Dear all since it is again that time of the year that everybody is thinking about his/her wish list for either Sinterklaas, or his younger sibling Santa Claus, I have recompiled the New York State book list. So there is no need for wading through the whole thread, if a book is not listed in the list below let it know.
Enjoy!
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1: 20th Century Limited, Karl R. Zimmermann, MBI
2: A Hill, a Branch, and the Pecksport Loop, John Taibi, Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society
3: Adirondack Railroads Real and Phantom, Harold K. Hochschild, Adirondack Museum
4: Adirondack Vistas, Ed Gardner, Author
5: Arcade & Attica Railroad, Edward A Lewis, The Baggage Car
6: Around Chautauqua Lake, 50 Years of Photographs 1875-1925,Paul Leone, Mary Poshka,
7: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Stations and Towers along the Niagara Division, William Fries , (1996)
8: Between the Ocean and the Lakes -The Story of the ERIE, Edward Harold Mott,
9: Bradford and Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad , Lawrence Kilmer ,
10: Bridging the Hudson The Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge and its Connecting Rail Lines, A Many-Faceted History, Carleton Mabee, Purple Mountain Press
11: Brooklyn's Waterfront Railways: A Pictorial Journey, Jay Bendersky, Meatball Productions
12: Buffalo & Susquehanna, Paul Pietrak,
13: Buffalo Central Terminal: A photo album, Ken Kraemer, RR Trax studios
14: Buffalo Central Terminal: construction of a Transportation Landmark, John Dahl, Railroad Station Historical Society
15:Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh in Color (vol 1), M Zollitsch, Morning Sun Books
16: Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh in Color (vol 2), M Zollitsch, Morning Sun Books
17: Butter and cheese express: The Auburn Branch of the New York & Oswego Midland Railroad, Richard F. Palmer, Chenango County Historical Society
18: Canal Boats, Interurbans and Trolleys (The Story of the Rochester Subway), Amberger, Rochester Chapter NRHS
19: Change at Ozone Park, Herbert George, RAE publishing (1993)
20: Clear the Tracks! The story of an old-time locomotive engineer, Joseph Bromley, Wittlesey House (1943)
21: Coal to Cananda, history of the Ontario Car Ferry Company, Ted Rafuse, Steam Power Publishing
22: Coming of the New York & Harlem, The., Louis V. Grogran,
23: Commuter Trains to Grand Central Terminal, Tom Nelligan,
24: Conquering Gotham: The construction of Penn station and its tunnels, Jill Jonnes, Viking
25: Conrail, Timothy Scott Doherty, Brian Solomon, MBI
26: Copper Wires, Clerertories, and Communters - A Glimpse of Syracuse’s Interurban Story, Lawrence Meloling, (1969)
27: Cortland County Traction, Richard F. Palmer, Shelden S. King,printed & sold by Harold E. Cox (1992)
28: Cortland County Traction,Shelden S. King,privately published (1965)
29: Creameries of upstate New York - At the Turn of the Centrury, John W. Hudson II, Depot Square Publishing
30: D. & M. and D.L.&W: putting Dansville on the Railroad Map, William J Rauber,
31: Days along the Buckwheat and Dandelion The Unadilla Valley Railway, Fred Pugh,
32: Delaware & Hudson, Jim Saughnessey, Syracuse University Press
33: Delaware & Norhtern and the towns it served, The., Gertrude Fitch Horton, Purple Mountain Press (1989)
34: Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad’s Syracuse Division, The., John W & Suzanne C. Hudson, Depot Square Publishing
35: Destruction of Penn Station, The., Barbara & Peter Moore ,
36: Diesels of the Sunrise Trail, John J. Scala, Weekend Chief (1984)
37: DL&W in the 19th century, Thomas Tabor,
38: DL&W in the 20th century vol. I, Thomas Tabor,
39: DL&W in the 20th century vol. II, Thomas Tabor,
40: Doctor Durant and his iron horse, Harold K. Hochschild, Adirondack Museum
41: Ed Nowak's New York Central – A company photographers view of the Railroad, Ed Nowak, Karl Zimmermann, PTJ Publishing (1983)
42: Eight Miles along the Shore: An Illustrated History of Greece, NY, Virginia Tomkiewicz, Shirley Cox Husted, The Greece Historical Societey (1982)
