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Central Hobbies has one of greater Vancouver's largest selection of railroad books, with an emphasis on local subjects.
If there is a book you are interested in and do not see it listed here please give us a phone call or send us an E- Mail. Please note that all prices are in Canadian Dollars.

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Titles - R
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
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Rail America Volume 1
Donald C. Lewis & Patrick C. Dorin LPD Publishing $ 19.99
20 (3) Diesel Paint Schemes, Photos & Rosters for CN North America - Soft Cover
Rail America Volume 1
Book Cover Donald C. Lewis & Patrick C. Dorin LPD Publishing $ 80.00
20 (7) Diesel Paint Schemes, Photos & Rosters for CN North America - Hard cover. 2017 Color Edition
Rail America Volume 1. Damaged Binding.
Donald C. Lewis & Patrick C. Dorin LPD Publishing $ 34.99
20 (1) Diesel Paint Schemes, Photos & Rosters for CN North America - Hard cover. 2017 Color Edition
Rail Canada Mini 2-1
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 18.95
20 (2) PGE / BC Rail Diesels 1948 to 1981
Rail Canada Volume 2: PGE and other Railroads
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 44.95
20 (1) Wire Bound. Second hand.
Rail Canada Volume 3: Canadian Pacific Railway
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 29.99
20 (1) Hardbound. Second hand. Binding tired.
Rail Canada Volume 3: Canadian Pacific Railway
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 95.95
20 (4) 2018 Color Edition. Hardcover
Rail Canada Volume 3: Canadian Pacific Railway
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 9.99
20 (1) Diesel Paint Schemes of the CPR - First printing. Soft cover
Rail Canada Volume 3: Canadian Pacific Railway
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 19.00
20 (1) Diesel Paint Schemes of the CPR - Second 1998. Soft Cover.
Rail Canada Volume 4 - 2005 Reprint Soft Cover
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 32.55
20 (1) Locomotive and Passenger Car Outlines for the Equipment Operated by VIA Rail. Soft cover, spiral bound.
Rail Canada Volume 4 - 2005 Reprint Soft Cover
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 40.00
20 (1) Locomotive and Passenger Car Outlines for the Equipment Operated by VIA Rail. Soft cover, original printing.
Rail Canada Volume 5 - 2017 Color Edition
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 75.00
20 (1) RDC Cars and locomotives seen across Canada - Hard Cover 2017 Color Edition
Rail Canada Volume 5 - 2018 Color Edition
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 65.95
20 (1) RDC Cars and locomotives seen across Canada - Wirebound 2018
Rail Canada Volume 5 - 2018 Color Edition
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 75.95
20 (1) RDC Cars and locomotives seen across Canada - Hard Cover 2018
Rail Canada Volume 5 - First Edition
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 39.99
20 (1) RDC Cars and locomotives seen across Canada - Hard Cover with Jacket - 1983
Rail Competition Along Wisconsin's Western Wall
Book
Cover Dean Freimund Four Ways West $ 79.25
21 (1)
Rail Preservation - Heritage Park Calgary
Edited Heritage Park $ 14.95
11 (1) Collewction of Railway Equipment displayed at the Hertage Park Historical Village in Calgary
Railfan for Life
Book Cover Phyliss Carstens Carstens $ 26.75
FC (1) The Photography of Harold Cartsens
Railroad - Freeway
Edward J. Simburger Yerba $ 28.45
09 (3) Featuring Metrolink, Metro Rail + Amtrak in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernadino + Ventura
Railroad Atlas - Appalachia and Piedmont
Book Cover Mike Walker Steam Powered Publishing $ 34.65
17 (1) Steam powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Fully Indexed.
Railroad Atlas - Arizona & New Mexico
Book Cover Mike Walker Steam Powered Publishing $ 35.99
() Steam powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Fully Indexed.
Railroad Atlas - Colorado - Utah
Book Cover Mike Walker Steam Powered Publishing $ 35.99
17 (1) Steam powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Fully Indexed.
