by Diesel Era
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2003)
Softbound: 168 pages, 250+ color and b&w photos
Description: In April 1963, Alco Products, Inc., introduced the Century line of diesel-electric locomotive models to the North American market. Designed to compete with the latest designs from General Motors and General Electric, initial offerings included the 2,000-horsepower C-420 and 2,400-horsepower C-424. Both models rode on B-B trucks – production of a C-C truck model, designated the C-628, began in late 1963. But this was to be the last hurrah of what was, at one time in aggregate, the nation’s largest locomotive builder. Between 1848 and 1963, the American Locomotive Co. (its name was changed to Alco Products in 1955) and its multiple predecessors built more than 90,000 locomotives. Most of these were steam locomotives, with the builder producing its first successful diesel-electric in 1924. Century production lasted for only five years, as competition from a onetime ally, General Electric, ate away at Alco’s market share. Production of the Century line ended in 1969, although the designs continued to be built in Canada for another six years. In all, 805 C-series and 168 M-series (the Canadian designation for post-1968 production) models were produced. Volume 1 covers the C-415, C-424, C-425, and C-430 models in text, photographs, and roster.
Updated: December 2, 2022
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2003)
Softbound: 168 pages, 250+ color and b&w photos
Description: In April 1963, Alco Products, Inc., introduced the Century line of diesel-electric locomotive models to the North American market. Designed to compete with the latest designs from General Motors and General Electric, initial offerings included the 2,000-horsepower C-420 and 2,400-horsepower C-424. Both models rode on B-B trucks – production of a C-C truck model, designated the C-628, began in late 1963. But this was to be the last hurrah of what was, at one time in aggregate, the nation’s largest locomotive builder. Between 1848 and 1963, the American Locomotive Co. (its name was changed to Alco Products in 1955) and its multiple predecessors built more than 90,000 locomotives. Most of these were steam locomotives, with the builder producing its first successful diesel-electric in 1924. Century production lasted for only five years, as competition from a onetime ally, General Electric, ate away at Alco’s market share. Production of the Century line ended in 1969, although the designs continued to be built in Canada for another six years. In all, 805 C-series and 168 M-series (the Canadian designation for post-1968 production) models were produced. Volume 1 covers the C-415, C-424, C-425, and C-430 models in text, photographs, and roster.
Updated: December 2, 2022
by Diesel Era
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2008)
Softbound: 208 pages, 350+ color and b&w photos
Description: In April 1963, Alco Products, Inc., introduced the Century line of diesel-electric locomotive models to the North American market. Designed to compete with the latest designs from General Motors and General Electric, initial offerings included the 2,000-horsepower C-420 and 2,400-horsepower C-424. Both models rode on B-B trucks – production of a C-C truck model, designated the C-628, began in late 1963. But this was to be the last hurrah of what was, at one time in aggregate, the nation’s largest locomotive builder. Between 1848 and 1963, the American Locomotive Co. (its name was changed to Alco Products in 1955) and its multiple predecessors built more than 90,000 locomotives. Most of these were steam locomotives, with the builder producing its first successful diesel-electric in 1924. Century production lasted for only five years, as competition from a onetime ally, General Electric, ate away at Alco’s market share. Production of the Century line ended in 1969, although the designs continued to be built in Canada for another six years. In all, 805 C-series and 168 M-series (the Canadian designation for post-1968 production) models were produced. Volume 2 covers the C-628, C-630, and C-636 models in text, photographs, and roster.
Updated: December 2, 2022
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2008)
Softbound: 208 pages, 350+ color and b&w photos
Description: In April 1963, Alco Products, Inc., introduced the Century line of diesel-electric locomotive models to the North American market. Designed to compete with the latest designs from General Motors and General Electric, initial offerings included the 2,000-horsepower C-420 and 2,400-horsepower C-424. Both models rode on B-B trucks – production of a C-C truck model, designated the C-628, began in late 1963. But this was to be the last hurrah of what was, at one time in aggregate, the nation’s largest locomotive builder. Between 1848 and 1963, the American Locomotive Co. (its name was changed to Alco Products in 1955) and its multiple predecessors built more than 90,000 locomotives. Most of these were steam locomotives, with the builder producing its first successful diesel-electric in 1924. Century production lasted for only five years, as competition from a onetime ally, General Electric, ate away at Alco’s market share. Production of the Century line ended in 1969, although the designs continued to be built in Canada for another six years. In all, 805 C-series and 168 M-series (the Canadian designation for post-1968 production) models were produced. Volume 2 covers the C-628, C-630, and C-636 models in text, photographs, and roster.
