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South Platte Press. Softcover. New. At the end of the steam locomotive age, the Santa Fe Railway was among the foremost of American railroads that responded generously to requests for steam locomotives to be placed on display in city parks and museums. Renowned steam locomotive historian Lloyd E. Stagner documents the service history and current locations of all 51 AT&SF steam locomotives on display or held for future exhibition. Noted railroad preservation writer Bob Yarger then comments on what action can and must be taken in order to assure the future survival of these treasured artifacts of Americas rail heritage. Filled with 62 photographs and illustrations, this book is a call to action for railroad enthusiasts and history preservationists everywhere. South Platte Press, softcover, 48 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W photographs of locomotives in service and on display.

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. For well over 100 years, there was a close and usually mutually beneficial relationship between the City of Parsons, Kansas, and what became the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company (M-K-T or -the Katy-). Parsons, located on rolling prairie land near the southeast corner of Kansas, depended largely on the Katy for its basic employment, those jobs which brought money into the community. In fact, during the first half of that period it was almost a textbook example of a railroad town. Covering the years 1865 to 2012, the authors relate the fascinating story of how Parsons was the site of the Katy's main locomotive repair shop until its merger with the Union Pacific in 1988. Railroad historian I.E. Quastler has previously authored a number of Midwest railroad history topics, including Rock Island Line In Focus. Co-author James Reisdorff has authored or co-authored books such as The Man Who Wrecked 146 Locomotives. South Platte Press, softcover, 168 pages, 115 B&W… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. Jotting a message on a penny post card at the turn of the 20th century was an American tradition. A plain card was inadequate for many travelers, who wished to share something of their journey or description with the recipient. In addition to carrying messages, picture post cards or view cards became an art form themselves, sought by collectors then and now. And railroads, as the dominant form of transportation during the card craze, were a prime subject. Railroad depots became one of the most popular images, as they were one of the first things an arriving traveler saw of a town, and were otherwise a busy portal for any community which depended on the daily experience of train time, to provide it with essential transportation services. While most of the old depots are gone, as are many of the railroad lines themselves, their images are eagerly sought by post card collectors. Here is a look at the golden era of the railroad station and train travel in one Midwest… Leer más

