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This authoritative, illustrated history of the Zephyr fleet examines the trains, their motive power and landmark streamlined designs, rolling stock (including the Vista-Dome, generally considered the first successful dome car), and services. Dozens of black-and-white archival images and period color photographs depict Zephyrs along routes throughout the Midwest, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, and Texas, as well as Burlington uniforms, dinnerware, stations and terminals, and interior views of cars. In the process, the book provides a dramatic visual account of train travels decline throughout the century. Also featured are period advertisements, and route maps, timetables, and menus.
Hardcover - 8.87" x 11.25" - 128 pp - 50 color, 75 b/w Price: £25.00
Dig a token out of your pocket and head for the turnstiles of the worlds great subways in this fabulous and colorful journey! Learn about the design and construction history of each subway, the features that make each system unique, and the variety of rolling stock and motive power found on their tracks. Examines the premier subways of London, New York, Moscow, Paris, Toronto, Boston, Chicago, Washington D.C., San Francisco, and Tokyo. Climb aboard.
15 b&w ill., 75 color. Format: Softbound Pages: 96 Length: 8.25w x 9h Price: £10.00
From the first steam powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century and establishing of the first railroads to the high-speed bullet trains, the American railroad has been an engine powering growth and industry. This book offers a look at the beginning and development of the rail industry, as well as it's place in the cultural history.
Hardback, 256 pages Size: 304x228 mm Price: £19.95
General Electric entered the railroad industry in the early twentieth century and this collection of history explores all types of electric locomotives with a stunning collection of archival black-and-white, period, and modern color photography. Depicting a broad cross-section of American railroads in a variety of regions both urban and remote, Brian Solomon leads us through GEs entire locomotive history, from the first electric S motors to todays colossal, 6,000-horsepower diesel-electrics. Witness electrical legends such as the Pennsylvania Railroads E44s, Amtraks E60s, and Milwaukee Roads "Little Joes", just to name a few. All in all, Solomon gives us a brilliant explanation of the locomotives, the terrain they covered, pioneering GE efforts, and even the marketplace competition and the power race that fueled the development of these awesome machines. Format: Hardbound * Pages: 144 * Length: 10w x 10h Price: £25.00
A new generation of locomotives for a changing world: greener, cleaner, and just as powerful. This book introduces readers to General Electric's Evolution Series, the company's latest achievement in a long and distinguished history of locomotive design. At the heart of the Evolution's success is the GEVO 12-cylinder engine, which produces the same horsepower as the old 16-cylinder FDL while using less fuel and reducing emissions. Today's most up-to-date railfans will want to read about the development, testing, production, and use of the locomotive that, in its first year of production, has already been ordered by every Class 1 railroad in North America. Photographs and illustrations document the features and components of the Evolutions operating across the country, and interviews with GE and railroad personnel fill in the details of current operations and plans for what is certain to be the future of American rail.
