Classic pictorial history of the Santa Fe Railway, from the days of its first trains with red plush and polished brass to the era of the famed Super Chief. Whether you remember the big steam diesels climbing Cajon Pass or the first blunt-nosed diesel pulling into La Grande station, this book will transport the reader back to the era when the Santa Fe was an integral part of California. Illustrated throughout with superb black and white photos. With decorative end papers showing system map. 184 pages.

Santa Fe: Steel Rails Through California

Engineering & Transportation

Duke, Donald

Stan Kisler

Transportation

Golden West Books

8 1/2 x 11 - Hardbound, 295 pages, 375 illustrations, color plates, maps, bibliography, and index. "This book chronicles, in word and picture, the history and development of the Budd Company's Rail-Diesel-Car, better known as the RDC. The story evolves around a search for a self-contained, self-propelled railcar to cut costs on suburban and branch lines. This book describes Budd's experiment with a stainless steel rubber-tired railcar, the first RDC prototype, Budd's entry into the stainless steel car business and the birth and growth of the RDC car. A vast appendix features every carriers which operated RDC cars, a description of how the cars were used, route maps, and rosters of each railroad."

Rdc: The Budd Rail Diesel Car

Keilty, Edmund

Reference

Volume 1 of a serious footnoted history of the Santa Fe. Follows railroad from its beginnings in 1866 to its merger with BN in 1995 as it expands from Topeka to California and up to Chicago. Lavishly illustrated.

Santa Fe : The Railroad Gateway to the American West (Volume 1)

History

Americas

The second volume of a two-part book covers passenger and freight services, the Fred Harvey system, and steam and diesel locomotives.

Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West Chicago- Los Angeles- San Diego

Duke covers the historic inclines (Angel's Flight, Mt. Lowe, Mt. Washington) as well as current operations (the Getty, the rebuilt Angel's Flight). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Incline Railways of Los Angeles and Southern California

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Pacific Electric Railway: Northern Division

More than 453 photos and maps, featuring the Catalina Dock Line, El Segundo Line, Gardena-Torrance-San Pedro Line, Long Beach Line, Long Beach Local Lines, Newport Beach-Balboa Line, Redondo Beach Line, San Pedro Line, San Pedro Local Lines, Santa Ana Line, Santa Ana-Huntington Beach Line, Santa Ana-Orange Line, Terminal Island Line (Calship), Watts Line, West Basin Line, Whittier-Fullerton-Yorba Linda Line, Freight Service, Box Motor Service, Railway Post Office Service.

Pacific Electric Railway: Southern Division

Pacific Electric Railway, Volume 4: The Western Division

This pictorial history presents the 100 year story of the Union Pacific in Southern California, beginning with the Los Angeles Terminal Railroad, the San Pedro, Los Angeles &amp; Salt Lake Railroad, and on to the Union Pacific. Presents an insight into the passenger and freight service, the transition from steam to diesel and the ups and downs of operation. Over 320 photos. Hard Cover.

Union Pacific in Southern California, 1890-1990

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