The following is a list of books which are especially helpful for folks interested in modeling Appalachian railroads and their equipment. If you would like to recommend a book, please contact the site and use "ARM book recommendation" in the subject line. Please include the book's ten-digit ISBN number (if available).
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Appalachia (General):
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Appalachian Coal Mines & Railroads by Thomas Dixon: TLC Publishing, Inc. |
| Appalachian Crossing: The Pocahontas Roads by Eugene L. Huddleston: TLC Publishing, Inc. | |
| Coke: A Treatise on the Manufacture of Coke by John Fulton (1895). Available here as an free download from Google Books | |
| King Coal, Stan Cohen: Pictorial Histories Publishing | |
| Logging Railroads of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains by Thomas Fetters: Timber Times | |
| Railroad Atlas of North America: Appalachia and Piedmont by Mike Walker: Steam Powered Publishing |
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Chesapeake & Ohio in the Coal Fields by Thomas Dixon: C&O Historical Society, Inc. |
| Chesapeake & Ohio, Coal, and Color by Huddleston, Joseph, and Young: Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. | |
| Chesapeake & Ohio Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment by David Hickox: Morning Sun Books, Inc. | |
| Chesapeake & Ohio Diesel Locomotives by Shaver and Gilliland: Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc. | |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Freight Cars 1937-1965 Vol 1: Hopper and Gondola Cars by Al Kresse, Jr.: Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc. |
| Chesapeake & Ohio Standard Structures by Thomas W. Dixon: Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc. | |
| Modeling the Chesapeake and Ohio by Gary Burdette: Chesapkeape and Ohio Historical Society, Inc. |
| Chessie System Diesel Locomotives by Jerry Doyle: TLC Publishing | |
| Chessie System: Cumberland Action by Thomas A. Biery: Railroad Press | |
| The Chessie Era by Thomas W. Dixon: TLC Publishing |
| The Clinchfield Railroad in the Coal Fields by Bob Helm: TLC Publishing. | |
| Clinchfield Country by Steve King: Old Line Graphics | |
| Building the Clinchfield: A Construction History of America's Most Unusual Railroad by James Goforth: Overmountain Press | |
| Modeling the Clinchfield Railroad in N Scale by Gordon Odegard: Kalmbach |
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Appalachian Coal Hauler, Interstate Railroad's Mine Runs and Coal Trains by Hugh and Ed Wolfe: TLC Publishing, Inc. |
| The Interstate Railroad by Ed Wolfe: Old Line Graphics |
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Louisville & Nashville Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Vol. 1 by Steven D. Johnson: Morning Sun Books |
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L&N Cumberland Valley Division Album 1945-1985 by Ron Flanary: Old Line Graphics |
| Louisville and Nashville in the Appalachians by Ron Flanary: Old Line Graphics | |
| Louisville & Nashville Diesel Locomotives by Ron Flanary: TLC Publishing | |
| Louisville & Nashville: The Old Reliable by Castner, Dorin, and Flanary: TLC Publishing |
| Cabooses of the Norfolk and Western by Robert Bowers and James Brewer: Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc. | |
| Coal and the Norfolk and Western Railway: Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc. | |
| Coal Car Equipment N&W document reprinted by the Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc. | |
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Norfolk & Western Coal Cars by Andrew Dow: TLC Publishing |
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Norfolk and Western Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment by Jim Nichols: Morning Sun Books |
| Norfolk and Western in the Appalachians by Ed King: Kalmbach Publishing | |
| Norfolk and Western Railway; First Generation Diesels by Withers and Bowers: Withers Publishing | |
| Norfolk and Western Railway; Second Generation Diesels by Withers and Bowers: Withers Publishing | |
| Norfolk and Western Railway's Magnificent Mallets by William E. Warden: TLC Publishing | |
| Norfolk and Western Railway Standards Drawings by James Brewer and Thomas Dressler: Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc. | |
| The Norfolk & Western Railway: Williamson Terminal - 1953 by Vern French: Rocky Mountain Publishing | |
| Norfolk and Western Signal Diagrams: Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc. | |
| The Story of Fuel Satisfaction N&W document reprinted by the Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc. |
| Norfolk Southern 1982-1994 Motive Power Review by Bowers/Withers: Withers Publishing | |
| Norfolk Southern 1995 Review by Scott Lindsey: Hundman Publishing |
| Diesels of the Southern Railway 1939-1982 by Paul K. Withers: Withers Publishing | |
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Southern Railway Appalachia Division by Ed Wolfe: HEW Enterprises |
| Southern Railway Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment by James Kinkaid: Morning Sun Books, Inc. |
| Coal on the Move via the Virginian Railway: Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc. | |
| The Virginian Era by Lloyd Lewis: TLC Publishing | |
| Virginian Rails 1953-1993 by Kurt Reisweber: Old Line Graphics | |
| Virginian Railway Locomotives by Lloyd Lewis: TLC Publishing |
Western Maryland:
| The Western Maryland Railway - Fireballs and Black Diamonds by Roger Cook and Karl Zimmerman. Howell North Books. |
Appalachian Shortlines:
| Buffalo Creek and Gauley, William E. Warden: Ed Crist Inc, (27 DePalma Dr. Highland Mills, NY 10930) | |
| Campbell's Creek, Todd Hanson: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co. | |
| Ghost Railroads of Kentucky, Elmer Sulzer: Indiana University Press | |
| Ghost Railroads of Tennessee, Elmer Sulzer: Indiana University Press |