Trains - North Rhine-Westphalia: Illustrated Books - Rail Lines

Mit Volldampf durch Ostwestfalen - Unterwegs zwischen Löhne, Gütersloh und Höxter

The passionate railway photographer Ingo Thiele presents 170 predominantly coloured photographs that invite you to a nostalgic steam train journey through East Westphalia from the 1960s to the present day.
The impressive images document the use of the Black Horses around the Löhne railway junction and the Bundesbahn Central Office in Minden, which was closed in 1995, on the legendary Teutoburg Forest Railway or the Extertal Railway.

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Author:	Ingo Thiele
Details:	128 pages, 9 x 6.7 in (24 x 17 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	170 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Sutton Verlag (D, 2020)
ISBN:	9783963031786

Ruhrgebiet - 55 Highlights aus der Bahngeschichte

Manfred Diekenbrock and Daniel Michalsky present 55 highlights of rail traffic in the Ruhr region. This unique compilation highlights vehicles, routes and stations that still characterize the region and its infrastructure to this day.
This richly illustrated volume is a must for those interested in technology and railway enthusiasts.

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Author:	Manfred Diekenbrock, Daniel Michalsky
Details:	128 pages, 9 x 6.7 in (24 x 17 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	70 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Sutton Verlag (D, 2019)
ISBN:	9783963031427

Die Eisenbahn in Dortmund

Dortmund, the largest city in Westphalia and the Ruhr region, was and is also a railway junction of outstanding importance. In the second half of the 19th century, the largest railway companies in Prussia met here and laid the foundation for the city's impressive industrial boom.

This book reviews the development of the railway(s) in Dortmund from the beginnings to the present day, shows passenger and marshalling yards, depots and operational focal points, route and technology history.
In addition to the large state railway - K.P.E.V., Reichsbahn, Bundesbahn and today DB AG - the Dortmunder Eisenbahn GmbH (DE), which emerged from the port and small railway, is also comprehensively portrayed.

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Author:	Rolf Swoboda
Details:	272 pages, 12 x 8.5 x 0.87 in (30.5 x 21.5 x 2.2 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	450 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	DGEG Medien GmbH (D, 2018)
ISBN:	9783946594086

Eisenbahnen im Sauerland - Die wichtigsten Strecken und Fahrzeuge

Railway expert Christoph Riedel from Lüdenscheid presents around 160 fascinating images of the most beautiful routes and most important vehicles from four decades. The impressive images document the changes in passenger and freight transport on and off the tracks, the most important stations and vehicles.
A must for railway enthusiasts, technology fans and anyone interested in rail transport in the Sauerland.

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Author:	Christoph Riedel
Details:	160 pages, 9 x 6.7 in (24 x 17 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	150 photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Sutton Verlag (D, 2018)
ISBN:	9783963030031

Von Zechen und Zügen - Eine Zeitreise durch die Ära von Kohle und Stahl

Since 2018, German underground coal mining has no longer been subsidized. This marks the end of an era. Not only for the mines, but also for the trains that significantly shaped this industrial age as factory and mine railways.
With many historical photographs of steam locomotives and industrial plants, this illustrated book also revels in romantic memories of the railway. But the present also offers exciting things: museums, industrial wastelands, museum steam and leisure fun on spoil heaps...

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Author:	Johannes Glöckner
Details:	2018192 pages, 11.4 x 10.6 in (29 x 27 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	220 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	GeraMond Verlag (D, 2018)
ISBN:	9783862454204

Die Duisburger Eisenbahnen in alten Fotografien

The successful team of authors from the Duisburger Zeitzeugenbörse e.V. presents around 160 previously mostly unpublished historical photographs of the legendary Duisburg railways.
A must for rail enthusiasts and anyone interested in this important chapter of Duisburg's industrial and transport history.

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Author:	Zeitzeugenbörse Duisburg e.V.
Details:	128 pages, 9 x 6.7 in (24 x 17 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	160 photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Sutton Verlag (D, 2017)
ISBN:	9783954007899

Die Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn - Durch die Täler der Wupper, Ruhr und Volme

In this book, the well-known author Bernd Franco Hoffmann devotes himself to the Bergisch-Märkische Railway, the most important railway company in North Rhine-Westphalia. Using individual sections of the route, he traces the history of the famous railway lines and documents how they have changed over time with over 120 exciting photographs. An exciting piece of railway history!

