Follow the fall of the Lehigh Valley Railroad through its Annual Reports and more than 250 color images from post-WWII to Conrail.

Jersey Central Lines In Color Volume 2 highlights the early period of Camelbacks, Mikados and tangerine and blue Baldwin babyfaces and F3’s. Special emphasis is given to the Pennsylvania Division, with many rare vintage views from the late 1940’s and early 1950’s.

Starting in 1941 and ending in 1976, this all-color book is a year-by-year look back at the operations of the "Big Little Railroad".

Two of the Northeast’s legendary anthracite roads ran side-by-side into bankruptcy and, eventually, Conrail. Enjoy the intriguing passenger, freight and non-revenue equipment of the Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley railroads in almost 300 vivid color photographs augmented by detailed commentary.

Steam expert Bert Pennypacker takes the reader on a class-by-class tour of the CNJ's varied roster – from diminutive 0-6-0's to heavy duty 2-8-2's. Then he heads out on the road for an excursion up the mainline featuring almost all classes extant from 1941–1954

D&H steam departed relatively early, making this all-color compilation quite rare. See everything from Camelbacks to Challengers at rest and work in more than 200 photos.

Over 300 color photos detail the rolling stock of the Delaware & Hudson in this book. Trace the color evolution of its car fleet as different administrations ran the D&H.

This is a fantastic collection of 185 color photographs from the late steam-early diesel era (1946 to 1968). With 47 great pictures, tour the entire system back when the D&H was notable as a bridge line and an operator of excellent passenger trains.

As the winds of change swept over Eastern railroads in the 1960s, the D&H entered its most exciting period. Exotic diesels such as PAs and Sharks, wild lashups of units bearing the colors of the D&H and former owners, and expansion into the large cities of the East characterize the D&H before the Guilford takeover in 1984. Join us in this 128-page hardcover for a trip over the D&H in the heady years between lightning stripes and Guilford.

Featuring the photography of Jim Shaugnessy and a dozen other notable lensmen, this book examines the D&H diesel evolution in several hundred across the system action scenes.

When most bankrupt Northeast railroads were united into one company, Conrail, the USRA was aware that the region needed some competition for “Big Blue.” The only independent railroad ready to take up the challenge of expanding into Conrail’s territory was the fabled Delaware & Hudson. Follow its struggles to compete in this new environment from 1976 till it too was caught up in the financial malaise and vanished in 1991.

Ed Miller recorded the rail events on all the major railroads in the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valleys chiefly during the 1950s and 1960s. DL&W, LV, D&H, NYO&W, L&WV, PRR, CNJ and Erie all served this anthracite producing territory.
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Tour the Reading from end-to-end through over 230 views of vintage diesel and electric.

Noted author Bert Pennypacker guides the reader through an all-color tour of the Reading's motive power, operations and physical plant during the years 1947-1976.

Over 300 of Reading Company passenger and freight cars are portrayed in sharp, clear, color photographs. Ranging from the Post-War period, through the Sixties and right up to Conrail, the photos are expertly captioned.

This book contains over 200 color photographs of Post-War steam of the Reading Company during the years 1946-1956.

An all-color look back at the fabled “Old Woman,” which, in 1957, became the first major railroad in the US to cease operations. It also has excellent coverage of steam, diesel and rolling stock, along with facilities and operations.

The source of Reading Company prosperity – its central Pennsylvania anthracite territory – was recorded by the Kantner Brothers in color chiefly during the 1950s. The last of steam and the earliest of Reading diesels are shown at work, gathering and hauling coal as well as providing first class passenger conveyance.

Stations, towers, yards, shops are all put in context with trains and operations on the eastern end of the Lehigh Valley.

Stations, towers, bridges and anything else “without wheels” on the LV Wyoming Division Main and L&S District.

The shops, stations, towers and other facilities of the LVRR from Sayre to Buffalo are examined along with the trains that plied these routes.

The special relationship between coal company railroads like Wanamie and the class one railroads that served the industry are examined by Scranton resident Chuck Yungkurth.