Format: Hardbound Pages: 144 Length: 8.25w x 10.63h
INCL. UK p&p Price: £26.00
Go VIA Rail and see Canada: Here is Canada's national railway, covering 14,000 kilometers of track from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay. This illustrated history tells the story of how, starting in the early 1970s, VIA Rail became a separate Crown corporation, once and for all relieving the old Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways of their beleaguered passenger operations. It is a story rich in history--and marked with failures and misfortunes right up to our day, when a need for convenient, fuel-efficient mass transportation holds out hope for a renaissance. Archival and modern photography, route maps, and print ads help detail the history of VIA Rail's motive power and passenger cars from the likes of General Motors, Bombardier, Montreal Locomotive Works, and Budd Company, as well such passenger trains as The Canadian, The Atlantic, The Ocean, and The Super Continental. Chris Greenlaw also explains all of the political machinations that have inevitably shaped the railroad, and delves into its connection with Amtrak via The Maple Leaf. Format: Hardbound Pages: 160 Length: 8.25w x 10.63h Price: £26.00
They may not be the biggest or the best known, but regional carriers are the heart of the American rail system--and of the Midwest, whose people and places, industry and goods, they connect in one vast network. These regional railroads of the heartland, with their special operations and oftentimes unique equipment, are celebrated here in all their local color, historic power, and splendid detail. Highly respected rail writer and photographer Steve Glischinksi draws on his own knowledge and archive, as well as on the photography of several colleagues, to offer an authoritative, lavishly illustrated account of the histories, motive power, and operations of twelve of the Midwests most vital current carriers, including a system map of every road covered. Featured railroads include the Chicago Central & Pacific; Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern; Escanaba & Lake Superior; Iowa Interstate Railroad; Iowa, Chicago & Eastern; Indiana Rail Road; Kyle Railroad; Red River Valley & Western; Twin Cities & Western; Toledo, Peoria & Western; Wisconsin Central; and Wisconsin & Southern. Format: Hardbound Pages: 160 Length: 8.25w x 10.63h Price: £26.00
Format: Hardbound Pages: 160 Length: 8.5w x 10.75h Price: £26.00
the Midwest and the South. Always an astute historian, Murray draws on archival records and imagery from collections and photographers around the nation. Price: £26.00
Format: Hardbound Pages: 160 Length: 8.25w x 10.625h Price: £26.00
Joe Welsh (Travel by Pullman, 2005) presents a marvelously illustrated account of the Broadways development, various motive power, and amenities, from the heavyweight era through the creation of Amtrak.
Illustrated throughout with archival color and black-and-white photography, period ads, and timetables, this trip back to the halcyon era of train travel also features major players in the train's development, describes the Broadways contemporary competitors and other trains in PRR's "Blue Ribbon Fleet," and examines the train's streamlining initiated in 1938. The result is a fitting tribute to an icon of American transportation. Price: £26.00
Hardcover - 8.25" x 10.63" - 160 pages Price: £25.95
Like lightning flashing across the desert sky, the Chief streaks by, resplendent in its "warbonnet" livery. This splendid illustrated history of the Santa Fe Railroad's flagship passenger trains carries readers back to an era of luxury travel on America's rails - when movie stars and moguls booked their places on the Chief for the 40-hour trip from Chicago to Los Angeles - faster even than Amtrak's Southwest Chief today. The story of America's most celebrated passenger train, the nation's first diesel-poweed streamliner - from its first run in 1936 to its takeover by Amtrak in 1971 - also includes cocverage of the Santa Fe's other Chiefs, including the Texas and San Francisco.
Format: Hardbound Pages: 160 Length: 8.5"x 11" Price: £26.95
Here is the detailed and fascinating history of how two legendary railroads - the Santa Fe and the Burlington Northern (which itself was comprised four major railroads) - merged in 1995 to create what remains one of America's rail icons, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF). A blockbuster railroad merits a history book of the same scale, and this book will awe railfans with its rich content.
Format: Large, Hardbound, Beautifully Illustrated, Coffee table format. Pages: 288 Price: £37.95
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific-known as The Milwaukee Road, served much of the Midwest and West for more than a century until its purchase in 1985 by one-time rival Soo Line. Noted for its streamlined Hiawatha passenger trains, The Milwaukee Road also earned acclaim for its electrified Pacific Extension and its fabrication and repair shops. This wonderfully illustrated history examines The Milwaukee Road's motivie power, passenger and freight operations, facilities, and financial woes, not to mention its roots dating to a collective of Wisconsin granger roads. Numerous photographers illustrate the varied scope of The Milwaukee Road, from the Windy City to Puget Sound. Price: £25.95
In 1986 CSX merged the Chessie and Seaboard Systems and several other eastern railroads into CSX Transportation. This illustrated history provides a background of CSX's 25 years on the American railroad scene,describing how the company acquired several legendary lines and merger roads. This book also examines CSX hardware, facilities, and operations on more than 20,000 miles of trackage throughout the eastern half of the United States, from 1980 through to today. Included is an explanation of the 1999 agreement by which CSX and Norfolk Southern purchased and effectively split the operations of their northern rival Conrail. Price: £25.95
Well into the 1950s, the SP operated a fleet of colorful & fashionable passenger trains for the nouveau riche film stars and businesspeople. This illustrated history covers the motive power, the rolling stock and SPs services. Archival photographs depict the trains on their routes. Also seen are SP uniforms, dinnerware, stations and terminals, and interior views of cars. Featured are period advertisements, timetables, and route maps. Hardcover - 8.5"x11", 160 pgs, 90 color, 90 b/w Price: £20.00
Powered by steam until 1947, the Empire Builder charged into the diesel era at full-bore with streamlined EMD E7As trailing Pullman cars from St. Paul to Spokane, generating millions for the railroad. Included are the trains, motive power, rolling stock, and their services. Great photography depicts the Empire Builders along this scenic route. Also shown are interior views of Pullman and dome cars, period advertisements, and route maps.
