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013-3	Traction Handbook for Model Railroads - by Paul & Steve Mallery Click on Cover to the left for Table of Contents	$12.95
A12667	Chicago: City on the Move - By Michael Williams, Richard Cahan and Bruce Moffat For the first time in more than a century, a vast collection of 220,000 transportation photographs has been made available for a single Chicago transit book. The photos, housed in the Chicago Transit Authority archives, tell the story of how Chicago grew up around its great multi-faceted transportation network. They bring to life the elevated trains, streetcars and buses that ruled city streets. The best pictures—along with quotes on the traveling life by 20 of Chicago’s most beloved authors—are collected in a book for people who love transportation and who love photography. It is a historic and artistic look at the Windy City on the move. Hardcover, 8 1/2” by 11”, 256 pages with 250 duotone photographs.	$39.95
A12668	The GrandLuxe Express: Traveling in High Style - By Karl Zimmermann This lavish book invites readers aboard the glamorous renovated cars of the GrandLuxe passenger train. In 1989, the American-European Express, a stylish train created to emulate Europe's Orient-Express, commenced operation between Washington and Chicago. Forced to close down two years later, it was reborn in 1994 as the American Orient-Express. The AOE, as this luxury streamliner was known, matured under the tutelage of various owners until 2006, when under new ownership it acquired a new name, the GrandLuxe Express. Trackside, the train gleamed as a classic American streamliner. Aboard, travelers enjoy old-fashioned, wood-paneled elegance that harkens back to the 1920s and Europe's posh Wagons-Lits sleepers and restaurant cars. Hardcover, 10 b/w and 96 color photos, 8 1/2 x 11", 112 pages.	$39.95
A12669	Standard Catalog of American Flyer Trains by David Doyle This is the most complete book of its kind available. With over 1,000 full-color photos, 8,500 listings, detailed descriptions, accurate current-market pricing, and helpful scarcity ratings, it is the most thorough, comprehensive and easy-to-read encyclopedia to ever cover the entire American Flyer era.	$32.95
A12670	Intermodal Railroading by Brian Solomon For the first time ever, intermodal railroading—perhaps the most revolutionary development in freight railroading, if not the freight industry—is examined in a concisely written and completely illustrated history showcasing 200 vintage and modern photographs. The advantages of intermodal railroading—the use of trailers and containers on flatcars to transload cargo to and from highway trucks and oceangoing vessels—are obvious: less cargo-handling and better security translate to reduced transit times, costs, and cargo damage. Author Brian Solomon shows how the North American rail industry moved to exploit these advantages—beginning with formative attempts at “piggybacking” in the 1930s—and how prevailing global economic conditions and federal deregulation spurred intermodal growth. Special emphases on the formation of pioneering equipment manufacturer and provider Trailer Train (renamed TTX), container-shipping pioneer Sea-Land, and the intermodal-friendly Los Angeles Corridor, provide context for a complete history of postwar intermodal, including North America’s “land-bridge” role and modern innovations like articulated spine cars and double-stack well cars. While bringing readers to intermodal hubs such as Los Angeles–Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma, Houston, and South Kearny, New Jersey, among others, Solomon also examines motive power, the effects of railroad mergers, and the roles played by trucking and shipping firms such as Maersk, J. B. Hunt, UPS, NOL, Hanjin, and K-Line, to name a few. Rounded out by a glossary of terms, this wonderfully illustrated layman’s guide to the world of intermodal will prove indispensable to anyone interested in modern railroad operations. 192 pages	$39.95
A12671	The Harvey House Cookbook Memories of Dining along the Santa Fe Railroad — By George H. Foster & Peter C. Weiglin In the 1870s, people traveling west of the Mississippi were still venturing into the wild. Loud, smoke-belching trains might have cut across the rough terrain, but harsh weather, rigid seats, and short breaks for bad food in the middle of nowhere showed that the West was by no means won. Entrepreneur Fred Harvey had an eye for such problems and a verve for the impossible. In 1876, he began establishing high quality dining rooms along the Santa Fe Railway, and his Harvey Houses helped change the entire picture of the American West. Recapture the sprit of the first Western railway excursions with The Harvey House Cookbook. Its 200-plus vintage recipes (many simple to prepare), numerous period photos, and fascinating Fred Harvey story will take readers back to one of America’s legendary experiences in the Old West. 9x7", 194 pages, softbound.	$14.95
