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Years: A History of the Pacific Coast Chapter, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, 1972,
pp64. Large Format Pb. VG-. Some wear
to the spine of the covers. A
substantial illustrated booklet reviewing the chapter’s activities.
Includes a letter dated March 27th 1977, from Fred Stindt, the Chairman
of the chapter, to O. S. Nock regarding the latter's forthcoming visit to
California. £2.95 Abdill, George B Rails West: A Collector's Album of a Vanishing Era in Railroadiana, Superior Publishing Company, 1960, pp191. The third volume in the author's Pageant of Railroad History. Inscription "snopaked" out. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head of the spine. A largely pictorial tribute to railways in the American west during the turbulent years of expansion. £5.95 Adams, Kramer Logging Railroads of the West, Superior Publishing Company, 1961, pp160. Large Format Pb. Good+. Rubbing to the spine of the covers. An illustrated history. £5.95 Aldrich,
Mark
Death
Rode the
Rails:
American
Railroads
and
Safety,
1828 –
1965,
John
Hopkins
University
Press,
2006,
pp446.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
"Explores
the
evolution
of
railroad
safety in
the United
States by
examining
a variety
of
incidents:
spectacular
train
wrecks,
smaller
accidents
in shops
and yards
and the
deaths of
thousands
of woman
and
children
killed
while
walking on
or
crossing
the
street-grade
tracks."
£8.50 Alexander, Edwin P Down at the Depot: American Railroad Stations from 1831 to 1920, Clarkson N. Potter, 1970, pp320 with over 400 illustrations. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Top corners of the covers slightly bumped, superficial wear to the top edge of the dw. A pictorial survey. £12.50 Alexander, Edwin P Civil War Railroads & Models, Fairfax Press, 1st edition 1977, pp256 with 280 illustrations & drawings. Inscription. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-. Slight wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine, spine sunned. Combines historical information from newspapers, military reports & company documents with hundreds of rare photographs and drawings. £16.50 Alexander E P Iron Horses: American Locomotives 1829-1900, Dover Publications, 2003, pp240. First published in 1941. Large Format Pb. VG. Slight crease to the rear bottom corner of the covers. A pictorial survey of 96 early American locomotives. Each locomotive has a full-page illustration with brief technical details opposite. £8.50 Allen, Geoffrey Freeman
North American Railroads Today, Brian Trodd, 1990, pp123.
Large Format Hb. Very Good+
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
A graphic account of the resurgence of one of America's greatest
industries, well-illustrated throughout. £5.95 Ambrose, Stephen E Nothing Like it in the World: The Men who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863 – 1869, Simon & Schuster, 2001, pp432. Pb. VG. £3.95 Atchison,
Topeka and
Santa Fe
Railway
System
Employee
Timetables
Atchison,
Topeka and
Santa Fe
Railway
System
Employee
Timetables
Vol.1
Eastern
Lines
November
29, 1942,
Santa
Fe
Modelers
Organization,
1992,
pp94.
Large
landscape
format Pb.
VG.
A
reprint of
a 1942
Santa Fe
working
timetable. Atchison,
Topeka and
Santa Fe
Railway
&
Panhandle
and Santa
Fe Railway
System
Employee
Timetables
Vol.2
Western
Lines
November
29, 1942,
Santa
Fe
Modelers
Organization,
1992,
pp108.
Large
landscape
format Pb.
VG.
A
reprint of
a 1942
Santa Fe
working
timetable. Atchison,
Topeka and
Santa Fe
Railway
System
Employee
Timetables
Vol.3 Gulf
Lines
November
29, 1942,
Santa
Fe
Modelers
Organization,
1992,
pp56.
Large
landscape
format Pb.
VG.
A
reprint of
a 1942
Santa Fe
working
timetable. Atchison,
Topeka and
Santa Fe
Railway
System
Employee
Timetables
Vol.4
Coast
Lines
November
29, 1942,
Santa
Fe
Modelers
Organization,
1992,
pp60.
Large
landscape
format Pb.
VG.
A
reprint of
a 1942
Santa Fe
working
timetable.
All
four
volumes
for £64.00
post free ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin, Ed Spokane, Portland & Seattle Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Morning Sun Books, 1998, pp128. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG. Internally repaired tear in the dw at the head of the spine. A substantial pictorial survey of the railway's passenger coaches and freight wagons. £16.50 Baldwin Locomotives, Baldwin
Locomotive Works, Vol.15, No.4 April 1937, pp36.
Large Format Pb. Very Good with slight wear to the covers. Contents include: The New Haven Streamlined Locomotives,
Formal Delivery of Locomotive 1400, New Baldwin Locomotives for the
Capital Cities Route, A New Brake Shoe Testing Machine, and From
Eddystone to Ecuador. £3.95 Ball,
Don Railroads, W. W. Norton,
1985, pp160. Large Format Hb.
Fine/VG. An all-colour
pictorial tribute to American railways spanning 30 years by one of America's
finest railway photographers. £8.50 The
50 Best of
B&O
Barr,
Howard N
The
50 Best of
B&O:
Book One,
Charles
Swann
Roberts,
1977,
pp52.
"…
a
portfolio
of the
favourite
photographs
of one of
the
B&O's
most
famous and
knowledgeable
historians."
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with
plastic
ring. Fair
with a
large mark
in the
bottom
corner of
the front
cover.
Fifty
full-page
illustrations
of the
Baltimore
and Ohio,
mainly
steam with
some
diesel.
£8.50 Kelly,
John C
The
50 Best of
B&O:
Book Three,
Charles
Swann
Roberts,
1977,
pp52. Copy
No.1798.
