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Sudbury Electrics & Diesels
Mining and railroading history in the Canadian Shield. This data is not available in a single source anywhere else. A definitive history covering over a century of rail service by and for the mining industry around the world's nickel capital: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Includes information on the Canadian Copper Company, Mond, British America, International Nickel (INCO), Falconbridge. Profusely illustrated and meticulously documented.
Extensively researched and referenced, this hard cover book starts with a brief historical outline of the Sudbury Basin's mining activity. Then it focuses on the pivotal role of the trains in the mining sector. Which trains, how big, how they were powered. Three hundred and three black and white photos, 36 colour photos, and twenty-six maps and diagrams round out this well-done book. Fascinating reading for the train lover, and the mining buff.
Super Steam Locomotives
More steam equals more power. In 1924, Lima Locomotives Works introduced the Berkshire, an engine that boasted superlative speed and power via the relatively simple principle of a greatly enlarged firebox. The Bershire inspired a new breed of super steam locomotives designed by numerous manufacturers and used by virtually every American railroad until the end of the steam era. This color history uses modern color photgraphs of examples still used today by museums and tourists railways- models like the Hudson, Northern, Challenger, Yellowstone, and Big Boy.
Tales of the CPR
The Canadian Pacific Railway forms the backbone of Canada, but few people are aware that, as well as trains, the CPR has a history in steamship service, international trade, hotel building, and many other unusual projects and promotions. David Jones has drawn on his years with the CPR archives in compiling this lively collection of stories and anecdotes about a unique institution.
From the silk trade to the role of the CPR in the "bone trade, " the "Gold Rush Sternwheeler" to CPR radio broadcasts, Tales of the CPR is filled with the strange and wonderful stories that rarely make it into traditional history books. Colorful characters, ingenuity, tragedy, humor, and rare archival photographs combine to make this a fascinating read for rail and history enthusiasts.
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust Tornado – New Peppercorn Class A1, 2008 onwards: An insight into the construction, maintenance and operation of the first new main line steam locomotive built in Britain since 1960
Published in association with The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, it explains the construction, operation and maintenance of 60163 Tornado, the new steam locomotive that attracts huge crowds wherever it appears. Based on the LNER Peppercorn Class A1 design, of which 49 were originally built but eventually all scrapped, Tornado is a magnificent and fully operational replica that is totally faithful to the original Peppercorn A1s in all respects except for modernisation to suit today's safety requirements. This manual about a unique steam locomotive will fascinate all railway enthusiasts as well as those who appreciate British engineering excellence.
The American Diesel Locomotive
This expansive photographic history examines the development, implementation, and operation of this vital vehicle. In addition, rare archival photos provide a look at the early days of diesel. The final chapter describes the operation and maintenance of modern diesel locomotives, and an appendix lists where rail fans can see restored examples of early diesels today.
The American Passenger Train
Before the jetliner connected both coasts in a matter of hours, the train embodied the zenith of passenger travel. This sprawling photographic history rambles though two centuries of passenger trains, presenting a wealth of archival imagery and modern and period color photographs that depicts everything from East Coast steam operations in the 1830s to modern Amtrak and high-speed inter-city services. The variety featured ranges from the swank Santa Fe Super Chief that connected Chicago and Los Angeles to the no-frills, single-car Zephyrette that ran daily between Oakland and Salt Lake City. From the New York Central's famous 20th Century Limited to the Eastern Illinois Railroad 's obscure Meadowlark, the plethora of railroads and regions featured is staggering. And because passenger trains were the most important public relations tool of any railroad, special focus is given to the locomotives, customer service and passenger experience.
The Armoured Train in Canadian Service
Armoured trains were perhaps the earliest real Armoured Fighting Vehicles, and appeared in various guises and places for many years. One unusual train was designed and put into service in Canada during World War Two. As the Japanese armed forces pushed through South-East Asia and across the Pacific, there were real fears of them invading the Western coast of Canada and some areas with strategic importance needed special defence measures.
One stretch of line where Canada borders Alaska had its own armoured train for this purpose. Built using standard rolling stock, it had a protected engine which pushed and pulled carriages for troops as well as armed cars with 75mm field and 40mm anti-aircraft guns. As such it would have been a formidable oponent to land forces, though like all trains it was vulnerable to attacks on the tracks and from the air.
The story of No 1 Armoured Train is interesting and unusual. While it is easy to write this off as "a train, not an AFV" it is both and as such should appeal to those interested in either field. It may never have been called upon to fight but that does not mean that its story should not be recorded.