A12672	Hiawatha Story - By Jim Scribbins The illustrated history of one of the most spectacularly successful passenger trains of all time. First there was a single experimental coach, then an entire fleet. Soon Hiawatha was a railway legend. Loved for their radically new, streamlined look, the Hiawatha’s Art Deco engines were a hallmark of American industrial design—a genre of passenger cars from Tip Top Tap to Touralux to the glass-encased Skytop. For Midwestern passengers from Chicago to Aberdeen, the Hiawatha represented speed, comfort and luxury, offering spectacular views of the rolling landscape. From 1935 to 1970 it carried countless passengers and even more memories. Richly illustrated with more than 350 photographs, The Hiawatha Story brings the design and history of this beloved rail fleet to life. 272 pages, 356 halftones, 11 x 8 1/2", softcover	$29.95
A12673	Next Stop Honolulu! - By Jim Chiddix and MacKinnon Simpson This is the story of the Oahu Railway & Land Company, which ran a 3-foot-gauge line for 58 years. OR&L is a great modeling prototype, with a mix of ALCO, Baldwin and Shay locomotives, and more than 1,200 freight cars hauling raw sugar, pineapples and local freight. Up to 38 passenger trains a day trundled tourists and residents around Oahu. Featuring a double-tracked main line and automatic block signal system, locomotives ranged from tiny saddletankers to Vauclain compounds and powerful Mikados, close cousins of the Rio Grande K-28s. Hardcover, Coker dustjacket painting, lots of color, packed with photos and documents. 352 pages, 9 1/4 x 12 1/4".	$59.95
A14212	Memories of N&W Power - Paul Carlton Includes many never before published photos of mostly steam power and some diesels; includes VGN electrics & Train Masters. Hard cover. 176 pgs.	$34.95
A14266	A Golden Decade of Trains: The 1950’s In Color - by Robert R. Malinoski Just the name Malinoski is indicative of masterful, expert camera work as exhibited in national rail magazines for more than fifty years. Now here is his choice, top-drawer color artistry on over fifty different roads during the decade when the best of steam and early diesels worked hand-in-hand. Hard cover	$45.00
A14332	Streetcar Scenes of the 1950s In Color - by LeRoy O. King Follow traction photographer Ed Miller as he crisscrosses the country in the 1950s to record the passing of the trolley in more than 240 color scenes that not only show traction but a way of life in the streets of America that has long vanished. Ed was methodical and his coverage in this book is truly national in scope. Hard cover	$54.95
A14333	Canadian National Steam In Color Vol 1: Ontario & East - by Kevin J. Holland The final glorious decade of Canadian National Steam, as seen through the eyes of some of America’s most talented color photographers, is presented here in this first of two volumes. Steam operations in Newfoundland, New England, Quebec, and Central Ontario are all showcased. Hard cover	$59.95
A14334	Trackside around Ontario 1955-1960 with Don McCartney - by John Riddell An electric look at Ontario railroading in the late 1950s including CP, CN, TH&B, ET, eclectic lines, equipment and railroad ferry operations. Included is a rare 1940s look at Ontario Northland steam and sidetrips to other provinces. Hard cover	$59.95
A17652	Rails Across New England – Volume II Covers in great detail the myriad of changes that swept across the southern New England states of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island from the end of the eighties to the end of the nineties, the final decade of the millennium. Class I: § Conrail , § CSX , § Central Vermont , § New England Central , § Guilford § Amtrak , § Metro-North , § MBTA , § Conn. DOT / Shoreline East Shortlines: § Housatonic, Providence & Worcester, Bay Colony, Pioneer Valley, Mass. Central, Connecticut Southern, Pioneer Valley, Naugatuck and much more. 128 pages, all colorOver 250 never-before–published color photographs from many of New England’s best railroad photographers. Scenic action photography in all four seasons, covering every corner of southern New England. All-color system maps.	$44.95
A17700	Steam Scenes of Allendale - by Ian Wilson Hardcover, 192 pages Along with Steam at Allandale, the additional 375 images and 57 maps comprising the new Steam Scenes of Allandale complete the record of a network of CNR lines in the postwar steam era. Stand amid cinder-blanketed shop tracks as locomotives are serviced at the Allandale roundhouse; watch the bustling yard engine switch cars for local assignments; visit the magnificent station platform as passenger trains make connections; witness way freights and mixed trains embarking for the picturesque environs of Collingwood, Meaford, Penetang, Georgetown and Parry Sound; and experience the sadness of dead engines languishing on storage tracks after autumn 1958. Journey to the busy yards at Orillia, Gravenhurst and Huntsville, where North Bay passenger trains and local switchers share the spotlight. See diesel cars pounding along the branchline from Burlington through Palgrave and Beeton, and venture to the wilds of Algonquin Park on the remnants of the old Canada Atlantic Railway. Marvel at a mixture of neat railway stations and grounds in an era when CN Express trucks, mail sacks and milk cans shared platforms with passengers. Behold steam locomotives amid their natural habitat of wooden trestles, 70-foot turntables, crossing shanties, water tanks and timber coaling plants against a backdrop of Ontario's most beautiful scenery in the Niagara Escarpment, Lake Simcoe, Georgian Bay and Muskoka regions.	$69.95
