5th Edition, Kalmbach Books
Railroad RefferenceSeries No. 17 by Edward A. Lewis
A DIRECTORY OF TODAY'S DIVERSE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE RAILROADS
FACTS, FIGURES, AND LOCOMOTIVE ROSTERS FOR OVER 500 SHORT LINES
368 pages, 211 × 141 mm, adhesive binding
on the cover: Fordyce & Princeton 1805, a GP28, leads a freight train through North Crossett, Arkansas, on October 9, 1990. Photo by Louis A. Marre.
3 INTRODUCTION
8 WHOSE LINE WAS IT?
10 SHORTLINE DIESELS
12 THE RAILROADS (in alphabetical order)
（23 American Short Line Railroad Association）
（74 The CF7）
（130 The GP16）
（137 The GP8 and GP10）
（226 Norfolk Southern's Thoroughbred Short Line Program）
（260 Railway Association of Canada）
（264 Regional Railroads of America）
347 OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL
351 NON-OPERATING RAILROADS
354 SHORT LINES NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE
363 INDEX OF RAILROADS BY STATE
Editor: George Drury
Copy Editor: Mary Algozin
Art Director: Kristi Ludwig
Book Designer: Mike Schafer/Andover Junction Publications
THIS BOOK is a ready reference to nearly 600 shortline and regional railroads in the United States and Canada − from the Seminole Gulf Railway in southwest Florida to the Alaska Railroad; from the half-mile NDC Railroad to the 2,000-plus-mile Wisconsin Central. The railroads in the book range in age from 163 years (the Strasburg Railroad, still operating under its 1832 charter) to brand new; the motive power listed in the accompanying rosters includes old steam, new diesel, old diesel, and new steam.
The railroads are arranged in alphabetical order, and the entry for each railroad includes a description and brief history, mailing address, telephone number, miles of road operated, weight of rail, radio frequency, location of engine-house, locomotive roster, and number of cars. The information was compiled by the author, a well-known authority on short lines, and was verified by the railroads themselves.
The four previous editions of The American Shortline Railway Guide, published by the author in 1973 and 1978 and by Kalmbach in 1986 and 1991, were especially useful and established a reputation for accuracy. This new fifth edition should prove equally worthy as a handy field guide and a useful reader's companion. It's a book you'll keep in your camera bag or your glove compartment and on the table next to your favorite reading chair.
About the author
Edward A. Lewis has been a shortline railroader since 1963, when he hired out on the Arcade & Attica Railroad as assistant to the president. He has since held management positions with the Providence & Worcester Railroad, the Strasburg Rail Road, and the Lamoille Valley and Twin States railroads in Vermont. In 1988 he was named president of one of the Southeast's most venerable short lines, the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad. He was instrumental in starting A&R's two subsidiaries, the Dunn-Erwin Railway and the Pee Dee River Railway. In past years, he has been a consultant for the United States Railway Association and Rail Management Services.
In 1965 Lewis began writing and publishing books on shortline railroads, among them histories of the Arcade & Attica, the Providence & Worcester, and the Wellsville Addmon & Galeton. His book The DO Lines described nine designated-operator railroad created to operate branch lines discarded by Conrail.