43: Electric Heritage of the Long Island Rail Road, Ron Ziel, John Krause, Carstens (1986)
44: Erie Lackawanna Death of An American Railroad 1938-1992, H. Roger Grant, Stanfort University Press
45: Erie Lackawanna In Color. Volume 2 New York State, Larry DeYoung, Morning Sun Books
46: Erie Lackawanna In Color. Volume 3 The East end, Larry DeYoung, Morning Sun Books
47: Erie Lackawanna In Color. Volume 5 Merger Memories, John R. Canfield, Morning Sun Books
48: Erie Lackawanna Memories, Preston Cook, Old Line Graphics (1987)
49: Erie Memories , Edward J. Crist , Quadrant Press (1993)
50: Erie Railroad Facilities In Color Volume 2: New York State, ,Robert J. Yanosey ,Morning Sun Books
51: Erie Railroad in Color, David R. Sweetland, Morning Sun Books
52: Erie Railroad Rochester Division, The., William R. Gordon,
53: Fairy Tale Railroad The Mowhawk and Malone, Henry A. Harter, North Country Books
54: Fonda, Johnstown & Gloverville Railroad, The., Randy L. Decker,
55: Forgotten Railroads Through Westchester County, Robert A. Bang,
56: From Glenagore to Guilford Irish Destiny on the O&W, Patrick R. McElligott, (2004)
57: Gangly Country Cousin Lehigh Valleys Auburn Division 9The), Herbert V Trice,
58: Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Company, The., , G&W RR (1970)
59: Glen Route, The., Sheldon S. King,
60: Glenfield & Western Railroad, The., Brian D. Mumford, Frederick J. Schneider, Frederick J. Schneider (2003)
61: Gone but not forgotten: The Marcellus & Otisco Railway, Richard F Palmer, Central New York chapter NRHS
62: Grand Central Terminal: City within the City, Deborah Nevins, Municipal Art Society of NY
63: Grand Central, the World's Greatest Railway Terminal, William D. Middleton, Golden West Books
64: Grand old Stations and Steam Locos of the Ulster & Delaware, The., John M. Ham, Robert K. Bucenec, Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain Press
65: Great Gorge Route, The,Peter Watson,P. Watson & Associates (1997)
66: Greater Erie Trolleys by Kenneth C. Springirth (Arcadia Publishing, 2005),,
67: History of Railroad operations at Kodak Park, , Eastman Kodak Co (1963)
68: History of Railroads in Tomkins County, Hardy Lee
69: History of Railroads in Western New York, A., Edward T. Dunn, Canisius College Press
70: History of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, Paul Pietrak,
71: History of the Hudson Valley Railway, A., David F. Nestle, Author (1967)
72: History of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Route of the Black Diamond, A., Robert F. Archer, Heimburger House Publishing
73: History of the Long Island Rail Road (volume 1), Vincent Seyfried ,
74: History of the Long Island Rail Road (volume 2), Vincent Seyfried ,
75: History of the Long Island Rail Road (volume 3), Vincent Seyfried ,
76: History of the Long Island Rail Road (volume 4), Vincent Seyfried ,
77: History of the Long Island Rail Road (volume 5), Vincent Seyfried ,
78: History of the Long Island Rail Road (volume 6), Vincent Seyfried ,
79: History of the Long Island Rail Road (volume 7), Vincent Seyfried ,
80: History of the Western New York & Pennsylvania, Paul Pietrak,
81: Hojac Railroad-Tracking Hamlin a tale of "the white elephant" line, The., Mary Smit, (1976)
82: Interurbans of New York, Felix E. Reifscheider,
83: Ithaca Street Railway,, Richard D. Kerr,printed and sold by Harold E. Cox (1972)
84: Ithaca-Auburn Short line New York Auborn & Lansing RR Central New York Southern RR, ,Richard F. Palmer, ,1980’s
85: Jamestown and Chautauqua Lake Trolleys,,Fenton Historical Society, (1974 reprinted in 1987)
86: Keeping The Railroads Running - Fifty Years on the New York Central ,Karl A. Borntrager,
87: Keuka Lake Memories, \William R. Gordon,
88: Leatherstocking Rails A History of Railroading Along the Upper Susquehanna, Jim Loudon, Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society
89: Lehigh & Hudson River in color, Jim Boyd, Tracy Antz, Morning Sun Books
