IN STOCK NOW! Calendar features 13 separate Santa Fe scenes; opens to 14x22 inches; easy-read numbers. Order additional copies for friends and relatives: two for $24.95, three for $36.95; four or more $11.95 each. Posted 7-1-08.
Calendar Produced by McMillan Publications

IN STOCK NOW! Calendar features 13 separate BNSF scenes; opens to 14x22 inches; easy-read numbers. Order additional copies for friends and relatives: two for $24.95, three for $36.95; four or more $11.95 each. Posted 7-1-08.
Calendar Produced by McMillan Publications

IN STOCK NOW! TUMBLEWEEDS documents the last three decades (1965-1995) of the Santa Fe Railway in the State of New Mexico and is Volume 4 in the Santa Fe in Color Series. List price $69.95, hardcover, all color photos, 248 pages. Posted 3-22-08.
Book Produced by McMillan Publications

This nice volume features the last of steam and early first generation diesels of the Rio Grande. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 6-27-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

This second and last volume of the series features trolleys of Western Canada: Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Nelson, Vancouver, and Victoria. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 6-27-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

On July 13, 1951, two spans of the large Santa Fe Railway bridge at Topeka, Kansas, collasped into the Kaw River at the height of the worst flood to devastate the state of Kansas. Also sinking into the rushing waters were three steam locomotives which had been placed on the bridge in an effort to stabilize it. In the years since, the story of the "lost locomotives of Topeka" have greatly intrigued railroad enthusiasts amd history detectives alike. This book examines in detail the mystery and lore surrounding this dramatic incident from the Great Kansas Flood of 1951. List price $19.95, softcover, horizontal format, b&w photos, 56 pages. Posted 6-25-08.
Book Produced by South Platte Press

This DVD features two Pennsylvania railroad programs: THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE WORLD and THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLECTION. Lots of steam, early diesel, and electrics. List price $29.95, 129 minutes. Posted 6-24-08.
DVD Produced by Pentrex

This third book in this classic series features the history of many Northern California shortlines, loggers, and industrial lines, as well as the Central Pacific. This is a must for the California or Nevada rail historian. List price $65.00, hardcover, b&w photos, 391 pages. Posted 6-12-08.
Book Produced by University of Nevada Press

This is an especially nice Morning Sun book featuring the history and operations of the Ann Arbor railroad. Chapter headings: Building of the Ann Arbor; The First DT&I Era; The Ann Arbor Railroad Company; The Wabash Era; and The Second DT&I Era. The book also covers AA's marine operations in detail. List price $59.95, hardcover, all color photos (except for a few b&w historic views), 128 pages. Posted 6-1-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

Trackside No. 69, this book features the Photography of Cal Banse, an employee of the Erie and EL. Railroads include: Erie, EL, NKP, Pennsy, B&O, NYC, B&LE, PC, Conrail, N&W, P&LE, and several shortlines and industrials. List price $59.95, hardcover, all color, 128 pages. Posted 6-1-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

A nicely produced book covering the history of the C&NW Railway. Chapter headings: Genesis of the C&NW, 1848-1974; Creating a Regional Network, 1870-1893; Strengthening the System, 1893-1920; Riding the Waves of Prosperity, 1920-1940; Work War II and its Aftermath, 1940-1955; C&NW's Passenger Trains; The Heineman-Provo Era, 1956-1976; and Ever Closer to Union Pacific, 1976-1995. List price $36.95, hardcover, mostly color photos, but some b&w, 160 pages. Posted 6-1-08.
Book Produced by Motorbooks International

This first C Vision vintage DVD features Milwaukee Road action in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin: four EMD SW1s on a local freight; F-units along the Mississippi, and SD9s on Wisconsin branches. List price $29.95, 80 minutes. Posted 5-29-08.
DVD Produced by C Vision Productions