Updated: December 2, 2022
by Tom Biery and Jaime Serentsis
Publisher: White River Productions (The Railroad Press) (2010)
Hardcover: 128 pages, sharp b&w and color photos, maps, index, bibliography
Description: Altoona Action is a hardcover book featuring 30 years of railroading in and around the city of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Brilliant black & white and color photography, taken between the mid-1960s and the mid-1990s, presents the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central and Conrail. In addition to Altoona, the book covers Horseshoe Curve, Gallitzin, Cresson, Tyrone and Spruce Creek.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: White River Productions (The Railroad Press) (2010)
Hardcover: 128 pages, sharp b&w and color photos, maps, index, bibliography
Description: Altoona Action is a hardcover book featuring 30 years of railroading in and around the city of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Brilliant black & white and color photography, taken between the mid-1960s and the mid-1990s, presents the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central and Conrail. In addition to Altoona, the book covers Horseshoe Curve, Gallitzin, Cresson, Tyrone and Spruce Creek.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Chuck Yungkurth
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2010) (Out of print; digital reprint available)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Anthracite or “hard” coal is scarce all over the world and is found virtually nowhere in the United States, except in Northeast Pennsylvania. It burns at a high temperature with almost no smoke, leaving little ash and dust. Anthracite Railroads & Mining in Color Volume 1 features its development and the roads involved, including Reading, Jersey Central, Wanamie Mine Railway, Lehigh & New England, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, and Conrail.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2010) (Out of print; digital reprint available)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Anthracite or “hard” coal is scarce all over the world and is found virtually nowhere in the United States, except in Northeast Pennsylvania. It burns at a high temperature with almost no smoke, leaving little ash and dust. Anthracite Railroads & Mining in Color Volume 1 features its development and the roads involved, including Reading, Jersey Central, Wanamie Mine Railway, Lehigh & New England, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, and Conrail.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Jim Kinkaid and Jim Eager
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2019)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Morning Sun continues its in-depth look at auto racks, illustrating those used by Louisville and Nashville to the Warwick Railroad. Included are rare color photographs of some seldom seen racks and cars.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2019)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Morning Sun continues its in-depth look at auto racks, illustrating those used by Louisville and Nashville to the Warwick Railroad. Included are rare color photographs of some seldom seen racks and cars.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2018)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook expanded edition also available
Description: Beautiful color roster shots of cabooses taken 1950's to 1980's. Includes these Railroad Reporting Marks: N&W, NdeM, NH, NJ, NKP, NN, NP, NS, NYC, ON, P&E, P&S, P&LE, P&W, PC, PRR, RDG, RF&P, RI, RR, SAL, SCL, SLSF, SOO, SOU, SP, SP&S, TH&B, TP&W, TRRA, TT, UP, WAB, WM, WP, WP&Y, YW and others.
Updated: October 24, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2018)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook expanded edition also available
Description: Beautiful color roster shots of cabooses taken 1950's to 1980's. Includes these Railroad Reporting Marks: N&W, NdeM, NH, NJ, NKP, NN, NP, NS, NYC, ON, P&E, P&S, P&LE, P&W, PC, PRR, RDG, RF&P, RI, RR, SAL, SCL, SLSF, SOO, SOU, SP, SP&S, TH&B, TP&W, TRRA, TT, UP, WAB, WM, WP, WP&Y, YW and others.
Updated: October 24, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2017)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook expanded edition available
Description: This title is organized by year. A color map of each carrier's routes to Columbus are included and cover one full page. Some pages will have one large photograph, some two and others four photographs. The photographer went out in all weather conditions and there are some interesting snow scenes. Columbus was a good location to see some great railroad action. Columbus, Ohio was an important intersection along the mainline routes of the PRR, NYC, N&W, C&O, and B&O. During the 15 year period 1964-1979, the five roads underwent a complete transformation that is wonderfully described in the color work of local photographer Paul Geiger.
Updated: October 24, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2017)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook expanded edition available
Description: This title is organized by year. A color map of each carrier's routes to Columbus are included and cover one full page. Some pages will have one large photograph, some two and others four photographs. The photographer went out in all weather conditions and there are some interesting snow scenes. Columbus was a good location to see some great railroad action. Columbus, Ohio was an important intersection along the mainline routes of the PRR, NYC, N&W, C&O, and B&O. During the 15 year period 1964-1979, the five roads underwent a complete transformation that is wonderfully described in the color work of local photographer Paul Geiger.
Updated: October 24, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos
Description: PRR, PC, P&PU, P&S, P&LE, QNSL, RDG, R&N, RF&P, RUT, SBC, SBD, SCL, Sierra, SLSF, SOO, SP, SSW, SR, SP&S, TC, TP&W, TRRA, USA, USAF, USN, URR, UP, WA, WARN, WT, WM, and WP.
Updated: October 24, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos
Description: PRR, PC, P&PU, P&S, P&LE, QNSL, RDG, R&N, RF&P, RUT, SBC, SBD, SCL, Sierra, SLSF, SOO, SP, SSW, SR, SP&S, TC, TP&W, TRRA, USA, USAF, USN, URR, UP, WA, WARN, WT, WM, and WP.
Updated: October 24, 2020
by Paul K. Withers
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2009)
Softcover: 200 pages, color and b&w photos
Description: At first glance, the General Motors FP7 or FP9 looks like their freight-service counterparts. But on closer examination, the models extra four feet of length can be seen in the space between the first porthole and first louver. This extra space was used to increase the boiler water capacity for the steam generator, allowing the unit to operate over longer distances, matching the unit's fuel capacity without the need for intermediate water stops. The locomotives popularity is reflected in its sales numbers - 362 FP7s for 27 customers and 93 FP9s for four customers. Major U.S. owners included Atlantic Coast Line, Louisville &, Nashville, Milwaukee Road, Pennsylvania Railroad, and Southern Railway. North of the border, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific found the models ideal as did Mexican railroad, Nationales de Mexico. One chapter will cover the FP's close relative, the FL9. All owners, as well as secondary owners and operators in North America are covered.
Updated: December 2, 2022
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2009)
Softcover: 200 pages, color and b&w photos
Description: At first glance, the General Motors FP7 or FP9 looks like their freight-service counterparts. But on closer examination, the models extra four feet of length can be seen in the space between the first porthole and first louver. This extra space was used to increase the boiler water capacity for the steam generator, allowing the unit to operate over longer distances, matching the unit's fuel capacity without the need for intermediate water stops. The locomotives popularity is reflected in its sales numbers - 362 FP7s for 27 customers and 93 FP9s for four customers. Major U.S. owners included Atlantic Coast Line, Louisville &, Nashville, Milwaukee Road, Pennsylvania Railroad, and Southern Railway. North of the border, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific found the models ideal as did Mexican railroad, Nationales de Mexico. One chapter will cover the FP's close relative, the FL9. All owners, as well as secondary owners and operators in North America are covered.
