What do you consider to be the essential books for the railroad you model?

Jonathon,

As a Pennsy fan also, I find the Don Carleton books on Pennsy Power to be very helpful too.    The first one is "Pennsy Steam from A to T".     The second volume is "Pennsy Steam, a Second Look"

And another very valuable reference is the book on Pennsy diesels by Douglas and Weiglin.     It is called "Pennsy Diesels"

And I also reference "Diesels from Eddystone" by Dolzall.    I have a paper back copy,   It is great for referencing Baldwin diesels and tells where each batch was delivered for all buyers.

I do have the ones you listed and use them a lot too.

I model Southern Pacific in HO. New York Central in O scale.

For SP its Guy Dunscomb's "A Century of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives" 

Also Anthony Thompsons books on SP freight..

For NYC its Staufer's books, Thoroughbreds, and NYC Steam Power, Early and Later.

Pete

Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail by Worley.

Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet by McMillan.

Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route by Corbin & Kerka.

The Burlington Bulletins put out by the CB&Q Historical Society.

The "In Color" books from Morning Sun and Four Ways West for both roads (and others.)

Rusty

Not a book... Google Earth!

For me it's about the railroad geography, the actual trains, less so.

Big_Boy_4005 posted:

Not a book... Google Earth!

For me it's about the railroad geography, the actual trains, less so.

I have an interest geography for my layout, but there have been so many changes to the track I want to model, I find old maps to be excellent.  I especially like the the detailed maps that have track layouts.  Recently the Facebook group on the NY&LB had a posting of the track layout for South Amboy in the 1950's.  A perfect resource.  Not that I plan on modeling it exactly, but at least I can have a sense of what the prototype was so I can attempt to emulate in a smaller form.  The PRRT&HS often has nice maps included in the quarterly issues of the Keystone too.

GG1 4877 posted:

Big_Boy_4005 posted:

Not a book... Google Earth!

For me it's about the railroad geography, the actual trains, less so.

I have an interest geography for my layout, but there have been so many changes to the track I want to model, I find old maps to be excellent.  I especially like the the detailed maps that have track layouts.  Recently the Facebook group on the NY&LB had a posting of the track layout for South Amboy in the 1950's.  A perfect resource.  Not that I plan on modeling it exactly, but at least I can have a sense of what the prototype was so I can attempt to emulate in a smaller form.  The PRRT&HS often has nice maps included in the quarterly issues of the Keystone too.

See, I "cheat" two ways. First I do modern, so Google works for me. Second, I do local, so I can go out and look at things whenever I want to. That said, a lot of things have changed in the real world since I started my layout. Tracks are gone in some places, entire large industries have closed, even the Amtrak depot was decommissioned in favor of reopening the old St Paul Depot. But I'm not changing my layout to reflect any of that.

I do have tons of books on my shelves, and over 100 years of magazines. It is very rare that I crack them open, but they are there if I need them. I recently went to look up the plans for a specific passenger car, in a great little soft cover book of Amtrak heritage fleet plans. 

I model a mythical marriage of Colorado's Great Western and Colorado Midland, connecting to the D&RGW/ATSF Joint Line. I have books on RR's that ran into Colorado: RI, MP, CB&Q, the D&RGW, CM and GW, of course, and on the various narrow gauge lines. I also have books on gas electrics, rail buses, etc. and have modeled some of those. Also have books on ghost towns and have modeled one, and assorted "Western" buildings, and old mine structures.  Same, books and models of,  grain elevators.  Books on logging roads with a planned logging branch, a sawmill built, and more logging structures to be built.  I use books.

Good topic for a thread. I'll post mine when I gather up the titles-

I am not 2-rail, but I do want my Pennsylvania Railroad trains to look right for my era.  I don't know if these are the essential books on the Pennsylvania Railroad, but they have served me well.

-All three Pennsy Power books by Staufer.  PP III is the best one.

-Several books by Liljestrand and Sweetland covering specific cars, to include sleepers, parlor, dining, coaches, and baggage and mail cars.  Each covers their subject well.

-Vol 1 and Vol 2 of PRR Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment by Fischer (Vol 1) and Sweetland/Yanosey (Vol 2)

-Pennsylvania Railroad Business and Special Cars by Blardone.  Some great stuff on these specialized cars.

-Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Car Painting and Lettering by Blardone and Tilp.  Besides covering passenger and head in cars, this has some good information on Pennsy's through car agreements with other railroads.

This is the "meat" of my individual RR books, on a 4ft. shelf.
My favorite, Western Maryland, is on the right, going to the left there is B&O, C&O/Chessie, my Don Ball collection, then VGN/N&W/O.Winston Link, then finally PRR and associated lines. 

This is about 1/2 of my total RR-related books, and I also have thousands of magazines, from various issues of TRAINS to 30 years worth of WMRHS's magazine; Blue Mountain Express.

Big_Boy_4005 posted:

GG1 4877 posted:

Big_Boy_4005 posted:

Not a book... Google Earth!

For me it's about the railroad geography, the actual trains, less so.

I have an interest geography for my layout, but there have been so many changes to the track I want to model, I find old maps to be excellent.  I especially like the the detailed maps that have track layouts.  Recently the Facebook group on the NY&LB had a posting of the track layout for South Amboy in the 1950's.  A perfect resource.  Not that I plan on modeling it exactly, but at least I can have a sense of what the prototype was so I can attempt to emulate in a smaller form.  The PRRT&HS often has nice maps included in the quarterly issues of the Keystone too.

See, I "cheat" two ways. First I do modern, so Google works for me. Second, I do local, so I can go out and look at things whenever I want to. That said, a lot of things have changed in the real world since I started my layout. Tracks are gone in some places, entire large industries have closed, even the Amtrak depot was decommissioned in favor of reopening the old St Paul Depot. But I'm not changing my layout to reflect any of that.

I do have tons of books on my shelves, and over 100 years of magazines. It is very rare that I crack them open, but they are there if I need them. I recently went to look up the plans for a specific passenger car, in a great little soft cover book of Amtrak heritage fleet plans. 

I live down here in Sioux City. What stores do you have in St. Paul? I remember down some steps in St Paul.

Dick

My favorite books? The 5 book series on the Milwaukee's engines, 3 written by Dr. Rudy Daniels, Railroads of North America, Sioux City Stock Yards by Arcadia Books, and a new one  The Great Railroad War about America's railroads in WW1. Please pardon my inability to underline the book titles. My senior high school teacher would fail me.

Dick

For southeastern modelers - ACL, SAL, Southern, etc. - Morning Sun Books, TLC Publishing and Withers Publishing has been great over the last 15-20 years publishing diesel, rolling stock and general history books. What I have for those and related railroads can fill an entire 5 shelf bookcase if I move and rearrange them. I can create a list over the next few weeks if anyone is interested.

Although books and magazine articles are great, do not overlook the websites that offer images and information on a particular railroad.

Here are some websites I use:

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/

http://southern.railfan.net/

http://www.aclsal.org/

http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/index.html

http://www.nsdash9.com/roster.html

Dick, this is the place down the stairs, a converted bowling alley. There are a couple more hobby shops in the area, but this is the only store left in the state with a focus on trains.

Great suggestions and thank you to everyone.  Just picked up another book.  Overall a good overview of the Empire Builder.  Lots of diagrams and photos.  My only complaint is that a lot of the color photos are from the 60's.  However the early color photos are excellent.  There is even an image with the F7A steam generator popping off.  A unit steam generators were rare in F units, but some F7s were equipped with them. 

Check out the "Trackside" series of books by Morning Sun Books.

"Trackside at the Big Apple" is excellent! Lots of big color photos

Also agree on the Stauffer books - they are also great resources.

Here are some book titles I use on a regular basis:

Atlantic Coast Line in Color - William G. McClure III

Atlantic Coast Line -  The Diesel Years - Warren Calloway

Atlantic Coast Line Color guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment - Paul Faulk

Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Service: The Postwar Years - Larry Goolsby

Seaboard Air Line Motive Power - Warren Calloway

Seaboard Air Line Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment - Paul Faulk

Seaboard Air Line Passenger Service - The Streamline Era - Larry Goolsby

Seaboard Air Line In Color Volume 1: Motive Power and Memories - Paul Faulk

Diesels of the Southern Railway 1939 - 1982 - Paul K. Withers

Southern Railway Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment - James Kinkaid

Southern Railway in Color - Volumes 1, 2 & 3

Southern Railway Steam Trains Volume 1 - Passenger - Curt Tillotson, Jr.