UP, BNSF, Amtrak, and Utah Railway action on this famous Utah pass. See lots of great action as a variety of diesels assault the big hill. This is ex-D&RGW trackage, and the film includes the Rio Grande tunnel motors on the well-photographed "trash train" out of Helper to East Carbon, Utah. List price $29.95, 88 minutes. Posted 5-28-08.
DVD Produced by Pentrex

This nice book features photographs of Arizona railroads in the 1950s by J. R. Knoll. Chapter headings: Southern Pacific in Arizona; Santa Fe in Arizona; Logging Railroads; and Copper Railroads. Includes nice photos of Santa Fe units in black/silver paint. List price $30.00, softcover, b&w photos,116 pages. Posted 5-27-08.
Book Produced by FriendlySP@comcast.net

AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN! Bob Knoll photographed the SP from the mid-1950s through the 1980s. He was also employed for a few years by the SP as a telegrapher/clerk on the Tucson Division. This book is a collection of his fine photographs. Chapter headings: Arizona; Northern California; and Southern California. List price $39.95, softcover, mostly b&w photos, but some color, horizontal format, 116 pages. reposted 5-27-08.
Book Produced by Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society

AVAILABLE ONLY IN WIDESCREEN FORMAT, This DVD features BNSF action in winter in the Flagstaff area; covers such popular locations as Darling, Maine, Chalender, Williams Junction, Doublea, and Eagle Nest. Lots of heavy railroad action. List price $29.95, 90 minutes. Posted 5-26-08.
DVD Produced by Highball Productions

AVAILABLE IN WIDESCREEN FORMAT ONLY. Marshall Canyon, Washington, is a narrow funnel for three railroads: the BNSF, UP, and CP southwest of Spokane. Lots of nice action. List price $24.95, 90 minutes. Posted 5-26-08.
DVD Produced by Highball Productions

AVAILABLE ONLY IN WIDESCREEN FORMAT. This DVD features winter narrow gauge steam action on the Durango & Silverton Railroad in southwestern Colorado. Most scenes are of a photo freight and the regular passenger trains. List price $24.95, 90 minutes. Posted 5-26-08.
DVD Produced by Highball Productions

This book is a guide to Pennsylvania's Historic Train and Railway SItes. Chapter headings: Anthracite Country; Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Dutch Country; Through the Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve; and Railways Large and Small. Excellent photo reproduction. List price $34.94, hardcover, mostly all-color photos (a few b&w historic views), 160 pages. Posted 5-26-08.
Book Produced by Motorbooks International

A line-by-line listing of BNSF locomotives as of 1-1-08; retirements, renumberings, diagrams and lots of other information. List price $48.00, all-color photos, 160 pages. Book measures 6-1/4 inches wide by 9-1/4 inches tall. Posted 5-21-08.
Book Produced by Great Northern Pacific Publications

Fullerton, California, southeast of Los Angeles, is a busy place these days. This DVD was filmed on a fall day in 2007 and features trains of Metrolink, Amtrak, and BNSF. Over 60 trains were filmed. List price $23.95, 120 minutes. Posted 5-16-08.
DVD Produced by Pentrex

The Indiana RR is a large Midwest regional whose tracks run south out of Indianapolis and into the coal fields of southwestern Indiana. Follow this interesting railroad in the rugged scenery of the Hoosier State. List price $34.95, 105 minutes. Posted 5-16-08.
DVD Produced by Plets Express

24 hours in the life of modern railroading. All photos were taken on May 10, 2007, in various parts of the US and Canada. This is a nice book and shows a slice of railroading on a particular day. Chapter headings: Magic Time; Daybreak Trackside; Clear Signals Coast to Coast; What Railroads Do Best; In Light of Promontory; Afternoon Becomes Evening; and Where One Day Leaves Off. List price $40.00, hardcover, all color photos, 176 pages. Posted 5-5-08.
Book Produced by Motorbooks International