"..
a
portfolio
of the
favourite
fifty
photographs
from the
collection
of the
well-known
B&O
modeller
and
devotee."
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with a
plastic
ring.
VG-
with a
two-inch
tear to
the rear
cover.
Fifty
full-page
illustrations
of the
Baltimore
and Ohio,
virtually
all steam.
£12.50 Thompson,
E L Tommy
The
50 Best of
B&O:
Book Four,
Charles
Swann
Roberts,
1977,
pp52.
Copy
No.1203.
"..
a
portfolio
of the
favourite
fifty
photographs
from the
camera of
the famous
B&O
employee
and
chronicler."
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with
plastic
ring.
VG-.
Fifty
full-page
illustrations
of the
Baltimore
and Ohio,
mainly
steam with
some
diesel.
£12.50 Lorenz,
Bob
The
50 Best of
B&O:
Book Five,
Charles
Swann
Roberts,
1979,
pp52. Copy
No.896.
"..
from the
camera and
collection
of
railfandoms's
famous
artist and
photographer
.. a
portfolio
of his
favourite
fifty
photos."
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with
plastic
ring.
VG-.
Fifty
full-page
illustrations
of the
Baltimore
and Ohio,
mainly
steam with
some
diesel.
£12.50 ----------------------------------------------------------- Bender, Henry E Uintah Railway: The Gilsonite Route, Howell-North, 1st edition 1970, pp239 with 290 illustrations. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-. Small triangular piece of the dw missing at the head of the spine. An illustrated history of a steeply-graded narrow gauge mineral line in Western Colorado, including details of the unusual 2-6-6-2 articulated tank engines that it operated. £16.50 Blumberg,
Rhoda
Full
Steam
Ahead: The
Race to
Build a
Transcontinental
Railroad,
National
Geographic
Society,
1996,
pp160.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
The
story of
the
construction
of the
first
transcontinental
railway in
the USA
from Omaha
in
Nebraska
to
Sacramento
in
California.
Well-illustrated
throughout.
£5.95 Bohn, Dave and Petschek, Rodolfo Kinsey Photographer: A Half Century of Negatives by Darius and Tabitha May Kinsey Vol.3: The Locomotive Portraits, Chronicle Books, 1988, pp144. Large landscape format Pb. VG. A collection of Dave Bohn's pictures of logging locomotives, taken in the Pacific North West between 1907 & 1940, with essays on each locomotive by John Labbe. £8.50 Bowman, Hank Wieand
Pioneer Railroads, Arco, 1954, pp154.
Hb. VG/Fair. Tiny loss to
the dw at the head of the spine. An
illustrated history of the early years, taking the story until just after the
American civil war. £4.95 Boyd,
Jim
Fairbanks-Morse
Locomotives
in Color,
Morning
Sun Books,
1996,
pp128.
Large
Format Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper.
"Describes
every
original
purchaser
of FM
locomotives
and
illustrates
nearly
every
model of
those
owners,
from short
line
switchers
and Train
Masters in
commuter
service to
freight
cab units
in the
Canadian
Rockies
and
chopped-nose
road
switchers
in Mexico
- all in
full
colour."
£32.50 Boyd,
Jim
Baldwin
Diesels -
1 in
Color:
Baldwin
History
and Owners
A – G,
Morning
Sun Books,
2002,
pp128.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine. A
photographic
survey of
Baldwin
diesels.
£32.50 Boyd,
Jim
Outbound
Trains in
the era
before the
mergers,
Boston
Mils
Press,
2005,
pp192.
Large
landscape
format.
Glazed
boards
with a
dust
wrapper.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
superb
collection
of colour
photographs
from the
1960s and
1970s
covering
most major
American
railroads
and many
minor
lines.
£10.50 Bryant, H Stamford The Georgian Locomotive: Some elegant steam locomotive power in the South and Southwest, 1918-1945, an episode in American taste, Weathervane Books, 1962, pp90 with 51 illustrations. Inscription. Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. Small tear to the rear bottom edge of the dust wrapper. A series of essays on the steam locomotives used in the American south between the wars. £7.50Burkhardt, D C Jesse Rolling Dreams: Portraits of the Northwest's Railroad Heritage, author, 1997, pp86. Signed by the author. Large landscape format Pb. VG. A largely pictorial tribute, almost entirely in colour. £24.50 Carper, Robert S American Railroads in Transition: The Passing of the Steam Locomotives, Barnes, 1968, pp260 with over 200 illustrations. Inscription. Large Format Hb. VG/Fair+. Slight wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine. A well-illustrated history of American railways in the years following World War II. £6.95 Carper, Robert S American Railroads in Transition, Barnes, 1968, pp260 with over 200 illustrations. Large Format Hb. No dw. VG- with a three-inch stain on the front cover. A well-illustrated history of American railways in the years following World War II when the steam locomotive was replaced by diesels. £5.95 Carstens,
Hal
Passenger
Cars 3:
Solariums,
Sleepers,
Inspection
Cars, Carstens
Publications,
2007,
pp225-349.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
There
is a tiny
nick to
the covers
at the
head of
the spine.
Diagrams
and
illustrations
of
American
coaches.
Vol.3
includes
Lightweight
Cars;
Observation
Cars;
Lounge,
Bar &
Snack
Cars;
Sleepers;
Aquarium
Car; and
Auto liner
Corp.
£12.50 Casdorph,
David
Railborne
Trash and
Waste
Containers
of New
Jersey,
Graesli
Forlag,
2010,
pp156.
Card
Covers.
VG.
Identifies
over
12,000
rail-hauled
containers
used in
waste
disposal
services
in New
Jersey and
throughout
the
North-Eastern
USA.
