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Morning Sun Books. Hardcover. New. West to Chicago and Toledo from the coalfields of West Virginia, the C&O and its operations are examined in colorful detail. Steam and early diesel as well as the second-generation of C&O power. Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions.

Kachina Press. Softcover. New. A Brand-New copy still in the printer's plastic wrap. Katy Southwest is one of the few books published about the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. Published in 1985, just prior to purchase by the Union Pacific Railroad, this book is a pictorial overview of the Katy's steam and diesel power. Chapters cover all the steam wheel arrangements, doodlebugs, diesel yard power, passenger and freight power. The front and back covers have color pictures on both sides. The remaining pages contain B&W photographs with text, captions, and timetable information. Contents: Foreword, pg. 3, System Map, pg. 4, Introduction, pg. 5, Steam Power Overview, pp. 6-8, 4-4-0 American Type, pp. 9-24, 4-4-2 Atlantic Type, pg. 25, 2-6-0 Mogul Type, pp. 26-38, 2-8-0 Consolidation Type, pp. 39-43, 0-4-0, 0-6-0 and 0-8-0 Switchers, pp. 44-48, 4-6-0 Ten Wheel Type, pp. 49-56, 2-8-2 Mikado Type, pp. 57-66, 4-6-2 Pacific Type, pp. 67-78, Doodlebugs, pp. 79-86, Diesel Power Overview, pp. 87-88, Diesel Yard… Read More

SilverLake Images, 2023. Softcover. New.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Manufacturers' Catalog Archive Book 31 Softcover, 76 pages, standard portrait format, B&W catalog illustrations. Most images are of the car interiors. Contents: Pressed Steel Car Co.: Steel Passenger Cars, pp. 4-28,Bethlehem Railway Passenger Cars, pp. 29-75.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. This Lehigh Valley Diesel Pictorial full-color soft-bound book contains hundreds of photographs of LV diesels in action, many never before published. Includes representative photographs of virtually every freight and passenger diesel the LV owned, from early Box-Cabs to later entries by EMC/EMD, Alco, Baldwin, General Electric, and more. This book includes a detailed roster and brief history of the railroad as well as a bonus feature on the famous Sayre, Pennslyvania shops where these diesels were maintained until LV became part of Conrail in 1976. SilverLake Images, softcover, 112 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., Color photographs, captions and text.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 100 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W illustrations and statistics. This is a complete catalog published in 1932. This company made many locomotives for underground mines and that is the majority of the locomotives presented in the catalog. They did make a few larger locomotives for standard gauge switching service for electrified lines.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 92 pages, B&W photographs and illustrations. Most of the catalogs are of low-profile locomotives for mining operations. There are no catalog pages for the larger 44-ton locomotives Whitcomb produced for many class 1 railroads. Contents: Locomotives: Geo. D. Whitcomb Co., pp. 5-78,Haul-Age, pp. 79-86,Modern Power for Switching Service, pp. 87-90.Locomotives for Logging, pg. 91.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 112 pages, standard portrait format, B&W illustrations and technical data. Vulcan Iron Works: Locomotive Proposal, pp. 4-48, Worm Gear Drive Type, pp. 49-72, Spur Gear Drive Type, pp. 73-92, Vulcan Gasoline Locomotives, pp. 93-102, Vulcan Gasoline Locomotives: International Nickely Company, pg. 103, Vulcan Gasoline-Electric Locomotive: The Super Haulage Power Unit, pg. 104, Oil-Burning Locomotives: Equipment and Operation, pp. 105-112.

SilverLake Images, 2023. Softcover. New. Softcover, 113 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W illustrations and some basic statistics such as wheelbase, tractive effort, etc. Baldwin Products, pp. 4-37, Decapod Locomotives, pp. 38-42, Steam Locomotive Performance, pp. 43-58, Baldwin Steam Turbine Electric Locomotive, pp. 59-62, Modern Locomotives, pp. 63-70, Locomotive Progress 1932, pp. 71-97, Baldwin, pp. 98-113.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 56 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W illustrations with car specifications. Manufacturers' Catalog Archive Book 21 Contents: Composite and All-Steel Gondola Cars, pp. 4-29, All-Steel Hopper Cars and All-Steel Coke Cars, pp. 30-55.