This first volume covers passenger cars, cabooses, and equipment of merged roads, such as the M&StL, FDDM&S, Litchfield & Madison, Des Moines & Central Iowa, CMO, and CGW. List price $59.95, hardcover, all color, 128 pages. Posted 5-5-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

Pennsy operations, trains, and facilities on the Delmarva peninsula. (The peninsula includes all of Delaware, and portions of Maryland and Virginia.) The photos were made between 1965 and 1967 and include a wide variety of power. List price $59.95, hardcover, all color photos, 128 pages. Posted 5-5-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

From wooden coaches to streamlined trains; from dome cars and Santa Fe's high-level trains to Amtrak's Acela Express, this documentary gives an overview of our nation's passenger service. List price $24.95, 65 minutes. Posted 5-5-08.
DVD Produced by RK Publishing

Filmed in 1998 and features action in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Railroads include BNSF, UP, CP, Twin Cities & Western, Minnesota Commercial, Wisconsin Central, and the I&M Rail Link. List price $29.95, 105 minutes. Posted 4-28-08.
DVD Produced by Pentrex

Filmed in October 1995 on NS' scenic Rathole line between Danville, KY and Oakdale, TN. This DVD features two programs originally released on VHS tape: THE RATHOLE and THROUGH THE RATHOLE CAB RIDE. List price $29.95, 148 minutes. Posted 4-28-08.
DVD Produced by Pentrex

This wonderful DVD features the Alaska Railroad in winter; filmed in 1994. Lots of great snowy action. List price $29.95, 60 minutes. Posted 4-28-08.
DVD Produced by Pentrex

A much-needed complete history of SP's Texas and Louisiana lines. Details of operations and locomotives up to the 1961 merger into SP; complete rosters, maps, and much more. List price $70.00, hardcover, 329 photos (mostly b&w, but some color), 386 pages. Posted 4-23-08.
Book Produced by Signature Press

This volume features P Class 4-6-2 Pacifics: SP P-1 2400 to 2444, and T&NO P-5 600 to 612. One photo per page with limited caption information. List price $27.95, softcover, b&w photos, 58 pages. Posted 4-22-08.
Book Produced by Monte Vista Publishing

This book covers an interesting niche in railroading: ore docks and ore cars around the Great Lakes. Railroads featured include: DM&IR, GN, NP, BN/BNSF, SOO, DSS&A, MILW Road, C&NW, LS&I, Algoma Central, CN, DW&P, CN, CP, Erie Mining/LTV Steel/Reserve Mining, and B&LE. List price $29.95, softcover, b&w photos, 126 pages. Posted 4-22-08.
Book Produced by Iconografix, Inc.

This book features the north end of the Wisconsin Central: the Michigan ore lines, the Algoma Central, Superior and the Twin Ports, Twin Cities Terminal, and trains of wood pulp, paper, and other wood products. List price $59.95, hardcover, all color, 136 pages. Posted 4-21-08.
Book Produced by Four Ways West Publications

This vintage film features the steam locomotives of the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railroad. See the huge 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstones," as well as many other wheel arrangements. Filmed between 1957 and 1961. List price $29.95, 44 minutes. Posted 4-7-08.
DVD Produced by Greg Scholl Video Productions

This is a vintage film of SP action from the San Francisco Bay Area east over the Sierra toward Ogden, Utah; lots of steam and early diesel. List price $29.95, 98% color, 67 minutes. Posted 4-7-08.
DVD Produced by Greg Scholl Video Productions

Visit this famous San Francisco Bay Area interurban; all lines A through H covered; ride Key System ferry boats and interurbans beginning in 1903 to the end in 1958; Richmond Shipyard during WWII, and much more. List price $28.50, 62 minutes. Posted 4-3-08.
DVD Produced by C Vision Productions

Filmed in 1973 when Penn Central was at the mid-point in its bankruptcy. Famed photpographer Emery Gulash was there to record those days on 16mm film. See electrics, first generation diesels, and passenger trains on the PC in Michigan, Ohio and the NE Corridor. List price $29.95, 63 minutes. Posted 4-3-08.
DVD Produced by Green Frog Productions