That story is well told here, along with the background to the need for it there is an account of the assembly of the component parts including photos of the various gun and troop cars, as well as details of how the train operated including the problems of using the same tracks as working trains.
As this was a one-off, the account can go into considerable detail and the photos would give a modeller the chance to produce their own replica which would certainly be something different though even in small scale would be a big model.
The Art of the Locomotive
For all of the steam and diesel locomotives you can't see in person, or the ones you want to remember in all of their larger-than-life glory, this is the book to buy.
From the steam age to the modern diesel era, locomotives are marvels of engineering and industrial design, brimming with power, movement, and man's ingenuity even when sitting still. Photographer Ken Boyd's approach to the locomotive is unlike that of any other photographer. Every aspect of his photographs, from bolts and conduits to sheet metal and windows is painstakingly evaluated and then digitally edited until it glows with clarity and brilliance. The results are images of locomotives bristling with details not visible in conventional locomotive photography. The Art of the Locomotive features 150 large-format plates depicting locomotives ranging from the diminutive steam engines of the middle nineteenth century to the steam and diesel behemoths that followed. Each plate is accompanied by a detailed caption describing the locomotive's history and technology. The machines included represent railroads from all over the United States and Canada, from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico, from the east Coast to the West Coast. In addition, Boyd offers an appendix describing his photographic process, shedding light, as it were, on the method behind his fantastic imagery. Boyd's images are so incredibly sharp and breathtakingly rich, they have to be seen to be believed.
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The Cars of Pullman (1st Edition)
One of America's greatest business enterprises, the Pullman Company provided outstanding service aboard a vast fleet of railroad passenger cars that could be found in almost every nook and cranny of the United States. This illustrated history examines Pullman's diverse fleet, from its spectacular custom-built wooden cars of the nineteenth century to steel heavyweight cars in the prewar years and on into the lightweight streamlined era. Author Joe Welsh includes period photos, many in rare color, as well as car diagrams and ads that help trace the development, composition, and evolution of the historically and culturally significant Pullman fleet, including the gamut of sleeper, parlor, and restaurant cars. This is a fitting tribute to the former cultural icons aboard which strode giants of American life, such as Babe Ruth and Clark Gable, as well as first-time travelers from small-town America.
The Directory of British Tramways: Every Passenger-Carrying Tramway, Past and Present
This book provides a comprehensive survey of all passenger-carrying tramways ever operated in the British Isles, including Ireland, the Isle of Man and other island systems. All forms of traction are included -- horse, cable, steam, gas and electric -- together with all track gauges from monorail to 18-ft., making this a unique single-volume reference. Systems are fully described including opening and closing dates, takeovers, route lengths, type of stock used, and tramcar numbers.
The Duchesses: The Story of Britain’s Ultimate Steam Locomotives
The Duchesses tells the story of the 'Princess Coronation' class of locomotives -the streamlined embodiments of raw, bulked-up muscle and formidable power that any enthusiast will tell you were the finest steam engines in Britain.
The Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock
No Great American road trip would be complete without seeing trains streaming across wild prairies and through thick forests. All kinds of diesel and even a few steam locomotives can be seen, with everything from boxy frontends to curving streamlined bodies. The containers, flat cars, and boxcars pulled by these locomotives carry diverse freight, and the variety of these cars is wide. Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock is the source for easy-to-digest information on locomotives and cars. Model railroaders will also find this book indispensible, as it offers myriad ideas for realistic train systems.
The book is divided by diesel-electric locomotives, self-propelled passenger trains, passenger cars, freight cars, rail transit, and preserved equipment at museums and excursion steam locomotives. It also touches on historic diesels, vintage trams, maintenance trains, snowplow engines, and circus trains. Featuring North American and world examples of trains, Field Guide to Trains includes just about any type of locomotive and train car you are likely to see on the rails today, making this book the only available comprehensive guide to locomotives and rolling stock out there.
Bring Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock along on family trips to see what rolls the rails as you're traveling. Make a game of how many locomotives and car types you can identify. Buy locomotives and certain car types for your model layout. This is simply the handiest field guide for families and railroad buffs that you'll ever find.
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The Golden Age of Railway Posters
Few sights can reawaken memories of happy holidays of yesteryear as vividly as the superb railway posters that were so much a part of the great age of mass rail travel. Between the 1930s and 1950s, regarded by many as the heyday of advertising graphic art, a huge range of posters appeared, bearing slogans proclaiming the attractions of such resorts as 'Weston-super-Mare, in Smiling Somerset', and presenting a colourful picture of Britain at its best. Through images as diverse as bustling cities, scenes of rural tranquility and majestic mountain landscapes they offer an escapist paradise, where appealingly uncrowded beaches basking in permanent sunshine are just a train journey away.
