Once Pennsylvania was honey-combed with trolley lines and the streetcar was a common sight. Go back in time and visit the cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Allentown, Reading, Altoona, Hershey and Lancaster when these towns where served by their own trolley companies. First in a series of four that cover the state.

Item # 1072

Our traction journey across the Keystone State continues with a color look back at PTC, Red Arrow, P&W and Fairmount Park.

Item # 1073
 

Our four book series on the traction systems of the Keystone State concludes with full color coverage of West Penn Railways Company, Johnstown Traction Company and Pittsburgh Railways.

Item # 1137
 

During the decade of World War II, some pioneering color photographers were out shooting film on the last of Pennsylvania's traction:  Phila Transp, Mkt St Elevated, Fairmont Park, Red Arrow, P&W, LVT, Scranton Tran, L&WV, W-B Ry, Conestoga, Hershey, A&LV, Jonstown Trac, West Penn and PGH Railways.

Item # 1211

A nostalgic look back in rare color views of the streetcar systems of Atlantic City and Shore RR, Atlantic City Transport, Five Mile Beach Electric Rwy., Public Services Coordinated Transport, and even a little NJ Transit.

Item # 1199

East side, west side, all around the town!  See vintage views of Third Avenue Railway, Brooklyn and Queens Transit, South Brooklyn Railway and Queensborough Bridge Railway in full color.

Item # 1202

This Philadelphia to SE New Jersey shore railroad was jointly owned and operated by the Reading Company and the mighty PRR. The power and operations of the PRSL and its parents is examined during the steam and diesel era time through over 230 vintage color photos.

Item # 1071

This B&O Color Guide is an all-color 128-page hardcover book showcasing the rolling stock of the Baltimore & Ohio. Everything from wagontops to Slumber coaches, trailers to hoppers are illustrated in over 300 color photos.

Item # 1016

A fond look back by a former B&O management trainee at the dieselized operations of the B&O across the system.

Item # 1156

Just the name Malinoski is indicative of masterful, expert camera work as exhibited in national rail magazines for more than fifty years. Now here is his choice, top-drawer color artistry on over fifty different roads during the decade when the best of steam and early diesels worked hand-in-hand. 

Item # 1001

While mostly thought of as a coal hauler, the C&O rostered some very attractive passenger and general merchandise equipment. Contains over 300 vintage (pre-Chessie System) color photos!

Item # 1022

A fond look back at the C&O in Virginia and West Virginia from the last years of steam to the end of the Chessie System era.

Item # 1167

Volume 2 of this look at George Washington's Road takes a comprehensive look at the lines of the former Pere Marquete Railway before and after the C&O merger.  Steam and diesel abound between Detroit and Chicago as well as the spider web of lines throughout the state of Michigan and the southern region of Ontario.

Item # 1168.

West from the coalfields of West Virginia, the C&O and its operations are examined in colorful detail. Steam and early diesel as well as the second generation of C&O power.

Item # 1169

In August 1972, Chessie System burst on to the railroad scene in the eastern US with the daring paint scheme of yellow, blue and black freight cars emblazoned with a stylized cat logo.  More than 300 color photos of Chessie's freight cars.

Item # 1170

The varied freight equipment of this recent fallen flag is displayed in more than 300 color photos of the rolling stock of Conrail's early years, 1976-1986.

Item # 1117

Although much maligned, the Penn Central had a fascinating eclectic collection of rolling stock. When new and freshly painted it could be quite appealing. This is pure PC; no PRR, NYC, NH cars not repainted by PC, but Penn Central as it was supposed to be!

Item # 1067

B&O steam in all its glory is captured mostly in Ohio by noted rail photographer Willis McCaleb in this 128-page all-color book. This fourth Trackside book takes the reader from Cleveland to West Virginia into Indiana and back into central Ohio. Coverage includes every type of B&O steam working in the Midwest during the fifties.

Item # 1017

Travel Chicago to New York City with a young B&O Management Trainee who, camera in hand, recorded this great railroad when both steam and early diesel ruled the mainline.

Item # 1142

A class-by-class review of post-war B&O steam at rest and at work. Coverage ranges from switchers to streamlined beauties to mighty EM-1's.

Item # 1108

The final years of the "Little Giant" are examined as the newly independent road struggles for its survival.

Item # 1212

The "Little Giant" is scrutinized in full color during the years when it was owned by New York Central and later Penn Central.