£6.95 Santa Fe Railway Rolling Stock Reference Series Childers
W W
Santa
Fe Railway
Rolling
Stock
Reference
Series
Vol.1:
Work
Equipment
Cars,
Santa
Fe
Modelers
Organization,
1993,
pp254.
Graphic
design and
production
by Jay H.
Miller.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with wire
binding.
VG+.
A
detailed
illustrated
survey
with
folding
diagrams
at the
rear.
£24.50 Jordan,
C. Keith;
Hendrickson,
Richard H;
Moore,
John B.
and Hale,
A Dean
Santa
Fe Railway
Rolling
Stock
Reference
Series
Vol.2:
Refrigerator
Cars - Ice
Bunker
Cars 1884
–1979,
Santa
Fe
Modelers
Organization,
1994,
pp288.
Graphic
design and
production
by Jay H.
Miller.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with wire
binding.
VG+.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
survey.
£24.50 Hendrickson,
Richard H
Santa
Fe Railway
Rolling
Stock
Reference
Series
Vol.3:
Furniture
and
Automobile
Box Cars
1887 –
1997,
Santa
Fe Railway
Historical
&
Modeling
Society,
1997,
pp158.
Graphic
design and
production
by Jay H.
Miller.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with wire
binding.
VG+.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
survey.
£24.50 ------------------------------------------- Coel,
Margaret Goin' Railroading: Two
Generations of Colorado Stories, Pruett Press, 1991, pp180. "As told by Sam Speas." Small inscription. Pb.
VG+. Relates the experiences
of two generations and four members of the Speas family who worked as engineers
(drivers) and firemen on the narrow gauge railways of Colorado.
£5.95 Cohen, Marvin H Steam Passenger Service Directory including Electric Lines and Museums, Empire State Railway Museum, 18th annual edition 1983, pp176. Pb. Very Good. An illustrated North American directory listing tourist railroad, trolley & museum operations with regularly scheduled or intermittent passenger service. £1.95 (The)
Collected
Colorado
Rail
Annual: A
Journal of
Railroad
History in
the Rocky
Mountain
West,
Colorado
Railroad
Museum,
1974,
pp136.
Editor:
Cornelius
W. Hauck.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired
at the
head of
the spine.
A reprint
of all
twenty six
out-of-print
articles
from the
1963 -
1969 Colorado
Annuals
- the
first
seven
volumes.
£18.50 Colorado
Annual
1968 Issue
No.6,
Colorado
Railroad
Museum,
pp32.
Editor:
Cornelius
W. Hauck.
Large
Format Pb.
Near
VG.
There
is an old
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
Contents
include:
The Best
Seat in
the House
by Bernard
Kelly,
Days of
Plush
&
Pleasant
Riding,
Pueblo was
still just
a Train
Ride from
Denver,
Adios
Numero 144
by Frank
Barry,
Snow and
Cumbres,
and Steam
Wyoming
1968:
Laramie
Valley by
Gordon
Chappell.
£8.50 Colorado
Rail
Annual
1970:
Issue No.8,
Colorado
Railroad
Museum,
pp131.
Large
Format Pb.
VG- with
rubbing to
the spine
of the
covers.
Contents
include:
Narrow
Gauge
Transcontinental
I: Scenic
Line of
the World
by Gordon
Chappell,
and Narrow
Gauge
Transcontinental
II: Black
Canon
Revisited
by
Cornelius
W. Hauck.
£7.50 Corns, John B Nickel Plate Road Publicity Photos 1943-1952 Vol.2, TLC Publishing, 1998, pp128. Large landscape format. Glazed Boards. VG+. Spine sunned. A second collection of high-quality official photographs taken for the New York, Chicago & St Louis Railroad (The Nickel Plate Road). £24.50 Cox,
Richard E
Atchison,
Topeka and
Santa Fe
Railway
Vol.1,
Vanishing
Vista,
1984,
pp36.
Large
landscape
format.
Pb.
VG-.
Generally
VG, but
with a
wear mark
near the
bottom
edge of
the front
cover.
An
all-colour
album of
Santa Fe
motive
power,
mainly
diesel
with some
steam.
£4.95 Crawford, Thomas M and Kramer, Frederick A Rails along the Hudson: A Pictorial Review of Four Decades on the New York Central between New York City and Albany, National Railway Historical Society, 1979, pp96. A brief inscription inside the front cover has been "snopaked" out. Large Format Pb. VG. A pictorial review from the 30s until the late 60s. £8.50 Cross,
Andrew Some Trains in America,
Prestel, 2002, pp156. Large
landscape format. Hb. Fine/Fine. Colour illustrations of freight trains in the U.S.A. taken
between 1994 and 2001 £12.50 Crum, Josie Moore
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad, San Juan History, 1961, pp431.
Hb. VG with clear plastic covers as published.
A major illustrated history based on an earlier work by Milford E.
Shields. £32.50 Crump,
Russell L;
Priest,
Stephen
and
Priest,
Cinthia
Santa
Fe
Locomotive
Facilities
Vol.1 Gulf
Lines,
Paired
Rail
Railroad
Publications,
2003,
pp192.
Large
landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
The
top front
corner of
the covers
is
slightly
bumped.
A
series in
which the
Santa Fe's
engine
servicing
facilities
are
explained
and
documented
in as much
detail as
possible
using
photographs,
drawings
and
personal
histories.
£42.50 Crump, Spencer Redwoods, Iron Horses and the Pacific: The Story of the California Western "SKUNK" Railroad, Trans-Anglo Books, 1st edition 1963, pp160. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-. Dw internally re-enforced at the head of the spine. An illustrated history of the California Western Railroad from the Pacific Coast at Fort Bragg through miles of giant redwood trees to Willits. £12.50 Davies,
Greg
Union
Pacific
Railroad
Freight
Cars of
the 1950s,
Mid-America
Publications,
1978, pp98
with two
large
folding
diagrams
in a rear
pocket.
