A Collection of Railroading Reference Books and a Technical Locomotive Manual. (DJ)

A collection of volumes detailing the history and technology of North American railroading, specifically focusing on diesel locomotives and major rail networks. The grouping features several hardcover works with dust jackets, including titles by Brian Solomon such as Coal Trains: The History of Railroading and Coal in the United States, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and EMD Locomotives. Further volumes include GE Evolution Locomotives by Sean Graham-White, Conrail Volume 2: 1983-1990 by Scott Hartley, and The Green Machines: Burlington Northern by R. P. Olmsted. A pictorial volume titled Diesel Superpower Around the World is also included. Accompanying the bound books is an original spiral-bound softcover technical document: the SD80MAC Operator’s Manual, produced for Conrail Quality road numbers 4100 thru 4127 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation. The volumes are quarto in format and contain extensive colour and monochrome photographic plates documenting locomotives and freight operations.