The streamlined era on the Rock Island lasted 43 years, beginning with the delivery of the first reborn Rockets in 1937 and ending well beyond Amtrak with a Notice of Embargo on Trains 5 and 6, and 11 and 12 effective January 1, 1979. During the era, the Rock Island ran an extensive fleet of streamliners in many hues, coming from just about every major car and locomotive builder, and embraced a diverse array of rolling stock. The Rock Island presented the traveling public with many fine passenger trains, including the original 1937 Rockets, the streamlined 1948 Golden State and the seasonal, short-lived Arizona Limited. This is their story. Includes a system map, passenger locomotive roster, streamlined passenger car roster, 176 pages, 200+ b&amp;w and 56 color photographs with extensive captions, bibliography and index.

Route of the Rockets: Rock Island in the Streamlined Era

Engineering & Transportation

Stout, Greg

Transportation

White River

This is a comprehensive volume on all of the diesel locomotives rostered by the Missouri Pacific. It is an excellent resource for both the prototype enthusiast and the modeller.

Missouri Pacific Diesel Power

Kevin EuDaly

Beautifully done history of the streamline era on the Missouri Pacific Railway (and its subsidiary, the Texas & Pacific). Once again the colorful Eagle fleet takes to the road and we follow the Eagle Blue and Mist Gray streamliners as they reach from Denver to Texas and, through connecting service, to New York, California and even Mexico City. This book covers not only the glory years but also the slow, painful retrenchment as interstate highways and airlines destroyed the passenger base until finally Amtrak took over in 1971. But in these pages, the Aztec Eagle, Valley Eagle, Delta Eagle and Colorado Eagle fly again and take the reader with them. With locomotive and passenger car rosters. Illustrated throughout with black and white and some color photos. 128 pages.

Route of the Eagles: Missouri Pacific in the Streamlined Era

1997 reprint of the original 1969 volume. Fascinating histories of over 20 Arkansas shortline railroads. Railroads covered include the Monte Ne, the Dardanelle &amp; Russellville, the Yazoo &amp; Mississippi, the Antoine Valley, the Mississippi, Ouachita &amp; Red River, the Augusta Tramway and Transfer, the Hot Springs Railroad, the Eureka Springs Railroad, the Dardanelle, Ola &amp; Southern, the Crosset Lumber Co., the Arkansas &amp; Oklahoma, the Memphis, Paris &amp; Gulf, the Ft. Smith &amp; Western, the Prescott &amp; Northwestern, and the Possum Trot Line (Reader Railroad). Illustrated with black and white photos, many of them rare. With several maps, list of Arkansas shortlines as of 1912, and bibliography. 416 pages with index.

New Haven Railroad in the McGinnis Era

Clifton E. Hull

The Western Pacific

Ken Meeker