Kaufman, William H. and Michelle S. Kaufman. The State Belt: San Francisco's Waterfront Railroad. Berkley, Calif.: Signature Press, 2013.

King, Frank A. The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003.

Glischinski, Steve. Minnesota Railroads: A Photographic History, 1940-2012. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012.

Glischinski, Steve. Minnesota Railroad Timetables. Self published.

The Historical Guide to North American Railroads. 3rd Ed. Kalmbach Publishing Co.: Waukesha, Wis., 2014.

McKenzie, William A. Dining Car to the Pacific: The "Famously Good" Food of the Northern Pacific Railway. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

Scribbins, Jim. The 400 Story. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008..

Duerwachter, Robert. It's Train Time: The Story of the Bug Line. Summit Lake, Wis.: WinPress Publishing, 2012.

Finally got cleaned up around here:

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A few new books to add-

"Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines: An Illustrated History of South Jersey's Jointly Owned Railroad"

"Amtrak Heritage: Passenger Trains in the East 1971-1977"

A few Railroad manuals as well-

NJ Transit Rail Operations ETT #4 January 17, 2000

I picked this up since I had a matching NORAC rule book, and Conrail Shared Assets ETTs for that time period. Early 2000 would probably be my next choice in modeling after the late 1970s, since enough the prototype here is also well represented by existing models.

- Conrail Atlantic Region ETT #1 April 27, 1980-

This is the next to last Atlantic Region timetable. Its not perfect (still trying to hit that spring/summer 1979 period!) but its still useful enough. It is helpful in that I now know that at some point, they restarted the Atlantic Region timetable numbers, probably in a manner similar to the Amtrak ETTs, which went from #3 to #1 again between 1978 and 1979.

-General Electric Maintenance Manual: Penn Central Cars 534-603, Heavy Maintenance Instructions Volumes 1 through 3-

These are three HUGE binders, that basically cover every inch of the Jersey Arrow II cars and their repair. Sadly most of it is not helpful for modeling, but it does answer some questions about the cars for those curious about the details.

-General Electric General Maitenance Manual for Conrail cars 1304-1483-

Similar to the three manuals above, but less extensive, covering the Arrow II cars. It does however include a larger copy of the Operators Manual, as well as several pages for training people about Semiconductors and other electrical parts.

I imagine this was a general manual used to help train people on the Arrow IIIs, where the above Arrow II manual was specific instructions for maitenance. Then again, both cars are very similar. I suspect the only significant differences (apart from minor external details and some door keys) is the use of SCRs in the Arrow IIIs instead of Ignitron tubes in the Arrow IIs to rectify the overhead AC power into DC for the traction motors and other accessories.

Curiously, this manual refers to them as "EL MU cars", referring to the Erie Lackawanna. These cars were indeed meant to run on the soon to be re-electrifed ex Lackawanna lines, but in the end, the Arrow IIIs became the prominent MUs used on the Ex PRR lines, with the Arrow IIs, Penn Central cars, ending up on the former EL lines instead.

Benson, Ted, et al. 72-82: Western Pacific's Final Decade. Bucklin, Missouri: White River Productions, 2014.

Ingles, J. David and R.R. "Dick" Wallin. Central Illinois Rails Vol. 2, 1950s-1970s. La Mirada, Calif.: Four Ways West Publications, 2014.

Johnson, Gary T. et al. Railroaders: Jack Delano's Homefront Photography. Madison, Wis.: Center for Railroad Photography & Art, 2014.

Getting ready to add a copy of Rairoadls To No Man's Land. If I didn't already own all the other railroad equipment, I would do that as a layout with both the German and the Allied sides represented. Military railroads allow for some unusual scope and use.

The two that started it all for me
Railroads You Can Model,
&
More Railroads You Can Model
both by Mike Schafer published by Kalmbach Books. 1978
Mislayed / lent both of my copies, must go onto Amazon .

Don.

Drury, George H. Southern Pacific in the Bay Area. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Books, 1996.

"RDC The Budd Rail Diesel Car"- This book covers every single last RDC and every railroad that operated them up to the time it was published in 1990.

