Amtrak at Mile Post Ten

Zimmerman, K.

Business & Money

Pentrex

This book showcases the Alco diesel locomotives on New England rails with a mix of black and white as well as color photos. There are shots of the major railroads (Penn Central, Boston &amp; Maine, the New Haven, Amtrak/Conrail, Central of Vermont, Maine Central, etc.), visitors from the north (CN and CP), and shortlines such as the Portland Terminal and the Providence &amp; Worcester. There is an informative caption for each photo. 72 pages.

New England Alcos in Twilight

Travel

Scott Hartley

United States

Thousands of books and articles have been written about Walt Disney and his organization, yet few people realize the significance railroading played in the evolution of the Disney empire. Encouraged by Walt's family and railfans inside and outside the Disney organization, Michael Broggie has chronicled the tale of Walt Disney's personal involvement in railroading. 
This book unveils the private realm of Disney railroading through hundreds of photographs, many of which have never before been made public, and interviews with Mrs. Walt Disney, Diane Disney Miller, Ward Kimball, Ollie Johnston, Bob Harpur, Bill Cottrell, Roger Broggie, Bill Evans, and many others. 
Walt Disney's love affair with trains began in his hometown of Marceline, Missouri. His first job was selling tobacco, candy, and newspapers on the Missouri Pacific line. By 1950, his enthusiasm for realistic model trains had evolved into an elaborate backyard live steam railroad. Walt's Carolwood Pacific Railroad included a 46-foot-long trestle, loops, overpasses, gradients, an elevated dirt berm, and a 90-foot tunnel underneath Mrs. Disney's flower bed! 
The complete history of the Disney railroads, from small scale models to steam trains for the Disney parks is covered. This is a book all Disney collectors and railroad enthusiasts will want to experience! Over 300 illustrations, many previously unpublished.

Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom

Michael Broggie

Humor & Entertainment

Utah is notable for the joining of the transcontinental rail, for its low-value freight: coal, taconite, potash, low-grade copper ore, agricultural produce, and for its width: how can freight be most expeditiously moved across it? (Colorado's gold, silver, titanium compelled rails into wild jumbles of mountain destinations.) A handsome 11"x9" collection of excellent (chiefly) color photos and text with detailed maps will charm the rail buff and intrigue the historian of the region &amp; of transportation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Crossroads of the West: A Photographic Look at Fifty Years of Railroading in Utah

Engineering & Transportation

Kooister, Blair

Belmont, Jim

Gayer, Dave

Transportation

Hundreds of color and b&amp;w photographs, many of them from private collections and previously unpublished, illustrate how one man's love of railroading shaped our expectations of family entertainment today. The author weaves interview with Mrs. Walt Disney, animators Ward Kimball and Ollie Johnston, and a host of other Disney employees and acquaintances into a narrative of how Disney's history with trains evolved from his early life into the Magic Kingdoms and their authentic steam-powered trains. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Broggie, Michael

Sports & Outdoors

Steinheimer's superb black and white photos of, chiefly, western trains and trainmen are accompanied by the authoritative text of Ted Benson. The book covers the transition from steam to diesel with a trailer into the merger age. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Done Honest & True: Richard Steinheimer's Half Century of Rail Photography

Arts & Photography

STEINHEIMER, Richard

Benson, Ted

Individual Artists

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