Railroad Atlas - Dakotas & Minnesota
Book Cover Mike Walker Steam Powered Publishing $ 46.50
17 (1) Steam powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Fully Indexed.
Railroad Atlas - Great Lakes East
Book Cover Mike Walker Steam Powered Publishing $ 30.79
17 (1) Steam powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Fully Indexed.
Railroad Atlas - Great Lakes West
Book Cover Mike Walker Steam Powered Publishing $ 34.65
17 (1) Steam powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Fully Indexed.
Railroad Atlas - Ontario
Book Cover Mike Walker Steam Powered Publishing $ 35.85
() Steam powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Fully Indexed.
Railroad Atlas - Prairies West
Book Cover Mike Walker Steam Powered Publishing $ 35.95
17 (1) Steam powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Fully Indexed.
Railroad Atlas - Texas
Book Cover Mike Walker Steam Powered Publishing $ 35.95
17 (1) Steam powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Fully Indexed.
Railroad Freight Car Slogans & Heralds
Book Cover John Kelly Iconografix $ 32.95
12 (1) Photo Archive
Railroad Truck Color Truck Portfolio Vol 1:
Book Cover Robert J. Yanosey Morning Sun $ 52.99
13 (1) A - I
Railroad Vision
Book Cover Wnedy Burton Ed, Kalmbach $ 79.98
10 (2) Steam Era Images from the Trains Magazine Archive
Railroading & The Automobile Industry
Book Cover Jeff Wilson Kalmbach $ 29.75
K14+K23 (7) Guide to Industries Series
Railroading in the Wild West
Book Cover John Vaughan Photrak $ 39.95
11 (1)
Railroading West - A Contemporary Glimpse
Jeffrey T. + Ronald Brouws and Hill Misc $ 14.95
12 (1) Signed by both Authors.
Railroads - An American Journey
Book
Cover Don Ball Jr. Bonanza $ 25.00
09 (1) Bonanza and NYGS Editions.
Railroads of Arizona - Volume 5
David F. Myrick Signature Press $ 76.70
11 (2) Santa Fe to Phoenix
Rails & Rooms
Dave Preston whitecap $ 18.95
12 (1) A Timeless Canadian Journey
Rails Across Canada
Via Rail VIA $ 9.99
18 (1) 150 Years of Passenger Train Travel - Second Hand. Foxed
Rails across New England Vol 1
Book Cover Mike Confalone and joe Posik Railroad Explorer $ 47.95
19 (8) 1989-1999 Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont
Rails To Goderich
Dave Hooton and . . Self $ 69.99
10 (1) A History of the CNR and CPR Lines from Straford/Guelph Junction to Goderich
Rails to the Atlantic
Book Cover Ron Brown Dundurn $ 29.99
12 (4) Explorin the railway heritage of Quebec and the Atlantic provinces
Rails to the Border - Volume 2
Book
Cover Kevin J. Holland BRMNA $ 15.00
17 (4) The Pere Marquette and Chesapeake & Ohio in Southern Ontario
Railscapes
Jim Fredrickson WSU Press $ 59.95
12 (1) A Northern Pacific Brasspounder's Album - Hard Cover
Railway Country
Brian D. Johnson Key Porter books $ 39.95
09 (3) Across Canada by Train
Railway Mileposts: British Columbia: Volume 2
Book Cover Roger C. Burrows Railway Milepost Books $ 9.99
19 (3) The Southern routes From the Crowsnest to the Coquihalla. Including the GN and Kettle Valley Routes
Railway Rock Gang
Book Cover Gary Sim SIM $ 79.99
10 (3) A story of his time working on the Rock Gang for BCR.
Railway Stations of Western Canada
Book
Cover J. Edward Martin Studio E $ 34.95
11 (1)
Railways of Canada
Nick and Hampbellelma Mika McGraw-Hill $ 9.95
09 (3) A Pictorial History. Tired books.
