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HemiAdda2d
May 19th, 2006, 09:03 PM
What's your fav books on the NP??

A couple of my favs:

Butte Short Line (Homestake Pass); Mullan Pass; Both by Bill and Jan Taylor..

Also, what's your thoughts on this book:
NP Billings to Sandpoint (http://www1.storehost.com/stores/xq/xfm/store_id.615/page_id.23/Item_ID.36274/parent_ids.0,0,5/qx/store.htm)
BoxcabE50
May 19th, 2006, 10:06 PM
I don't have the book Billings to Sand Point. Would love to get it. Too many books, too little money! Would like to buy more NPRHA stuff!

One of my favs, is "The Northern Pacific Railway Of McGee and Nixon." Written by Dick Green.

:D

Boxcab E50
pray59
May 20th, 2006, 02:57 AM
My favorite is The Northern Pacific by Dale Sanders, but I also like all the Northern Pacific Color Pictorials a lot.

I'm not much into the reading, unless it's of a subject I'm modeling.

The newest book I got was the Kuebler Vista Dome book.

There was another recent book released in the past year or two that I missed. I can't remember the name or I would order it, but I trusted my LHS and he never came through, so I missed out.

I think it was about the NP in North Dakota?

-Robert
SDP45
May 21st, 2006, 02:43 AM
The 3 books on NP motive power by Robert L. Frey and Lorenz P. Schrenk:
Northern Pacific Classic Steam Era
Northern Pacific Railway: Supersteam Era, 1925-1945
Northern Pacific Railway: Diesel Era, 1945-1970
Kurt Moose
May 21st, 2006, 09:57 PM
Anything by Jim Frederickson! :cool:
Caddy58
May 22nd, 2006, 02:02 PM
I love the Jim Frederikson Books:
"Steam to Diesel"
"Railroad Shutterbug"
"Railscapes"

These are valuable references for me on the operations around Tacoma.

For "basic" information Dale Sanders NP book is very nice, also Dough Nighswongers "NP in Color" as good color photos...

NP Color Pictorials 1 till 5 and the series by Robert L. Frey and Lorenz P. Schrenk are also very valuable for the NP Modeller.

But my favourites are the "Northwest Rail Pictorials" 1,2 and 3 by Warren W. Wing. Though not NP specific they offer a wealth of photos and operation information for the Northwest. I based my decision to model Lester and tacoma on these books...

Cheers
Dirk

But my favourite