90: Lehigh and New England, Ed Christ, John Krause, Carstens Publications
91: Lehigh Valley In Color, Robert J. Yanosey, Morning Sun Books
92: Lehigh Valley In Color (volume 2), Robert J. Yanosey, Morning Sun Books
93: Lehigh Valley In Color (volume 3), Jeremy F. Plant, Richard Steinbrenner, Morning Sun Books
94: Lehigh Valley Memories - A Tour of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in New York's Finger Lakes Region, 1941 – 1959, David Marcham,
95: Lehigh Valley Railroad: Wyoming & Buffalo Divisions, Mike Bednar,
96: Light Trains & Short Ties Through the Notch, John M. Ham, Robert K. Bucenec, Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain Press
97: Listen to the Whistle An Anecdotal History of the Wallkill Valley Railroad, Carleton Mabee, Purple Mountain Press (1995)
98: Little Falls and Dolgeville Railroad, The, Lucinda Parker, Worden Press (1986)
99: Logging Railroads of the Adirondacks, Bill Gove,
100: Long Island Rail Road Memories: The Making of a Steam Locomotive Engineer, Richard J. Harrison, Quadrant Press (1981)
101: Long Island Rail Road, The., Ron Ziel, George Foster, Hawthorn Books
102: Long Island Rail Road: A pictoral record of the steam-to-diesel transition east of Jamaica, Frederick Kramer, John Krause, Carstens
103: Long Island Railroads in Early Photographs, Ron Ziel, Dover publications
104: Manhattan Gateway, New York's Penn Station, William D. Middleton,
105: Manitou Beach Trolley Days: 1891-1925, , The Greece Historical Societey (reprint)
106: Metro-North's Hudson Line, Thomas V. Panettiere, Depot Square Publishing
107: Mountain Railroads of the New York State vol 3, Michael Kudish, Purple Mountain Press (2008)
108: Mountain Railroads of the New York State vol 4, Michael Kudish, Purple Mountain Press (2009)
109: Mr Cornell's Railroad & how it grew, John Connell,
110: New York Central Color Photography by Ed Nowak Book I, Ed Nowak, Morning Sun Books
111: New York Central Color Photography by Ed Nowak Book II, Ed Nowak, Morning Sun Books
112: New York Central Color Photography by Ed Nowak Book III, Ed Nowak, Morning Sun Books
113: New York Central in the Hudson Valley The Waterlevel Route in steam and Diesel, George R. Drury, Kalmbach Books
114: New York Central Railroad, Brian Solomon, MBI
115: New York Connecting Railroad, Long Island's Other Railroad, The, Robert Strum, William Thom, Sunrize Train Chapter NRHS
116: New York Harbor Railroads in Color vol 1, Thomas R. Flagg, Morning Sun Books
117: New York Harbor Railroads in Color vol 2, Thomas R. Flagg, Morning Sun Books
118: New York Ontario & Western in color, ,
119: New York Ontario & Western in the Diesel Age , Robert E. Mohowski , Andover Junction Publications (1994)
120: New York Ontario & Western Railway Milk Cans, Mixed Trains and Motor Cars, The., Robert E. Mohowski, Garrigues House Publishing (1995)
121: New York State Railways, The., Sheldon S. King, (1975)
122: New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Company: 1906-1946, The., Robert A. Bang, (2004)
123: Next Station Will Be, The . . . Volume IX, , Railroadians (1987)
124: Next Station Will Be, The . . . Volume XII, , Railroadians (1994)
125: Next Station Will Be, The. . . Volume XI, , Railroadians (1989)
126: Next stop Grand Central: A Trip Through Time On New York's Metropolitan Area Commuter Railroads, Stan Fischler, (1986)
127: Niagara By Rail I, Peter Jehrio, Coldwaters Press
128: Niagara By Rail II, Peter Jehrio, Coldwaters Press
129: Niagara By Rail III, Peter Jehrio, Coldwaters Press
130: Niagara Gorge Belt Line A Pictoral Album, , Niagara Frontier Chapter NRHS
131: Night of disaster: The New York Central Gulf Curve Wreck, David A. Taylor, Lucinda M. Parker, Artspace
132: Ninety Four Years of Rochester Railways Vol 1, William R. Gordon,
133: Ninety Four Years of Rochester Railways Vol 2, William R. Gordon,
134: O&W The long live and slow death of the New York Ontario & Western, William F. Helmer, Originally published in 1959 but recently republished
135: Old "Up and Down" Catskill mountain branch of the NYC, The., John M. Ham, Robert K. Bucenec, Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain Press