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Author:	Bernd Franco Hoffmann
Details:	128 pages, 9 x 6.7 x 0.59 in (24 x 17 x 1.5 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	120 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Sutton Verlag (D, 2015)
ISBN:	9783954005802

Eisenbahnchronik Weserbergland - Die Geschichte der Eisenbahnen an der Oberweser

The railway history of the Weserbergland is both exciting and complicated. The territorial fragmentation in this area and the difficult topographical conditions did not offer good conditions for the construction of railways, but the desire of the large West German railway companies for supra-regional east-west connections resulted in a dense network of main lines here.

The division of Germany caused some of the long-distance routes to quickly become insignificant after the strong east-west freight traffic had largely disappeared almost overnight. The numerous branch and small railways in this region also soon came under increasing pressure due to the growing car traffic. Today, rail traffic in the Weserbergland is almost insignificant except for the main line Hanover - Altenbeken.

The book recalls the great era of the railway on the Upper Weser, of scenic branch lines and small railways and of the last steam locomotives that could be seen pulling heavy freight trains here until 1976.

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Author:	Josef Högemann, Stefan Högemann
Details:	320 pages, 11.8 x 8.5 x 0.98 in (30 x 21.5 x 2.5 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	423 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	EK-Verlag GmbH (D, 2013)
ISBN:	9783882555936

Eisenbahnen in Westfalen - Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart

This book describes in words and pictures the history of the railway between the Ruhr region and the Weser, between Münsterland and Sauerland. Starting with the first coal railways on the Ruhr, the story continues through the legendary Cologne-Minden Railway, the Prussian State Railways, the Reichsbahn and the Bundesbahn, and up to the present day.

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Author:	Wolfgang Klee
Details:	160 pages, 8.7 x 9 in (22 x 24 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	150 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	DGEG Medien GmbH (D, 2013)
ISBN:	9783937189727

Altrote Zeiten im Münsterland - Westfälische Eisenbahn-Impressionen 1967-1987

The sixties, seventies and eighties were a truly colourful era for the railways between Lippe, the Lower Rhine and the Teutoburg Forest. In addition to the "old red" of the diesel vehicles and battery-powered railcars, the black of the steam locomotives could still be found, and the modern traction was in blue, green or burgundy-beige.
On routes that have long since been closed, old or very modern-looking DB and private railway railcars still hummed and buzzed.

This book brings the years between 1967 and 1987 to life again. Around 130 color photographs show locomotives, railcars, routes and railway scenes that were quite commonplace at the time. To today's viewer, they seem like friendly greetings from a distant time.

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Author:	Wolf Dietmar Loos, Josef Högemann, Oliver Strüber
Details:	132 pages, 8.7 x 9.7 x 0.79 in (22 x 24.5 x 2 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	135 photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	DGEG Medien GmbH (D, 2012)
ISBN:	9783937189680

Die Eisenbahn in Köln - Von den dreißiger Jahren bis heute

Cologne has always been considered the "hub of the west" for the railway. The railway service offered in the shadow of the venerable Cologne Cathedral is unrivalled!
Cologne has been one of the most outstanding railway hubs in Germany since the high-speed line between Cologne and Rhine/Main was opened in 2002. An incredibly diverse railway service was and is offered on both sides of the Rhine in a very small area. The city is the starting point for the legendary Rhine routes, the Eifel route, the first international long-distance route via Aachen to Belgium and much more.

From the "Rheingold" with the Bavarian S 3/6, the SVT operations of the "Flying Cologne", the IC/EC traffic with the series 103 and 101 to the ICE-3 operations, almost everything that railway operations have had since the 1930s is offered. Not to mention the hustle and bustle of local and regional transport as well as the S-Bahn operations.

The star-shaped routes leading to and from Cologne make the cathedral city what it has always been - a lively railway city!

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Author:	Udo Kandler
Details:	176 pages, 8.25 x 11.8 in (21 x 30 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	351 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	EK-Verlag GmbH (D, 2012)
ISBN:	9783882552430

Die obere Ruhrtalbahn und ihre Nebenstrecken

The Hagen-Warburg railway line, known as the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway, crosses the scenic Sauerland and is one of the most beautiful main lines in Germany.
Embark on a journey through the Upper Ruhr Valley and its side valleys. Martin and Stephan Zöllner, together with Heinz Rüschenbaum, have recorded the history of the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway and its branch lines and documented them with impressive photographs of scheduled and unusual trains.

From the contents:
- The Upper Ruhr Valley Railway
- The Hönnetal Railway
- The Röhrtal Railway
- The narrow-gauge railway to the Alte Feld
- From the Wennetal to the Schmallenberger Sauerland
- From the Negertal to the Nuhnetal
- The Almetal Railway
- The Upland Railway
- From the Warburger Börde to the Weser.

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Author:	Martin Zöllner, Stephan Zöllner, Heinz Rüschenbaum
Details:	152 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	290 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2002)
ISBN:	9783861332961