There is also roster information: class, builder, road number(s), build date, disposition during the period covered by each volume for all included models.

There are also some maps to give the reader of station locations and other interesting information along each subdivision. Next to each map segment is the corresponding segment of the timetable.

BC Rail began June 1984 and ended in July 2004. Volume One covers June 1984 through December 1987.

Monte Vista Publishing, hard cover with jacket, 144 pages, all color photographs. mvp50001
Price: 59.95 USD

Canadian Pacific Facilities In Color Vol. 2.

A coast-to-coast sampling of freight yards, engine terminals, roundhouses, shops, and lineside structures. Coverage of rural stations is continued from Vol. 1, with emphasis on those in Ontario.

Contents:
Introduction, pp. 3-7;
Behind the Scenes (Facilities and Structures), pp. 8-51;
Along the Line (Grain elevators, water tanks and other structures), pp. 52-85;
Stations, pp. 86-128.

Morning Sun Books, hard cover with jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., all color photographs with captions. MSB1389
Price: 46.95 USD

Montana Rail Link. A detailed and well-illustrated examination of the first two decades of operation on Montana Rail Link.

Montana Rail Link was formed in 1987 from over 900 miles of railroad unwanted by merged conglomerate Burlington Northern. The venture began with a newly-assembled group of personnel, a hand-me-down collection of equipment, and customers uncertain of its service commitment. But through nearly a quarter century of business savvy and dogged perseverance, MRL has become the poster child for successful regional railroading.

This 176-page all-color volume documents those first two decades of operation on Montana Rail Link. From the outset, one of the railroad ’s prime assets was its determination to service its clients. Never mind that the railroad was set in Montana and northern Idaho, its route wound through some of the most stunning landscape offered up by the former Northern Pacific. The landscape also presented the railroad with significant operational difficulties, manifest largely on its signature mountain passes: Mullan and Bozeman. To cope with the tough grades, manned helpers have been a way of life on MRL since its inception, its employees exhibiting a spirited professionalism that has kept the rail traffic fluid and efficient.

Over the years, Montana Rail Link has successfully mixed the acquired old with the new. Road power once ruled by SD45s, F45s, SD35s, and even an SDP40, has been supplemented and even replaced by SD70ACes. The upper-quadrant semaphores which at start-up signaled portions of the main line from Lombard to Sandpoint have been retired; CTC has replaced track warrants on the main line. MRL has run it share of passenger trains: the Montana Daylight, on-line shippers ’ specials, and steam excursions. It also had the marketing finesse to establish the Gas Local, a unit train dedicated to a single customer and run like clockwork. However, as many of the 237 photographs in this volume attest, it is the scenery which sets the entire operation in perspective. In a state of big blue sky, MRL ’s big blue diesels harmonize perfectly. It ’s a match made in Montana heaven.

Contents:
First Subdivision (Jones Junction to Spurling, Montana), pp. 8-13;
Second and Thirteenth Subdivisions (Spurling to Helena, Montana), pp. 14-57;
Third and Eighth Subdivisions (Helena to Missoula, Montana), pp. 58-93;
Fourth Subdivision (Missoula, Montana to Spokane, Washington), pp. 94-129;
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Subdivisions (Logan to Spire Rock, Whitehall to Alder and Sappington to Harrison, Montana), pp. 130-139;
Ninth Subdivision (Missoula to Darby, Montana), pp. 140-149;
Tenth Subdivision (De Smet to Paradise, Montana), pp. 150-163;
Eleventh Subdivision (Dixon to Polson, Montana), pp. 164-175;
Index to Photographs, pg. 176.

White River Productions, produced by Dale Sanders, hard cover with jacket, 176 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .5 in., color photographs, maps and illustrations. WRP089
Price: 67.95 USD

Narrow Gauge to Boston: A Nostalgic Window on the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad.

There was relatively little the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad in eastern Massachusetts had in common with most of its three-foot gauge cousins across the United States. Its fleet of diminutive Bogie-type steam locomotives scooted over an eight-mile, sea-level, double-track main line from East Boston to Lynn, plus along a double-track loop branch line through the community of Winthrop, while hauling long strings of wood passenger cars.

