Books from Enthusiast Books
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Pennsylvania Railroad Locomotives: Photo Archive: Steam, Diesel, and Electric
By John KellyAlso featured with this collection of previously unpublished archival photos are a system map, timetables, advertising and locomotive designs by well known industrial designer Raymond Loewy.
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The California Zephyr: An Entertaining History of America's Most Celebrated Train Route
By John KellyThe California Zephyr incorporated the best of the Zephyr fleet including Vista-Dome coaches and Vista-Dome observation cars.
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Chicago Stations & Trains Photo Archive
By John KellyNo other American city had such a fascinating group of railroad passenger stations as Chicago. This book highlights Chicago's six major railroad stations and the trains that served them.
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Union Pacific: America's Premier Railroad for Over 150 Years
By John KellyHelping bring life to the story is an array of photos with extended captions as well as vintage Union Pacific timetables, travel brochures, dining car menus, postcards, tickets, maps and advertising.
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Great Northern Railway - Route of the Empire Builder
By John KellyThe Great Northern Railway (GN) main line stretched 1,700 miles from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, and was the most northern transcontinental railroad in the United States.
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Rio Grande Locomotives Photo Archive
By John KellyThe Rio Grande Railroad operated in the spectacular Colorado Rockies.
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Chicago Postwar Passenger and Commuter Trains
By John KellyIn 1948, Chicago was the gathering place of 22 railroads, seven belt and switching roads, eight industrial railroads and three electric lines.
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Burlington Zephyrs Photo Archive: America's Distinctive Trains
By John KellyWith declining passenger revenues Burlington President Ralph Budd realized something unique was needed to lure passengers back to train travel.
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Streamliners to the Twin Cities Photo Archive: The 400, Twin Zephyrs, and Hiawatha Trains
By John KellyIn 1935 an intense rivalry between the Chicago & North Western, Milwaukee Road and Burlington Route began in the busy Chicago-St. Paul/Minneapolis (Twin Cities) corridor.
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Railroad Freight Car Slogans & Heralds
By John KellyAfter WWII railroads realized freight cars could be used to create a public image of their company and to sell passenger and freight services.
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Ford Ranchero: 1957-1979 Photo History
By James C. MaysMeticulously researched in Fords archives, automotive historian James C. Mays pays tribute to Ranchero, telling the complete story in rich detail. Includes prices and options lists, plus production, sales and export figures.
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Encyclopedia of Small-Scale Diecast Motor Vehicle Manufacturers
By Mark Foster, Kimmo Sahakangas, Dave WeberThis encyclopedia provides vital information on every miniature die cast motor vehicle manufacturer from around the world.
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Coal Mining Equipment at Work: Featuring the World Famous Mines and Mining Companies of Western Kentucky
By Michael D. DavisWestern Kentucky represented, in the time period covered by this book from the 1950s-80s, the bulk of coal mining in North America.
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W. S. Darley & Co. Fire Apparatus: 1908-2000 Photo Archive
By Matthew LeeFollow the story of the Darley company from its beginnings as a municipal supply catalog company through the development of its first pumps and then complete fire apparatus up to the current day.
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Indy Cars 1911-1939: Great Racers from the Crucible of Speed
By Karl LudvigsenThis new book in the Ludvigsen Library Series covers racers through the 1930s, completing the Series' sweeping panorama of the cars that raced in the ''500'' from 1911 to the end of the 1970s.
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Indy Cars of the 1960s
By Karl LudvigsenJourney into Gasoline Alley during the tumultuous 1960s, one of the most spectacular and controversial decades in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Chaparral: Can-Am Racing Cars from Texas
By Karl LudvigsenThe book is a rare treat for fans of the exciting and popular Can-Am racing series.
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Indy Cars of the 1940s: Ludvisen Library Series
By Karl LudvigsenThe six-cylinder Thorne Special won in 1946 and Indys only six-wheeled car competed as well. This new Ludvigsen Library book brings to dramatic life the spectacle and excitement of the 1940-1949 era at the Speedway.
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Ships of the Great Lakes: An Inside Look at the World's Largest Inland Fleet
By Patrick D. LapinskiLapinski gets close and personal with ship-life, from the captain to the cook, from the inner workings of the engine department to the intricacies of navigation, from the work it takes to load and unload large masses of material.
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Commercial Ships on the Great Lakes: A Photo Gallery
By Franz A. VonRiedelFor centuries, millions of tons of cargo have moved across the five Great Lakes. The lakes have always held on to the old-school ways of using single screw tugboats, steam...