Northern Pacific Diesel Era 1945-1970
The Northern Pacific entered the diesel era with a large fleet of modern, well-maintained steam locomotives....
more infoNorthern Pacific Supersteam Era 1925-1945
Main Street of the Northwest — a proud slogan for one of America’s most important transcontinental...
more infoUlster and Delaware
The Catskill Mountains, located on the west side of the Hudson River in New York State, had long been a barrier to...
more infoDinner Is Served
For those fortunate enough to have traveled on America’s great passenger trains, no part of such an...
more infoSanta Fe Volume 2
For over a century, the Santa Fe operated many first-class transcontinental passenger trains between Chicago, the...
more infoSanta Fe Volume 1
The name “Santa Fe” began with the early history of the Southwest, grew with the flow of commerce that...
more infoRailroad Photography Robert O. Hale
The railroad and steam locomotive has excited generations ever since the steel wheel rolled on the steel rail. To...
more infoDonner Pass
The Southern Pacific tamed the great American deserts and crossed more mountain summits than any other railroad in...
more infoSouthern Pacific in Los Angeles
The Southern Pacific in Los Angeles, 1873-1996 tells the fascinating story of how steel rails transformed an...
more infoUnion Pacific in Southern California
Life for The Union Pacific in Southern California began with the franchise of the Los Angeles Terminal Railroad in...
more infoThe Streamline Era
The streamlined style, which began by rounding corners of immobile objects to usher in the moderne, swept across...
more infoGrand Central
This richly illustrated work traces the colorful story of the present Grand Central Terminal constructed in 1913....
more infoBeaumont Hill
Mountain railroading in Southern California has always been synonymous with names like Tehachapi, Cajon Pass and...
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