mdvle Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 Morning Sun Books September Canadian National Power in Color: Volume 3: Covered Wagons (Passenger & Freight) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/canadian-national-power-in-color-volume-3 Rio Grande in Color: Volume 7: Front Range https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/rio-grande-in-color-volume-7 Observation Car Color Portfolio: Volume 1: A&WP-CB&Q (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/observation-car-color-portfolio-volume-1-softcover October Circus and Carnival Trains in Color: A Fond Look Back at Their Equipment and Operation https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/circus-and-carnival-trains-in-color Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railway in Color https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/minneapolis-northfield-and-southern-railway-in-color Observation Car Color Portfolio: Volume 2: CG-FEC (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/observation-car-color-portfolio-volume-2-softcover November Electric Railways of North America in Color Featuring the Photography of Matt Herson: Volume 1 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/electric-railways-of-north-america-in-color Soo Line Power in Color: Volume 11: Switchers & Covered Wagons https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/soo-line-power-in-color-volume-1 Observation Car Color Portfolio: Volume 3: FW&D-MTA (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/observation-car-color-portfolio-volume-3-softcover December Penn Central and Conrail Trackside with Engineer Chip Syme https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/penn-central-and-conrail-trackside-with-engineer-chip-syme Missouri Pacific Power in Color: Diesels 1948-1982 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/missouri-pacific-power-in-color-diesels-1948-1982 Observation Car Color Portfolio: Volume 4: N&W-RI (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/observation-car-color-portfolio-volume-4-softcover January 2022 Observation Car Color Portfolio: Volume 5: SAL-YW (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/observation-car-color-portfolio-volume-5-softcover Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 1 hour ago, mdvle said: Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railway in Color https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/minneapolis-northfield-and-southern-railway-in-color One for Ian Abel - it runs past his back fence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 Arrowhead Models - One Hundred Ghosts: An Exposition of Rural Grain Elevators Book due to arrive later this year, it is a book about grain elevators organized around specific railroad lines. This book features the Northern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, C&NW, and Burlington Route areas of the US. https://arrowheadmodels.com/collections/shop/products/one-hundred-ghosts-an-exposition-of-rural-grain-elevators-vol-1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 Kalmbach EMD at 100: Quote MD at 100 is a 92-page special issue from Trains magazine looking at the 100-year history of Electro-Motive, the locomotive builder that changed the course of railroading history. You'll get an in-depth look at key locomotives in EMD's history, such as the E7, F7, GP7, and SD40. Stories include: Electro-Motive: Young Giant, by David P. Morgan SD40: American Standard, by Greg McDonnell Landmark Locomotives: E7, F7, GP7 The Future of Progress Rail And much more! https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/special-issue/vt-tr15211201-c?utm_source=Direct&utm_medium=HouseAd&utm_campaign=TR15Direct The Model Railroader's Guide to Bridges & Trestles by Jeff Wilson - eta October 30th 2021 Quote The Model Railroader’s Guide to Bridges & Trestles is your one-stop source for information on real bridges. This book will guide you through the history of the various bridge types from the first days of railroading through today, showing older bridge types still in use, older bridge types that are now obsolete, and new concrete and steel designs. This all-new book includes: The history of various types of bridges. How bridges have evolved in design and size. How bridges fit in with other related scenic elements. Many bridge types: Wood trestles, stone and concrete arches, culverts, wood and steel truss bridges, steel plate-girder bridges, and cantilevers. Information to help modelers choose appropriate bridges for the region, era, and type of railroad they model. Author: Jeff Wilson Size: 8.25 x 10.75 Pages: 112 https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/book/12834?utm_source=Direct&utm_medium=HouseAd&utm_campaign=BridgesDM Building The Right-Sized Layout by Thomas Klimoski Quote Have an extra spare room in your house? Downsizing your layout? Building The Right-Sized Layout is the perfect book to help with planning a room-sized layout for your home. This new book features 5 track plans covering details on how to create a manageable layout with space, time, and resources in mind. You’ll find: Track planning strategies Construction techniques Room-planning concepts Tips on operating once your layout is built And more! Featuring author Thomas Klimoski’s Georgia Northeastern Railroad, as well as 3 other examples of small layouts, this planning book is a must-have for model railroaders. Author: Thomas Klimoski Size: 8.25 x 10.75 Pages: 112 https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/book/12825?utm_source=Direct&utm_medium=HouseAd&utm_campaign=RightSizeDM 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 The price of postage plus the rising cost of US train related products has applied the brakes on future buys. Which means that I can now concentrate on UK items which I still need to get, although similar increases in price and postage are rising all too frequently. I have enough American stuff anyway, most bought when affordable - any you know how long ago that was! Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 Morning Sun Books January 2022 Guilford Rail System in Color: Volume 1 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/guilford-rail-system-in-color-volume-1 Minnesota Mining Railroads in Color: Volume 2 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/minnesota-mining-railroads-in-color-volume-2 February 2022 1950s Freight Car Color Guide: Volume 1: Box Cars https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/1950s-freight-car-color-guide-volume-1-box-cars Canadian National Power in Color: Volume 4: Switchers https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/canadian-national-power-in-color-volume-4-switchers Soo Line Color Portfolio (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/soo-line-color-portfolio-softcover March 2022 Lehigh Valley in the Conrail Era: Volume 2: 1987-1999 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/lehigh-valley-in-the-conrail-era-volume-2-1987-1999 Soo LIne Power in Color: Volume 2: Early Roadswitchers 1945-1965 (RS-1s to GP35s) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/soo-line-power-in-color-volume-2-early-roadswitchers-1945-1965-rs-is-to-gp35s Susquehanna - Best of Al Holtz Volume 1: 1954-1966 (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/susquehanna-best-of-al-holtz-volume-1-1954-1966-softcover April 2022 Canadian Pacific Trackside 1977-2012 with Conductor John Cowan https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/canadian-pacific-trackside-1977-2012-with-conductor-john-cowan Chesapeake & Ohio Power in Color: Volume 1: Switchers, Es & Fs https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/chesapeake-ohio-power-in-color-volume-1-switchers-es-and-fs Susquehanna - Best of Al Holtz Volume 2: 1954-1966 (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/susquehanna-best-of-al-holtz-volume-2-1954-1966-softcover 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted October 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 18/09/2021 at 20:57, mdvle said: Kalmbach Building The Right-Sized Layout by Thomas Klimoski https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/book/12825?utm_source=Direct&utm_medium=HouseAd&utm_campaign=RightSizeDM Ordered today for my half-term reading after seeing the info here: I’wasn’t aware of this book, but have come across Thomas Klimoski’s Georgia Northeastern layout online, so am looking forwards to reading this. Also gives me the chance to say thank you for the tip (and all you do to keep us appraised and of often ahead of the market). Appreciated, Keith. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 Courtesy of the author posting to the Rock Island mailing list: Quote The book *The Choctaw Route: History Through the Mile*, went public today. It is immediately available through Amazon and Ron's Books, and within a few weeks other bookstores supported by Ingram Publisher Service. The book covers the history of the Rock Island Railroad between Memphis, Tennessee, and Tucumcari, New Mexico. It also includes information on many of the shippers and communities along the line, as well as what is there today. The book includes 767 pages and several hundred photos and maps. The cost of the paperback book is $39.99. Barton Jennings 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Morning Sun Books May Nickel Plate Power In Color: 1940 - 1964 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/nickel-plate-power-in-color-1940-1964 June Trackside around New England 1967-2020 with Jeremy and Jeffrey Plant https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/trackside-around-new-england-1967-2020-with-jeremy-and-jeffrey-plant July Mahoning Valley Rails in Color: 1988 - 2006 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/mahoning-valley-rails-in-color-1988-2006 August Chesapeake & Ohio Power in Color Volume 2: First Generation Roadswitchers https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/chesapeake-ohio-power-in-color-volume-2-first-generation-roadswitchers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 Kalmbach Building Realistic Model Railroad Scenery Quote Bring your layout to the next level with a complete overview of modeling railroad scenery in this “scenery maker's bible” from modeler and Model Railroader Video Plus host Kathy Millatt. You’ll learn how to use the latest techniques and materials, as well as time-tested “classic” methods for modeling mountains, rivers, forests, railroad rights-of-way, towns, and cities that occupy any modeler’s layout. Perfect for everyone from a beginner to an expert modeler, this book includes: Step-by-step photo sections to show different methods used to build scenery. Details about techniques and materials to advance your modeling. Unique insights, tips, and tricks into layout detailing. And more! Take your layout from bare plywood or foamboard to a detailed scene that will surround your model trains! 