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Classic Trains, In Search of Steam
Volume III - 1955
In Search of Steam III captures this specail time in the railroad industry, as one era comes to an end, another begins to take hold.

Coming May 2011


"The Steam Locomotive had no greater friends than Morgan and Hastings.  Their chronical of the end of an era is as compelling today as it was 55 years ago."             
-Robert S. McGonigal
Editor, Classic Trains


Tag along with legendary writer David P. Morgan and photographer Phillip R. Hastings as they savor the final bitter sweet years of steam on the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Nickel Plate Road, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific and other citadels of cinders.

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Classic Trains, Working On The Railroad
Live the railroad life: A unique insider's perspective of railroaders in the age of steam and early diesels.
Coming November 23, 2010

"As we came near the top of the big grade, we were rapidly picking up speed.  It was soon apparent that the brakes were not slowing us down."              -NYC Fireman

Working on the Railroad will transport you into the the world of real railroad workers during the glory years of the industry.  With this special collector's issue, you'll feel like you're on the job with the people who kept the trains rolling day and night, winter and summer, coast to coast. Share the thrills, frustration, camaraderie, humor, and even terror of life on the front lines of America's most dynamic and romantic industry.  This remarkable collection of railroader stories will take you where you love to go... on the job and behind the scenes of railroad life. Get an up-close perspective with this rich compilation of first-hand railroader accounts in the age of steam and early diesels: A trainman wrestles with a broken coupler beneath the Hudson River. An engineer battles gravity in California's Tehachapi Mountains. A greenhorn fireman learns the mysteries of steam. A messenger boy recalls a typical day. A dispatcher explains how he juggled train movements. And much more!

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