American writer and editor
Michael Schafer
Born January 12, 1949 (1949-01-12 ) (age Occupation Writer
Mike Schafer (born January 12, 1949) is an American writer of books onrailroading . He contributed toThe Complete Book of North American Railroading .[ 1]
In 1969, he co-founded the North Western Illinois Chapter of theNational Railway Historical Society .[ 2] [ 3]
Schafer was the editor ofPassenger Train Journal [ 4] [ 5]
Classic Articles from Model Railroader 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 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 ISBN 978-0-7603-0758-8 OCLC 44089438 .The American Passenger Train 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 .Schafer, Mike; Welsh, Joe (1997).Classic American Streamliners 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 . "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 .
^ Eudaly, Kevin; Jessup, Steve; Schafer, Mike; Boyd, Jim; McBride, Andrew; Glischinski, Steve (September 2016).The Complete Book of North American Railroading .ISBN 978-0785833895 ^ "Meet the PTJ Staff: Mike Schafer, Editor" .Passenger Train Journal White River Productions . Archived from the original on September 18, 2021.^ "NWI-NRHS: NWI History" .^ "White River Productions takesPassenger Train Journal magazine out of retirement" (PDF) .White River Productions (Press release). June 1, 2006. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. RetrievedJune 1, 2015 .^ Holland, Kevin J. (August 2022). "On the Point".Passenger Train Journal ISSN 0160-6913 .
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