A Journey From Roads to Rails
A Journey from Roads to Rails explores transportation in early Maryland focusing on the development of two major routes of travel and their impact on the town of Ellicott's Mills.

A Story of Mayor Schaefer and his Train Garden
Train Gardens have been a tradition in Baltimore since the 1800's and no one honored that tradition more faithfully than William Donald Schaefer.

Baltimore: A Photographic Portrait
A photographic look at Charm City's most featured attractions. Photographs by Jake McGuire, Hardcover, 128 pages

C&O/B&O Cabooses, Display and Private Owner Cars
Caboose historian Dwight Jones offers the fifth book in this series covering everywhere one might expect to find a private owner caboose.

Encyclopedia of B & O Cabooses, Volume 5
This is the latest in the series of detailed historical coverage of the B & O Caboose fleet by Dwight Jones.

Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
A warm and, at times, intimate portrait of these men and their families as they struggled to balance financial rewards with the frequent assaults on dignity inherent in their work.

The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West
Interviews, historical research, and photos recreate the Harvey Girl experience of women who came to the west to work as waitresses, but many stayed and settled, founding cattle and mining towns.

Tourist Trains Guidebook, Sixth Edition
Find the 500 most popular train attractions, museums, and dinner railroad vacation destinations in the US and Canada.

Train Wrecks A Pictorial History of Accidents on the Main Line
In the mid-19th and early 20th centuries, American railroading was expanding - at a rate too fast for safe operations.

Train: The Definitive Visual History
With a two page spread featuring the Thatcher Perkins, the Imlay coaches and the Pioneer, the B & O is well-represented in this book from DK Smithsonian.

When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment
Rail line abandonment claimed more than half of U.S. rail route mileage during the past 50 years and is accompanied by controversial and unexpected developments--events affecting communities years after the last train departed.