SilverLake Images, 2023. Softcover. New. Softcover, 76 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W images and illustrations. This reprints a catalog from Magor Car Corporation and National Steel Car Corporation. This includes illustrations and specifications of freight and passenger cars built for both domestic and foreign use. Car types include Box Cars, Coal Cars, Cane Cars, Flat Cars, Gondolas, Tank Cars, Dump Cars, Banana Cars, Passenger Coaches, Baggage Cars, Express Cars, Mail Cars, Refrigerator Cars, Ballast Cars, Ore Cars and cabooses.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 156 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 in., B&W illustrations, printed on glossy paper. True to the original catalog, this is a smaller format book. This company made many small cars for mining and other industrial operations including many side dump cars. There are no plans, but many illustrations of the cars, excavator buckets plus industrial trackwork they manufactured.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 124 pages, B&W images and data. Promotional material of the Heisler Locomotive Works of Erie, Pennsylvania. Includes some statistics as to why you should purchase a Heisler for service with heavy hauling at moderate speeds! Contents: Heisler Geared Locomotives, pp. 4-28, Descriptive Folders, pp. 29-77, Heisler Fireless Locomotives, pp. 78-106, The Pictures Tell the Story!, pp. 107-124.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 86 pages standard portrait format, B&W photographs and illustrations. This volume contains a variety of advertisements and brochures for the Plymouth Locomotive Works. Included are: Plymouth Mine-O-Motives: Bulletins MM-1A Model FMD-00 5 and 6 ton, Bulletin MM-4 6 and 7 ton, Bulletin MM-5 Model FMD-24, Plymouth Torqo-motive - Hydraulic Torque-Converter Drive DDT 4 wheel engines, Plymouth Bulletin J-53 Hydraulic Torque Converter J and JW series Gasoline of Diesel Locos, MDT 4 and 6 wheel locomotives.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Manufacturers' Catalog Archive Book 31 Softcover, 110 pages, standard portrait format, B&W and Color catalog illustrations. About 14 pages are in color and are most are the covers of the vairous catalogs. Most of this title features catalogs of the smaller GE diesel-electric locomotives as you can see from the contents. Contents: Switch to G-E Diesel-Electric and Save, pp. 5-16, 45-Ton: Diesel-Electric for Industrial Switching, pp. 17-32, 65-Ton: Diesel-Electric for Industrial Switching, pp. 33-48, G-E 70-ton Locomotive 600 Horsepower, pp. 49-64, 80-Ton: Diesel-Electric for Industrial Switching, pp. 65-81, General Electric U25B / U25C Diesel-Electric Locomotives: Building Profits on America's Railroads, pp. 82-94, G-E's Gas Turbine-Electrics Open Up New Era in Railroad Motive Power, pp. 95-102, Presenting the General Electric More Power to America Special, pp. 103-110.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 122 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W and Color illustrations (about 10 percent color) printed on high-quality glossy paper. This title is one of the gems of the Catalog Archives collection. This catalog has many illustrations of EMD's color artwork that was framed and given to their customers in the early diesel era. So, there are many color illustrations of E-units and F-units plus advertisements of freight units of later years in color. Also included are illustrations highlighting motors with some statistics of basic data. Contents: General Motors in Review, pp. 4-28, Welcome to Electro-Motive Division of GM, pp. 29-36, New Dimensions in Motive Power from Electro-Motive, pp. 37-49, The Great New Line of GM Diesel Locomotives, pp. 50-58, Now is the Time for a Giant Stride in Motive Power, pp. 59-70, GM Diesel Freight Power, pp. 71-78, Electro-Motive Presents the SD7 Six-Motor Road Switcher, pp. 79-82, Electro-Motive Presents the F3, pp. 83-90, The New General… Read More

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 150 pages, B&W photographs and illustrations. Examples of the cranes and the factory as it was where P&H cranes were manufactured. Contents: Burro Cranes: Model 15, pp. 5-31, Byers Shovels Cranes, pp. 32-62, Lambert-National Steam Hoists, 63-110, The Story of P&H Crane Construction, pp. 111-150.

SilverLake Images. Softcover. New. Softcover, 72 pages, standard portrait format, B&W images and technical data. Contents: 1020 1/2 yard Covertable Machine, pp. 4-25, 120-B 4-Yard Electric, Steam Revolving Shovel: A Big Output Machine for Ore and Rock Loading, pp. 26-52, Class 200 17 1/2 Railway Crane, pp. 53-64, Bucyrus 14-B Revolving Shovel: Bulletin C-142, pp. 65-72.