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AURORA-ELGIN AREA STREETCARS AND INTERURBANS by Hopkin Peffers.
Each volume contains over 250 period photographs, many from private collections that have never been available to the public before. All hardcovered.
Volume 1: Fox River Division A.E. & C. Aurora-Elgin streetcars 1901 - 1923. 168 pages, 253 photos, 25 maps, $49.50 Volume 2: Aurora-Elgin & Fox River Electric Company, 1923 - 1935, also 1900 transportation in Aurora and Elgin, 184 pages, 252 photos, 14 maps, $49.50
Volume 3: The Third Rail Line (Chicago, Aurora & Elgin RR) 1902 - 1957, 224 pages (16 in color), 396 photos, 12 maps, $49.50
Volume 4: The Connecting Lines (smaller trolley lines running from Aurora and Elgin) 200 pages, 290 photos, 24 maps, $49.50
BALTIMORE’S LIGHT RAIL, by Herbert H. Harwood, Jr.
Jump aboard for a ride on Baltimore’s most remarkable transit renaissance. Here is an ele- gant and detailed account of this reborn combina- tion of a historic streetcar line, two long-gone interurbans, and a 160 year old steam railroad. Told and depicted in then and now style, this new book describes the creative result, its operation, and what it is like to take a tour on the light rail system. 96 pages, 141 photographs, maps and drawings, soft- bound, $15.95
BY THE EL: Third Avenue and Its EL at Mid- Century, by Lawrence Stelter.
This book contains ’photos and human interest stories that capture the third avenue El and the neighborhoods it traversed. 128 pages, color photos, hardcover, $38.95
CENTENNIAL STATE TROLLEYS The Life and times of Colorado’s Streetcars By Ken Fletcher
At various times between l871 and l951, Colorado was served by 17 different street railway systems. This is a comprehensive review of the intriguing historic of all these lines around the state from Aspen to Trinidad, Greeley to Durango. Mule cars cable cars, Denver’s new light rail system are all here. 160 pages nearly 200 illustrations full color covers. Softbound $24.95
Special limited edition numbered signed & Numbered $44.95
CHICAGO’S COMMUTER RAILROADS: A Guide to the Metra System, by Richard Kunz.
A route-by-route description of Chicago’s extensive commuter-rail system as well as a brief history of commuter-rail services of Rock Island, Burlington, Milwaukee, Chicago & Northwestern Wabash, Pennsylvania, North Shore and Chicago Aurora & Elgin. Color and B&W photos, full-color metra map. Metra roster.64 pages, softbound, $24.95
CINCINNATI AND COLUMBUS TRAC TION CO., Hillsboro Short Line, the Swing Line, by David McNeil.
174 pages, softbound $20.00
CROSS CONTINENT ELECTRICS, The Great Northern - Pennsylvania Railroad Connections.
Covering electric locomotive operations on both railroads. also, the cross testing of the E2B on both roads, and the GNY-l/PRR FF-2 electric operations. Color and b&w photographs. 64 pages, with locomotive diagrams, softbound $24.95
CTA AT 45: Recollections of the first 45 years of the Chicago Transit Authority.
Private developers started transit service in Chicago in 1859. Successful at first they were ultimately, they were ultimately driven out of business by rising costs, changing demographics, competition of automobiles, and over regulation. Public ownership was adopted in l947 when Chicago Transit Authority, using revenue bond money, bought up in the lines funding service solely from customer charges. As time has gone on some public money began to support area wide transit. Highlights of this process are recalled here in this profusely illustrate book. 180 photos, album format, 144 pages, hardcover $49.95
Denvers Railroads: The Story of Union Station and the Railroads of Denver. By Kenton Forrest and Charles Albi.
