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This book is a contemporary photographic journey along the Union Pacific Railroad from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Ogden, Utah. Artiscally composed black and white photos of the UP, taken during the day and at night, span a period of 12 years. The photo captions include historic and general information about the railroad and surrounding areas. Highlights of the Union Pacific Cheyenne West-Part 1 include Sherman Hill and its constantly changing weather conditions and the Union Pacific's historic steam and diesel fleet in an eleven year presentation of some of the numerous trips on which they have taken passengers, locally and across the west. Also Echo and Weber Canyons. Cheyenne and Green River at night and much more. Hardbound 8.5" x 11" heavy duty dust jacket, 96 pages 153 b&w photos. A limited edition book.
Order# 0100-012660 Retail $37.95 Your Sale Price $22.77
Union Pacific 1997 Motive Power Annual by Bill Shippen
& The Shasta Rail Group — This year Four Ways West
introduces a U.P. annual in the tradition of their
BNSF annuals, with photos of all types of motive power
used on the U.P., with special articles on the Feather
River Canyon operations, the Los Angeles Coal Export
Terminal, and U.P.’s AC power. 160 pages, color
photos, roster. 8.75” x 11.25”, hard cover.
0100-012651..........Retail $49.95 Sale Price $29.97
Union Pacific Trackside with Lou Schmitz by Lou
Schmitz — The author captured the U.P.’s vaunted power
at rest and in action over the Eastern District during
the steam-to-diesel transition days. Here you’ll see
steamers in a great a variety of sizes and wheel
arrangements. And you’ll see a great variety of early
diesels when they were brand new. And don’t forget
those super diesels and the gas turbine units—they’re
here too! 128 pages, over 260 color photos, 8.75” x
11.25”, hard cover.
0100-012678...........Retail $49.95 Sale Price $29.97
UP Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment,
Vol. 2 by Lou Schmitz — Long-time Union Pacific
employee Schmitz has recorded examples of his road’s
freight, passenger, and non-revenue equipment on color
slides since the early fifties, and his work is laid
out for the rest of us to see in this great new book.
128 pages, all color photos. 8.75” x 11.25”, hard
cover.
0100-012686..........Retail $49.95 Sale Price $29.97
Union Pacific,s Sherman Hill in the Diesel Era by
Wolff — Mention the name Sherman Hill to railroad
enthusiasts and images of UP’s huge steam locos,
colorful Armour yellow streamliners, and lonely
wind-swept landscapes come to mind. This photographic
journey not only highlights diesel and turbine power
that operated over Sherman Hill since 1960, but also
showcases the desolate beauty of this area. 224 pages,
500-plus color and b&w photos, map, dust jacket
featuring a painting by Mike Danneman. hard cover.
0100-012690...........Retail $48.00 Sale Price $28.80
Union Pacific Locomotive Directory 1999 by Strack —
This book contains a listing of every unit of the UP
roster as of Jan.1, 1999 and listings of units not
assigned UP numbers. With recent mergers turning a
simple UP roster into a tangled mess, this book will
help the fan identify the heritage of any locomotive
on the roster as of Jan.1,1999. UP’s historic
locomotive collection is included. 240 pages, 160
photos. convenient 6” x 9” size, soft cover.
0100-012696..........Retail $19.95 Sale Price $11.97
Union Pacific Official Color Photography, Book 1 by Robert LeMassena and Robert Yanosey -- The best of the camera work of UP's company photographers between 1938 and 1958 interpreted by a steam expert. 128 pages, all color photos. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
0100-012700.........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
Union Pacific Switchers and Slugs by Don Strack — This
heavily illustrated book expands on coverage of
EMC/EMD models carried in Diesel Era magazine, adding
sections on Alco, Baldwin, and GE models. It even gets
to small, non-revenue industrial switchers. UP’s yard
and road slugs are covered in depth. 116 pages, over
275 photos (24 pages of color). 8.5” x 11”, soft
cover.
0100-012706..........Retail $24.95 Sale Price $14.97
Upstate Odyssey, The Lehigh Valley Railroad in Western
New York by Mary Hamilton Dann— This book covers the
Lehigh from Geneva to Buffalo with some early history
of the entire Lehigh. It is well-illustrated with
photos, diagrams and maps. 14 chapters and 2
appendices, 8.5” X 11”, soft cover.
0100-012708........Retail $29.95 Sale Price $17.97
Vauclain System of Compound Locomotives -- A reprint of a 1900
Baldwin Locomotive Works book on the Vauclain Compound type steam locomot
ive. It shows how the four-cylinder compound system worked (with drawings
), and it shows photos of many Vauclain compounds Baldwin had built. 91
pages, approx. 85 b&w photos, drawings. 6" x 9", soft cover.
0100-000393..........Retail $5.00 Sale $3.00
VVeteran & Vintage Transit by Andrew Young — Here is
the first-ever overview and guide to all of North
America’s heritage and tourist trolleys, trolley, and
mass transit museums. The museums and their
collections are concisely described, and a roster is
given for each. You’ll learn where they are and how to
contact them. It’s a great reference source for trip
planning.
0100-012835..........Retail $17.95 Sale Price $10.77
Vintage Diesel Locomotives by Mike Schafer — Here’s a
full color gallery of classic diesels built from the
mid 1930s to the 1970s. You’ll see the EMD E units, F
units, and GP units. Alco’s DL, FA and RS units and
the rarer Baldwin babyfaces and sharknoses.
Fairbanks-Morse’s opposed piston diesels also show up
here. Soft cover.
