This sweeping view of the work and products of American Car &amp; Foundry celebrates the companys Centennial in 1999. Author Kaminski covers corporate history and product development, but emphasizes the immense variety and extent of railcar production over the past century. More than 1200 photographs, most from the files of the builder and few ever published, make this a superb tour of car designs, railroad and private owners, and production of freight, passenger, and other car types.

American Car & Foundry Company

Kaminski, Edward S.

Signature Press

The Pacific Coast Company was a fascinating rail-marine operation which served the West Coast from San Diego to Alaska. Its rail components were both narrow gauge and, later, standard gauge railroads, and from its inception in the 19th century, it was an important factor in the growth of California and the West. In addition to railroads in San Luis Obispo and San Diego, a third line was at Seattle. The story is well written and extensively researched, a readable and informative tour through some intriguing Western history.

The Pacific Coast Company

Gerald M. Best

From its origins in the 1870s, through its completion in 1901 and its flowering in the late 1930s, to its ultimate development in the years after World War II, Southern Pacific's Coast Line between San Francisco and Los Angeles is an historic rail route. And it is more than that: it is regional history, it is geography, it is freight as well as passenger trains, and it is people, the people who did the railroad's work, those who lived along the line, and those who rode the trains. With roots in the time of the padres, the Coast Line fostered development of towns, agriculture and industry, and the social fabric of the region itself. Accordingly, any history of the Coast Line is also in part a history of California. 
 John R. Signor, well-known for six previous books on western railroads and in particular Southern Pacific, has drawn on many historical sources, including the extensive files of the railroad itself, to produce this outstanding history. Liberally illustrated with hundreds of photographs, many unpublished, and with railroad graphics and ephemera, the book also includes the author's own fine maps. 
 This outstanding treatment of the Coast Line is a welcome and very fitting addition to the history and lore of this part of the Southern Pacific railroad. It will also enrich one's understanding of the history of California and the West.

Southern Pacific's Coast Line

Signor, John R.

Among Southern Pacific's most capable steam engines were the 4300-series Mountain types. Crews always described them as "the best general purpose locomotives on the railroad." Most of them were built in SP's own Sacramento Shops. In the days of steam, they were workhorses in fast passenger and freight duties. 
 Here is the complete story of these engines, from their design and development, through construction, maintenance and modification, to their extensive service assignments and performance. A rich collection of technical data, drawings, and photographs complements the detailed and thoroughly researched text. 
 But this is much more than a history of one engine type. Also encompassed by this book are many aspects of SP locomotive philosophy, construction methods, shop practices, and operating patterns, as well as train assignments across the vast SP system. 
 Newly revised from the first edition, with 24 additional pages and 40 new photographs, an index and references, and an expanded chapter on tenders, this is a significantly enlarged book. Its numerous additions and improvements from the original version make this edition even more authoritative and complete.

The 4300 4-8-2's: Southern Pacific's Mt-Class Locomotives

Robert J. Church

Among the most scenic and storied parts of the far-flung Southern Pacific system was the Coast Line between San Francisco and Los Angeles. John Signors book about the Coast Line was published in 1995. That work presented a broad account of the history and development of the line, but inevitably much had to be omitted. The present volume enlarges and extends the story of this fascinating stretch of the SP.

Southern Pacific's Coast Line Pictorial

Engineering & Transportation

THOMPSON, Anthony W.

John Signor

Transportation

This renowned pictorial history of the western end of one of Americas most distinctive railroad, the Great Northern Railway, has been reissued in a revised edition. This edition, made with the original page negatives, restores the quality of the first edition while updating and replacing some photographs and adding a color section and an index.

Great Northern Lines West, Revised Edition

Charles R. Wood

The Great Northern Railway was among America's most distinctive and noteworthy railroads. Though its most spectacular scenery was in the western half of the line, called Lines West, there was a very busy network of trackage, and considerably more traffic, in the Lines East. This book presents the history, operational characteristics, and equipment which lay at the heart of GN Lines East, with an emphasis on the latter 40 years of Great Northern's history. Both passenger and freight operations were complex and interesting, as was the motive power. An extensive photographic presentation of steam and diesel locomotives, along with passenger and freight equipment, is at the heart of this edition. This book, the first edition of which was published in 1989, is a companion to Charles R. Wood's Great Northern Lines West. But this new edition contains far more than did the first edition. Photographic reproduction is greatly improved with better paper and printing. The text has been revised, corrected and expanded where needed, and the book is now 70 pages longer. Including an outstanding collection of 621 photos (54 of them in color); fully 231 of the photos here are new or enlarged from the previous versions. There is an entirely new chapter on Great Northern freight equipment, by experts Richard H. Hendrickson and Staffan Ehnbom. From 1910 and extending to 1970, includes all types of freight cars. This chapter alone contains 142 new photos, along with a few from the previous edition. Author Patrick Dorin has 15 previous railroad books to his credit; he welcomed the chance to improve and expand this one. Noted railroad artist J. Craig Thorpe has created a painting of the Stone Arch Bridge between Minneapolis and St. Paul to enhance the dust jacket. This new edition is a fitting companion to Great Northern Lines West and completes the detailed story of the Great Northern Railway.

Great Northern Lines East, Second Edition

Patrick C. Dorin

From the beginning of construction in 1881, through the end of pioneer days and well into the twentieth century, this railroad was vital to the growth of towns such as Winslow, Flagstaff, and Kingman, and was also an important factor in the development of Arizona and the West. A rich railroad history is presented in this book, from early construction days and the problems of operation through an arid and difficult territory, to steam and, later, diesel locomotives and their trains of various eras. Illustrated with a superb collection of rare and historic photographs, this is an outstanding addition to the Arizona series.

The Santa Fe Route - Railroads of Arizona Vol. 4

Myrick, David F.

From quotes by Jack Nicklaus and Jack Lemmon to Tiger Woods and Bob Hope, this is the first sophisticated, literate book about golf by golfers themselves. Witty and poignant, idiosyncratic and substantive, funny and heartwarming, Golfers on Golf is a reminder of what makes people so passionate about the game of golf.

Golfers on Golf: Witty, Colorful and Profound Quotations on the Game of Golf

Peter Jacobson Downs Macrury

Sports & Outdoors

The Prince

"The Prince" has long been both praised and reviled for its message of moral relativism, and political expediency. Although a large part is devoted to the mechanics of gaining and staying in power, Machiavelli's end purpose is to maintain a just and stable government. He is not ambiguous in stating his belief that committing a small cruelty to avert a larger is not only justifiable, but required of a just ruler. Machiavelli gives a vivid portrayal of his world in the chaos and tumult of early 16th century Florence, Italy and Europe. He uses both his contemporary political situation, and that of the classical period to illustrate his precepts of statecraft.

Niccolo Machievelli

Literature & Fiction

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