Trains, Railroads & Railways

Allen, Richard S., William Gove, Keith F. Maloney, and Richard F. Palmer. Rails in the North Wood: Histories of Seven Adirondack Shortlines. Drawings by John D. Mahaffy. Lakemont, New York: North Country Books, 1973. Oblong small 4to. xiii, 194 pages. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and torn dust jacket. #28441. $25
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Anderson, Jacob E. 80 Years of Transportation Progress: A History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway. Tyler, Texas: Public Relations Department, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, 1957. 12mo. 98 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. The history and progressive development of the Cotton Belt. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #28457. $22.50
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Bazan, John M. The Mountain Climbers. A Conrail Album. Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts: John M. Bazan, 1982. Oblong 8vo (large book). [32] pages. Photographs. Conrail diesels and trains in Hoosack Mountain, Pittsfield and the Berkshire Hills. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover), covers slightly worn and soiled. #25451. $30
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Brown, R. W. Moncure Robinson, 1802-1891: Genius of America's Earliest Railways. New York: Newcomen Society of England, American Branch, 1949. 2nd printing. 32 pages. Illustrations. Moncure Robinson Chronology. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover); covers slightly sunned. Former owner's name inside front cover. #28466. $30
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Burlington Railroad. Chicago-Aurora Centennial, Burlington Railroad, 1864-1964. Burlington Route. Foreword by Harry C. Murphy, President, Burlington Lines. Chicago?: Burlington Lines, 1964. 4to. 25 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover); former owner's name on Foreword page. #28467. $50
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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. Time Table No. 117, in effect 2:01 a.m. April 24, 1960. Scranton, Pennsylvania?: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company, 1960. Narrow 8vo (regular size). 207 pages. For the Government of Employes [sic] Only. Slightly stained wrappers (soft cover). #19323. $47.50
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Dietz, David. Dawn of the Diesel Age. Illustrations by Herbert Roese. New York: Scripps-Howard Newspapers, 1935. Folio (very large book). 25 pages. Ten full-page drawings by Roese. Reprinted from the Scripps-Howard Newspaper. Good hardcover, covers stained and soiled, internally very good. #25345. $50
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Donovan, Frank P. Mileposts on the Prairie: The Story of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway. New York: Simmons-Boardman, 1950. 2nd printing. ix, 310 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Endpaper maps. A history of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, 1870-1950. Very good hardcover in worn, chipped and frayed dust jacket. Former owner's name on front flyleaf. #27097. $30
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Dorin, Patrick, and Joe Salisbury. Train Watchers Log. Seattle, Washington: Superior Publishing, 1981. Narrow 8vo. [32] page. ISBN printed in the booklet: 0875645384. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Former owner notes 'In use from 9/17/84' and filled in one page. ISBN 0686981871. #25442. $12.50
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Every, Roger B. Ulster & Delaware Railroad, 1894. (It's History in Part). Kingston, New York: The Author, 1982. 25 pages. Illustrations. Sketch map. Signed by the author. This booklet contains selections from the 'Ulster & Delaware Railroad, 1894,' and is not so much a history of the railroad but a history of the towns and villages that the railroad served. - From Preface. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #24251. $30
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Fort Worth Art Center. The Iron Horse in Art: The Railroad As It Has Been Interpreted by Artists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. An Exhibition Organized and Shown at the Fort Worth Art Center, 6 January - March 2, 1958. Foreword by Lucius Beebe. Introduction by Henry B. Caldwell. Drawings by Nancy Romine Gillis. Ft. Worth, Texas: Fort Worth Art Center, 1958. 4to (large book). [44] pages. Plates. Illustrations. Very good stiff pictorial stapled wrappers (soft cover); the two center leaves have come loose from small staples. #25448. $25
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General Electric Company. 3000-Volt Multiple-Unit Car. Electrical Equipment for Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad on Requisitions N-369934, N-369940, N-369939, C-60906. Contract GE-50912. Instructions GEI-5125. Schenectady, New York: General Electric Company, 1930. Small 4to. 73 numbered pages, interspersed with many unnumbered drawings and pages from technical brochures. Index. Illustrations. Dated September, 1930. Very good hardcover. 8-1/2 x 11 inch 4-hole pages with metal clips in dark brown cloth-covered stiff binder with gilt title on front cover. #28306. $250
