Acquisition of the Pere Marquette in 1947 produced a second C&O, one that linked the Midwest's two largest cities, Detroit and Chicago, and that spun a spiders web of lines throughout the state of Michigan and the southern region of Ontario. This C&O has never been adequately represented in books on the railroad, and this Volume Two of Morning Suns three-volume look at George Washington's Road is an effort to provide a comprehensive look at the lines of the former Pere Marquette Railway in the years before and after the C&O merger.

This book is a tour of the route from Chicago to Detroit and into Ontario. Also included are photographs of the Lake Michigan ferries operated by the C&O.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1168
Price: 46.95 USD

Interstate Railroad: Memories of an Appalachian Short Line.

This is the third volume in a triology of titles on this Virginia short line. The first volume published by Old Line Graphics, The Interstate Railroad, and the second by TLC Publishing, Appalachian Coal Hauler. This volume focuses on the memories of a number of individuals who worked on the Interstate Railroad. In addition, numerous photographs not published in the first two volumes are presented in addition to the extensive text. This title is more about the story of the Interstate told through those who worked on the line and less about the motive power, rolling stock and history which were covered in the first two volumes.

Contents:
Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, Introduction, pp. 2-4;
Owen Anderson, pp. 5-19;

Les Blevins, pp. 20-35;
Jack Long, pp. 36-42;
Henry Hank Stuart, Jr., pp. 43-139;
Merle M. D. Watts, pp. 140-147;
Ben Williams, Jr., pp. 148-156;
Hugh Wolfe, pp. 157-189;
Index, pp. 190-192.

HEW Enterprises, laminated hard cover, 192 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .75 in., b&w photographs with extensive text. HEW212
Price: 30.95 USD

Norfolk & Western Facilities In Color Vol. 1: Eastern Lines.

Stations, towers, shops, coaling stations, and many other structures of the original N&W Eastern Lines.

Contents:
Signals, pp. 4-9;
Norfolk, pp. 10-21;
The Coal Piers, pp. 22-31;
Bridges, pp. 32-44;
Miscellaneous Structures, pp. 45-49;
Engine Servicing Facilities, pp. 50-55;
Stations Part 1, pp. 62-71;
Crewe, pp. 72-78;
Roanoke, pp. 79-81;
Roanoke Shops, pp. 82-83;
Shaffers Crossing, pp. 84-88;
Radford, pp. 89-95;
Tunnels, pp. 96-102;
Track and Trackside Details, pp. 103-113;
Stations Part 2, pp. 114-128.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages., 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1382
Price: 46.95 USD

Norfolk & Western: Steam's Last Stand.

A 320-page pictorial of the final years of smoking action on America ’s last steam powered railway, the Norfolk & Western (1945-1960). A study of guts, grime and power as everything from small consolidations and “Mollies ” to husky double-headed 2-8-8-2s moved coal trains to Tidewater and the Midwest. This was Steam ’s Last Stand.

A nice selection of black and white photographs of Norfolk & Western steam locomotives taken by the author, Mallory Hope Ferrell, and others. Includes captions and some text. Good photograph reproduction. Also includes HO Scale drawings of Class A, Class Y3, Class J, Class S1 and S1a locomotives. A color photo section on excursion steam completes this book.

Contents:
Introduction, pp. 6-11;
Foreword: They Were Alive, pp. 12-13;
Ch. 1: Appalachian Conquest, pp. 14-21;
Ch. 2: Tidewater Tonnage, 22-77;
Ch. 3: Blastin' Up Blue Ridge, pp. 78-121;
Ch. 4: Artist With Flashbulbs, pp. 122-129;
Ch. 5: Roanoke & The Radford Division, pp. 130-191;
Ch. 6: Bluefield... And Beyond, pp. 192-255;
Ch. 7: Shenandoah Showdown, pp. 256-279;
Ch. 8: Steam's Last Stand, pp. 280-291;
Ch. 9: The Final Curtain, pp. 292-301;
Ch. 10: A Steam Revival, pp. 302-313;
Epilogue: Encounter With An Old Friend, pp. 314-320.

Hundman Publishing, hard cover with jacket, 322 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1 in., b&w photographs with captions; text; locomotive drawings; color photo section on steam excursions. HP603
Price: 50.95 USD

The Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac. Three historic place names that do no appear in the corporate title of any other major railroad. One hundred thirteen miles of busy double track railroad, linking the former capital of the confederacy with the Nations capital. The most direct link between two of the largest railroads of the Northeast, the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio, and two giants of the Southeast, Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1217
Price: 46.95 USD

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America: Appalachia & Piedmont USA

This second edition covers the states of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia after the break-up of Conrail between CSX and Norfolk Southern.