This beautiful collection includes over 80 vintage posters from the 30s, 40s and 50s, with individual poster captions describing the artists and locations depicted. Michael Pailin recaptures the spirit of the great days of railway holidays and train excursions in his entertaining introduction, an era that is both within living memory and yet part of a bygone age.
The Historical Atlas of World Railroads: 400 Maps and Photographs Chart the Networks That Span the World
At one point railroads were the most important form of transport in the world, responsible for opening up vast areas to settlement and industry. With the threat of global warming and a potential energy crisis looming, rail transportation is experiencing a welcome resurgence.
The Historical Atlas of World Railroads charts the rise, fall and revival of railroads over the past 200 years, from the earliest experiments with wooden rails and horse-drawn wagons, through the rail-building boom of the steam age, to the onset of the modern high-speed lines, diesel-electric locomotives and electric tilting trains of today.
This comprehensive analysis and history covers:
The development of passenger and freight coaches and locomotives
How railroads and their infrastructures are built and operated
The development of rail types
The construction of tunnels and bridges
The latest advances in signalling technology, safety systems and freight-handling techniques and equipment.
Packed with archival photographs and high-quality color maps, The Historical Atlas of World Railroads brings history to life by revealing all aspects of rail transportation and technology.
The Large-Scale Model Railroading Handbook (2nd Edition)
This revised edition of The Large Scale Model Railroading Handbook is loaded with tips to help train hobbyists make their G-scale railroading layouts a reality. New to this edition is information on wiring systems for two or more trains, using DCC, new locomotives, cars, and power supplies.
The New Scenery Tips & Techniques: Projects and Ideas That Bring Your Layout to Life
Compiled from Model Railroader, this book includes intriguing ideas from a variety of experts on creating realistic ground cover, trees, bushes, rocks, water, and other scenery details. Full of outstanding photos, diagrams, and instructions and is ideal for beginning model railroaders.
The Official 2003 Edition Locomotive Rosters & News
James W. Kerr Softcover Out of Print. New old stock.
The Official 2004 Edition Locomotive Rosters & News
James W. Kerr Softcover Out of Print. New old stock.
The Official 2005 Edition Locomotive Rosters & News
The 2005 Edition has consolidated rosters of the six largest systems: BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, NS, and UP. This Edition features 11 pages of full-color builder's photographs reflecting recent deliveries. Roster Information Includes: Total locomotives of group number; The builder; Diesel builders' original models, except where rebuilt or upgraded, then the railroad operator's designation is used; Original model horsepower, or latest rerated variations from normal are noted. Still the number one source of its kind.
The Official 2006 Edition Locomotive Rosters & News (Volume 1)
The 2006 edition is in 2 volumes!
All major railroad systems of North America are in Volume 1: BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, KCS, NS, and UP. Short term leased and 2006 new orders included, for a total of 26,524 locomotives in Volume 1.
802 shortlines of North America are in Volume 2. Regionals and commuters, short term leased and 2006 new orders for a total of 9,503 locomotives in Volume 2.
The Official 2006 Edition Locomotive Rosters & News (Volume 2)
The 2006 edition is in 2 volumes!
All major railroad systems of North America are in Volume 1: BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, KCS, NS, and UP. Short term leased and 2006 new orders included, for a total of 26,524 locomotives in Volume 1.
802 shortlines of North America are in Volume 2. Regionals and commuters, short term leased and 2006 new orders for a total of 9,503 locomotives in Volume 2.
The Official 2008 Edition Locomotive Rosters & News
909 rosters - all major railroad systems of North America:
Short Lines from Aberdeen and Rockfish to Yuma Valley Railway
BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe)
CN (Canadian National)
CP (Canadian Pacific)
CSX Transportation
KCS (Kansas City Southern)
NS (Norfolk Southern)
UP (Union Pacific)
Incuding short term leased and 2008 new orders.
The Official 2010 Edition Locomotive Rosters & News
James W. Kerr Softcover Out of Print. New old stock.
The Official 2011 Edition Locomotive Rosters & News
James W. Kerr Softcover Out of Print. New old stock.
The Professional Approach to Model Railways (2nd Edition)
Written by a professional model-maker, this is a fascinating insight into high-end railway modeling and a great source of inspiration for beginners and experts alike. The second edition has been significantly updated with new material and photographs, and covers the many technological developments since the previous edition, such as digital command control. This book is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all serious railway modelers. The first edition of this book was first published in 1987.