Railways of Southern Quebec Vol II Revised Hard Cover
Book
Cover Derek Booth Railfare $ 49.95
12 (1) From the Richelieu to the Chaudiere
Realistic Layouts - Use the art of Illusion to Model Like a Pro
Book Cover CJ Riley Kalmbach $ 29.95
Front (3) Layout Design and Planning Series
Realistic Model Railroad Operation
Book Cover Tony Koester Kalmbach $ 27.35
K13 (1) How to run your trains like the real thing.
Rebuilding a layout from A-Z
Book Cover Pelle Søeborg Kalmbach $ 28.98
K12 (2) Building a better layout the second time around
Riding the Radials
Robert M. Stamp Boston Mills $ 29.99
11 (1) Toronto's Suburban Electric Streetcar Lines
Rio Grande
R.C. Farewell Trans-Anglo Books $ 39.99
13 (1) Ruler of the Rockies
Rio Grande Heart of the Rockies
Book Cover Chuck Conway White River Publications $ 99.99
10 (1) Rio Grande — Heart of the Rockies looks at the dramatic influence of railroad builder David H. Moffat on the Denver & Rio Grande Western.
Rio Grande in Color Volume 7 FRONT RANGE
Book Cover Jeff Simley - NEW - Morning Sun $ 92.99
14 (1) The Tunnel District
Rio Grande Memories
John B. Norwood Heimburger $ 42.99
11 (1) Operatrions and Stories of the Rio Grande
Rio Grande West
Ronald C. Hill Colorado Railroad Museum $ 19.99
19 (1) A Contemporary Glimpse
Rio Grande's Narrow gauge K-36 Locomotives
Book Cover Jerry B. Day White River Productions $ 90.99
10 (1)
Rock Island - Color Pictorial - Volume 3
Book Cover Louis A. Marre Four Ways West $ 85.29
21 (1) Volume 3
Rock Island Locomotive portfolio 1950-1980
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 53.99
13 (1) Soft Cover.
Rocky Mountain Sunrise
Book Cover Nils Huxtable Huxtable $ 45.99
11 (3)
Roofs Over Rivers
Bruce & Sheryl Cockrell The Touchstone Press $ 15.00
10 (1) A Guide to Oregon's Covered Bridges
Route of the Chiefs
Book Cover Greg Stout White River Publications $ 104.99
18 (3) Santa Fe in the Streamlined Era
Route of the Rockets
Greg Stout White River Publications $ 76.98
12 (1) Rock Island in the Streamline Era
Royal Trains
Patrick Kingston Spring Books $ 20.00
09 (1) Special trains for the Royal Family

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Cover Author Publisher Price
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Description
Sacramento Northern
Ira L. Sweet Pentrex $ 39.95
09 (1) Through the Sacramento Valley. Interurbans Special 26
Santa Fe 2-10-2 Pictorial
Jeff Ainsworth Monte Vista $ 29.98
17 (1) 3800 Class, #3887 - X3909
Santa Fe Bridges
Book Cover Robert D. Waltz RRRP $ 25.98
12 (1) Engineering Series Vol. Five
Santa Fe in the Mountains
George H. Drury Kalmbach $ 19.98
19 (1) Three passes of the west: Raton, Cajon, and Tehachapi
Santa Fe Photo Album Series Volume 52
Jeff Ainsworth Monte Vista $ 31.55
12 (1) 3700 Class 4-8-2 Mountain Pictorial
Santa Fe Power in Color Volume 2
Book Cover Ed Mackinson Morning Sun $ 83.10
() Electro-Motive E, F and Cowel Units
Santa Fe Power in Color Volume 3
Book Cover Ed Mackinson Morning Sun $ 99.99
16 (2) Electro-Motive Switchers and Four-Axle Hood Units
Santa Fe Rails - Volume 1
Kevin EuDaly White River Publications $ 45.99
21 (1) 1996 Guide to Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railway
Steve Glishinski Voyageur Press $ 27.98
21 (1) Railroad color history
Santa Fe Railway
Brian Solomon MBI Publishing $ 17.98
12 (1) A short overview of the Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe Steam Series Volume 3
Jeff Ainsworth Monte Vista $ 31.59
13 (1) Santa Fe 900 Class 2-10-2 / 2-10-0 Pictorial
Santa Fe The Final Years In Color - Vol 1
Jerry A. Pinkepank Morning Sun $ 78.00
15 (1) Chicgo to Belen, Raton, Denver
Santa Fe's Valley Division - The Last Two Decades
Book Cover Ed Mackinson Morning Sun $ 52.95
13 (7) The Santa Fe’s route to the San Francisco Bay area – the Valley Division – was the furthest extremity of the sprawling system.
