Railways of the Western Region in the 1970s and 1980s

Railways of the Western Region in the 1970s and 1980s
Author: Kevin Redwood
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1445684322

With a wealth of rare and previously unpublished images, Kevin Redwood documents this fascinating period in Britain’s railway history.

Dale Jones Rail Diary

Dale Jones Rail Diary
Author: Dale Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9781737230328

This 92-page full-color 11 x 8.5 landscape format softcover has over 170 photos,120 of them featuring the GN line, most of which have never been published before.The book is a compilation of my photographs of Great Northern and Burlington Northern operationsin Spokane's Inland Empire from the 1960s to 1980s, with occasional foraysaround the Western United States prior to the 1990s. In 1967, the Great Northern announced a new corporate makeover to "Big Sky Blue."It was the 1960s and bright colors were "in." To me "Blue" was more interestingthan NP "Black." Even today, the debate continues among railfans as to whichrailroad had the "best" paint schemes, Northern Pacific or Great Northern.In any case, I became a Great Northern fan. At first I wanted to record an image of every GN locomotive I could find for modeling, but then as time marched on toward the Burlington Northern merger,I felt the need to document everything Great Northern before it was gone. On pages 58 and 59, trace the changes on the "Then and Now" Riverview/Fisher River.First scenes, without track prior to opening of the Flathead Tunnel-Libby Dam Relocation in 1970 and then later 30-years later with trains. You'll also see images of the very last Burlington Northern train in Scotia Canyon before abandonment in April 1984. Visit the last days of the Great Northern/Burlington Northern grade above Riverside Park west of Fort Wright before abandonment circa 1972.Here's what one reviewer states, "What a great piece of work, I have givenyour book a heads up with the GOAT [an online discussion] group"

Freight Trains of the Western Region in the 1980s

Freight Trains of the Western Region in the 1980s
Author: Kevin Redwood
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2021-05-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 139810051X

A photographic record of the western region's rail freight scene during the interesting period of the 1980s.

Show-Me Katy

Show-Me Katy
Author: Michael A. Landis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2018
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780692990483

A comprehensive, colorful look at the Missouri-Kansas-Texas "Katy" Railroad's route linking Parsons, Kansas with Sedalia, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri. Also included are lines to El Dorado Springs; Moberly; Columbia; and Kansas City. With a special emphasis on the 1970s and 1980s, the book features more than 350 train photographs; detailed maps; and interviews with former employees. A town-by-town rundown highlights points of interest along the corridor, most of which became the Katy Trail State Park.