Here is the full story of this historic station from construction up to present day. Denver s Railroads is full of details and interesting stories – stationmasters and redcaps, famous visitors and ordinary travelers – you will find them all here But this book is more than just the station’s history for the authors have also examined all the Denver area railroad facilities: passenger and freight yards, locomotive shops and roundhouses junctions and even interurban railways that once served the city. A well-researched text covers l l5 years from the arrival of the first train, through the steam era and early streamliners to today’s modern freight trains and Amtrak superliners. Over 300 photos, 20 detailed maps, 272 pages. Hardcover $29.95
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE PLAN AND PHOTO BOOK, NJ International.
Photos and drawings of electric locomotives from various railroads, including Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, Pennsy, New Haven and More. Some color photos, album format, softcover $24.95FORTY FEET BELOW, by Bruce Moffat
The origins and history of Chicago’s railway tunnels that flooded in 1992 under the famous downtown loop, For half a century, the secret electric railway system ran 50 miles of tunnels through which oper ate two-foot-gauge electric trains. 84 pages, 85 photos and illustrations, 1932 tunnel map, $13.95FROM BOSTON TO THE BERKSHIRES a Pictorial Review of Electric Transportation in Massachusetts,
by Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding.
Nice photo history of the electric street railways in Massachusetts includes a color portfolio and detailed map from 1912. Softbound $8.95FROM RAILWAY TO FREEWAY: Pacific Electric and the Motor Coach, by Eli Bail.
detailed, lavishly illustrated account of the conversion of Pacific Electric’s 1,000 mile interurban rail- way to rubber tired transport. 196 pages, hardcover was $29.95 Special Price $19.95GUIDE TO THE MILWAUKEE ROAD IN MONTANA by Steve Carter.
From east to west across Montana and up and down the branch lines, this guide will take you where the Milwaukee dared to go and won’t let you miss the places it stopped: the depots, hotels, and roundhouses, as well as the substations that electrified the Milwaukee Road and that now power the imagination. 6X9, softbound, $5.95INDIANA RAILROAD; The Magic Interurban, by George K. Bradley,
Starts by looking at the companies comprising the Indiana Railroad System, then moves on to consolidations, introduction of the famous "highspeed" cars, the ups and downs of the 1930s, and the downhill years leading to the end of rail passenger service. From C.E.R.A. 224 pages, over 300 illustrations including photos, timetables, and promotional materials some of them in color. hardcover, $55.00INSULL CHICAGO 1NTERURBANS IN COLOR by Gordon E. Lloyd.
This book takes the reader on an all-color tour of the three Chicago Interurban lines: Chicago Aurora 8c Elgin, Chicago South Shore & South Bend. The fascinating background of Sam lnsull’s traction empire is related through its stored history and over 300 color photos taken along the lines during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Hardcover, 128 pages, all color photos, $49.95KITE ROUTE: Story of the Denver & Interurban Railroad, by William C. Jones and Noel T. Holley.
"High speed, clean electric service hourly between 13enver A. Boulder," proclaimed a 1908 advertisement for the newly completed Denver k. 1nterurban. The description was accurate for this interurban a wholly owned subsidiary of the Co1orado A Southern, was first class in every respect . It operated on main line steam trackage along most of its route and used large comfortable cars built to operate at high speed on the then new high voltage AC power system. This is the full story of the "Kite Route" (so named because its route on a map resembled a kite on a string) from construction to abandonment. l60 pages, Hardcover was $27.95 now only $13.95LACKAWANNA HERITAGE, by Ed Crist k. John Krause.
Coverage of the DL&W’s final transition years before merger with the Erie. Steam, diesel and electric operations on main line and branches. 48 pages, album format, softbound, $8.95LEHIGH VALLEY TRANSIT COMPANY’S ,’LIBERTY BELL ROUTE, by William J. ; McKelvey, Jr.