Large
landscape
format Pb.
VG-
with some
superficial
wear to
the
covers.
A
collection
of
diagrams
and
illustrations
of Union
Pacific
freight
wagons.
£12.50 Deane,
Dorothy Newell Sierra Railway,
Howell North, 1960, pp181 plus pp128 of illustrations. Hb.
VG/Poor. The dust wrapper
has been heavily repaired with sellotape. A history of the Sierra Railroad and
other railroads, both standard and narrow gauge, of the "Southern Mother
Lode Region" of California. £10.50 Dorin, Patrick C Commuter Railroads: A Pictorial Review of the Most Travelled Railroads, Bonanza, 1969, pp192. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-. Some browning of the pages edges with a suggestion of some exposure to water at some stage. A survey of the American suburban operations that survived into the late 70s. £6.95 Dorin,
Patrick C
The
Milwaukee
Road
Passenger
Train
Services:
from the
Hiawatha
Era to
Amtrak and
Beyond,
TLC
Publishing,
2004,
pp143 with
over 300
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
An
illustrated
history of
the
passenger
services
operated
by the
Chicago
Milwaukee
St Paul
and
Pacific -
better
known as
The
Milwaukee
Road -
from the
high-speed
steam-operated
Hiawatha
services
of the
1930 to
recent
Amtrak
services.
£28.50 Dorman, Richard L The Chili Line and the Santa Fe The City Different, R. D. Publications, 1996, pp225. The Collector's Edition. Large landscape format Hb. VG/VG. A largely pictorial tribute to the long narrow gauge branch of the Denver & Rio Grande south from Antonio to Santa Fe. £32.50 Dreams, Visions & Visionaries: Colorado Rail Annual No.20, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1993, pp239. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+. Contents: In the Mountains of Utah by Jackson Thode & James Ozment, General Palmer's Other Narrow Gauge Railroad by Robert Le Massena, The Denver Post's Cheyenne Frontier Days Train by Richard Kreck & Kenton Forrest, The Greatest Train by Alexis McKinney, and An Overview of Union Pacific's Articulated Steam Locomotives by Richard King & R C Farewell. £16.50 Drury,
George H The Train-Watcher's
Guide to North American Railroads: A contemporary reference to the major
railroads of the US, Canada and Mexico, Kalmbach, 2nd impression of 1st
edition 1985, pp220. Landscape
format Pb. Fair. Wear to the
covers, contents VG. An illustrated
guide to over 140 North American railways, with brief details and a map of each
system. £2.95 Drury,
George Guide to Tourist
Railroads and Railroad Museums including schedules, fares, how to get there, and
annual special events, Kalmback, 4th revised edition 1995, pp320.
Landscape format Pb. G+ with
superficial wear to the cover edges. Provides
details of more than 350 sites in the United States and Canada - a useful guide
for anyone planning a trip to North America.
£2.95 Drury,
George H
Santa
Fe in the
Mountains:
Three
Passes to
the West:
Raton,
Cajon and
Tehachapi,
Kalmbach
Publishing,
1995,
pp128.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
Near
VG with
slight
rubbing to
the edges
of the
covers.
A
largely
pictorial
tribute,
with brief
background
material
on the
three
passes.
£8.50 Duke, Donald and Kistler, Stan Santa Fe: Steel Rails through California, Golden West Books, 1964, pp184. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper. A well-illustrated history of the Santa Fe in California. £14.50 Duke,
Donald and
Keilty,
Edmund
RDC:
The Budd
Rail
Diesel Car,
Golden
West
Books,
1999,
pp279 with
more than
375
illustrations.
First
published
in 1990.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
bottom
front
corner of
the covers
is
slightly
bumped.
A
comprehensive
history of
the Budd
Rail
Diesel
Car.
The
second
half of
the book
gives
details of
all the
services
operated
by RDCs.
£32.50 Edmonson, Harold A Journey to Amtrak: The Year History Rode the Train, Kalmbach, 1972, pp104. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Fair+. Some rubbing to the edges of the covers. A pictorial review of the named American express trains that were lost in the Amtrak took over. £7.50 Edmondson, Harold A and Francaviglia, Richard V Railroad Station Planbook, Kalmbach, 1977, pp96. Landscape format Pb. Fair. Superficial wear & loss of colour to the covers, contents VG. Illustrations & drawings of 28 small stations in the USA & Canada. £5.95 Eliot, Jane The History of the Western Railroads, Exeter Books, 1985, pp192. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Tiny nick in the dw at the head of the spine. An illustrated history of railways in the American west. £7.50 Ellington,
Frank M
and Shine,
Joe W
Santa
Fe Railway
Passenger
Reference
Series
Vol.1:
Head End
Cars,
Santa Fe
Railway
Historical
&
Modeling
Society,
1999,
pp158.
A
heavily
revised
edition of
a book
first
published
in 1975.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with wire
binding.
Generally
VG, but
there is a
vertical
crease on
the back
cover.
A
comprehensive
survey
with many
illustrations
and
drawings
and with
the
following
chapters:
Railway
Post
Office,
Mail
Storage
Cars,
Container
Equipment,
Baggage
&
Mail,
Baggage
&
Express,
Horse
Express
Cars,
Express
Refrigerator,
Express
Box Cars,
Rider
Combines
and
Painting
&
Lettering.
