50 Great American Places
A one-of-a-kind guide to fifty of the most important cultural and historic sites in the United States guaranteed to fascinate, educate, and entertain.

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

Legendary Journeys: Trains
This is the slide-out, lift-up, see-through story of world-famous trains and railroads!

Maryland Voices of the Civil War
Both the human complexities of the Civil War era and the political realignment that enabled Marylanders to abolish slavery in their state before the end of the war are illuminated in this selection from The Johns Hopkins University Press.

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.

Singing Rails
Another great book by Wayne Erbsen packed with stories, legends, and lore of railroads.

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, Fourth Edition
The 495 most popular train rides, museums, and dinner trains are found in Tourist Trains Guidebook, Fourth Edition.

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.