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Books & Reference

This is our current web inventory of books and reference material, both brand-new and on consignment.

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Quick-jump: American Refrigerator Transit Company (ART)   Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)   CSX   D&RGW   Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT)   Norfolk & Western (N&W)   Pacific Electric Railway (PE)   Rio Grande Southern (RGS)   Rock Island (RI)   Southern Pacific (SP)   St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW)   St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)   Union Pacific Railroad (UP)   Virginia & Truckee (V&T)   Wabash (WAB)  

American Refrigerator Transit Company (ART)

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American Refrigerator Transit
Signature Press
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American Refrigerator Transit Company (ART)
October 11, 2018
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)

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Santa Fe Steam Series Volume 15: New Mexico Division
Monte Vista Publishing
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
December 07, 2018
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Santa Fe Steam Series Volume 16: 3400-3500 Series 4-6-2, 4-6-4
Monte Vista Publishing
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
December 07, 2018
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Route of the Chiefs
Whiteriver Productions
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
October 27, 2017
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CSX

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CSX Power Volume 2
Morning Sun Books
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CSX
June 06, 2018
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D&RGW

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Denver & Rio Grande The Early Years
Whiteriver Productions
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D&RGW
May 22, 2018
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Rio Grande's Narrow Gauge K-36 Locomotives
Whiteriver Productions
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D&RGW
March 03, 2020
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT)

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Show-Me Katy
Main Track Media
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT)
June 16, 2018
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Katy Recollections
Paired Rail Publications
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT)
October 30, 2018
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Norfolk & Western (N&W)

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Norfolk & Western Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment
Morning Sun Books
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Norfolk & Western (N&W)
October 30, 2018
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Pacific Electric Railway (PE)

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Pacific Electric Series Volume 4
Monte Vista Publishing
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Pacific Electric Railway (PE)
December 07, 2018
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Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

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The RGS Story Volume IV
Sundance Publications
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Rio Grande Southern (RGS)
October 12, 2018
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The RGS Story Volume I
Sundance Publications
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Rio Grande Southern (RGS)
October 30, 2018
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Rock Island (RI)

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Passenger Trains of Texas
McMillan Publications
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Rock Island (RI)
December 11, 2020
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Southern Pacific (SP)

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Southern Pacific Passenger Trains, Vol. 2: Day Trains of the Coast Line
Four Ways West Publications
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Southern Pacific (SP)
June 13, 2020
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Southern Pacific Steam Vol 44: SP's Western Oregon Lines Pictorial
Monte Vista Publishing
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Southern Pacific (SP)
December 07, 2018
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Southern Pacific Volume 1
Morning Sun Books
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Southern Pacific (SP)
March 05, 2018
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Southern Pacific Power in Color Volume 1
Morning Sun Books
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Southern Pacific (SP)
October 30, 2018
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Southern Pacific, Vol. 1: Daylight, Train 98-99
RKW Publication
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Southern Pacific (SP)
June 13, 2020
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St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW)

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Cotton Belt Locomotives
Indiana University Press
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St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW)
October 30, 2018
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St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)

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Steam Locomotives of the Frisco Line
Pruett Pub. Co.
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St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
October 30, 2018
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Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

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Union Pacific's Big Boys
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
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Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
October 19, 2020
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Union Pacific Power Volume 1
Morning Sun Books
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Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
February 01, 2017
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Union Pacific Power Volume 4
Morning Sun Books
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Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
March 05, 2018
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Virginia & Truckee (V&T)

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Hollywood's Railroads Volume One: Virginia & Truckee
Cochetopa Press
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Virginia & Truckee (V&T)
May 29, 2018
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Wabash (WAB)

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Wabash
Heimburger House Publishing
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Wabash (WAB)
October 30, 2018
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