£16.50 Erie Railroad: Trains Album of Railroad Photographs No.14, Kalmback, 1946. Very Large Landscape Format Pb. Covers fair, contents VG. A one-page introduction followed by 20 single-sided pages of illustrations. The illustrations were selected by the editors of Trains to give a representation view of the Erie system in 1946. £4.95 EuDaly,
Kevin;
Schafer,
Mike;
Boyd, Jim;
Jessup,
Steve;
McBride,
Andrew;
and
Glischinski,
Steve
The
Complete
Book of
North
American
Railroading,
Voyageur
Press,
2009,
pp352 with
more than
400
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the bottom
of the
rear fold.
"Takes
readers
from the
birth of
the
railroads
in the
early
nineteenth
century,
through
their
Golden Age
from 1900
to 1950,
and on to
the
railways
of
today."
Locomotives,
key
historical
figures,
passenger
travel,
freight
operations,
infrastructure
and modern
railroading
are all
examined.
A
very heavy
book
weighing
around
2Kg.
£9.50 Farrington, S Kip Railroading Coast to Coast: Riding the Locomotive Cabs Steam, Electric and Diesel 1923-1950, Bonanza, 1976, pp305. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Two small internally repaired tears in the dw. Brief logs of the author's many footplate journeys provide a framework for a wide-ranging collection of illustrations of American traction, mainly steam with some diesel and electric. £8.50 Feuereißen, Günther Dampf über Nordamerika: Dampflokomotiven im Sonderzugeinsatz auf den schönsten Museumsbahnen Nordamerikas, Gondrom Verlag, 1989, pp158. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. Illustrations by Otfried Eisenhardt & Herbert Vaupel. An all-colour album of preserved North American steam. In German. £5.95 Gildersleeve, Tom and Huxtable, Nils Narrow Gauge - Then and Now, Steamscenes, 1993, pp48. Large landscape format Pb. VG-. Slight wear to the corners of the covers. An all-colour pictorial tribute to the narrow gauge lines of the Denver & Rio Grande Western. £5.95 Giroux,
Michelle (Editor) Steam
Passenger Service Directory: A comprehensive listing of tourist railroads and
museums in North America, Empire State Railway Museum, 29th annual edition
1994, pp376. Pb.
VG. An illustrated directory
listing tourist railroad, trolley & museum operations in the U.S.A. and
Canada. £2.95 Gjevre,
John A Saga of the Soo: West
from Shoreham, author, 1973, pp112. Landscape
format Hb. VG/Poor. In a worn internally repaired dust wrapper with several brown
marks on the cover. An illustrated
history of the Soo Line Railroad Company and its predecessors in Minnesota, the
Dakotas and Montana. £5.95 Glischinski, Steve Santa Fe Railway, MBI Publishing, 1997, pp128. Railroad Color History Series. Large Format Pb. VG. An illustrated history of the Santa Fe. £8.50 Glover,
Vernon J
The
Railroad
Collection
Vol.1,
Museum of
New Mexico,
2nd
printing
1990,
pp86.
First
published
in 1977.
Large
Format Pb.
Generally
VG, but
there is a
one cm
tear to
the covers
at the
head of
the spine.
Photographs
from the
early
pioneering
days of
the Santa
Fe
Railroad,
including
associated
lines such
as The
Atlantic
&
Pacific,
The New
Mexico
Central,
and The
Mexican
Central.
All
the
illustrations
come from
the
photographic
collection
of the
Museum of
New
Mexico.
£5.95 Grosso, Robert C Del Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway 2002 Locomotive Review and Freight Car Directory, Great Northern Pacific Publications, 2002, pp208. Glazed Boards. VG+. Minor flaw to the glazed boards at the base of the spine. Lists the complete owned and leased locomotive fleet of the BNSF, along with a complete listing of BNSF revenue freight car numbers including the corresponding pre-merger numbers. £32.50 Halberstadt, Hans Modern Diesel Locomotives, MBI Publishing, 1996, pp96. Pb. VG. A well-illustrated overview of modern American diesel traction. £5.95 Hanft, Robert San Diego and Arizona: The Impossible Railroad, Trans-Anglo Books, 1984, pp224. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-. Top front corner of the covers slightly bumped, some wear to the dw corners and at the head & base of the spine. An illustrated history of the railway built to give San Diego in California its own line to the East. £24.50 Harding
J W
Locomotive
Boilers
Parts 1
and 2,
International
Textbook
Company,
Scranton,
USA, pp57
(part 1)
and 96
(part 2)
with
numerous
figs.
No
date, but
copyright
for part 1
is given
as 1941,
and part 2
as 1935.
Hb.
No
dust
wrapper.
Fair+
to VG-
with
slight
wear to
the
extremities
of the
covers.
£8.50 Harding
J W
Locomotive
Stokers:
Type D
Duplex
Stoker,
Locomotive
Stokers,
International
Textbook
Company,
Scranton,
USA, pp60
(Type D
Duplex
Stoker)
and pp45
(Locomotive
Stokers)
with
numerous
figs.
No
date, but
the
copyright
for Type D
Duplex
Stokers is
given as
1922, and
for
Locomotive
Stokers as
1943.
Inscription.
Hb.
No
dust
wrapper.
VG-
with
slight
rubbing to
the covers
at the
head and
base of
the spine.
A
technical
treatise
on
Mechanical
Stokers
which were
used
extensively
in the USA
in the
final
decades of
steam.
£8.50 Hartley, Scott New England Alcos in Twilight, PTJ Publishing, 1984, pp72. Large Landscape Format Pb. VG. A well-illustrated tribute to Alco diesels in the New England region. £6.95 Hauck,
Cornelius W Narrow Gauge to
Central and Silver Plume, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1st edition 1972, pp223.
Colorado Rail Annual Issue No.10.
