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Feb 14, 2024 - Books
ALERT NEW +1 - The Garbely Publishing Company - All Scales - New Hardcover & Softcover Books
The Garbely Publishing Company has added this New Softcover Book
by the Union Pacific Railroad Dining Car & Hotel Department
Pages: 242
Format: 6"x9" spiral bound softcover
The Union Pacific Railroad's dining cars were renowned for their service and food quality. The UP's well-trained chefs and waiters provided some of the world's finest cuisine while rolling along the eastern seaboard's steel highways. The procedures and, more importantly, the recipes used to provide that service were compiled into a single volume for the staff's reference and guidance on board the train.
This exact reprint of the UP's Dining Car Cook Book and Service Instructions dates from circa 1955, after the Milwaukee Road began handling UP trains between Chicago and Omaha. It is reproduced from an original copy in The Garbely Publishing Company's collection, which includes updates through the end of UP passenger service in 1971. From uniquely exotic 1950s recipes to those that are familiar to the modern reader, this book contains hundreds of recipes that were originally prepared aboard a UP dining car, including sauces, salads, sandwiches, entrees, sides, and desserts.
Simplicity was key aboard a rolling kitchen with limited space and ingredients, and the UP's signature dishes were designed to provide the flavor of a five-star restaurant with limited expense, time, and effort - all traits that translate well to home cooking! With many of the recipes written for cooking in bulk for a train full of passengers, this book also makes the perfect companion to any event from an upscale dinner party to a backyard barbecue. This historic book is a must-have for both the avid culinary historian and the casual railroad enthusiast.
by Charles B. Castner with Ron Flanary and Charles Buccola
Pages: ~150
Format: 8.5"x11" softcover OR hardcover
Ever since Charlie Castner wrote his epic full issue article in the December 1972 Trains Magazine on the Louisville & Nashville’s “Big Emma” locomotives, he, and a dedicated group of individuals from the L&N Railroad Historical Society, have continued to research the company’s fleet of 42 of these remarkable 2-8-4s. Now, 52 years later, the L&NRHS and The Garbely Publishing Company have partnered to publish this definitive book on their design, construction, and operation between 1942 and 1956 — pulling (and pushing) fast freights, enormous coal drags, and even some passenger trains. The story is largely told through the long gone voices of those who designed, built, maintained, and operated these locomotives. Illustrations include maps, diagrams, route profiles, art, and a variety of black & white and very rare color images. Don’t miss out on this amazing new title covering one of North America’s most iconic steam locomotives!
Order Due Date: May 5, 2024
Anticipated Delivery Date: July 2024
by Neil P. Finch
Pages: ~80
Format: 8.5"x11" softcover
The third in a series of titles covering the Susquehanna, this book features over 150 previously unpublished color photos covering the railroad’s major territorial expansion in the 1980s and 1990s. Coverage includes both freight and excursion operations on former Lehigh & Hudson River and Erie rails from the mid-1980s through the late 1990s. This book showcases photos of the ex-L&HR main line from Sparta Junction to Maybrook, the former Erie route from Campbell Hall/Maybrook to Binghamton, and the Lackawaxen & Stourbridge's related operations on the ex-Erie Honesdale Branch.
Order Due Date: August 1, 2024
Anticipated Delivery Date: October 2024
by Rudy Garbely
Pages: ~80
Format: 8.5"x11" softcover
The third in a series of titles covering railroad operations around Port Jervis, New York, this book will cover the time from the Erie Lackawanna Railway’s merger with five other bankrupt railroads to form Conrail in 1976 through the end of Conrail operations in 1999. Also covered are local commuter operations during the same time period by Metro-North and NJ Transit, as well as freight operations via trackage rights by the Susquehanna. Ample coverage is also given to the changes in local railroad infrastructure and the litany of excursion operations conducted into and through Port Jervis in the 1980s and 1990s. The extensively researched text is illustrated with over 150 never-before-seen all-color photographs.
Order Due Date: April 14, 2024
Anticipated Delivery Date: June 2024
by Don Ehrenbeck
Pages: ~80
Format: 8.5"x11" softcover
In 1967, the Central Railroad of New Jersey became the first major northeastern railroad to declare bankruptcy, becoming the “canary in the coal mine” for the virtual collapse of the northeastern railroad industry that followed over the next several years. As its competitors also began to fall around it, the CNJ trudged along, saddled by increasing debt and failing infrastructure while it attempted to continue both freight and state-subsidized commuter operations. The 1970s found the railroad in dilapidated shape and fighting for survival as its physical plant shrank and its traffic dwindled.
This book covers the first 16.2 miles of the railroad’s east end during the CNJ’s final six years of independent operations, from its vacated facilities at Communipaw on the Hudson River waterfront to its bustling, busy junction at Cranford. Over 150 color photos illustrate the railroad’s equipment, facilities, and operations in the last years before the CNJ’s merger into Conrail in 1976.
Order Due Date: February 4, 2024
Anticipated Delivery Date: April 2024
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