The Museum Store... specializes in railroad books for adults and children, Nevada history books, train video, audio recordings, toys, train models, hats and apparel, railroad pins and jewelry, train novelties and souvenirs, note cards, artwork and calendars. As always, we invite and encourage you to visit the store in person for your shopping convenience.  But, if you don't have the opportunity to visit anytime soon, we offer a few of our interesting merchandise selections on this page, available by mail order. Your telephone or written inquires about any railroad merchandise you may be looking for are always welcome.  Please direct your requests to store manager Rich Reitnauer, (775) 687-8292.  And remember, Friends of NSRM members are entitled to a 15% discount off all museum store purchases.  Proceeds from sales are used by NSRM to fund a variety of museum projects and public interpretive programs.

New Books From Our Store Shelves: Done & Been: Steel Rail Chronicles of American Hobos (Moon), 197pp., $12.95.  ITEM #100548 Hobos are part of the history of railroading in America.  Committed to the work ethic, but restless and eager for adventure, these knights of the steel rails developed a lifestyle and a community based on their search for work and their love of adventure.  This book gives a history of hobos and a collection of fascinating stories. Gandydancer's Children (Call), 167 pp., $16.95.  ITEM #101050 The author's father, a Southern Pacific track laborer, moved his young family to an isolated station in northeastern Nevada in 1928.  The book includes commentaries on railroading and the railroaders' language and describes social conditions in rural Nevada in the early 20th century from a young boy's viewpoint. Home on the Rails: Women, the Railroad, and the Rise of Public Domesticity (Richter), 272 pp., $19.95.  ITEM #100706  A 19th-century passenger train or station was place of chaos and almost unlimited social mixing, some of it dangerous.  From homey touches in railroad-car decor to providing segregated spaces for female travelers, railroads transformed themselves to alleviate the stresses of unpleasant social contact. Riding the Transcontinental Rails: Overland Travel on the Pacific Railroad 1865-1881 (Cooper) 445 pp., $22.95.  ITEM #103106  Soon after completion of the first transcontinental railroad, first-person accounts of transcontinental train travel began to appear in newspapers, magazines and books.  The book includes some of the best of this writing about early rail journeys, as well as an account of the train robbery east of Verdi on November 5, 1870. Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930 (Orsi) 615 pp., $29.95.  ITEM #103827  The only major railroad to be built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique character.  It also acquired a reputation as a railroad that people loved to hate.  This book shatters persistent myths about the company, offering a new perspective on its often-surprising role in shaping the American West. Workin' on the Railroad: Reminiscences from the Age of Steam (Reinhardt) 327 pp., $19.95.  ITEM #102522 "The railroad man, for all his historic importance, has achieved only a minor place in American literature."  This book does its part to change that.  It's filled with firsthand accounts from engineers, brakemen, porters, conductors, section men, roundhouse workers, switchmen, telegraphers, surveyors and other neglected pioneers who worked the railroad during the 19th century.

To Order By Telephone Or Mail To place phone orders, please call (775) 687-6953 (9:00a.m.-4:00p.m. daily). Address mail orders to Nevada State Railroad Museum, 2180 S. Carson Street, Carson City, NV  89701.  Please include your name, street address, city/state/zip code, and your daytime telephone number.  Members of the Friends of the NSRM are entitled to a 15 percent discount off all merchandise.  Please add $3.50 for shipping charges.  If paying by either Visa or MasterCard, include your credit card number and expiration date.  Orders are shipped via FedEx.