A17701	Steam in Northern Ontario - by Ian Wilson Hardcover, 192 pages (15 colour), Steam in Northern Ontario documents operations on the CNR Northern Ontario District mainline from the Don Valley in Toronto to the Lake Superior region. Behold Mikados and F-units hauling manifest freight through remote territory patrolled by school cars. Watch bullet-nosed Mountains with the solid green heavyweight cars of the Continental wend their way across a landscape of lakes, streams and evergreens as far as the eye can see. Explore the switching operations of Consolidations handling pulpwood, lumber, coal and paper against a backdrop of log booms and pulp and paper mills between Longlac and Port Arthur. Travel behind a Pacific aboard an all-night local passenger train, an express extra or a weekly mixed. Observe the connections with the Ontario Northland at North Bay and the Algoma Central at Oba. From section houses and water tanks at remote sidings to the coal docks, roundhouses, icing platforms and division point stations at South Parry, Capreol, Foleyet, Hornepayne, Jellicoe, Nakina and Armstrong, this is single track mainline operation at its finest. Sixth in a series of books by Ian Wilson documenting CNR operations during the 1950s, the 192-page Steam in Northern Ontario is laden with photographs, track maps, locomotive rosters, train profiles, time tables and descriptions of operations.	$69.95
A17702	Steam to the Niagara Frontier - by Ian Wilson Hardcover, 192 pages (8 colour), Step back to the 1950s and witness exciting CNR mainline steam action in the Niagara Peninsula through the pages of Steam to the Niagara Frontier. Visit the Grimsby Subdivision, heart of the Niagara Fruit Belt, where refrigerator blocks of peaches are hustled from the platforms by express fruit extras; experience the contest with the Escarpment as multiple locomotives fight the steepest grade on the system south of Merritton; travel with the Thorold Switcher servicing paper plants along the Welland Canal; stand amid beautifully manicured grounds at Grimsby, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls stations while passenger trains load express, mail and passengers; ride freight and mixed trains behind Pacifics and Mikados over the Dunnville Subdivision and across the Port Colborne lift bridge; watch heavy steam yard engines switch freight cars at Niagara Falls and Fort Erie; cross the Suspension and International Bridges on transfer runs; see Northerns and Mikados being serviced on shop tracks between manifest freight assignments; and observe locomotives being fueled at massive timber coal docks. Fifth in a series of books by Ian Wilson documenting CNR steam operations during the 1950s, the 192-page Steam to the Niagara Frontier is laden with the dramatic photographs, track maps, locomotive rosters, train profiles, time tables and description of operations which characterize predecessor volumes.	$67.95
A17703	Steam Through London - by Ian Wilson Hardcover, 192 pages (15 colour) Turn back the clock and relive the drama of mainline steam action at the operational hub of Southwestern Ontario in the pages of Steam Through London, fourth in a series of books documenting CNR division points during the 1950s. Witness a parade of manifest freights and name trains pounding along the double track from Windsor and Sarnia to Komoka, through London, Woodstock, Paris, Brantford and Dundas to Bayview Junction. At London, visit the service track where steam locomotives are nourished at the massive coaling trestle, stroll into the roundhouse and watch the engines being readied for assignments, behold the switching operations at the large division point yard, or walk along the station platform beside the Inter City Limited, La Salle, International Limited, Maple Leaf, Forest City, or Businessmen’s Special. For a change of pace, venture onto the Exeter Subdivision at Hyde Park The track maps, locomotive rosters, train profiles, time tables and description of day-to-day operations which characterize predecessor volumes Steam at Allandale, To Stratford Under Steam and Steam Over Palmerston return with a flurry. The 192-page casebound Steam Through London is laden with dramatic steam era photographs ranging from the loading of sugar beets in autumn at Centralia to Northerns coaling in a matter of seconds under the concrete dock at Paris Junction; from freight truckers muscling less-than-carload packages into boxcars to the night time repose of locomotives at Windsor in front of a glowing Detroit skyline; from passenger trains arriving at the majestic Brantford station to the simmering locomotives on the London ready track; from doodlebugs slithering along a grassy branchline to doubleheaded freights thundering up the Niagara Escarpment at Dundas	$64.95
