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Softcover. Condition: New. Many South Platte Press titles are focused on early railroad history and are usually B&W photographs. This book is mostly color photographs beginning with a color photo looking down at the depot from an overpass with two Burlington Northern business cars parked out front. Most pictures are large format with one picture per page. You will see the Pioneer Zephyr parked at the depot, many silver E-units, business cars, run-through power and Amtrak. In the past several decades, the railroad presence in the downtown area of Lincoln, Nebraska, has been significantly diminished. This pictorial looks at the many changes that have taken place around the citys former Burlington and Amtrak station between the early 1960s and 2012. The authors, noted Lincoln area rail historians, recount the history of Lincoln?s "Burlington box," various steam and football excursions that operated, and changes to local passenger train service during the Amtrak era. Photographs by a number of local rail photographers show the equipment, area facilities and special events that supported depot operations. This is a visual document of how the trains of Lincoln Station were gradually replaced by what is now a vibrant retail and event district for Nebraskas capital city. Contents: Lincoln Station, pp. 5-9, Exhibits and Fan Trips, pp. 10-13, Passenger Trains, pp. 14-20, Special Trains, pp. 21-28, Engines and Equipment, pp. 29-37, Railroad Yard, pp. 38-43, Freight Trains, pp. 44-49, The BN Era, pp. 50-57, Amtrak, pp. 58-61, The BNSF Era, pp. 62-64. South Platte Press, softcover, 64 pages, 66 Color and B&W illustrations.

Trade paperback. First edition. Very good. No dust jacket. Forme.

Softcover. Condition: New. The Nebraska-Kansas Railroad was owned and operated by the Ideal Cement Company at its plant near Superior, Nebraska. This small industrial railway, about four miles long at maximum length, crossed the state line from the cement plant in Nebraska to the companys rock quarry in Kansas. Hauls of the N-K Railroad were almost exclusively limestone rock for use in the manufacture of cement at the Superior plant. The line achieved national fame when Ripleys Believe It or Not cited it as being the shortest interstate railroad in the U.S. The N-K, which at various times used electric, steam and diesel power, operated until the end of cement production at the Superior plant in 1986. This book includes 95 B&W illustrations. Contents: Acknowledgements, Introduction, pp. 4-7, Map of the Nebraska-Kansas Railroad, pg. 8, Map of the Ideal Cement Plant at Superior, Nebraska, pg. 9, Why Build a Cement Plant at Superior, Nebraska?, pp 10-12, A Brief Corporate History, pg. 13, Cement Making 101: The Basics, pp. 14-16, Building and Maintaining the Railroad, pp. 17-26, The Quarry: Digging Out the Rock, pp. 27-34, Railroad Operations, pp. 35-42, Motive Power (steam, electric, diesel), pp. 43-55, Maintaining N-K Motive Power, pp. 56-60, Rock Cars and Other Rolling Stock, pp. 61-64, Runaways, Smash-ups and Near Misses, pp. 65-67, Coping with Snowstorms, pg. 68, The N-K and the Class 1 Carriers, pp. 69-74, Remaining Traces, pp. 75-78, Locomotive Roster, pg. 79, Bibliography, pg. 80. South Platte Press, softcover, 80 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

softcover. Condition: New. Softcover, 64 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations. The story of Santa Fes branch line to Superior, Nebraska. Introduction, 5-6, Santa Fe at Superior, Nebraska, pp. 7-26, Gateway to the South, pp. 27-32, AT&SF C&NW Rail Traffic, pp. 33-34, The Early BN-AT&SF Years, pp. 35-46, The Great Plains Railway, pp. 47-54, Santa Fe to BNSF, 55-58, Epilogue, 59-60, Bibliography, pg. 61, Index, pp. 62-63, About the Authors, pg. 64.