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Grow, Lawrence, compiler. Waiting for the 5:05: Terminal, Station and Depot in America. Introduction by Clay Lancaster. New York: Main Street/Universe Books, 1977. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). 128 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. 'A visual history of the monumental and awe-inspiring, as well as the small and picturesque, buildings which have served as railroad terminals, stations, and depots since the early 19th century. - Front jacket flap. Very good hardcover in slightly frayed and worn dust jacket. ISBN 0876632835. #25775. $20
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Hartley, Scott. Conrail. Volume I: 1976-1982. Volume 2: 1983-1990. (2 volumes) Piscataway, New Jersey: Railpace Company, 1990. 4to (large books). 2 volumes (111, 112 pages.) Color photographs. Maps. Volume 2 ISBN 096215413X. Very good hardcover books in slightly worn dust jackets. ISBN 0962154121. #24239. $100
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Hartley, Scott. New England Alcos in Twilight. Homewood, Illinois: PTJ Publishing, 1984. Oblong 4to (medium-large book). 72 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs. Illustrations. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0937658103. #24258. $22.50
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Hill, M. F. Permanent Way: Being the Official History of the Development of the Transport System in Kenya & Uganda. Volume 1. Foreword by Sir Reginald Robins. Nairobi, Kampala, Dar es Salaam: East African Literature Bureau, 1976. 2d edition, reprinted. Small 4to (medium-large book). xii, 591 pages, plus 10 unnumbered pages of photographs. Index. Photographs. Maps. First published in 1949, 2nd edition published in 1961. Subtitle on front cover: The Story of the Kenya & Uganda Railway. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover), edges and spine slightly rubbed. #26770. $65
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Jersey Central Lines. Historical Highlights, 'The BIG Little Railroad'. New Jersey: Jersey Central Lines, 1949. [16] pages. Illustrations. The Coupler, April, 1949. 'These historical highlights are adapted, in the main, from portions of a manuscript of a forthcoming book-length history of the Jersey Central now being written by Mr. Joseph O. Osgood, Jr.' - Rear cover note. Formerly the Somerville and Easton Railroad, then the Jersey Central Lines, subsequently the Central Rail Road Company of New Jersey. Good wrappers (soft cover), with a tear in the rear leaf. #26554. $40
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Kell, C. M. Railroad Lanterns: An Easy to Use Buying Guide with Price References. Photographs by Patrick Abel. Marietta, Pennsylvania: Mabius Marketing Systems, 1981. [32] pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #25443. $75
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National Railway Historical Society, Oswego & Midland Chapter. Program for a Scenic Motor Bus Tour, Northern Division, Rome & Utica Branches, April 24, 1976. Includes 'Oswego & Midland Railroad, 1866-1873: An Historical Sketch,' by Raymond A. Wood, who also prepared the Itinerary. Raymond A. Wood, History and Itinerary. Middletown, New York: National Railway Historical Society, Oswego & Midland Chapter, 1976. 32 unnumbered pages. Bibliography. Historical photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Track maps. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #28465. $25
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Norwood, John B. Rio Grande Memories. Forest Park, Illinois: Heimburger House Publishing Company, 1991. 1st edition. 4to (large book). 192 pages. Index. Bibliography. Color and black-and-white photographs. Illustrations. Map. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author on title page. The reader is taken trackside for insights and inspirations into the workings of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, with chapters on Famous Stations; Famous Locations; Natural and Manmade Disasters; Passenger, Presidential Troop and Special Trains; and Equipment. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Unrelated gift inscription on title page. ISBN 0911581219. #25094. $50
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Passenger Train Annual. Passenger Train Annual, Numbers 1-4, and 1987-1992. (10 issues). Editors and compilers: Otto Janssen (#1-2); Kevin P. Keefe (#3-4); Paul Zack, Mike Schafer, and Kevin McKinney (1987); Mike Schafer (1998); Mike Schafer and Paul D. Schneider (1989); Elrond G. Lawrence (1990); Carl Swanson (1991); Andrew S. Nelson (1992) Hopewell, New Jersey & Park Forest, Illinois: PTJ Publishing, 1975-1992. 4to (large book). 10 issues. Color and black-and-white photographs. #1-4 are oblong 4to. The 1987-1992 volumes were published in Glendale, California by Interurban Press. From the Publisher of Passenger Train Journal. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #24271. $150
