Locomotive Building: The Construction of a Steam Engine for Railway Use
"This excellent study of the high-powered locomotives on the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railroad captures the railways last three decades of
steam power. Detailed are the specifications of the locomotives, their use,
and comparisons with other locomotives. Passenger and freight trains are
depicted in a score of spectacular action photos, many of them taken by the
period's most prominent railway photographers."
The Lakeside and Marblehead Railroad
"Built in 1886, exactly 6.88 miles long, it was soon purchased by the large Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company, an acquisitive conglomeration that consolidated all of the area quarries into one huge operation by the middle 1890's. In all, the L&M served the KIL&T Company and its home towns for 78 years–till 1964. And along the way, it utilized a rich variety of equipment: converted narrow gauge passenger cars, 0-6-0 switch engines, Shays, Fairbanks-Morse and McKeen gasoline motor cars, and first generation diesel switchers." ~ Montevallo Historical Press
Lake Superior Iron Ore Railroads
"History of the Iron Ore Railroads On Lake Superior......the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, Lake Superior & Ishpeming, Great Northern Railway, Menominie Range, Chicago & Northwestern, Milwaukee Road, Soo Line, Marquette & Ashland, and more. Thoroughly photo-illustrated". 144 pages.
"Between 1955 and 1959, Link traveled up and down the Norfolk & Western's divisions, taking pictures of the trains, towns, and people who worked on the railroad and lived beside it. Published here for the first time are photographs he made in daylight, as well as at night and on the branches of the railroad not covered in his first book, Steam, Steel & Stars. 124 photos, 100 in duotone, 24 in full color."
Little BookCliff Railway: The Life and Times of a Colorado Narrow Gauge
"For nearly four decades, this unique little narrow gauge that traversed an eleven-mile stretch of high desert between Grand Junction, Colorado, and the Book Cliff coal mines, brought economic growth and stability to the Grand Junction area. ... It is the story of a Shay-powered, coal-hauling railroad, small enough to have nicknamed its little steam locomotives, yet ambitious enough to nearly succeed as one of the west's major transcontinental trunk lines."
"This first history of the L&A traces the line's development from the early boom days of railroading to the modern era of takeovers. Known as "The Better Way," the L&A was established at the turn of the century and expanded by shrewd acquisitions to connect New Orleans to Dallas. Generously illustrated with photographs, maps, and diagrams, the book tells the story of a premier line that remained enduringly profitable until its eventual takeover by the KCS in 1992." ~ Northern Illinois University Press ~ The Louisiana and Arkansas Railway: The Story of a Regional Lined for Success: The Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway
