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Mike Schafer (born January 12, 1949) is an American author of books on railroading. He contributed to The Complete Book of North American Railroading. ^[1]

In 1969, he co-founded the North Western Illinois Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. ^{[2] [3]} He is currently the editor of Passenger Train Journal. ^[4]

Published works

Sole author

• Classic Articles from Model Railroader. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach. 1980. ISBN  978-0-8902-4545-3. OCLC  872541655.
• Passenger Train Annual, 1988. Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, Trans-Anglo Books. 1988. ISBN  978-0-9163-7483-9. OCLC  53008522.
• All Aboard Amtrak : 1971-1991. Piscataway, NJ: Railpace Co. 1991. ISBN  978-0-9621-5414-0. OCLC  24545029.
• Classic American Railroads (1st ed.). Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. 1996. ISBN  978-0-7603-0239-2. OCLC  35033722.
• Caboose. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Co. 1997. ISBN  978-0-7603-0376-4. OCLC  830885295.
• Vintage Diesel Locomotives. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. 1998. ISBN  978-0-7603-0507-2. OCLC  38738930.
• Streamliner Memories. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company. 1999. ISBN  978-0-7603-0619-2. OCLC  40417819.
• More Classic American Railroads. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. 2000. ISBN  978-0-7603-0758-8. OCLC  44089438.
• The American Passenger Train. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company. 2001. ISBN  978-0-7603-0896-7. OCLC  473788543.
• The Railroad Caboose. St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing Co. 2002. ISBN  978-0-7603-1379-4. OCLC  143168163.
• Classic American Railroads : Volume III. St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing Company. 2003. ISBN  978-0-7603-1649-8. OCLC  842748473.

Co-author

• Schafer, Mike; Welsh, Joe (1997). Classic American Streamliners. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. ISBN  978-0-7603-0377-1. OCLC  37281634.
• Schafer, Mike; McBride, Mike (1999). Freight Train Cars. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Co. ISBN  978-0-7603-0612-3. OCLC  830915307.
• Schafer, Mike; Welsh, Joe (2003). Streamliners : History of a Railroad Icon. St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International. ISBN  978-0-7603-1841-6. OCLC  698365774.
• Schafer, Mike; Solomon, Brian (2009). Pennsylvania Railroad. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press. ISBN  978-0-7603-2930-6. OCLC  234257275.
• Schafer, Mike; Landis, Brian (2010). Rockford Area Railroads. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. OCLC  700943139.
• Schafer, Mike; Landis, Brian (2015). Rockford & Interurban Railway. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN  978-1-4396-5052-3. OCLC  936620665.

Magazine articles

• "Another New Route for the CZ?". Passenger Train Journal: 9–13. March 1987. OCLC  15273139.
• "Passenger Train Collisions: The Tally Grows Again". Passenger Train Journal. 19 (6): 11–13. June 1988. OCLC  18123117.
• "Jim Boyd: A Legacy (1941-2010)". Railfan & Railroad. 31 (3): 34–39. March 2012. OCLC  778802453.
• "Harmony along the Hudson". Passenger Train Journal. 35 (3): 24–35. 2012. OCLC  811858901.
• "Off the Beaten Path". Railfan & Railroad. 35 (4): 38–45. April 2016. OCLC  945618339.
• "A SunRail Synopsis". Passenger Train Journal. 41 (1): 50–51. 2017. OCLC  972731644.

References