Southern Railway Steam Trains Volume 2 - Freight - Curt Tillotson, Jr.

Southern Railway Diesel Locomotives and Trains : 1950 - 1982 - Curt Tillotson, Jr. 

The following Richard Prince books covering steam locomotives and railroad history:

Atlantic Coast Line

Seaboard Air Line

Southern Railway

Central of Georgia

Norfolk Southern Railway

Norfolk & Western Railway

Georgia Railroad - West Point Route

Louisville and Nashville

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis

Good find, Jonathan... I want my 3rd Rail / GGD Empire Builder set to be correct. The GN passenger F's all had steam generators, in both A and B units, with auxiliary water tanks in the B's . 

Sorry I am late posting this. Here is my recommended list for modelers of the GN: 

The Great Northern Railway, a Pictorial Study (Charles & Dorothy Wood, PFM, 1979)
Steam Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway (Middleton, Priebe, GNRHS, 2010)
Great Northern Color Pictorial, Volumes 1-7  (Four Ways West)
Great Northern Steam & Electric in Color (Hickox, Morning Sun Books)
Great Northern Lines West in Color (Hickox, Morning Sun Books)
Great Northern Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment  (Hickox, Morning Sun Books)
Great Northern (Freight) Equipment Color Pictorial, Books 1-3 (Thompson, Four Ways West)

plus this video: Video Rails Great Northern Volumes 1,2,3  (8mm movies, mostly color, by GN MOW inspector Anthony DeRosa).  This is available on DVD from Pentrex. (Also has some NP, SP&S footage.)

Now, for the NP:

Northern Pacific Diesel Era
Northern Pacific Supersteam Era
NP Classic Steam Era
Northern Pacific Color Pictorial, Volumes 1-6
Northern Pacific In Color, Volume 1 (1949-1959) & Volume 2 (1960-1970)
NP Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment
All of the photo books by Warren McGee, Ron Nixon and/or Jim Frederickson (mostly black & white)

I don't (yet) have Bill Kuebler's book on the North Coast Limited; this is a "must-have" if GGD does an NCL passenger set (Please!!!) .  

In addition to the list Larry Neal provided, I would add "Lines South" quarterly magazine from the ACL&SAL Historical Society, I have every issue.

Also, I have all the issues of Mainline Modeler, when I need to "get down into the weeds"

I have the "Black Gold, Black Diamonds" volumes.  Great read and really made me rethink the whole issue of why the PRR dieselized so late and so poorly.  Such a political time for management and the mechanical department.

I have the "Unique New York and Long Branch" which is essential to my modeling.  I believe it's been out of print for some time.  I still have the cassette tape it came with that included K4s running on the line.  I've have to find my Walkman if I still have it!

One area I really need to get better info on is on my CNJ side of operations.  I have about 10 books, but they are very general.  Good overall resources, but not to the level of detail I would like.

Most of my library below.  I do have about 20 reference books at the office that I use nearly daily for current projects.

My PRR Section less all the Keystone issues and and my NY&LB books.

This is an essential book at the moment.  Great photos of as delivered and later mods.  I also enjoy Jim Boyd as an author.

Heavy into SP and AT&SF with a sprinkle of everything else.

Wreck of the Penn Central                                                                                      Joseph R. Daughen & Peter Binsen

Penn Central Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment                      James Kinkaid

Penn Central Power                                                                                                Robert J. Yanosey

Penn Central Power - In Color  Vol 1-4                                                                 Robert J. Yanosey

Penn Central - In Color  Vol. 1-4                                                                            Jeremy Plant

Penn Central System Bi-Annual                                                                            Robert H. Reid

Penn Central Railroad                                                                                            Peter E. Lynch

Penn Central Through Passenger Service                                                           Geoffry H. Doughty

A Sampling of Penn Central                                                                                  Jerry Taylor

The Public Response to the Secretary of Transportation's Rail Services Report     Vol III  Mid-Western States

I also have several books on predecessor and successor roads.  I have found these invaluable in my quest to learn more about PC.  Many people think that the Penn Central debacle happened on February 1, 1968.  It actually started long before that.  Three failing railroads, Mismanagement, Corruption, Obsolete government regulation, Obsolete union rules, etc.  It was the perfect storm.  Penn Central became the poster child for all that was wrong with American railroads.

