My favorite RR fiction book was "The Big Ivy" by James McCague. I read it 60 years ago and it impressed me so much I still remember it. It was turn of the century era story of life along the Indiana Valley RR, the "Big Ivy". Some times in used book stores I find old 1940 era Railroad Magazines. These always have great railroad based fiction stories. For you youngsters (under age 55) the value of these old magazines is that you can learn what railroading was like in the pre diesel/pre computer days, days when lots more men were needed to run all the various railroads in those days. Another good source of information is the letters to the editor and short reminiscences of old retired railroaders. All the stuff helps give direction to your modelling and ideas for modelling a long past world from before your time. Odd-d
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