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RAILROAD REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW BY DAVE CARSON
Southern Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Vol. 1
By Anthony W. Thompson.
ISBN 1-58248-003-6
128 Pages, 221 colour photos.
Published by Morning Sun Books Inc., 9 Pheasant Lane, Scotch Plains
NJ 07076 USA Price: $49.95
Southern Pacific books are few and far between these days, so that any SP fan
will give almost anything for a new book on this now ‘fallen flag’, and will not be disappointed with this latest offering from Morning Sun.
Profusely illustrated with photos from SP’s official collection taken between the mid 1950’s and the early 1980’s, the eleven chapters cover: the 1955 Centennial, Box Cars, Reefers, Gondolas, Intermodal, Hoppers, Tank Cars, Cabooses, Passenger Cars, Trucks, and Miscellaneous Vehicles. The range is so
diverse that there is something in this book to give any SP modeller food for thought for his next modelling project. I am sure I even saw a prototypical version of my ‘SP/Frisco Transfer’ facility in this book!
Even though it will be available in the UK, I personally found it cheaper to buy direct from the publisher, rather than pay the excessive mark-up imposed upon us by one or two chains of British booksellers.
Summer in the Garden!
Relax with a good book. We’ve got these on our shelves at present - just call to order and wait for a sunny day.
Locomotives that Baldwin Built Canadian Steam
C&O Power
The Georgian Locomotives The Norris Locomotive
Steam Power of the New York Central, Vols 1 & 2 Milwaukee Road East
Slim Rails through the Sand
Down Brakes
The Cincinnati Southern Railway
Chicago & North Western Steam Power 1848-1956
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JUNE 1999
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Photo by W. B. Folsom courtesy Rail Data Services