To get a full picture of American railroads one has to study the origins of each road.  If they failed, why?  Why were they acquired by other roads, mergers?  How did thy get where they are today?  I one just takes a snap shot of a particular era, they are getting a false sense of success, or failure.  While many roads did have successful years, almost all have had their share of bad times, also.  How did they survive these times?  Books are a valuable source of information.  One caveat; Do not take a single source as absolute authority.  Seek out several sources and compare information.  Sometimes information is tilted toward a specific idea. Comparing several sources allows one to apply their BS filter.

When I look at the Penn Central as a whole, I also look at New Haven, New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads.  I also look at Conrail, CSX and Norfolk Southern.  Then I get the big picture.  That is a lot of books to read!

Having a library of books, and videos, related to your favorite road adds much enjoyment to the hobby.  

I'll step down from my soap box now.

Tom

Borden Tunnel posted:

This is the "meat" of my individual RR books, on a 4ft. shelf.
My favorite, Western Maryland, is on the right, going to the left there is B&O, C&O/Chessie, my Don Ball collection, then VGN/N&W/O.Winston Link, then finally PRR and associated lines. 

A sagging bookshelf is always a good sign!

GG1 4877 posted:

Great suggestions and thank you to everyone.  Just picked up another book.  Overall a good overview of the Empire Builder.  Lots of diagrams and photos.  My only complaint is that a lot of the color photos are from the 60's.  However the early color photos are excellent.  There is even an image with the F7A steam generator popping off.  A unit steam generators were rare in F units, but some F7s were equipped with them. 

 

I've done the same, gotten a book or DVD with some things I'm not really interested in if there are a fair amount of excellent vintage images and footage. Really wish color film had been invented earlier! Like 30's thru mid 50's with it's modern steam/early diesels plus pre and post WWII passenger service (have no real interest in the 60's, 70's, 80's other than open auto racks which no one makes) and like the 90's and up with the massive new diesels.

Here is a short list of the books I use but only listed for two railroads, "The Standard of the World" and the rr that was most likely the "King of Coal" Norfolk and Western, my second love.

PRR Books:
Pennsy Power
Pennsy Power II
Pennsy Power III
Pennsy Steam Years #1, David R. Sweetland
Pennsy Steam Years #3, Bert Pennypacker
Pennsy Electric Years Vol 2, Bert Pennypacker
PRR Lines West Vol @ Pittsburgh & NE Ohio, Steve Hipes & David P. Oroszi
The PRR 1940's-1950's , Don Ball Jr.
PRR Facilities Vol 5 , Robert J. Yanosey
PRR Facilities Vol 11, Robert J. Yanosey
Portrait of the PRR, Douglas M. Nelson
The Rockville Bridge, Dan Culupper
PRR Trackside 1951-1961, John Dziobko Jr.
The Pennsy in the 1960's The Final Decade, John Dziobko/Christopher T. Baer
I remember Pennsy, Don Wood
PRR Passneger Trains, Consists and Cars 1952 Vol II, East-West Trains, Harry Stegmaier Jr.
Pennsy Steam & semaphores, Fred Westing
The History of the PRR, Timothy Jacobs (2 Each)
PRR Passenger Car Painting and Lettering, Charles Blardone & Peter Tilp
Crossroads of Commerce PRR Calender Art of Grif Teller, Dan Cupper
Heart of the PRR, Main Line: Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Robert S. McGonigal
The PRR Golden Triangel, Main Line Panorama in the Pittsburgh Area, Ken Kobus & Jack Consoli

Norfolk & Western Books:
N&W: Giant of Steam Revised Edition, Colonel Lewis Ingles Jeffries
Norfolk & Western: Steam's Last Stand, Mallory Hope Ferrell
Ameriica's Last steam RR, Steam, Steel & Stars, O. Winston Link
The Last Steam Railroad, Thomas H. Garver $49.00
Norfolk & Western Steam(The Last 25 Years), Ron lRosenberg
O. Wiston Link, The Man & The Museum
Roanoke Locomotive Shops & The Norfolk & Western Railroad
Norfolk & Western in the Appalachians,From the Blue Ridge to the Big Sandy, Ed King $29.99

Just saw this thread today and had a question for 645 and others about this earlier post:

"If you model the PRR you need to pick up the "Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color" series by Morning Sun Books:

Pennsylvania Railroad titles by Morning Sun Books

Yes, I know there are 18 (!!  !!) volumes but you can just get the ones that cover the area of interest to you ....."

