Images of Rail

Images of Rail History Books


The Images of Rail series features stunning vintage images of railroads, rail lines, trolleys, streetcars, rail stations, and subways across the country. Each book celebrates the legacy of rail transportation in America through historical images and descriptive captions.

From the building booms in the mid 1800's when railroads replaced canals as the primary mode of transportation, to the grandeur of Pullman's sleeping cars and San Francisco's famous cable cars, to Manhattan's lost streetcars and Pittsburgh's streamlined trolleys, thousands of vintage images give readers a memorable visual tour of bygone times that helped revolutionize America's transportation industry.


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Akron Railroads
Akron Railroads

$19.99 Backordered
state: Ohio
series: Images of Rail
The self-described “rubber capital of the world,” Akron was the home of numerous rubber factories that made tires for America’s burgeoning a ...
Ohio Backordered $19.99 9780738541419
Alameda by Rail
Alameda by Rail

$19.99 Available
state: California
series: Images of Rail
Across the great bay from San Francisco, the city of Alameda evolved into an island hometown of fine Victorian and Craftsman architecture an ...
California Available $19.99 9780738547060
Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway
Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway

$19.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of Rail
Dating back to 1882, the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway has humble origins, but it quickly became a viable transportation system ...
Pennsylvania Available $19.99 9780738538976
Amador Central Railroad
Amador Central Railroad

$21.99 Available
state: California
series: Images of Rail
Resting in the community park in Ione, California, is old No. 7, affectionately known as “Iron Ivan,” the last steam engine that served on t ...
California Available $21.99 9780738575506
Arcade and Attica Railroad
Arcade and Attica Railroad

$21.99 Available
state: New York
series: Images of Rail
In 1881, a narrow-gauge railroad was built in southwestern New York, from Attica to Arcade. It was later rebuilt to standard gauge to connec ...
New York Available $21.99 9780738572055
Auto-Train
Auto-Train

$21.99 Available
state: Virginia
series: Images of Rail
Although most Americans have heard of the Auto Train, many have uncertain ideas regarding what it is and where it operates. The “longest pas ...
Virginia Available $21.99 9780738567853
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of Rail
Andrew Carnegie’s vision of transporting iron ore from his boats on Lake Erie to his Pittsburgh steel mills was realized when he obtained ow ...
Pennsylvania Available $21.99 9780738562667
Bingham Canyon Railroads
Bingham Canyon Railroads

$21.99 Available
state: Utah
series: Images of Rail
Railroads and mining in Bingham Canyon have gone hand in hand since the first railroad was constructed in the canyon in late 1873. Bingham C ...
Utah Available $21.99 9780738584898
Boston & Maine in the 19th Century
Boston & Maine in the 19th Century

$21.99 Available
state: Massachusetts
series: Images of Rail
All the romance of early railroading in northern New England pervades Boston & Maine in the 19th Century. This fascinating journey begins in ...
Massachusetts Available $21.99 9780738505466
Boston & Maine in the 20th Century
Boston & Maine in the 20th Century

$21.99 Available
state: Massachusetts
series: Images of Rail
As the twentieth century dawned, the Boston & Maine Railroad Company controlled virtually all of the rail lines in New Hampshire, as well as ...
Massachusetts Available $21.99 9780738505473
Boston and Maine Locomotives
Boston and Maine Locomotives

$21.99 Available
state: Massachusetts
series: Images of Rail
The Boston & Maine Railroad has long captured the hearts of rail enthusiasts, and its locomotives are models of the majesty, power, and roma ...
Massachusetts Available $21.99 9780738510606
Boston and Maine Trains and Services
Boston and Maine Trains and Services

$21.99 Available
state: Massachusetts
series: Images of Rail
The Boston & Maine Railroad serviced most of New England as a primary mode of transportation during the 19th and 20th centuries. The birth o ...
Massachusetts Available $21.99 9780738538754
Brooklyn Streetcars
Brooklyn Streetcars

$21.99 Available
state: New York
series: Images of Rail
In the summer of 1854, the Brooklyn City Railroad opened four separate streetcar lines. The lines were introduced here several years before ...
New York Available $21.99 9780738557618
Buffalo Railroads
Buffalo Railroads

$21.99 Available
state: New York
series: Images of Rail
As a growing city on Lake Erie, Buffalo was considered the second largest railroad hub in the Unites States. Given its location, it saw the ...
New York Available $21.99 9780738573717
Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service
Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service

$21.99 Available
state: California
series: Images of Rail
The rail line now called Caltrain was started in the 1860s to create a faster alternative to stagecoaches and ships between the key cities o ...
California Available $21.99 9780738576220
Canton Area Railroads
Canton Area Railroads

$21.99 Available
state: Ohio
series: Images of Rail
Canton and the nearby cities of Massillon and Alliance are located in the great steel-making region of northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvan ...
Ohio Available $21.99 9780738561110
Chattanooga's Terminal Station
Chattanooga's Terminal Station

