The Garbely Publishing Company

08/31/2025

There’s a great view of the Orange County Transportation Festival from the cupola of our caboose! Stop by the Erie Turntable today until 4pm to check out this great event!

08/30/2025

Three exciting bits of news this morning!

#1 - Preorders for our upcoming book "Erie Lackawanna in the Northeast" are due on Monday - so order your copy today at https://store.garbelypublishing.com/

#2 - Our new book "New York, Susquehanna & Western, Volume 5" has arrived and preorders are shipping out TODAY! If you haven't ordered yet, grab your copy at the link above.

#3 - GPCo's own Conrail caboose #22130 will be open to the public TOMORROW during the Orange County Transportation Festival at the Erie Turntable in Port Jervis, NY. We'll be there as volunteers - stop by, say hi, check out the trains and visiting exhibits and vehicles, and support a great non-profit! Learn more at https://www.erieturntable.org/festival

08/20/2025

Join us for a special festival at the Erie Turntable celebrating the history of transportation in Orange County, New York! $5.00 general admission, historic vehicles and exhibits attend free!

08/05/2025

Have you placed your preorder yet? It's due tomorrow - get your order in now to guarantee your copy of our new book on the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway for a September delivery! www.store.garbelypublishing.com/preorders

07/25/2025

We received the sad news last night that noted railroad photographer Bob Wilt passed away. The following statement is from GPCo president Rudy Garbely:

"Bob was one of my earliest supporters, back when I was just a freshman at Moravian College who walked a mile and a half each way in the snow on Tuesday nights with a backpack full of HO models to hang out with him and the rest of the crew at the Black Diamond Society of Model Engineers. Bob was also super supportive a few years later when I was working on my college honors thesis on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Bob invited me into his home and gave me access to his lifetime's worth of research materials. When I eventually published my thesis as GPCo's first book, Bob let me use a plethora of his amazing photos to enhance and expand my text.

"That book was my entry into the publishing business and the catalyst that jumpstarted what is now my career. Since then, Bob has been a frequent contributor to all of GPCo's books over the past 13 years. We owe a lot of what GPCo is now to Bob's generosity when I was still young, inexperienced, and impressionable. He was a unique and wonderful man, and he will be sorely missed."

Bob photographed trains all over the northeast starting in the early 1960s, and he was still exclusively shooting slides (Fujichrome) in 2025. He shot both roster and scenic views, and he had his collection meticulously sorted between these two categories. He had an entire room in his house dedicated to housing the slide collection, and he could pull out a slide of any specific location or piece of equipment in 30 seconds or less. The rapidity with which he could access information and images made him an extremely valuable resource for researchers, historians, and authors.

In memory of Bob, here's one of his amazing scenic photos from a slide in GPCo's own collection - a May 11, 1977 Conrail freight rolling along the ex-L&NE Cement Secondary through Bath, Pennsylvania. Clear signals ahead on your journey, Bob!

07/16/2025

Announcing two new upcoming books on the Burlington Northern and the Erie Lackawanna! Preorders for these two titles, as well as our imminent release on the Susquehanna, are now available at https://store.garbelypublishing.com/preorders/

07/15/2025

These two photos were taken almost exactly 49 years apart! 7/6/1976 photo by Bill Johnson, 7/13/2025 photo by Rudy Garbely. Other than some windows that are still missing, we think it looks pretty good!

07/14/2025

They're here! If you preordered, your copy has already shipped. If you haven't ordered yet, get yours now at

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06/29/2025

Have you seen our Conrail caboose since it opened to the public over a month ago? If you haven't made it to Port Jervis in that timeframe, check out this great walkthrough video from Rusty Rail Spike Productions!

‘Model: B&O class C-27A bay window cabooseBuilt: September 1980Builder: Fruit Growers Express, Alexandria, VAPast Railroad Owners: Chessie System (Baltimore ...

06/20/2025

We extended the preorder date, but the new deadline is TODAY! Get your preorder in at https://store.garbelypublishing.com/potomacalleghenies/ for this great new book coming in July!

NEW BOOK! "Along the Potomac to the Alleghenies" features 165 previously unpublished color photographs of the B&O, Chessie System, and CSX from esteemed author Jeremy F. Plant. Preorder at https://store.garbelypublishing.com/potomacalleghenies/ before June 15th for a July delivery!

06/19/2025

Tonight's stream on the D&H has been postponed to June 25th!

05/22/2025

NEW BOOK! "Along the Potomac to the Alleghenies" features 165 previously unpublished color photographs of the B&O, Chessie System, and CSX from esteemed author Jeremy F. Plant. Preorder at https://store.garbelypublishing.com/potomacalleghenies/ before June 15th for a July delivery!