Periodicals
- Complete run of Trains, 1940 to present
- Complete run of Classic Trains
- Railroad History from about 2016 onwards, and can probably get back issues.
= Popular / travelogues =
- {{Cite book| publisher = St. Martin's Press| isbn = 978-0-312-07849-2| last = Newby| first = Eric| title = The big Red train ride| location = New York| date = 1978 | authorlink=Eric Newby}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Houghton Mifflin| isbn = 978-0-395-20708-6| last = Theroux| first = Paul| title = The Great Railway Bazaar| location = Boston| date = 1975 | authorlink=Paul Theroux}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Putnam's| isbn = 978-0-399-13309-1| last = Theroux| first = Paul| title = Riding the Iron Rooster| location = New York| date = 1988| authorlink=Paul Theroux}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Houghton Mifflin| isbn = 978-0-395-27788-1| last = Theroux| first = Paul| title = The Old Patagonian Express| location = Boston| date = 1979| authorlink=Paul Theroux}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill| isbn = 978-0-945575-40-5| last = Scheer| first = George| title = Booked on the morning train: a journey through America| location = Chapel Hill, N.C| date = 1991}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Viking| isbn = 978-0-670-02528-2| last = Zoellner| first = Tom| title = Train: riding the rails that created the modern world: from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief| location = New York| date = 2014 | authorlink=Tom Zoellner}}
- {{Cite book |last=McCommons |first=James |title=Waiting on a Train: The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service |date=2009 |publisher=Chelsea Green Pub. Co. |isbn=978-1-60358-064-9 |location=White River Junction, Vt.}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Grossman Publishers| last1 = Whitaker| first1 = Rogers E. M| last2 = Hiss| first2 = Anthony| title = All aboard with E.M. Frimbo; world's greatest railroad buff.| location = New York| date = 1974 | authorlink1=Rogers E. M. Whitaker}}
= Memoirs =
- {{Cite book| publisher = Indiana University Press| isbn = 978-0-253-02063-5| last = Loving| first = Rush| title = The well-dressed hobo: the many wondrous adventures of a man who loves trains| location = Bloomington| series = Railroads past and present| date = 2016}}
= Midwest US =
- {{Cite book |last=Sanders |first=Craig |title=Limiteds, locals, and expresses in Indiana, 1838-1971 |date=2003 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-34216-4 |location=Bloomington, Ind.}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co| last = Dunbar| first = Willis Frederick| title = All aboard! A history of railroads in Michigan| location = Grand Rapids, Michigan| date = 1969}}
- {{Cite book |last=Hodges |first=Michael H |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814338124/ |title=Michigan's historic railroad stations |date=2012 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-3812-4 |location=Detroit, Michigan |accessdate=2015-03-07}}
- {{Cite book |last=Mrozek |first=David J |title=Railroad depots of Michigan: 1910-1920 |date=2008 |publisher=Arcadia Pub. |isbn=978-0-7385-5192-0 |location=Charleston, SC}}
- {{Cite book |last=Dorin |first=Patrick C. |title=The Lake Superior iron ore railroads |date=1969 |publisher=Superior Pub. Co |edition=1st |location=Seattle}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Michigan State University Press| isbn = 978-0-87013-693-1| last = Meints| first = Graydon M.| title = Michigan railroad lines| location = East Lansing, Mich| date = 2005}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Michigan State University Press| isbn = 978-0-87013-318-3| last = Meints| first = Graydon M.| title = Michigan railroads and railroad companies| location = East Lansing| date = 1992}}
= Northeast US =
- {{Cite book| publisher = Published by Associated Railroads of New Jersey| last = Cunningham| first = John T| title = Railroading in New Jersey: a series of seventeen articles written for the magazine of the Newark Sunday News, January 7 to April 29, 1951.| location = Place of publication not identified| date = 1951}}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Coxey |editor-first=William J. | title=West Jersey rails: a series of stories about southern New Jersey railroad history | volume=3 | date=2002 | publisher=West Jersey Chapter, National Railway Historical Society | location=Palmyra, New Jersey}}
- {{cite book |last1=Coxey | first1=William J. | last2=Kranefeld | first2=James E. | title=The Reading Seashore Lines: A Pictorial Documentary of the Atlantic City Railroad | date=2007 | publisher=West Jersey Chapter, National Railway Historical Society | location=Palmyra, New Jersey}}
- {{Cite book |last=Cudahy |first=Brian J |title=Rails under the mighty Hudson: the story of the Hudson Tubes, the Pennsy tunnels, and Manhatten Transfer |date=2002 |publisher=Fordham University Press |isbn=978-0-8232-2189-9 |location=New York}}
- {{Cite book |last=Greene |first=J. R. |title=The Mass. Central: Quabbin's phantom railroad |date=1996 |publisher=J.R. Greene |isbn=978-1-884132-04-9 |edition=1st |location=Athol, Mass.?}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Quadrant Press| isbn = 978-0-915276-29-5| last1 = Gallo| first1 = Daniel R.| last2 = Kramer| first2 = Frederick A.| title = The Putnam division: New York Central's bygone route through Westchester County| location = New York, N.Y| date = 1981}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Branch Line Press| isbn = 978-0-942147-02-5| last = Karr| first = Ronald Dale| title = The rail lines of southern New England: a handbook of railroad history| location = Pepperell, Mass| series = New England rail heritage series| date = 1995}}
