MAY SHOWERS FOLLOWED A ROLLER-COASTER APRIL here in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The local railroads were glad winter equipment was within easy reach a few weeks ago. This afternoon's sun brings optimism as longer days are in full swing. Marilee and I have enjoyed seeing old friends at several rail outings and have made several new ones. Our annual output of one new book a year, since 2019, followed sixteen years and forty documentary DVD's. There have been pots on every burner of the stove for quite some time, and a few unfinished manuscripts will see the light of day during the next few years.

For 2025, we submit Central Vermont Railway's Burlington Branch: Essex Junction to the Queen City for your approval. This 200 page chronicle offers 34,000 words of text and captions, jam-packed with photos, maps, 38 pages in full color. This wonderfully scenic 8-mile branch has been spiked down for 175 years, minus nine months when it was decimated by the famous flood of 1927. Paparazzi from past to present are well represented, with some new names. My father and I have always shared in the joy of publishing new photographers and this new book continues a Jones tradition of nearly fifty years.

Should we have the printer do a run of 350, 400 or 500? Our PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER knocks ten bucks off from the cover price and spares you the ever-increasing cost of shipping (U.S. MEDIA mail and packing supplies have topped $8) that has been our tradition we started more than twenty years ago when two bucks and change put it in your mailbox. As an added bonus, all books are signed, though only the first 100 will be numbered. We have discovered that numbers are unimportant to most customers, and bookkeeping will be much simpler without them. PRE-ORDER YOUR BURLINGTON BRANCH BOOK from our website at only $39.95 or save even more with this new book plus companion DVD's Central Vermont's B&L Route (TT-030) and Vermont's Woodchip Route (TT-027R) for just $59.95.

While you're visiting our website, please consider last year's companion book on the CV's Richford Branch, Colorado & Southern Railway's D&NO Route (the coolest Colorado railroad most people have never heard of!), Trolley Wires To Rubber Tires: Burlington, Winooski, Essex Junction, Crossroads to Caskets: New Haven Junction to Bristol, VT, and Keeseville, Ausable Chasm & Lake Champlain: Adirondack Mountain Gateway (the coolest 5.6 mile shortline virtually no one has heard of!). There are also a few remaining cartons of VERMONT RAIL SYSTEM: A Railroad Renaissance by Robert C. Jones (with several chapters written by yours truly) at a price low enough to stop a speeding locomotive in its tracks!   

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Thanks for your continued support and friendship! Have a great summer.
                  

With warm wishes,

Jim and Marilee Jones
(and our orange and white feline mascot Percy Lincoln)