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, 76 pages, 11 x 15.5 x .25 in., color maps. DLAZC
Price: 16.95 USD

Bob Knoll's Southern Pacific: The SP Railroad photographs of J. R. Knoll

Bob Knoll developed in interest in trains at an early age. A family move from the East to Arizona in 1951 exposed him to the Southern Pacific. Camera in hand, he began to document SP's Sunset Route main line in Tucson, which was still operated with steam locomotives. After getting his drivers license Bob set out to photograph the Tucson Division, as well as the border town of Nogales and on into Mexico to photograph ex-SP de Mexico steam still in operation.

With railroading in his blood, he jumped at the chance to hire out as a telegrapher/clerk in 1954. Over the next several years he worked many of the main line stations on the division. On his rest days he to the opportunity to explore the SP in California with long time friend Dick Steinheimer. Bumped by Centralized Traffic Control replacing the telegraphers work, Bob resigned from the SP in 1961 and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. Bob continued his connection with the SP as a representative of one of its major shippers.

Bob's photography of the SP continued in the Bay Area, Donner Pass, and the San Joaquin Valley. Later a move to southern California led to photographing Tehachapi, Taylor Yard, and Beaumont Hill.

About 40 percent of the book covers the Tucson Division and Mexico, another 40 percent northern California and 20 percent southern California. Of the 112 pages, 16 pages are in color, the rest in black & white. The color photographs are primarily of the Scarlet and Gray era on the SP. One of Bob's first photographs is of both Golden States at LaSalle Street Station. The rear of number 4 with a blunt end SP sleeper next to number 3 with a Rock Island E-8 in the full Rocket dress.

SPH&TS, soft cover, 112 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., b&w and color photographs. SPHS823
Price: 33.95 USD

Railroads of Arizona Vol. 5: Santa Fe to Phoenix.

This is the fifth volume in David Myrick's acclaimed series of books about Arizona railroading. It is a history of efforts to construct a north-south railroad connecting Phoenix with the Santa Fe main line in northern Arizona, as well as the operations of that and connected lines, such as the route to California with a Colorado River bridge at Parker. The various mining roads tributary to the Peavine, as the Santa Fe line was known, are also here, along with the rich mining history and associated railroads of the area around Prescott, Arizona.

Prescott, capital of Arizona Territory, had no railroad until 1887, despite active mining in the nearby Bradshaw Mountains and the tantalizing completion of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad across northern Arizona in 1881, only fifty miles to the north. Emergence of a railroad to Prescott was to be an important factor in the development of central Arizona. Prescott's first railroad, the Prescott & Arizona Central, only lasted six years, and was succeeded by the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix (the Peavine), a road which eventually became part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Later construction of the Parker line, a direct route from the Phoenix area to Southern California, is also described.

The history of these and associated railroads, such as the Bradshaw Mountain Railroad, is presented in this book, from early construction and operation through a rugged and arid territory, to the coming of modernization in the twentieth century. During much of this history, railroads were powered by steam locomotives, and both passenger and freight operations are described here. In addition, the book features numerous images of mines, mills, and mining camps throughout the books territory. Enthusiasts of mining history will also find much to enjoy in this book. The distinguished Western historian David F. Myrick, as in his previous books, brings meticulous research, numerous fine maps, and a superb collection of rare and historic photographs to this new volume of the Arizona series. As always, his writing is authoritative, clear and readable. Railroad artist John Winfield provided a dust jacket painting of a Santa Fe perishable freight train crossing Hell Canyon, north of Prescott, in the early 1950s. This book is a fitting companion to Volume 4, The Santa Fe Route, and is sure to take its place in libraries of railroad and Western history.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments;
1. Prescott--Before the First Railroad;
2. Prescott and Arizona Central Railway Company;
3. Phoenix Looks to the North;
4. Construction of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway;
5. Operation of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway;
6. Prescott and Eastern Railroad Company;
7. The Bradshaw Mountain Railroad to Poland;
8. The Bradshaw Mountain Railroad to Crown King;
9. The Hackberry Railroad;
10. Arizona and California Railway;
11. The California Southern Railroad;
12. The Congress Mines Railroad;
13. Arizona & California Railroad Company;
Appendix: The Arizona Central Railroads.
This volume contains 261 photographs, 29 maps, bibliography, index.

Signature Press, hard cover with color dust jacket, 280 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .75 in., b&w and color photographs and illustrations. SP056
Price: 55.95 USD

Route 66 Railway: The Story of Route 66 and the Santa Fe Railway in the American Southwest.

Route 66 Railway explores the relationship between Route 66 and the Santa Fe/BNSF Railway in the Southwest United States. For 80 years and over 800 miles, the road and railroad have been constant companions through New Mexico, Arizona and California. Filled with spectacular photography and engaging text, this hard cover book is a visual road trip across these iconic routes.

One is built of steel and the other asphalt, but together they share decades of history-each has experienced life, decline and rebirth. U.S. Highway 66 was decommissioned in 1985, not long after the final stretch in Williams, Arizona was bypassed by Interstate 40. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, which built into California during the 1880s, passed into history in 1995 when it merged with Burlington Northern Railroad to become today's BNSF Railway.

Yet both legends thrive with newfound popularity. Route 66 has undergone a renaissance among American and overseas travelers who want to experience the American adventure away from bland Interstates. BNSF has become one of America's busiest railroads-over 100 trains a day parallel the old highway through deserts, mountains, canyons and dusty towns.

That's the story of this beautiful color book, published by the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation. We'll tour the places where the worlds of railroad and highway meet, and recall the days when crossing the Southwest was an adventure. Dramatic photography will take you across Southern California, over the Arizona Divide, and along New Mexico's red mesas to Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Visit colorful cafes, neon motels, rail depots and more...amid the thunder of passing trains.

Contents:
Acknowledgments, pg. 7;
Foreword by Ted Benson, pp. 8-11;
Introduction, pp. 12-13;
Two Men Named Cyrus, pp. 14-41;
California, pp. 42-79;
Arizona, pp. 80-109;
New Mexico, pp. 118-145;
The Midwest, pp. 146-159;
The Ghost of Tom Joad, pp. 160-171;
Index, Resources, Credits, pp. 172-176.

Los Angeles Heritage Foundation, hard cover with jacket, 176 pages, 250+ photos, mostly in color, color endpaper maps, Postcards, memorabilia and index. LARHF100
Price: 43.95 USD

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America: Arizona & New Mexico USA

New Revised & Updated Edition (2006).

Since the first edition was published in 1995 much has changed. This all new edition not only incorporates all those changes, mergers, ownership changes and abandonment's but also includes for the first time the interurban electric railroads and logging railroads. The Atlas shows all currently operated common carrier, tourist and major industrial railroads along with abandoned routes.

This second edition covers Arizona and New Mexico after the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe and Union Pacific-Southern Pacific mergers.

Includes detail maps of the following locations:
Arizona: Bisbee-Naco, Courtland-Gleeson, Miami-Globe, Morenci-Clifton (circa 1916 and present day), New Cornelia Mine, Tucson and Yuma
Colorado: Trinidad
New Mexico: Cumbres and Magdalena
Texas: El Paso

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, 64 pages, 8.25 x 11.75 x .25 in., printed on heavy enameled paper. SPVATAZ
Price: 22.95 USD