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Nov 15, 2007 - HO Scale

New Southern Pacific Book on Donner Pass and New Books Coming on BC Rail

Dear HO Modelers, Monte Vista Publishing has a new Hardbound Book, Steam Over Donner Pass.

Steam Over Donner Pass

Steam over Donner by Duncan Still is a chronological, pictorial history of Southern Pacific's Sierra Nevada Mountain crossing between Roseville, California and Reno, Nevada.


The photos in the book are mostly black & white action photos measuring 10.5"  wide by 6.25" tall  The photos come from the late Will C. Whittaker collection with majority of the photos take by Wil and many were taken by his longtime friend and railfan buddy Al Phelps. The photos date from the late 1930s to the mid 1950s. 

Duncan has compiled data on train movements that include type of train, locomotives used, trip duration, average speed, etc.  

There are 176 pages plus full color end sheets, full page b&w action photos on the cover sheet (which is a photo on the actual hard cover, both front and back cover)   and there is a full color dust jacket with two different watercolor painting showing action on Donner Pass.


Coming in 2008, two great books on BC Rail

20 Years of BC Rail - Alcos and MLWs by Jeff Ainsworth

This volume actually covers the ALCos & MLWs of BC Rail and British Columbia Railway also from the beginning of BCR in 1972 to the end of most BC Rail ALCos & MLWs by 1992.

These new diesel books will be printed using a very high line screen (600) press which in turn will require the all the images appearing inside to be at least 450 ppi so it may take a little longer in order to obtain the highest quality images necessary to achieve the superior quality this resolution will provide. Both volumes have 11" x 17" 450 ppi end sheet photos . Full color proofs have been done by the printer with outstanding results.

Due to continued unanticipated difficulties the BC Rail all color Hardbound series is delayed until Summer 2008 at the earliest!


20 Years of BC Rail Locomotive Power by Jeff Ainsworth

This volume covers the complete history of BC Rail Motive Power from 1984 to 2004 using different photos from any previous volume.

These new diesel books will be printed using a very high line screen (600) press which in turn will require the all the images appearing inside to be at least 450 ppi

so it may take a little longer in order to obtain the highest quality images necessary to achieve superior quality this resolution will provide.

both this volume and the Alco & MLW volume have 11" x 17" 450 ppi end sheet photos that have met this requirement. Full color proofs have been done by the printer with outstanding results.

Due to continued unanticipated difficulties the BC Rail all color Hardbound series is delayed until Summer 2008 at the earliest!


Call Pacific Western Rail to Order Today  (our Extra Net Customers can now order these three great books directly on the Extra Net System - Look under "books" and "Monte Vista Publishing".

 

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