"Straight from the UP Museum Archives. This 128 page hardcover book illustrates the very best camera work of UP company photographers. Many of these photos have remained unseen for more than half a century. The railroad’s photographic staff sought unusual scenic locations for remarkable views of the earliest UP “streamliners,” the oldest and newest steam locomotives and the modern look of handsome diesel and gas-turbine cabs."
"Steam to the Summit chronicles the history of the Green Mountain Railway, a cog railroad that during the 1880s operated between Eagle Lake and the summit of Cadillac Mountain, within Maine's Acadia National Park. . . . ."
"The most complete history yet written of the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway. Maine's only two-foot narrow gauge with oceanfront trackage, the WW&F clung tenaciously to life through financial adversity, disputes with the Maine Central, raging coastal blizzards, and the advent of the automobile."
". . . . the story of the Dolly Varden Mine and the Dolly Varden Mines Railway, 18 miles of improbable narrow gauge iron reaching north from the little community of Alice Arm to this rich silver property, now a legend in the annals of mining in British Columbia. In the years between 1916 and 1922, the Dolly Varden Mine was both the brightest hope and the greatest disappointment of the mining industry of Northwest Canada."
". . . .takes you from Easton to Pittsburgh visiting the PRR (Pennsylvania Railroad), P&LE (Pittsburgh and Lake Erie), LV (Lehigh Valley), CNJ (Central of New Jersey A/K/A Jersey Central), RDG (Reading Railroad), B&O (Baltimore and Ohio), L&NE (Lehigh and New England), EL (Erie Lackawanna), and many other roads."
"This heavily illustrated book examines the operations of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad from 1953 to 1982. You'll follow the line from Windsor, Ontario, south to Ironton and Cincinnati, Ohio, to view steam - which operated on the DT&L until 1955 - and diesel locomotives, trains, stations and more."
"The advance of Union Pacific Railroad tracklayers across Nebraska was part of America's great adventure of the 19th century. It marked the beginning of the era of the iron horse in Nebraska time when the whistle of an approaching train became synonymous with prosperity and contact with the outside world. Historic Railroads of Nebraska 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. "