Your favorite railroad book
Actually I have a few
A few SP annuals
The UP locomotive books from Strack/ Withers
A few SP annuals
The UP locomotive books from Strack/ Withers
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My first train ride was with my dad and my mother's father from GR to Detroit to go to a Tigers ballgame. It was about 1956 +/-. On the way home we ate in the dining car with white linen, real silverware and a waiter. As a little kid was in awe of the whole thing. The next year when we rode, the dining car was gone. My dad took us kids to a ballgame every year from then on by train until the passenger service ended (67?)I had no idea that the PM had this passenger train that went from GR to Detroit. Made me sad that I missed out on that time period.
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Katy the Caboose. It's a children's book that I loved to read to my children when they were young. I appreciated it because it seems to me whoever wrote it actually new something about prototype railroading.
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Figures it would end the year I was born. I'm fond of your memories, Tom.Raildudes dad wrote:
My first train ride was with my dad and my mother's father from GR to Detroit to go to a Tigers ballgame. It was about 1956 +/-. On the way home we ate in the dining car with white linen, real silverware and a waiter. As a little kid was in awe of the whole thing. The next year when we rode, the dining car was gone. My dad took us kids to a ballgame every year from then on by train until the passenger service ended (67?)
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Another one of my favorites! I agree, he drew the trains more like they actually look in real life (as opposed to smokebox faces like Thomas).Don Simon wrote:Katy the Caboose. It's a children's book that I loved to read to my children when they were young. I appreciated it because it seems to me whoever wrote it actually new something about prototype railroading.
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Re: Your favorite railroad book
An American colossus : a small town, a river and a railroad yard.Publication info: Niles, MI (P.O. Box 35, Niles 49120) : Niles Railroad Historical Assoc., c1995.
Physical details: xiv, 352 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
OCLC: ocm34958502
Notes
"An historic outline of the Michigan Central Railroad and the Train Classification yards in Niles, Michigan and, a collection of short stories and anecdotes in the lives of a railroad family during times of depression and war."
Physical details: xiv, 352 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
OCLC: ocm34958502
Notes
"An historic outline of the Michigan Central Railroad and the Train Classification yards in Niles, Michigan and, a collection of short stories and anecdotes in the lives of a railroad family during times of depression and war."
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Re: Your favorite railroad book
This is probably gonna be a lame answer, but my favorite is and will always be 'Train Song' by Diane Siebert. My mom used to read that to me when I was young and it is one of the reasons for my love of trains. I'll never forget that book.
Re: Your favorite railroad book
Wreck of the Penn Central.
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Re: Your favorite railroad book
The Thomas the Tank engine Railway series books by Rev. Awdry
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Rails around the thumb by T.J Gaffney.
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Rails around the thumb by T.J Gaffney.
Re: Your favorite railroad book
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Re: Your favorite railroad book
Yeah this thread is so old I forgot I posted to it 7 years ago!!!!
And I change my answer to an old favorite that my parents had laying around the house when I was a kid
TRAIN WRECKS A Pictorial History of Accidents on the Main Line Hardcover – January 1, 1968
by Robert C Reed (Author), 250 Photos and Engravings (Illustrator)
And it is still available on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/TRAIN-WRECKS-Pict ... ZWWVC0STEC
Almost the entire book is steam wrecks, only a few first generation diesels. Man now I have to go find it and read it.
And I change my answer to an old favorite that my parents had laying around the house when I was a kid
TRAIN WRECKS A Pictorial History of Accidents on the Main Line Hardcover – January 1, 1968
by Robert C Reed (Author), 250 Photos and Engravings (Illustrator)
And it is still available on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/TRAIN-WRECKS-Pict ... ZWWVC0STEC
Almost the entire book is steam wrecks, only a few first generation diesels. Man now I have to go find it and read it.
What smells like lube oil and diesel.... Oh wait it's just my "Locomotive Breath"
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Re: Your favorite railroad book
Got the Complete Collection of the Railway Series back in 1996 or 1997 when it was first released and it is amazing, something every Thomas fan, young railfan, or simple train lover should own.Amtrakguy365 wrote:The Thomas the Tank engine Railway series books by Rev. Awdry
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Rails around the thumb by T.J Gaffney.
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Re: Your favorite railroad book
I don't think I posted the first tike around...
The Spirit of Railroading, a collection of one of the Danneman's photos, from across the IS and Canada. I used to love looking at those pictures, and still do.
The Spirit of Railroading, a collection of one of the Danneman's photos, from across the IS and Canada. I used to love looking at those pictures, and still do.
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