Jeff Wilson's latest release is a guide to railroad cars operated during one of the most popular eras to model. You can use the book's highly detailed historical information as inspiration for your layout. You'll find background on loads carried by freight cars, information on putting together a realistic freight car fleet, as well as prototype paint schemes and detailing.

Each class one, class two and class three railroad in Kentucky is covered in text and photographs

Re-create the fantastic '50s in your model railroad setup! This book, compiled from articles published in Modern Railroader magazine, provides historical information and photos covering steam and diesel locomotives, passenger equipment, freight cars, and trackside details.

From the late 1800s to the 1960s, the railroad industry faced a unique challenge: What was the best way to ship fresh produce across the U.S. to prevent spoiling? Produce Traffic & Trains looks at the development of refrigerator cars and how their development led to wide-scale growing and shipping of produce. Covered topics include: The development of refrigerator cars, car fleets, and produce terminals. Harvesting, loading, shipping, and delivering fresh produce, and later frozen products. Running express trains, making ice and icing stations, and carrying out perishable operations.

Data/reference only. No photos. GCX are the reporting marks of General Chemical Division of Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation. This book is based on original untitled hand-written documents dated January 12, 1950. With the exception of the fraction-to-decimal conversions, I tried to keep the data as written including abbreviations of builders, products, etc. This book finally gives us some insight into a typical 1950s chemical company's freight car fleet. The roster totals 687 cars mostly devoted to muriatic acid and sulfuric acid transportation. But GCX also included over fifty special cars ranging from bauxite carrying covered hopper cars to 15-cylinder Genetron tank cars. Includes detailed dimensions to the nearest sixteenth of an inch and metric equivalents