Books listed by Author - A through D

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Author Index by Initial of Last Name

Authors - A

Title
Cover	Author			Publisher	Price
	Locn	Description
Daryl T. Adair
	The Guide to Canada's Railway Heritage			North Kildonan	$ 10.00
	08	Museums, Attractions and Excursions. Second Edition.
Kramer Adams
	Logging Railroads of the West			Bonanza	$ 20.00
	08	A Pictorial history of the logging railways of the western woods.
Jeff Ainsworth
	Santa Fe Photo Album Series Volume 12			Monte Vista	$ 29.95
	13	Santa Fe 3800 Class 2-10-2 Pictorial, #3887 - #3909
Jeff Ainsworth
	Santa Fe Photo Album Series Volume 3			Monte Vista	$ 31.59
	13	Santa Fe 900 Class 2-10-2 / 2-10-0 Pictorial
Jeff Ainsworth
	Santa Fe Photo Album Series Volume 52			Monte Vista	$ 31.55
	13	3700 Class 4-8-2 Mountain Pictorial
Jeff Ainsworth
	Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 04			Monte Vista	$ 39.45
	13	Southern Pacific Northern 4-8-4 Pictorial
Jeff Ainsworth
	Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume - 17			Monte Vista	$ 39.45
	13	SP T-23, T-28 Class 4-6-0 Pictorial. SP T-23 #2302 to SP T-28 #2352/T&NO T- 28 #389-699
Jeff Ainsworth
	Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume - 20			Monte Vista	$ 39.95
	13	Steam Motive Power Pictorial - Los Angeles Division
Jeff Ainsworth
	Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume - 26			Monte Vista	$ 32.95
	13	C Class 2-8-0 Consolidation Pictorial
Alco
	Standardized Locomotives buit for the U.S.R.A. by Alco			Specialty Press	$ 9.99
	12	An historic reprint
Edwin P. Alexander
	American Locomotives			Bonanza	$ 14.95
	11	A Pictorial Record of Steam Power 1900-1950. 2nd Hand.
Amtrak
	Amtrak - An American Story			Kalmbach	$ 19.95
	10	Amtrak: An American Story is a chronicle of the history of Amtrak since its inception in 1971.
Garry W. Anderson
	Canadian Pacific's Trans-Canada Limited (1919-1930)			BRMNA	$ 12.00
	18	A selection of photographs with full captions
John Armstrong
	Track Planning for Realistic Operation - Third Edition			Kalmbach	$ 30.75
	K11	Prototype Railroad Concepts for Your Model Railroad

