Morning Sun Books
has released
three new titles. The first is
“Railroad Critters In Color, Volume
4,” by Stephen M. Timko, who
continues his look at the industrial
locomotives of minority build-
ers such as Davenport, Plymouth,
Porter, and Vulcan. GE’s popular
line of "tonners" is included.
Also new is “West Florida Rails
In Color Volume 1: The Emery
Gulash Color Photography of ACL & SAL 1957-1967,” by Jerry A.
Pinkepank. Accomplished photographer Emery Gulash explores
the west side of the Sunshine State before the SCL merger.
The third new release fromMSB is “Trackside Around the
Lehigh River Valley with Randolph Kulp and Doug Peters.”
The book includes Lehigh River Valley photos from historian
Randolph Kulp’s treasure trove of LV, CNJ, RDG, L&NE, L&HR,
and other roads in the Allentown-Easton-Bethlehem region.
Visit the above website for pricing and ordering information.
The latest issue of
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia
is devoted to the design and production of ACF’s 1,958
cu. ft. 70-ton covered hopper car. Co-authored by Ed Hawkins
and Pat Wider, the article includes a history of the early devel-
opment of covered hoppers, details about the 70-ton demon-
strator built by ACF in 1932, and the primary variations built by
ACF from 1937 to 1957.
