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Books from Morning Sun listed alphabetically by Title.

Books by Title
A, B, C, D E, F, G, H I, J, K, L M, N, O, P, Q R, S, T, U, V W, X, Y, Z
Books by Author
A, B, C, D E, F,G,H I, J, K, L M, N, O, P, Q R, S, T, U, V W, X, Y, Z

Central Hobbies has one of greater Vancouver's largest selection of railroad books, with an emphasis on local subjects.
If there is a book you are interested in and do not see it listed here please give us a phone call or send us an E- Mail. Please note that all prices are in Canadian Dollars.



Titles - A
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Alaska Railroad in color Vol 1. Decades of Transition
Book Cover Kevin J. Holland Morning Sun $ 81.59
14
Algoma Central in Color
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko - NEW - Morning Sun $ 81.59
14 Colour pictures of the Algoma Central
Amtrak Power in Color - Vol 3
Book Cover Timko Morning Sun $ 66.69
14
Anthracite Railroads & Mining in Color Colume 2
Book Cover Chuck Yungkurth Morning Sun $ 62.99
14 An all-color look at the intimate relationship between the anthracite coal industry and the D&H, EL, R&N and other area roads.
Atlantic Coast Line Color Guide
Book Cover Paul Faulk Morning Sun $ 68.69
14 To freight and passenger equipment

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Titles - B
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Baldwin Diesels in Color - 2
Jim Boyd Morning Sun $ 66.59
14 Baldwin Diesel Production Roster in color
Baldwin Diesels in Color - 3
Book Cover Jim Boyd Morning Sun $ 66.59
14 Baldwin Diesel Locomotive Owners Q to Z plus straglers.
Bicentennials in Color. Vol 1:A-4
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 80.99
14 America's railroads celebrate the Nation's 200th Birthday with Red, White, and Blue.
Boston & Maine Trackside with Arthur E. Mitchel
Book Cover Carl R. Byron Morning Sun $ 79.98
14
Burlington Northern Power in Color Vol. 3: Locomotives 6260-
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 77.99
14

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Titles - C
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Canadian Pacific Caboose Color Guide 1877-2017
Book Cover Manny Jacob Morning Sun $ 80.95
FC Starting in 1877 with contractor caboose CP #1, various lengths and shapes of pre-1948 wood cabooses are featured along with every type of steel caboose produced from 1948 to the end of CP
Canadian Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment
Book Cover John Riddell Morning Sun $ 80.99
14 A Color Guide to Canadian Pacific Freight and Passenger Equipment
Canadian Pacific Facilities In Color Volume 1
Book Cover Kevin Holland Morning Sun $ 62.99
14
Canadian Pacific Facilities in Color Volume 3
Book Cover Kevin J. Holland Morning Sun $ 81.59
14
Canadian Pacific in Color Volume 2: Western Lines
Book Cover Bill Linley Morning Sun $ 62.49
14 CPR operations 1948 to 1968 - Fort William West
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in Color: Volume 1
Book Cover Jeremy F. Plant & W.G. McClure III Morning Sun $ 95.95
14 The first volume on the C&O
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy in Color - Volume 4
Book Cover Michael J. Spoor Morning Sun $ 95.95
14 The Fourth volume of a color pictorial on the CB&Q.
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway in Color
Book Cover Geoffrey H. Doughty Morning Sun $ 71.98
14 Vol 1 - Street cars and Electroburgers
Chicagoland Electrified Railroads
Book Cover Kenneth C. Springirth Morning Sun $ 70.99
14
Conrail Color Guide to Freight Equipment: Vol 1
Book Cover Larry De Young Morning Sun $ 69.98
14 1976 - 1987

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Titles - D
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern RR Iowa, Chicago & Eastern RR In Color
Book Cover Greg Stout Morning Sun $ 80.98
14 In the 1980s and ‘90s, the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern RR and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern RR struggled to maintain railroad operations on unwanted lines of the C&NW and Milwaukee Road across
Delaware and Hudson in Color: Vol 3
Book Cover Jeremy F. Plant & Jeffrey G. Plant Morning Sun $ 76.25
14 The D&H in the Diesel years

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Titles - G
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Grand Trunk Western Power in Color Volume 1
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 82.75
14 Modern Steam and First Generation Diesel. Includes DT&SL and Detroit Terminal railroads.

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Titles - I
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Industrial Railroading in Color - Volume 2
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 62.99
14

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Titles - L
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Logging Railroads of the Pacific Northwest in color: Volume 1:
Book Cover Gary Durr - NEW - Morning Sun $ 80.99
FC Washington State

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Titles - M
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Milwaukee Road Facilities in Color Vol2
Book Cover Robert J. Yanosey Morning Sun $ 81.99
14 Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington
Missouri Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment
Book Cover James Kinkaid Morning Sun $ 59.95
14 The varied roster of the MoPac is examined in more than 300 vintage color photos of passenger cars, revenue freight cars, trucks and MofW cars.

