Read about the history of Fairbanks Morse as the company enters the locomotive building business with these two efficient locomotive switchers. There are 24 pages of full color plus many more of black and white photos. Hotel1

This is a history of Canada's Hamilton & North Western Railway from it's early days to it's take over by the Grand Trunk. The book also looks at the railroads stations, locomotives and bridges. Well illustrated. Hotel1 "

The book begins with a history with the intense competition for the rights to eastern Pennsylvania's lucrative coal-hauling business. It then details the technological developments that transformed coal cars from wooden carts carrying just a few hundred pounds to steel hoppers hauling several tons. Bringing the story into the twentieth century, the book explains how the O & W's ownership ultimately abandoned the coal-hauling business in the 1950s as coal was supplanted by more reliable and convenient home heating fuels. Hotel1 "

Discover the impact of 200 miles of trolley lines which linked major cities in Connecticut develop into a prosperous industrial area. Hotel1

By 1908 Hartford had an extensive system of streetcar lines radiating from the city in all directions. The Hartford division of the Connecticut Company totaled more than one hundred twenty-five miles of track for streetcars, the dominant mode of public transportation in central Connecticut. One could take a car to New Britain, Stafford Springs, or all the way to Springfield, Massachusetts. By the 1920s, the lighter density streetcar lines were no longer lucrative and the system was converted to a motor coach operation; by the early 1930s, the automobile had replaced the streetcar as the favored mode of transport. The advent of automobile transportation eventually led to the closing of all the Hartford streetcar lines in July 1941. Hotel1 "

Main Lines of the Oahu Railway & Land Co. andThe Hawaii Consolidated Railway.This book features plenty of freight and passenger equipment,structure and trackside photos to capture the interest of any fan of narrow gauge operations, steam or Hawaiian railroading. 72 photos.

This title is out of print and in limited supply. Hotel1 "

This is a rare collection of 105 photos covering seven railway systems in Oahu during World War II. The vintage scenes in this Volume include steam locomotives, rolling stock, right-of-ways, engine facilities and much more. The book features the railway systems of the Honolulu Plantation Co., Oahu Sugar Co., Ewa Plantation Co., Waianae Sugar Co., Waialua Agricultural Co., Kahuku Plantation Co., and the Waimanalo Sugar Co. There are also seven rosters and two full-page maps showing the railroads on Oahu in the 1940's. Hotel1 "

This includes 73 photos, featuring plantation railroads on Kauai, Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii, plus 19 rosters, a detailed map of Kauai and photos from Victor Norton's return home after the War. Photographs include the Port of Nawiliwili, Ahukini wharf, loading operations out in the field, cane flumes, sugar mills, rare diesels and lots of steam! Hotel1 "

This is a collection of the 4 softcover volumes of Hawaiian Railway Album series. Hotel1

This is an illustrated history of the electric railways that operated in Hazleton Pennsylvania. Includes the Lehigh Traction Company and Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Railway. Over 80 photos, car barn plans, rosters, and fold-out maps Hotel1 "

This is a history of all the interurban lines which served Kansas City. Included are the Kansas City Leavenworth & Western, Kansas City Lawrence & Topeka, Kansas City Kaw Valley & Western, Lawrence City Streetcars, the Missouri & Kansas and the Kansas City Clay County & St. Joseph. Well illustrated. Hotel1 "

This is the history and development of the Headly-Doyle Stepless Streetcar. The book includes it's use in New York City and elsewhere. Many photos. Hotel1

This is a look at the Detrot, Toledo & Ironton Railroad during the years that Henry Ford controlled the railroad. This includes a look at the railroad's operations, improvements made and electrification efforts. Well illustrated. Hotel1 "

This branch of the railroad included both rail and boat service between New York and places along the Jersey shore. After passenger service ended the right of way was kept for possible future transit needs. Learn about the 10 mile stretch of land which is currently part of the Monmouth County Park System. Hotel1

First there was a single experimental coach, then an entire fleet. Soon Hiawatha was a railway legend. Loved for their radically new, streamlined look, the Hiawatha's Art Deco engines were a hallmark of American industrial design-a genre of passenger cars from Tip Top Tap to Touralux to the glass-encased Skytop. For Midwestern passengers from Chicago to Aberdeen, the Hiawatha represented speed, comfort, and luxury, offering spectacular views of the rolling landscape. From 1935 to 1970 it carried countless passengers and even more memories. Richly illustrated with more than 350 photographs, The Hiawatha Story brings the design and history of this beloved rail fleet to life." Hotel1 "

This is a look at the Hillman Barge & Construction Co in Brownsville Pennsylvania. Includes site plans, drawings of Warehouses A & B and the barge assembly process. Hotel1 "

This book looks at the Jersey Central facilities and marine equipment. Includes stations, yards and car floats. Well illustrated. Hotel1 "