Seasons of Steam
Book Cover Nils Huxtable Steamscenes $ 54.95
12 (4) British Steam. Includes 2006 Calendar
Seven Step-by-Step HO Railroads
Book Cover Atlas Atlas $ 9.99
Atlas (1)
Shay Publications reprints by PFM.
Book Cover PFM PFM $ 14.99
10 (1) 1: Shay Repair Parts 2: Shay 1919 Catalog
Shelf Layouts for Model Railroads
Book Cover Ian Rice Kalmbach No Stock
K11 (-1) Model Railroadr's How-To Guide
Signatures in Steel
Greg McDonnell Stoddart $ 50.00
09 (3) Canadian Railroading
Six Axle Quartet
Lowell Amrine Gallard Press $ 24.99
11 (1) An Essay of Diesel Portraiture
Snow Fighters Vol 1
Book Cover Paul K. Withers Withers $ 55.50
13 (1)
Snow War
Edited National Parks canada $ 19.95
19 (1) An illustrated history of Rogers Pass Glacier National Park, B.C.
Soo Line 1975 - 1992 Photo Archive
Frank W. Jordan Iconografix $ 42.49
12 (4) A collection of Soo Line Photographs
SOO Line Generation
Book Cover Dean Freimund Four Ways West $ 81.00
13 (1)
SOO Line Power in Color Volume 1
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 90.99
16 (3) Switchers & Covered Wagons
SOO Line Power in Color Volume 2
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 90.99
16 (1) Early Roadswitchers 1945-1965 (RS-1s to GP35s)
SOO Line Power in Color Volume 3
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 91.00
16 (1) Modern Road Power 1966-2020
Southern California Rails 1941-1971 Volume 1
Book Cover Dick Donat Morning Sun $ 54.79
13 (1)
Southern California Rails 1941-1971 Volume 2
Book Cover Dick Donat Morning Sun $ 52.50
13 (3) The last of steam and early diesel are chronicled on the Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific in mid-twentieth century. - Softcover
Southern Pacific - The Photography of SP Employee Bill Wolverton Volume 1
Book Cover Bill Wolverton Morning Sun $ 79.99
15 (3) Roseville and the Scaramento Valley, 1971-1975 Featuring the Last F7s
Southern Pacific - The Photography of SP Employee Bill Wolverton Volume 2
Book Cover Bill Wolverton Morning Sun $ 80.99
15 (1) The San Francisco Bay Area, 1973-1981. Featuring the Train Masters, FP7s, and SD9s.
Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 04
Jeff Ainsworth Monte Vista $ 39.45
13 (1) Southern Pacific Northern 4-8-4 Pictorial
Southern Pacific Power in Color Volume 1
Book Cover Ed Mackinson Morning Sun $ 81.99
15 (3) Switchers, Slugs and Passenger Hood Units.
