call-Trains-Railroad-Photographs-Shaughnessy/dp/0393065928/
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Railroad-Advertising-Riding-Rails/dp/B000I0RSRA/
http://www.amazon.com/Dining-Recipes-Sidelights-Bygone-Age/dp/0801893232/
http://www.amazon.com/Historical-Guide-North-American-Railroads/dp/0890243565/
http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-History-Western-Railway-Engines/dp/0860932095/
http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Readers-Amy-Shields/dp/1426307772/
http://www.amazon.com/One-More-Train-Ride-Underground/dp/0253216524/
http://www.amazon.com/Postcards-Trains-Travel-USA-Train/dp/1412002575/
http://www.amazon.com/Posters-Canadian-Pacific-Marc-Choko/dp/1552979172/
http://www.amazon.com/Railway-Art-Steam-Nelson-Atkins-Museum/dp/0300138784/
http://www.amazon.com/Railway-Posters-1923-1947-Collection-National/dp/1856690148/
http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Rails-Barbara-E-Dawes/dp/1419626175/
http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Turtles-Tucumcari-Personal-History/dp/0826330797/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Iron-Way-Railroads-America/dp/0300187467/
http://www.amazon.com/Wells-Fargo-Company-Train-Robbers/dp/1484829433/
http://www.amazon.com/Working-Railroad-Walking-Beauty-Navajos/dp/0874218586/
"Early American Steam Locomotives: First Seven Decades, 1830-1900" [1962]
http://www.amazon.com/Early-American-Steam-Locomotives-Kinert-ebook/dp/B00A73AU28/
http://www.amazon.com/Early-American-Steam-Locomotives-Kinert/dp/0486443981
http://www.amazon.com/American-Locomotives-Kinert-published-Publications/dp/B00EKYML4A/
http://www.amazon.com/American-Locomotives-Kinert-Publications-Paperback/dp/B00MDALQS0/
http://www.amazon.com/Early-American-Steam-Locomotives-1830-1900/dp/B0006AXWIQ/
http://www.amazon.com/Early-American-Steam-Locomotives-Kinert/dp/B000NYGGWY/
"The Story of American Railroads" [1/1982] by Stewart Hall Holbrook
http://www.amazon.com/Story-American-Railroads-Value-Publishing/dp/0517001004/
"The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Railways [1968] by Hamilton Ellis
http://www.amazon.com/Pictorial-Encyclopedia-Railways-Hamilton-Ellis/dp/B0006BRLPA/
"Encyclopedia of North American Railroading: 150 Years of Railroading in the United States and Canada [Aug 1981] by Freeman H. Hubbard
http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-North-American-Railroading-United/dp/0070308284/
"The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time & Space In The 19th Century" [2/1987] by Wolfgang Schivelbusch
http://www.amazon.com/Railway-Journey-Industrialization-Nineteenth-Century-ebook/dp/B00KCKIGMW/
http://www.amazon.com/Railway-Journey-Industrialization-Nineteenth-Century/dp/0520282264/
http://www.amazon.com/Railway-Journey-Industrialization-Space-Century/dp/0520059298/ 50+
"Encyclopedia of North American Railroads [Nov 1989] by Aaron E. Klein
http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-North-American-Railroads-Aaron/dp/0671075810/
"The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam & Rail [Mar 1, 2000] by Colin Garratt
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Encyclopedia-Steam-Rail/dp/0754802957/
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Encyclopedia-Steam-Rail-Locomotives/dp/1840380888/
"Workin' on the Railroad: Reminiscences from the Age of Steam [5/2003] by Richard Reinhardt
http://www.amazon.com/Workin-Railroad-Reminiscences-Age-Steam/dp/0806135255/
"Hogger: From Fantasy To Fulfillment: A Locomotive Engineer Remembers [9/2003] by Richard Petersen
http://www.amazon.com/Hogger-Fulfillment-Locomotive-Engineer-Remembers/dp/0595289096/
"Death Rode The Rails: American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1828-1965 [3/2006] by Mark Aldrich
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Rode-Rails-Accidents-1828-1965/dp/0801882362/
"The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed To Save An Ailing Industry" [4/2006] by Rush Loving
http://www.amazon.com/Men-Who-Loved-Trains-Railroads-ebook/dp/B008561EXI/
http://www.amazon.com/Men-Who-Loved-Trains-Railroads/dp/0253220319/
http://www.amazon.com/Men-Who-Loved-Trains-Industry/dp/0253347572/
"Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations [4/2006] by Andrew Dow
