Anybody else around here collect rare or out-of-print railroad books, first edition or otherwise? This summer I've made a concerted effort to catch up on books that were released, and often sold out, before I actively became a railfan. Ever get a great deal on something from an unwitting seller? Got any books that never leave the house, regardless of who wants to look at them? I've got my top ten list from my collection:
Austin, Ed and Tom Dill. The Southern Pacific in Oregon. Edmonds, Washington: Pacific Fast Mail, 1987.
Burwash, Martin. Cascade Division. Arvada, Colorado: Fox Publications, 1995. [signed]
Cook, Preston. Erie Lackawanna Memories: The West End. Silver Springs, Maryland: Old Line Graphics, 1987.
DeYoung, Larry. Erie Lackawanna in Color Volume 1: The West End. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, 1991.
Hastings, Philip. Chicago Great Western Iowa in the Merger Decade. Newton, New Jersey: Carstens. 1986.
Hyde, Frederick W. Milwaukee Road. Denver: Hyrail Publications, 1990.
Olmsted, Robert P. West End Rails. Self-published. 1992.
Steinheimer, Richard. Backwoods Railroads of the West. Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing, 1963.
Steinheimer, Richard. Done Honest & True. Pasadena, California: Pentrex, 1999.
Yanosey, Robert J. Penn Central Power. Edison, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, 1987.
In spite of the progress I have made in the last year there are some books that still elude me. In good time...
~BS