- {{cite book| last=Kramer | first=Frederick A. | title=Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines: An Illustrated History of Southern New Jersey's Jointly-Owned Railroad | date=2011 | publisher=West Jersey Chapter, National Railway Historical Society | location=Palmyra, New Jersey}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Railroad Avenue Enterprises| last = Pennisi| first = Bob| title = The northeast railroad scene: a brief look before ConRail| location = Flanders, N.J| date = 1976}}
- {{Cite book |last=Turner |first=Gregg M |title=Connecticut railroads: an illustrated history : one hundred fifty years of railroad history |last2=Jacobus |first2=Melancthon W |last3=Jensen |first3=Oliver |last4=Connecticut Historical Society |date=1986 |publisher=Connecticut Historical Society |isbn=978-0-940748-89-7 |location=Hartford, Conn.}}
= Class I railroads =
- {{Cite book |last=Dorin |first=Patrick C |title=Everywhere West: the Burlington Route |date=1976 |publisher=Superior Pub. Co. |isbn=978-0-87564-523-0 |location=Seattle}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Pub. Co| last = Rehor| first = John A.| title = The Nickel Plate story| location = [Milwaukee| date = 1965}}
- {{Cite book |last=Hampton |first=Taylor |title=The Nickel Plate Road: the history of a great railroad |date=2002 |publisher=C.P.M |isbn=978-1-928551-17-1 |location=Newton, Iowa}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Howell-North Books| last = Shaughnessy| first = Jim| title = The Rutland Road| location = Berkeley, Calif| date = 1964}}
- {{Cite book |last=Bryant |first=Keith L. |title=History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway |date=1982 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-1172-8 |location=Lincoln}}
- {{Cite book |last=Overton |first=Richard C. |title=Burlington route: a history of the Burlington lines |date=1965 |publisher=Knopf |edition=1st |location=New York}}
- {{Cite book |last=Scribbins |first=Jim |title=The Milwaukee Road, 1928-1985: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific |date=2001 |publisher=Heimburger House Pub. Co |edition=1st |location=Forest Park, Ill}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Stanford University Press| isbn = 978-0-8047-2357-2| last = Grant| first = H. Roger| title = Erie Lackawanna: The Death of an American Railroad, 1938-1992| location = Stanford, CA| date = 1994}}
- {{Cite book |last=Hidy |first=Ralph W |title=The Great Northern Railway: a history |date=2004 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-0-8166-4429-2 |location=Minneapolis}}
- {{Cite book |last=Hilton |first=George Woodman |title=The Ma & Pa: a history of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad |date=1999 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-6294-6 |edition=2nd |location=Baltimore, MD}}
- {{Cite book |last=Miner |first=H. Craig |title=The rebirth of the Missouri Pacific, 1956-1983 |date=1983 |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=978-0-89096-159-9 |edition=1st |location=College Station}}
- {{Cite book |last=Churella |first=Albert J. |title=The Pennsylvania Railroad |date=2013 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-4348-2 |volume=1 |location=Philadelphia}}
- {{Cite book |last=Hofsommer |first=Donovan L. |title=The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985 |date=1986 |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=978-0-89096-246-6 |edition=1st |location=College Station}}
- {{Cite book |last=Lotz |first=Jim |title=Canadian Pacific |date=1985 |publisher=Bison Books |isbn=978-0-86124-216-0 |location=London}}
- {{Cite book |last=Fredrickson |first=Jim |title=Railscapes: a Northern Pacific brasspounder's album |date=2003 |publisher=Washington State University Press |isbn=978-0-87422-272-2 |location=Pullman, WA}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Creative Age Press| last = Derleth| first = August William| title = The Milwaukee road: its first hundred years| location = New York| series = The Railroads of America| date = 1948}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Publishing| last = Scribbins| first = Jim| title = The Hiawatha Story| location = Milwaukee, WI| date = 1970}}
- {{Cite book |last=Scribbins |first=Jim |title=Milwaukee Road Remembered |date=2008 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-0-8166-5625-7 |series=Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Center for Canal History and Technology| isbn = 978-0-930973-00-1| last1 = Anderson| first1 = Elaine| last2 = Lee| first2 = James| last3 = Metz| first3 = Lance E| title = The Central Railroad of New Jersey's first 100 years, 1849-1949: a historical survey| location = Easton, Pennsylvania| date = 1984}}
- {{Cite book |last=Scribbins |first=Jim |title=The 400 story: Chicago & North Western's premier passenger trains |date=2008 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-0-8166-5449-9 |location=Minneapolis, MN}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Golden West Books| isbn = 978-0-87095-003-2| last = Middleton| first = William D.| title = South Shore, the last interurban| location = San Marino, Calif| date = 1970}}