Only one leading commodity was ever carried on the BRB&L-passengers from surrounding bedroom communities bound to and from Boston. The railroad interchanged only with its own fleet of ferryboats that carried passengers across Boston Harbor. The BRB&L undertook a costly conversion from steam to electric power on the eve of the Great Depression, only to meet its demise in 1940.

Depicted in more than 150 rare illustrations is the unique story of traveling by Narrow Gauge to Boston.

Contents:
Introduction to Narrow Gauge, pp. 7-10;
Building the Narrow Gauge-And Building it Again, pp. 13-18;
Early Operations on the Narrow Gauge, pp. 19-22;
Boston, Winthrop & Point Shirley Railroad, pp 23-28;
Heyday of the Steam Bogies, Narrow Gauge Steam Roster, pp. 29-54;
The Narrow Gauge Navy: Ferryboats of the BRB&I, pp. 55-60;
Electrification!, pp. 61-72;
A Gallery of Narrow Gauge Stations, pp. 73-84;
Bankruptcy: Bucking the Depression, pp. 85-98;
Abandonment and Dismantling, pp. 99-104;
Standard Gauge Comes to the Narrow Gauge, pp. 105-108;
Narrow Gauge Acknowledgments, pp. 109-110;
Bibliography, pp. 111-112.

South Platte Press with Outer Station Project, soft cover, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .25 in., b&w photographs and illustrations. SPP872
Price: 21.95 USD

Northern Light: A Portrait of BC Rail.

A complete retrospective of BC Rail.

Northern Light is an all-color portrait of one of North America ’s most fascinating railways —BC Rail. With 303 full color photographs and 12 lavishly illustrated maps, this volume presents a retrospective of the entire BC Rail system during its 20-year life span between June 1984 and July 2004.

In Northern Light may be found all the elements that made BC Rail so interesting. From its locomotives (including steam, diesel, and electric) to its unique Budd RDC passenger operations, BC Rail was a railway like no other. Besides just machinery, BC Rail ’s right-of-way passed through some of the most beautiful and diverse scenery in North America. Perhaps the railway ’s most valuable feature were the railroaders who performed their assigned duties with professionalism and a passion for railroading.

The photographs of the machines, landscapes, and people included in Northern Light tell the whole story of British Columbia ’s own railway. From the familiar to rare images of remote trackage never before photographed, it ’s all here in one amazing volume.

White River Productions, hard cover with jacket, 224 pages, color photographs and illustrations. WRP1001
Price: 67.95 USD

Railroads of Arizona Vol. 6: Jerome and the Northern Roads.

The sixth volume in this distinguished series of books describes Arizona's Northern Roads, the railroads in the northern part of the state. The major roads among these were the mining roads of Jerome and the coal roads of later years; there were also lumber roads and the tourist lines such as the Grand Canyon Railway.

David F. Myrick, distinguished railroad historian and an unparalleled expert on Arizona railroad history, published the first five volumes of this series from 1975 to 2001.

Artist Ernie Towler painted the cover illustration based on a historic photograph of articulated locomotive 500 of the Verde Tunnel & Smelter Railway with a typically short train of ore cars.

Contents:
Acknowledgements, pp. 8-10;
Introduction, pp. 11-12;
1. Jerome and Its Four Railroads, pp. 13-24;
2. United Verde and Pacific Railway, pp. 25-56;
3. Verde Valley Railway, pp. 57-68;
4. Verde Tunnel and Smelter Railroad, pp. 69-96;
5. Arizona Extension Railroad, pp. 97-112;
6. Arizona Central Railroad/Verde Canyon Railroad, pp. 113-118;
7. Arizona and Swansea Railroad, pp. 119-136;
8. Mohave County Mines, pp. 137-150;
9. Arizona and Utah Railway, pp. 151-168;
10. Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad, pp. 169-176;
11. Coronado Railroad, pp. 177-184;
12. Grand Canyon Railway Construction, pp. 185-206;
13. Grand Canyon Railway: Operations, Demise & Recovery, pp. 207-238;
Appendix. Grand Canyon Railroad Incorporations, pg. 239;
Bibliography, pp. 240-241;
Index, pp. 242-248.

Signature Press, hard cover with jacket, 248 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., 235 photographs, 28 maps. SP278
Price: 50.95 USD