JOHN C. LA RUE, JR.,
Prices (Postpaid):
$1.75 @ for
a 3-1/2 x 5
$3.50 @ for
a 5 x 7
$5.00 @ for
an 8 x 10
Black-and-white prints, made to order, of mainly railroad cabooses and nonrevenue equipment of all types, dating from the 1940s on (with a few earlier). There are also some freight cars, a few passenger cars, and many locomotives, mainly steam. These prints are for sale to collectors, authors, modelers, and publishers, and may be published, with permission, free of charge except for a free copy of the publication the pictures appear in.
Lists
are available for 117 class 1 railroads, most of which have operated in
General catalog, for $20, lists all prints, including extra views.
In addition, there are some specialized catalogs:
Caboose catalog, for $10, gives details of all caboose pictures available.
Crane catalog, for $8, gives details of all crane pictures available.
Snowplow catalog, for $7, lists all plows, flangers, spreaders, and similar cars.
Revenue cars, for $7, lists all freight and passenger cars.
Locomotives,
for $7, lists all locomotives available, except non-revenue ones.
Do
you have old black-and-white negatives that you would like printed? I can
print any negative from 35mm up to 4x5, and (with a little clipping) 3-1/2
x 5-1/2, at the same prices as for my own prints. I cannot do color negatives. (Also,
no nudes or pornography, please.)
For
sale or trade: Numerous b&w negatives
taken 1969 – 1979 of locomotives. Some cabooses and work equipment, mostly
culls from my own collection. Numerous bus slides, 1991 – 2000.
MAINTENANCE OF WAY EQUIPMENT
A GUIDE TO HOW IT IS USED ON PROTOTYPE
RAILROADS
This
new book, two years in preparation, is intended specifically for the model
railroader. It illustrates and describes all categories of nonrevenue equipment
and explains their use on railroads. There is an emphasis on the historical
aspect.
Contents:
Introduction – Nonrevenue equipment by departments – Outfits – Work trains
– Wreck trains – Other work equipment – Track machinery – Some rosters
– Color and markings – Glossary – Acknowledgments – Index to photos by
railroad
296
pages, 593 illustrations, Xeroxed, comb bound.
Price
(postpaid) $40 per copy.
Work Extra