- {{Cite book| edition = 1st| publisher = Howell-North Books| last = Shaughnessy| first = Jim| title = Delaware & Hudson; the history of an important railroad whose antecedent was a canal network to transport coal| location = Berkeley, CA| date = 1967}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Privately printed| isbn = 0-9603398-2-5| volume = 1| last1 = Taber| first1 = Thomas Townsend| last2 = Taber| first2 = Thomas Townsend, III| title = The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century| location = Muncy, Pennsylvania| date = 1980}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Privately printed| isbn = 0-9603398-3-3| volume = 2| last1 = Taber| first1 = Thomas Townsend| last2 = Taber| first2 = Thomas Townsend, III| title = The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century| location = Muncy, PA| date = 1981}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Superior Pub. Co.| last = Wood| first = Charles R| title = Lines West; a pictorial history of the Great Northern Railway operations and motive power from 1887 to 1967,| location = Seattle| date = 1967}}
- {{Cite book |last=Heiss |first=Ralph A |title=The Lehigh Valley Railroad across New Jersey |date=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Pub. |isbn=978-0-7385-6576-7 |location=Charleston, SC}}
- {{Cite book |last=Solomon |first=Brian |title=Southern Pacific Railroad |date=2007 |publisher=Voyageur Press |isbn=978-0-7603-2931-3 |location=St. Paul, MN}}
- {{Cite book |last=Solomon |first=Brian |title=Union Pacific Railroad |date=2000 |publisher=MBI Pub. |isbn=978-0-7603-0756-4 |location=Osceola, WI}}
- {{Coates-Reading}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Reading Company| title = This is the Reading}}
- {{Kulp-Lehigh and New England}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Howell-North Books| isbn = 978-0-8310-7113-4| last = Archer| first = Robert F.| title = The history of the Lehigh Valley Railroad: "the route of the Black Diamond"| location = Berkeley| date = 1977}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Garrigues House| isbn = 978-0-9620844-5-4| last = Bednar| first = Mike| title = Lehigh Valley Railroad: an illustrated operational history covering the last twenty years of the railroad and the people who were there. The New York Division| location = Laurys Station, PA| date = 1993}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Pictorial Histories Pub. Co| isbn = 978-0-933126-21-3| last1 = Brovald| first1 = Ken C.| last2 = Aronson| first2 = Michael| last3 = McGiffert| first3 = Jacquelyn| title = Alaska's wilderness rails: from the Taiga to the Tundra: a pictorial review of the Alaska railroad| location = Missoula, Mont| date = 1982}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Greenberg Pub. Co| isbn = 978-0-89778-155-8| last = Harwood| first = Herbert H.| title = Royal Blue Line| location = Sykesville, MD| date = 1990}}
= North American passenger =
- {{Cite book |last=Dorin |first=Patrick C |title=The Super Chief and the El Capitan: all the way on the Santa Fe |date=2005 |publisher=TLC Pub. |isbn=978-0-9766201-9-8 |location=Forest, Va.}}
- {{Cite book |last=Yenne |first=Bill |title=Santa Fe Chiefs |date=2005 |publisher=MBI |isbn=978-0-7603-1848-5 |location=St. Paul, MN}}
- {{Cite book |last=Amtrak |title=Amtrak: an American story. |date=2011 |publisher=National Railroad Passenger Corp. |isbn=978-0-87116-444-5 |location=Washington, D.C.}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Lynne Rienner| isbn = 978-1-55587-734-7| last = Nice| first = David C.| title = Amtrak: the history and politics of a national railroad| location = Boulder, Colo| series = Explorations in public policy| date = 1998}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Indiana University Press| isbn = 978-0-253-33418-3| others = Ronald D. Cohen, Stephen G. McShane, Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad (eds.)| title = Moonlight in Duneland: the illustrated story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad| location = Bloomington| date = 1998}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Claitor's Pub. Division| last = Thoms| first = William E.| title = Reprieve for the iron horse: the AMTRAK experiment-its predecessors and prospects| location = Baton Rouge, La| date = 1973}}
- {{Cite book |last=Jones |first=David L. |title=Famous name trains: travelling in style with the CPR |date=2006 |publisher=Fifth House |isbn=978-1-894856-51-5 |location=Calgary}}
- {{Cite book |last=Dorin |first=Patrick C |title=Coach trains and travel |date=1975 |publisher=Superior Pub. Co. |isbn=978-0-87564-521-6 |location=Seattle}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Indiana University Press| isbn = 978-0-253-34705-3| last = Sanders| first = Craig| title = Amtrak in the Heartland| location = Bloomington| date = 2006-05-11}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Voyageur Press| isbn = 978-0-7603-2533-9| last = Welsh| first = Joe| title = Baltimore & Ohio's Capitol Limited and National Limited| location = St. Paul| series = Great passenger trains| date = 2007}}
- {{Cite book |last=Zimmermann |first=Karl R |title=The GrandLuxe Express: traveling in high style |date=2007 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-34947-7 |location=Bloomington}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Howell-North| last = Beebe| first = Lucius Morris| title = 20th Century: the greatest train in the world| location = Berkeley, Calif| date = 1962}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = TLC Publishing| isbn = 978-0-939487-91-2| last = Dixon| first = Thomas W.| title = Norfolk & Western's Powhatan Arrow| location = Forest, Virginia| date = 2009}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = PTJ Pub| isbn = 978-0-937658-08-6| last = Nelligan| first = Tom| title = VIA Rail Canada: the first five years| location = Park Forest, Ill| date = 1982}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = MetroBooks| isbn = 978-1-56799-582-4| last = Solomon| first = Brian| title = Railroad stations| location = New York| date = 1998}}