Large format Hb.
VG+ in a
VG- dust
wrapper.
The bottom
front corner of the covers
is slightly bumped,
and there
is some wear to the top and bottom
edges of the
dust
wrapper with tiny loss.
An
illustrated history of the Clear Creek narrow gauge line, later an important
constituent of the Colorado & Southern.
£14.50 Hauff, Steve and Gertz, Jim The Willamette Locomotive, Binford & Mort, 1977, pp182. Large Format Hb. No dw as published. Fair+. Slight foxing to the early pages, wear to the covers at the head of the spine, some rubbing to the edges of the covers. An illustrated history of the Willamette geared locomotive, followed by drawings, details & illustrations of the 33 locomotives constructed. £16.50 Hendy
A
American
Railroad
Stock
Certificates,
Stanley
Gibbons,
1980,
pp168.
Hb.
VG+/VG+.
No
fewer than
150
different
stock
certificates
are
illustrated
and
described.
£5.95 (A)
History of the Long Island Rail Road 1834 - 1974: Long Island's Key
Transportation Link,
pp8.
Pb.
VG.
A short
history of the line published to celebrate 150 years of
operation.
£1.95 Hobbs, Paul T Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway Cabooses: A History, Great Northern Pacific Publications, 1996, pp104. No dw, almost certainly as published. Hb. VG+. A comprehensive study of the company's brake vans with drawings and illustrations. £12.50 Hollingsworth J B and Whitehouse P B North American Railways, Hamlyn, 1977, pp190. Large
Format Hb.
"Very Good+"
in a
"Very Good-"
dust
wrapper.
Some wear to the
dust
wrapper along
the top edge. A well-illustrated
history of railways in North America. £4.95 Hollingsworth, Brian The Illustrated Encyclopedia of North American Locomotives: A historical directory of over 150 years of North American rail power, Salamander, 1997, pp208. Large format Hb. VG/VG. Top of spine slightly bumped, dw repaired at the head of the spine. Illustrations and descriptions of 150 historic American locomotives, both steam and diesel. £5.95 Huddleston, Eugene L Riding that New River Train: The Story of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway through the New River Gorge of West Virginia, C&O Historical Society, 1989, pp132 with numerous illustrations. Large Format Pb. Fair. Wear to the covers down the edges of the spine, contents VG. £8.50 Information Concerning Courses in Railway Engineering and Administration, University of Illinois, USA, June 1913, pp15. VG-. The middle four pages have worked loose and have been re-stapled at the top only. An unusual illustrated booklet describing the courses offered in Railway Engineering by the University of Illinois prior to WWI. The equipment illustrated includes a dynamometer car and a stationary locomotive testing plant. £2.50 Ingersoll, Ernest The Crest of a Continent: A Record of a Summer's Ramble in the Rocky Mountains and Beyond, Rio Grande Press, 1969, pp359 with a folding map in the rear. First published by R. R. Donnelley & Sons in 1885. Large Format Hb. No dw. VG. A classic account of a summer's railroad ramble through Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico in 1883. £12.50 Johnson, Ralf P The Steam Locomotive: Its Theory, Operation and Economics including Comparisons with Diesel-Electric Locomotives, Simmons-Boardman, 2nd edition 1944, pp564. Inscription. No dust wrapper. Hb. Fair. Wear to the extremities of the covers, particularly at the head & base of the spine, contents VG. A comprehensive treatise on American practices and methods written by Baldwin's Chief Engineer. The second edition includes new chapters on Steam Utilisation, Distribution of Locomotive Weight and Braking. £24.50 Johnson,
Robert Wayne Through the Heart
of the South: The Seaboard Air Line Railroad Story, Stoddart, 1995, pp160.
Large Format Hb. Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper. A comprehensive history of Seaboard, a railroad that served
Virginia, North & South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida until it lost
its individual identity in 1967. Well-illustrated
throughout. £22.50 Kerr,
James W Locomotive Rosters and
News: The Official 1999 edition, DPA-LTA Enterprises.
Unpaged.
With pp59 of colour illustrations. Small format Pb. VG.
Some superficial wear to the edges of the covers.
Complete locomotive rosters for all
American
and Canadian
railways. £3.95 Kerr, James W Locomotive
Rosters and News: The Official 2001 edition, DPA-LTA Enterprises, 2000. Unpaged. Small
format Pb. VG. Complete locomotive rosters for all American, Canadian and
Mexican railways with pp11 of colour illustrations. £4.95 Kerr,
James W Locomotive Rosters and
News: The Official 2005 edition, DPA-LTA Enterprises, Unpaged. With pp60 of colour illustrations. Small format Pb. VG.
Complete locomotive rosters for all
American
and Canadian
railways. £4.95 Kerr,
James W
Illustrated
Treasury
of Modern
Freight
Cars of
North
America,
DPA-LTA
Enterprises,
2006,
pp119.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG.
"The
freight
cars
illustrated
represent
the
state-of-the
art in
modern
freight
car
production."
£8.50 Kirkland, John F Dawn of the Diesel Age: The History of the Diesel Locomotive in America, Interurban Express, 1983, pp200. Interurbans Special No.80. "Ian Allan Library" stamp inside the cover. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-. Slight wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine. A comprehensive illustrated history of the development of diesel traction in the USA. £48.50 Klein,
Aaron E The History of the New
York Central System, Bison Books, 1985, pp128 with over 100 illustrations. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-
with slight wear to the top edge of the dust wrapper. An illustrated history of the New York Central Railway that
stretched from New York to Chicago, and ran the famous Twentieth Century
Limited between the two cities. £7.50 Krause,
John and Crist, Ed The Final
Years New York, Ontario & Western Railway, Carstens Publications, 1977,
pp98. Large landscape format Pb.
