The story of California railroading in Owens Valley/Inyo County and the upper Mojave Desert. It begins with the history of SP's Owenyo Branch (Mojave to Owenyo), built in conjunction with the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Also includes construction and operation material on the Trona Railway, the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) shortline at China Lake, and the beloved narrow gauge railroad between Laws and Keeler, the southern portion of the old Carson & Colorado Railroad. Well illustrated. Jackel1 "

In 1869, Jay Cooke, the brilliant but idiosyncratic American banker, decided to finance the Northern Pacific, a transcontinental railroad planned from Duluth, Minnesota, to Seattle. M. John Lubetkin tells how Cooke's gamble reignited war with the Sioux, rescued George Armstrong Custer from obscurity, created Yellowstone Park, pushed frontier settlement four hundred miles westward, and triggered the Panic of 1873. Jackel1 "

This is the history of the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad and Zealand Valley Railroad in New Hampshire. Includes a look at the logging operations. Well illustrated. Jackel1

This highlights the early period of Camelbacks, Mikados and tangerine and blue Baldwin babyfaces and F3s. Special emphasis also given to the Pennsylvania Division. Many rare vintage views from the late 1940's-early 1950's." Jackel1 "

Starting in 1941 and ending in 1976, this all-color book is a year-by-year look back at the operations of the "Big Little Railroad"." Jackel1 "

This all color look at Jersey Central steam locomotives includes Camelbacks, Atlantics, Consolidations, Ten Wheelers, pacifics and Mikados." Jackel1 "

This a look at the Pennsylvania Railroad along the Hudson River in Jersey City. The book include Harsimus Cove, Greenville Yard and Colgate. Many of the photos feature maritime equipment. Well illustrated. Jackel1 "

Included in this volume are the Lehigh Valley's Claremont Terminal, companies located along the waterfront, the Jersey Central's McMyler Dumper and Erie and Lackawanna operations. 95 unpublished photos and maps. Jackel1 "

This a look at the John A Roebling's Sons Company Kinkora Works. Includes maps showing the site's development, steel production, billet production, rod production, heat treatment, wire drawing, Roebling village and a site map of the American Steel & Wire company in Trenton, New Jersey. Jackel1 "

This is the story of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Company which operated electric trolley cars in Pennsylvania. This was a vital company after the Johnstown flood because the incline was used to move people to higher ground. Jackel1