The Railway Beat: A Century of Canadian Pacific Police Service
Canadian Pacific at its apex operated the most expansive and comprehensive transportation system the world has ever seen, before or since. Vast amounts of freight and multitudes of people, including some of the 20th century's most important and celebrated personalities, moved seamlessly back and forth on the North American continent and across the oceans to the far corners of the earth in the capable hands of a single, well-oiled administration.
When the Canadian Pacific Railway was built in the early 1880s to connect the thriving cities of Eastern Canada with the fledgling communities on the West Coast of British Columbia, however, this first, tenuous lifeline of the wildly ambitious enterprise stretched across more than two thousand miles of rugged, nearly uninhabited wilderness -- with no blanket authority or viable system of law enforcement.
Initially the country's own red-coated mounted police force took up the challenge of protecting the men and women who accomplished the national dream of forging a link from sea to sea and beyond; but, inevitably, the responsibility for the security of people and goods on the "World's Greatest Transportation System" would fall to the Canadian Pacific itself and the private police force which grew up with the company. From its somewhat disreputable origins of ad-hoc groups of semi-autonomous armed watchmen and strike-breaking thugs organized at the local level to the fully-professional force created in 1913 by the CPR president himself, the stage was set for more than a century of Canadian Pacific Police Services to come. The quiet efficiency with which its officers have conducted themselves in their ongoing battles with fraud, theft, smuggling, bombings, murder and mayhem, and the degree to which they have managed to avoid controversy and public scrutiny, speak well for the men and women on the "Railway Beat."
The Railways of Toronto: The First Hundred Years (Volume 2)
Volume 2 in this series of railway related scenes in Toronto between 1860 and 1960 showing terminals and freight yards as well as trains and locomotives. The book has both full-page black and white photos (with very informative captions) and reproductions of maps. Includes station lists and a list of Toronto companies that built railroad equipment.
The Rise and Fall of British Railways: Branch & Minor Lines
There is nothing more charming and evocative to railway enthusiasts than a rural branch line. Most were built before the advent of motorized road transport and provided a vital lifeline for the communities served, but these lines inevitably declined. Although the infamous Dr Beeching usually takes the blame for closures, there were significant losses in the 1920s and 1930s, when more than a 1,000 miles of track were declared redundant. More recently, there has been regeneration of some lines and new stations opened. This beautifully illustrated book looks at lines from the steam age through to the present time of diesel and electric multiple units.
The Rise and Fall of British Railways: Goods and Freight
This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the evolution of freight services and the Rise and Fall of the local goods train, from the early days to the modern privatized railway and from the steam age to todays modern traction era, with particular emphasis on the British Railways years from 1948 to 1997.
The Royal Train: The Inside Story
From the author of The Royal Yacht Britannia, here is the official story of Royal travel by train. There is in fact no single Royal Train, but rather a set of rail vehicles that can be assembled into whatever configuration is required, depending on which member of the Royal Family is traveling. Brian Hoey examines every aspect of the Royals favorite form of transport, including the rolling stock, the locomotives, the costs, operating routines, refreshments and the décor in the Queens personal saloon.
The Search for Steam
The Search for Steam is a mammoth parade of smoky action that will delight any railfan. Some of the greatest rail photographers such as C.E. Prusia, Charles Kerrigan, Richard Wallin, Russ Porter, Richard Kindig, Robert J. Foster and Donald Sims combine to make this huge 360-page hardbound book a masterpiece of steam!
From freight and passenger action to rail facilities, this large picture book has it all! Lines include Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Great Northern, Wabash, Milwaukee Road, Illinois Central, Pennsylvania, Soo, Santa Fe, Rock Island and many others. Some diesel and electric photos are also featured. A handy index of railroads is included.
The Southern Railway System: An Illustrated History
Nicely done history of the Southern Railway (US), illustrated with photos reaching back to the early 1800s. The book opens with a detailed description of the many early railroads, such as the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company, which eventually became the Tennessee River, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia lines that were amalgamated in 1894 and became the Southern. The book describes the effect on these lines of the Civil War, the rebuilding after the war, the consolidation of the lines and the company's history through 1982 when it merged with the Norfolk & Western. Lavishly illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With decorative end papers showing system map.
The Sudbury Streetcars: The Sudbury-Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway Company
History of the Sudbury-Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway Co., a streetcar company that once served Sudbury, Ontario and the surrounding communities. Covers origins, construction, operation, expansion, financial difficulties and demise. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With roster, maps and timetable.