$21.99 Available
state: Tennessee
series: Images of Rail
Long before Glenn Miller made the world-famous “Chattanooga Choo Choo” an American icon, Chattanooga was already a bustling railroad communi ...
Tennessee Available $21.99 9780738568089
Chicago and the Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago and the Illinois Central Railroad

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state: Illinois
series: Images of Rail
Headquartered in Chicago, the Illinois Central Railroad was known as the “Main Line of Mid-America,” as it was a major railroad cutting thro ...
Illinois Available $21.99 9780738550749
Colorado and Southern Railway: Clear Creek Narrow Gauge
Colorado and Southern Railway: Clear Creek Narrow Gauge

$21.99 Available
state: Colorado
series: Images of Rail
In 1860, thousands journeyed to the Colorado Territory, beckoned by reports of gold discoveries in the mountains west of Denver. In the earl ...
Colorado Available $21.99 9780738529295
Copper Country Rail
Copper Country Rail

$21.99 Available
state: Michigan
series: Images of Rail
From the railroads’ beginnings in the early 1870s to the complex rail network of the 1900s, the advance and decline of the copper industry i ...
Michigan Available $21.99 9780738550589
Delaware and Hudson Railway
Delaware and Hudson Railway

$21.99 Available
state: New York
series: Images of Rail
The Delaware and Hudson Railway has a grand and glorious history that began in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. The Delaware and Hudson Canal ...
New York Available $21.99 9780738573908
Detroit's Street Railways
Detroit's Street Railways

$21.99 Available
state: Michigan
series: Images of Rail
Detroit’s Street Railways tells the story of public transportation in the Motor City. Dating back to 1863, when horse-drawn streetcars servi ...
Michigan Available $21.99 9780738540276
East Broad Top Railroad
East Broad Top Railroad

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of Rail
Chartered in 1856, the East Broad Top Railroad began operating in 1873 through scenic Huntingdon County in south-central Pennsylvania. This ...
Pennsylvania Available $21.99 9780738557540
Eastern Kentucky Railway
Eastern Kentucky Railway

$21.99 Available
state: Kentucky
series: Images of Rail
In 1865, as the Civil War was drawing to a close, plans were underway in Boston for a railroad construction project to begin in Greenup Coun ...
Kentucky Available $21.99 9780738552767
Eastern Shore Railroad
Eastern Shore Railroad

$21.99 Available
state: Virginia
series: Images of Rail
In the 1880s, New York railroad magnate Alexander Cassatt looked at a map of America’s East Coast and decided that he could overcome a chall ...
Virginia Available $21.99 9780738542430
Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County
Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County

$21.99 Available
state: Michigan
series: Images of Rail
Electric streetcars and interurbans appeared in Washtenaw County in the 1890s. Evolved from horse-drawn streetcars, electric cars were ideal ...
Michigan Available $21.99 9780738561363
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

$19.99 Available
state: Illinois
series: Images of Rail
In 1884, the Joliet, Aurora and Northern Railroad was formed to connect the growing industrial cities of Joliet and Aurora. This system evol ...
Illinois Available $19.99 9780738550572
Florida East Coast Railway
Florida East Coast Railway

$21.99 Available
state: Florida
series: Images of Rail
Florida East Coast Railway has been the speedway to America's playground for more than 110 years. FEC offered some of America's finest rail ...
Florida Available $21.99 9780738543413
Florida Railroads in the 1920's
Florida Railroads in the 1920's

$21.99 Available
state: Florida
series: Images of Rail
Florida’s railroads emerged in the 1830s amid Native American upheaval and territorial colonization. Many periods of development marked this ...
Florida Available $21.99 9780738542324
Greater Erie Trolleys
Greater Erie Trolleys

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of Rail
When the first electric trolley car entered service in Erie in 1889, it revolutionized public transportation in the region. Within a few yea ...
Pennsylvania Available $21.99 9780738539386
Greater Wyoming Valley Trolleys
Greater Wyoming Valley Trolleys

$21.99 Available
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of Rail
The Wyoming Valley is nestled among the Endless Mountains in Luzerne County with the scenic Susquehanna River meandering through it. Best kn ...
Pennsylvania Available $21.99 9780738565873
Hagerstown: Railroading Around the Hub City
Hagerstown: Railroading Around the Hub City

$21.99 Available
state: Maryland
series: Images of Rail
Hagerstown, Maryland's history is inextricably linked to the railroad. Hagerstown's nickname of the "Hub City" comes from the wheel-spoke ef ...
Maryland Available $21.99 9780738515076
Hartford County Trolleys
Hartford County Trolleys

