The fascinating story of railroad travel by presidents of the U.S. from the very earliest period, when John Quincy Adams was the first to ride a train, to Bill Clinton's recent journeys aboard the rails. At one time, the private Pullman car on a special train was for the president what Air Force One is today, allowing him freedom to make important trips, campaign for re-election, and to do the nation's business wherever he was needed. A superbly researched text is supplemented with many rare photographs of the golden age of presidential travel under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman in the 1930s and '40s.

The President Travels by Train: Politics and Pullmans

Engineering & Transportation

Withers, Bob

Transportation

Tlc Pub Inc

"Berkshires of the Nickel Plate Road" celebrates the legendary Berkshire (2-8-4) steam locomotives of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road), and documents their fascinating story from the dawn of the Super-Power steam era, through dieselization, and on to today's museum and excursion survivors. In the capable hands of Nickel Plate steam crews, the Berkshires carried the responsibility for the railroad's post-Depression solvency squarely on their shoulders. They did not disappoint, and made "Nickel Plate Road High Speed Service" the envy of the railroad industry. The book contains over 150 black & white and color photographs, class-by-class locomotive rosters, and builder engineering records and diagrams.

Berkshires of the Nickel Plate Road

Holland, Kevin J.

Ninety ghostly tales of the rails are illustrated with period photos and artwork specially commissioned for this volume. Tony Reevy's interesting writing and careful research bring these legends of yesteryear to life in this strangely entertaining book; feel the shivers run up and down your spine.

Ghost Train: American Railroad Ghost Legends

Reevy, Tony

For railfans who remember this most colorful era of eastern railroading, modelers interested in recreating it, and diesel fans of all ages! This exceptional history contains complete roster data on all diesels inherited by Chessie System, plus detailed histories of all models and classes that were purchased by Chessie System from 1972 through the SD50s of the early 1980s. Filled with portrait type photographs including a number of excellent action scenes of all types of units on C&amp;O, B&amp;O and Western Maryland.

Chessie System Diesel Locomotives

Doyle, Jerry

Automotive

Complete history of CSX's motive power through 1999 includes roster data, historical backgrounds on diesel engines absorbed into the line, and detailed data about locomotives purchased since the formation of CSX. All paint schemes are shown, as are painting and lettering diagrams. A must for railfans, modellers, and CSX historians.

CSX Diesel Locomotives in Color

Patrick H. Stakem

Patrick E. Stakem

Highly readable history of this interesting railroad covering the 1945-1970 era with information on freight and passenger operations, steam and diesel locomotives, and passenger and freight cars. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos plus a 16 page color section. With bibliography. 222 pages.

Seaboard Air Line Railway: The Route of Courteous Service

Griffin, William E.

The dynamic story of ACL's wonderful postwar passenger trains. Told and supported by scores of nostalgic company publicity photos of the trains and equipment, inside and out, with car and locomotive rosters, diagrams and drawings, and material useful to modelers in construction and painting of ACL prototype passenger cars. Highlighted are not only the great New York to Florida streamliners but also the locals and work-a-day passenger trains that crisscrossed the ACL's system.

Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Service: The Postwar Years

Goolsby, Larry

In thus thoroughly revised and expanded second edition, the author chronicles the glory years of one of America's finest railroad passenger operations. With engaging text and virtually all-new photographs, the book tells the engaging history of the postwar renaissance and ultimate twilight of the Great Steel Fleet. To and from Chicago, St. Louis, Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Detroit, New York and in between, the NYC carried passengers with outstanding service and state-of-the-art equipment. With equipment rosters. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, a color section, and schematic diagrams of the cars. 154 pages.

New York Central System: New York Central's Great Steel Fleet 1948-1967

DOUGHTY, Geoffrey H.

The great stations and terminals built by the New York Central Railroad during the first half of the century became indexes of corporate and civic pride, with the Great Steel Fleet sparing no expenses to infuse art, style, and function into celebrated designs like Manhattan's Grand Central Station. An engaging text incorporates a gallery of interior and exterior photography to examine the terminals which the New York Central built in major cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, as well as along intermediate stops such as Albany. The author also examines the effect of the New York Central's stunning announcement in 1956 that it would sell off 406 stations across its 10,000-mile system.

New York Central's Stations and Terminals

Denver and Rio Grande Western: Superpower Railroad of the Rockies

Le Massena, Robert A.

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