Softcover, from Scott Lupia

The Penn Line Story: A History and Collector's Guide from White River Productions is a thoroughly researched and documented book by Garrett L. Stauffer, son of one of Penn Line's founders. This book presents a wealth of information, facts, and colorful illustrations for the collector and hobbyist alike. Launched after World War II, Penn Line helped establish the popularity of HO scale model trains. The company offered craftsman-level kits for several steam locomotive prototypes in the early 1950s, and by the 1960s was producing a line of fully assembled plastic trains. In fact, many Penn Line models remain on the market today. Get on board with this fun hobby history! The Penn Line Story is one of many books from White River Productions about model railroads.

The 2019 Passenger Train Annual from White River Productions is a wonderful look at passenger train favorites from the past and present. Loaded with images and information, it's a must-have for modelers and railfans alike. Topics in the 2019 Passenger Train Annual include: Union Pacific Overland Route Passenger Trains Tokyo's Main Station Train Watching at Emeryville, Calif. Looking Back at Amtrak's Busy Northeastern Routes The Streamliners of 1949, including the California Zephyr, New England States, Broadway Limited, Southern Belle, Phoebe Snow, and many more!

The 2021 Passenger Train Annual from White River Productions is a wonderful look at passenger train favorites from the past and present. Loaded with images and information, it's a must-have for modelers and railfans alike. Topics in the 2021 Passenger Train Annual include: Celebrating 50 Years of Amtrak Twilight for Budd M3s in New York Passenger Hood Units of the 1960s North Coast Hiawatha Memories Ties That Bind: Cross-Border Trains

The 2022 Passenger Train Annual from White River Productions is a fun look at passenger trains from the past and present. Loaded with images and information, it's a must-have for modelers and railfans alike. Topics in the 2022 Passenger Train Annual include: New Trains of 1952: Pennsylvania Railroad's streamlined, Budd-built "Congressional" Electro-Motive A to Z: From Algoma Central to "Zephyr," an alphabetical review of North American EMD passenger diesels to mark the centennial of the builder's founding in 1922 Ties That Bind, Part 2: Concluding the survey of passenger trains crossing the U.S.-Canada border in the postwar era from the 2021 annual

The 2023 Passenger Train Annual from White River Productions is a fun look at passenger trains from the past and present. Loaded with images and information, it's a must-have for modelers and railfans alike. A few topics in the New Haven: Passenger Powerhouse - A look back at a New England Montreal's Central Station at 80 - One of the last major terminals built in More Accidental Varnish - A railfan's random passenger

Softcover, 100 Pages

The 2019 Railroads Illustrated Annual from White River Productions features more than 100 pages of classic railroad photography and stories. Topics in the 2019 Railroads Illustrated Annual include: The Return of Big Boy 4014 Trains Where Trains Shouldn't Be Elevating Railroad Photography GE's Game Changer - The Dash-8 Locomotive Outside Railfanning in the Lower 48 Silver Bow - UP Over the Continental Divide The Trials and Tribulations of Train Photography Tracing B&O's Old Main Line - Hancock to Cumberland Day in North America - March 9, 2019

Softcover

The 2021 Railroads Illustrated Annual from White River Productions features photography and pieces on railroads from coast to coast. Features for the 2021 Annual include: Remembering Southern Pacific One Fine Day - A Winnipeg Souvenir Rock Island's Last Years 1971-1980 Alaska Railroad Passenger Trains Ontario Southland's Guelph Junction Seasonal Day In North America And Much More!

The 2022 Railroads Illustrated Annual from White River Productions features photography and pieces on railroads from coast to coast. Loaded with images, features and illustrations, this annual publications is required railroad reading for both fans and modelers! Features in the 2022 Annual include: 40 Years of Norfolk Southern Dash 2 Locomotives: 50 Years Strong Going Home: New England Railroading Time Machine: West Virginia's Durbin Rocket Scanner Talk Railroading Seasonal Day In North America And Much More! Softcover

Rio Grande's Narrow Gauge K-36 Locomotives from White River Productions is the complete history of the Rio Grande's K-36 2-8-2s. By the 1920s, the legendary narrow gauge system of the Denver and Rio Grande Western had shrunk to a third of the railroad's total trackage, and most of its locomotives were worn out. Yet, traffic was heavy on some parts of the line and growing, and standard gauging the lines made little economic sense. So the long-time Baldwin customer turned to the Philadelphia firm for 10 new narrow gauge, outside frame Mikados. Designated K-36 (MiKado, 36,200lbs of tractive effort), these beefy Baldwins were soon hauling freight over the four percent grades of Cumbres and Marshall passes and indeed, system-wide. Fast forward almost a century later, and nine of the locomotives still exist and eight are in service on the Durango and Silverton and Cumbres and Toltec Scenic railroads. Truly a remarkable record of service and why the K-36 is beloved by railfans and the crewmen who ran them. Author Jerry Day spent over 40 years compiling information and over 300 photos, maps, track folios, drawings and diagrams, including a three-page foldout drawing by Mike McKenzie for this volume. In addition, this 224-page hardcover book includes the DRGW purchase of the K-36s and changes made to the lines to accommodate them, the operational history on the lines they ran, and accounts of K-36 snow fighting operations, special passenger runs, wrecks, movie trains, locomotive modifications and changes, and a section on the K-36s as they operate today on the C&TS and D&S railroads. Includes an appendix with the complete DRGW-Baldwin specs for the locomotives. This hardcover book is one of several White River titles about DRGW prototypes and models.

