The Ma & Pa : A History of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad
"Affectionately known as the "Ma & Pa," the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad was one of the country's longest running and best known "archaic" railroads, holding on to steam locomotion and other outmoded technologies well into the twentieth century. Connecting Baltimore and York, the line had everything needed to endear itself to local residents and rail enthusiasts: picturesque equipment, marvelous scenery, antique passenger trains, handsome small-scale locomotives, and enough curves -- 476 -- for a railroad many times longer than its 77 miles." ~ Amazon.com
"Originally published in 1959 this is the story of the two-foot-gauge railroads of Maine, including the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes, the Monson, the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington, the Edaville and the Kennebec Central. Restyled by Mike Pearsal into an 8 1/2 x 11" format with 240 pages, this book now has new photos, additional text, and a brand new four-color dust jacket."t~ Heimburger House Publishing Companyi Maine Two-Footers
"McCulloch’s Wonder is the classic story of a classic rail line – the Kettle Valley Railway. Conceived in the late 1880’s as a route to allow the mines of the Kootenay District of southern British Columbia access to the coast and Vancouver, the Kettle Valley Railway became an epic struggle of personalities, politics, finance and geography. Over half a dozen governments rose or fell on issues related to its development and construction. Approximately 100 workers died building and operating it. The Kettle Valley Railway earned its nickname, McCulloch’s Wonder, from the railway’s chief engineer, Andrew McCulloch, who built the remarkable railway across the backbone of three mountain ranges and some of the most rugged river canyons on the face of the earth. A number of people called it the most difficult and expensive railway ever built." ~ Whitecap Books
Michigan-Ontario Iron Ore Railroads
"The ore-hauling railroads in northern Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Ontario, primarily since the 1970s, but with some backtracking to the 1950s and 1960s.... Included are the Lake Superior & Ishpeming RR, Chicago & North Western RR, Union Pacific RR, Wisconsin Central RR, Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company, Algoma Central RR, SOO Line RR, Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic RR, Canadian Pacific RR, Milwaukee Road RR, Escanaba & Lake Superior RR and the Canadian National Railways."ering for Model Railroaders
Thunder Lake Narrow Gauge
"Michigan Railroad Lines covers each of Michigan’s “steam” and electric railroads, detailing every main and branch line of every railroad corporation that operated in the state by giving the stations and mileage of each. This detail also includes a list of the owners of each line. A chronology of the construction and abandonment of each line is included along with the changes in its mileage. For each railroad company there is a summary of all of the construction and abandonment and changes of mileage throughout its corporate life. The mileage of each company is brought together in a year-by-year table of railroad mileage in the state. A set of maps for each county in the state as well as several more detailed city maps show the extent of Michigan’s railroad network. - 800 Pages! " ~ Michigan State University Press
Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies
"It contains complete, cross-referenced listings for every company formed to operate a railroad in the state of Michigan. ... details about the many small, common-carrier steam and electric companies, logging roads, and numerous other primitive and contemporary rail systems. ..... information on the so-called "paper railroads," companies that were projected but which never laid a foot of track. .... includes alphabetical entries for the actual and intended railroad companies themselves, the date and purpose for their organization, and a brief history from their origins to their dispositions." ~ Michigan State University Press
Milwaukee Road Narrow Gauge: Iowa's Slim Princess
The Chicago, Bellevue, Cascade, and Western Railroad
"The true story of a cross country journey from Chicago to Tacoma on the fabled Milwaukee Road's Olympian in 1941 told thought the eyes of a 13 year old! The book is extensively illustrated and covers each mile of the journey arranged in the order of the journey........" ~ James K. Wright
"The Milwaukee Road's Western Extension is a fascinating story of the 1905-1915 building of the first through rail line between Chicago and Puget Sound. It was a daring decision that resulted in a remarkable accomplishment. It is a tale of unusual human interaction at all levels - full of details about the people and events involved."
The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
"The Missabe Road tells the complete story of the DM&IR: its construction, early operation, line extensions, passenger service, rolling stock, steam locomotives, and today's modern diesels. Frank King examines underground and open pit mining operations, modern-day taconite mining, the handling and transportation of ore to the docks, and the loading of boats." ~ Amazon.comers: Fairbanks-Morse and Lima-Hamilton
Missouri Pacific Diesel Power
"Missouri Pacific Diesel Power is an excellent photographic and informational resource for modelers and railfans of the Missouri Pacific railroad. Well balanced between photographs and text, the book includes extensive information and pictorial documentation of the wide range of diesel locomotives the Missouri Pacific (MP) used."
Missouri Pacific Freight Trains and Equipment
"Overview history of MoPac's freight service in late transition years from steam to diesel, and down to the absorption into the Union Pacific system. Mechanical diagrams of steam and diesel locomotives." ~ TLC Publishing ~ Hardbound, 144 pages, over 200 B&W and color photos.