- {{Cite book |last=Maiken |first=Peter T |title=Night trains: the Pullman system in the golden years of American rail travel |date=1989 |publisher=Lakme Press |isbn=978-0-9621480-0-2 |location=Chicago}}
- {{Cite book |last=Welsh |first=Joe |title=Travel by Pullman: a century of service |last2=Howes |first2=Bill |date=2004 |publisher=MBI Pub. |isbn=978-0-7603-1857-7 |location=St. Paul, MN}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Howell-North Books| last = Beebe| first = Lucius| title = The Overland Limited| location = Berkeley, Calif.| date = 1963}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = MBI Publishing Company| isbn = 0-7603-1371-7| last1 = Schafer| first1 = Mike| last2 = Welsh| first2 = Joe| title = Streamliners: History of a Railroad Icon| location = St. Paul, MN| date = 2002}}
- {{Cite book| isbn = 978-0-7603-4747-8| last = Solomon| first = Brian| title = Streamliners: locomotives and trains in the age of speed and style| date = 2015}}
- {{Cite book |last=Ely |first=Wally |title=Auto-train |date=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Pub. |isbn=978-0-7385-6785-3 |location=Charleston, SC}}
- {{Cite book |last=Greco |first=Thomas J |title=Dining on the B&O: recipes and sidelights from a bygone age |last2=Spence |first2=Karl D |last3=B&O Railroad Museum |date=2009 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-9323-0 |location=Baltimore}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = St. Martin's Griffin| isbn = 978-0-312-18711-8| last = Porterfield| first = James D| title = Dining by rail: the history and the recipes of America's golden age of railroad cuisine| location = New York| date = 1998}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Publishing| isbn = 978-1-62700-435-0| others = Robert S. McGonigal (ed.)| title = Great Trains West| location = Waukesha, WI| date = 2016}}
- {{Cite book |last=Schafer |first=Mike |title=Classic American streamliners |last2=Welsh |first2=Joe |date=1997 |publisher=Motorbooks International |isbn=978-0-7603-0377-1 |location=Osceola, WI}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = MBI| isbn = 978-1-61060-455-0| last = Lynch| first = Peter E.| title = New Haven Passenger Trains| series = Great passenger trains| date = 2005}}
- {{Cite book |last=Hilton |first=George Woodman |title=Amtrak: the National Railroad Passenger Corporation |date=1980 |publisher=American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research |isbn=978-0-8447-3369-2 |location=Washington, DC}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Indiana University Press| isbn = 978-0-253-35477-8| last = Frailey| first = Fred W| title = Twilight of the Great Trains| location = Bloomington, IN| date = 2010}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kratville Publications| last1 = Kratville| first1 = William W| last2 = Barth| first2 = George| last3 = Dubin| first3 = Arthur D.| title = Steam, steel & limiteds| location = Omaha, Neb.| date = 1967}}
= World =
- {{Cite book| publisher = Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)| last1 = Sahni| first1 = Jogendra Nath| last2 = India| last3 = Railway Board| title = Indian railways; one hundred years, 1853 to 1953.| location = New Delhi| date = 1953}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = A. M. Kelley| others = Railway Clearing House (ed.)| title = Railway junction diagrams, 1915| location = New York| date = 1969}}
- {{Cite| publisher = Mayflower Books| isbn = 0-8317-9500-X 978-0-8317-9500-9| last = Nock| first = O. S| title = World atlas of railways| location = New York| date = 1978}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Bloomsbury Books| isbn = 1-870630-06-8 978-1-870630-06-1| last = Siviter| first = Roger| title = Scottish steam routes| location = London| date = 1988}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Coward-McCann| last = Farrington| first = S. Kip| title = Railroading around the world| location = New York| date = 1955}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Hamlyn : New English Library| isbn = 978-0-600-37587-6| others = E. L. Cornwell (ed.)| title = History of railways| location = London| date = 1976}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Sampson Low, Marston & Co| others = Jane's Information Group, IHS Jane's (eds.)| title = Jane's world railways| location = London| date = 2001}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kümmerly + Frey| last1 = Bützer| first1 = Hans-Peter| last2 = Jeker| first2 = Mark| title = Grosser Eisenbahn-Atlas Schweiz| location = Bern| date = 1980}}
- {{Schienennetz Schweiz}}
= Urban / transit =
- {{Cite book| publisher = Quadrant Press| isbn = 0-915276-48-8 978-0-915276-48-6| last1 = Smith| first1 = Harold A| last2 = Kramer| first2 = Frederick A| title = Touring Pittsburgh by trolley: a pictorial review of the early sixties| location = New York| date = 1992}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Indiana University Press| isbn = 0-253-34179-5 978-0-253-34179-2| last = Middleton| first = William D.| title = Metropolitan railways: rapid transit in America| location = Bloomington| date = 2003}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Allan| isbn = 978-0-7110-1720-7| last = Green| first = Oliver| title = The London underground: an illustrated history| location = London| date = 1990}}