Rio Grande: Jewel of the Wasatch from White River Productions examines the origins and ultimate demise of the D&RGW's Utah Division between Grand Junction, Colorado, and Ogden, Utah. Built by the same General Palmer who had contributed so much to the early Denver & Rio Grande in Colorado, the line across the eastern Utah desert to the Wasatch Front never had large precious mineral deposits as the siren song attraction for railroad construction. This road would rely on the more mundane carloads of coal, iron ore, and copper as its early mainstay. Following the merger of the Utah and Colorado lines in 1908, the company began focusing on upgrading its property and soliciting traffic from far beyond the borders of its two home states. This transcontinental traffic, along with the burgeoning coal business developed after World War II, would make the D&RGW a successful and profitable property, despite being surrounded by much larger, and often unfriendly carriers. A portion of the Utah Division's history is noted in the coverage of the remnants of D&RGW's far-flung narrow-gauge empire in Colorado. But the real story lies west of Grand Junction, where merchandise, lumber products, perishables and piggyback shipments were added to the area's considerable mineral traffic and the few remaining passenger trains operated during the latter years of D&RGW ownership. As with many enterprises, circumstances are always changing and despite its own good management and customer-oriented operations, the D&RGW was not always in control of its own fate. One by one the needed connections were eliminated until the D&RGW was forced to cast its lot with a weakened Southern Pacific. This would prove to be a short-lived partnership and as the 20th century drew to a close, new owner Union Pacific finally got its wish of killing off the D&RGW once and for all. Today, some of the lines covered in this volume see no UP trains at all on a regular basis, but the pictures and stories herein provide a look back to better days, when the Rio Grande was indeed the Jewel of the Wasatch. This hardcover book is one of several White River titles about DRGW prototypes and models.

The 2015 Railroads Illustrated Annual from White River Productions features pieces on early BNSF images, Ontario F-Units, Seabaord System, the NS Rathole and more. 100 pages dedicated to creative railroad photography past and present.

Structure Handbook for Model Railroaders from White River Productions explains how structures are a key part of your model railroad, providing visual interest as well as supporting your railroad's operations. Structures set the scene and create the backdrop for your layout. The Structure Handbook for Model Railroaders offers modelers new skills, tips, and tricks that can be applied to the construction, finishing, and placement of structures in any scale. This book is a must-have for guidance about structure placement on any model railroad.

The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated History from White River Productions is a must-have for modelers and fans of geared logging locomotives. This is the most complete, thorough, and accurate book ever produced on this unique and storied locomotive. The authors have spent decades researching, collecting photos, and organizing the information in this volume. The book features more than 600 pages and over 1000 photos, illustrations, and drawings. Included is a complete listing of every Shay built by shop number, by owner/operator, and by location. Also covered is Lima's involvement in the Shay from the first locomotive by Ephraim Shay in 1881 to the last Shay built in 1945 and it includes photographs of every single surviving Shay. Three appendices of patents, Drawings and specifications; information on wrecks and mishaps as well as a look at the mechanical evolution of the Shay are all included. If you're a modeler or fan of logging railroads you need The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated History in your railroad library.

Hardcover, 256 Pages

Thirty years in the making, Timber Titans: Baldwin's Articulated Logging Locomotives from White River Productions tells the complete story of these fascinating logging locomotives. Presented in construction number order, the articulateds are covered individually in great detail with statistics and full histories that document each locomotive from the day it left Baldwin's sprawling Eddystone, Pennsylvania, factory to its ultimate disposition. Between 1909 and 1937, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, produced 44 specialized locomotives that were either built for, or later transitioned to, the rigors of hauling raw logs on railroads where the grades were steep and the curves many. While all of these locomotives were built as articulated they varied greatly in design and appearance. Most were built as compound articulateds (Mallets) but two companies, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and the Uintah Railway, received simple articulateds. Water carrying methods were also wide-ranging. While most were built as tank locomotives, others were equipped with a separate tender. Furthering the variations from as-built configurations, several of the tank locomotives were later converted by removing the side or semi-saddle tanks and adding a conventional tender. While most of the logging articulateds toiled away in relative obscurity, several gained acclaim for their well-traveled longevity. Remarkably, ten of the locomotives have survived and several of those remain active over a century after their construction. Beyond the exhaustively researched text, Timber Titans: Baldwin's Articulated Logging Locomotives features 455 black and white and color photographs that have been painstakingly restored to their original appearance. All have been reproduced in high resolution with many presented full page. Additionally, two full-color drawings, four three-dimensional renderings, and an original oil painting for the cover, were all commissioned specifically for this 256-page volume. If you're a fan of logging railroads, Mallet steam power, Baldwin locomotives or simply love railroading of the past, Timber Titans: Baldwin's Articulated Logging Locomotives is a must-have book for your railroad library.