Item # 1213

A 128-page hardcover book celebrating the motive power and operations of the heavy-duty carrier linking Pittsburgh with the Great Lakes. Mainline and branchline B&LE action is vividly portrayed in more than 200 superb color photographs from the 1950s to the present.

Item # 1019

The seldom-photographed Union Railroad fed the blast furnaces of Pittsburgh, PA with its fleet of EMD switchers and "Buffalos". Lots of steel mills and heavy industry in this book! All color, 128-page hardcover book.

Item # 1151

Noted Philadelphian Bert Pennypacker guides the reader around the rail lines that served Philadelphia during the 40’s and 50’s through the more than 250 color photos of photographers Dave Cope, Bill Ellis, and Frank Watson. Pictured are steam and diesel on the Pennsy, B&0, Reading and PRSL as well as traction on the city streets.

Item # 1145
 

The railroads serving the Port of New York owned and operated fleets of ferries, tugboats and barges to move freight and people from place to place within the vast harbor. Instead of the switching tracks found in other cities, New York was said to have "a water belt line" connecting all steamship piers and waterfront terminals. The marine operations including terminals and floatbridges of the B&O, CNJ, DL&W, Erie, LV, LIRR, NYC, NH, PRR and independent Brooklyn terminal railroads are vividly illustrated and explained by noted marine expert Tom Flagg.

Sorry Out of Print

The railroads serving the Port of New York relied on fleets of ferries, tugboats and barges to deliver freight.  This volume continues our presentation of the "railroad navy" of NY harbor with special attention given to float bridge operations, coal dumpers, floating grain elevators, Seatrain and the waterfront terminals of both truck line and short line railroads at the port.

Item # 1203

Most fans today know the Susquehanna as an operator of huge Stack trains and big six-motor power.  This book begins in 1940 and shows the Suzy-Q of yesteryear - Motorcars, RS1's, RDC's, commuter trains - as well as several chapters on the more modern era.

Item # 1204

The "Grain Milling Capital of the World" was once America’s second largest rail interchange point. See the operations of NYC, LV, EL, N&W, B&O, C&O, CN, NKP, PRR, TH&B, Wabash and others in more than 250 vintage views.

Item # 1235

L&HR In Color depicts the steam and diesel operations of this colorful Northeastern regional with color action photos. Diesel fans should not miss the 1948 studies by Alco, Baldwin and EMD and their different approaches to dieselizing the L&HR.

Sorry Out of Print

A top-notch combination: the photography of Bob Malinoski and the writing of Railfan and Railroad Magazine editor Steve Barry. All the pre-Penn Central roads around the "Big Apple" are explored through the lens of Bob Malinoski’s camera in the steam to diesel transition years.

Item # 1244

Allentown, Pennsylvania was the railroad hub of this busy steel, coal and cement producing portion of the country. The region was served by CNJ, LV, RDG, DL&W, L&NE. These roads are visited in more than 250 vintage views. Even President Truman's campaign train is recorded!

Item # 1232

From 1948 and into the 1950s, Lloyd Hall was shooting the LV, Erie, DL&W, and PRR around his neighborhood in the northern Pennsylvania - southern New York towns of Sayre and Towanda, PA and Waverly, NY.  Some of the best LV steam, FT and PA color ever seen!

Item # 1247

A fond look back at the "traditional" shortlines extant in
Pennsylvania during the 1950s. This first of two volumes includes:

Item # 1209

Traditional shortlines of Pennsylvania extant in the 1950’s are examined in full color: McKeesport Conn., Monessen SW, Monongahela Conn., Montour, N&B, PB&NE, P&S, PA&McKR, P&OV, PC&Y, S&H, Stewartstown, Strasburg, Unity Rwy., UMP, WAG, Western Allegheny, W. Pittston- Exeter, and Winfield RR.

Item # 1210

BR&P, built to haul coal,ore and oil between its namesake cities, was a progressive well-loved railroad. Follow its progress in color from its days as B&O step-child to its present day operation by the B&P and others.

Item # 1160

A milepost-by-milepost tour of the former BR&P line in Pennsylvania from B&O days to today. Author Zollitsch leaves no stone unturned as he relates the operation and local flavor of this rural trackage.

Item # 1291

Noted photographer Al Roberts takes the reader on a borough-by-borough tour of New York City when it was still served by the New Haven, New York Central, Long Island, and Pennsylvania railroads. Other roads with small NY outposts are covered too!

Item # 1280