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Pennisi, Bob. The Northeast Railroad Scene. Volume I: The Lehigh Valley. Volume 2: The Lehigh & Hudson River. Volume 3: The Reading Co. Volume 4: The Erie Lackawanna. Volume 5: The Jersey Central. Volume 6: The Penn Central. A Brief Look before Conrail. Flanders, New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises, 1976-1985. Oblong 4to (medium-large books). 6 volumes (60, 56, 64, 88, 64, 71 pages). Photographs. Track maps. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #24265. $175
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Railway Educational Bureau. The Basic Manual for Brakemen and Switchmen. Omaha, Nebraska: Railway Educational Bureau, 1974. Narrow 8vo. 116 pages. Illustrations. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover) with a plastic spiral binding. #24247. $15
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Railway Educational Bureau. The Carman's Dictionary. Omaha, Nebraska: Railway Educational Bureau / Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1979. Small booklet. 135 pages. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #24248. $15
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Seyfried, Vincent F. B.R.T. Trolley Lines in Queens County. Hollis, Long Island, New York: Author, 1959. Oblong 4to (large book). 92 unnumbered pages. Photographs. Track map. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company in Queens. Laid in is a Map of Horse Car Lines, Bushwick R.R., with original Turnpike Roads, 1959. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #27724. $70
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Sinclair, Roy, photographs and text. The TranzAlpine Express, New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Grantham House Publishing, 1995. Revised. 4to (large book). 32 pages. Color photographs. First published in 1995. 'The TranzAlpine, or simply the 'Tranz,' is New Zealand's well-known coast-to-coast tourist train that each morning departs Christchurch on a 231-kilometre journey to Greymouth. Its narrow-gauge (1067-millimetre) single track passes through 19 tunnels.' Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 1869340469. #26696. $25
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Southern Pacific Lines. A Picture Journey over Overland Route [Lake Tahoe Line]. San Francisco: Southern Pacific Lines, 1930? Folio (very large book). 65 Photographs. Good pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #11229. $40
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Stewart, Ian. Tramway Museum. Stock Book. Glasgow?: Tramway Museum Society, 1992. Square 8vo (regular size). 60 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs. Information on the National Tramway Museum's Rolling Stock. Lot of photographs of streetcars. Very good pictorial softcover. ISBN 0950976725. #22190. $17.50
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Trost, Gerhard. Kleine Eisenbahn, Ganz Einfach. Leipzig: Urania Verlag, 1967. 3d, enlarged edition. 247 pages. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. 2 sets of plans laid in. First published in 1962. Text in German. Very good pictorial hardcover in worn dust jacket. #16014. $27.50
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United States National Handcar Races. 1984 U.S. National Handcar Race Program, May 18-20, 1984, Sacramento, California. Sacramento, California: Sacramento Area State Parks Docent Council Association and the California State Railroad Museum, 1984. 4to (large book). 28 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Advertisements. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #25447. $25
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White, John H. James Millholland and Early Railroad Engineering. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1967. 4to. 35, [1] pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Frontispiece portrait. United States National Museum Bulletin, 252. Contributions from The Museum of History and Technology, Paper 69, pages 1-36. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover), front cover edges slightly sunned and rubbed. #28468. $15
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Wood, Don, Joel Rosenbaum, and Tom Gallo. The Unique New York & Long Branch. Earlton, New York: Audio-Visual Designs, 1985. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 238, [2] pages. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Endpaper photographs. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and frayed dust jacket, with a dampstain along the left-hand edge of the front jacket cover. ISBN 0917451104. #24246. $80
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Zimmerman, Karl R. Erie Lackawanna East. New York: Quadrant Press, 1975. Oblong 4to (medium-large book). 80 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Track map. Quadrant Press Review, 3. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft covers). ISBN 0915276127. #28008. $10
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