This is the first and only book on Young Fire Equipment, a previously unpublished area. Throughout its 60-year history, Young was in the forefront of fire apparatus innovation. Both the fire service and fire apparatus historians have always recognized Young as a leader in design style and uniqueness. The company even produced three full-custom designs that were unique to the Young name. Fire enthusiasts of all kinds will want to add this distinct piece of fire apparatus history to their libraries.

Young Fire Equipment Corporation 1932-1991: Photo Archive

Engineering & Transportation

Duliba, Leo

Shand, Tom

Duliba, Leo E.

Iconografix

Automotive

Enthusiast Books

TASC's interesting use of sheet metal and graceful lines combined to produce some of the most stylish fire apparatus rigs ever. This photographic look at the apparatus built by the small New Jersey manufacturer illustrates 40 years of progression from small commercial chassis to final customer units.

TASC Fire Apparatus: 1946-1985 Photo Archive

Mattson, Scott

Imperial was a unique fire apparatus company in that within its first 2 years in existence it manufactured, sold and delivered a complete line of fire apparatus. View the complete line including brush trucks, mini-pumpers, pumpers (both custom and commercial), tankers, snorkels and aerial ladders. Informative text and captions include a brief company history, as well as, delivery schedules and cost where available.

Imperial Fire Apparatus: 1969-1976 Photo Archive

Gergel, Richard

In 1935 an intense rivalry between the Chicago &amp; North Western, Milwaukee Road and Burlington Route began in the busy Chicago-St. Paul/Minneapolis (Twin Cities) corridor. The competition lasted until 1971. For many years the proud 400's, bold Hiawathas and sleek Twin Zephyrs held the fastest start-to-stop times in the world. Each railroad had its own route, but all three had the same goal: to carry the maximum number of passengers between Chicago and the Twin Cities in the shortest amount of time. Which of these trains was the swiftest? The speed of all three trains was timed frequently, and each of them broke the 100 mph limit almost daily. "All Aboard" to ride the C&amp;NW 400, "The Train That Set The Pace For The World", the Twin Zephyrs on Burlington's "Mississippi River Scenic Line" and the Hiawatha on Milwaukee Road's "Speedway of the Speedliners."

Streamliners to the Twin Cities Photo Archive: The 400, Twin Zephyrs, and Hiawatha Trains

KELLY, JOHN

Transportation

Packed with high quality black and white photographs, this feast for bus aficionados features the city transit buses that operated throughout the 20th century. Over 300 heavily captioned photos provide a wealth of information on city transit buses, the companies that built them and the companies that operated them. As well as providing a fascinating look at the wide range of transit buses built and operated in the 20th century, the authors explore the forces at work in the bus industry that brought about the vast improvements made in transit systems and bus design. Bus and transit enthusiasts will come back to this book over and over.

City Transit Buses of the 20th Century (A Photo Gallery)

Luke, William A.

Metler, Linda

Interurban Trains to Chicago follows Samuel Insull's Great Chicago Systems, three superb interurban routes powered by electric traction that carried passengers from the north, west and southwest into downtown Chicago. They were the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, and the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad. Coverage includes the Skokie Valley Route, South Shore Lines and Sunset Lines. Vintage photographs, timetables and poster advertising are featured.

Interurban Trains to Chicago Photo Archive

This detailed illustrated history describes the emergence in North America of the 500cc displacement road racing cars known as FIIIs. It ranges from the start in 1950 right up to current Vintage racing, with descriptions of the cars, courses, organizations holding race events and the people involved, outlining the vast differences from the east coast vs. the west coast. Period photographs and other graphics are reproduced, many for the first time in print. The transition to FIV cars is discussed. By 1964, the initial movement was over and cars were idled, but within a few years, interest in Vintage road racing began, and gradually, many of the existing cars were reactivated. Both east and west coast Vintage events are covered, again with photographs and other images. This book also contains much road racing history (1950-1964), apart from that of the FIII class. Appendices cover surviving cars (both Coopers and other marques) with recent photographs of most. Other appendices cover racing organizations and a variety of technical topics related to racing the cars. No similar book on this subject exists until now.

Formula III Racing in North America

Sports & Outdoors

Reynolds, Harry

Miscellaneous

The fabulous success of Ford’s Mustang in America inspired Ford’s British and German branches to do likewise. The sporty coupe they created, the Ford Capri, was launched in 1969 as the first joint production of the brand-new Ford of Europe. Billed as “The car you always promised yourself”, the Capri was a signal success with almost 1.9 million made when production ended in 1987. Its rakish lines, keen pricing and broad power offerings gave the Capri wide appeal not only in Europe but also in America, which imported the Mark I and II versions from 1970 to 1977 for sale through Lincoln-Mercury dealers. The Mark III for Europe followed in 1978. No paper tigers, these classy coupes were formidable rally and racing cars as this book’s illustrations reveal. A Capri insider, former Ford of Europe executive Karl Ludvigsen introduces the Capri saga and illuminates the many rare images from his world-famous Ludvigsen Library. A feast for fans of the Blue Oval, this book’s pages bring to life the exciting story of one of the best-loved Fords of all time.

Ford's Feisty Capri: European Sporting Coupes 1969-1987 (Ludvigsen Library)

A collection of historic photos, selected from the Library of Congress Archives and categorized by region. This book will appeal to a growing audience of buffs of automobiliana and petroliana as well as general historians and admirers of the period.

American Service Stations: 1935 Through 1943 Photo Archive (Iconografix Photo Archive)

Business & Money

A magnificent collection of rare black &amp; white photographs specially selected from public and private archives promote the strength and versatility of these individual Mack models. Filled with informative captions providing concise histories of each featured model. Filled with the chain driven heavy-duty Mack trucks used mainly in the construction industry, both before and after WWII.

Mack FG, FH, FJ, FK, FN, FP, FT, FW 1937-1950 Photo Archive

Warth, T

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