- {{Cite book| last = Gummere| first = Barker| title = Street railways of Trenton| date = 1986}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Central Electric Railfans' Association| isbn = 978-0-915348-26-8| others = Central Electric Railfans' Association (ed.)| title = A Rainbow of traction| location = Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.| series = Bulletin / Central Electric Railfans' Association| date = 1988}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Railpace Company| isbn = 978-0-9621541-7-1| last = Williams| first = Gerry| title = Trains, Trolleys & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit| location = Piscataway, NJ| date = 1998}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Newsweek Books| isbn = 978-0-88225-299-5| last = Bobrick| first = Benson| title = Labyrinths of iron: a history of the world's subways| location = New York| date = 1981}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Capital History| isbn = 978-1-85414-241-2| last = Harris| first = Cyril M| title = What's in a name?: the origins of station names on the London Underground and Docklands Light Rail| location = Harrow| date = 2001}}
- {{Cite book| edition = 1st ed| publisher = Fordham University Press| isbn = 978-0-8232-2292-6| last = Cudahy| first = Brian J.| title = A century of subways: celebrating 100 years of New York's underground railways| location = New York| date = 2003}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Old Line| last = Chicago Tunnel Terminal Corporation| title = The Chicago freight tunnels.| location = Milwaukee| date = 1973}}
- {{Cite book| edition = 1st ed| publisher = Canal Captain's Press| isbn = 978-0-9613675-1-0| last = McKelvey| first = William J.| title = Lehigh Valley Transit Company's Liberty Bell route: a photographic history with chronology, historical recollections, and bibliography| location = Berkeley Heights, NJ| date = 1989}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Arcadia Pub| isbn = 978-0-7385-5100-5| last = Borzo| first = Greg| title = The Chicago "L"| location = Charleston, SC| date = 2007}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Central Electric Railfans' Association| isbn = 978-0-915348-45-9| last1 = Hays| first1 = Blaine S.| last2 = Toman| first2 = Jim| title = Transit in the triangle: a century look at Pittsburgh public transit| location = Chicago, Ill| series = Bulletin of the Central Electric Railfans' Association| date = 2012}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Jane's Pub. Co| title = Jane's urban transport systems| location = London, England| date = 1982}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Morning Sun Books, Inc| isbn = 978-1-58248-379-5| last = Ridolph| first = Edward| title = Pittsburgh trolleys in color| location = Scotch Plains, NJ| date = 2013}}
= General =
- {{Cite book| publisher = University of Wisconsin Press| isbn = 0-299-05870-0| last = Miller| first = George H.| title = Railroads and the Granger laws| location = Madison, WI| date = 1971}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = School and College Service, Association of American Railroads| last1 = Bunce| first1 = Bill| last2 = Association of American Railroads| last3 = School and College Service| title = Ride the high iron!: a picture story about America's modern passenger trains.| location = Washington, D.C.| date = 1955}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Voyageur Press| isbn = 978-0-7603-2848-4 0-7603-2848-X| last = EuDaly| first = Kevin| title = The Complete Book of North American Railroading| location = Minneapolis, MN| date = 2009}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Coward-McCann| last = Farrington| first = S. Kip, Jr.| title = Railroads of Today| location = New York, NY| date = 1949}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Bison Books| isbn = 0-86124-207-6 978-0-86124-207-8| last = Klein| first = Aaron E| title = Encyclopedia of North American railroads| location = London| date = 1985}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Motorbooks International| isbn = 978-0-7603-0239-2| last = Schafer| first = Mike| title = Classic American railroads| location = Osceola, WI| date = 1996}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Golden West Books| isbn = 978-0-87095-053-7| last = Reed| first = Robert Carroll| title = The streamline era| location = San Marino, Calif| date = 1975}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Dover Publications| isbn = 978-0-486-28627-3| last = Meeks| first = Carroll L. V.| title = The railroad station: an architectural history| location = New York| date = 1995}}
- {{Cite book| last = Ball| first = Don [from old catalog| title = America's colorful railroads: the transition from steam to diesel| date = 1977}}
- {{Cite book| edition = 1st ed.| publisher = C. N. Potter| last = Alexander| first = Edwin P.| title = The collector's book of the locomotive| location = New York| date = 1966}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Oxford University Press| last = Buder| first = Stanley| title = Pullman: an experiment in industrial order and community planning, 1880-1930| location = New York| date = 1967}}
- {{Cite book |last=Laws |first=Bill |title=Fifty railroads that changed the course of history |date=2013 |publisher=Firefly Books |isbn=978-1-77085-169-6 |location=Richmond Hill, Ontario}}
- {{Cite book |last=Bain |first=David Haward |title=Empire express: building the first transcontinental railroad |date=1999 |publisher=Viking |isbn=978-0-670-80889-2 |location=New York}}
