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Narrow Gauge Country 1870-1970
By Mallory Hope Ferrell
Intrigued with Narrow Gauge country?
• A national treasure of classic narrow gauge photography
• 100 years of historic rail memories
• Mallory Ferrell’s most prolific work, presented in anelegant coffeetable format
• Limited deluxe slipcase edition available
You’ll love this new oversized 9 x12" deluxe hardbound book featuring 632 historic all black and white photographs from the author’s huge 115,000-print collection.
The 372-page volume features railroads such as the Denver & Rio Grande; Rio Grande Southern; Denver, South Park & Pacific; Colorado & Southern; Gilpin Tramway Co.; Argentine Central; Uintah Railway; Silverton Railroad; Silverton, Gladstone & Northernly; Colorado Central; Florence & Cripple Creek; Denver, Leadville & Gunnison; Montezuma Lumber Co.; Greely, Salt Lake & Pacific; Colorado & Northwestern; New Mexico Lumber Co.; Pagosa Lumber Co.; Tierra Amarilla Southern Railroad; and the Boston Coal & Fuel Co., among others.
Mallory Hope Ferrell, America’s best-loved narrow gauge author, who has 18 books to his credit, has been gathering superlative railway photos for the past 50 years. In this book, Ferrell writes about William Henry Jackson, Picture Maker of the West; about early Colorado cameramen and their struggles; the glory days of the Narrow Gauge; how photography came of age in the West; following the railfan era on the Narrow Gauge; and the Third and Fourth divisions of the Denver & Rio Grande. The book focuses on narrow gauge lines in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
Some of the more prominent photo locations in the book include Marshall Pass, Alpine Tunnel, Chalk Cliffs, Lizard Head, Georgetown Loop, Ophir Loop, Silverton Branch, Clear Creek Canyon, Trout Lake, Cerro Summit and Forks Creek.
Narrow Gauge Country is in stock. Price $59.95 and $5 shipping in USA; deluxe slipcase edition, $72.95 and $6 shipping in USA.
The Pioneer Zephyr - By Carl. R. Byron
Swift, stylish and so sophisticated, the Burlington Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr was a 104-ton, three-car streamlined speedster, setting a record of 13 hours, four minutes on the 1,015-mile run between Denver and Chicago. This 128-page, 8-1/2x11" softcover book details the entire history of the Pioneer Zephyr, including its rebuilding and installation in 1997-98 in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Price: $18.95; $4 shipping.
Robert W. Richardson’s Rio Grande, Chasing the Narrow Gauge, Vol. II: Durango, Silverton, Farmington & the Third Division - By Robert W. Richardson
In this second volume of his narrow gauge chronicle, noted narrow gauge preservationist Robert Richardson takes a close look at the Rio Grande’s Silverton and Farmington branches, the Third Division between Salida, Gunnison and Montrose, and the Valley Line between Mears Junction and Alamosa, Colorado. With 50-year-old photographs and firsthand accounts, Richardson offers the most authoritative chronicle yet on this portion of the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s Rocky Mountain narrow gauge railroad empire. In a landscape (9 x 12") format that lends itself to large photographs, Bob shows the railroad, its operations and equipment in dramatic style. This 208-page hardbound book features color covers and an all-color, 16-page photo section with photos taken as far back as 1950. This deluxe edition features 100-pound glossy, enameled paper and a beautiful Gil Bennett color painting on the cover. Price: $55.95, $5 shipping; deluxe slipcase edition with gold stamping, $65.95, $6 shipping.
Chasing Trains - by Robert W. Richardson
This 432-page 8-1/2" x 11" hardbound tells of the numerous lifetime railroad adventures of Robert W. Richardson, noted author, photographer and historian. Bob, a railfan’s railfan, originally released the book in 1995 under the Sundance Publications label, and it sold out.
This new, limited second edition features 425 color and black and white photographs and covers Bob’s favorite locomotives; his travels in the Northeastern and New England states, Canada, Texas and Oklahoma, Old Border states and the Midwest, Southern states, Mexico and Central America, Persian Gulf countries, Colorado and New Mexico; the vanishing interurban; the San Juan; railroading in the snow; the Poncha, Cumbres and Marshall passes; the Gunnison area; Ouray; the Black Canyon; Durango; Silverton; Cerro Summit; Crested Butte; the Baldwin Branch; the San Luis Valley Line; the Colorado & Southern, Rio Grande Southern and much more.