192 pages, expected February 28th https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/book/12835 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 Rapido Trains People Moving People: The History of VIA Rail Canada by Kevin J. Holland. arriving early May 288 pages, 500 full colour photos and diagrams 12" x 9.6" created with the cooperation of VIA Rail Canada C$79.95 ISBN 978-0-9783611-3-6 https://rapidotrains.com/swag/people-moving-people.html PDF - https://files.constantcontact.com/b02e8bb6001/b939d963-75ee-4424-a786-a26d9d685157.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Private publisher. Along The Railroad: A North American Rail Journey 1958 - 1978 by Howard Serig Hardcover, 228 pages, 340 B&W photos. http://www.serigpro.com/ YouTube video showing some of the photos: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Morning Sun Books September 2022 Northwestern Pacific Railroad: Volume 2: Passenger and Freight Operations, Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad, Maintenance-of-Way Equipment in Color https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/northwestern-pacific-railroad-volume-2-passenger-and-freight-operations-petaluma-santa-rosa-railroad-maintenance-of-way-equipment-in-color SOO Line in Color: Volume 3: Modern Road Power 1966-2020 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/soo-line-power-in-color-volume-3-modern-road-power-1966-2020 Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Color Portfolio (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/reading-blue-mountain-northern-color-portfolio-softcover October 2022 Canadian Pacific Power in Color: Volume 3: Covered Wagons https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/canadian-pacific-power-in-color-volume-3-covered-wagons Trackside around Western New York 1995-2017 with Michael Zollitsch https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/trackside-around-western-new-york-1995-2017-with-michael-zollitsch Amtrak Thru the Rockies (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/amtrak-thru-the-rockies-softcover November 2022 CSX Power in Color: Volume 5: Locomotives Acquired from Other Railroads https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/csx-power-in-color-volume-5-locomotives-acquired-from-other-railroads Ontario Northland in Color: Volume 2: The Chevron Era https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/ontario-northland-in-color-volume-2-the-chevron-era Penn Central MU Cars in Color https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/penn-central-mu-cars-in-color Union Pacific - First Subdivision, Oregon Division (Griffiths Series: Book 1) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/union-pacific-first-subdivision-oregon-division-griffiths-series-book-1 Chesapeake & Ohio Color Portfolio (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/chesapeake-ohio-color-portfolio-softcover Railroading in the 1960s - Best of Ed Johnson (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/railroading-in-the-1960s-best-of-ed-johnson-softcover 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted June 8, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2022 Linda Tinker Books is having a final closing sale. Sad loss of helpful US oriented bookshop. http://www.lindatinkerrailwaybooks.co.uk/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=9 Dava 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 17 hours ago, Dava said: Linda Tinker Books is having a final closing sale. Sad loss of helpful US oriented bookshop. http://www.lindatinkerrailwaybooks.co.uk/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=9 Dava That's a real shame - just when Morning Sun announce a book I'd like... 😫 On 24/05/2022 at 16:28, mdvle said: SOO Line in Color: Volume 3: Modern Road Power 1966-2020 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/soo-line-power-in-color-volume-3-modern-road-power-1966-2020 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Emery Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 On 09/06/2022 at 16:19, F-UnitMad said: That's a real shame - just when Morning Sun announce a book I'd like... 😫 James at Bill Hudson Books orders all the Morning Sun books I want. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 Kalmbach Model Realistic Freight Car Loads Model Realistic Freight Car Loads, by Keith Kohlmann, gives many prototype examples of freight car loads from common to unique, and from small to large. Follow along with tons of pictures and drawings showing how to realistically secure loads and operate them. There are hundreds of types of loads, including machinery, heavy equipment, pipe, beams, lumber, boilers, generators, transformers, and many others. The challenge in modeling is making freight car loads more realistic! Model Realistic Freight Car Loads will guide you in making your models more realistic by following prototype practice in securing loads and operating them. Included are a lot of photos of real loads, drawings showing how real railroads secure them to cars, and several modeled examples with tips on making model loads as realistic as possible. You’ll get a variety of types of loads, including: Farm machinery and heavy equipment. Steel and metal products. Buses, trucks, cars, and other vehicle loads. Forest products and building materials. And much more! Size: 8.25 x 10.75 Pages: 112 