Background
Duke, Donald Norman was born on April 1, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Roger V. and Mabel (Weineger) Duke.
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Union Pacific in Southern California, 1890-1990
(This pictorial history presents the 100 year story of the...)
This pictorial history presents the 100 year story of the Union Pacific in Southern California, beginning with the Los Angeles Terminal Railroad, the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, and on to the Union Pacific. Presents an insight into the passenger and freight service, the transition from steam to diesel and the ups and downs of operation. Over 320 photos. Hard Cover.
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Santa Fe : The Railroad Gateway to the American West (Volume 1)
(Volume 1 of a serious footnoted history of the Santa Fe. ...)
Volume 1 of a serious footnoted history of the Santa Fe. Follows railroad from its beginnings in 1866 to its merger with BN in 1995 as it expands from Topeka to California and up to Chicago. Lavishly illustrated.
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West Coast Interurbans: California
(8.5x11, cloth with dust jacket, 296 pages, 579 illustrati...)
8.5x11, cloth with dust jacket, 296 pages, 579 illustrations, map and timetable reproductions, and bibliography. "West Coast Interurbans (California)" presents a pictorial history of California interurbans, beginning in San Diego and following the coastline up to Los Angeles, where the largest interurban system, the Pacific Electric Railway, operated. The story then moves north to the San Francisco Bay region, where there were numerous carriers, and finally into California's legendary wine country. Railways featured include Central California Traction Company, Glendale and Montrose Railway, Key System, Northern Electric Railway, Northwestern Pacific Railway, Pacific Electric Railway, Peninsular Railway, Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway, Sacramento Northern Railway, San Diego Electric Railway, San Diego and Southwestern Railway, San Francisco and San Mateo Railway, San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway, Southern Pacific (Interurban Electric), Tidewater Southern Railway, and the Visalia Electric Railway.
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Santa Fe...Steel Rails Through California
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Book
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Incline Railways of Los Angeles and Southern California 1st edition by Duke, Donald (1998) Hardcover
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Santa Fe : Steel Rails Through California
(Classic pictorial history of the Santa Fe Railway, from t...)
Classic pictorial history of the Santa Fe Railway, from the days of its first trains with red plush and polished brass to the era of the famed Super Chief. Whether you remember the big steam diesels climbing Cajon Pass or the first blunt-nosed diesel pulling into La Grande station, this book will transport the reader back to the era when the Santa Fe was an integral part of California. Illustrated throughout with superb black and white photos. With decorative end papers showing system map. 184 pages.
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Rdc: The Budd Rail Diesel Car Hardcover July, 1990
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Rdc: The Budd Rail Diesel Car
(8 1/2 x 11 - Hardbound, 295 pages, 375 illustrations, col...)
8 1/2 x 11 - Hardbound, 295 pages, 375 illustrations, color plates, maps, bibliography, and index. "This book chronicles, in word and picture, the history and development of the Budd Company's Rail-Diesel-Car, better known as the RDC. The story evolves around a search for a self-contained, self-propelled railcar to cut costs on suburban and branch lines. This book describes Budd's experiment with a stainless steel rubber-tired railcar, the first RDC prototype, Budd's entry into the stainless steel car business and the birth and growth of the RDC car. A vast appendix features every carriers which operated RDC cars, a description of how the cars were used, route maps, and rosters of each railroad."
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Incline Railways of Los Angeles and Southern California
(Book by Duke, Donald)
Book by Duke, Donald
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Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives: A Pictorial Anthology of Western Railroading
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Union Pacific in Southern California, 1890-1990 by Duke, Donald (2005) Hardcover
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- BRANDING IRON, Los Angeles Corral Westerners, No. 107
- Incline Railways of Los Angeles and Southern California by Donald Duke (1998-09-03)
- Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives (Excellent overview showing representative steam locomotiv...)
Donald Norman Duke
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor in Educational Psychology, Colorado College, 0951.
Career
Commercial photographer, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1951-1953. Public relations General Petroleum, Los Angeles, 1954-1955. Agent General S.S. Corporation, Ltd., 1956-1957.
Assistant manager retail advertising, sales promotion Mobil Oil Corporation, 1958-1963. Public Golden West Books, Alhambra, California, since 1964. Director Pacific Railroad Publications, Inc., Athletic Press.
Public relations consultant Santa Fe Railway, 1960-1970.
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Works
book
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Union Pacific in Southern California, 1890-1990
(This pictorial history presents the 100 year story of the...)
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Santa Fe : Steel Rails Through California
(Classic pictorial history of the Santa Fe Railway, from t...)
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Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives
(Excellent overview showing representative steam locomotiv...)
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Rdc: The Budd Rail Diesel Car
(8 1/2 x 11 - Hardbound, 295 pages, 375 illustrations, col...)
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Santa Fe : The Railroad Gateway to the American West (Volume 1)
(Volume 1 of a serious footnoted history of the Santa Fe. ...)
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Incline Railways of Los Angeles and Southern California
(Book by Duke, Donald)
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Santa Fe...Steel Rails Through California
(Book)
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West Coast Interurbans: California
(8.5x11, cloth with dust jacket, 296 pages, 579 illustrati...)
- BRANDING IRON, Los Angeles Corral Westerners, No. 107
- Incline Railways of Los Angeles and Southern California by Donald Duke (1998-09-03)
- Incline Railways of Los Angeles and Southern California 1st edition by Duke, Donald (1998) Hardcover
- Rdc: The Budd Rail Diesel Car Hardcover July, 1990
- Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives: A Pictorial Anthology of Western Railroading
- Union Pacific in Southern California, 1890-1990 by Duke, Donald (2005) Hardcover
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Union Pacific in Southern California, 1890-1990
Membership
Member Railway and Locomotive History Society (director 1944-1998), Western History Association, Newcomen Society, Lexington Group of Transportation History, Western Writers American, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association International (vice president 1975-1977), Authors Guild American, Book Publications Association Southern California (director 1968-1977), California Writers Guild (director 1976-1977), California Book Publications Association (director 1976-1977), Westerners International (honorary, editor Branding Iron 1971-1980, 88-91), History Society Southern California (director 1972-1975), Henry E./Arabella Huntington Society, Kappa Sigma (literature editor Caduceus 1968-1980).