The book features 22 chapters and covers such railroads and subjects as the Ohio River & Western, the crookedest railroad in the world; the Aliquippa & Southern; the East Broad Top; Tionesta Valley Railway; Edaville; the Tweetsie; woodburners in the woods; Live Oak, Perry & Gulf; the D&RGW and Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge; and the RGS geese, among many other subjects.
Possessing a fascination with trains and railroading as far back as 1931, Bob’s interest quickly developed into a lifelong career of chasing, riding and photographing trains. His train riding has led to many adventures few railfans have experienced.
Bob, with his journalistic penchant, tells a great story, weaving together facts and figures of how it used to be on the railroads. He became editor of the Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, was an advertising coordinator, served in the U.S. Army, owned the famous Narrow Gauge Motel in Alamosa and began publishing the Narrow Gauge News.
Price: $62.95; $4 shipping.
MASON STEAM LOCOMOTIVES - By Arthur W. Wallace
Melodies, cast and wrought in metal - William Mason’s beautiful steam locomotives were considered the finest in form and function, the “Rolls Royces” of the day. More than 700 of these locomotives were built at the Taunton, Massachusetts factory beginning in 1853.
After 50 years of research, Art Wallace brings the complete Mason locomotive story to light. In detailed text and nearly 200 photographs and illustrations, Mason’s handiwork comes to life in this rich historical volume.
From American Standard 4-4-0s to 4-6-0s and double-truck 0-6-6Ts and 2-8-6T’s, Mason locomotives have captured the eye of railfans, engineers and historians for decades. Now you can read the fascinating story and see the products that made Mason famous.
• Color dustjacket by noted artist Gil Bennett
• Thirteen detailed chapters, 192 pages
• 8-1/2 x 11" smyth-sewn hardbound
• Enameled 100# text paper
• Bibliography/Index/1879 Mason Catalog Reproduction
• Nearly 200 rare historical black and white photographs
• Engineering drawings of complete locomotives
• Detailed Mason locomotive and railroad records
• Price: $53.95 and $5 shipping (USA); $12 elsewhere
Classic Vintage Crawlers & Dozers Vol. I - By Roger V. Amato and Donald J. Heimburger
This first volume, which includes Allis-Chalmers and Case, as well
as Caterpillar from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, takes a long and colorful look at
the development of the crawler tractor and bulldozer. The crawler photographs
and text are arranged chronologically so the reader can follow development of
the machines through the years. Throughout the research period for this book,
hundreds of black and white and color photographs were taken at shows, and
numerous illustrations were gathered from libraries, machinery manufacturing
companies and from private collections, and this first volume includes nearly
400 of them. This hardcover book is 11" x 10" and has 188 pages,
and a complete index. You won�t find another heavy equipment book like it!
Price: $54.95 plus $5.00 shipping. Deluxe slipcase edition, $69.95 plus $6
shipping.
Robert W. Richardson's Rio Grande: Chasing the Narrow Gauge, Vol. I
Today one man is specially recognized as one of the founders
of the narrow gauge railroad preservation movement in the United States. He
is Robert W. Richardson, who with a friend started the Narrow Gauge Motel in
a remote section of Colorado in 1949. Later he and a friend began the Narrow
Gauge Museum in Alamosa, which helped initiate the safekeeping of narrow
gauge rolling stock, hardware and paper memorabilia. The collection he and
Cornelius Hauck started, now housed at the Colorado Railroad Museum in
Golden, has grown so large it requires a number of staff and volunteers to
catalog and maintain. In this nostalgic volume, Bob recounts his early days
as an editor, advertising coordinator, member of the U.S. Armed Forces, motel
owner and later as head of the largest narrow gauge railroad museum in the
country. Primarily, it highlights Bob's life as an avid narrow gauge fan
during the last two decades the Colorado Narrow Gauge still operated as a
common carrier. Many maps, charts, ephemera, text and photographs; 200 pages, 16 pages of color; 11-7/8" x 9", hardbound deluxe format.
Price: $55.95; $4 shipping.
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