Provides a nostalgic and fact-filled trip from Upper Darby’s (Philadelphia’s) 69th Street Terminal to Allentown aboard one of the more interesting interurban lines. 96 pages, hardcover $20.00LIFE & TIMES OF THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC
A delightful album of official PE photographs from halcyon times, mostly the 1920s, published by Orange Empire Ry. Museum. 48 pages, album format, softbound, $9.95MARBLE: A Town Built on Dreams Volume II, by Oscar McCollum,
Completes the untold story of Colonel Channing Meek and his involvement in bringing about the establishment of the largest marble mil1 in he United States. The efforts of the Colorado-Yule Marble company put the town of, Marble on the- map, and the public admired the company for producing the marble for the beautiful Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., as well as the impressive Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Included is a "walking tour" through the 1,600- foot-long block yard, with plant interior views and historic photographs of the railroad yard in Marble, including facilities for locomotives. This volume takes the reader up the steep Colorado-Yule Marble grade, mile by mile, to the Colorado-Yule Marble Company’s impressive marble quarry. A detailed explanation accompanies the photographic study of marble blocks being moved down the electric tramway. This is a 352-page photographic spectacular with 367 black and white photos, hardcover $42.00MICHIGAN RAILROADS AND RAILROAD COMPANIES, by Graydon M. Meints.
This comprehensive, encyclopedic volume contains information about railroad companies and railroads that have operated in Michigan, including the common carrier steam and electric companies, incorporated logging and mining railroads, privately owned industrial logging roads, as well as those major rail- road companies whose names are recognizable to everyone. This is a re-release book of the same name. Hardcover, 260 pages, $35.00MILE HIGH & THREE FEET SIX WIDE
"Rail transit served Denver for almost 80 years, and with few exceptions the gauge of the rails that were put down for the horsecar lines - three feet, six inches remained the same during the life of the electric streetcar in the Mile High City." Brief pictorial glimpse at rail transit in Denver. 6X9, 32 pages, softbound, $7.95MlLWAUKEE ROAD 1850-1960 PHOTO ARCIVE
Edited with introduction by P.A. Letourneau, photographs from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. From its beginnings as a regiona1 railroad to its halcyon years as the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, a collection of photographs of Milwaukee Road engines, rolling stock, workers, depots, rail and tunnel construction, and more. Includes steam, electric and diesel engines from 1850 to 1960. 128 pages, 120 b&w photos, softbound album format $24.95NEW YORK RAILWAYS: THE GREEN LINE
Covering one of New York Cities last remaining street railways before conversion to buses. Covering routes and equipment with full rosters. Included are both a system map and detail street maps by individual routes, 64 pages, 115 photos, softbound, $19.95PENNSYLVANIA-READING SEASHORE LINES IN COLOR by John P. Stroup.
The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines was a railroad of many faces. It was a high speed route to the resorts along the southern New Jersey coast, carrying vacationers behind finely tuned motive power, not only its own, but also from the PRR and Reading. It was branch lines through some of the richest agricultural land in the U.S. It was a server of industry, from oil refineries to glass producers. It was a carrier of commuters to Camden and Philadelphia. and it did all of this mostly out of sight of rail enthusiasts, who tended to go for the "bigger game" of the PRR mainline and many other more scenic and active locations. Hardcover, 128 pages, color photos, $49.95RAIL TRANSIT PHILADELPHIA: Thc PTC Years 1940-1968, by Richard Vible and Henry Elsner All color photo book on Philadelphia transit in the years that the PTC was king. 78 pages, softbound, $32.95
ROCK ISLAND, TENNESSEE PASS, FORT COLLINS TROLLEYS COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL No. 17
Three complete articles comprise this Annual. ROCKETING TO THE ROCKIES by Michael Doty and Mel McFarland is a history of thc Rock Island Railroad in Colorado. TENNESSEE PASS by Robert LeMassena examines over 100 years of Rio Grande on Tennessee Pass on the "Royal Gorge Route." LAST OF THE BlRNEYS combines the work of Ernest Peyton and Al Kilminster to chronicle the story of the Fort Collins trolleys. 280 pages with over 300 photos, 14 in color, plus maps and timetables. Hardcover $35.95SECOND AVENUE EL IN MANHATTAN, by Joe Cunningham.
