Great Northern Pacific

BNSF Railway 2009 Locomotive Review. ©2009 by Robert C. Del Grosso. This 10^th edition catalogues the company’s entire fleet of 6,700 owned and leased locomotives. They are listed individually by roster number series and model with coverage as of February 20, 2009 . Data includes builder data, renumber and repaint dates. Roster shots are included for each number series model group. New in this edition are numerous locomotive groups being renumbered into different number series. Other sections include retirements, new units delivered during 2008 and for delivery in 2009, fleet evolution, a shop listing showing where each locomotive is maintained, and a statistical profile of the company itself • Hardcover • 6”x9” format • 152 pages • heavy duty 100 lb. paper stock • 182 color photos • Cover price: $48.00.
GNP Price: $46.00.  (Due out: May 20, 2009 )

BNSF RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS, Volume 3 ©2009 by Robert C. Del Grosso is the next edition in documenting BNSF Railway’s increasingly diverse freight car fleet. Included are numerous new and merger acquired freight car series which wear BNSF Railway paint schemes not featured in Volumes 1 and 2. Many are rare cars with just a few repainted before their entire car series were phased out. Added emphasis is on the Work Equipment (MofW) freight car fleet where for the past two years the railway has increased freight car upgrade dollars. Specially featured is BNSF’s Aircraft Parts Car fleet dedicated to hauling Boeing jetliner fuselages from Kansas City to its plant at Everett, Wash. Format for cars featured include mostly 7.5" wide color photos of paint schemes, official car diagrams, technical data, yearly car totals since 1995 plus other statistics ● Hardbound ● 180 color photos ● 8.5"x11" format ● 104 high-gloss 100# pages ● Cover price: $55.00. 
GNP Price……….$52.00

BNSF RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS, Volume Two ©2008 by Robert C. Del Grosso, is a selected photographic and statistical record of the company’s new and merger-acquired revenue freight car fleet from 1995 through 2007. The 170 mostly 7.5” color photographs illustrate the standard heritage and new bold heritage paint schemes on various car types, plus the more unusual versions. Others include Cascade green, gray, white, the different types of reporting marks and the BNSF heralds. Most interesting are one-of-a-kind cars since retired and other rare cars still in service wearing BNSF paint schemes. Perfect historically correct modeling projects! Historical statistics include a yearly count of those cars still in service for those car series featured, a roster and car count for BNSF car series where all have since been retired and the same for pre-merger car series never earmarked for BNSF car numbers. Line drawings from official diagram sheets along with car dimensions and capacities accompany the old and new cars featured. In all, Volume Two is an expanded version of BNSF Railway Freight Cars, Volume One, published in 2004 with both presenting a detailed ongoing history of the revenue freight car fleet ● Hardbound ● 104 High Gloss 100# paper pages ● Cover price: $55.00 
GNP Price $52.00

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD CABOOSES, 1970-1995. By Robert C. Del Grosso. This detailed pictorial history book illustrates all cabooses owned by the Burlington Northern Railroad over its 25-year history. Included are those acquired upon merger with the GN, SP&S, NP and CB&Q in March 1970, C&S and FW&D in 1980, the Frisco in 1981, and newly acquired. The 290 color photos include new and pre-merger paint schemes renumbered into the BN number system. Reviewed is the BN caboose rebuild program of 1990-1991 and 30 cabooses rebuilt into gray bunkhouse Univans for MofW operations. Cabooses are listed in numerical order by group, photo examples, and BN line drawing diagram sheets showing dimensions and specifications. This book is perfect for both BN and pre-merger historians and modeler. Hardcover – 8-1/2”x11” format, 120 pages, heavy-duty 100 lb. text paper stock. Cover $55.00. GNP Price $40.00

BNSF RAILWAY - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE, Cajon Pass, Tehachapi Pass and Across the Mojave Desert by Robert C. Del Grosso. ©2005 This book is both a pictorial and descriptive tour of the BNSF Railway over Cajon and Tehachapi Passes and across the Mojave Desert. Discussed are operations, traffic corridors, histories, facilities, train watching sites, data, maps and other information about each. Included are bits of Santa Fe history as to original mainline construction and stories on how the routes originally were trails, wagon roads, highways, and then railways. The 119 color photos are train panoramas dated 1996-2005 showing the routes and terrain, and illustrate the locomotives and paint schemes used during various time periods. The Trackside Tour sections describe the routes as a guide to the best sites to see trains. The book’s theme is “The countryside through which the BNSF Railway operates – “Southern California Style,” written from a view and flavor both railway employees and train watchers will find informative and entertaining. Hardcover • 8.5”x11” format • 112 pages • 100 lb. paper stock.
GNP Price $40.00  

BNSF RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS, Volume One by Robert C. Del Grosso is a collection of selected new and merger-acquired freight cars in various BNSF color schemes that represent the entire fleet. Included are Auto Racks, Intermodal Well, Box, Gondola, Coal, Wood Chip, Coil, Flat, Bulkhead, Hopper, FleXi-Beam, Centerbeam and Reefers. Each series is summarized with historical information related to the car itself. Almost every car series includes freight car diagrams with crucial dimensions, specifications, and capacities. Major statistics include an annual inventory over an 8-year period showing totals of those renumbered and repainted into BNSF to include those remaining in the pre-merger reporting mark. Most of the photos measure 7.5” wide so car details may be easily seen. Glossary of railroad and freight car terms. Excellent for the modeler and a technical reference for the equipment folks. 8.5”x11”, Hardbound, 112 pages on quality 100 lb. stock, 212 color photos. ∙ $49.95
GNP price……$40.00  

BNSF 1999 ANNUAL by Robert C. Del Grosso. Anemic railroad traffic growth nationwide, aggressive competition by the UP and strong Canadian competition made 1999 a year of reckoning for the BNSF - perhaps enticing it to team up with the Canadian National Railway to leverage stronger future growth. These issues are part of the continuing historical saga of the BNSF since 1994 by Del Grosso in his overview of the BNSF for 1999. Also detailed are Intermodal, Grain and Coal, BNSF's lifeblood commodities Where The Traffic Is - eight fold-out maps showing east-west tonnages on the entire system BNSF Freight Cars - The New Look BN Cabooses Still In Service BN Jordans Into the BNSF 16-page Color Pictorial 1999 Locomotive Roster and Summary Units Retired in 1999 1999 Renumberings 1999 Heritage Repaints 240 b&w halftones 128 pages 8½"x11" Soft Cover $38.95
GNP Price........... $20.00

BNSF 1997 ANNUAL is an extensive overview of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Railway during 1997. The main features include Domestic and International Intermodal Operations -- The Severe Winter of 1996-1997 In the PNW and High Plains -- Coal and Grain -- Branch Line Spin-Off's in 1997 -- The Train Symbol System to include Coal -- BNSF Business Fleet Roster -- 16-page Color Pictorial -- Motive Power Roster Summary -- NAFTA -- and other features which tell the story of the BNSF in 1997. This is a necessary addition to the railroad historian's library as an informative textbook on the history of the BNSF -- 225 quality b&w halftones -- 128 pages -- Perfect Bound -- 8 1/2" x 11" $35.95
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