This included even some foreign RDCs that went to South America, Africa, Australia, and the Middle East, though most of the book focuses here in the US. It also covers some history on the SPV-2000s, the modern "Amfleet" version which did not become successful. Pretty much the entire history of the RDC is in this book, making it indespensible for anyone interested in these self propelled Budd cars.

Merry Christmas to me...

Benson, Ted. One Track Mind. Erin, Ont.: Boston Mills Press, 1999.

Dorin, Patrick. The Soo Line. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1979.

Larson, Bob. Life on the Feather River Route: A Railroader's Pictorial Scrapbook of Memories. La Mirada, Calif.: Four Ways West, 2005.

McMillan, Joe. High Green to Marceline. Woodridge, Ill.: McMillan Publications, 1989.

Morgan, David P. Locomotive 4501. Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1968.

Riegger, Hal. The Camas Prairie, Idaho's railroad on stilts. Edmonds, Wash.: Pacific Fast Mail, 1986.

Staufer, Alvin F. New York Central's Early Power: Volume II 1831-1916. Self published, 1967.

Bortrail 2014 by railohio, on Flickr

I don't know what got in to me last night, but I've started to rearrange all of my bookshelves. Photos to come soon...

Blaszak, Michael W., et al. Chicago America’s Railroad Capital. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press, 2014.

Mailer, Stan. Green Bay & Western. Edmonds, Washington: Hundman Publishing, 1989.

I have too many to list at the moment,

But I have a few neat odd ball books:

1. Gospel Tracks through Texas (the history of chapel cars)

2.The Chicago tunnel (about the underground freight line in Chicago )

3. A CSX employee safety handbook

4.Playing with trains

Tons of layout design books and a lot of DVDS on Hi-rail 3rail O and also S gauge trains.

Dorin, Patrick C. An Illustrated Guide to American Freight Train Equipment. Hudson, Wisconsin: Enthusiast Books, 2013.

Isaacs, Aaron. Twin Ports by Trolley: The streetcar era in Duluth-Superior. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014

Norfolk Southern. Norfolk Southern Seasons. Norfolk, Virginia: Norfolk Southern Corp., 2014.

Hmm, I know I've gotten a few new books since then, but I feel like I'm forgetting a few....

Conrail's North Jersey Coastline

Another book almost certainly written and published for me. It covers the North Jersey Coast Line during the era when Conrail operated the line from 1976 until NJ Transit took over the line in 1983. The books is alittle unusual in that its pretty much a single large photo on a page with small captions, but its AMAZING as a modelling resource.

It was recently published, and I pretty much bought it on sight, definitely worth it. Though I don't directly model the North Jersey Coast Line, I do model the trains that operated over it (all of the trains featured would eventually travel through the section of the NEC I model on the way to Newark or New York City).

Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities Volume II

This starts at Lane Interlocking near Newark, NJ, and heads south beyond Trenton, examining the stations and other facilities of the PRR. Plenty of the photos are Penn Central and Conrail era, and it more or less covers every part that I model. Definitely a useful resource.

A few Railroad Manuals

ABB Arrow III AC Rebuild operator Manual

This manual examines the Arrow III as it was rebuilt by ABB in the early 1990s. Much of it is similar to the GE manual, but it is interesting to see the differences. Definitely a rare book!

Jersey Arrow Equipment Doors Coupling Troubleshooting MA-1-A

This booklet covered what to do when the Arrow Is had a problem (and these cars did indeed breakdown frequently!). I'm sure this book saw plenty of use troubleshooting these cranky cars.

Westinghouse Electrical Instructions for Class MP54-E5

This is a neat book, though not what I hoped. It discusses all the electrical systems of the rebuilt MP54 class E5. Maybe one day, if anyone tries to restore one of the few survivors, this book might be useful!

Conrail Locomotive Data Book June 1979

June seems to be a great time to model as far as data is concerned! This book covers Conrail's existing roster at that month and year. While its not as detailed as some later data manual books, it is exciting in that it helps clarify many questions I had about what was in service, what wasn't and whats numbers were changed.

Curiously, the "Passenger" section lists a single E7, #4233. Even before Conrail, most E7s were gone. Further research suggests that this E7 operated into 1980, so it might make a good modeling project, especially since it remained in its beat up Penn Central paint.