Are there really 18 PRR Facilities in Color volumes?  The last one I have is #17 about facilities in Chicago area.  What is the name of the 18th volume, if it exists?

Thanks, in advance, for any replies.

Chuck

BobbyD posted:

GG1 4877 posted:

Great suggestions and thank you to everyone.  Just picked up another book.  Overall a good overview of the Empire Builder.  Lots of diagrams and photos.  My only complaint is that a lot of the color photos are from the 60's.  However the early color photos are excellent.  There is even an image with the F7A steam generator popping off.  A unit steam generators were rare in F units, but some F7s were equipped with them. 

 

I've done the same, gotten a book of DVD with some things I'm not really interested in if there are a fair amount of excellent vintage images and footage. Really wish color film had been invented earlier! Like 30's thru mid 50's with it's modern steam/early diesels plus pre and post WWII passenger service (have no real interest in the 60's, 70's, 80's other than open auto racks which no one makes) and like the 90's and up with the massive new diesels.

Color slide film was around in the 1940s, and I have seen several good Southern Railway color images of steam and diesel from that decade. More people shot color slides during the 1950s, and I have a handful of original slides in my collection from that decade. The 1960s opened the floodgate, so to speak, as more families switched to slides to document their vacations and later give a show to their neighbors. More railfans switched from negatives to slides in the 1960s, and that became the staple documentation method for serious photographers, especially since slides became the prefered print medium.

As for the 1930s, Kodachrome was first marketed in 1935. Finding any 1930s color images, though, is extremely rare.

my railroad library, mostly eastern railroads

For PRR fans this 9-volume set covers every division from Pittsburgh east.
Maps and photos especially high-quality.
Same for the series of B&O titles by the same publisher.

I was able to buy 2 volumes of this series (VI, pictured; and IX) at the Horseshoe Curve gift shop last year, for little more than they cost on Amazon.

Mill City posted:

Dick, this is the place down the stairs, a converted bowling alley. There are a couple more hobby shops in the area, but this is the only store left in the state with a focus on trains.

What's the address, please.

Dick

Dear Larry,

I made it to Little Rock shortly after UP moved their mail round house from Omaha. I had a couple rolls of Kodachrome 25 speed. Slow? Agonizingly slow. That was 20+ years ago or so. Just looked at the slides, look as good as the day I took them.

Dick

Tom Densel posted:

Wreck of the Penn Central                                                                                      Joseph R. Daughen & Peter Binsen

Penn Central Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment                      James Kinkaid

Penn Central Power                                                                                                Robert J. Yanosey

Penn Central Power - In Color  Vol 1-4                                                                 Robert J. Yanosey

Penn Central - In Color  Vol. 1-4                                                                            Jeremy Plant

Penn Central System Bi-Annual                                                                            Robert H. Reid

Penn Central Railroad                                                                                            Peter E. Lynch

Penn Central Through Passenger Service                                                           Geoffry H. Doughty

A Sampling of Penn Central                                                                                  Jerry Taylor

The Public Response to the Secretary of Transportation's Rail Services Report     Vol III  Mid-Western States

I also have several books on predecessor and successor roads.  I have found these invaluable in my quest to learn more about PC.  Many people think that the Penn Central debacle happened on February 1, 1968.  It actually started long before that.  Three failing railroads, Mismanagement, Corruption, Obsolete government regulation, Obsolete union rules, etc.  It was the perfect storm.  Penn Central became the poster child for all that was wrong with American railroads.

To get a full picture of American railroads one has to study the origins of each road.  If they failed, why?  Why were they acquired by other roads, mergers?  How did thy get where they are today?  I one just takes a snap shot of a particular era, they are getting a false sense of success, or failure.  While many roads did have successful years, almost all have had their share of bad times, also.  How did they survive these times?  Books are a valuable source of information.  One caveat; Do not take a single source as absolute authority.  Seek out several sources and compare information.  Sometimes information is tilted toward a specific idea. Comparing several sources allows one to apply their BS filter.

