Softbound - All color photos - 88 pages
"..depicts this unique 3-foot-gauge coal hauler in the '40s and '50s. For 83 years, the EBT connected a remote region of south central Pennsylvania with the outside world. This deluxe book features vintage locomotives, freight and passenger cars, mines, facilities and more.
by Ted Wurm & Al Graves ~ The Crookedest Railroad in the World
Durango and Silverton: A photographic celebration of America's favorite narrow gauge train ride
" . . . D&SNG trains and locomotives, the people who run them, and the superb scenery they traverse are the subjects of the photographs in this book. The history of the line has been covered in many other volumes, so the photos here seek to portray this breathtaking railroad as it operates in the 21st Century." ailroads of Pennsylvania: Your Guide To Pennsylvania's Historic Trains and Railway Sites
Guide to Tourist Railroads and Museums 2002 - with discount coupons!
"..."bible" for railroad enthusiasts, modelers, collectors and operators for planning their railroading themed vacations. .... Also included are a number of displays (including model railroads) accessible to the general public." ~ by Midwest Book Review Guide to Tourist Railroads and Museums 2002
Mount Lowe: The Railway in the Clouds
"Southern California's Mount Lowe Railway lived up to its title "The Most Scenic Mountain Railway in the World." In its short trackage from Altadena to Alpine Tavern, its rails climbed 3,130 feet in 5.84 miles, thus constituting an engineering marvel. This book chronicles in word and picture the building of the electric railway into Rubio Canyon, the construction of the great incline on a 62 percent grade, and the narrow guage trolley from Echo Mountain to Alpine Tavern. The Alpine Division's tracks followed the natural contour of the mountainside, over 18 trestles and around 127 curves." ~ Golden West Books
The Pike's Peak Cog Road
The Manitou & Pike's Peak Railway—the Cog Wheel Route—built in the 1880s to transport tourists from Manitou Springs to the 14,110-foot summit of Pikes Peak.
"Detailed descriptions of over 90 scenic train rides across the country include maps, fares, schedules, and plenty of access information to America's most scenic train rides. Any train buff planning a rail vacation will relish this practical guide which includes many details not available elsewhere."
One Track Mind - Cumbress and Toltec - Cumbress & Toltec - Cumbres and Toltec
"A Mile by Mile Guide for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad."
Tourist Trains 2005
"Travelers, railfans, modelers, and collectors love this annual bestseller, now updated for 2005. Includes an alphabetical listing of more than 450 tourists railroads, railway museums, and other railroad attractions in the United States and Canada. Provides admission price, hours of operation, directions, and brief descriptions of the attractions and facilities."