VG. Some superficial rubbing
to the covers. A largely pictorial
tribute to a much-loved line that was abandoned in 1957.
£8.50 Krause,
John and Crist, Ed Susquehanna:
New York, Susquehanna & Western RR, Carstens Publications, 1980, pp98. Large landscape format Pb.
Generally VG, but some wear at the top of the spine.
A largely pictorial tribute to a "short line" which operated in
northern New Jersey, with a terminal in Jersey City opposite New York city.
£5.95 Krause,
John and
Grenard,
Ross
Colorado
Memories
of the
Narrow
Gauge
Circle,
Carstens
Publications,
1988,
pp130.
Large
landscape
format Pb.
Very
Good.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the Denver
& Rio
Grande
narrow
gauge.
£10.50 Le Pak, Gregory Vanishing Varnish: A Rio Grande Passenger Presentation covering 100 Years of Railroading in the Rockies, Alpine Publishing, 1978, pp256. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-. Wear & a small tear to the top edge of the dw. "400 rare & previously unpublished photographs, many passenger car photographs for the modeller, four finely detailed full page station maps, five full colour photos, & endpaper illustrations from an 1887 D&RG timetable." £28.50 Liljestrand,
Robert A
and
Sweetland
David R
Passenger
Cars of
New
England
Vol.2:
Bangor
&
Aroostook,
and Maine
Central, The
Railroad
Press,
2000,
pp48.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
Full
passenger
car
rosters of
each
railway,
followed
by
illustrations.
£8.50 Liljestrand,
Robert A
and
Sweetland
David R
Passenger
Cars of
New
England
Vol.3:
Central
Vermont,
and
Rutland, The
Railroad
Press,
2000,
pp48.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
Full
passenger
car
rosters of
the two
railways,
followed
by
illustrations.
£8.50 Locomotive Laboratory (The), University of Illinois, USA, November 1915, pp18. Pb. Some rust on the staples else VG. An illustrated booklet describing the stationary locomotive testing plant at the University of Illinois. Opened in 1913, the stationary testing plant was capable of absorbing a drawbar pull as high as 125,000 pounds. Churchward installed a similar plant at Swindon in 1904. £3.95 Lucas,
Walter A
100
Years of
Steam
Locomotives,
Rail
Heritage, 1981,
pp278.
Collector's
Edition in
an
attractive
maroon
binding
with gold
lettering.
No
dust
wrapper,
probably
as
published.
Hb.
VG.
Illustrations
and scale
drawings
of
American
steam
locomotives.
£16.50 Lyden, Anne M Railroad Vision: Photography, Travel, and Perception, J. Paul Getty Museum, USA, 2003, pp164 with 31 colour and 113 duotone illustrations. Large landscape format. A slight indentation in the bottom edge of the cover and several small internally repaired tears in the lower edge of the dw, otherwise VG+/VG+. A collection of American railway photographs, many from the Getty Museum Collection. £10.50 Lyle K L Scalded To Death by the Steam, W. H. Allen, 1985, pp192. Large landscape format Hb. Generally, VG in a VG dust wrapper but with a one-inch internally repaired tear in the top edge of dust wrapper. Tales of American railroad disasters, and the ballads that were written about them. £5.95 MacGregor, Bruce A South Pacific Coast: An illustrated history of the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad, Howell-North, 1968, pp280, 2 colour paintings, 430 illustrations, roster, maps and builder's drawings. Large Format Hb. VG/Fair. Dw internally repaired at the corners and at the head & base of the spine. Also wear to the dw edges down the spine. A comprehensive history of a narrow gauge line in California. £24.50 Mallery,
Paul
Bridge
and
Trestle
Handbook,
Carstens
Publications,
4th
edition
2000,
pp156 with
numerous
diagrams
&
illustrations.
First
published
in 1958.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG.
The
background
of railway
bridge
design is
made
available
to model
railroaders
in a form
that is
readily
useable.
£6.95 Marre,
Louis A
and
Pinkepank,
Jerry A
The
Contemporary
Diesel
Spotter's
Guide: A
Comprehensive
reference
manual to
locomotives
since 1972,
Kalmbach,
2nd
printing
1990,
pp336.
First
published
in 1989.
Landscape
format Pb.
Fair.
Wear
to the
edges of
the
covers,
contents
VG.
Covers
locomotives
produced
or rebuilt
since 1972
and serves
as a
sequel to The
Second
Diesel
Spotters
Guide.
£3.95 Marre,
Louis A
Diesel
Locomotives:
The First
Fifty
Years - A
Guide to
Diesels
built
before
1972,
Kalmbach,
2nd
printing
1999,
pp479.
First
published
in 1995.
Railroad
Reference
Series
No.10.
Landscape
format Pb.
Fair.
Some
wear to
the edges
of the
covers
with some
creasing;
contents
VG.
Traces
the
history of
diesel
locomotives
in North
America
from
General
Electric's
unsuccessful
trio of
1918 to
the end of
1971.
Includes
productions
totals,
specifications
and a
wealth of
photographs.
£3.95 McAllister, Melvin Tehachapi Pass: A history of roads, places, events and people of Mojave, Keene, Caliente and Edison and places between, author, 2005, pp114. Large Format. Soft Covers in a Ring Binding. VG. Although a famous railway line passes through the Tehachapi Pass, this is a social history of the area with only limited references to the railway. £4.95 McCall,
John
The
Doodlebugs
(Santa Fe),
Kachina
Press,
1977,
pp256.
The
Chief Way
Reference
Series.
In
an
attractive
green
binding
with gold
lettering,
no dust
wrapper.
