Handsome and engaging look at Mexico's railroads in the mid 20th century: covers the Mexican National Railway, the Interoceanic Railway, the Mexican Southern Railway Ltd., the Hidalgo & Northeastern, regional narrow gauge branches of the Mexican Railway and those in Yucatan, the principle narrow gauge shortlines and the principal narrow gauge industrials. Illustrated throughout with crisp black and white (and a few color) photos. With rosters and maps. End papers show Mexican rail map. 180 pages with index.

Mexican Narrow Gauge

Best, Gerald M.

Howell-North

With more than 310 illustrations: Maps - Timetables - Documentary Reproductions.Rosters of Motive Power, and Scale Locomotive Drawings. Few events in American history have captured the nation's imagination as did the building of the first transcontinental railroad and its completion with the driving of a golden spike into a laurel tie at Promontory Utah, May 10, 1869. Many historians have written of the obstacles overcome in building across the Sierra and the Rockies, of political turmoil, Indian raids, financial problems; of material brought around the Horn for the Central Pacific and up the -Missouri for the Union Pacific; of personalities involved in this work of giants. Iron Horses to Promontory tells a different story. In picture and text it tells of the locomotives - those beautiful iron horses with brass fittings, filigree work and brightly painted colors-each with its own name on the Central Pacific and its characteristic smoke stack, domes, and number plates. The rolling stock is described; the locomotive builders too long neglected, are presented and the writer brings to the reader interested in the Pioneer West, many "happenings" along the line which have hitherto not been published. This book includes many rare and unpublished photographs of construction times, locomotives, and scenes along the route by such acknowledged cameramen of the time as Andrew J. Russell, S. ). Sedgwick, Charles 11. Savage, and Alfred A. Hart. There are maps, timetables and documentary reproductions, a complete roster of motive power of the Central Pacific to 1891 mid the Union Pacific to 1885, scale model drawings of Central Pacific No. 60 Jupiter and Union Pacific No. 119, and a detailed bibliography and index.

Iron Horses to Promontory Railroad: Central Pacific-Union Pacific

Business & Money

Golden West Books

Fascinating history of railroads and railroading in Hawaii, both standard and narrow gauge (especially the sugar cane lines). Chapters cover narrow gauge on Maui, narrow gauge on the Big Island, standard gauge on the Big Island, narrow gauge shortlines and a tourist railroad, the Lahaina, Kaanapali &amp; Pacific on Maui. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With maps. With end papers and frontispiece by noted artist Harlan Hiney. 194 pages with index.

Railroads of Hawaii: Narrow and standard gauge common carriers

Promontory's locomotives

History

Americas

Fascinating and thorough look at the narrow gauge railways that once crisscrossed the islands of Hawaii serving the sugar cane plantations. Each island is treated separately as are the companies on that island, so that the information is as detailed and precise as possible. Given the importance of the industry to Hawaii's history, there is also a great deal of information on the political and cultural aspects of Hawaiian life in the 1800s and 1900s. Includes rosters for each plantation and data from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and diagrams. With list of Hawaiian research facilities with photos collected by Ray Jerome Baker. Hawaiian photographic collections containing the photos collected by Ray Jerome Baker. Invaluable reference work. With decorative end papers. 400 pages.

Sugar Trains; Narrow Gauge Rails of Hawaii

Conde, J. C.

Glenwood Publishers]