In no particular order: Northwest Passage; Rob Leachman Rio Grande Secret Places, Vol I the Tunnel District; R.C. Farewell Rio Grande Scenic Line Of The World; Dale Sanders Rio Grande Railroad; James Griffin Rio Grande Diesels (I, II, & III); Joseph Strapac Great Northern Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment; David Hickcox D&RGW Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment; Jim Eager Great Northern Railway, (vol I & II) 1945-1970 Photo Archive; edited by Byron Olsen Rio Grande Thru The Rockies; Mike Danneman Classic American Streamliners; Mike Schafer/Joe Welsh Rio Grande In Color, Vol III; James Sandrin And that's just a few off the top of my head!
!!!! Most anything Milwaukee Road, and Northern Pacific. The Electric Way Across The Mountains- Richard Steinheimer; Tracks Of the Iron Horse- Ray Grensten; Minneapolis & St.Louis in Color- Gene Green; The Maine Two Footers- Linwood Moody; Narrow Gauge In The Sheepscot Valley (Series)- McChesney-Kohler-DeVos; Our American Railroads- (Chicago Great Western, and more)- Chuck Finch; And, and, and......... Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Boxcab E50
all of them! My collection is divided roughly 50/50 between steam railroading and electric traction. one of my all time favorites for steam is "The Trains we Rode" by Lucius Bebbe and Charles Clegg, but another good history is "Railroads Triumphant-(subtitled) by Prof. Albro Martin. Some good traction is "Interurban Era" by Wm.Middleton & "Chicago Surface Lines" by A.R. Lind and THE definitive history of electric interurban railways "The Electric Interurban Railway in America" by Prof.George W.Hilton & John F.Due. So many titles, so little space.... CT
Charlie, I agree, all of them! Recent acquisition of David P. Morgan's "The Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate" has become an instant favorite. What a writing style, and the photography of Phillip Hastings.
Modern High Horsepower Locomotives by Brian Soloman 1997-98 Motive Power Guides for both UP and BNSF GE Locomotives by Brian Soloman Roaring U50's by Rev Harold Keekley
The very first books I had which introduced me to railfanning: "Erie Lackawanna East" by Karl Zimmerman and "NYO&W: The Final Years" by Crist/Krause My all time favorite: "ERIE POWER" by westing and Stauffer.
Yup, the O&W was a neat railroad. In 1986 as I was turkey hunting along the abandoned right of way in Bloomingburg, NY, I stumbled upon the top of an old water can of sorts. The body was completely rusted away but the spout and upper rim survived. Along the rim was stamped "NYO&W". I left the can there thinking it was too far gone to be of any value. I kick myself to this day for NOT taking it home. I did go home with some O&W coal chunks though. Ohh! didn't even see any turkeys, and really didn't care. [ October 17, 2005, 11:27 AM: Message edited by: Don Rickle ]
All the GN reference books from volume 1 thru 8! The Milwaukee Road by Hyde is also an old fav. I also just got the Northwest Passage, nice quality pics too!
Any and all books relating to the Frisco and its subsidiaries (including both books on the Quanah Acme & Pacific) Lou Marre's Rock Island Diesel Power, Frisco Diesel Power (with John Baskin Harper), Frisco in Color Most of the Lucius Beebe & Charles Clegg books Greg McConnell's book on GE locmotives All of the late Don Ball's work David P. Morgan's The Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate Katy Northwest J Parker Lamb's Katy- Diesels to the Gulf (have an autographed copy) Terry Lynch's "Kansas City Southern" (another autographed copy)
I only have 3 reference books at this stage and they are all great. The last book I ordered last Thursday from Walthers and it arrived today (Tuesday) here in Australia now how is that for service.
I don't know if ya'll have had a chance to look at the new BNSF book by Brian Solomon...but, WHOOOOHOOOO! BIG book! I know what my daughter can get me for x-mas!!!! Man, thats a nice book!
My "top" list is... One Track Mind by Ted Benson (far and away my all-time favorite railfan book). Backwoods Railroads of the West by Richard Steinheimer Pine Across the Mountain by Robert Hanft. A Passion for Trains by Richard Steinheimer Jim Boyd's three volumes of Baldwin Diesels in Color Any of the four books by D.C. Jesse Burkhardt SP's Shasta Division by John Signor That's good for a start... Jeff Moore Elko, NV
I simply have gotta get a Stein book sometime..... His photos are amazing! Eventually, I want the GN reference books 1-8 as well... But at their current price point, too rich for my blood.
The "Pool Power West" book by Bob Hangee. It;s git lots of pictures and NONE of them are pure consists from any railroad. Definately helped (or hurt) my railroad buying habits depending on how you look at it. Now I run what I want where I want and have prototypical photos to back it up!
I haven't seen anyone mention O.Winston Link's books. I have "Steam,Steel & Stars" Amazing photography! CT