South Platte Press, 2023. Softcover. New. Softcover, 100 pages, 8.5 x 10 in., 90 color illustrations. The photographs in this title are one per page and therefore, there is great detail to be seen. There are pictures of steam from the various roads entering Council Bluffs and as this is a steam to diesel transition era book, many pictures of first-generation diesels when the paint was fresh. There is a picture of an EMD demonstrator F7A beside the old Rock Island roundhouse. Also, there is a neat picture of Rock Island motorcar 9071 on the turntable. There are some pictures of cabooses, work cars, and depots. A picture of the derelict Chicago Great Western freight house is included. This title has some really neat and uncommon pictures not found in other titles. Union Pacific has quite a few photographs here, but most of the book features the connecting railroads. At its peak, Council Bluffs, Iowa, was served by eight major railroads, making it the fifth-largest rail center in the United States.… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. Many South Platte Press titles are focused on early railroad history and are usually B&W photographs. This book is mostly color photographs beginning with a color photo looking down at the depot from an overpass with two Burlington Northern business cars parked out front. Most pictures are large format with one picture per page. You will see the Pioneer Zephyr parked at the depot, many silver E-units, business cars, run-through power and Amtrak. In the past several decades, the railroad presence in the downtown area of Lincoln, Nebraska, has been significantly diminished. This pictorial looks at the many changes that have taken place around the city's former Burlington and Amtrak station between the early 1960s and 2012. The authors, noted Lincoln area rail historians, recount the history of Lincoln�s ""Burlington box,"" various steam and football excursions that operated, and changes to local passenger train service during the Amtrak era. Photographs by a number… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. The driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit, located in the high desert region of northern Utah, marked the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869. Seventy-three years later, on September 8, 1942, the Golden Spike was 'un-driven' at Promontory Summit during a brief ceremony that largely replicated the original event in reverse. The tracks were then torn up for military use during World War II, whereafter Promontory Summit was largely forgotten. This is the illustrated story of the un-driving of the Golden Spike in 1942 and the various personalities involved. It's also the story of a century-long struggle to have America rediscover the significance of Promontory Summit, which culminated in the establishment of the Golden Spike National Historic Site. Includes 75 historic B&W photographs and one map. Contents: Introduction, pp. 2-6, May 10, 1869, pp. 7-14, The Promontory Branch, pp. 15-28, Un-Driving the Golden Spike, pp. 29-44,… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. Photography by Forrest H. Bahm. Across the United States, a large number of new short line or regional railroads have been formed from trackage formerly operated by larger railroad companies. One example of this type of rail service in the Midwest, the Nebraska Central, has since 1993 continued to move mostly agrarian-related traffic over a series of former Union Pacific Railroad branch lines. This book serves as a case study of how rail service on one branch line has dramatically changed between the decades of the 1960s and the 1990s. It is also a pictorial study in B&W of how one railroad photographer, Forrest H. Bahm, documented both of these eras. It is ultimately a story of regional railroading for today. Only one steam photograph but includes many interesting subjects including passenger specials, detour trains with main line power (including a U50C) and a Jordan Spreader. The photo reproduction is excellent on high-quality glossy paper. Contents:… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. Union Pacific Steam Survivors examines the status of 52 still-extant UP steam locomotives. Most were either given to communities or museums. A few were retained by the railroad in its own corporate collection. During the 1950s, as American railroads were making the transition from steam to diesel power, Union Pacific's policy of good relations with its on-line communities was instrumental in the donation of many retired steam locomotives. Museums, some of them off-line, were also recipients. These steam survivors, while in some instances limited to only one or two extant examples of certain types, are well diversified. They range in size from small switch engines to that of the world's largest steam locomotives - the Big Boys. What makes Union Pacific unique from other large Class I railroads which donated old locomotives is that the railroad has otherwise continued to maintain two operative steam engines. UP 4-8-4 type No. 844 and 4-6-6-4 type No. 3985 are based… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. South Platte Press, softcover, 66 pages, 34 color illustrations. Having originally gone to work for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1973 as a clerk at company headquarters in Omaha, Edwina ""Curlie"" Justus later became a qualified train engineer at age 34 at North Platte, Nebraska, and retired from that position in 1998. Now, in her own words, Edwina recounts her many real-life experiences operating over the UP mainline out of North Platte. By overcoming sexism and racism on the job through tenacity and kindness, Edwina became one of the pioneer women to enter into what had previously been only a man's world. This book is illustrated with photos of UP trains and locations from the same era as when Edwina worked for the railroad. Contents: Introduction, pp. 7-12, Growing up in Omaha, pp. 13-16, Calm Amidst the Storm, pp. 17-24, The Fashion Plate, pp. 25-26, What's a Traction Motor?, pp. 27-32, The North Side of North Platte, pp. 33-38, The Good, the Bad and the… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. Signed by the author. This title is published by Challenger Press and distributed by South Platte Press. This fact-filled reference book by noted Union Pacific historian Jim Ehernberger covers more than 400 place name stations along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska. Included are 232 B&W photographs of depots, roundhouses, coal chutes and various other structures. Ehernberger's research will prove very useful to anyone seeking information regarding what kind of service facilities were located at both main and branch line stations, dating back to the UP's earliest years of serving Nebraska. Autographed by the author, this book has been made available to South Platte Press for distribution. The book is organized alphabetically with statistics provided for locations such as water tank capacity, milepost, station base dimensions, year constructed and retired, turntables and capacity, stock pens, etc. Many photographs are from the days when the stations were in… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. How 13 of the World's Largest Diesel Locomotives Were Preserved by James J. Reisdorff and Michael M. Bartels. With photography by A.J. Wolff. The DDA40X or Centennial type of locomotive, operated by the Union Pacific Railroad between 1969 and 1985, were considered to be the world's largest and most powerful diesel-Electric Locomotive. Today, 13 of these unique machines still exist. Like no other UP locomotive since the era of the steam-powered Big Boy, the Centennials inspired a flood of promotional material related to their use. This book is the story of how the Centennials became part of Union Pacific's legendary motive power roster, and the circumstances under which each of the 13 survivors came to be preserved once their remarkable service careers had ended. Informative text provides the service history, location and status of each surviving Centennial. This is supplemented by 50 B&W illustrations of these units in service as provided mainly by noted western… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. This book will describe the Union Pacific Railroad's design, construction, and operation of its eight successive Omaha passenger stations of the later nineteenth century, and two different Union Passenger Stations, built in 1899 and 1931 respectively. An end summary will also describe historic preservation efforts from 1973 to the present that saved the 1931 Union Station from destruction and helped make possible its use as the Durham Western Heritage Museum beginning in 1975. Omaha was once the nation's fourth largest railroad center and the 1931 Omaha Union Station was built in part to satisfy the demands of local businessmen and the increasing public demand for improved passenger train service to the city. Chapters cover the time period from Omaha before the railroads up to the present use of the station. Contents: Acknowledgements, Introduction, pp. 2-6, Omaha's Railroad Palace, pp. 7-10, Omaha Before the Railroads, pp. 11-12, Omaha's First Passenger Depots,… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. This book features the best of the author's photography taken on the Union Pacific and Rock Island (via trackage rights) during the diesel era in the Topeka, Kansas, vicinity from the mid-1960s through the contemporary era. It includes coverage of passenger and freight train action in the vicinity of the Union Pacific Topeka depot, which served as an active passenger station until 1971. It is today a major rail museum known as the Great Overland Station. This study in B&W, of which the author is noted for his many books in this format, looks back at almost 50 years of change that have taken place along UP rails through Topeka. Includes a number of shots looking down at the power and trains. Includes F-units and early U-boats to distributed power coal trains. South Platte Press, softcover, 48 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., sharp B&W photographs printed on high-quality coated paper.