- {{Cite book |last=Borneman |first=Walter R. |title=Iron Horses: America's Race to Bring the Railroads West |date=2014 |publisher=Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-0-316-37177-3 |location=New York}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Coward-McCann| last = Farrington| first = Selwyn Kip| title = Railroads of the hour| location = New York| date = 1958}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = The Society| isbn = 0-87044-189-2 978-0-87044-189-9| last1 = Ogburn| first1 = Charlton| last2 = Sugar| first2 = James A| last3 = National Geographic Society (U.S.)| last4 = Special Publications Division| title = Railroads: the great American adventure| location = Washington| date = 1977}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Time-Life Books| isbn = 0-8094-1466-X 978-0-8094-1466-6| last1 = Time-Life Books| last2 = Wheeler| first2 = Keith| title = The railroaders| location = New York| date = 1973}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = PublicAffairs| isbn = 978-1-61039-179-5 1-61039-179-9 978-1-61039-180-1 1-61039-180-2| last = Wolmar| first = Christian| title = The great railroad revolution: the history of trains in America| location = New York| date = 2012}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Chartwell Books| isbn = 978-0-7858-2573-9 0-7858-2573-8| last = Cooper| first = Bruce Clement| title = The classic Western American railroad routes| location = New York, NY| date = 2010}}
= Rolling stock =
- {{Cite book| isbn = 978-1-922013-52-1| volume = 5| last = Dunn| first = John| title = Comeng: A History Of Commonwealth Engineering| date = 2013}}
- {{Cite book| last1 = Carter| first1 = Graeme| last2 = Jackson| first2 = David| last3 = Garratt| first3 = Colin| last4 = Johnston| first4 = Howard| last5 = Middleton| first5 = William D| last6 = Zimmermann| first6 = Karl| title = A guide to trains: the world's greatest trains, tracks & travels| date = 2005}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Wayner Publications| last = Wayner| first = Robert J| title = Amtrak car spotter| location = New York| date = 1972}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Wayner Publications| title = Amtrak car spotter.| location = New York| date = 1973}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Wayner| title = Amtrak consists.| location = New York| date = 1976}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society| last1 = Blardone| first1 = Chuck| last2 = Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society| title = Pennsylvania Railroad business & special cars: a century of Tuscan Red Deluxe| location = Upper Darby, Pa.| date = 2007}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Iconografix| isbn = 9781583882634 : 1583882634| last = Dorin| first = Patrick C| title = American passenger train equipment 1940s-1980s| location = Hudson, Wis.| date = 2010}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Metro Books| isbn = 1-58663-146-2 978-1-58663-146-8| last1 = Johnston| first1 = Bob| last2 = Welsh| first2 = Joe| last3 = Schafer| first3 = Mike| title = The art of the streamliner| location = New York| date = 2001}}
- {{Cite journal| issn = 0094-2278| last = Randall| first = W. David| title = Railway passenger car annual.| journal = Railway passenger car annual.| date = 1974}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Wayner Publications| last = Wayner| first = Robert J| title = Car names, numbers & consists.| location = New York| date = 1972}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Wayner Publications| last = Wayner| first = Robert J.| title = Passenger Train Consists; 1923-1973| location = New York| date = 1973}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press| isbn = 0-8018-2743-4 978-0-8018-2743-3 0-8018-2722-1 978-0-8018-2722-8 0-8018-2747-7 978-0-8018-2747-1| last = White| first = John H| title = The American railroad passenger car| location = Baltimore| date = 1985}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Books| isbn = 0-89024-292-5 978-0-89024-292-6| last = Zimmermann| first = Karl| title = Domeliners: yesterday's trains of tomorrow| location = Waukesha, WI| date = 1998}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Central Electric Railfans' Association| isbn = 978-0-915348-16-9| last1 = General Electric Company| last2 = Central Electric Railfans' Association| title = Electrification by GE| location = Chicago| series = CERA Bulletins| date = 1976}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Indiana University Press| isbn = 0-253-33979-0 978-0-253-33979-9| last = Middleton| first = William D.| title = When the Steam Railroads Electrified| location = Bloomington| date = 2001}}
- {{Cite book| edition = 2nd| publisher = Boston Mills Press| isbn = 978-1-77085-609-7| last = McDonnell| first = Greg| title = Locomotives: The Modern Diesel and Electric Reference| location = Richmond Hill, ON| date = 2015}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = s.n.]| volume = 1| last1 = Staufer| first1 = Alvin F.| last2 = Pennypacker| first2 = Bert| last3 = Flattley| first3 = Martin| title = Pennsy power: steam and electric locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1900-1957| location = [s.l| date = 1962}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = White River Productions| isbn = 9781932804129| last1 = Simon| first1 = Elbert| last2 = Warner| first2 = David C| title = Amtrak by the numbers: a comprehensive passenger car and motive power roster, 1971-2011| location = Kansas City, MO| date = 2011}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Superior Publishing Company| isbn = 0-87564-715-4| last = Dorin| first = Patrick C| title = Chicago and North Western Power| location = Burbank, CA| date = 1972}}
