The first in our Trackside series, Gene Van Dusen was out “trackside” on the western end of the “Water Level Route” with Leica in-hand and loaded with Kodachrome in the late 1940s and early 1950s. If it wasn’t a Hudson or Niagara, then it had to be a Mohawk or Mike. Notre Dame football specials, blazing streamliners, and quaint country branchlines are all to be found in this marvelous look back.

Item # 1054

The Korean War years on the NYC were a life-or-death race with inflation and loss of business. An all-color tour of the steam-diesel operations on the Western Division photographed by Sandy Goodrick and narrated by Jerry Pinkepank, this book is an excellent look back at those turbulent years on the Central.

Item # 1251

Special Note: The author has established a website devoted to his Morning Sun Books:
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The classic look of NYC steam is captured in this all-color portfolio of vintage views. System-wide coverage includes everything from the lowliest Mike to the princely Hudson.

Item # 1053

Travel the “Water Level Route” in the 1950’s and see the best of steam and early diesels side-by-side. FT’s, Babyfaces, Erie-builts, Sharks and many other odd-ball diesels were commonplace in these color photos taken along the Boston & Albany, West Shore and in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and many other locales.

Item # 1007