Books

NWSL is pleased to offer books from Oso Publishing for Model Railroading and History.

GREAT LOGGING BOOKS:

Logging Railroads in Skagit County

The first comprehensive history of all logging railroads in Skagit County, Washington by Dennis Thompson. 308 pages, over 400 photographs bring the age of railroad logging back for the historian and the modeler with 22 maps showing logging camps locations and all logging railroads in Skagit County. Complete locomotive rosters by company and mfr. – Shays, Climaxes, Heislers, Baldwin, ALCO, etc. 8.5×11”, hardbound ISBN 0-915370-06-9
NWSL #508-9 Logging Railroads in Skagit County $59.95 Buy

Logging to the Saltchuck

by John Labbe and Peter Replinger, 200 pages, over 200 historic photographs – 16 in color!, specially researched maps showing locations of railroad grades for Western Mason County railroad loggers. 8.5×11”, hardbound ISBN 0-915370-04-2
NWSL #506-9 Logging to the Saltchuck $45.95 Buy

PACIFIC NORTHWEST MAINLINE RAILROAD STEAM & EARLY DIESEL

Pacific Northwest Railroads of McGee and Nixon

by Dick GreenOur latest publication from the lens’ of Warren McGee and Ronald Nixon – this time with color, a gala romp through the Pacific Northwest on all the mainlines – Chicago, Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific; Great Seattle; Butte, Anaconda & Pacific; and a glimpse at the Spokane International. 298 pgs, 300 photos, 38 in color 11 x 8.5”, hardbound – ISBN 0-915370-07-7
NWSL#509-9 PACIFIC NORTHWEST RAILROADS $59.95 Buy

Northern Pacific of McGee and Nixon

Large magnificent views from the past – Northern Pacific in the glorious steam years and the diesmal transition to modern diesels that are now known as historic first generation infernal combustion machines. 290 pages with more than 300 photos
11×8.5”, hardbound ISBN 0-915370-l0-4 #510-9 NORTHERN PACIFIC Ry. $49.95

#512-9 $10.00 NWSL Brass Locomotive Upgrade clinic—11 pages of illustrations and repair/upgrade ideas

#524-9 24.95 Willamette Iron Works 1925 catalog reprint  Buy
#526-9 49.95 Railroad Logging in the Klamath Country Buy
#539-9 24.95 Sturgeons (steam) Sawmill—California Redwoods sawmill— (video)

Previous NWSL publications out of print but may be found occasionally at bookdealers and e-bay:
Washington Iron Works 1920 catalog reprint (out of print ) Fine quality exact reproduction of the 1920 catalog #20 for this pioneer foundry which supplied logging equipment such as yarders, incline engines and other woods equipment. (out of print Feb 1992) 7 x 9″ 104p
The Geared Locomotives of Dunkirk by David Hoffman (out of print 1996)
History of a logging locomotive builder, a spin-off of the Climax, that went out of existence before 1900. Complete roster of locomotives constructed with some beautiful turn-of-the-century photographs of prototypes. A very obscure builder with an even more obscure history that has been lovingly researched and compiled for you by the author. (out of print )