0100-012847..........Retail $12.95 Sale $7.77
Wabash by Donald Heimburger -- From steam to diesel, from pass
enger to freight, you'll find the facts, figures, and the photos of this
fine "fallen flag" railroad. 320 pages, approx. 300 b&w photos, maps, lit
erature reproductions. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
0100-012900..........Retail $43.95 Sale $26.37
W Walt Disney’s Railroad Story by Michael Broggie —
To say that Disney was merely a train enthusiast
ignores the extent to which his life was entwined with
railroading. Encouraged by Walt’s family and by
railfans inside and outside the Disney corporation,
Michael Broggie has recorded the tale of Walt’s
personal involvement with railroading. The complete
story of Disney’s own railroads, from small scale
models to the steamers in his Kingdoms is enclosed
between the covers of this well-designed book. 423
pages, over 350 b&w photos and illustrations, 9.5” x
12”, hard cover.
0100-012907..........Retail $59.95 Sale Price $35.97
The Water Level Route: New York to Buffalo by Charles Knoll --
Ride with the author through text and in photographs taken from Grand Ce
ntral Station to Buffalo. 64 pages, 79 b&w photos, maps, timetables. 8.5"
x 11", soft cover.
0100-012927..........Retail $9.95 Sale $5.97
We Took the Train edited by H. Roger Grant -- A rich assortmen
t of personal accounts of train travel in the U.S. since the dawn of rail
roading presenting a lively picture of the changes in rail travel over th
e years. 175 pages, 27 b&w photos. 7.25" x 10.25", hard cover.
0100-012936..........Retail $29.50 Sale $17.70
West End Rails by Robert Olmsted -- Covers Conrail and its pre
decessors in Northwestern Indiana and Illinois from the 1960's to the pre
sent. 104 pages, b&w photos. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
0100-012947..........Retail $34.00 Sale $20.40
Western Maryland--In Color by David Sweetland -- Details the g
lory years of the Western Maryland during the 40's, 50's, and 60's; the l
ate steam and first generation diesel years. 128 pages, approx. 200 color
photos, maps, rosters, schedules. 8.75"x 11.25", hard cover.
0100-012948..........Retail $49.95 Sale $29.97
WM Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment -- Western Maryland
car historian Jack Brown has carefully captioned each of the over 275 co
lor photographs in this 128 page book, guiding the reader through an info
rmative and intriguing tour of the Western Maryland's equipment. 128 page
s, over 275 color photos. 8.75" x 11.25", hard cover.
Western Steam Pictorial by Guy and Donald Dunscomb -- Both the
devoted railfan and the casual observer will find something of value and
interest in this book. Each photo is accompanied by a brief but thorough
ly researched caption. You may study the photos or just enjoy them. 112 p
ages, approx. 105 b&w photos. 11" x 8.5", soft cover.
0100-012953....(out of print, 2 left)....Retail $26.00 Sale $15.60
Western Pacific Locomotives and Cars by Patrick Dorin
— Modelers and lovers of “The Feather River Route”
will treasure this look at the diverse equipment of
the Western Pacific between the years of 1930 and the
U.P. merger in 1985—and even beyond. It shows steam
and diesel locomotives, passenger, freight, caboose
and maintenance equipment in photos and official
diagrams. 128 pages, over 275 b&w and color photos, 76
diagrams, rosters. 8.75” x 11.25”, hard cover.
0100-012956.........Retail $24.95 Sale Price $14.97
West Virginia Narrow Gauge—Mann’s Creek Railroad by
Ron Lane & Ted Schnepf — Although it was only 20 miles
long, Mann’s Creek gained railfan fame in the fifties
because of its Shay locomotives and its quaint
operations. It functioned from 1873 to 1956, hauling
both coal and lumber out of a remote mountain area to
its connection with the big time C&O. After 30 years
of research, the authors offer us one of the best
studies of the life, work, and culture of a mountain
railroad. 200 pages, over 300 b&w photos, mechanical
drawings, maps. Hard cover.
0100-012973.........Retail $29.95 Sale Price $17.97
The White Plume by Charles Bowman -- The author/photographer's
impression of the steam locos he viewed in the U.S., in Canada, in Germa
ny, and especially in Great Britain. 160 pages, 160 b&w photos. 8.75" x 1
2.25", hard cover.
0100-012980....(out of print, 1 left)....Retail $16.95 Sale $10.17
Trackside East of the Hudson, 1941-1953 with William
J. McChesney by Jeremy F. Plant — Bill McChesney
caught the variety of New England steam while it was
still standard, and stayed trackside when the first
colorful diesels arrived. This book is at least half
steam, and contains photos taken on the New Haven,
Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, Boston & Albany,
Delaware & Hudson, Rutland, and New York Central. A
few photos even catch crew members at work. 128
pages, approx. 160 color photos, map,. 8.75” x 11.25”,
hard cover.
0100-013030.........Retail $49.95 Sale Price $29.97
Wisconsin Central Limited: 1987-1996 Photo Archive
edited by Frank Jordan — These photographs show the
reborn road during its first decade of operation,
revealing a remarkably mixed locomotive roster in many
paint schemes. They pull their trains through a
variety of scenery across WC’s system in all four
seasons. 125 pages, 118 b&w photos, color cover.
10.25” x 8.5”, soft cover.
0100-013071..........Retail $29.95 Sale Price $17.97
The Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company by William Robertson -- Here's an interurban traction line that never ran any eletrically powered equipment! the Woodstock and Sycamore (IL) was among the least successful undertakings in the iterurban industry. 56 pages, 40b&w photos, maps.
0100-013120...........Retail $10.00 Sale $6.00
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