Insull's Road: 1948-1969.

Geoff Doughty has a wonderful narrative to accompany what is chiefly the vintage (late 1940 ’s!) work of well known traction photographer Sandy Goodrick.

Contents:
1. Preface-Introduction, pp. 1-17;
Part One: In a Class by Itself, pp. 18-29;
Part Two: Balancing Act, pp. 30-101;
Part Three: Juggling Act, pp. 102-128.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1302
Price: 46.95 USD

Erie Railroad Facilities In Color Vol. 3: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.

Erie Railroad Facilities in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois including the Chicago & Western Indiana.

Stations, towers, shops and much more on the west end of Erie Railroad territory prior to 1976. This final volume also covers the branches west of Meadville, Pennsylvania.

Contents:
Meadville Division, pp. 6-23;
Mahoning Division, pp. 24-45;
Kent Division, pp. 46-57;
Marion Division, pp. 58-99;
Chicago & Western Indiana, pp. 100-107;
Bradford Branch, pg. 110;
Second Sub-Division, Mahoning Division, pg. 111;
Dayton Branch, pp. 112-113;
Ferrona Branch, pg. 114;
Lisbon Branch, pg. 114;
First Sub-Division, Mahoning Division, pp. 115-127;
Erie Reborn, pg. 128.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1286
Price: 46.95 USD

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, 64 pages, 11 x 15.5 x .25 in., color maps. DLIN
Price: 13.95 USD

The Monon was a unique and colorful Indiana railroad that was run with the same intensity and professionalism that one would find on a much larger system. While it was big enough to have a varied diesel fleet and financially strong enough to have modern equipment and high-speed, signal protected main lines, the Monon remained accessible and understandable. The Monon had friendly employees, interesting equipment, and just enough trains to make its operations interesting and fun to experience.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1195
Price: 46.95 USD

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America: Great Lakes East USA (Second Edition)

The Second Edition now includes extant Interurban lines and the Conrail split between CSX and Norfolk Southern.

States covered in this volume are Indiana, lower Michigan and Ohio.

Includes detail maps of the following locations:
Indiana: Anderson, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Logansport, Muncie, South Bend and Terre Haute
Michigan: Battle Creek, Detroit, Durand, Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Muskegon, Pontiac, Port Huron-Sarnia and Saginaw-Bay City
Ohio: Akron, Alliance, Belle Fontaine, Bellevue, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Findley, Fostoria, Hamilton, Lima, Lorain, Mansfield, Marion, Nelsonville-Athens, Sandusky, Springfield, Toledo, Youngstown and Zanesville
West Virginia: Parkersburg and Wheeling
83 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, 80 pages, 8.25 x 11.75 x .25 in., printed on heavy enameled paper. SPVAGLE
Price: 22.95 USD

The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway was well described by its slogan, Around--Not Thru Chicago. For most of a century, it was owned by United States Steel, and was a critical freight conduit for both U.S. Steel's Gary Works and its South Chicago Works, but also served many other shippers along its 130-mile line. In addition, it interchanged with fully 35 railroads around Chicago, carriers from the north, west, east and south, making it a busy interchange and transfer road also.

The focal points of operations on this 130-mile railroad were the two major yards at East Joliet and Gary (Kirk Yard). Locomotive servicing as well as heavy freight switching typified these facilities, and both local freight service and inter-road transfer runs operated from these yards.

Along with a complete railroad history, the steam locomotive roster is illustrated and presented in this book, along with the same information for the diesel era. Probably the most distinctive signature motive power of the EJ&E was its Baldwin center-cab transfer diesels, of which they owned 27 units, more than all other railroads combined.

This fine volume of history, enriched with 230 photographs (93 in color), most never before published, and 12 maps and drawings, along with detailed equipment histories and several summary chapters about EJ&E freight cars, is the most complete account of the history and operation of the EJ&E ever published. Rail historians and modelers, especially those interested in Chicago-area railroads, will be enthralled with this book, but the many fans of main line railroading will find it interesting and enjoyable too.

Pat Dorin, a well-known rail historian, worked for the EJ&E at one time, and has drawn on company records and employee interviews for this history of the road. In addition to operational details, complete descriptions of both steam and diesel motive power, and of the freight car fleet, are included. The dust jacket watercolor is based on a photograph by Russ Porter.

Contents:
Acknowledgments, pp. 6-7;
Introduction, pp. 8-9;
Train Operations and Service:
Ch. 1: Around--Not Thru Chicago: A Bit of History, pp. 10-21;
Ch. 2: Freight Trains from Porter to Waukegan, pp. 22-35;
Ch. 3: Coal Drags and Unit Trains, pp. 36-41;
Ch. 4: Ore Trains from the Lake Superior Region, pp. 42-43;
Ch. 5: East Joliet and Kirk Yards, pp. 44-57;
Ch. 6: Passenger Service on the EJ&E, pp. 58-73;
Motive Power and Equipment:
Ch. 7: Steam Power, pp. 74-81;
Ch. 8: Diesel Power, pp. 82-109;Ch. 9: The Box Car Fleet, pp. 110-115;
Ch. 10: Gondolas and Cars for Coiled Steel, pp. 116-125;
Ch. 11: Hopper, Ballast and Flat Cars, pp. 126-133;
Ch. 12: Cabooses and Work Cars, pp. 134-145;
Appendix 1: Freight Equipment Rosters, pp. 146-151;
Appendix 2: Freight Schedules for various years, pp. 152-166;
Resources, pp. 167-168;
Index, pp. 169-176.

Signature Press, hard cover with jacket, 176 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .75 in., b&w and color photographs, illustrations, rosters. SP261
Price: 50.95 USD

With Sandy Goodrick.

The New York Central System that Sandy Goodrick experienced in 1949-1955 was in a life or death race with inflation and loss of revenue to competitors. Of all the things management could do to meet the squeeze of traffic decline and expense inflation was to dieselize. Dieselization was concentrated on the eastern half of the NYC leaving the western half an operating museum for steam. Many first line trains were still powered by J-3a Super Hudsons between Cleveland or Detroit and Chicago. Before 1953, Niagaras were relatively rare on the west end, but then they too appeared in great numbers. Also included are some photographs of the South Bend terminal, the CSS&SB, and a Studebaker Corporation ALCo S-1!

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1251
Price: 46.95 USD