This second volume of the Canadian Color Guide features the freight and passenger equipment of Canadian regional and shortline railroads in the the province of Manitoba and west to British Coilumbia. List price $59.95, hardcover, all color photos, 128 pages. Posted 3-28-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

Features photos from the late steam/early diesel era from the nation's Heartland. Cities included: St. Louis, Chicago, Twin Cities, and Denver; many other locations included as well. List price $59.95, hardcover, all color photos, 128 pages. Posted 3-28-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

This second volume features stations, towers, bridges, and other facilities of the Lackawanna Railroad from Dover to Scranton. List price $59.95, hardcover, all color photos, 128 pages. Posted 3-28-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

This handy book is a line-by-line roster of the Norfolk Southern as of 1-1-08. Chapter headings: Year 2007 Highlights; NS Roster Summary; NS Roster, and NS Retirements. List price $24.95, softcover, b&w photos. Posted 3-26-08.
Book Produced by Withers Publishing

This DVD features five Iowa shortlines: Iowa Northern, Iowa Traction Railroad, Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway, Burlington Junction, and Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. Lots of variety in this presentation. List price $34.95, 98 minutes. Posted 3-26-08.
DVD Produced by Plets Express

WIDESCREEN FORMAT. Visit beautiful Western Canada and pay a visit to Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 2816 as it travels the rails of Alberta on special trains. List price $29.95, 70 minutes. Posted 3-26-08.
DVD Produced by Railway Productions

FULL SCREEN FORMAT. Visit beautiful Western Canada and pay a visit to Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 2816 as it travels the rails of Alberta on special trains. List price $29.95, 70 minutes. Posted 3-26-08.
DVD Produced by Railway Productions

This nice book traces the history of Alco's 6-Axle Century models: Chapter headings: C-630 vs SD40 vs U30C; Century 628; Century 630; Century 636; Centuries in Color; Alco Six-Axle Century Roster (by model); and Alco Six-Axle Century Roster (by builder's date). List price $40.00, softcover, color and b&w photos, 208 pages. Posted 3-26-08.
Book Produced by Withers Publishing

Dated March 2008, this timetable features all the railroads and rail lines within the state of California; includes station listings, maps, radio frequencies, and a lot of other information. List price $22.95, softcover, 104 pages. Posted 3-22-08.
Timetable Produced by Altamont Press

Effective February 2008. this handy Altamont Press timetable features the rail lines in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington; includes station listings on each line, several maps, radio frequencies, and a wealth of other information. List price $22.95, softcover, 120 pages. Posted 3-22-08.
Timetable Produced by Altamont Press

Newcastle, Wyoming, an old coal mining town, sits on the ex-CB&Q main line between Alliance, Nebraska, and Billings, Montana, at the east central edge of the state and borders the western slopes of the beautiful Black Hills. The line is now BNSF's Black Hills Subdivision. This DVD features two time periods: Burlington Northern 1990-1994 and BNSF and 2006-2007. View lots of coal trains and interesting power. List price $29.95, 117 minutes. Posted 3-22-08.
DVD Produced by C Vision Productions

This second volume of BNSF freight cars features intermodal well cars, covered hoppers, gondola cars, coil steel cars, woodchip gondola cars; flat cars, open top hopper cars, aluminum coal gondola cars, box cars, insulated box cars, mechanical refrigerator cars, tank cars, and work equipment cars. List price $55.95, hardcover, all color photos, 104 pages. Posted 3-20-08.
Book Produced by Great Northern Pacific Publications

This nice little book features Rock Island and UP action on a much-photographed curve in front of the Union Pacific station at Lawrence, Kansas. The book covers the period from the late steam era to the UP-only era of today. Both Olmstead and the late Don Ball photographed the curve extensively over the years. List price $19.95, softcover, b&w photos, 48 pages. Posted 3-18-08.
Book Produced by South Platte Press