Southern Pacific Power in Color Volume 2
Book Cover Ed Mackinson Morning Sun $ 80.99
14 (1) Roadswitchers and the Remaining F-units, 1971-1996
Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume - 17
Jeff Ainsworth Monte Vista $ 39.45
12 (1) 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
Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume - 20
Jeff Ainsworth Monte Vista $ 39.95
12 (3) Steam Motive Power Pictorial - Los Angeles Division
Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume - 26
Jeff Ainsworth Monte Vista $ 32.95
13 (1) C Class 2-8-0 Consolidation Pictorial
Southern Pacific Through Passenger Service in Color
Book Cover Greg Stout Morning Sun $ 79.99
15 (1)
Southern Pacific Western Division
Brian + Victor Jennison & Neves White River Publications $ 107.99
10 (1)
SOUTHLAND
Gordon, W.H.Mills, T.Gildersleeve Glattenber & White River Publications $ 109.5
10 (1) Souhtern California Railroading in the golden Age of Kodachrome
Spectacular Railroad Photography
Roger M. Ingbretsen Hundman $ 41.50
13 (2) A full color guide to Weather and Lighting Conditions
SPSF Power in Color
Book Cover Ed Mackinson Morning Sun $ 78.99
15 (1) The Railroad That Never Was
St. Lambert
Book Cover Lorne Perry CRHA $ 49.00
10 (3) A train of thought with DVD
Stainless Steel
Book
 Cover David Maiers Maiers $ 20.00
- (0) A Book of Trains
Standardized Locomotives buit for the U.S.R.A. by Alco
Book Cover Alco Specialty Press $ 9.99
12 (1) An historic reprint
Starter Track Plans for Model Railroaders
Book Cover Edited Kalmbach $ 23.98
K12 (3) 25 Easy to build tracks pland from the pages of Model railroader
Steam & Diesel Locomotive Servicing Terminals
Book Cover Tony Koester Kalmbach $ 29.75
K14+K23 (10) Layout Design and Planning Series
Steam Beneath The Red Star
Book
Cover Ron & Nils Ziel & Huxtable Amereon Ltd. $ 39.95
11 (2)
Steam in Canada - 2011 Reprint - Hard Cover
Donald C. Lewis LPD Publishing $ 79.98
20 (3) Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives - Outline Drawings, Photographs, Roster.
Steam Steel & Stars - America's Last Steam Railroad
Book Cover Tim Hensley Abrams $ 35.00
12 (1) Photos by O.Winston Link - Second Hand
Steam to the Niagara Frontier
Book Cover Ian Wilson CBM $ 67.95
10 (1) CNR mainline steam on the Niagara Peninsula
Steamtown in Color
Book Cover Jim Boyd Morning Sun $ 59.98
15 (1) From Nelson Blount to the National Park Service
Steel Mill Railroads in Color
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 62.99
15 (1) Volume 4
Steel Rails & Iron Men
Barrie Sanford Whitecap $ 34.95
11 (2) A Pictorial History of the Kettle Valley Railway - Hard Cover
Structure projects for your Model Railroad
Book Cover Edited Kalmbach $ 27.35
K13 (2) Add life to your model railroad with structures!