Updated: December 2, 2022
by Diesel Era
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2006)
Softcover: 124 pages, 110 color photos, 325 b&w photos
Description: Description: SW1500 Spotting Features, pp. 8-14; Class 1 Operators, pp. 15-64; Short Line, Terminal and Government Operators, pp. 65-90; Industrial Owner's Gallery, pp. 91-96; SW1500s in Color, pp. 97-120; SW1500 Roster, pp. 121-122; SW1500 Diagram, pp. 123-124.
Updated: December 2, 2022
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2006)
Softcover: 124 pages, 110 color photos, 325 b&w photos
Description: Description: SW1500 Spotting Features, pp. 8-14; Class 1 Operators, pp. 15-64; Short Line, Terminal and Government Operators, pp. 65-90; Industrial Owner's Gallery, pp. 91-96; SW1500s in Color, pp. 97-120; SW1500 Roster, pp. 121-122; SW1500 Diagram, pp. 123-124.
Updated: December 2, 2022
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2017)
Hardcover: 96 pages, all color photos
Description: Vintage Freight Cars is a compendium of rare color slides not used in Morning Sun Book's Color Guides, including roads never covered. You'll find Class-One road cars resold, experimental, demonstrators, and one-of-a kinds. Special flatcar loads, detail shots, unusual weathering, and unique angles round out the series -- all the work of pioneer rolling stock color photographer Paul C. Winters, whose images have appeared in over 60 Morning Sun Books Color Guides. A treasure chest of projects for the model railroader and a unique look at the rolling stock for the prototype historian.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2017)
Hardcover: 96 pages, all color photos
Description: Vintage Freight Cars is a compendium of rare color slides not used in Morning Sun Book's Color Guides, including roads never covered. You'll find Class-One road cars resold, experimental, demonstrators, and one-of-a kinds. Special flatcar loads, detail shots, unusual weathering, and unique angles round out the series -- all the work of pioneer rolling stock color photographer Paul C. Winters, whose images have appeared in over 60 Morning Sun Books Color Guides. A treasure chest of projects for the model railroader and a unique look at the rolling stock for the prototype historian.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Diesel Era
Publisher: Withers Publishing (1998)
Softcover: 152 pages, 346 b&w photos, 82 color photos
Description: Description: 1. Why Turbo charge, pp. 5-8; 2. New Models, New Features, pp. 9-12; 3. Specifications, pp. 13-18; 4. SD24 Production, pp. 19-22; 5. GP20 Production, pp. 23-28; 6. Car-body Phases, pp. 29-32; 7. SD24 Roster, pp. 33-37; 8. GP20 Roster, pp. 38-44; 9. SD24s in Service, pp. 45-62; 10. GP20s in Service, pp. 63-90; 11. Secondhand SD24s, pp. 91-98; 12. Secondhand GP20s, pp. 99-104; 13. Detail Views, pp. 105-112; 14. Colorful GP20s and SD24s, pp. 113-132; 15. Bibliography, pg. 133; 16. Index, pp. 134-136; 17. HO Scale Fold-out Plans, pp. 137-152.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Withers Publishing (1998)
Softcover: 152 pages, 346 b&w photos, 82 color photos
Description: Description: 1. Why Turbo charge, pp. 5-8; 2. New Models, New Features, pp. 9-12; 3. Specifications, pp. 13-18; 4. SD24 Production, pp. 19-22; 5. GP20 Production, pp. 23-28; 6. Car-body Phases, pp. 29-32; 7. SD24 Roster, pp. 33-37; 8. GP20 Roster, pp. 38-44; 9. SD24s in Service, pp. 45-62; 10. GP20s in Service, pp. 63-90; 11. Secondhand SD24s, pp. 91-98; 12. Secondhand GP20s, pp. 99-104; 13. Detail Views, pp. 105-112; 14. Colorful GP20s and SD24s, pp. 113-132; 15. Bibliography, pg. 133; 16. Index, pp. 134-136; 17. HO Scale Fold-out Plans, pp. 137-152.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2017)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook available
Description: Follow the iconic GG1 in its final 15 years of operation with Penn Central, Amtrak, Conrail, NJ DOT, and NJ Transit. Despite the paint on its sleek flanks, the elegant ladies were up to any task thrown at them from fast piggybacker to Jersey Shore commuter train.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2017)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook available
Description: Follow the iconic GG1 in its final 15 years of operation with Penn Central, Amtrak, Conrail, NJ DOT, and NJ Transit. Despite the paint on its sleek flanks, the elegant ladies were up to any task thrown at them from fast piggybacker to Jersey Shore commuter train.
Updated: April 15, 2020
The Northeast Railroad Scene, Volume 6: The Penn Central, A Brief Look Before Conrail
by Bob Pennisi
Publisher: Railroad Avenue Enterprises (1985) (Out of print)
Softcover: 72 pages, b&w photos, map, color cover and back photos
Description: Volume 6 in this series looks at Penn Central in the years just before the consolation into Conrail. The black and white photos show diesels pulling trains all across the system as well as stations and other trackside features.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Railroad Avenue Enterprises (1985) (Out of print)
Softcover: 72 pages, b&w photos, map, color cover and back photos
Description: Volume 6 in this series looks at Penn Central in the years just before the consolation into Conrail. The black and white photos show diesels pulling trains all across the system as well as stations and other trackside features.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Chip Syme
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2021)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Join author Chip Syme as he hires on with the Penn Central in 1969 as a fireman through the end of Conrail during his days as an engineer! A lot of good miles and smiles and they're recounted here in terrific photographs and entertaining stories!
Updated: November 12, 2021
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2021)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Join author Chip Syme as he hires on with the Penn Central in 1969 as a fireman through the end of Conrail during his days as an engineer! A lot of good miles and smiles and they're recounted here in terrific photographs and entertaining stories!