http://www.amazon.com/Dows-Dictionary-Railway-Quotations-Andrew/dp/0801882923/
"The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche" [1/2008] by Gary Krist
http://www.amazon.com/The-White-Cascade-Deadliest-Avalanche/dp/0805083294/
"Iron Horses" [10/2008] by Michael Swift
http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Horse-Michael-Swift/dp/0785823816/
 | "Images of America: Fred Harvey Houses of The Southwest" [2008] by Richard Melzer Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [11/2008] for $14.95 more info on the Harvey House Restaurants [1875-1968] Page |
 | "Blood, Iron, and Gold: How The Railways Transformed The World" [2009] by Christian Wolmar Kindle Edition from PublicAffairs [3/2010] for $9.99 PublicAffairs 8¼x5½ pb [3/2011] for $13.49 Atlantic Books 9½x6¾ hardcover [10/2009] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Appetite For America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built A Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized The Wild West" [2010] by Stephen Fried
Bantam 9¼x6 pb [5/2011] for $12.24 Bantam 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2010] for $17.82 more info on the more info on the Harvey House Restaurants [1875-1968] Page |
 | "The Most Powerful Idea In The World: A Story of Steam, Industry & Invention" [2010] by William Rosen Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [6/2010] for $15.99 Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [3/2012] for $10.11 Random House 9x6 deckle-edge hardcover [6/2010] for $18.48 |
 | "The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918: Tragedy On The Indiana Lakeshore" [2010] by Richard M. Lytle Kindle Edition from The History Press [11/2011] for $9.99 The History Press 9x6½ pb [7/2010] for $15.86 |
 | "A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts The Railroad, 1825-1862" [2010] by Craig Miner Described as 'the first social history of the early railroads' Univ Press of Kansas 9x6 hardcover [10/2010] for $30.20 |
 | "Railroads of The Civil War: An Illustrated History" [2010] by Michael Leavy Westholme Publng 10¼x8½ hardcover [12/2010] for $29.06 |
 | "A Railroad Manifesto: 50 Short Articles On Railroad Economics, Operations, and Management" [2011] by Thomas F. Erickson, Jr. "An easy-to-read primer on rail system operations, finances, and commercial activities [that] emphasizes the interdependency of these three areas." Univ Press of America 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2011] for $32.95 |
 | "Giants of Steam: The Great Men and Machines of Railways' Golden Age" [2012] by Jonathan Glancey Atlantic Books 7¾x5 pb [7/2013] out of print/used Atlantic Books pb [7/2013] out of print/used Atlantic Books 9¼x6 hardcover [2012] out of print/used |
 | "The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America" [2012] by Christian Wolmar Kindle Edition from PublicAffairs [9/2012] for $14.99 PublicAffairs pb [8/2013] for $13.86 PublicAffairs 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2012] out of print/used |
 | "Railroads and The American People" [2012] by H. Roger Grant
A social history of the impact of railroads on American life, especially during railroad passenger services Golden Age from 1830 to 1930. Kindle Edition from Indiana Univ Press [10/2012] for $19.24 Indiana Univ Press 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2012] for $35.74 |
 | "Fifty Railroads That Changed The Course of History" [2013] by Bill Laws Many maps plus more than 200 elegant drawings, photographs, and paintings as well as dozens of sidebars highlighting concise, engaging text filled with unusual and unexpected stories and facts. Firefly Books 9x6¾ hardcover [7/2013] for $21.68 Firefly Books 9x6¾ hardcover [7/2013] out of print/used |
 | "The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway" [2014] by Doug Most
Kindle Edition from St. Martin's/Macmillan [2/2014] for $12.74 St. Martin's Press 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2014] for $19.29 |
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"A Short History of Trains" [2019] by Christian Wolmar Dorling Kindersley 7¾x5 pb [5/2019] for $12.33 |
Railway History Books - Regional
