Feel the ground shake under your feet as mighty Pacifics and Berkshires whisk passenger and freight trains across the Boston & Albany mainline! See what the recently-renovated Worcester Union Station looked like when it was called-on by dozens of trains a day! Timetables, a map and a visit to the B&A steam engine facility are all found in this interesting black & white album of memories. Guest appearances are made by the New Haven, Boston & Maine and Maine Central.

New England 1930's Steam Action : Worcester

Liljestrand, Bob

Railroad Pr

A beautiful 3-volume series of New England Passenger Car  books begins with this informative and beautiful work on the Boston &  Maine Railroad. The B&M volume includes wooden coaches, gas-electric  cars and trailer, parlor cars, dining cars, milk cars, combines,  RPO-baggage cars, baggage cars, steel coaches, RDC's and work  cars. Each Volume includes a CAR ROSTER and an index. Full-color  covers with large black and white photos make this an important  reference tool to anyone who models New England railroads.

Passenger Cars of New England Volume 1 -- Boston & Maine

Sweetland, David R.

Liljestrand, Robert A.

A beautiful 3-volume series of New England Passenger Car books continues with this informative and beautiful work on the Bangor & Aroostook and Maine Central Railroads. This volume includes wooden coaches, dining cars, combines, RPO-baggage cars, baggage cars, steel coaches, business car, motor coaches, office cars and work cars. Each Volume includes a CAR ROSTER and an index. Full-color covers with large black and white photos make this an important reference tool to anyone who models New England railroads.

Passenger Cars of New England Volume 2 -- Bangor & Aroostook and Maine Central

Freight Equipment of the New York Central Volume 1 - Box, Stock and Refrigerator Cars is a brand new book from The Railroad Press. It has 48 pages of photos and information about the New York Central rolling stock fleet, including 40-, 50-, 60- and 86-foot cars. In addition to the beautiful detailed black and white photos, this book includes 7(!) car rosters plus a car listing by lot group and an index. It is written by Bob Liljestrand and Dave Sweetland and is published by The Railroad Press. Freight Equipment of the New York Central Volume 1 - Box, Stock and Refrigerator Cars has a color front cover, is 8-1/2” x 11” and contains 48 pages of black and white photos, text, rosters and index.

Freight Equipment of the New York Central Volume 1 : Box, Stock & Refrigerator Cars by Bob Liljestrand (2001-04-02)

Engineering & Transportation

Dave Sweetland

Bob Liljestrand

Automotive

This beautiful all-color book was published by The Railroad Press in July 2001. It recently won a 2002 Franklin Award from the Graphic Arts Association for outstanding print quality! This book covers the PRR, RDG, LV and CNJ, mostly in the early 1950's to the mid-'60's. Pennsylvania Railroad steam is in abundance in Enola and Northumberland in the early 1950's. Reading steam and early diesels are shown, along with early diesels of the Lehigh Valley and Central RR of New Jersey. You will find Decapods, Consolidations, Northerns, ALCO FA's, RS3's, RS11's, F3's, FP7's, GP7's and much, much more! This book is filled with a nice variety of classic images from the Anthracite Roads, including a nice mixture of mainline, branchline and yard photos. Anthracite Classics is an 8-1/2" x 11" ALL-COLOR book and contains 48 pages of photos, text, maps and index.

Anthracite Classics

Jaime F. M. Serensits

VINTAGE ALL-COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY! The newest book by The Railroad Press features the Maine Central, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, Bangor & Aroostook, Canadian Pacific’s Vermont operations and Conrail New England action. Photographic coverage from Maine to Massachusetts includes CV’s "Rocket" intermodal train, BAR’s F3-powered road freight, CV/B&M run-through’s, CP’s New England ALCO fleet, and other surprises! The action and roster shots are run large on the page and the details are crisp... and the interesting backgrounds are not cropped out! CLASSIC MOTIVE POWER! Some of the motive power shown in the book includes Century 424’s, RS11’s, RS18’s, rare BL2’s, F3’s, U18B’s, U25B’s, GP7’s, GP9’s, SD80MAC’s, SD70M Demonstrators and more! All color -- 48 pages plus map and complete index!

New England Classics Vol.1: Class One's

Serensits, Jaime F. M.

Here is a great collection of railroad games, puzzles and art that will keep your child entertained for hours and hours! You'll feel good knowing that while your child is having fun, he or she is also learning important lessons about math, verbal skills, geography and problem solving! This book was designed to teach as it introduces the reader to the wonderful world of railroading, and is for children of all ages -- you may even find some things that you will be interested in! We encourage you to work on some of the puzzles and problems with your child. If you want some quiet time, there are lots of pictures to color, too! 
Parents will appreciate the educational value and the quiet time. Kids will love solving the problems and coloring the pictures!

Children's Railroad Learning & Activity Book

Children's Books

This beautiful all-color book "Delaware & Hudson: Thunder & Lightning Stripes" was published by The Railroad Press. It covers the D&H from the 1970's to the 80's. Spectacular color photography in the Northeast includes places like Binghamton, Oneonta, Starrucca Viaduct, Mechanicville, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Allentown and more! Classic motive power includes Delaware & Hudson Century 420's, C424's, RS3's, RS11's, RS36's, rare PA1's and Baldwin Sharks, U23B's, U30B's, U33C's, GP38-2's, GP39-2's, and more! This 48-page book is ALL COLOR, and includes index.

Delaware & Hudson: Thunder & Lightning Stripes

Illinois Central: North of the Ohio River is a 136-page hardcover book published by The Railroad Press. A terrific variety of images from the Illinois Central, including chocolate &amp; orange E-Units, Green Diamond Geeps, orange &amp; white U-Boats and much more, are all in full color! You will even find a black RS2, Cows and Calves, ALCO Century 636’s, the prototype GP40 and GP30’s in two different schemes! The book combines classic color photography of the IC and ICG from 50 photographers with well-researched text by David P. Oroszi and Kirk Reynolds. It includes extensive historical detail, maps, schedules and operating information. Photographic coverage includes the Chicago Division, Iowa Division, Springfield, East St. Louis, Indianapolis, Gilman, Dubuque and many other strategic locations. Our action and roster shots are run large on the page and the details are crisp... and we don't crop out the interesting backgrounds. The reproduction of the 184 color photos is second-to-none and it is printed on very heavy high-gloss paper -- the book weighs over 2 pounds! There is also a photo index in the back for easy reference. "Illinois Central: North of the Ohio River" certainly will be remembered as one of the finest volumes ever produced on the IC.

Illinois Central: North of the Ohio River

David P. Oroszi

Kirk Reynolds

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