I also have a few additions to make-

Books-

Amtrak By The Numbers

Essentially a giant all time roster. The book was so huge, that at first I thought they were missing some stuff, but upon further inspection, many things had their own sections. The only equipment that appears to be left out is Maitenance of Way.

Cars, locomotives, their previous owners, and fates are all listed and are supposedly accurate up to mid-2011. While the book focuses on just listing equipment, the captions by the photos give some of the history and back ground. Each section has a few introductory pages as well, with brief information on larger groups of cars, and happenings.

Railroad Documents-

NJ Transit Electrical Operating Instructions TRO-3 2011

Basically, how to deal with the electrical portions of NJ transit's system.

NJ Transit System Timetable No. 6 Special Instructions GO 601 (November 2011)

Rules, speed limits, distances, and other operation information for all NJ Transit lines.

Pennsylvania Railroad Diesel-Electric Locomotive Examinations for Employes in Locomotive Service (November, 1958)

A series of test questions and answers for PRR employees. Very informative.

Pennsylvania Railroad General Notice 225-E- Regulations for the Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles(October, 1961)

Rules for transprotation of explosives, poisons, and other dangerous items.

Pennsylvannia Railroad Policy- (April, 1957)

A small booklet that looks to educate the public about the PRR's place in the country's economy, and how its policy effects them.

I have just picked up two treasures.
Street Railways of Toronto -- Louis H. Pursley -- Interurbans Special 25 (1958)
The Toronto Trolley Car Story -- Louis H. Pursley -- Interurbans Special 29 (1961)

For years these were the authoritative books on Toronto streetcars. And extremely unavailable and collectible. Pursley was employed by the TTC, and his father had been employed by the Toronto Railway Company. The first book covers up to 1921 and the second 1921 to 1961 -- divided at the point that the city took over.
We visited the train museum in San Dimas today and I spotted a copy of one book on their sale shelves. The volunteer thought they might have the other one and came back with copies of both, out of, I assume, estates donated to the museum. I think we were both happy with the sale and there is still one copy there!

I remember one person in Toronto saying that LHP's daughter has some boxes of books in the basement -- if he could just remember her married name.

It was free book day at work!

Danneman, Mike. Rio Grande Through the Rockies. Waukesha: Kalmbach, 2002.

Dolzall, Gary W., and Mike Danneman. The Spirit of Railroading. Waukesha: Kalmbach, 1991.

Dolzall, Gary W., and Mike Danneman. Steel Rails Across America. Waukesha: Kalmbach, 1989.

Droege, John A. Passenger Terminals and Trains. Milwaukee: Kalmbach, 1969.

Drury, George. The Train-Watcher’s Guide to North American Railroads. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach, 1984.

Farrell, Michael R. The History of Baltimore’s Streetcars. Sykesville, Md.: Greenberg, 1992.

Gallagher, James P. and Jacques Kellly. Trackside Maryland: From Railyard to Main Line. Sykesville, Md.: Greenberg, 1992.

Gunnarsson, Robert L. The Story of the Northern Central Railway. Sykesville, Md.: Greenberg, 1991.

Lewis, Edward A. American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition. Waukesha: Kalmbach, 1996.

McGuirk, Martin J. The New Haven Railroad Along the Shore Line. Waukesha: Kalmbach, 1999.

Middleton, William D. The Pennsylvania Railroad Under Wire. Waukesha: Kalmbach, 2002.

Schneider, Paul. D. GM’s Geeps: The General Purpose Diesels. Waukesha: Kalmbach, 2001.

Scribbins, Jim. The Hiawatha Story. Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing, 1970.

Scribbins, Jim. Milwaukee Road in its Hometown. Waukesha: Kalmbach Publishing, 1990.

Two more this weekend:

Glischinski, Steve. Burlington Northern and its Heritage. Andover, New Jersey: Andover Junction Publications, 1992.

Hyde, Frederick and Dale Sanders. The Milwaukee Road Diesel Power. Antioch, Illinois: Milwaukee Road Historical Association, 2009.

Another free book day at work this week...

Frary, Dave, et al. A Treasury of Model Railroad Photos. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 1991.

Johnson, Kent. Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 2000.

Kelly, Jim. Trackside Scenes You Can Model. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 2003.

Polsgrove, Mike. DCC Projects & Applications. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 2006.

Polsgrove, Mike and David Popp. DCC Projects & Applications, Vol. 2. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 2010.

Rice, Ian. Mid-sized & Manageable Track Plans. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 2003.

Soeborg, Pelle K. Rebuilding a Layout from A-Z. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 2012.

Strang, Lionel. DCC Made Easy. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 2003.

Villaret, Eugene. Realistic Revenue Operations for Model Railroads. Sykesville, Maryland: Greenberg Publishing, 1985.

Volhard, Jim. Maintaining & Repairing Your Scale Model Trains. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing, 1999.