Updated: November 12, 2021
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook expanded edition available
Description: Penn Central assimilated the cabooses of PRR, NYC, and NH under its unique Century Green scheme. Major modifications, new additions, and secondhand additions add unexpected intrigue to this roster!
Updated: October 24, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook expanded edition available
Description: Penn Central assimilated the cabooses of PRR, NYC, and NH under its unique Century Green scheme. Major modifications, new additions, and secondhand additions add unexpected intrigue to this roster!
Updated: October 24, 2020
by James Kinkaid
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (1998) (Out of print; digital reprint available)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Although much maligned, the Penn Central had a fascinating eclectic collection of rolling stock. When new and freshly painted it could be quite appealing. Originally published in 1998, Penn Central Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment is pure PC; no PRR, NYC, NH cars not repainted by PC, but Penn Central as it was supposed to be!
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (1998) (Out of print; digital reprint available)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Although much maligned, the Penn Central had a fascinating eclectic collection of rolling stock. When new and freshly painted it could be quite appealing. Originally published in 1998, Penn Central Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment is pure PC; no PRR, NYC, NH cars not repainted by PC, but Penn Central as it was supposed to be!
Updated: April 15, 2020
by James Kinkaid
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Morning Sun takes a second look at this road’s passenger and freight cars. Nearly all are in addition to those seen previously, including some rare and obscure freight cars. Author Kinkaid has also included a section on PC’s subsidiary roads equipment.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Morning Sun takes a second look at this road’s passenger and freight cars. Nearly all are in addition to those seen previously, including some rare and obscure freight cars. Author Kinkaid has also included a section on PC’s subsidiary roads equipment.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Jeremy F. Plant
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2008)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The much maligned Penn Central operated an amazing variety of diesel locomotives mostly inherited from its three predecessors – New York Central, Pennsylvania and New Haven. See them in operation on freights, commuter trains and through passenger service in this 128-page book.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2008)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The much maligned Penn Central operated an amazing variety of diesel locomotives mostly inherited from its three predecessors – New York Central, Pennsylvania and New Haven. See them in operation on freights, commuter trains and through passenger service in this 128-page book.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Jeremy F. Plant
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2009)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The pictorial saga of Penn Central is illustrated in almost 250 color photos along the Eastern Seaboard.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2009)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The pictorial saga of Penn Central is illustrated in almost 250 color photos along the Eastern Seaboard.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Jeremy F. Plant
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2010)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Washington, DC to the Alleghenies via Philadelphia! See the wide variety of PC operations and motive power in full color.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2010)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Washington, DC to the Alleghenies via Philadelphia! See the wide variety of PC operations and motive power in full color.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Jeremy F. Plant
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2010)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: From high in the Alleghenies just east of Pittsburgh to the western road interchanges in Chicago and St. Louis, the operations of the troubled Penn Central are scrutinized in full color.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2010)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: From high in the Alleghenies just east of Pittsburgh to the western road interchanges in Chicago and St. Louis, the operations of the troubled Penn Central are scrutinized in full color.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Stephen M. Timko
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2019)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: This series begins with a look at the final year of Penn Central’s operations and dives directly into the operation of former PC territory under the control of Conrail. Each chapter covers a year in the timeline of the company through 1979. Motive power, trains, buildings, and other scenes are explored in this initial volume, which includes over 350 full color photos! The final chapter displays former Penn Central equipment operating system-wide during the era.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2019)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: This series begins with a look at the final year of Penn Central’s operations and dives directly into the operation of former PC territory under the control of Conrail. Each chapter covers a year in the timeline of the company through 1979. Motive power, trains, buildings, and other scenes are explored in this initial volume, which includes over 350 full color photos! The final chapter displays former Penn Central equipment operating system-wide during the era.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Stephen M. Timko
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Continuing our examination of the former Penn Central territory under Conrail ownership from 1980-1984. Join veteran Conrail manager and author Stephen Timko as he explains operational changes and improvements as well as abandonments and line sales! Coverage features foreign operations over Conrail and former Penn Central equipment and structures.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Continuing our examination of the former Penn Central territory under Conrail ownership from 1980-1984. Join veteran Conrail manager and author Stephen Timko as he explains operational changes and improvements as well as abandonments and line sales! Coverage features foreign operations over Conrail and former Penn Central equipment and structures.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Stephen M. Timko
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Volume 3 takes a look at former Penn Central territory under the control of Conrail between 1985 - 1989. Former PC motive power, equipment, and structures are featured, along with freight operations. Brief coverage is given to non-Conrail passenger operations on former PC territory, as well. Over 335 full-color photographs!
Updated: October 24, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Volume 3 takes a look at former Penn Central territory under the control of Conrail between 1985 - 1989. Former PC motive power, equipment, and structures are featured, along with freight operations. Brief coverage is given to non-Conrail passenger operations on former PC territory, as well. Over 335 full-color photographs!
Updated: October 24, 2020
by Stephen M. Timko
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2021)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The penultimate volume in the series presents the work of talented photographers around the former Penn Central portion of Conrail in 1990-1994. Coverage includes the former Penn Central locomotives, equipment, and structures still in use during this period.
Updated: July 9, 2021
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2021)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The penultimate volume in the series presents the work of talented photographers around the former Penn Central portion of Conrail in 1990-1994. Coverage includes the former Penn Central locomotives, equipment, and structures still in use during this period.
Updated: July 9, 2021
by Stephen M. Timko
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2021)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The final look, year by year, at former Penn Central property under Conrail ownership from 1995-1999. Featuring a chapter on former Penn Central motive power, equipment, and structures.
Updated: July 9, 2021
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2021)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The final look, year by year, at former Penn Central property under Conrail ownership from 1995-1999. Featuring a chapter on former Penn Central motive power, equipment, and structures.
