Visit with the 38 railroads that served the Windy City 1957-1965 through the camera lens of George Speir. Almost exclusively first generation diesel but there’s a little steam and traction too!

Item # 1144
Trackside book #13

Take a color tour of the famous “Katy” System during its entire postwar history. Starting with rare coverage of steam in 1945 the book examines all the post-war MKT administrations and their motive power, operations and practices. Steam, passenger trains, cab units galore.

Item # 1050

Return to the citadel of exotic diesels as the amazing roster of RI is unfolded in this all-color 128-page book. Steam is prominent too as the story of RI’s ups-and-downs is described through almost 200 vintage photos of trains and operations throughout the huge multi-state system. 

Item # 1083