For six decades the Second Avenue Elevated line served comrnunities on the east side of Manhattan, but it never received the attention that was accorded the other lines. Construction was initiated by the Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company, one of the pioneer builders of elevated lines. Public service opened on March l, 1880. This book contains many black & white photos and drawings, 64 pages, softbound, $29.95ST. LOUIS STREETCARS, THE WAY IT WAS, by Andrew D. Young.
With over 120 rare and unusual photographs, the book reflects on the rise of St. Louis’s streetcar system, its forty year fall from grace, the buses that tried hut failed to succeed the streetcars and the automobiles (plus the roads) that overwhelmed both. Softbound, b&w photos, $21.95SUNSET LINES – The Story of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad Volume l – Trackage, by Larry Plachno.
Introduces the Chicago Aurora 8c Elgin and covers the routes and trackage in detail. 190 photos, 10 very detailed track maps, l60 pages, hardcover $36.00SUNSET LINES – The Story of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad Volume 2 – History, by Larry Plachno.
Follows the trials and tribulations of the CAAE from the early traction operations until track removal in l963. 320 photographs, 352 pages, hardcover $64.00TO SEATTLE BY TROLLEY: The Story of the Seattle-Everett Interurban and the Trolley that went to Sea,
by Warren W. Wing. Hardcover, 160 pages, The subject of this book is the trolley from Seattle to Everett and from Mount Vernon to Bellingham, With black and white photos we get a peek into the past of the trolley and what we remember of that time. $39.50TO TACOMA BY TROLLEY: The Puget Sound Electric Railway, by Warren W. Wing.
This book tells the story of the interurban that connected Tacoma and Seattle. The Puget Sound Electric was built just after the turn of the century at the height of the "trolley craze" when roads were poor, it filled the need for fast efficient transportation in a growing area. Its lively text, old photos, and personal reminiscences, makes for a wonderful trip back in time. Hardcover, 144 pages, black and white photos, $39.50TROLLEY CARS: A Photographic History of Streetcars, Trams and Trolleys of’ North America,
by Frank Sullivan and Fred Winkowski. This is a pictorial guide to restored streetcars, trams and inter-urban railcars. A special section concentrates on the color signs, logos, and graphic devices used worldwide to show destinations, fares, and to advertise products on trolleys all through their early history. All of the trolleys and trams featured in this book can be seen at these locations and in most cases excursion rides are offered on short scenic stretches of track. 128 pages, softbound, $19.95UNDER MILWAUKEE WIRES.
An all- color, 128 page book displaying the wonder- ful 1950’s photography of Sandy Goodrick and Bill Janssen. Tour both electrified divisions when Bi-polars and boxcabs shared the rails with maroon and orange Little Joes. Hardcover $49.95 due November 15, 1996722 MILES: THE BUILDING OF THE SUBWAYS AND HOW THEY TRANSFORMED NEW YORK
by Clifton Hood. This book traces the complex history of the New York subway system, the planners and power brokers, the politics and the economics that surrounded the enterprise. At its opening in 1904, the tracks covered the twenty-two miles from City Hall up to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND (the Independent Subway), the system grew to cover 722 miles, long enough to reach from New York to Chicago, laid end to end. Softbound, 336 pages, a few black & white photos, $15.95Many of the above 1isted books are available from various sources, but more likely from a model train shop. Forget the severa1 national chain bookstores! The Co1orado Railroad Museum to have most or all of the above books in stock and in addition invites inquiries about the following list of books. Address: PO Box 10, Golden, Colo. 80402-0010. Phones: 1 (800) 365-6263; (303) 279-459 l
3 AXLE STREETCARS: VOLUME ONE, From Robinson to Rathgeber, by Henry Elsner.
178 pages, softcover $29.95 3 AXLE STREETCARS: VOLUME TWO by Henry Elser. Softcover, 190 pages. $31.95BLUE RIDGE TROLLEY: The Hagerstown 8c Frederick Railway, by Herbert H. Harwood, Jr.