Updated: July 9, 2021
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2019)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook expanded edition available
Description: This title features everything from ballast hoppers to jet engine snow blowers! The Penn Central required an extensive array of equipment to keep its property in operable condition despite its perilous financial condition.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2019)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos, eBook expanded edition available
Description: This title features everything from ballast hoppers to jet engine snow blowers! The Penn Central required an extensive array of equipment to keep its property in operable condition despite its perilous financial condition.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2022)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Prior to the PC amalgamation, the three predecessors - PRR, NYC, and NYNH&H - had the three largest MU fleets in the country. By 1969, PC had, by merger and new acquisition, the most provocative roster of MU cars ever assembled. Follow the chronology of this never-to-be-seen-again variety in the transitions from three roads to one and private commuter train operation to state operations!
Updated: December 2, 2022
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2022)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Prior to the PC amalgamation, the three predecessors - PRR, NYC, and NYNH&H - had the three largest MU fleets in the country. By 1969, PC had, by merger and new acquisition, the most provocative roster of MU cars ever assembled. Follow the chronology of this never-to-be-seen-again variety in the transitions from three roads to one and private commuter train operation to state operations!
Updated: December 2, 2022
Penn Central Power
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (1987, 1st Edition) (Out of print)
Hardcover: 248 pages, b&w photos
Description: Shows the diesel and electric locomotives of the Penn Central railroad, and briefly summarizes the railroad's troubled history.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (1987, 1st Edition) (Out of print)
Hardcover: 248 pages, b&w photos
Description: Shows the diesel and electric locomotives of the Penn Central railroad, and briefly summarizes the railroad's troubled history.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2012)
Hardcover: 248 pages, 12-page gathered color insert, numerous b&w photographs
Description: Penn Central Power, Morning Sun Book’s first title, is reprinted in a special 25th Anniversary limited run released on November 15, 2012 in anticipation of a new series entitled Penn Central Power in Color, which began in 2013 and picked up where the original left off. The original Penn Central Power was vastly different from the typical MSB format to which readers have become accustomed. Instead of being in all color, that first Penn Central Power (and this reprint) is 248 pages of black-and-white photography with a 12-page color insert.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2012)
Hardcover: 248 pages, 12-page gathered color insert, numerous b&w photographs
Description: Penn Central Power, Morning Sun Book’s first title, is reprinted in a special 25th Anniversary limited run released on November 15, 2012 in anticipation of a new series entitled Penn Central Power in Color, which began in 2013 and picked up where the original left off. The original Penn Central Power was vastly different from the typical MSB format to which readers have become accustomed. Instead of being in all color, that first Penn Central Power (and this reprint) is 248 pages of black-and-white photography with a 12-page color insert.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Penn Central Power in Color, Volume 1: 1000-3999 Freight Cab Units and High Horsepower Roadswitchers
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2013)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: First volume in a series dealing with the motive power used by the ill-fated Penn Central.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2013)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: First volume in a series dealing with the motive power used by the ill-fated Penn Central.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2013)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The 4000-series covered E7’s, E8’s, and the entire electric locomotive fleet while the 5000-series was FL9’s, RS3’s, and GP7’s. Mostly action shots!
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2013)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The 4000-series covered E7’s, E8’s, and the entire electric locomotive fleet while the 5000-series was FL9’s, RS3’s, and GP7’s. Mostly action shots!
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2014)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The big six axle power of Penn Central is detailed in roster and action photography - SD35's, SD40s, and SD45's through the Alcos and GE's. The versatile GP9's contributed from all three component roads are also covered.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2014)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The big six axle power of Penn Central is detailed in roster and action photography - SD35's, SD40s, and SD45's through the Alcos and GE's. The versatile GP9's contributed from all three component roads are also covered.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2014)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The concluding volume of the Penn Central Power series covers the road's huge GP38 fleet as well as switchers. A long chapter on "odds & ends" winds up the book with some unexpected comings-and-goings.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2014)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The concluding volume of the Penn Central Power series covers the road's huge GP38 fleet as well as switchers. A long chapter on "odds & ends" winds up the book with some unexpected comings-and-goings.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Geoffrey H. Doughty
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2012)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: While Penn Central came into being in February 1968, it still operated a substantial long distance passenger service in the several years before Amtrak. Struggling to create a new image when bankruptcy struck, the three year story is illustrated in nearly 250 color photos.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2012)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: While Penn Central came into being in February 1968, it still operated a substantial long distance passenger service in the several years before Amtrak. Struggling to create a new image when bankruptcy struck, the three year story is illustrated in nearly 250 color photos.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Steve Hipes and David P. Oroszi
Publisher: The Railroad Press (2004)
Hardcover: 136 pages, all color photos
Description: 190+ color photos of trains, towers (interior and exterior), stations and more! Plus 8 full-color maps, train symbols, routings and a detailed history of this fascinating railroad route from the Golden Triangle to the Gateway Arch!
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: The Railroad Press (2004)
Hardcover: 136 pages, all color photos
Description: 190+ color photos of trains, towers (interior and exterior), stations and more! Plus 8 full-color maps, train symbols, routings and a detailed history of this fascinating railroad route from the Golden Triangle to the Gateway Arch!