 | "This Was Railroading: An Historical Collection of Rare Photos & True Stories About The Tracks, Trains & Trainmen of The Pacific Northwest" [1958] by George B. Abdill Literary Licensing, LLC 11x8¼ pb [10/2011] for $26.90 Literary Licensing, LLC 11x8½ hardcover [9/2011] for $42.95 Superior Publng 10x8 hardcover [1958] out of print/used |
 | "Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, Volume I: The Northern Roads" [1962] by David F. Myrick rail lines covered are: Battle Mountain-Lewis Railway; Boca & Loyalton RR; Bodie & Benton Railway; Carson Valley RR; G.W. Chubbuck - Lake Valley RR; Crown Willamette Paper Company; Eagle Salt Works RR Company; Eureka Palisade RR; Gardnerville & Southern RR; Giroux Consolidated Mines Company; Golconda-Adelaide RR; Goldfield RR; Goldfield Consolidated Milling & Trans-portation Company; Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company; Nevada-California-Oregon Rail-way; Nevada Midland RR Company; Nevada Northern Railway; Nevada Short Line Railway; Oregon Short Line and Idaho Central; Owens River Valley Electric Railway Company; Rawhide Western Railway; Sierra Valleys Railway; Verdi Lumber Company; and chapters on Logging Railroads of the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River Basin, and on Other Early Lumber Railroads in the Truckee Area Univ Nevada Press 11¼x8¾ hardcover [10/92] for $57.30 Howell-North Books hardcover [4/82] out of print/used Howell-North Books 11x9 hardcover [1962] out of print/used |
 | "Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, Volume II: The Southern Roads" [1992] by David F. Myrick rail lines covered are: Amboy-Saltus RR; American Carrara Marble Company; Atlantic & Pacific RR; Bonnie Claire and Ubehere; Borate & Daggett RR; Bullfrog Goldfield RR; Death Valley RR; Epsom Salts Railroad (monorail); Las Vegas & Tonopah RR; Lida Valley RR; Ludlow & Southern Railway Company; Mohave & Milltown Railway; Mojave Northern RR; Nevada Southern Railway; Randsburg Railway Company; The Salt Lake Route; Six Companies, Inc.; Tecopa RR Company and the Greenwater copper boom; Tonopah and Tidewater RR; Trona Railway Company; and Yellow Pine Mining Company; with chapters on Calico and Its Silver Railroad, Pioche and Its Railroads, Reno Streetcar Lines, and Searchlight and Its Railroads; as well as a Roster of Locomotives and an Index to Volumes I and II Univ Nevada Press 11¼x8¾ hardcover [10/92] for $66.82 Howell-North Books 11x8¾ hardcover [1963] out of print/used |
 | "Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, Volume III: More On The Northern Roads" [2007] by David F. Myrick rail lines covered are: {more} Boca & Loyalton RR; Bucks Lake RR; Carson & Colorado Railway; Central Pacific RR; Clover Valley Lumber Company; Davies Box & Lumber Company; Feather River Lumber Company; Feather River Railway; Fernley & Lassen Rail-way Company; Fruit Growers Lumber Company; Indian Valley RR; Lake Almanor & Caribou Powerhouse; Lassen Lumber & Box Company; Massack Timber & Lumber Company; Modoc Northern Railway and Goose Lake & South-ern Railway; Nevada-California-Oregon Railway (The Final Years of..); Nibley-Stoddard Lumber Company; Northern Calif-ornia RR Company; Quincy & Eastern Railway Company; Quincy Lumber Company; Red River Lumber Company; Sierra Valleys Railway; Sloat Lumber Company; Spanish Peak Lumber Company; Surprise Valley Railway; and Swayne Lumber Company; with chapters on the Feather River Power Plant Railroads, on the Oro Electric Corp. proposed railroad to a power plant on Yellow Creek, and on Recent Developments in Nevada Railroads Univ Nevada Press 11x8½ hardcover [10/2007] for $66.82 |
"Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California" 3-volume set [2007] by David F. Myrick
Univ Nevada Press 11¼x8¼x3¾" wide slipcover set [10/2007] - out of print/sold out
 | "Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History, Volume 1: The Desert States - Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah" [1986] by Donald B. Robertson
Caxton Press 11¼x8¾ hardcover [9/86] out of print/many used |
 | "Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History, Volume 2: The Mountain States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming" [1971] by Donald B. Robertson
Taylor Publng 11¾x9 hardcover [1971] out of print/used |
 | "Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History, Volume 3: Oregon and Washington" [1995] by Donald B. Robertson Caxton Press 11½x9 hardcover [1995] for $23.34 |