160 illustrations 144 pages, hardcover $39.95BREEZERS, A Lighthearted History of the Open Trolley Car in America, by Stephen L. Meyers.
Hardcover $56.00CALIFORNIA RAILROADS: An Encyclopedia of Cable Car, Common Carrier, Horsecar, Industrial, Interurban, Logging, Monorail, Motor Road, Short Lines, Streetcar, Switching and Termina1 railroads in California, by Alvin A. Fickewirth. 200 pages, 228 illustrations, hardcover $46.95
CHICAGO SURFACE LINE by Alan R. Lind.
496 pages, hardcover, B&W $35.00COLORFUL STREETCARS WE RODE, C.E.R.A. Bulletin 125.
112 pages, hardcover $45.00 softcover $28.00CONNECTICUT COMPANY STREETCARS, by Frederick Kramer, with Ed Wadhams.
96 pages, hard- cover $26.95, softcover $21.95ELECTRIC TRAINS TO READING TERMINAL, by Wes Coates.
112 pages, softcover $17.95FORT WAYNE &, WABASH TROLLEYS, by George K. Bradley. C.E.R.A. Bulletin 1222,
288 pages, 442 photos, hardcover $36.00FROM BULLETS TO BART, by William Middleton. C.E.R.A bulletin l27.
176 pages, hardcover $35.00HISTORY OF BALTIMORE’S STREETCARS By Michael R. Farrell.
8 1/2 x 11, 319 pages., 290+ b&w and 32 color photos, hardcover, $45.95INTERSTATE: A History of Interstate Public Service Rail Operations, by Jerry Marlette.
272 pages, hardcover $48.00INTERURBAN INTERLUDE, by Cdr. E.J. Quinby.
92 pages, Hardcover $16.95NEW YORK SUBWAY; Its Construction and Equipment, Interborough Rapid Transit 1904,
150 pages, hardcover $45.00NOT ONLY PASSENGERS, How the Electric Railways Carried Freight, Express & Baggage,
by the Central Electric Railfans’ Association. 128 pages, hardcover $35.00PENNSY ELECTRIC YEARS, by William D. Volkmer,
Over 200 color photos, 128 pages, hardcover $45.00RAINBOW OF TRACTION, C,E,R.A. Bulletin 126.
144 pages hardcover $45.00, softbound, $28.00The RED ELECTRICS, Southern Pacific’s Oregon Interurban, by Tom Dilt and Walter R. Grande.
136 pages, 200 rare photographs, hardcover $39.50REMARKABLE GG-I, by Karl Zimmerman.
70 pages, album format, softbound, $9.50RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC, by Bob Kaplan and Deane Mellander.
180 color photos, hardcover $42.00RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC RAILROAD, by William E. Grifhn.
350 photos 216 pages, hardcover $28.95TEXAS ELECTRIC RAILWAY by Jonnie J. Myers.
256 pages, hardcover, $36.00THREE AXLE STREETCARS: VOLUME ONE, From Robinson to Rathgeber, by Henry Elsncr.
178 pages, softbound, $29.95THREE AXLE STREETCARS: VOLUME TWO by Henry Elser. Softbound,
190 pages. $31.95TIME OF THE TROLLEY: the Street Railway from Horsecar to Light Rail, by William Middleton.
240 pages, hardcover $42.95TRACTION CLASSICS Volume 2: Extra Fast and Extra Fare, by William D. Middleton.
184 pages, hardcover $36.95TRACTION PLANBOOK.
99 pages, softbound, $9.95TWIN CITY RAPID TRANSIT PICTORIAL by Alan R. Lind Fe
96 pages, softbound, $12.50UNCERTAIN TROLLEY - Dayton, Springfield Urbana Electric Railway, by Jack Keenan.
96 pages, softbound, $18.95VIRGINIAN LOCOMOT1VES, by Lloyd D. Lewis.
80 pages, softbound, $ l 5.95WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION.
384 pages, hardcover, $23.00
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