A focus on Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming and Nebraska
A Comprehensive Passenger Car and Motive Power Roster 1971-2021
Documents �traditional�� railroads fewer than 100 miles in length serving KY & TN, focusing not only on little-known steam-powered small lines that operated until the 1950s or 1960s, but also other roads surviving into the diesel era. Declining local economies and increased costs led to the 1980s demise of many of these local conventional shortlines. Featuring Artemus-Jellico, Brimstone, Cadiz, Carrollton, Chattanooga Traction, Corinth & Counce, East TN & Western, North Carolina, Emory River, Flemingsburg & Northern, Frankfort & Cincinnati, Glasgow, KY & IN Terminal, KY & TN, Memphis Union Station, Morehead & North Fork, Oneida & Western, Smoky Mountains, TN, AL & GA, and Tennessee!
Introduces the company�s Modern Road Power wearing 5000-9999. Sixteen chapters, each devoted to a specific model, illustrate the second-generation geeps and SDs of this transcontinental railroad.
Freight cars across North America featuring (just to name a few) New York Central, PRR, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Southern Pacific, ATSF, C&O and everywhere in between - an immense variety of mid-20th Century freight!
The story of the New York-Boston Shore Line of the former New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad up to the present day. Following a brief history of the Line, the book starts at New York City's Grand Central Terminal & Penn Station and finishes at Boston's South Station. Discussions of the numerous present-day train operators over the Shore Line are featured.
Ohio Central in Color Volume #2 features freight and passenger operations between Brewster and Zanesville and between Columbus and Mingo Junction. The book also takes a detailed look at the Ohio Central motive power roster, including EMD F-units.
Features an in-depth look at the B-B series of Alco Century locomotives introduced in the 1960s. From the not-well-received C-415 switcher to the 3000hp C-430s, and other models in between, full-color coverage includes over 300 images of the Alco and Montreal series. Coverage also includes the rare MLW model HR412.
Coverage of the motive power of the �Route of the Minute Man� begins with the Last of Steam in the late 1940s into the mid-1950s. Diesel coverage includes the 37 different models of internal combustion locomotives operated by the B&M. From the smallest industrial type switchers to specialized passenger motive power, Rail Diesel Cars, and the standard, run-of- the-mill production diesel models.
The late Bill Cordes was very active in Minnesota railfan circles, helping to organize numerous excursions by the Minnesota Railfans Association. A prolific photographer, he captured every aspect of local railroading. In this title are Bill's best photos from 1959 to 1976, featuring the Twin Cities, Duluth, the Missabe Iron Range, prairie branch lines, and the longest doodlebug excursion ever!
Continues the examination of the locomotive roster of this Canadian transcontinental railroad that also reaches into the depths of American soil. Coverage focuses on modern six-axle road power constructed by EMD/GMD, GE, and Montreal, as well as Progress Rail. Enjoy nearly 300 full-color photos, from the early SD40s to the big SD90Mac and SD90Mac-H locomotives!
Continues the history of the commuter road's vast fleet of Multiple Unit (MU) cars, beginning in 1953 with 20 cars purchased by William Wyer, the railroad's trustee. It then features the Pullman-Standard car fleets of 1955 and 1963 as well as cars purchased by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority starting in 1968, first with the M1 fleet of Metropolitans, then M3's, M7's and finally the M9's of 2020. Also covered are the railroad's two sets of gas turbine/electrics and Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDC's).
Our final look at the C&O�s motive power fleet. From the four Alco C-630s to the 25 oddball GP15Ts, C&O owned 16 different second-gen models. Adding to the interest of this roster was a group of 30 GE U23Bs that rode on EMD Blomberg trucks. Other U-Boat models included the U25B, U30B, and later B30-7s. EMD products include GP30, GP35, GP38, GP40, GP39, GP40-2, as well as SD35, SD40, & SD50s.
October 17, 1960 to April 1, 1976 � a short 16 years of existence for the Erie Lackawanna Railway. It was painful to see the EL fade into history when Conrail absorbed it. You'll visit the Erie, Lackawanna, & EL sides, as well as the most interesting connections along the way. This title will delight EL fans as the author takes us on a striking photographic tour featuring illuminating stories of the departed Route of Friendly Service.