 | "Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History, Volume 4: California" [1998] by Donald B. Robertson Caxton Press 11¼x8¾ hardcover [1998] for $29.21 |
 | "Train Time: Nostalgic Glimpses of A Wolfville Boyhood During Which Train Watching Was A Happy Pastime" [1973] by M. Allen Gibson, Illustrated With Photographs by The Author Wolfville is a port town in Kings County, Nova Scotia, which means that the author's tales are about the Dominion Atlantic Railway [1894/1994]. Lancelot Press pb pamphlet [1973] out of print/scarce |
 | "Railroads of The Yosemite Valley" [1975] by Hank Johnston, with James Law
Yosemite Conservancy 11¼x8¾ pb [9/88] for $21.93 Yosemite Conservancy pb [9/88] out of print/used Trans-Anglo Books 9x6½ hardcover [1980] for $52.99 Trans-Anglo Books hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
 | "Rails Across The Ranchos: The Pacific Coastline of Southern Pacific Railroad (San Luis Obispo County)" [1980] by Loren Nicholson
California Heritage Publing 10¾x8½ pb [8/93] out of print/used California Heritage Publing hardcover [5/1980] out of print/used |
 | "Trails Begin Where Rails End: Early-Day Motoring Adventures In The West and South-west" [1987] by Albert D. Manchester
Trans Anglo Books 11x8¾ hardcover [6/87] out of print/used |
 | "Railroads and Railroad Towns In New Mexico" [1989] by William Clark New Mexico Magazine 10¾x8¼ pb [6/89] out of print/used |
 | "New Mexico's Railroads: A Historical Survey" [1990] by David F. Myrick Univ New Mexico Press 9x6 pb [7/90] for $17.12 |
 | "Trails To Rails: A History of Wyoming's Railroads" [2003] by Robert A. King
Endeavor Books 12x9½ pb [2003] out of print/used |
 | "Railroads of Colorado: Your Guide To Colorado's Historic Trains and Railway Sites" [2004] by Claude Wiatrowski
Voyageur Press 11¼x9 hardcover [6/2004] out of print/used |
 | "The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy" [2005] by Marci L. Riskin Univ NM Press 10x8 pb [5/2005] for $16.47 Univ NM Press 10¼x8½ hardcover [5/2005] for $26.37 |
 | "Rails Around Denver (Images of Rail)" [2007] by Allan C. Lewis Arcadia Publng 9x6½ pb [7/2007] for $19.79 |
 | "Studebaker and The Railroads" in 2 Volumes [2016] by Jan B. Young
Volume 1 covers the Studebaker factory and the steam railroads that once served South Bend, Indiana; Volume 2 covers the extensive electric railroad history of the area and a history of Studebaker's private in-plant railroad, the Chicago & South Bend, plus additional relevant topics; both volumes feature detailed indexes; Volume 2 includes a bibliography, numerous maps, and corporate history charts. Volume 1: LULU.com 9¾x7½ pb [8/2016] for $29.95 Volume 2: LULU.com 9¾x7½ pb [8/2016] for $27.95 |
Railway History Books - International
the infamous 'Beeching Reports': "The Reshaping of British Railways" [March 1963] and "The Development of The Major Railway Trunk Routes" [1965]
response pamphlet from the National Union of Railwaymen
 | "Thomas The Privatised Tank Engine: As First Steamed Up In Private Eye" [1994] by Incledon Clark, Illustrated by Nick Clark, Foreword by Ian Hislop Serious book about the then-pending privatisation of Britain's railways, written as a Thomas-style children's book; the splitting up of British Rail by Prime Minister John Major is generally considered a disaster, with a third less service at greater cost to the rider and to the taxpayer Midland Publng Ltd. 8x5¾ pb [1994] out of print/used excellent 6/2017 reader review at Goodreads |
 | "Railway Renaissance: Britain's Railways After Beeching" [2017] by Gareth David A comprehensive survey of new and reopened railways and stations across England, Scotland & Wales; wholesale closures over the decade following Beeching's reports saw a reduction in the U.K. rail network from 18,000 miles in 1963, to some 11,000 miles a decade later; but since that low point was reached in the early 1970s, a revolution has been taking place: closed lines and scores of stations have been reopened and on many of the newly revived lines, passenger traffic is now at its highest level since the 1940s. Kindle Edition from Pen and Sword Transport [9/2017] for $35.99 {sic} Pen and Sword Transport 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2017] for $42.25 |
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