private industry publishing genre american railroads founded san marino california u.s. 1960 1960 founder donald duke headquarters san marino california u.s. key people ralph melching manager products books revenue 4.40 m sales estimate number of employees 3 website golden west books website footnotes references 1 2 golden west books is a privately owned american publishing company specializing in american railroads . donald duke founded the company in 1960 and wrote some of its titles . its headquarters are in san marino california . the company s titles cover steam locomotives diesel locomotives logging railroads mining railways funiculars the caboose electric interurbans inter city rail and histories of the santa fe railroad . model railroad oriented hobby retail shops sell some of golden west s books . 3 references edit business & company resource center . golden west books document number dc609928 fee via fairfax county public library . the gale group . retrieved 2009 04 01 . sic codes 2731 book publishing & printing naics codes 511130 book publishers goliath business knowledge on demand . golden west books san marino ca company profile research news information contacts fee . the gale group . retrieved 2009 04 01 . golden west books private company headquarters location po box 80250 san marino ca 91118 8250 united states http www.goldenwestbooks.com primary sic book publishing & printing primary naics book publishers description book publishing golden west books . wm. k. walthers inc. retrieved 2009 04 01 . golden west books located in san marino california was founded in 1960 by donald duke . golden west books covers almost every phase of american railroading including steam locos diesels logging and mining interurban and histories of atsf and the caboose . external links edit company website donald duke obituary los angeles times october 10 2010 . this article about a united states publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title golden west books & oldid 733877640 categories rail transport publishing companiescompanies based in los angeles county californiabook publishing companies based in californiapublishing companies established in 1960united states publishing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 august 2016 at 17 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view