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Posted by MP173 on Sunday, October 9, 2022 3:14 PM

Excellent recommendation.

I recall looking at that years ago in the lobby of a trailer manufacturer.

Ed

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Posted by SD60MAC9500 on Sunday, October 9, 2022 8:54 AM
 

Piggyback and Containers: A History of Rail Intermodal on America's Steel Highway

 
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Book recommendations
Posted by MP173 on Friday, October 7, 2022 11:49 AM

I chatted with our local library management today and she asked (after a lengthy conversation of various issues) for recommended railroad books.  This was prompted by the devastating purge of a number of excellent such books.  

Any suggestions for a general community library?

My personal collection is about 80-90 books plus about 40 Official Guides and other reference books.

Looked thru the IU Press Railroads Present and Past catalog and came up with:

Riding the Rails - Robert Krebs

Indiana Railroad Lines - Graydon Meints

The Diesel that Did It - Wallace Abbey

Boomer - Linda G. Niemann

Being an Indiana community the library does have quite a few state based railroading books (primarily by IU Press).

Any other suggestions?
Ed

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