Sydney And Louisburg Railway
Book Cover Ian Donaldson BRMNA $ 14.00
17 (5) Carrying coals to tidewater

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Titles - T
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
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Description
Tales of the CPR
Book Cover David Laurence Jones Fifth House $ 31.95
11 (1) Soft Cover
Tank Cars from American Car & Foundry
Book Cover Edward S. Kaminski Signature Press $ 75.00
10 (1) American Car & Foundary Co., 1865 to 1955
Tehachapi Today
George and Katherine Melvin Melvin Photos $ 39.95
11 (2)
The "L" : The Development of Chicago's Rapid Transit System, 1888- 1932
Bruce G. Moffat CERA $ 49.95
11 (1) Bulletin 131 of the Central Electric Railfan's Association
The 50 Best of B&O
Howard N. Barr Barnard, robertst & Co. $ 30.00
09 (1) Book One. Copy number 3472
The Algoma Central Railway Story
Book Cover Dale Wilson Nickel Belt Rails $ 35.00
12 (1) Nickel Belt Rails No. 4
The Allegheny - Lima's Finest
Eugene Huddleston and T.W.Dixon Hundman $ 44.95
09 (1)
The Allegheny Midland
Book Cover Tony Koester Kalmbach $ 29.65
K11 (2) Lessons Learned
The American Diesel Locomotive
Arthur J. Roberts Barnes $ 19.99
11 (1) A study of the major diesel locomotives used in North America
The American Heritage History of Railroads in America
Oliver Jensen Mc Graw Hill $ 25.00
09 (2)
The American Locomotive Company
Richard T. Steinbrenner On Track Publishers $ 69.95
10 (1) A Centenial Remebrance
The Asian Dream
Book Cover Donald MacKay Douglas & McIntyre $ 14.99
13 (2) The Pacific Rim and Canada's National Railway
The Asian Dream
Book Cover Donald MacKay Douglas & McIntyre $ 29.95
13 (1) The Pacific Rim and Canada's National Railway. Hardcover
The Baldwin Locomotive Works - Logging Locomotives
Book Cover Baldwin Specialty Press $ 9.99
12 (1) An historic reprint
The Bonanza Narrow Gauge Railway
Book Cover Eric L. Johnson Rusty Spike $ 49.99
11 (1) The story of the Klondike mines railway. Soft Cover
The British Columbia Railway - Volume 2
Timothy J. Horton BRMNA $ 9.00
() A selection of photographs with full captions
The Brown Book of Brass Locomotives
John Glaab Krause $ 13.95
12 (1) 2nd Edition. Used.
The Canadian - The Last of the Great Streamliners
Book Cover Ira Silverman Garbely Publishing Co. $ 67.59
10 (1)
The Canadian Pacific - A National Instutution
CPR CPR $ 9.99
10 (1) An Address Delivered to the Company's Officers in the Fiftieth year of its History
The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide
Book Cover Louis Marre and Paul K. Withers Diesel Era $ 19.99
12 (1) Year 2000 Edition
The Copper Mines Branch
Book Cover Eric L. Johnson Self Published $ 28.95
12 (3) White Pass Rails into the Whitehorse Copper Belt
The CPR's English Bay Branch
Book Cover David Li. Davies and Lorne Nicklason CRHA $ 8.99
12 (3) The store of the CPR branch to Kitsilano
The Cyclopedia of Industrial Modeling
Book Cover Dean Freytag Freytag $ 43.98
Atlas (1) Steel Mills
The DCC Guide - Second Edition
Book Cover Don Fiehmann Kalmbach $ 27.99
K13 (6) How to select and use your command control system.
The Diesel Years
Robert P. Olmsted Golden West Books $ 39.95
10 (1) Post WWII - Second Hand
The Dominion Atlantic Railway 1894 - 1994
Book
Cover Gary W, Ness Nimbus $ 24.95
10 (1) Images of our Past
The Giant's Ladder
Book Cover Harold A. Boner Kalmbach $ 25.00
09 (1) David H. Moffat and his railroad. 2nd Hand. No dust jacket.
The Grande Mountains
Book Cover Edited Grandt $ 56.70
19 (3) The Standard gauge 4-8-2s of the Denver and Rio Grande Western
The Great Days of Canadian Steam
Wentworth Folkins and M. Bradley Hounslow $ 29.99
18 (1) A Wentworth Folkins Portfolio
The Green Line
Terry W. + Earl W. Lehmann & Clarke CERA $ 55.00
11 (1) The Cincinnati, Newport & Covington Railway
The History of North American Rail
Christopher Chant Chartwell $ 20.00
09 (1) An overview of the development of raildroad systems in the USA
The History of North American Steam
Book Cover Christopher Chant Chartwell $ 14.99
12 (1) A good book with pictures and text, on North American Steam
The History of the Southern Pacific
Bill Yenne Smithmark $ 19.99
09 (1) A general History of the Southern Pacific
The Hook & Eye
Don L. Hofsommer U of Minn. $ 42.95
11 (1) A History of The Iowa Central Railway
The Interurban Era
William D. Middleton Kalmbach $ 29.95
09 (1) Tired book. Second Hand. No dust jacket.