Appalachia: The place and its people have long inspired a special fascination among travelers and commentators. The rugged, ecologically rich mountains, at once forbidding and inviting, have provided a place of retreat and exploration for lovers of natural beauty and outdoor adventure, while the region’s resources have long lured both capitalists intent on creating wealth and regular folks just looking for a steady wage. The inhabitants native to the region have often been held up as pure, strong, and self-sufficient on the one hand, and derided as primitive, backward, and exotic, on the other. Not quite south or north, east or west, the region continues to defy easy classification. Yet it emerges in Historic Photos of Appalachia as both distinct and as familiarly American. The nearly 200 photographs included here portray the region’s land and people in all their distinctive and sometimes surprising specificity—including views of towns, houses, and farms; families at home and on the job; railroads, mining, and logging; and beautiful streams and mountain landscapes. Hotel1 ""

In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and went back home. The remainder not only brought statehood to the central Rocky Mountains, but they also brought the industrial world to isolated areas in the high mountains, where they mined mineral deposits for gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper, among others. This book, Historic Photos of Colorado Mining, provides an introduction to Colorado_s mining history through photographs from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Accompanying captions provide specific contexts for the photos and tell the story of the prospectors, miners, engineers, teamsters, railroaders, and townspeople who served as entrepreneurs and workers in industrializing the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Many ruins from the mining days are now recognized as historic landmarks. But the stories behind the ruins are often as fascinating as the ruins themselves_the struggle to survive and thrive in the wilderness is always a compelling tale. Hotel1 ""

The history of the Main Line began in 1832 with the building of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railway, which opened the area to Philadelphia and points west for the movement of people and freight. Along that line would rise the communities of Overbrook, Merion, Narberth, Wynnewood, Ardmore, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Rosemont, Villanova, Radnor, St. Davids, Wayne, Strafford, Devon, Berwyn, Daylesford, and Paoli. The images collected in Historic Photos of the Main Line combine to form a remarkable portrait of this unique array of communities. Included among many other vignettes and numerous subjects are the Devon Horse Show, visits by presidents Taft, Wilson, and Coolidge, the Autocar Company of Ardmore, the 1900 Class of Wynnewood Public School, I. A. Cleaver_s General Store, Villanova University, the General Wayne Inn, Narberth_s oldest house, and of course, the railroads. In stunning black-and-white photography, this handsome coffee-table book details the historical growth of the Main Line from its early days up to recent times. Spanning two centuries and nearly 200 images, the book follows the growth of this history-rich region, offering a compelling look into the past for any longtime resident and every history buff of the Main Line. Hotel1 ""

West Virginia is a state of overwhelming beauty. Shared traditions, shared tragedies, and shared histories bind its people to the land and each other with a strong sense of place, family, and home. In striking black-and-white photos culled from state and national archives, accompanied by text from an award-winning writer, Historic Photos of West Virginia captures the history of this remarkable state. Even readers unfamiliar with its history will find a compelling drama in its tumultuous birth in the Civil War, its growth as a center for extraction industries and manufacturing, its role as a new homeland for immigrants, and its history as the birthplace of Mother’s Day and of heroes like Charles “Chuck” Yeager. The triumphs of natives like Nobel Prize–winning author Pearl S. Buck and tragedies like the Monongah mine disaster—all are depicted here as part of the complex, compelling story of the Mountain State and its people. Hotel1 ""

The book takes a photographic journey down the tracks of the five major railroads and various short lines that helped Nebraska progress into a national center of agriculture and business. The trip begins with the formative years of Nebraska towns that were established along railroad lines in the 19th century. It then travels through the 20th century and documents the major changes and challenges that the railroad industry faced. Through over 200 photographs, this book chronicles the era of streamlined passenger trains, rustic steam locomotives, and a bustling Omaha Union Station. The journey makes stops at railroad landmarks, significant cities, the state's only railroad tunnel, and the legendary North Platte Canteen. Hotel1 "

Featuring detailed track maps of the NYSW Railroad, "Historic Rails of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad" depicts complete historic track configurations, sidings, yards and branch lines. Also included are customer industrial layouts, bridges, grade profiles and construction history. Hotel1 ""

From a small horsecar building firm established in 1868, the J. G. Brill Company grew to be a world leader in a rapidly evolving and growing industry that at the time of the First World War was the fifth largest in the United States. Besides its successful line of trolleys and other electric cars, Brill built horsecars, cable cars, narrow-gauge and gas-propelled cars for railroads, and even buses and trolley buses. Hotel1 "

This is a history of the Terminal Railroad Association of St Louis and it's predecessor companies. Well illustrated. Hotel1

This is a history of the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad. Includes a look at the railroad's operations. Hotel1

The Hocking Valley Railway was once Ohio's longest intrastate rail line, filled with a seemingly endless string of coal trains. Although coal was the main business, the railroad also carried iron and salt.The book covers the history of this component of th Chesapeake & Ohio. Over 150 photos and illustrations. Hotel1 "

This book looks at the railroads and American women, their impact on rail travel and the rise of public domesticity. Hotel1 "

This is a look at the Homestead Steel Works in Pennsylvania. Includes maps of the works, drawings of Press Shop #1 and drawings of the presses. Hotel1 "

Here's a listing of what's scheduled for the 2010 HOn3 Annual...

