Bibliography of
NKP Publications

Below you will find a list of Nickel Plate Road books, magazines, and diagrams published over the years. Publications for sale by the NKPHTS are noted in the 4th column (visit our Company Store). It is possible to find some publications not offered by the society, or out of print, at hobby shops, train shows, railroad museums, eBay, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Golden Spike, Railpub, AllBookStores, and Stephans Railroad History, just to mention a few sources. You may also wish to visit Railserve's Antiques and Collectibles page for links to other sources. A few sources have been found for some of the out of print books (look in the “COMMENTS” column), but may be sold out since the source was posted as many supplies were limited to one copy.

The N.Y.C&St.L. Railroad also published an employee magazine (also called "The Nickel Plate Road Magazine") monthly or bi-monthly from 1948-1964. There may be some issues of those magazines available from the sources listed above.

TITLEAUTHORPUBLISHERFOR SALE BY NKPHTSCOMMENTS
All-Time Nickel Plate Road Diesel RosterNKPHTSNKPHTSNo 
Berkshires of the Nickel Plate RoadKevin J. HollandTLC Publishing, Inc.NoOut of Print
Click here.
Cabooses of the Nickel Plate RoadEd. by
Willard A. Harvey
Tioga PublicationsNoOut of Print
Depots of the Nickel Plate RoadWillard A. HarveySilver Brook Junction Publishing Co.Yes
Fifty Years of Nickel Plate Diesels: An All-Time RosterPeter K. ShepherdNKPHTSYes
Invisible Giants
The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers
Herbert H. Harwood, Jr.Indiana University PressNoAlso here.
Nickel Plate Color Photography of
Willis A. McCaleb
Volume 1
Buffalo-Bellevue
Bruce K. Dicken
James M. Semon
Morning Sun Books Inc. No Out of Print
Nickel Plate Color Photography of
Willis A. McCaleb
Volume 2
Bellevue-Chicago-
Wheeling District
Bruce K. Dicken
James M. Semon
Morning Sun Books Inc. No Out of Print
Nickel Plate Comes to St. Louis
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis James Mulligan Printing Co. Yes NKPHTS Company Store
Nickel Plate Locomotive Portfolio 1954 - 1968
Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun Books Inc. Yes NKPHTS Company Store
Nickel Plate Color Photography of
Willis A. McCaleb
Volume 3
Others: Railfan Perspective
Bruce K. Dicken
James M. Semon
Morning Sun Books Inc. Yes
Nickel Plate Road
AMC Diagram Book
Freight Equipment, Piggyback, Cabooses
As old as 1881;
as of 1962
  Reproduced by TLC Yes
Nickel Plate Road
AMC Diagram Book
Tinware (accessories made of tin)
For NYC&StL, C&O, Erie, Pere Marquette
  Reproduced by C&OHS Yes
Nickel Plate Road In Color
Volume 1: 1946 - 1959
Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun Books Yes
Nickel Plate Road In Color
Volume 2: 1960-1985
Stephen M. Timko Morning Sun Books Yes
Nickel Plate Road Mechanical Dept. Diagram Book
Passenger & Head-end Cars As of 1950
  Reproduced by TLC Yes
Nickel Plate Road Mechanical Dept. Diagram Book
Passenger & Head-end Cars Up To 1938
  Reproduced by TLC Yes
Nickel Plate Road
LE&W District
Track Diagrams
Diesel Era 1963
Compiled by
Don Worsham
NKPHTS Yes
Nickel Plate Road
LE&W District
Track Diagrams
Steam Era 1935
Compiled by
Don Worsham
NKPHTS Yes
Nickel Plate Road
W&LE District
Cleveland Division
Track Diagrams
Diesel Era 1963
Compiled by
Don Worsham
NKPHTS Yes
Nickel Plate Road
Clover Leaf District
Track Diagrams
Diesel Era 1963
Compiled by
Don Worsham
NKPHTS Yes
Nickel Plate Road
Clover Leaf District
Track Diagrams
Steam Era 1942
Compiled by
Don Worsham
NKPHTS Yes
Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate District
Track Diagrams
Diesel Era 1963
Compiled by
Don Worsham
NKPHTS Yes
Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate District
Track Diagrams
Steam Era 1948
Compiled by
Don Worsham
NKPHTS Yes
Nickel Plate Road
Diesel Locomotives
Kevin J. Holland TLC Publishing, Inc. Yes
Nickel Plate Road
Publicity Photos
1943-1952
Volume 1
John B. Corns TLC Publishing, Inc. Yes
Nickel Plate Road
Publicity Photos
1943-1952
Volume 2
John B. Corns TLC Publishing, Inc. No Out of Print
Click here.
Nickel Plate Steam Robert P. Olmsted TRP No
NKPHTS Calendar NKPHTS NKPHTS Yes
NKPHTS Magazine NKPHTS Published Quarterly
For NKPHTS
Members
Some Back Issues NKPHTS Company Store
NKPHTS Presents
Early Magazine Reprints
Vol. 1 & 2
1966-1968
Ed. By Willard
A. Harvey
Tioga Publications Yes
NKPHTS Presents
Early Magazine Reprints
Vol. 3 to 6-1
1968-1971
Ed. By Willard
A. Harvey
Tioga Publications Yes
Passenger Cars of the Nickel Plate Road Berghoff, Hirsimaki, Payne, Shepherd, and Harvey Tioga Publications Yes
Passenger Service
The Postwar Years
Kevin J. Holland TLC Publishing, Inc. No Out of Print
Railroading in Conneaut David Borsvold Arcadia Publishing No Also here.
Principle Freight Schedules of the NKP Bill Godby, Art Lemke, Don Daily, Don Worsham NKPHTS Yes
Reflections - The Nickel Plate Years
Clover Leaf District
Steven L. Grigg NKPHTS Yes
Reflections - The Nickel Plate Years
LE&W District
Bruce K. Dicken
James M. Semon
Eric E. Hirsimaki
NKPHTS No Sold Out
Reflections - The Nickel Plate Years
Nickel Plate District
Bruce K. Dicken
James M. Semon
Eric E. Hirsimaki
NKPHTS Yes
The Berkshire Era
1934-1958
John A. Rehor
Philip T. Horning
Carrollton Standard Printing Co. No Out of Print
Click here.
The Nickel Plate Road Taylor Hampton World Publishing Co. (original printing)
C.P.M. Circulation Publishing and Marketing
(present printing)
No Also here.
The Nickel Plate Road, A Short History of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis R.R. Lynne L. White The Newcomen Society in North America No Out of Print
The Nickel Plate Story
(definitive history
of the NKP)
John A. Rehor Kalmbach No Out of Print
Click here or here.
The Nickel Plate Years Eric E. Hirsimaki Mileposts Publishing Co. No Out of Print
Click here.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway John B. Corns TLC Publishing, Inc. No Out of Print
Click here.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Volume 2
John B. Corns TLC Publishing, Inc. Yes
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway In Color Matt Arnold Morning Sun Books No Available March 1, 2019