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Titles - N
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Nickel Plate Color Photography - Volume 3
Book Cover Fred D. Cheney Morning Sun $ 74.98
14 The railfan perspective.
Nothern Pacific - A Personal Perspective
Book Cover Matthew J. Herson Morning Sun $ 52.50
12 “The Main Street of the Northwest” in the 1960s. Features the last decade of the Northern Pacific and a look at NP trains across the system including operations, power, and equipment! -

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Titles - O
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Open Top Loads Vol: 4
Book Cover Robert J. Yanosey Morning Sun $ 53.99
14 Flatcar and Gondola Color Portfolio. Soft cover

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Titles - P
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Pennsy Electric Years Vol 2
Book Cover Bert Pennypacker Morning Sun $ 76.75
14 Volume 2
Prairie Depots In Color
Book Cover David H. Hickcox Morning Sun $ 63.98
14 Volume 1 GN with MP, T&P, A&O, SLSF and M-K-T

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Titles - R
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Railroad Critters in Color - Volume 3
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 76.49
14
Railroad Critters in Color - Volume 4
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 76.49
14
Railroad Critters in Color - Volume 5
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 63.98
14
Refrigerator Car Color Guide
Book Cover Gene Green Morning Sun $ 79.69
14 An all color examination of privately-owned, ice-bunker refrigerator cars in the 50';s, 60's and 70's.
Rio Grande Narrow Gauge in Color Vol: 1 1947-1959
Thomas A. Brunner Morning Sun $ 83.99
14 Empire Contraction and Railfan Discovery
Rio Grande Narrow Gauge in Color Vol: 2 1960 and Beyond
Book Cover Thomas A. Brunner - NEW - Morning Sun $ 79.99
FC Steam Demise and Tourist Rebirth
Rock Island Locomotive portfolio 1950-1980
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 53.99
14 Soft Cover.

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Titles - S
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Santa Fe The Final Years In Color - Vol 2
Book Cover Jerry A. Pinkepank Morning Sun $ 62.99
14 Belen to California, Texas Lines
Santa Fe's Valley Division - The Last Two Decades
Book Cover Ed Mackinson Morning Sun $ 52.50
12 The Santa Fe’s route to the San Francisco Bay area – the Valley Division – was the furthest extremity of the sprawling system.
Southern California Rails 1941-1971 Volume 2
Book Cover Dick Donat Morning Sun $ 52.50
12 The last of steam and early diesel are chronicled on the Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific in mid-twentieth century. - Softcover
Southern Pacific - Vol 3
Book Cover James Kinkaid Morning Sun $ 71.98
14 Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment
Southern Pacific Facilities in Color Vol2
Book Cover J. Patrick Bray Morning Sun $ 81.59
14 LAUPT to New orleans
Steamtown in Color
Book Cover Jim Boyd Morning Sun $ 59.98
14 From Nelson Blount to the National Park Service
Steel Mill Railroads in Color
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 62.99
14 Volume 4
Steel Mill Railroads in Color
Book Cover Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun $ 63.99
14 Volume 5
Steel Mills Railroads In Color Volume 6: Southern Style
Book Cover Thomas/Stephen Lawson, Jr. and Timko Morning Sun $ 66.99
14 For Volume 6 of this popular series, noted industrial loco expert Tom Lawson adds his photography and expertise. Many hidden treasures are uncovered in this tour of the Old South.

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Titles - T
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
The Lionel Inspiration
Book Cover William J. Brennan Morning Sun $ 71.45
14 The Lionel Inspiration
Toronto Transit Commission Streetcars
Book Cover Kenneth Springirth Morning Sun $ 52.50
12 The Canadian city of Toronto operated an eclectic collection of trolleys – some old, some new, some secondhand. This look back at operations as long ago as the 1950s shows the equipment and
Trackside around Ontario 1955-1960
Book Cover John Riddell Morning Sun $ 80.95
14 Photographs from Don McCartney
Trackside around Ontario's Cottage Country
Book Cover Bram Bailey Morning Sun $ 94.50
FC Bram Bailey takes you on a railfan trip through the tourist area north and east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Trackside with EMD Field Rep. Casey Cavanaugh
Book Cover Casey Cavanaugh Morning Sun $ 76.25
14 1960 - 1962

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Titles - U
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
U34CH - New jersey's Unique U-Boat
Book Cover Robert J. Yanosey Morning Sun $ 52.50
12 To provide traction and head-end power for the new push-pull trains the Erie Lackawanna received in 1970, NJDOT contracted with GE to provide an entirely new model of diesel locomotive,
Union Pacific Official Color Photography - Book 2
Book Cover Lou Schmitz and Robert J. Yanosey Morning Sun $ 69.98
14 The second volume of Official photographs from the UP archives.

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Titles - V
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
VIA in color
Book Cover Kevin J. Holland Morning Sun $ 78.50
14 The First 25 years 1976-2001

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Titles - W
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Western States Trolleys in Color
Book Cover Edward Ridolph Morning Sun $ 80.99
14 TX, OK, KS, MO, NE, MN, ND, CO, UT, AZ, MT & OR
White Pass & Yukon in Color
Book Cover Kevin J. Holland Morning Sun $ 79.50
14 Featurning the photography of Ken DeJean and Ken Goslett

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Titles - X
    Title
Cover Author Publisher Price
Locn Description
Xcar Color Guide V2
Book Cover James Kinkaid Morning Sun $ 80.99
14 CSXC - GPUX
Xcar Color Guide V3
Book Cover James Kinkaid Morning Sun $ 80.99
14 GROX - NYMX
Xcar Color Guide V5
Book Cover James Kinkaid Morning Sun $ 80.99
14 TLCX - ZTTX

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Monday, December 28, 2020

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