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Steve Hipes and David P. Oroszi
Publisher: The Railroad Press (2008)
Hardcover: 136 pages, all color photos
Description: 190+ color photos of trains, towers (interior and exterior), stations and more! Plus 7 full-color maps, train symbols, routings and a detailed history of this fascinating railroad located in the heart of our nation’s steel and manufacturing region.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: The Railroad Press (2008)
Hardcover: 136 pages, all color photos
Description: 190+ color photos of trains, towers (interior and exterior), stations and more! Plus 7 full-color maps, train symbols, routings and a detailed history of this fascinating railroad located in the heart of our nation’s steel and manufacturing region.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by James Kinkaid
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2014)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The ever-changing nature of TOFC (trailer on flat car) types and operations is detailed on companies in the bottom half of the alphabet. Of interest to Conrail enthusiasts are photos of equipment from Lehigh Valley, New Haven, Penn Central, Pennsylvania, Reading Company, and RoadRailer.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2014)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The ever-changing nature of TOFC (trailer on flat car) types and operations is detailed on companies in the bottom half of the alphabet. Of interest to Conrail enthusiasts are photos of equipment from Lehigh Valley, New Haven, Penn Central, Pennsylvania, Reading Company, and RoadRailer.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by James Kinkaid
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (1995) (Out of print; digital reprint available)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The official color photographs of the world’s largest car builder during its most colorful decade: 1960-1970. Almost 300 color portraits of Pullman’s freight products for PRR, UP, NYC, ATSF, CB&Q, and a hundred other major and minor roads are captioned by freight car authority Jim Kinkaid.
Updated: October 24, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (1995) (Out of print; digital reprint available)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The official color photographs of the world’s largest car builder during its most colorful decade: 1960-1970. Almost 300 color portraits of Pullman’s freight products for PRR, UP, NYC, ATSF, CB&Q, and a hundred other major and minor roads are captioned by freight car authority Jim Kinkaid.
Updated: October 24, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2021)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos
Description: Featuring KB&S, KCT, LIRR, M&P, MDDE, MN, MP, MKT, NALCO, NJT, NS, N&W, NYC, NYGL, NYO&W, NYS&W, NYCTA, PARR, PC, P&LE, PRR, PRSL, P&S, QNSL, RDG, RF&P, R&N, RJC, SBD, SMS, SOU, SP, SRS, SRNJ, ST, SM, TC, TENN, TTX, T&SB, UP, WC, and Y&S!
Updated: July 9, 2021
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2021)
Softcover: 96 pages, all color photos
Description: Featuring KB&S, KCT, LIRR, M&P, MDDE, MN, MP, MKT, NALCO, NJT, NS, N&W, NYC, NYGL, NYO&W, NYS&W, NYCTA, PARR, PC, P&LE, PRR, PRSL, P&S, QNSL, RDG, RF&P, R&N, RJC, SBD, SMS, SOU, SP, SRS, SRNJ, ST, SM, TC, TENN, TTX, T&SB, UP, WC, and Y&S!
Updated: July 9, 2021
by Michael Kelly and David Crisler Jr.
Publisher: KG Productions (2020)
Hardcover: 296 pages, 800+ color photos
Description: This new book will follow in the template of Rails Around Missouri and Rails Around Michigan, featuring all-color photographs from the steam era to the late-1980s. Railroads include, but not limited to, B&O, C&O, Erie, Monon, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Nickel Plate, Wabash, L&N, Southern, Amtrak, Conrail, Chessie System, Norfolk & Western, Norfolk Southern, South Shore, Illinois Central, Penn Central – any road operating in Indiana. The only exceptions are no CSX or NS paint. We are trying to showcase Indiana prior to the corporate images and mentality of 21st century railroading.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: KG Productions (2020)
Hardcover: 296 pages, 800+ color photos
Description: This new book will follow in the template of Rails Around Missouri and Rails Around Michigan, featuring all-color photographs from the steam era to the late-1980s. Railroads include, but not limited to, B&O, C&O, Erie, Monon, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Nickel Plate, Wabash, L&N, Southern, Amtrak, Conrail, Chessie System, Norfolk & Western, Norfolk Southern, South Shore, Illinois Central, Penn Central – any road operating in Indiana. The only exceptions are no CSX or NS paint. We are trying to showcase Indiana prior to the corporate images and mentality of 21st century railroading.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Dan Cupper
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2002)
Softbound: 112 pages
Description: Built in 1902, the Rockville Bridge is the longest stone arch railroad bridge in the world. The bridge crosses the Susquehanna in Marysville, just above Harrisburg. Published in 2002, in accordance with the bridge’s 100th anniversary, Rockville Bridge: Rails Across the Susquehanna, tells the bridge’s story from start to finish. The book includes a history of the bridges that stood before it, details about the difficulties the construction crew encountered while building the structure, information about the materials chosen to construct the bridge, as well as a gallery with picturesque photos of the bridge and its surrounding scenery.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2002)
Softbound: 112 pages
Description: Built in 1902, the Rockville Bridge is the longest stone arch railroad bridge in the world. The bridge crosses the Susquehanna in Marysville, just above Harrisburg. Published in 2002, in accordance with the bridge’s 100th anniversary, Rockville Bridge: Rails Across the Susquehanna, tells the bridge’s story from start to finish. The book includes a history of the bridges that stood before it, details about the difficulties the construction crew encountered while building the structure, information about the materials chosen to construct the bridge, as well as a gallery with picturesque photos of the bridge and its surrounding scenery.
Updated: April 15, 2020
A Sampling of Penn Central: Southern Region on Display
by Jerry Taylor
Publisher: Indiana University Press (1973, 1st Edition) (2000, 2nd Edition) (Out of print)
Hardcover: 424 pages 2nd edition, b&w photos, maps of the area
Description: The Penn Central existed only from the New York Central–Pennsylvania merger in 1968, until the formation of Conrail in 1976. This book fills an information void with its 208 wonderful photographs taken between 1970 and 1972. The photos, with their detailed captions, portray the 5,000-plus miles of PC's Southern Region. The 2nd Edition contains an introduction written in 1999, plus corrections to photo captions and information from the 1973 printing.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Indiana University Press (1973, 1st Edition) (2000, 2nd Edition) (Out of print)
Hardcover: 424 pages 2nd edition, b&w photos, maps of the area
Description: The Penn Central existed only from the New York Central–Pennsylvania merger in 1968, until the formation of Conrail in 1976. This book fills an information void with its 208 wonderful photographs taken between 1970 and 1972. The photos, with their detailed captions, portray the 5,000-plus miles of PC's Southern Region. The 2nd Edition contains an introduction written in 1999, plus corrections to photo captions and information from the 1973 printing.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Paul K. Withers
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2021)
Hardcover: 208 pages, mostly color photos
Description: Following the format of our successful locomative model books, our next offering will cover EMD's unique GP30 model. The 29 original owners plus the EMD demostrators are covered in this 208 page, mostly cover, hardcover book.
