Fascinating black and white pictorial history of the transition from steam to diesel in North America. The book collects photos showing steam and diesel, passenger and freight, locals and transcontinentals from the 1930s through the 1960s, as the railroad industry underwent one of its most revolutionary eras. Each of the photos is intelligently captioned by the author, a well-known railroad writer. 144 pages.

The Railroad Scene

Middleton, William D.

Golden West Books

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 This book includes many rare and unpublished photographs of construction times, locomotives, and scenes along the route by such acknowledged cameramen of the time as Andrew J. Russell, S. ).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

Best, Gerald M.

Business & Money

Well-written biography of Theodore Judah, the man who found route through the Sierra mountains for the transcontinental railroad, helped incorporate the Central Pacific Railway, and pushed the railroad bill of 1862 through the House and Senate. 207 pages with index and bibliography.

Rails from the West: A Biography of Theodore D. Judah

Hinckley, Helen

Fascinating history of Chicago's South Shore Line, tracing its construction and operation through years of roller coaster financial ups and downs during which it has provided steady service between Chicago and its suburbs. The author describes its original structure, the rebuilding under Samuel Insull, its speed records, the Depression-era bankruptcy, the rebound during World War II, and the continued service afterwards. Illustrated with over 250 black and white photographs. With end papers showing system map.

South Shore: Americas Last Interurban

Fascinating history of the construction, operation and ultimate demise of California's Sumpter Valley Railway, a narrow gauge railroad that served the logging industry as well as the lumber companies and gold mines of the area. Provides an excellent discussion of the array of second hand locomotives, including the Mallets, Climaxes and Heislers, used by the Sumpter Valley, the Oregon Lumber Co., the Stoddard Lumber Co., Baker White Pine Lumber Co., Cavanaugh Lumber Co., C. W. Nibley Lumber Co. and the W. H. Eccles Lumber Co. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos as well as schematic diagrams of the equipment. With locomotive rosters and maps. 128 pages with index.

Rails, Sagebrush and Pine

History

Ferrell, Mallory Hope

Americas

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

Kistler, Stan

Duke, Donald

Transportation

Super power steam locomotives,

Cook, Richard J.

From dust jacket notes: "The Railroad Caboose is the most distinctive, most comprehensive volume ever built around a piece of railroad rolling stock. Here's the biggest freight-trainload of railroadiana, legend and lore, ever hauled between hard covers. A century of tradition is served up in easy-to-read style with a matchless picture gallery. Technically, there can be no freight train without a caboose, complete with marker lights. And no library of railroad or American history can be called complete without The Railroad Caboose, compiled by the nation's oldest and foremost living railroad historians." With more than 165 Illustrations.

The Railroad Caboose: Its 100 Year History, Legend, and Lore

Knapke, William F.

Excellent overview showing representative steam locomotives on the Southern Pacific (and the Central Pacific) from the General Stanford to the Daylight. The evolution of the engines allows the author to also provide a short but comprehensive history of the railroad. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, schematic diagrams, and maps. With Central Pacific steam locomotive roster. Decorative end papers show system map in 1893. 88 pages.

Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives

Donald Duke

North Shore

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