Recent Arrivals from Arizona Hobbies LLC

Aubrey Wiley, 2013. Hardcover. New. Hardcover, 90 pages, B&W photographs, maps and illustrations. The Virginian Railway Heritage Trail's purpose is to recognize surviving structures and facilities in Virginia and West Viriginia and help preserve the history of this coal-hauling railroad. Most of the photographs in this title were taken before the Virginian Railway was merged into the Norfolk… Read more about this item

Morning Sun Books, 2024. Hardcover. New. Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., Color photographs and captions. This title features Canada from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, with a special emphasis on Canadian National and Canadian Pacific transcontinental trains and ""Corridor"" services. Also included are locals and mixed trains to locales such as Labrador and remote… Read more about this item

South Platte Press, 2024. Softcover. New. Softcover, 88 pages, 120 Color illustrations. The merger that created Burlington Northern in 1970 and Amtrak's assumption of intercity passenger service in 1971 brought significant change to BN's roster of E-units. This culminated in 1972 with the sale of 21 E-units to the West Suburban Mass Transit District for use in Chicago-Aurora… Read more about this item

Texas Zephyr Publishing. Hardcover, 272 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., 300 B&W and Color photographs and illustrations. In the fifth installment of Steve Goen's "Passenger Trains of Texas" series we take a look at the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad. This book is much larger than Steve's previous titles, a whopping 272 pages, featuring almost 300 B&W and Color photographs. Thirteen chapters… Read more about this item

Withers Publishing, 2024. Softcover. New. Softcover, 160 pages, 6 x 9 in., 150 Color photographs. Since 1998, Withers Publishing has been producing the most comprehensive directory of Norfolk Southern’s varied locomotive fleet. In this edition, they continue a unit-by-unit listing the carrier's active roster of locomotives as of December 31, 2023.

Southern Pacific H&T Society, 2023. Hardcover. New. With 335 pages and over 500 pictures, maps and drawings, this book is the first comprehensive study of this subject to appear in decades. Fifty years of photographic images are presented. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. portrait with dust jacket, 335 pages (32 in color). The Harriman Associated Lines, and the… Read more about this item

The Garbely Publishing Company, 2023. Hardcover. New. Hardcover, limited edition, 450 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., B&W photographs and roster data. The famous run of the Stourbridge Lion in Honesdale, Pennsylvania on August 8, 1829, marked the first operation of a steam locomotive in North America. Its operator and owner, the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, was only… Read more about this item

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society. Softcover. New.

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society. Softcover. New. Softcover, 80 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color and B&W photographs, roster and diagrams. Contents: The Pere Marquettes and the E7s, pp. 4-15, C&O's E8s, pp. 16-33, E8 Assignments and Scheduling, pp. 34-39, E8 Appearance and Paint Schemes, pp. 40-54, E7 and E8 Color Album, pp. 55-80.

Morning Sun Books, 2024. Softcover. New. Softcover, 96 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions. Jack de Rosset, later a New Jersey hobby store co-owner, made several trips down south between 1958-1973 and came back with some intriguing results.

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, 2018. Softcover. New. Softcover, 96 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs and illustrations. Contents: Formation of the Pere Marquette Railway, pp. 5-7, Motive Power Evolution, pp. 8-12, Motive Power of the PM Prior to 1937, pp. 13-16, Class N, pp. 17-23, Operations, pp. 24-28, Class N-1, pp. 29-33, Class N-2, pp. 34-42,… Read more about this item

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society. Softcover. New. Softcover, 80 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs, maps, illustrations and diagrams. Historical Perspective, pp. 7-14, Construction and Operations, pp. 15-28, Motive Power, Steam Era, pp. 29-35, Motive Power, Diesel Era, pp. 36-38, Passenger Stations, pp. 39-45, Strathmore Terminal, pp. 46-64, The Human Dimension, pp. 65-69, Decline and Abandonment, pp.… Read more about this item

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, 2022. Softcover. New. Softcover, 74 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs, maps, grade profiles and illustrations. Contents: Background, pp. 5-11, Chesapeake & Ohio, pp. 12-23, Norfolk & Western, pp. 24-38, Virginian, pp. 39-53, Western Maryland, pp. 54-57, Baltimore & Ohio, pp. 58-65, New York Central and Others, pp. 66-69, Bibliography, pg. 70,… Read more about this item

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society. Softcover. New.

Shade Tree Books. Softcover. New. Many California railroads were organized, not to become a large railroad, but to simply serve some local purpose. Hauling lumber or minerals or sugar beets required rail services best provided by a focused, local organization. What is a short line' Basically a smaller railroad that operates limited mileage in a single region or… Read more about this item

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, 2017. Softcover. New. Softcover, 96 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs, illustrations and maps. Contents: Foreword, pp. 3-4, Background, pp. 5-22, Virginia Central Locomotives During the War, pp. 23-28, Virginia Central Rolling Stock During the War, pp. 29-36, Virginia Central At War, 1861-1865, pp. 37-50, Military Actions on Virginia Central West of… Read more about this item

South Platte Press, 2023. Softcover. New. Softcover, 64 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., 84 Color photographs and illustrations. All photos are in Color including two photos of UP light steam and early diesels. The Nebraska Central Railroad Company is a vital artery to the central and eastern Nebraska economy. NCRC began operations in 1993 after leasing five Union… Read more about this item

White River Productions. Hardcover. New. Hardcover, 208 pages, 9 x 11 in., color photographs and maps. The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad was built through the Rocky Mountains, not around them. A tenacious rebel, the Rio Grande survived for more than a century as an independent railroad in a land of giants. At the end of the… Read more about this item

Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, 2014. Softcover. New. Softcover, 64 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs and diagrams. Contents: The Coaling Station and Its Function, pp. 6-15, Wooden Coaling Stations, pp. 16-23, Cylindrical Concrete Facilities, pp. 24-39, Rectangular Coaling Stations, pp. 40-53, Unusual C&O Coaling Stations, pp. 54-64.

Shade Tree Books. Softcover. New. This is the companion volume to Interurban Electric Locomotive: From Baldwin-Westinghouse addressing the competing General Electric product. GE and BLW-Westinghouse were direct competitors in the sale of electric freight locomotives to the interurban railway industry-an economic segment that was essentially dead and gone by the onset of World War II. Even though the… Read more about this item