This book features steam locomotives on California's shortline railroads. Chapter headings: Moguls: 2-6-0 Locomotives; Prairies 2-6-2 and 2-6-2T; Passenger Locomotives 4-4-0 and 4-6-0; 2-8-0 Consolidation Locomotives; 2-8-2 Mikado Locomotives; Specialized Locomotives: Mallets and Minarets; Six-Wheel Switchers 0-6-0 and 0-6-0T; and Four Drivers: Switchers and Forneys. List price $32.95; softcover, b&w photos, 128 pages. Posted 3-18-08.
Book Produced by Shade Tree Books

This second volume features PRR, Penn Central and Conrail action between Pittsburgh and Northeast Ohio. List price $59.95. hardcover, all color, 136 pages. Posted 3-11-08.
Book Produced by The Railroad Press

NOTE: THIS BOOK IS TEMPORARILY OUT OF PRINT. NEW STOCK EXPECTED IN MID-JULY 2008. A photo gallery of California railroading during the 1950s. Featured are the SP, Pacific Electric, and several short lines. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 3-3-08.
Book Produced by Four Ways West Publications

WIDESCREEN FORMAT. Visit the CSX on the former B&O main line, now CSX's Chicago Line, across the Buckeye State from State Line to Greenwich. Includes hotspots Deshler, Fostoria, Attica Junction, Willard, and Greenwich. List price $35.95, 120 minutes. Posted 3-3-08.
DVD Produced by Highball Productions

FULL SCREEN FORMAT. Visit the CSX on the former B&O main line, now CSX's Chicago Line, across the Buckeye State from State Line to Greenwich. Includes hotspots Deshler, Fostoria, Attica Junction, Willard, and Greenwich. List price $35.95, 120 minutes. Posted 3-3-08.
DVD Produced by Highball Productions

Ride the cab of a former D&RGW narrow gauge 2-8-2 over Colorado's scenic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway. List price $24.95, 90 minutes. Posted 3-3-08.
DVD Produced by Highball Productions

This book features the west end of the Milwaukee Road; primarily focusing on electrics and diesels. Chapter headings: The Seeds of Lines West; Running Trains with Running Water; A Brief History of the Milwaukee Road's Electrification; The Rocky Mountain Division; The Gap; Wade Stevenson's Washington; and the Coast Division. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 2-28-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

This book features railroads in the South between 1946 and 1959. Chapter headings: Old Dominion; Atlanta; Piedmont; Tennessee; Dixie; River & Gulf; and Big Wheels. Railroads include: N&W, C&O, Southern, CofGa, L&N, Tenn Central, ET&WNC, Clinchfield, and KCS. List price $59.95. hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 2-28-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

This book features the trains, towers, depots, freight houses, servicing facilities, bridges, etc., of LV's New York Division. Chapter headings: Painting the Buildings; Station Signs; Main Line; Irvington Branch; Perth Amboy Branch; Flemington Branch; Clinton/Pittstown Branches; Easton & Northern Branch; and Pottsville Branch. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 2-28-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

This is the story of this great B&O steam locomotive. Chapter headings: Mallets and Mountains; The Cumberland Division; The Diesel-Driven Dispersal; and Then Cometh the End. List price $24.95, softcover, b&w photos, 72 pages. Posted 2-28-08.
Book Produced by TLC Publishing

This book features THE PIONEER LIMITED, THE HIAWATHA, TWIN CITIES HIAWATHAS, and other Speedliners. Chapter headings: Chicago-Twin Cities; Super Domes and New Colors; Chicago-Milwaukee: "The Speedliners;" and Amtrak on the Milwaukee Road. List price $59.95, hardcover, mostly color photos, 168 pages. Posted 2-22-08.
Book Produced by Four Ways West Publications

This fourth volume of the NYC series features the territory between Kankakee, IL, and Weehawken, NJ. States included are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and the Canadian province of Ontario; some steam, mostly first generation diesels. List price $59.95, hardcover, all color, 128 pages. Posted 2-22-08.
Book Produced by Four Ways West Publications