The Iron Horse Comes to the Klondike
Book
Cover Eric L. Johnson CRHA $ 16.95
11 (3) Three Mines on Three Creeks Bring Railways to the Yukon - an expanded version of Mining Railways of the Klondike
The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers
Book
 Cover Robert D. Turner Sono Nis Press $ 49.95
11 (3) A History of Yukon River Steam Navigation
The Last Steam Railways
Book Cover R obert D. Turner Harbour Publishing $ 79.95
FC (5) Volume 1: The People's Republic of China
The Last Train
Book Cover Kim Lewis Candlewick Press $ 17.95
12 (3) A children's railway story.
The Locomotives of the Ontario Northland Railway
Frank N. Vollhardt BRMNA $ 7.00
17 (1)
The Love of Trains
Victor and Harold Hand & Edmonson Octopus $ 10.00
09 (1) Steam and Diesel Locomoitves in Action Around the World. 2nd Hand. Jacket torn.
The Madame Queen
Sam D. Teague PRRP $ 52.25
12 (1) ATSF 5000
The Milwaukee Electrics
Noel T. Holley Hundman $ 74.99
() Second edition.
The Model Railorader's Guide to Iron Ore Railroads
Book Cover Jeff Wilson Kalmbach $ 28.95
Front (2)
The Model Railroader's Guide to Bridges & Trestles
Book Cover Jeff Wilson Kalmbach $ 28.60
K23 (3)
The Model Railroader's Guide to Coal Railroads
Book Cover Tony Koester Kalmbach No Stock
K12 (-1) Build and run more realistic coal operations.
The Model Railroader's Guide to Diesel Locomotives
Book Cover Jeff Wilson Kalmbach $ 27.35
k11 (1)
The Model Railroader's Guide to Grain
Book Cover Jeff Wilson Kalmbach $ 26.98
K13 (2) Guide to Industries Series
The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the tracks. Vol
Book Cover Jeff Wilson Kalmbach $ 26.35
K24 (1)
The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries along the Tracks: Vol
Book Cover Jeff Wilson Kalmbach $ 27.35
K11 (1) Coal Gas, Salt, Brickyards, Quarries, Lumber, Waterfront Operations
The Model Railroader's Guide to Junctions
Book Cover Jeff Wilson Kalmbach $ 22.79
K24 (1)
The Model Railroader's Guide to Logging Railroads
Book Cover Matt Coleman Kalmbach $ 24.98
K11 (2)
The Model Railroader's Guide to Mountain Railroading
Book Cover Tony Koester Kalmbach $ 30.75
K12 (1) Realistically Model Mountain Railroads
The Model Railroader's Guide to Steel Mills
Book Cover Bernard Kempinski Kalmbach $ 29.65
K11 (3)
The Model Railroader's guide to Trackside Structures
Book
 Cover Jeff Wilson Kalmbach $ 20.50
K24 (1)
The Muskeg Limited
Peter Lacey Self $ 19.98
11 (2) the first 80 years of the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway
The Narrow Gauge Silverton Train
Jack H. Douglas Paragon $ 9.99
12 (1) A 1972 photo study of the railroad.
The New Haven Railroad's Streamline Passenger Fleet
Geoffrey H. Doughty TLC Publishing $ 38.98
21 (1) 1934 - 1953
The Nickel Plate Story
John A. Rehor Kalmbach $ 79.95
09 (1) The History of the Nickel Plate - Second printing. No dust jacket.