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Authors - B

Title
Cover	Author			Publisher	Price
	Locn	Description
Bram Bailey
	Trackside around Ontario's Cottage Country			Morning Sun	$ 94.50
	FC	Bram Bailey takes you on a railfan trip through the tourist area north and east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
D.M. Bain
	Canadian Pacific in the Rockies - Volume 01			BRMNA	$ 8.00
	18	A selection of photographs with full captions
D.M. Bain
	Canadian Pacific in the Rockies - Volume 04			BRMNA	$ 7.00
	18	A selection of photographs with full captions
D.M. Bain
	Canadian Pacific in the Rockies - Volume 05			BRMNA	$ 7.00
	18	A selection of photographs with full captions
Donald M. Bain
	James Jarvis' Toronto and Montreal Railway Photography - 1952			BRMNA	$ 35.00
	18	All Colour.
Donald Bain
	Lawrence A. Stuckey's Canadian and US Photography - 1935 to 1957			BRMNA	$ 25.00
	18	A photo collection
D. M. Bain and D.R. Phillips
	Canadian Pacific in the West - Volume 01			BRMNA	$ 8.00
	18	A selection of photographs with full captions
Donald M. Bain and Lance W. Camp
	Cyril R. Littlebury's Canadian Pacific Railway - Volume 1			BRMNA	$ 25.00
	18	1918 to 1933
Donald Bain and Ray Matthews
	The Railways of Calgary - Volume 1 - The Early Years			BRMNA	$ 15.00
	18	A selection of photographs with full captions
Donald Bain and Ray Matthews
	The Railways of Calgary - Volume 2 - The Later Years of Steam			BRMNA	$ 15.00
	18	A selection of photographs with full captions
Ian Baird
	An Historical Guide to Canadian Pacific Railway Stations in British Columbia			Baird	$ 24.95
	16	Soft cover.
Don Ball, Jr
	America`s Colorful Railroads			Reed	$ 7.14
	08	A Pictorial History of the Rail`s transistion from Steam to Diesel. Second hand
Don Ball, Jr
	America`s Colorful Railroads			Bonanza	$ 24.95
	10	A Pictorial History of the Rail`s transistion from Steam to Diesel
Don Ball, Jr
	Portrait of the Rails			Galahad	$ 19.95
	04	From Steam to Diesel
Don Ball, Jr
	Portrait of the Rails			Galahad	$ 7.14
	04	From Steam to Diesel. No jacket. Used. Tired book.
Balwin
	The Baldwin Locomotive Works - Logging Locomotives			Specialty Press	$ 9.99
	12	An historic reprint
Jose Banaudo
	Le Tramway du Mont-Blanc			Du Cabri	$ 9.99
	09	Collection: Les trains du Mont-Blanc, Quartrieme volume
Ralph L. Barger
	Union Pacific - Business Cars 1870 - 1991			Greenberg	$ 69.50
	12	A study of the prototype
Howard N. Barr
	The 50 Best of B&O			Barnard, robertst & Co.	$ 30.00
	02	Book One. Copy number 3472
Richard C. Barrett
	Boston's Depots and Terminals			RPM	$ 46.17
	13	A history of downtown Boston's Railroad Stations
Ralph Beaumont
	Heckman`s Canadian Pacific A Photographic Journey			Beaumont	$ 60.00
	FC	Joseph William Heckman was a photographer with the CPR from 1898 to 1915. This is a selection from the 4,000+ glass plate photographs he took.
Ralph Beaumont
	Steam Trains to the Bruce			Boston Mills	$ 90.00
	10	1977 hardcover - A short History of the Toronto, Grey and Bruce.
Lucius Beebe
	Highball - A Pageant of Trains			Bonanza	$ 2.99
	08	Ex library book. Damaged.
Lucius Beebe
	Highliners			Bonanza	$ 30.00
	04	A Railroad Album. Jacket Covered.
Lucius Beebe
	Trains in Transistion			Bonanza	$ 9.99
	10	The Third volume in Lucius Beebe's trilogy on the saga of American Railroading. Used. Cover on Dust Jacket
Ted Benson
	Mother Lode Shortline - Used			Carstens	$ 14.95
	15	A Sierra Railroad Pictorial
Ted Benson
	One Track Mind			Stoddart	$ 49.99
	10	Photographic Essays on Western railroads
Ted/Dick/Dale/Dave Benson, Dorn, Sanders, Stabley
	Western Pacific's Finale Decade			White River	$ 89.95
	10	72-82, Western Pacific's Final Decade, is an uncommon look at the last independent years of an uncommon carrier
Gerald M. Best
	Nevada County Narrow Gauge			Heimburger	$ 45.90
