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Santa Fe Railway Rolling Stock Reference Series

Volume One
Work Equipment Cars.
by W. W. Childers

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This is a digitally scanned reprint of the classic and authoritative guide to Work Equipment Cars of the Santa Fe Railway. The book consists of 254 pages and hundreds of photographs and drawings of Santa Fe equipment. Photos were re-scanned to provide as much detail as possible given age and contrast. The book covers Roadway Machinery, Special Service Equipment, Tool Cars, Shop & Supply Cars, Air Dump Cars, Tank Cars, and Bunk & Boarding Cars. The appendices include Roster, Locomotive Tenders, Painting and Lettering guide, and much more. This is essential for the Santa Fe modeler.

Volume Two
Refrigerator Cars: Ice Bunker Cars 1884-1979 .
by Keith Jordan, Richard H. Hendrickson, John B. Moore and A. Dean Hale

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This is a digitally scanned reprint of the classic and authoritative guide to refrigerator cars of the Santa Fe Railway. The book consists of 288 pages and over 400 photographs and drawings of Santa Fe equipment. Photos were re-scanned to provide as much detail as possible given age and contrast. The book covers Nineteenth Century (1884-1900), truss rod, USRA style and ARA cars, USRA and ARA rebuilds, Santa Fe's "new" steel 40 cars, and 50 foot cars. There is also an extensive discussion of the Santa Fe's efforts to rebuild and modernize its refrigerator car fleet. A separate chapter covers Ice Cars from 1908 through 1971. Appendices cover painting and lettering, slogan assignments, roster information and diagrams of selected equipment. The definitive source for information on this important class of Santa Fe cars.

Volume Three
Furniture and Automobile Box Cars
by Richard H. Hendrickson

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Volume Three in our Rolling Stock Reference Series covers Furniture and Automobile Box Cars. Author Richard Hendrickson, well-known to most Santa Fe fans as "Mr. Freight Car," is a frequent contributor to the Warbonnet, and its predecessors as well as co-author of Volume Two in this series - Refrigerator Cars-Ice Bunker Cars 1884-1953. Don't miss this one!

Volume Four
Santa Fe Box Cars 1869 - 1953
by John Dobyne

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This seminal work will describe in depth the history and details of the vast fleet of that workhorse of the railroad - the boxcar. Author Dobyne's thorough research has unearthed heretofore unpublished photos and drawings in copious quantities. Precise histories of car classes detail the many changes and modifications the cars underwent throughout their life. This is one book every Santa Fe fan must have! 288 pages, 8 1/2 x 12 wire bound.

Volume Five
Santa Fe Tank Cars
by Richard H. Hendrickson and Richard W. Pelouze

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This is Volume 5 in the Rolling Stock Reference Series. It combines the finest historic, photographic and drafting talents of Richard Hendrickson, Richard Pelouze, and Frank Ellington.

Chapters include: Early Santa Fe Oil and Water Cars, The First Steel Underframe Tank Cars, Bigger is Better, Second Hand cars from the KCM&O, Innovation, the First Diesel Fuel Cars, Postwar Welded Tank Cars, A Small Scale Experiment, Last and Largest Santa Fe Tank Cars, and Miscellaneous cars. Appendices include an All-time Roster and Painting and Lettering guide.

120 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 wire bound, profusely illustrated, 17 color photos.

Volume Six
Santa Fe Mechanical Refrigerator Cars
by John B. Moore, Jr.

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Featuring the history, operations, illustrated roster, painting & lettering on Santa Fe's MTC and Insulated Refrigerator Cars.

192 pages, 11x 8.5" coil bound, 275 black & white and 77 color photos, 39 diagrams. ISBN: 1-933587-10-5

Volume Seven
Santa Fe Open-Top Cars: Flat, Gondola and Hopper Cars 1902-1959
by Richard Hendrickson

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Rolling Stock Reference Series Seven: Santa Fe Open-Top Cars,
1902-1959 by noted freight car authority Richard Hendrickson. 320
pages, 11" x 8-1/2" 759 images, coil bound.

Stock Cars of the Santa Fe Railway
by Frank M. Ellington, John Berry and Loren Martens

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Stock Cars of the Santa Fe authored by Frank Ellington. 

Spiral bound, 132 pages

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