Updated: December 2, 2022
Publisher: Withers Publishing (2021)
Hardcover: 208 pages, mostly color photos
Description: Following the format of our successful locomative model books, our next offering will cover EMD's unique GP30 model. The 29 original owners plus the EMD demostrators are covered in this 208 page, mostly cover, hardcover book.
Updated: December 2, 2022
by Stephan Koenig
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2001) (Out of print; digital reprint available)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The "Grain Milling Capital of the World" was once America’s second largest rail interchange point. See the operations of NYC, LV, EL, N&W, B&O, C&O, CN, NKP, PRR, TH&B, Wabash and others in more than 250 vintage views.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2001) (Out of print; digital reprint available)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: The "Grain Milling Capital of the World" was once America’s second largest rail interchange point. See the operations of NYC, LV, EL, N&W, B&O, C&O, CN, NKP, PRR, TH&B, Wabash and others in more than 250 vintage views.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Dave McKay
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2005)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: An outstanding photographic tour of Cleveland, Ohio and the surrounding countryside in full color when EL, NYC, PRR, NKP (N&W), and other lines were operating the last of first generation power.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2005)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: An outstanding photographic tour of Cleveland, Ohio and the surrounding countryside in full color when EL, NYC, PRR, NKP (N&W), and other lines were operating the last of first generation power.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Stephen M. Timko
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2008)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Dave McKay was schooled in photography and took his talent trackside to capture the numerous rail lines that surrounded his Eastern Ohio home. N&W, PRR, PC, CR, B&O, EL and NYC are just the trunk lines. Many other shortlines, terminal carriers, steel companies and industrials are included in this sweep through the east end of the Buckeye State.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2008)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Dave McKay was schooled in photography and took his talent trackside to capture the numerous rail lines that surrounded his Eastern Ohio home. N&W, PRR, PC, CR, B&O, EL and NYC are just the trunk lines. Many other shortlines, terminal carriers, steel companies and industrials are included in this sweep through the east end of the Buckeye State.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Thomas F. Seaman
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2011)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Operations and trains of the PRR, PC, CR, RDG and D&H are examined in this look at the Harrisburg crossroads.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2011)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Operations and trains of the PRR, PC, CR, RDG and D&H are examined in this look at the Harrisburg crossroads.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Jeffrey and Jeremy Plant
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2022)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Brothers Jeffrey and Jeremy Plant made numerous trips from the late 1960s to the present to photograph the railroads of New England. This volume examines main, branch, and short lines in all six of the New England states, with special attention to action shots of motive power and operations in scenic locations across this beautiful region. Featuring New Haven, Penn Central, Delaware & Hudson, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and more!
Updated: March 10, 2022
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2022)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Brothers Jeffrey and Jeremy Plant made numerous trips from the late 1960s to the present to photograph the railroads of New England. This volume examines main, branch, and short lines in all six of the New England states, with special attention to action shots of motive power and operations in scenic locations across this beautiful region. Featuring New Haven, Penn Central, Delaware & Hudson, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and more!
Updated: March 10, 2022
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2006)
Hardcover: 28 pages, all color photos
Description: Join the founder of Morning Sun Books as he relates his 15-year railroading career moving from EL towerman to Penn Central trainmaster and into the management ranks of government rail agencies. Photo coverage includes EL, CNJ, PC, Conrail and others.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2006)
Hardcover: 28 pages, all color photos
Description: Join the founder of Morning Sun Books as he relates his 15-year railroading career moving from EL towerman to Penn Central trainmaster and into the management ranks of government rail agencies. Photo coverage includes EL, CNJ, PC, Conrail and others.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Mitchell E. Dakelman
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2009)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Noted color photographer Al Holtz takes you from Easton to Pittsburgh visiting the PRR, P&LE, LV, CNJ, RDG, B&O and many other roads.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2009)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Noted color photographer Al Holtz takes you from Easton to Pittsburgh visiting the PRR, P&LE, LV, CNJ, RDG, B&O and many other roads.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Daniel Orr and Greg Marling
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2016)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Located almost midway on the former NYC main line between New York City and Chicago, Rochester has always been a hotspot of high-speed freight train action. The authors show this aspect well during the PC and CR era along with the other roads that serviced the area: LV, EL, B&O, G&W, and smaller operations.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2016)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Located almost midway on the former NYC main line between New York City and Chicago, Rochester has always been a hotspot of high-speed freight train action. The authors show this aspect well during the PC and CR era along with the other roads that serviced the area: LV, EL, B&O, G&W, and smaller operations.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by John P. Stroup
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2012)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Pennsy, Penn Central, Reading, B&O and a dazzling array of vintage traction make this a terrific book. Join photographers Tilden and Stroup as they capture the main lines and secondary lines around the 'City of Brotherly Love.'
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2012)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Pennsy, Penn Central, Reading, B&O and a dazzling array of vintage traction make this a terrific book. Join photographers Tilden and Stroup as they capture the main lines and secondary lines around the 'City of Brotherly Love.'