A17704	Steam Over Palmerston - by Ian Wilson Hardcover, 192 pages (8 colour), Turn back the pages of time and visit Palmerston in its heyday. Part of the CNR Stratford Division, the town was famous for its iron footbridge, from which observers could witness the constant activity in the railway yard below. Like spokes on a wheel, branchlines radiated from Palmerston to Kincardine, Southampton, Wiarton, Owen Sound, Durham, Stratford and Guelph. Small steam locomotives were the order of the day, and Palmerston's stable of Ten Wheelers, Moguls and Pacifics endeared the terminal to travellers, railway enthusiasts and photographers alike. Steam Over Palmerston is your opportunity to step into the past and behold the tranquillity and charm of Canada's most fascinating branchline railway operation. From the iron bridge, observe more than two dozen passenger trains, mixeds, way freights and manifests arriving and departing from the division point every day. Peek into the roundhouse, that most hollowed of railway buildings, and watch the steam locomotives being readied for their assignments. Witness the less-than-carload freight transfer operation at Palmerston, grain extras from Owen Sound and livestock specials from Bruce County. Study the switching activities of the daily trains at Harriston, Chesley, Tara, Mildmay, Hanover and Wingham. See the engines being turned and serviced at Wiarton, Kincardine, Southampton, Durham and Owen Sound. Through more than 250 black & white and colour images captured by North America's most distinguished railway photographers, you will be afforded a glimpse of a way of life gone forever. Descriptive narrative, locomotive and train profiles, timetables and track diagrams complete the picture of the day-to-day life of a CNR division point in the steam era. Steam Over Palmerston is a study of branchline trains, small railway stations, rural countryside and steam locomotives. Third in series, it maintains the familiar 192-page casebound format of the award-winning Steam At Allandale and To Stratford Under Steam.	$59.95
A17705	To Stratford Under Steam - by Ian Wilson Hardcover, 192 pages (16 colour) Take a trip back in time and rediscover Stratford, Ontario, as a busy CNR division point and home to the Motive Power Shops. Stand in the morning mist as simmering steam locomotives roll off the ready track; visit the bustling station platform as express and mail are loaded aboard; watch passenger trains roar across framlands beneath a blanket of cinders; witness the passage of freight trains such as the impatient Mad Dog and sauntering Roustabout; behold the excitement at mainline stations Guelph, Kitchener, St. Mary's, Georgetown and Brampton; travel along branchlines to Goderich, Clinton, Galt, Thedford, Lostowel, Tavistock and Caledonia; climb aboard yard engines as freight cars are marshalled for manifests and way freights; peer into the Stratford Big Shop to watch locomotives being overhauled; and experience the sadness of the steam engines in retirement. The compelling narrative, 265 photographs, 65 track diagrams, time tables and locomotive and train profiles comprising the limited-edition To Stratford Under Steam will take you on an unforgettable journey to an era when our day-to-day lives were regulated by the sound of steam locomotive whistles. To Stratford Under Steam is second in a series of limited edition casebound books by Ian Wilson.	$56.95
A17706	Steam at Allendale - by Ian Wilson Hardcover, 192 pages (16 colour) Steam at Allandale was the first in a series of books by Ian Wilson which will tell the story of the Canadian National Railway in Southern Ontario during the 1950s, the last days of the steam era. This book had previously sold out in 2001. After fielding hundreds of requests from individuals and dealers over a period of six years, we decided to reprint the volume. Various typographical errors have been corrected and the locomotive commentary has been updated. Aside from that, the new printing is unchanged. Turn the clock back more than forty years to the last decade of steam operation on the network of CNR lines radiating out of Allandale, sixty miles north of Toronto and division point of the 672-mile Allandale Division . . . to an era before the automobile, the highway and the internal combustion engine dealt their mortal blows to traditional railway operations. Between these covers you will journey by mixed train through the scenic crannies of the Niagara Escarpment; stand trackside at Gravenhurst as Mikado locomotives change places on the head end of hot paper trains; travel by way freight through apple orchards to the sparkling waters of Georgian Bay; witness the Penetang mixed train winding through tall grass; study the servicing rituals being performed on steam engines coming and going from the 27-stall Allandale roundhouse; and stand on the station platform as number 41 rolls in behind a 6000-series Mountain Type. Through descriptive narrative and 248 stunning photographs, you will relive the excitement of the Allandale Division in its twilight. For aspiring modelers of the fascinating Allandale lines, track diagrams, timetables, steam locomotive assignments, and commentaries on train operations and industrial customers are provided.	$69.95

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