This DVD features Newport, Minnesota, one of the hot spots of the Twin Cities. See lots of BNSF, CP, IC&E, and Amtrak action; a nice DVD fom a nice area. List price $29.95, 120 minutes. Posted 2-22-08.
DVD Produced by C Vision Productions

This nice book features the marine, bay and river operations of the Southern Pacific System. Chapter headings: Southern Pacific at Sea; Texas and Louisiana Bay and River Operations; California Bay and River Operations; and Miscellaneous Operations. List price $60, hardcover, b&w phots (some color), 132 pages. Posted 1-23-08.
Book Produced by Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society

A look at the Burlington Northern from 1970s to merger. Chapter headings: Amtrak and Commuters; The First Decade of New Power; Evergreens; Merging with the Frisco; and Big Changes in the 1980s. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 1-23-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

A look at the Maine Central primarily in the 1960s; lots of neat first generation diesels, stations, and facilities. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 1-23-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

John Dziobko photographed the Pennsy between 1951 and 1961, and this book displays some of his best efforts; lots of steam and early diesels. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 1-23-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

In 1993 Pat Hunstiger produced three great VHS tapes on the Alaska Railroad. These were truly "different" tapes and were probably some of the best railroad tapes ever produced. Pentrex has acquired the rights to reproduce the tapes in DVD format and this is the second one. It features the Seward and Whittier Subdivisions. List price $29.95, 45 minutes. Posted 1-23-08.
DVD Produced by Pentrex

Filmed in 1990; Burlington Northern and MRL action between Helena Junction and Elliston, Montana; Mullan Tunnel, Blossburg siding; Greenhorn and Skyline trestles, and much more. List price $29.95, 60 minutes. Posted 1-23-08.
DVD Produced by Pentrex

This new book features the complete story of Southern Pacific's head end cars; lots of photos, diagrams, and roster information. List price $125.00, hardcover, horizontal format, color and b&w photos, 564 pages. Posted 1-22-08.
Book Produced by Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society

This DVD in the Chicago series features BNSF's ex-CB&Q triple track Aurora Subdivision between downtown Chicago and Aurora; over 150 trains featured in this show. List price $29.95, 112 minutes. Posted 1-9-08.
DVD Produced by C Vision Productions

This second book of the South Shore series features the cars and trains of the CSS&SB from 1948 to 1969: Little Joes, box cabs, and interurban cars; a nice book. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 1-7-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

This book features a number of traditional short lines of New England extant in the 1950s; a wide variety of locomotives and equipment. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 1-7-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

This second book in the EL passenger service series features several trains. Chaper headings: Buffalo Connections, THE POCONO EXPRESS and THE TWILIGHT; Erie Lackawanna's PHOEBE SNOW; Riding EL With George Strombeck; Train Numbers 7, 8, and 9, ATLANTIC EXPRESS and PACIFIC EXPRESS; THE OWL and the NEW YORK MAIL; THE LAKE CITIES-Train Nos. 5 and 6; and Equipment Disposition. List price $59.95, hardcover, all-color, 128 pages. Posted 1-7-08.
Book Produced by Morning Sun Books

STANDARD FULL SCREEN FORMAT. Heavy duty coal trains with diesel and electric power and mid-train helpers on QR National's Blackwater System in Queensland, Australia. In addition to lots of coal traffic, you'll see some passenger trains, including the Electric Tilt Train, Australia's fastest, and some regular freights. List price $35.95, 120 minutes. Posted 1-4-08.
DVD Produced by Highball Productions

WIDESCREEN FORMAT. Heavy duty coal trains with diesel and electric power and mid-train helpers on QR National's Blackwater System in Queensland, Australia. In addition to lots of coal traffic, you'll see some passenger trains, including the Electric Tilt Train, Australia's fastest, and some