Air Line. Also new is “Chicagoland Electrified Railroads” pre-
senting a colorful view of mid-20th century operations of the
North Shore, South Shore, Aurora & Elgin, Illinois Central, and
Chicago street lines.
The Soo Line Historical and Technical
Society
) has published “Soo Line
Freight Equipment and Cabooses.” The
152-page hardbound 8.5” x 11” book
provides a comprehensive overview of
Soo equipment from the early 1900s
to the 2000s. More than 550 color
and B&W photographs are presented,
including many builders’ photos from
American Car and Foundry, Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co.,
and Pullman-Standard. The book includes notes on numbering,
painting and lettering. To order visit the website.
“The Streetcars of Florida’s First Coast”
is a new book by
award-winning author and historian Robert W. Mann. Mann
chronicles the story behind Florida’s bygone streetcar epoch
and the dramatic history of city builders, financiers, organized
labor, civil rights, fire, fever, nabobs, and railroad men. With
almost 60 miles of track, the Jacksonville Traction Company was
the largest streetcar system in Florida. The new book (ISBN-13:
9781626197077) is available through Barnes & Noble.
O SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Atlas O
is taking reservations from dealers for third
quarter 2015 delivery of P-S 4750 triple-bay covered hopper
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