PRR, NYC, AA, TT, D&TSL and others converged at this strategic location on the Great Lakes. Master photographer Emery Gulash visited Toledo often during these three key decades of change and recorded the passing scene in full color.

Item  #1425

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Indianapolis to St. Louis on the main line and branches to Louisville, Logansport and elsewhere. Steam and diesel trains work amidst the landscape of interlockings, stations, yards and other facilities that were once found everywhere on this key division.

Item # 1426

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While Penn Central came into being in February 1968, it still operated a substantial long distance passenger service in the several years before Amtrak. Struggling to create a new image when bankruptcy struck, the three year story is illustrated in nearly 250 color photos.

Item  #1427

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While this book has a small taste of big mainline steam, it is devoted to those small steam roads in Virginia and West Virginia that continued to operate in the 1950’s well after most other roads had turned to diesel. Photographer Thieme gave special emphasis to logging roads, the operations of which are illustrated in colorful detail.

Item # 1428

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A journey through the Company's most highly-industrialized division with a veteran Mahoning Division employee. Journey with us to take a look at the division that produced more revenue annually than the balance of the Railroad.

Item # 1429

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Go back in time to this seldom-visited nexus of operations and see how the Rock Island operated away from headquarters. Just about any diesel combination imaginable on the Rock is shown in full color and expertly detailed by fellow Oklahoman and friend Darryl McGee.

Item  #1430

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The Reading had a heavily-built network of lines extending east of the City of Brotherly Love to serve passengers and freight. The road’s stations, towers, bridges, yards, signs and other aspects are explored in color photos with or without trains.

Item # 1431

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Divided into two parts, this book first looks at the varied rolling stock used by the LIRR in freight, passenger and maintenance of way service. Its stations, towers, yards and other facilities are later toured in this 128-page all color book, mostly during the 1950-1980 era.

Item # 1432

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The industrial grit of steel mills and the railroads that served them is examined in more detail. Author Steve Timko continues his road-by-road examination of the industry that helped the railroads prosper.

Item  #1433

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The main line and Panhandle entrances into the Windy City feature in this final volume to the series. Branches include SC&S and South Bend. Collect the entire set while still available.

Item # 1434

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A continuing look at industrial size locomotives behind industry
fences. Volume 2 contains additional photos of smaller critters - less than 50 tons, and expands into the field of larger critters.

Item  #1435

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Traditional shortlines of the State, L to U, from Lowville & Beaver River RR to Unadilla Valley RR.

Item # 1436

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The story of the PRR, LIRR, NH and their successors that used Penn Station from an electric traction point of view.

Item  #1437

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The Michigan Central main line Ann Arbor through Windsor, from Hudsons along the Huron River through the latter day tenants of the Detroit River Tunnel, and the last days of Grand Trunk Western steam in the suburban zone.

Item # 1438

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An all-color look at the intimate relationship between the anthracite coal industry and the D&H, EL, R&N and other area roads.

Item  #1439

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Master photographer Emery Gulash visited the Overland Route many times during the 15 years following the demise of steam while the UP was searching for the “perfect diesel” combination to handle its fastmoving freight.

Item # 1440

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The story of the Valley’s through freights, how they gathered the local traffic and forwarded it to classification yards. The Apollo piggyback service and the 1972 pickup of former L&NE trackage added additional traffic to the mix.

Item  #1441

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Bill Brennan’s LIRR photography is some of the best of the 1960s. The road was exclusively the domain of Alco’s and FM’s during this wonderful grey-and-orange period.

Item # 1442

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