When I look at the Penn Central as a whole, I also look at New Haven, New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads.  I also look at Conrail, CSX and Norfolk Southern.  Then I get the big picture.  That is a lot of books to read!

Having a library of books, and videos, related to your favorite road adds much enjoyment to the hobby.  

I'll step down from my soap box now.

Tom

 

Tom, If you don't already have Riding the Pennsy to Ruin, a small paperback by the Wall Street Journal, you might want to add that.

One of the more memorable parts, mentions that they were so broke that they had trouble stocking enough red pens to show all the "red ink" they were in that they had to show on various reports.

Tom 

Compared to some, it seems like I don't have many, especially when you consider my interest is the PRR and the Reading Co. (Philly-Delaware Valley area) for which there is a wealth of information.  I tend to gravitate toward books featuring lots of photos (color preferable for modeling purposes). I find myself continuously flipping through the ones below and am really happy I purchased them.

Two from the Morning Sun series:

Trackside around the Delaware Valley 1960-1983 by John Stroup and William Tilden (perfectly covers my own "coming of age" demographic and I love the folksy nature of these guys)

Trackside around Southeastern Pennsylvania 1965-1975 (same authors)

I also enjoy:

Pennsylvania Railroad - Color Pictorial - Volume One - Altoona to New York City by David R. Sweetland

Pennsylvania Railroad by Mike Schafer and Brian Solomon, Voyageur Press/MBI Publishing Company

Rails Around Reading in COLOR by Benjamin Bernhart, c2008 Outer Station Project

Railroads of Pennsylvania, another title by Brian Solomon c2008 by Voyageur Press

and, of course, The Pennsylvania Railroad 1940s - 1950s by Don Ball, Jr. c 1986 by ElmTree Books, Inc. 

This last one I recently picked up at train meet in Allentown and although not particularly helpful for modeling purposes, I do find it to be flat-out interesting: Centennial History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1846 - 1946 by George Burgess and Miles Kennedy, c1949 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which has a neat dedication:

"To The Hundreds of Thousands of Persons,

Living and Dead, Who as Officers,

 Directors, Employees, And

Investors Have Made the Pennsylvania Railroad

During the Past One Hundred Years."

And thanks to everyone who posted photos of their libraries, both modest and grand--all of them are really interesting! It's really cool to see them.

Remember no collection is complete without this book!   I know a few people outside of the forum who could learn a few things from this one.

On a more serious note, here are a few others.  This book is a wonderful collection of photos and information by our very own forum member CNJ3676.  I'm not sure if it is still in print, but this is the NY&LB I grew up with through my home town.

Finally another resource that is a great reference.

Speaking of passenger service, The Pullman-Standard red spiral bound volumes from several years ago are a must for anyone serious about lightweight and some heavyweight cars for their road of choice. 

Here is the website to order any or all of the 16 volumes:

http://www.rpcbooks.com/index....;id=51&Itemid=23

Too bad there is not an equivalent for Budd cars.

As I model a not-well-known 3-footer, I own every reference book written on the line. Some are so-so but a few are required to model the line:

• Johnny Graybeal's 6-volume Along the ET&WNC series of books is essential to modeling that RR.
• Blue Ridge Stemwinder: An Illustrated History of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad and the Linville River Railway, by John Waite

• Tweetsie Country by Mallory Hope Ferrell

The Locomotive Encyclopedia.

CBQer posted:

Mill City posted:

Dick, this is the place down the stairs, a converted bowling alley. There are a couple more hobby shops in the area, but this is the only store left in the state with a focus on trains.

What's the address, please.

Dick

Address: 458 Lexington Pkwy N, St Paul, MN 55104

Phone: (651) 646-7781

I think much of what I have is similar to what Jonathan/GG1 4877 has...but mine are maybe more spread out.

Tom 

Some shameless self promotion...I wrote the cover articled on this edition of The Keystone a few years ago.

Here is a long sought after Pennsy Maintenance of Way Plans book that I picked up recently.