https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/book/12838 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 White River Productions Kansas City Southern: Midwest Division $90 Quote The KCS system in the U.S. sprawls across nine Midwestern states with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. The system reaches into Illinois to Jacksonville, Springfield, and East St. Louis. The traditional southern main line moves traffic to Dallas, New Orleans, and Port Arthur, Texas. Later additions carry KCS rails east through Monroe, Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi, to Meridian and Artesia, Mississippi, and an even later addition touches Tennessee at Counce. Southern Texas and Mexico-bound traffic rolls from Beaumont through Houston to Corpus Christi and Laredo, where KCS rails continue deep into Mexico. This volume chronicles KCS east from Kansas City across the former Gateway Western and south from Kansas City to the end of the Shreveport Subdivision at Shoreline, Louisiana. The book features 256 pages, 371 photos, and 7 maps. Hardbound with dust jacket, all color. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 Flanker Press Trains of Newfoundland - available in either softcover or hardcover Softcover: https://www.flankerpress.com/product/trains-of-newfoundland-softcover Hardcover: https://www.flankerpress.com/product/trains-of-newfoundland-hardcover Description from publisher: Quote For well over a century, the narrow-gauge Newfoundland railway played a vital role in the growth and development of the tiny island in the North Atlantic. From the commencement of construction in 1881 to the shutdown in 1988, it was a most colourful line, to say the least. It took over 547 miles to cross a 300-mile-wide island, which had curves sharper and grades steeper than the Rocky Mountains. There were only 131 miles of straight track, a bridge for every four miles, and a human wind-gauge to safely let trains pass. In Newfoundland, the railway wasn’t simply a means of transportation—it was a way of life. Take an all-colour photographic journey from the capital city of St. John’s to the ferry connection at Port aux Basques on the longest narrow-gauge railway in North America. Along the way you will ride in both steam- and diesel-hauled Caribou passenger trains, follow boxy G-8 locomotives skirting the shoreline as they lead little mixed trains to the branch lines, and see lengthy multiple diesel freights with boxcars and containers crossing the infamous Gaff Topsails. Watch as the trains navigate the rugged interior and pass through Newfoundland communities with some of the most interesting place names—such as Come by Chance, Gambo, and Goobies—and witness the incredible beauty that this province has to offer. These photographs, dating as far back as 1951 and on through to 1988, were taken by some of North America’s most renowned railway photographers, such as James A. Brown, John Freyseng, Bill Linley, Phil Mason, Robert J. Sandusky, Stan J. Smaill, and Rich Taylor. Their work clearly illustrates the colourful rolling stock and engine paint schemes against the pristine scenery one encounters along the way. This trip back in time is sure to delight both those who remember when the railway was king as well as those discovering it for the first time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Morning Sun Books January Just Geeps in Color Volume 1: GP7 1949-1954 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/just-geeps-in-color-volume-1 Railroad Signs Volume 1 (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/railroad-signs-volume-1-softcover February Canadian National Power in Color Volume 5: Modern Road Power #600-4017 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/canadian-national-power-in-color-volume-5 Railroad Signs Volume 2 (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/copy-of-railroad-signs-volume-2-softcover March Chicago Intercity Passenger Trains in Color Volume 2: Early Amtrak 1971-1984 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/chicago-intercity-passenger-trains-volume-2 April Reading in the Conrail Era Volume 1: 1976-1982 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/reading-in-the-conrail-era-volume-1 May Erie Lackawana Trackside with Allan H. Roberts & Arthur J. Erdman https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/erie-lackawanna-trackside-with-allan-h-roberts-arthur-j-erdman-trk-125 June Chesapeake & Ohio Power in Color Volume 3: Second-Generation Power https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/chesapeake-ohio-power-in-color-volume-3 East Penn Railroad Color Portfolio and Affiliates Middletown & New Jersey and Tyburn Railway (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/east-penn-railroad-color-portfolio-and-affiliates-middletown-new-jersey-and-tyburn-railway-softcover July Long Island Rail Road Multiple Unit Cars Volume 2: Cars Built 1953-2020 https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/long-island-rail-road-multiple-unit-cars-volume-2 Boston & Maine Color Portfolio (Softcover) https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/msb-softcover-books/products/boston-maine-color-portfolio-softcover August Canadian Pacific Power in Color Volume 4: Modern Six-Axle Road Power https://morningsunbooks.com/collections/all-hardcover/products/canadian-pacific-power-in-color-volume-4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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