- {{Cite book| isbn = 978-1-58388-244-3 1-58388-244-8| last = Kelly| first = John| title = Rio Grande locomotives photo archive| date = 2009}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = South Platte Press| isbn = 0-942035-24-0 978-0-942035-24-7| last = Stagner| first = Lloyd E| title = Union Pacific motive power in transition, 1936-1960| location = David City, Neb.| date = 1993}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = TLC Publishing| isbn = 0-939487-89-6 978-0-939487-89-9| last = Parker| first = Karen| title = How a steam locomotive works| location = Forest, Va.| date = 2008}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = MBI Publishing Company| isbn = 978-0-7603-0507-2| last = Schafer| first = Mike| title = Vintage diesel locomotives| location = Osceola, WI| date = 1998}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Morning Sun Books| isbn = 978-1-878887-63-4| last = Boyd| first = Jim| title = Fairbanks-Morse Locomotives In Color| location = Edison, New Jersey| date = 1996}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = MBI| isbn = 978-0-7603-1359-6| last = Solomon| first = Brian| title = Electric locomotives| location = St. Paul, MN| date = 2003}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = MBI Pub. Co. and Voyageur Press| isbn = 978-0-7603-4007-3| last = Solomon| first = Brian| title = Electro-Motive E-units F-units: the illustrated history of North America's favorite locomotives| location = Minneapolis| date = 2011}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Indiana University Press ; Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc| isbn = 978-0-253-03934-7| last = Withuhn| first = William L.| title = American steam locomotives: design and development, 1880-1960| location = Bloomington, IN : Pflugerville, TX| series = Railroads past and present| date = 2019}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Wayner Publications| last1 = Hough| first1 = William R.| last2 = Wayner| first2 = Robert J.| title = Santa Fe passenger train consists, January 10, 1937| location = New York, N.Y.| date = 1971}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = s.n.]| volume = 2| last1 = Staufer| first1 = Alvin F.| last2 = Pennypacker| first2 = Bert| last3 = Flattley| first3 = Martin| title = Pennsy power: steam and electric locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1900-1957| location = [s.l| date = 1962}}
= Photography =
- {{Cite book| publisher = D. Appleton-Century Co| last = Beebe| first = Lucius Morris| title = High iron: a book of trains| location = New York, London| date = 1938}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Bonanza Books : Distributed by Crown Publishers| isbn = 978-0-517-00420-3| last = Beebe| first = Lucius Morris| title = Highball, a pageant of trains| location = New York| date = 1982}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Howell-North Books| volume = 2| last1 = Beebe| first1 = Lucius Morris| last2 = Clegg| first2 = Charles| title = The trains we rode| location = Berkeley, Calif| date = 1965}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Howell-North Books| volume = 1| last1 = Beebe| first1 = Lucius Morris| last2 = Clegg| first2 = Charles| title = The trains we rode| location = Berkeley, Calif| date = 1965}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = D. Appleton-Century Company incorporated| last = Beebe| first = Lucius Morris| title = Highliners: a railroad album| location = New York, London| date = 1940}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Harry N. Abrams| isbn = 978-0-8109-3482-5| last = Langhammer| first = Eric| title = Vanishing steam: a photographer's odyssey around the world| location = New York| date = 2002}}
- {{Cite book| edition = 1st ed| publisher = W.W. Norton| isbn = 978-0-393-07908-1| last = Plowden| first = David| title = Requiem for steam: the railroad photographs of David Plowden| location = New York| date = 2010}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Bonanza Books| last = Dorin| first = Patrick C| title = Commuter railroads: a pictorial review of the most travelled railroads| location = New York| date = 1969}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Grosset & Dunlap| last1 = Beebe| first1 = Lucius Morris| last2 = Clegg| first2 = Charles| title = Hear the train blow: a pictorial epic of America in the railroad age| location = New York| date = 1958}}
- {{Cite book |last=Beebe |first=Lucius Morris |title=Mixed train daily: a book of short-line railroads |date=1961 |publisher=Howell-North |edition=4th |location=Berkeley, Calif}}
= Reference =
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Publ.| last = Drury| first = George H| title = The train-watcher's guide to North American railroads: Significant facts, figures, and features of over 140 railroads in the U.S., Canada and Mexico| location = Milwaukie, WI| date = 1984}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Books| isbn = 0-89024-131-7 978-0-89024-131-8| last1 = Drury| first1 = George H| last2 = Hayden| first2 = Bob| title = The train-watcher's guide to North American railroads| location = Waukesha, WI| date = 1992}}
- {{Cite book| edition = 2nd ed| publisher = Kalmbach Books| isbn = 978-0-89024-131-8| last1 = Drury| first1 = George H.| last2 = Hayden| first2 = Bob| title = The train-watcher's guide to North American railroads| location = Waukesha, WI| series = Railroad reference series| date = 1992}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Houghton Mifflin| isbn = 978-0-395-70112-6| last = Foster| first = Gerald L.| title = A field guide to trains of North America| location = Boston| date = 1996}}
