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Montana Trolley’s Book 2 by Myers and Swett W14

Chip Savoye — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:44:18 +0000

Detailed history of the horse, steam and electric street railways of Helena, Montana which ran from 1886-1929. With black and white photos throughout, maps (including 2 oversized foldout maps of Helena), rosters, financial data, ads, diagrams of Perley Thomas cars, operating statistics and an extensive bibliography. The last ten pages are articles (by Ira Swett and Felix Reifschneideer) on general interurban issues, also with black and white photos, and Mail Call for the this issue of Interurbans magazine. 112 pages.

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Montana Trolley’s Book 1 Meyers, Swett

Chip Savoye — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:41:13 +0000

History

Paperback in very good condition.

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California Tidewater Shortlines Norm Holmes W14

Chip Savoye — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:34:51 +0000

This book covers a number of shortline railroads that connected with the Western Pacific in Stockton, San Francisco, and the Oakland Area. Coverage includes: Tidewater Southern, Stockton Terminal & Eastern, Central California Traction in the Stockton Area, various Oakland and Alameda terminal lines, and the San Francisco Belt Railway. In the intro the author says that the book is intended as an overview, and it fills that role well. None of these lines receive extensive coverage, but the reader is given some good info on each along with photos, and rosters. W-14

Paperback. Good Condition

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The Milwaukee Road 1928-1985 By Jim Scribbins 2001 (JD)

Chip Savoye — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:41:20 +0000

This huge deluxe 312-page, 8 1/2 x 11” hardbound book tells the history of The Milwaukee Road in 10 chapters of authoritative text, and numerous quality black and white and color photographs! Special Locomotive and Passenger Train chapters are included.

The book covers this transcontinental granger railroad between the years of 1928 and 1985. The Milwaukee was a proud line that faced many challenges during its lifetime including transportation rivals, overtaking five mountain ranges and staying afloat financially.

Author Scribbins is an authority on The Milwaukee Road, having worked in the passenger, public relations and other departments, starting with the line in 1948. This is his fifth railroad book.

Very good condition

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Greenbay & Western Color Pictorial, The Green Bay Route by Andrew Nelson (JD)

Chip Savoye — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:37:09 +0000

“Green Bay & Western’s Color Pictorial begins with a history of GB&W’s last years, then covers the entire railroad from the ferry docks in Kewaunee to the banks of the Mississippi River. Each of the three operating divisions is covered in detail, along with the Green Bay and Wisconsin Rapids terminal areas and Norwood Shops and Roundhouse. Every Alco the GB&W operated in its diesel era is featured: HH-600, S-1, S-2, FA-1, RS-2, RS-3, RS-11, RS-27, C-420, C-424, and the C-430.”

(JD)

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Seaboard Airline The Route of Courteous Service William Griffin 1999 (JD)

Chip Savoye — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:32:45 +0000

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.

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Chicago Northwestern Railway MBI Color Book Series Tom Murray (JD)

Chip Savoye — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:27:13 +0000

By the time it was merged into the Union Pacific in 1995, the Chicago & North Western was one of the nations oldest surviving railroads, a testament to the Midwestern stoicism with which it had gone about its business since 1859. This illustrated history chronicles how C&NW emerged from a collection of regional carriers to become a strategic link between eastern railroads and the West.

Author Tom Murray traces the railroads expansion as it extended secondary lines throughout the Midwest. He also explores C&NWs joint ownership of UP passenger trains and describes how the railroad answered challenges from regional rivals with the “400” series of passenger trains. As fascinating as the story are the hundreds of accompanying illustrations–historical photographs, archival images, route maps, and period print ads.

The result is an entertaining and informative history of an iconic Midwestern railroad–a narrative that spans the decades from the 1850s to the 1990s and takes in steam and diesel motive power, freight and passenger operations, and all the key characters, events, and deals that figured in the Chicago & North Westerns rise and eventual demise.

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Rails in the Shadow of Mt. Shasta by John Signor

Chip Savoye — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:21:36 +0000

Describes the construction, development, passenger operations, and history of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s Shasta Route, which links Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco

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The Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis, A History of the Dixie Line By Dain L Shult (JD)

Chip Savoye — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:14:18 +0000

A fascinating railroad stretching from Memphis to Atlanta, the NC&St.L has a history beginning in 1840, and stretching through the Civil War to a merger with its parent line in 1957. The photos, diagrams, and maps presented in this book will help you understand the development and operation of the line as a key link between Memphis and the Appalachians. The railroad used Mikados, Pacifics, and Mountain types, as well as the first 4-8-4s in the South. Leading the way were the bullet-nosed, semi-streamlined J3 class 4-8-4s known as the “Yellow Jackets”. Also featured in the book are model railroads that use the NC&St.L as a prototype. Written in an easily readable style, this book will interest all fans of railroading in the South. (JD)

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The Milwaukee Road Motorbooks Railroad History by Tom Murray (JD)

Chip Savoye — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:08:14 +0000

The true grit and glory days of one of America’s greatest railroads come to dramatic life in this full-scale illustrated history by industry veteran Tom Murray. Words and pictures carry readers across the vast tracts of land and time traversed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific-better known to history as the Milwaukee Road. Ranging from the railroad’s late-nineteenth-century beginnings to its purchase by onetime rival Soo Line in 1985, the book looks at The Milwaukee Road’s famed streamlined Hiawatha passenger trains, the “Little Joe” electric locomotives, and the sprawling fabrication and repair facilities in its namesake city. Whether surveying the railroad’s routes and the trains that plied them, and the people who worked behind the scenes, or focusing on the line’s motive power, rolling stock, passenger and freight operations, The Milwaukee Road provides a broad-scale, brilliantly detailed portrait of a great railroad, an industry, and a bygone era.

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