	09	This is the story of the "Never Come-Never Go" . .
Ian Bickle
	Turmoil and Triumph			Detselig	$ 29.95
	12	The controversial Railway to Hudsons Bay
Charles Bohi
	Canadian National's Western Depots			Railfare	$ 24.99
	13	1977 Printing. Used.
Charles Bohi and L.S. Kozma
	Canadian National's Western Stations			Fitzheny & Whiteside	$ 60.00
	10	Update of Canadian National's Western Depots
Charles W. Bohi and L.S. Kozma
	Canadian Pacific's Western Depots			SPP	$ 60.00
	10	The country Stations in Western Canada
Bohn/Petschek
	Kinsey - Photographer			Chronicle Books	$ 49.99
	04	The Locomotive Portraits. Softcover.
Harold A. Boner
	The Giant's Ladder			Kalmbach	$ 25.00
	03	David H. Moffat and his railroad.
Jan Booth
	Canadian Pacific in the Selkirks - Volume 1			BRMNA	$ 12.00
	18	100 Years in Rogers Pass
Derek Booth
	Railways of Southern Quebec Vol II Revised Hard Cover			Railfare	$ 49.95
	12	From the Richelieu to the Chaudiere
Joseph P. Boreskie, MD
	Canadian Steam			The Railroad Press	$ 22.75
	13	In The Prairies, Towns & Cities
Dominic Bourgeois
	Delaware & Hudson - Bridge Line Freight 1960-1983			Railroad Explorer	$ 99.99
	12	Volume 1 - The North End
Russell Bourne
	Americans on the Move			Fulcrum	$ 28.98
	10	A history of Waterways, Railways and Highways
Charles Bowman
	The White Plume			Railfare	$ 9.99
	02	A pictorial Representation of the Steam Locomotive
Jim Boyd
	Baldwin Diesels in Color - 2			Morning Sun	$ 66.59
	14	Baldwin Diesel Production Roster in color
Jim Boyd
	Baldwin Diesels in Color - 3			Morning Sun	$ 66.59
	14	Baldwin Diesel Locomotive Owners Q to Z plus straglers.
Jim Boyd
	Steamtown in Color			Morning Sun	$ 59.98
	14	From Nelson Blount to the National Park Service
Ken Boyd
	The Art of the Locomotive			Voyageur Press	$ 63.25
	12	150 detailed images of locomotives.
Bill Bradley
	The Last of the Great Stations			Interurban Press	$ 32.95
	08	50 Years of the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal - Golden Anniversary Edition
J. Patrick Bray
	Southern Pacific Facilities in Color Vol2			Morning Sun	$ 81.59
	14	LAUPT to New orleans
William J. Brennan
	The Lionel Inspiration			Morning Sun	$ 71.45
	14	The Lionel Inspiration
BRMNA
	Canadian National in the East - Volume 3			BRMNA	$ 6.00
	18	Pictures and text.
BRMNA
	Canadian National in the East - Volume 4			BRMNA	$ 10.00
	18	Pictures and text.
BRMNA
	Canadian National in the West - Volume 6			BRMNA	$ 9.00
	18	Pictures and text.
BRMNA
	Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in B.C. - Volume 1			BRMNA	$ 12.00
	18	Pictures and text.
Jeffrey T. + Ronald Brouws and Hill
	Railroading West - A Contemporary Glimpse			Misc	$ 14.95
	12	Signed by both Authors.
Ron Brown
	Rails to the Atlantic			Dundurn	$ 29.99
	11	Explorin the railway heritage of Quebec and the Atlantic provinces
Ian Brown
	The Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More			broadview	$ 29.99
	11	An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada
Thomas A. Brunner
	Rio Grande Narrow Gauge in Color Vol: 1 1947-1959			Morning Sun	$ 83.99
	14	Empire Contraction and Railfan Discovery
Thomas A. Brunner - NEW -
	Rio Grande Narrow Gauge in Color Vol: 2 1960 and Beyond			Morning Sun	$ 79.99
	FC	Steam Demise and Tourist Rebirth
Roger C. Burrows
	Railway Mileposts: British Columbia: Volume 2			Railway Milepost Books	$ 9.99
	15	The Southern routes From the Crowsnest to the Coquihalla. Including the GN and Kettle Valley Routes
Pierre Burton
	The National Dream			McClelland and Stewart	$ 25.00
	08	Single Volume - Slip Covered edition.
Carl R. Byron
	Boston & Maine Trackside with Arthur E. Mitchel			Morning Sun	$ 79.98
	14
Bytown
	Canadian Trackside Guide 2011			Bytown	$ 13.45
	14	.
Bytown - NEW -
	Canadian Trackside Guide 2019			Bytown	$ 27.95
	FC	In stock now.