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. This book has quite a selection of early airlines and airliners including famous, infamous and little-known ones. The first picture is of an Air West F-27 at San Diego in Pacific Airlines paint. The book includes Braniff's Great Pumpkin landing at LAX, Lockheed Electras in various paint schemes plus a couple of photographs of Zia Airlines which lasted a few years flying around New Mexico. Longtime railroad historian and South Platte Press author I.E. Quastler turns to his other major transportation interest, airlines, for this fascinating look at the more unique aspects of commercial aviation. The aircraft photographed by the author for this book, starting in 1969, range from commuter airliners at unusual locations to jumbo jets in flight. The topics also range from airlines and services that lasted only a few months, to those of long standing which may be unfamiliar to many readers. Short essays describe the content and setting of each photograph. This book is… Leer más

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. This book is all B&W images. The pictures are from a mix of eras. You will see the early days of the streamliners, and the latter, less-polished era. Usually, each page has one large photograph with a caption. Some pages include advertising reproductions. There is a simple map of the routes taken from Chicago to Omaha. The focus of this book is the well-traveled Chicago to Omaha rail passenger corridor, from the end of World War II to the start of federally subsidized Amtrak passenger train service. This was an era when four leading Midwest railroads operated passenger routes between the two major cities, while also serving a variety of communities in Illinois and Iowa: Chicago & North Western and partner Union Pacific, Burlington Route, Rock Island and the Milwaukee Road. Area service once provided by the Chicago Great Western and Illinois Central is also examined. Using photos and text, the author compares how these historic railroads once operated some of the… Leer más

South Platte Press, 2023. Softcover. New. Softcover, 160 pages, 9 x 6 in., 138 B&W photographs and illustrations. Tourists traveled to Yellowstone National Park on Union Pacific passenger trains for more than 45 years. Along the way they traveled through Island Park, a unique geographical region located along the Yellowstone Branch in eastern Idaho. From the areas livestock and lumber industry to Railroad Ranch and its affiliation with the Harriman family, to the ""Spring Campaign"" snowplow trains, the Yellowstone Branch played a major role in the region's history. Although the northern half of the branch line was later abandoned, its route through Island Park is now a scenic year-around recreational trail. Contents: Introduction, Background, pp. 5-18, Construction of the Railroad in Island Park, pp. 19-30, Along the Line: Stations in Island Park, pp. 31-64, Operations of the Railroad in Island Park, pp. 65-74, Passenger Service in Island Park, pp. 75-98, Freight Operations, pp. 99-102, The Spring… Leer más