$19.99 Available
state: Connecticut
series: Images of Rail
During the golden age of the trolley, Hartford County was crisscrossed with over 200 miles of trolley lines, reaching to all major cities an ...
Connecticut Available $19.99 9780738539300
Hartford Trolleys
Hartford Trolleys

$19.99 Available
state: Connecticut
series: Images of Rail
By 1908 Hartford had an extensive system of streetcar lines radiating from the city in all directions. The Hartford division of the Connecti ...
Connecticut Available $19.99 9780738536002
Historic Railroads of Nebraska
Historic Railroads of Nebraska

$21.99 Available
state: Nebraska
series: Images of Rail
The advance of Union Pacific Railroad tracklayers across Nebraska was part of America's great adventure of the 19th century. It marked the b ...
Nebraska Available $21.99 9780738520353
Iowa's Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Iowa's Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad

$21.99 Available
state: Iowa
series: Images of Rail
When talk began circulating in 1848 about the importance of railroads, the people of Cascade grew anxious. Without direct access to navigabl ...
Iowa Available $21.99 9780738541181
Jamaica Station
Jamaica Station

$21.99 Available
state: New York
series: Images of Rail
The Long Island Rail Road is the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original name. Also the busiest railroad in North ...
New York Available $21.99 9780738576411
Johnstown Trolleys and Incline
Johnstown Trolleys and Incline

$21.99 Backordered
state: Pennsylvania
series: Images of Rail
The Johnstown flood on May 31, 1889, virtually demolished the horsecar lines of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Company, resulting in the sy ...
Pennsylvania Backordered $21.99 9780738545837
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway

$21.99 Available
state: Kansas
series: Images of Rail
The Kansas City Southern Railway initially offered freight service to the immediate Kansas City area south. As the line expanded toward Texa ...
Kansas Available $21.99 9780738560014
Kenosha on the Go
Kenosha on the Go

$21.99 Available
state: Wisconsin
series: Images of Rail
Kenosha on the Go chronicles 110 years of transportation in Kenosha. From the first interurban streetcar that reached Kenosha’s northern cit ...
Wisconsin Available $21.99 9780738550985
Kentucky and the Illinois Central Railroad
Kentucky and the Illinois Central Railroad

$21.99 Available
state: Kentucky
series: Images of Rail
The Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR) operated approximately 600 miles of mainline track throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, stretching ...
Kentucky Available $21.99 9780738566610
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Lake Shore Electric Railway

$21.99 Available
state: Ohio
series: Images of Rail
The Lake Shore Electric Railway commenced operation in 1893 on the north coast of Ohio, providing transportation to Cleveland, Lorain, Sandu ...
Ohio Available $21.99 9780738561233
Long Island Rail Road Stations
Long Island Rail Road Stations

$21.99 Available
state: New York
series: Images of Rail
Chartered in 1834 to provide a route between New York City and Boston, the Long Island Rail Road ran from the Brooklyn waterfront through th ...
New York Available $21.99 9780738511801
Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars
Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars

$19.99 Available
state: California
series: Images of Rail
Local rail-borne transit in Los Angeles began with horsecars in 1874, evolving with cable-powered and later electric-powered passenger vehic ...
California Available $19.99 9780738547916
Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island
Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island

$21.99 Available
state: New York
series: Images of Rail
An amazing assortment of electric trolley lines once traversed the towns and villages of Queens and Long Island. With names like Jamaica Cen ...
New York Available $21.99 9780738545264
Louisville & Nashville Railroad in South Central Kentucky
Louisville & Nashville Railroad in South Central Kentucky

$21.99 Available
state: Kentucky
series: Images of Rail
At the midpoint of the 19th century, people and goods moved by river or muddy roads, which made traveling difficult; a stagecoach trip from ...
Kentucky Available $21.99 9780738592145
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads

$21.99 Available
state: Maine
series: Images of Rail
The narrow gauge railroad arrived in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Based on the Welsh two-foot gauge, the American narro ...
Maine Available $21.99 9780738511795
Manhattan's Lost Streetcars
Manhattan's Lost Streetcars

$21.99 Backordered
state: New York
series: Images of Rail
By the first quarter of the 20th century, Manhattan had well over 400 miles of streetcar trackage, an investment of several million dollars. ...
New York Backordered $21.99 9780738538846
Mattoon and Charleston Area Railroads
Mattoon and Charleston Area Railroads

$19.99 Available
state: Illinois
series: Images of Rail
Railroads were instrumental to the development of Mattoon and Charleston, twin cities located in Coles County in east-central Illinois. The ...
Illinois Available $19.99 9780738552286
McKinney Avenue Trolleys
McKinney Avenue Trolleys

$21.99 Available
state: Texas
series: Images of Rail
Streetcar lines grew and prospered in Dallas from 1872 until the 1920s. Automobile competition siphoned many of their riders away, but rider ...
Texas Available $21.99 9780738584973

 
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