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Authors - C

Title
Cover	Author			Publisher	Price
	Locn	Description
John N. Cardoulis
	A Friendly Invasion			Breakwater	$ 29.98
	02	The American Military in Newfoundland: 1940 - 1990. 2nd Hand
Jean Des and Jean-Pa Cars & Caracl
	The Orient Express			Bloomsbury	$ 20.00
	08	a century of railroad adventures. No dust jacket.
Hal Carstens
	Locomotive Terminals & Railroad Structures			Carstens	$ 18.95
	15	Roundhouses, Diesel Houses, Turntables, . . .
Hal Carstens
	Passenger cars - Vol. 1			Carstens	$ 43.89
	15	Wooden Cars - Heavyweight Steel Cars
Hal Carstens
	Track Design			Carstens	$ 13.15
	15	The Complete Book of Layout Design
David G. Casdorph
	Modern Piggyback Trailers			FCJ	$ 43.98
	15
Casey Cavanaugh
	Trackside with EMD Field Rep. Casey Cavanaugh			Morning Sun	$ 76.25
	14	1960 - 1962
Mike Chandler
	Westbound			Bonaventure	$ 39.95
	10	A portfolio of Western Railroading
Fred D. Cheney
	Nickel Plate Color Photography - Volume 3			Morning Sun	$ 74.98
	14	The railfan perspective.
Mat Chibbaro
	Model Railroading in Small Spaces - 2nd Edition			Kalmbach	$ 29.25
	K13
Robert J. Church
	Snowbound Streamliner			Signature Press	$ 74.95
	11	Rescuing the 1952 City of San Francisco
Fred Clark
	Canadian Diesel Pictorial Vol 1: CP SD40-2			Trains Canada	$ 44.95
	15	CP SD40 and SD40-2 - Acquired New
Bruce Clarke
	Narrow Gauge Through the Bush			Clarke	$ 65.00
	09	Ontario's Toronto Grey & Bruce and Toronto & Nipissing Railways
Anthony Clegg
	Self-Propelled Cars of the CNR			Railfare	$ 54.95
	11	- hard cover -
CNR
	Diesel Locomotive Diagrams - February 1973			LPD Publishing	$ 24.95
	17	Data Sheets Covering Canadian National diesel units operating in February 1973
George R. Cockle
	Union Pacific 1977-1980			Overland Models Inc.	$ 49.99
	12	Pictures and Diagrams of the UP Diesel Fleet during those years.
George R. Cockle & Paul K. Withers
	Union Pacific 1990			Withers	$ 44.99
	04	1990 Motive power and system review.
Matt Coleman
	The Model Railroader's Guide to Logging Railroads			Kalmbach	$ 25.25
	K12
Joe G. Collias
	The Last of Steam			Howell North	$ 10.00
	09
Collins
	High Speed Trains			Chartwell	$ 7.99
	02	2nd hand.
Mike Confalone & Joe Poslik
	Alcos Northeast			Railroad Explorer	$ 69.50
	10	Beyond Schenectady. Smoke, Guts and Glory. 1969-2006
Mike Confalone and joe Posik
	Rails across New England Vol 1			Railroad Explorer	$ 47.95
	20	1989-1999 Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont
Chuck Conway
	Rio Grande Heart of the Rockies			White River	$ 89.95
	10	Rio Grande — Heart of the Rockies looks at the dramatic influence of railroad builder David H. Moffat on the Denver & Rio Grande Western.
Richard J. Cook
	Rails Across the Midlands			Golden West books	$ 4.76
	08
Roger Cook & Karl Zimmermann
	Magnetic North			Stoddart	$ 50.00
	11	Canadian Steam in Twilight
W A Corkill
	Railway Modelling			David & Charles	$ 5.99
	13	An introduction - 1979. UK Oriented
Raymond Corley and Douglas Parker
	Interurban to St. Albert			Havelock House	$ 9.95
	16	The Edmonton Interurban Railway
John B. Corns
	The Wheeling & Lake Erie - Volume 2			TLC	$ 44.95
	12	Photos and text.
CRM
	Locomotives of the Rio Grande			Colorado Railroad Museum	$ 9.95
	09	A Detailed Locomotive roster of the Rio Grande Sstem 1871-1983
David Cruise and Alison Griffiths
	Lords of the Line			Various	$ 19.99
	03	The men who built the CPR - Second hand