Updated: April 15, 2020
by David Baer
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: From the late 1960s through the late 1970s, photographer Ed Horm captured the Baltimore & Ohio, Bessemer & Lake Erie, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Penn Central, Conrail, the Union, and a number of short lines and industrial operations around "The Steel City" of Pittsburgh, PA.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2020)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: From the late 1960s through the late 1970s, photographer Ed Horm captured the Baltimore & Ohio, Bessemer & Lake Erie, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Penn Central, Conrail, the Union, and a number of short lines and industrial operations around "The Steel City" of Pittsburgh, PA.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Steve M. Timko
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2009)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Western Ohio covers the Akron Canton & Youngstown, the Ann Arbor, the Detroit & Toledo shore Line, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, Nickel Plate, Erie Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, New York Central, Penn Central, Conrail, Toledo Terminal, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chessie, Norfolk & Western, Norfolk Southern, and the Muskingum Electric that all operated in Western Ohio.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2009)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Western Ohio covers the Akron Canton & Youngstown, the Ann Arbor, the Detroit & Toledo shore Line, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, Nickel Plate, Erie Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, New York Central, Penn Central, Conrail, Toledo Terminal, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chessie, Norfolk & Western, Norfolk Southern, and the Muskingum Electric that all operated in Western Ohio.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Stephen M. Timko
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2007)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: A RR-by-RR tour of this steel-making center in Northeast Ohio during the era of fallen flags. Visit EL, P&LE, PC, CR, B&O, shortlines and industrials through the camera of photographer Dave McKay.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2007)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: A RR-by-RR tour of this steel-making center in Northeast Ohio during the era of fallen flags. Visit EL, P&LE, PC, CR, B&O, shortlines and industrials through the camera of photographer Dave McKay.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Robert J. Yanosey
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2014)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Paul Geiger was a Penn Central block operator who was so fond of his avocation that he searched out and photographed PRR, PC, and Conrail trains operating past all the former PRR towers from the Pittsburgh area to New York City. Follow his efforts inside and outside of these towers in this all-color presentation.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2014)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Paul Geiger was a Penn Central block operator who was so fond of his avocation that he searched out and photographed PRR, PC, and Conrail trains operating past all the former PRR towers from the Pittsburgh area to New York City. Follow his efforts inside and outside of these towers in this all-color presentation.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Jack Wright
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2016)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Ride along through the beautiful upstate New York region during NYC, PC, and CR days. The transition from one railroad to another is contrasted against the stories of this historic area.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2016)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Ride along through the beautiful upstate New York region during NYC, PC, and CR days. The transition from one railroad to another is contrasted against the stories of this historic area.
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Stephen M. Timko
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2008)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Erie RR operator Cal Banse took his camera to work and on excursions in eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the steel and coal country. Cal was photographing the railroad scene from the end of steam to the introduction of second generation diesels in a territory known for its heavy industry." New York Central, Penn Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio, Erie Lackawanna, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie - last of steam and dieselization, - all here!
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Morning Sun Books (2008)
Hardcover: 128 pages, all color photos
Description: Erie RR operator Cal Banse took his camera to work and on excursions in eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the steel and coal country. Cal was photographing the railroad scene from the end of steam to the introduction of second generation diesels in a territory known for its heavy industry." New York Central, Penn Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio, Erie Lackawanna, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie - last of steam and dieselization, - all here!
Updated: April 15, 2020
by Robert P. Olmsted
Publisher: R.P. Olmsted (1992)
Hardcover: 104 pages, all b&w photos
Description: Black and white pictorial showcasing the western routes of the New York Central, the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna and Conrail. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: R.P. Olmsted (1992)
Hardcover: 104 pages, all b&w photos
Description: Black and white pictorial showcasing the western routes of the New York Central, the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna and Conrail. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos.
Updated: April 15, 2020
The Wreck of the Penn Central (1st Edition)
by Joseph R. Daughen & Peter Binzen
Publisher: Little Brown & Company (1971, 1st Edition) (Out of print)
Hardcover: 365 pages
Description: It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen. "The Wreck of the Penn Central" provides a close-up view of the events that brought the Big Train to bankruptcy court: over-regulation, subsidized competition, big labor featherbedding, greed, corporate back-stabbing, [and] stunning incompetence.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Little Brown & Company (1971, 1st Edition) (Out of print)
Hardcover: 365 pages
Description: It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen. "The Wreck of the Penn Central" provides a close-up view of the events that brought the Big Train to bankruptcy court: over-regulation, subsidized competition, big labor featherbedding, greed, corporate back-stabbing, [and] stunning incompetence.
Updated: April 15, 2020
The Wreck of the Penn Central (1st Edition, Mass Market)
by Joseph R. Daughen & Peter Binzen
Publisher: Signet (1973) (Out of print)
Paperback: 365 pages
Description: It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen. "The Wreck of the Penn Central" provides a close-up view of the events that brought the Big Train to bankruptcy court: over-regulation, subsidized competition, big labor featherbedding, greed, corporate back-stabbing, [and] stunning incompetence.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Signet (1973) (Out of print)
Paperback: 365 pages
Description: It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen. "The Wreck of the Penn Central" provides a close-up view of the events that brought the Big Train to bankruptcy court: over-regulation, subsidized competition, big labor featherbedding, greed, corporate back-stabbing, [and] stunning incompetence.
Updated: April 15, 2020
The Wreck of the Penn Central (2nd Edition)
by Joseph R. Daughen & Peter Binzen
Publisher: Beard Books (1999, 2nd Edition) (Out of print)
Paperback: 380 pages
Description: It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen. "The Wreck of the Penn Central" provides a close-up view of the events that brought the Big Train to bankruptcy court: over-regulation, subsidized competition, big labor featherbedding, greed, corporate back-stabbing, [and] stunning incompetence.
Updated: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Beard Books (1999, 2nd Edition) (Out of print)
Paperback: 380 pages
Description: It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen. "The Wreck of the Penn Central" provides a close-up view of the events that brought the Big Train to bankruptcy court: over-regulation, subsidized competition, big labor featherbedding, greed, corporate back-stabbing, [and] stunning incompetence.
Updated: April 15, 2020