HOn3 Layouts

* Colorado Modular Layout In Switzerland

* Logging Layout Tour

* Logging Module

* Coal Railroad Module

* Vance Jct. on a Door

Construction/Plans

* San Juan from Kits

* Denver, South Park & Pacific Mason Bogie

* Rio Grande Southern Flanger

* The Fun of Scratchbuilding

* Improving Blackstone Flats

* The Vista Verde (inspired by the D&RGW's Silver Vista)

* Conoco/CONX Tank Car #8

* Stock Pens

* Eastern Logging Cars

* Animated Caboose

* Scratchbuild a D&RGW Gondola

* Narrow Gauge Caboose Roundup

* East Broad Top Buildings

* Colorado & Southern Car Kitbash

Due October Hotel1

Fearing the rapacious power of Chicago_s railroad system in the mid-1800s, Iowa Central Railway supporters fought for a north-south route across the state that would link Minneapolis and St. Paul with St. Louis. Such a route would put the needs of Iowa's citizens first and provide transportation for the state's agricultural and industrial trade. This book examines how this unremarkable, "plain vanilla" railway was an example of the life cycle of the American railroad industry. Born in ambition but never rising far above its obscure origins, the Iowa Central eventually fell to outside competition from railroads based in greater metropolitan areas and was made part of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway in 1912. Hotel1 "

The Horseshoe Curve is known worldwide as an engineering achievement by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This landmark, located just west of Altoona, opened to traffic on February 15, 1854, and it enabled a railroad line to climb the Allegheny Mountains and the eastern continental divide. The Horseshoe Curve_s construction impacted railroad design and development for mountainous terrain everywhere, enabling access to coal and other raw materials essential for the industrial age. J. Edgar Thomson, chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is widely recognized for his engineering and design of the Horseshoe Curve, a concept never utilized previously. Today the curve is still in use and sees approximately 70 trains daily. Through vintage photographs, Horseshoe Curve chronicles how this marvel remains one of the vital transportation arteries linking the east and west coasts of the United States. Hotel1 "

This book explores the Nazi attempts to destroy Horseshoe Curve during World War 2. The Nazi's hoped to destroy Horseshoe curve and thereby cripple the US transportation network. The book also examines the internment of 15,000 German and Italian Americans during the war and the FBI's search of 225 Altoona Pa homes on July 1, 1942 as suspected 'alien enemies' and Nazi sympathizers." Hotel1 "

This is a look at the famous Horseshoe Curve, including it's construction and use by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Well illustrated. Hotel1 "

By the mid-1920's, the interurban building boom was largely over. The Houston North Shore Railway was the last Interurban line to be built. Developed to link the city of Houston with the oil refineries and smaller communities to the east, this adjunct to the sprawling Missouri Pacific Railroad operated a diversified fleet that included wood and steel interurban cars, Evans Auto-Railers and Twin Coach railbuses. Freight operations were conducted using electric, steam, and eventually diesel power. Guided by a resourceful management, this remarkable railway continued to operate passenger service long after many other interurban railways. Hotel1 "

This book examines how a modern steam locomotive works, including all its major sub-systems and appliances. Illustrations show how each part of the locomtives fits into the overall functioning, some background on each aspect of each function and examples of various locomotives from a wide variety of railroads over the US. The book is written for the layman to understand and provides an easy to comprehend. yet technically competent and complete volume that will be valuable to any interested in the steam era.

This book is temporarily out of stock. Hotel1 "

This is Howard Zane's story about his involvement with model trains, his massive Piermont Division layout and his involvement with the Great Scale Model Train Show. Over 450 photos, color. Hotel1 "

The Hudson River Valley, an invaluable connection between New England and the rest of the colonies during the American Revolution, continues to be a major crossroads today. The Hudson River bridges were architectural marvels of their time. The Bear Mountain Bridge was the longest suspension bridge, while the Newburgh Beacon second span was built with a new type of weathering steel. The bridges were constructed during important times in history. The Bear Mountain Bridge was built as the automobile became an integral part in the country's development, and the Mid-Hudson Bridge was built during the Depression. Labor disputes helped develop labor laws, and world wars led to changes in activity on the bridges. Through historical photographs from sources including the New York State Bridge Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Hudson River Bridges documents how these structures remain beautiful testaments to cooperative efforts during trying times in America's history. Hotel1 "

This is a look at Hulett Ore Unloaders. Includes a brief overview of the Hulett Ore Unloaders at the PPR dock in Cleveland and Isometric drawings of the unloaders. Hotel1