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BNSF Railway 2009
Locomotive Review. ©2009 by Robert C. Del Grosso.
This 10th 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
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. 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 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 $35.00 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.$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
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