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Authors - D

Title
Cover	Author			Publisher	Price
	Locn	Description
Mike Danneman
	Painting Backdrops for your Model Railroad			Kalmbach	$ 25.25
	K12
Mike Danneman
	Scenery for Your Model Railroad			Kalmbach	$ 20.89
	KD	From backdrop to tabletop
David Li. Davies and Lorne Nicklason
	The CPR's English Bay Branch			CRHA	$ 7.99
	12	The store of the CPR branch to Kitsilano
Jerry B. Day
	Narrow Gauge Pictorial - Volume VII			R. Robb	$ 36.75
	20	Denver and Rio Grande Western Work Equipment -- OA to OZ
Larry De Young
	Conrail Color Guide to Freight Equipment: Vol 1			Morning Sun	$ 69.98
	14	1976 - 1987
Murray W. and David Dean and Hanna
	Canadian Pacific Diesel Locomotives			Fitzhenry & Whiteside	$ 175.00
	MC	Used. Covered.
Murray W. and David Dean and Hanna
	Canadian Pacific Diesel Locomotives			Fitzhenry & Whiteside	$ 160.00
	MC	Used. Covered. Cover worn
Steve DeGaetano
	Welcome to the Disneyland Railroad!			Unk	$ 53.99
	10	The complete history in words and pictures
Robert C. Del Grosso
	BNSF Railway Company 2007 Locomotive Review			Del Grosso	$ 56.69
	12	and Diagrams II
Robert C. Del Grosso
	BNSF Railway Freight Cars - Vol 1			GNP	$ 66.49
	20
Robert C. Del Grosso
	BNSF Railway Freight Cars - Vol 2			GNP	$ 55.95
	20
Robert C. Del Grosso
	BNSF Railway Southern California Style			Del Grosso	$ 62.50
	20	Cajon Pass, Tehachapi Pass and the Mojave Desert
Robert C. Del Grosso
	BNSF Railway The First Decade			Withers	$ 77.99
	10	Volume 1
Charles E. Ditlefsen
	Those Magnificent Trains			Cedco	$ 19.95
	08	An American Anthology
Thomas W. Dixon
	Baltimore and Ohio's Cincinnatian			TLC	$ 19.99
	15
Otto P. Dobnick and S. Glischinski
	Wisconsin Central			Kalmbach	$ 49.95
	12	A Railroad Success Story
Gerry Doekson
	Kettle Valley Railway			Various	$ 12.95
	15	Railways of Western Canada Vol 1. 2nd Edition
Gerry Doekson
	Kettle Valley Railway. 2nd Edition			Various	$ 12.95
	15	Revised edition covering the Kettle Valley Railway
Gerry & Corwin Doekson
	Railways of The West Kootenay Part 1			Various	$ 10.95
	15	The Slocan and Arrowhead areas north of Slocan.
Ian Donaldson
	Enter Diesel - Exit Steam (Railways in Transition E. Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes)			BRMNA	$ 9.00
	18	A selection of photographs with full captions
Ian Donaldson
	Sydney And Louisburg Railway			BRMNA	$ 14.00
	18	Carrying coals to tidewater
Dick Donat
	Southern California Rails 1941-1971 Volume 2			Morning Sun	$ 52.50
	12	The last of steam and early diesel are chronicled on the Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific in mid-twentieth century. - Softcover
Patric C. Dorin
	An Illustrated Guide to American Train Equipment			Enthusisast books	$ 27.39
	12	Details coverage of Box Cars, Refrigerator cars, Covered Hoppers, Open Top Hoppers, Ore Cars, Flat Cars, Tank Cars, Intermodal Cars, Auto Racks and Cabooses.
Patrick C. Dorin
	Coach Trains and Travel			Superior	$ 14.29
	08
Patrick C. Dorin
	Commuter Railroads			Bonanza	$ 24.95
	08	Second Hand - A Pictorial Review of the Most Travelled Trains
Patrick C. Dorin
	Missouri Pacific Lines			TLC Publishing	$ 45.59
	04	Freight train services and equipment.
Patrick C. Dorin
	Union Pacific's Challenger			TLC	$ 6.95
	12	An Unusual Passenger Train - 1935-1971
Geoffrey H. Doughty
	Canadian Treasures			TLC	$ 19.99
	12	Two Trains Across Canada - Via and Rock Mountaineer
Geoffrey H. Doughty
	Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway in Color			Morning Sun	$ 71.98
	14	Vol 1 - Street cars and Electroburgers
Geoffrey H. Doughty
	The New Haven Railroad's Streamline Passenger Fleet			TLC	$ 38.98
	20	1934 - 1953
Jack H. Douglas
	The Narrow Gauge Silverton Train			Paragon	$ 9.99
	20	A 1972 photo study of the railroad.
Kenneth L. Douglas and P.C. Weiglin
	Pennsy Diesels 1924-1968			Hundman	$ 74.98
	04	A-6 to EF-36
Clifford J. Downey
	Illinois Central Color Pictorial - Volume 1			Four Ways West	$ 93.99
	20	Passenger Service
Robert Downie
	How to Use an Airbrush			Kalmbach	$ 31.95
	K12	Tips and techniques with step-by-step instructions for 11 projects.
George H. Drury
	New York Central in the Hudson Valley			Kalmbach	$ 18.95
	12	The Water Level Route in steam and diesel
George H. Drury
	Santa Fe in the Mountains			Kalmbach	$ 19.98
	14	Three passes of the west: Raton, Cajon, and Tehachapi
Duncan H. du Fresne
	When Steam and Steel get in your Blood			Bytown	$ 45.00
	11	Recollections of a CPR Locomotive Fireman - Soft Cover
Gary Durr - NEW -
	Logging Railroads of the Pacific Northwest in color: Volume 1:			Morning Sun	$ 80.99
	FC	Washington State

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