Asking that price and getting it are two different things. One thing IS for sure though is that railroad books tend to be very niche market items, and just like limited interest magazine, they are priced accordingly. I can get about four years of Hot Rod which has a big circulation for what a year of Trains costs me. After these books go out of print and if they are especially good, the prices go upward. Look to see what an old copy Of Sulzer's Ghost Railroads of Indiana goes for. Copies of Parker & Simon's Railroads of Indiana often sell on ebay for more than I paid for my copy from a bookstore when it first came out a good twenty years ago. The market for people that would pay $175.00 for a DT&I book (and doesn't already have it) probably could be counted on one hand.
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