Southern Pacific Passenger Trains by Brian Solomon ISBN 076031795X $34.95 Hardcover Well into the 1950s, the Southern Pacific operated an extensive fleet of colorful (a color scheme nicknamed "daylight") and highly regarded passenger trains that became the preferred mode of travel for the West Coasts nouveau riche film stars and businesspeople. This authoritative illustrated history covers the various forms of motive power used, the rolling stock, and the SP's services. Ninety full-color and 90 black-and-white archival photographs depict the trains on their routes from Portland to the Bay Area, Los Angeles and on through the desert Southwest to Texas and New Orleans. Also depicted are SP uniforms, dinnerware, stations and terminals, and interior views of cars. This guide features period advertisements, timetables, and route maps, and coverage of the SP's cooperative efforts with Chicago & North Western, Union Pacific, and Rock Island in forwarding trains overland to Utah, Chicago, and St. Louis. Available in May Great Northern Empire Builders by Bill Yenne ISBN 0760318476 $34.95 Hardcover Named for renowned entrpeneur James J. Hill, founder of the Great Northern Railway, the incomparable Empire Builder was launched in 1929 by legendary CEO Ralph Budd. Powered by steam until 1947, the Empire Builder charged into the diesel era at full-bore with streamlined EMD E7As trailing Pullman cars from St. Paul to Spokane and generating millions for the railroad. This authoritative and richly illustrated history covers the Empire Builders through their 1970s demise. Included here are images of the trains, their various forms of motive power and rolling stock, and their services. A wealth of black-and-white archival images and period color photography depict the Empire Builders along one of the nation’s most scenic routes. Also shown are uniforms, dinnerware, terminals and stations, interior views of Pullman and dome cars, period advertisements, and route maps.