136: Old Put, The, Joe Schiavone, Brian Vangor,
137: Oneonta Roundhouse, The., Jim Loudon, Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society
138: Ontario & Western Railway Northern Division, The., John Taibi, Arcadia
139: Penn Central In Color Volume 1: Operations in Western New England and Upstate New York State ,Jeremy F. Plant,Morning Sun Books
140: Penn Central Railroad, Peter Lynch, MBI
141: Pennsy Era on Long Island, The, Ron Ziel, Sunrise Spectial Ltd (1984)
142: Pennsylvania Railroad's Elmira Branch, William Caloroso, Andover Junction Publications (1993)
143: Pioneer American Railroads The Mowawk & Hudson and the Saratoga & Schenectady, Daniel Larkin, Purple Mountain Press
144: Pittsburg Shawmut and Northern, Paul Pietrak,
145: Putnam Division, The., Daniel R. Gallo, Frederick A. Kramer,
146: Railfans Guide To The Empire State, 3rd Edition,John C. Mech,privately published (1997)
147: Railroad atlas of North America Northeast, Mike Walker, Steam Powered Video (1998)
148: Railroad Days Memories of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad & Erie Lackawanna Railway Co Utica Division, Louis C. Langone, privately publised (2005)
149: Railroad Ferries of the Hudson, ,
150: Railroad for Lima: An account of New Yorks State's unique Shortline, A., Paul S Worboys, Iron Man Press (1991)
151: Railroad stations of Central New York, Robert W. Coye, Central New York chapter NRHS
152: Railroads in early postcards volume 1 upstate New York, Richard Palmer, Harvey Roehl, The Vestal Press
153: Railroads in the streets of Syracuse, , Central New York chapter NRHS
154: Railroads of New York, G.W. O’Connor, Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co (1949)
155: Railroads of New York 1953, A study of government aid. 1826-1875,Pierce,Harvard University Press
156: Railroads of the Adirondacks A History, Michael Kudish, Purple Mountain Press
157: Railroads of the Hudson River Valley 1979-2008,Bill McBride,
158: Railroads that serve Buffalo, The., , Buffalo Chapter NRHS reprint (1982) of a 1927 original
159: Rails Along the Battenkill, Nestle,
160: Rails Along the East Brach The Delaware & Northern Railroad, ,
161: Rails Along The Hudson, Crawford & Kramer,
162: Rails along the Oriskany, John Taibi, Purple Mountain Press
163: Rails around Gotham, Paul Carlton, Paul Carlton Books (1981)
164: Rails in the North Woods A History of ten Adirondack Shortlines, ,
165: Rails North - Lehigh Valley Railroad in New York State, , Central New York Chapter NRHS
166: Rails through Cortland: the History of railroading in Cortland County, Richard F. Palmer,
167: Railway Switching Yard at Maybrook New York and its connecting lines, The., Marc Newman, Purple Mountain Press
168: Remembering the New York Ontario & Western Railway, John Taibi, Purple Mountain Press
169: Rip Van Winkle Railroads, William F. Helmer,
170: Rochester & Genesee Valley Rails, Mary Hamilton-Dann, RRP
171: Rochester Lockport and Buffalo RR, William R. Gordon,
172: Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern, The., William R Gordon,
173: Route of the Phoebe Snow a history of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western RR, The., Sheldon S. King, Railroad Avenue Enterprises
174: Rutland Road, The., Jim Saughnessy, Syracuse University Press
175: Sapbush Run: An informal History of the Black River and Utica RR, The, Thomas C. O'Donnell, Black River Books (1948)
176: Saving Union Station (Albany), Finnegan,
177: Shortlines of Central New York Marcellus & Otisco Lake Railroad Skaneateles Shortline Railroad, Richard F. Palmer, Central New York chapter NRHS
178: Snowflaker, The., Bill Kachler,
179: South Buffalo Railway, Stephan M Koenig, South Platte Press
180: Southern Tier Lines, Todd & John Humphrey, Rainy day Books
181: Steam and Trolley days on the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad,David F. Nestle, William R. Gordon,1950’s
182: Steam Era of the Lehigh Valley, The., Chuck Yungkurt, Andover Junction Publications (1991)