I got just one book for my birthday last week, and it arrived today:

Amtrak Equipment Plan and Data Manual (NRPC CMO-117) (1976 with some 1977)-

Its basically a diagram of every single last piece of locomotive hauled passenger car type on amtrak (no Metroliners or self propelled cars). It gives one side of the car (though sadly not the reverse side), the underbody details, the interior, and other technical details. low quality black and white photos of the exterior and interior are available for each car as well.

If a passenger car is even slightly different, it gets its own page. So far, the only car that seems to be missing is the Kitchen/Dormitory cars on the Twin Unit PRR Diners. There may be others, but given that the book contains just over 700 differen passenger car diagrams, I'm going to go out on a limb and assume most of them are covered.

Modeling early Amtrak just got easier!

Green_Elite_Cab Wrote:I got just one book for my birthday last week, and it arrived today:

Amtrak Equipment Plan and Data Manual (NRPC CMO-117) (1976 with some 1977)

Some new books-

Penn Central In Color Volume 2: Along the Eastern Seaboard: Boston to Philadelphia - especially interesting since it not only covers all my favorite areas, it even has lots of photos of the Pemberton tracks that pass nearby my home.

Triumph V: Philadelphia to New York 1830-2002

New Railroad documents as well

Penn Central

System Map of Penn Central Transportation Company

New York Central

Rules of the Operating Department (10/28/56)

Northern District Timetables No. 20 (10/30/66), No. 21 (4/30/67), and No. 22 (11/5/67): covers the Canada, Detroit, and Michigan divisions of the New York Central.

Treasuray Department Instructions to All Agents in the United States (10/1/61)- mone related documents, also had several loose money related documents folded within.

Conrail

Freight Car Air Brake: Introduction PMC6- Conrail Mechanical Training Department

Component Manufacturer Documents

Inspection and Maitenance of Microphor H Series Railroad Waste Treatment Systems- Yes, a manual on how to fix locomotive toilets!

New York Airbrake Company:

Freight Brake Equipment with the new ABD Control Valve No. 32 Supplements No. 3 (1/1/65)

Freight Brake Equipment with the new ABDW Control Valve No. 32 Supplement No. 4 (1/1/80)

Installation of Freight Care Brake Equipment (1/1/1977)

Orozi, David P. and Stepehen J. Salamon and David P. Ori. Baltimore & Ohio Rails Across the Heartland. Hanover, Pennsylvania: The Railroad Press, 2012.

Staufer, Alvin. Steam Power of the New York Central System: Volume 1. Medina, Ohio: Alvin F. Staufer, 1961.

Acquired a few missing books this week from Bytown Raiway Society:

-Montreal Streetcar Volume 1
-Montreal Streetcar Volume 4
-Levis Tramway Company

I also found a copy of the first miniature trains book I ever read when I was a freshman in highschool. I continually borrowed the book from the school library for 5 years in a row! Not the best out there, mostly european (French) trains, but still nostalgic. That thing kept the bug alive in me when I couldn't have a layout. There was a nice section about a guy building fantastic structures from paper and cardboard, I think his name was Alain Lepras.

-Trains électriques en modèles réduits by Daniel Puiboube (1978)

Matt

Update today:

Lynch, Peter E. New Haven Railroad. St. Paul: MBI Publishing Company, 2003.

Wallin, R.R. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Color Pictorial. La Mirada, California: Four Ways West Publications, 1996.

Added Railways in Southern Quebec Volume 2 and 3 by Derek Booth in the library. I got sidetracked reading it tonight. Very informative and written in an entertaining style. I'll try to snatch volume 1 as soon as possible. Lots of interesting pictures of Cookshire! Recommanded to any people seeking infos about connections, branchlines and bridge lines between Southern Quebec and New England.

Matt

Spitzbarth, Ed and Mike Schafer. The Milwaukee Road in Milwaukee. Antioch, Illinois: Milwaukee Road Historical Association, 2000.

Taylor, Jeremy. Conrail Commodities. Telford, Pennsylvania: Silver Brook Junction Publishing, 1994.

Tupaczewski, Paul R. New York, Susquehanna and Western in Color. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, 2002.

Gastman, Roger, et al. Freight Train Graffiti. New York: Abrams, 2006.

Leopard, John. Wisconsin Central Heritage, Volume 1. La Mirada, California: Four Ways West, 2006.

Murray, Tom. Chicago & North Western Railway. St. Paul: MBI Publishing, 2008.

Norfolk Southern. Eat Steel & Spit Rivets. Norfolk, Virginia: Norfolk Southern Corp., 2012.

Plowden, David. Requiem for Steam. New York: W.W. Norton, 2010.

Wallin, R.R. and J. David Ingles. Central Illinois Rails Color Pictorial, 1950s-1970s. La Mirada, California: Four Ways West Publications, 2011.

New book-

Penn Central Power- Goes into various forms of Penn Central locomotives. If only it had an EMU section!