- {{Cite book| edition = 3rd| publisher = Kalmbach Pub. Co.| isbn = 0-89024-073-6 978-0-89024-073-1| last = Lewis| first = Edward A| title = American shortline railway guide| location = Milwaukee, WI| date = 1986}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = [Pentrex]| last = Middleton| first = William D.| title = North American commuter rail 1994: including a detailed user's guide for every system in the U.S. and Canada| location = [Pasadena, CA]| date = 1994}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = HarperCollins| others = Smithsonian Institution (ed.)| title = Jane's train recognition guide| location = New York| date = 2005}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach| last = Pinkepank| first = Jerry A.| title = Diesel spotter's guide| location = Milwaukee| date = 1967}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Books| isbn = 0-89024-026-4 978-0-89024-026-7| last = Pinkepank| first = Jerry A| title = The second diesel spotter's guide| location = Milwaukee, Wis.| date = 1988}}
- {{Cite book| isbn = 978-0-89024-029-8| last1 = Pinkepank| first1 = Jerry A| last2 = Marre| first2 = Louis A| title = Diesel spotter's guide update: including electrics and lightweight-train power cars| date = 1979}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Pub.| isbn = 978-0-89024-607-8| last = McDonnell| first = Greg| title = Field guide to modern diesel locomotives| location = Waukesha, Wisc.| date = 2002}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Publishing| isbn = 978-1-62700-455-8| last = Wilson| first = Jeff| title = Guide to North American diesel locomotives| location = Waukesha, Wisconsin| date = 2017}}
- {{Cite book| edition = Rev. and updated..| publisher = Ian Allan| isbn = 978-0-7110-1707-8| last = Bruce| first = J. Graeme| title = The London Underground tube stock| location = Shepperton, Surrey| date = 1988}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Books| isbn = 978-0-89024-043-4| last1 = McDonald| first1 = Charles W.| last2 = Drury| first2 = George H.| title = Diesel locomotive rosters: United States, Canada, Mexico| location = Milwaukee, WI| date = 1982}}
= Miscellaneous =
- {{Cite book| publisher = American Association of Railroad Ticket Agents| title = Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Annual Sales-Educational Meeting| date = 1955-09-26}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = The Railway Equipment and Publication Company| title = The Official Register of Passenger Train Equipment| date = 1967-03}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = London, 1939-| last = National Union of Students of the Universities and University Colleges of England and Wales| title = Student Travel 1939, etc.| date = 1939}}
- {{Cite book| edition = 1975 edition| publisher = Bureau of Railway Economics, Association of American Railroads| others = Association of American Railroads, Association of American Railroads, Association of Western Railways, Western Railroad Association (eds.)| title = Yearbook of railroad facts| location = Washington, D.C| date = 1975}}
- {{Cite book |title=Yearbook of railroad facts |date=1970 |publisher=Bureau of Railway Economics, Association of American Railroads |location=Washington, D.C}}
= Short lines =
- {{Cite book| last = Moedinger| first = William M| title = The road to Paradise: the story of the rebirth of the Strasburg Rail Road| date = 1995}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Kalmbach Pub. Co.| isbn = 978-0-89024-109-7| last = Lewis| first = Edward A| title = American shortline railway guide| location = Waukesha, WI| date = 1991}}
= Maps =
- {{Cite| publisher = Rand McNally & Company| title = Rand McNally handy railroad atlas of the United States| location = Chicago ; New York ; San Francisco| date = 1985}}
- {{Cite| publisher = British Tourist Authority| isbn = 978-0-7095-3146-3| title = Britain, scenic rail journeys| location = London?| date = 1987}}
- {{Cite| publisher = Map Link| isbn = 978-0-929591-70-4| title = Rail map of Europe: scale 1:4,125,000| location = Santa Barbara, CA| date = 2001}}
- {{Cite| publisher = Bartholomew| isbn = 978-0-85152-336-1| last1 = Bartholomew (Firm)| last2 = Storer| first2 = J. D| last3 = British Tourist Authority| last4 = British Railways Board| title = The passenger train map| location = Edinburgh| date = 1977}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press| isbn = 978-0-8018-7331-7 978-0-8018-9002-4 978-1-4214-0146-1 978-1-4214-1035-7| volume = 1; 3| last = Carpenter| first = Richard C.| title = A railroad atlas of the United States in 1946| location = Baltimore, MD| date = 2003}}
- {{Cite book |last=Hayes |first=Derek |title=Historical atlas of the North American railroad |date=2010 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-26616-2 |location=Berkeley}}
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- {{Eisenbahnatlas Italien}}
- {{Atlas ferroviaire de la France I}}
= Canada =
- {{Cite book| publisher = Bonanza Books : Distributed by Crown| isbn = 978-0-517-68235-7| last1 = Lotz| first1 = Jim| last2 = MacKenzie| first2 = Keith| title = Railways of Canada| location = New York| date = 1989}}
- {{Cite book| publisher = British Railway Modellers of North America| isbn = 978-0-919487-61-1| volume = 1| last = Maiers| first = David| title = Canadian National in Manitoba and Saskatchewan| location = Calgary| date = 1999}}
= Model railroading =
- {{Cite book| publisher = Deutsch| isbn = 978-0-233-96227-6| last = Williams| first = Guy R.| title = The world of model trains| location = London| date = 1970}}