Includes detail maps of the following locations:
Illinois: Cairo
Indiana: Evansville
Kentucky: Cumberland Valley, East Kentucky, Louisville and Paducah
North Carolina: Durham, Gastonia-Charlotte, Greensboro, Hamlet, Morehead City, Southport and Wilmington
Ohio: Cincinnati and Mingo Junction-Steubenville
Tennessee: Chattanooga, Little River, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville
Virginia: Andover-Norton, Lynchburg, Norfolk Terminal, Petersburg, Richmond, Roanoke, St. Charles, St. Paul and Washington, DC
West Virginia: Clarksburg, Elkins, Huntington, Kenova, Maidsville, Mullans, Parkersburg, Rainelle, Westernport and Wheeling-Benwood
106 maps total

This atlas is designed to provide a single source of reference to the North American rail network, past and present in greater detail than has readily available until now. Each sheet is drawn to a constant scale of 8 miles to 1 inch for easy distance comparisons with 2 miles to 1 inch enlargements of complex areas.

All extant rail lines are shown together with stations, junctions, yards, principal bridges and tunnels. Former lines, now abandoned, are also shown. Ownership, current and past, and trackage rights are shown. An index of stations is included.

Steam Powered Video, soft cover, 100 pages, 8.25 x 11.75 x .25 in., printed on heavy enameled paper. SPVATAP
Price: 22.95 USD

This pamphlet documents the rise and fall of C&O's division point terminal at Gladstone, Virginia midway between Clifton Forge and Richmond on the James River line. The town was created by and for the railway and had no other business.

When the Richmond & Alleghany RR was absorbed into C&O in 1889 and became the line's principal route to take coal to Newport News, Virginia the terminal was set up and lasted as an important facility until the 1970s. It had an extensive yard, big combination passenger station and office building, huge YMCA building, small roundhouse and ready track area, water tank, coaling station, etc.

C&O Historical Society, soft cover, 24 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .1 in., b&w photographs, drawings of structures for aid in modeling. COHS116
Price: 6.25 USD

Trackside around Charlottesville, VA 1967-1984 with Jeremy F. Plant.

Noted Morning Sun author Jerry Plant details his own early photographic ventures on the Southern, Chesapeake & Ohio;
Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac;
Seaboard Coast Line;
and Norfolk & Western in Virginia. Coverage continues with short lines Chesapeake Western, Virginia Blue Ridge and Winchester & Western.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1260
Price: 46.95 USD

Trackside in the Virginias 1954-1969: with Wayne Sherwin.

The railroads of Virginia and West Virginia are illustrated in full color during the late steam / early diesel period.

Contents:
Trackside Photographer Wayne Sherwin, pp. 3-4;
My Journey with Wayne Sherwin, pg. 5;
Railroads in Virginia and West Virginia, pp. 6-9;
Baltimore & Ohio, pp. 10-29;
Chesapeake & Ohio, pp. 30-51;
Norfolk & Western Railroad, pp. 52-61;
Virginian Railway, pp. 62-76;
Southern Railroad, pp. 77-89;
Atlantic Coast Line, pp. 90-91;
Seaboard Air Line, pp. 92-95;
RF&P, pp. 96-100;
New York Central Railroad, pp. 101-102;
Cass Railroad, pp. 103-104;
Washington Terminal Railroad, pp. 105-109;
Western Maryland, pp. 110-111;
West Virginia Northern, pg. 112;
Winchester & Western, pg. 113;
Fort Eustis US Army, pg. 114;
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line, pp. 115-116;
Buffalo Creek & Gauley, pp. 117-118;
Chesapeake Western, pp. 119;
Meadow River Lumber Co., pp. 120-121;
Cherry River Boom & Lumber, pp. 122-123;
Ely Thomas, pp. 124-125;
Washington & Old Dominion, pp. 126-127;
Union Carbide, pg. 128.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1341
Price: 46.95 USD

INCLUDES DELORME PUBLISHING'S JACKET-STYLE VINYL COVER.

Ships in a non-bending mailer, not an envelope, plus sealed in plastic.

The DeLorme Publishing Atlas and Gazetteer provides a wealth of information for trip planning and back country access. Each volume contains topographic maps with unbeatable detail plus gazetteer information on great places to go and things to do. Detail includes railroads, back roads, dirt roads, elevation contours, remote lakes & streams, boat ramps, public lands for recreation, land use (forests, wetlands, agriculture), trailheads, campgrounds, and hunting and fishing spots.

Gazetteer information includes information on hiking, bicycling, museums and historic sites, campgrounds, scenic drives, unique natural features and state and national parks.

DeLorme Publishing, soft cover, 80 pages, 11 x 15.5 x .25 in., color maps. DLVAC
Price: 16.95 USD