Hardcover - 8.5"x 11" - 160 pgs - 90 color, 90 b/w Price: £24.95
Beginning in 1860, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway quickly grew to become the premier transportation company in the US. Its hallmark was fast, high-quality freight and passenger service, including the famous Super Chief, El Capitan, and The Chief luxury passenger trains for those traveling between LA and Chicago. This book is filled with archive and color photos of the locomotives, trains and events of the Santa Fe Railway, from the 1950s through today. Sftbd., 81/4 x 105/8, 128 pgs., 40 b&w ill., 80 color. Price: £15.95
The first stone was layed for the B&O Railroad on July 4, 1828. 24 years later, on December 24, 1852, the B&O linked Baltimore with the Ohio River. B&O Railroads takes you on a colorful journey through the hard-working history of the B&O Railroad, famous for its great passenger trains, including the Capital Limited and the National Limited, innovative technology, and aesthetic equipment. Sftbd., 8"x11", 128pgs., 40 b&w ill., 80 color. Price: £15.95
The Southern Pacific Railroad is one of the most important railroads in the US. In its heyday, SP operating revenues were overshadowed only by the NYC and Pennsy Railroad. SP is famous for participating in the building of the transcontinental railroad, its fleet of Daylight streamlined passenger trains, and its 200 "Cab-Forward" steam locomotives. Information-packed! Sftbd., 81/4"x 103/4", 128 pgs., 40 b&w ill., 80 color. Price: £15.95
* Manual Block
* Towers and Interlocking
* Automatic Block
* Centralized Traffic Control
* Train Control and Cab Signaling
* Grade Crossings.
HARDBOUND Price: £24.95
In the history of American Railroading, no train stands taller than the 20th Century Limited, New York Central's famous flagship that plied the "Water Level Route" between Chicago and New York from 1902 to 1967. Read the complete story of this train from its illustrious beginning in the days of opulent wooden cars through its demise in the era of passenger-train cutbacks that led to Amtrak. The chronicle recounts the Century's operations in multiple sections - as many as seven in one direction - in the 1920s and 30s, when it ran with heavyweight Pullmans, as well as the streamline era, ushered in with industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss' elegant 20th Century train of 1938. The Century was a train of magnets and movie stars, with a red carpet rolled out for departure. It carried only Pullmans for most of its career, commanding an extra fare commensurate with its extra-fine service, equipment and speed. For decades it was powered by stylish Hudson locomotives - first standard, later streamlined and finally by diesels in a distinctive lightning-stripe livery. With the finest of food and a full array of amenities - barber, secretary, shower, maid - the 20th Century Limited set the standard.
HARDBACK Price: £24.95
Over 50 stations in the US and Canada are highlighted, telling their stories in engaging text and over 200 color and b/w photographs and artwork. From icons like New York's Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station, Cincinnati Union Terminal and LA's passenger terminal to lesser-known stations throughout North America, you'll see how changing architectural tastes shaped the evolution of these landmark structures.
Hardbound with 156 pages Price: £24.95
