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New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1957. 304 pages of text & black/white photos. This is a pictorial anthology of railroading in the grand manner and in its golden age. Clean tight copy.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Age of Steam: A Classic Album of American Railroading
by Beebe, Lucius & Clegg, Charles
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The Alaska Railroad
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New York: Praeger, 1967. 326 pp/illus. Original red cloth covers, very bright and clean. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDWIN M. FITCH. Fold-out map on front endpaper. Describes the history, development and operation of the federally-run railroad. Of current and renewed interest may be the importance of the involement of the Department of Defense.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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All Aboard Amtrak. 1971-1991. A 20 Year Salute to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
by (Amtrak) Schafer, Johnston & McKinney, Mike, Bob & Kevin
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Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Railplace Company, 1991. 176pp/illus/maps. Route map on end-papers. Glazed pictorial covered boards. Fine. A spectacular copy of this profusely illustrated history of the first twenty years of Amtrak. Foreword by Amtrak President W. Graham Claytor, Jr.1991. The book is exceptionally clean, it stands perfectly straight, and it is very firm and tight in its binding, no pages loose, missing, folded, or torn. . First Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel
by White, John H., Jr
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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1993. 644 pages. A massive oversize book on all aspects of the Railroad Freight Car, profusely illustrated with hundreds of photographs, schematic drawings, detailed blueprints, technological developments affecting wheels, axles, draft gears, couplers, and brakes, a brief biographical sketch of the Railroad Car builders, a chronology from 1795 and the first wooden tramway to 1910 and the steel and steel framed cars, and an extensive notes and bibliography section. Small tear on front of dj. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The American Railroad Passenger Car - Part 2 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
by John H. White Jr.
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Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. pp 371-690/illus. "The American Railroad Passenger Car recaptures the lost, but not-too-distant past when 98 percent of all intercity travel in the United States was by rail. It documents in extraordinary detail the ingenuity and splendor of the classic trains as well as the rattle and clatter, the dust and cinders of early rail travel. An unparalleled record of changes in taste and technology. Rear cover has small crease. Text clean.. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The American Transporation Problem
by Moulton, Harold G. and Associates
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Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1933. Book has 915 pages plus list of other publications by the publisher. Previous owner information inside front cover (House of Representative Member). Preface has blue pencil marks/annotations. Only saw pencil marks on 1 regular page. Report of the National Transportation Committe, The Trend of Railway Financial Condition 189--1929, Railroads and the Depression, Factors Affecting Railway Net Income, etc.... Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Ashland, Ashland: The Story of a Turn-Of-The-Century Railroad Town
by Shalf, Rosanne Groat
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Lawrenceville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Brunswick Pub Co, 1994. 292pp/illus/maps. History of 19th century mineral springs resort & racecourse in Virginia that became the site of a Confederate cavalry training camp st the beginning of the Civil War. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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British Trains, Past and Present
by Nock, O.S
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London, New York, Toronto, Sydney: B. T. Batsford, LTD., 1931. Light wear to edges/corners of cover. Color frontis on glossy paper. B&W photograhic illustrations of various trains. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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By Rail to the Boardwalk
by Gladulich, Richard M
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Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1986. "South Jersey was a battleground for the tourist and commuter dollar. The chief combatants were the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad and its subsidiary, the West Jersey & Seashor, and the rival Reading and its Atlantic City Railroad affiliate. They fought fiercely with fine trains, frequent schedules, high-speed trackage and faster - ever faster - timings. Steam was king, and the Reading's distinctive Camelbacks ruled the rails." 331 pages with photographs, rosters, maps and a bibliography. DJ corners worn. Text clean.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Cape Cod Railroads, Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket
by Farson, Robert H
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Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Cape Cod Historical Pubns, 1990. 319pp/illus (some color)/maps. Signed by author on half-title. The railraods that removed Cape Cod's rural, seaside isolation and brought the summer visitors that flocked to its towns, woods and beaches with their wind-swept dunes. Clean. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroads
by Beebe, Lucius
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Berkeley, CA: Howell-North, 1963. 631pp, indexed, 900 illustrations, 7 pictures in full col.or, maps. The story of the Southern Pacific Railroad system that dominated the West Coast from Oregon to Los Angeles, Texas, and the Southwest, and of its earliest component, the Central Pacific Railroad. . 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Richard Steinheimer. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Century of Model Trains: Dual Language Edition
by Levy, Allen
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New York: Crescent Books, 1986. 208pp, color and b/w photo illustrations, wonderfully detailed study that is fairly easy to find at the moment but in future years will become a standard work for sure; some bi lingual, English and German;. Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good (+). Oblong Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall.
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A Century of Model Trains
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New York: Crescent Books, 1987. 208 pages; Pictorial white boards showing children & old trains, profusely illustrated, many in color, bibliography, index . Tape repair to bottom of spine. Clean.. 1st Printing. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).
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Cincinnati Locomotive Builders 1845-1868
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Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution, 1965. 170pp small quarto, many plates and illustrations, many technical illustrations. Edges discolored. Text clean . 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Classic Steam Trains of the South
by Tillotson, Curt Jr
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Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.A.: Tlc Pub Inc, 2000. 128 pages/illus. This book is intended primarily as a photographic album showing the South in the last two decades of steam operations, an area of the country that has not been well covered in railroad books of any type. The time period is from 1930 - 1950 and illustrates the operations on many of the South's premier railroads including Southern, Seaboard, Atlantic Coast Line, Louisville & Nashville, RF&P and many more. Clean. First Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Collis Potter Huntington (Volume 1 only)
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Newport News, VA: The Mariner's Museum, 1954. 384 pages/photos. Green cloth, gilt titles and gilded crest on cover; pictorial endpapers. Liberally illustrated with photos, maps, engravings, etc., including many railroad photos, all related to the extraordinary life of this railroad builder, industrialist, financier and founder of cities including Newport News, VA. and Huntington, WV. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Colonel Morgan Jones: Grand Old Man of Texas Railroading
by Spence, Vernon Gladden
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Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ Of Oklahoma Pr, 1971. 240pp/illus/map. Morgan Jones laid rails across North and West Texas. He built, operated, and owned half a dozen short-line rails which connect the major roads. Light edgewear to dj. Text clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
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The Complete Book of Model Railroading
by SUTTON, David
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New York: Castle Books, 1964. 341pp/illus. Model railways and railroad illustrated in b&w. Clean. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.
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The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad: The historic preservation study
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: University Of New Mexico Press, 1980. 170pp/illus. History of the scenic railroad. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Das Grosse Osterreichische Eisenbahnbuch
by Frischler, Kurt
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Vienna, Munich : Verlag Fritz Molden , 1979. 271 pages with 181 photos/illustrations (81 in color). Illustrated history of the Austrian Railroad. German text. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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