The Northern Alberta Railways - Vol 1
Donald Bain BRMNA $ 5.00
17 (1) Volume 1
The Northern Pacific - Mainstreet of the Northwest
Book Cover Charkles R. Wood Bonanza $ 30.00
11 (2) A pictorial History by Charles R. Wood. Dust cover poorly covered.
The Ottawa Car Company
David C. Knowles Bytown $ 13.95
17 (2) 1892 - 1948
The Overland Route
Ross and John Grenard and Krause Carstens $ 17.50
19 (1) Union Pacific Railroad
The Pacific Great Eastern Railway - Volume 3
Timothy J. Horton BRMNA $ 13.00
() A selection of photographs with full captions
The Pacific Northwest Railroads of McGee and Nixon
Richard Green NWSL $ 69.95
10 (1) Pictures from McGee and Nixon
The Palliser Triangle
John F. Garden Footprint $ 59.95
09 (1) A Tale of the Canadian Grasslands
The Penn Line Story
Book Cover Garrett Stauffer White River $ 40.00
11 (1) A history and collector's guide
The Pennsylvania Railroad - Under Wire
William D. Middleton Kalmbach $ 21.98
12 (1) Classic Trains - The Golden Age of Railroads Series
The Pictorial history of Railroading in British Columbia
Barrie Sanford Whitecap $ 24.98
11 (2) Second hand. Jacket covered.
The Princess
Book Cover David Maiers Maiers $ 25.00
FFC (7) CPRs fast Intermodal Service
The Railway Beat
Book Cover David Laurence Jones Fifth House $ 24.95
21 (1) A Century of Canadian Pacific Police Service
The Railways of Calgary - Volume 2 - The Later Years of Steam
Book Cover Donald Bain and Ray Matthews BRMNA $ 15.00
17 (1) A selection of photographs with full captions
The Railways of Toronto - The First 100 Years
John Riddell BRMNA $ 10.00
17 (2) A selection of photographs with full captions
The Railways of Toronto - Volume 2 - The First hundred
John Riddell BRMNA $ 12.00
17 (2) A selection of photographs with full captions
The Road to Pardise
William M. Moedinger Strasburg RR $ 2.00
17 (1) The story of the rebirth of the Strasburg Rail Road
The Sea-To-Sky Gold Rush Route
Book Cover Eric L. Johnson Rusty Spike $ 11.95
12 (3) A guide to the Scenic railway of the White Pass
The Shay Locomotive
Richard A./Jong C Henderson/Benson/Kadelak/Hauf White River $ 136.00
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The Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More
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The Twilight of Steam
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Today's Steam on the Sugar Lines of Cuba
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14 (1) With Russ Munroe
Trackside around Ontario's Cottage Country
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14 (1) Bram Bailey takes you on a railfan trip through the tourist area north and east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Trackside around Pueblo 1955-1970
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15 (1) with Stuart J. Sutton
Trackside in California 1964-1999
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Trackside in the West 1946-1959
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Trolley to The Past
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Turbine Power
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Turmoil and Triumph
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13 (1) To provide traction and head-end power for the new push-pull trains the Erie Lackawanna received in 1970, NJDOT contracted with GE to provide an entirely new model of diesel locomotive,
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11 (1) America's Premier Railroad for over 150 Years
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13 (4) Softcover
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12 (1) A study of the prototype
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16 (3) First Subdivision Oregon Division
Union Pacific Official Color Photography - Book 2
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16 (1) The second volume of Official photographs from the UP archives.
Union Pacific Power 1965-2015 in Color Volume 2
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16 (1) First Generation Freight and Passenger Units
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16 (2) Second-Generation and Newer B-B Power
Union Pacific Power 1965-2015 in Color Volume 4
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16 (4) Second-Generation, Newer C-C and Larger Power
Union Pacific Through Passenger Service - in Color
Book Cover Greg Stout Morning Sun $ 74.99
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Union Pacific's Big Boys
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12 (1) During the Golden Age of Postcard 1900-1914

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