183: Steel Rails to the Sunrise, Ron Ziel, George Foster, Hawthorn Books (1965)
184: Story of the Rochester & Sodus Bay Railway, The., William R Gordon,
185: Story of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, The., Edward Hungerford, Historical Association of South Jefferson (reprint of 1922 original)
186: Streetcar Named Dinky Canandaigua Street Railways 1886-1930, A ,compiled by Marilyn J. Hinky ,Ontario County Historical Society (1984)
187: Syracuse and South Bay Railway To Onedia Lake, William R. Gordon, Joseph G. Platukis, (1986)
188: Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad, The., , Central New York chapter NRHS
189: That Unionville Train A look at the Middletown & Unionville/Middeltown & New Yersey, Carl A. Detwyler, Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society
190: Timetable pictorial of the West Shore, Ed Gardner, Author
191: Timetable pictorial of the West Shore volume 2, Ed Gardner, Author
192: To The Mountains by Rail, Manville B. Wakefield, Wakefair Press (1970) and republished by Purple Mountain Press (1989)
193: Toonervilles of the Empire State, Felix E. Reifscheider,
194: Trackside around Buffalo 1953 – 1976, Reg Button, Devan Lawton, Morning Sun Books
195: Trackside around Sayre-Towanda-Wavery, Jeremy F. Plant, Bill Caloroso, Morning Sun Books
196: Trackside around the Niagara Peninsula 1953 – 1976, Stephan M. Koenig, Morning Sun Books
197: Trackside East of the Hudson 1941 - 1953, Jeremy Plant, Morning Sun Books
198: Trackside in the Albany, N.Y. Gateway 1949 - 1974, Len Killian, Jim Odell, Morning Sun Books
199: Train Wrecks & Disasters A Pictorial & Chronological History as Reported by the Press , William Fries , (1994)
200: Trolley Lines of New York, Felix E. Reifscheider,
201: Trolley trips through the Hudson Valley 1911, , Purple Mountain Press
202: Trolleys of Jamestown and Chautauqua Lake - A New Look,Helen G. Ebersole,Fenton Historical Society (1998)
203: Trolleys Of The Triple Cities,Shelden S. King,printed and distributed by Whitehall Mail Service (1977)
204: Trolleys To Cayuga Lake Park,Shelden S. King,Seneca Falls Historical Society (1978)
205:Trolleys to Glen Haven, Charles R Lowe, Purple Mountain Press
206:Twentieth Century Limited, D. Cook,
207:Twenty-Five Years on the ND&C, Bernard L Rudberg, Purple Mountain Press
208:Ulster and Delaware Railroad through the Catskills, The., Gerald M. Best, Golden West Books
209:Union Station, Albany, Gerber,
210:Union Station, Utica, , Landmarks Society of Utica
211:Ups & Downs Of A Rural Line Elmira, Cortland & Northern RR 1867 To 1967 And On,David Marcham,,DeWitt Historical Society (2009)
212:Upstate Odyssey The Lehigh Valley in Western New York, Mary Hamilton-Dann, RRP
213:Water Level Route, The., Charles M. Knoll, Rochester chapter NRHS (1976)
214:Wellsville Addison, and Galeton Railroad , Edward Lewis, Short Tracks Development Corp. (1971)
215:Westchester's Forgotten Railway: An Account of the New York, Westchester, and Boston Railway company, Roger Arcara, I&T Publishing
216:Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway its predecessors and sucessors, Paul Pietrak,
217:Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction , Benson Rohrbeck,
218:When Rochester Rode By Rail, , the Rochester Chapter NRHS
219:When the Railroads Went to the Beach, John Taibi, A. Bruce Tracy, Depot Square Publishing (1999)
220:When the Westchester was new, Roger Arcara,
221:Where did the tracks go in the Central Adirondacks? (Mountain RR in the NY State volume 2), Michael Kudish, Purple Mountain Press
222:Where did the tracks go in the Eastern Adirondacks? (Mountain RR in the NY State volume 3), Michael Kudish, Purple Mountain Press
223:Where did the tracks go in the Western Adirondacks? (Mountain RR in the NY State volume 1), Michael Kudish, Purple Mountain Press
224:Where Did The Tracks Go?, Michael Kudish, Purple Mountain Press (1985)
225:Williamsport and Elmira RR, The., Thomas Tabor, (1986)
226:Wooden Rails in the Adirondacks - The "Peg Leg" Railroad,Richard F. Palmer, ,privately published (2008)