Good PRR photo history books?

[ditSteve]

Hello all,

I'm looking for some good PRR history books, especially those dealing with the transition era and with lots of photos. I want to freelance a PRR railroad. I would like to do a prototype model, but my engineer's brain won't let me make the sacrifices I would need to accomplish this and I'm not sure I could do it justice. I feel far safer letting my imagination run free. That having been said though, I would still like to give it the look of the PRR.

Regards,
Steve

[Triplex]

A personal favorite: The Pennsylvania Railroad - 1940s - 1950s by Don Ball, Jr.

[Tim Loutzenhiser]

If you can find them, Pennsy Power and Pennsy Power II by Alvin Staufer. Maybe at www.ronsbooks.com (http://www.ronsbooks.com) or eBay...

Just saw this out on Amazon.com - Pennsylvania Railroad (Railroad Color History)
by Mike Schafer (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-9785936-2447935?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Mike%20Schafer) (Author), Mike McBride (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-9785936-2447935?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Mike%20McBride) (Author) Price: $18.21

[BnO_Hendo]

Or try Abebooks. There isn't a single out of print book that I couldn't find on there.

I have a lot of Pennsy books, so I know they were once out there. Pennsy Power, like B&O Power, is an excellent book.

[chooch.42]

HI,Steve. Have two photo books on the Pittsburgh area PRR published for the PRRTHS. While the area is specific, the subjects are exemplary of the P Company. The Pennsy in the Steel City, and I think the other was The Pennsy in the Golden Triangle, both by Ken Kobus and Jack Consoli published in 1996, believe one or both available thru Amazon for around $20. They are B&W photos with descriptive text and some auxiliary diagrams and maps set in the late steam/early deisel '40s/'50s. If you can find them, they should be useful. Bob