Large
landscape
format Hb.
VG.
"A
word and
picture
history of
over six
decades of
self-propelled
passenger
car
service on
America's
most
colorful
major
railroad."
£16.50 McCall,
John B
Coach,
Cabbage
&
Caboose
(Santa Fe),
Kachina
Press,
1979,
pp256.
The
Chief Way
Reference
Series.
Large
landscape
format Hb.
VG
in a Fair
dust
wrapper.
Rubbing
to the
dust
wrapper
which has
been
internally
re-enforced
along both
the upper
and lower
edges.
"A
one-hundred
year
history of
Santa Fe
mixed
train
service
from 1869
to 1971 in
words,
photographs,
equipment
rosters
and
timetable
schedules."
£32.50 McDonnell, Greg Field Guide to Modern Diesel Locomotives, Trains Books, 2002, pp208 with 247 colour illustrations. Landscape format Pb. VG. Describes and illustrates the diesels built by General Electric, Electro-Motive and MotivePower industries over the past 30 years. £5.95 McGuirk,
Martin J The New Haven Railroad
along the Shore Line: The thoroughfare from New York City to Boston,
Kalmbach, 1999, pp128. Golden
Years of Railroading Series. Large
landscape format Pb. VG. A
photographic album featuring the New Haven's main line from New York to Boston
in the 40s and 50s. £10.50 McMillan,
Joe
Route
of the
Warbonnets:
A
Contemporary
Look at
the Santa
Fe,
author,
3rd
printing
1979,
pp176.
Large
Format
Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper
with
slight
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
and base
of the
spine.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the Santa
Fe in the
diesel
era.
£12.50 Middleton, William D The Railroad Scene, Golden West Books, 1st edition 1969, pp144. Large Format Hb. VG/VG-. Top front corner of the covers bumped; some wear to the top edge of the dw. A pictorial tribute to American railways in the two decades after WWII, the period of transition from steam to diesel traction. £10.50 Moore, Herbert F First Progress Report of the Joint Investigation of Continuous Welded Rail, University of Illinois, USA, 1939, pp29. Conducted by the Engineering Experimental Station, University of Illinois, in cooperation with The Association of American Railroads. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the American Railway Engineering Association, No.411, June-July 1939. Pb. VG. A technical study of the strength of the welded joints in continuous welded rails. £5.95 Moore, Herbert F Third Progress Report of the Joint Investigation of Fissures in Railroad Rails, University of Illinois, USA, 1937, pp29 with 21 figs and 1 table. Conducted by the Engineering Experimental Station, University of Illinois, in cooperation with The Association of American Railroads and The Rail Manufacturers Technical Committee. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the American Railway Engineering Association, No.395, March 1937. Pb. VG- with some wear to corners. A technical report on rail fissures. £5.95 Moore, Herbert F Fifth Progress Report of the Joint Investigation of Fissures in Railroad Rails, University of Illinois, USA, 1939, pp34 with 14 figs and 7 tables. Conducted by the Engineering Experimental Station, University of Illinois, in cooperation with The Association of American Railroads and The Rail Manufacturers Technical Committee. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the American Railway Engineering Association, No.411, June-July 1939. Pb. Slight corner wear else VG. A technical report on rail fissures. £5.95 Murray, Tom Chicago & North Western Railway, Voyageur Press (MBI), 2006, pp160. MBI Railroad Colour History Series. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine/VG+. An illustrated history of the Chicago & North Western. £12.50 Narrow
Gauge
Pictorial
Vol.2:
Passenger
Cars of
the D&RGW,
Robert
L. Grandt,
1981,
pp192.
Editor:
Robert L.
Grandt.
Large
landscape
format Pb.
VG-
with some
wear to
the
covers,
particularly
down the
spine.
In
order to
cover the
extensive
changes in
passenger
equipment
configuration,
the
pictures
cover a
greater
time span
than those
in Vol.1.
£8.50 Narrow
Gauge
Pictorial
Vol.3:
Gondolas,
Boxcars
and
Flatcars
of the
D&RGW,
Robert
L. Grandt,
1984,
pp208.
Editor:
Robert L.
Grandt.
Large
landscape
format Pb.
VG.
The
photographs
were
selected
to cover
as many
car types
and
lettering
styles in
each
category
and era as
possible.
£8.50 Nock O S Railways
of the USA, A&C Black, 1979, pp317 with 81 illustrations and 42 maps
& diagrams. Railways of the
World 6. From the British
Railways Eastern Region Staff Railway Society, with the society name stamped
inside the front & rear covers. Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper. O. S. Nock's
personal survey of the American railway system in A. C. Black's ambitious
railways of the world series. £8.50 (The) North West's Own Railway. A substantial set of 44 issues of The Northwest's Own Railway, the quarterly journal of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Historical Society: Spring 1989 - 1998 No.2 (38 issues); 2001 No.1 - 3, 2002 No.4, and 2003 No.3 & 4. Also Society Calendars for 1993, 94, 95, 96, 97 & 02. All VG or better. All 50 items for £32.50 Norwood, John B Rio
Grande Narrow Gauge, Heimburger House, 1983, pp312 with several hundred
illustrations. Large format Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper. A comprehensive
history of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.
John Norwood helped to manage and operate the line from 1937 until his
retirement in 1975. £22.50 Norwood, John B Rio
Grande Narrow Gauge, Heimburger House, 1983, pp312 with several hundred
illustrations. Large format Hb.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper. A comprehensive
history of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.
John Norwood helped to manage and operate the line from 1937 until his
retirement in 1975. £22.50 Norwood,
John B
Rio
Grande
Narrow
Gauge
Recollections,
Heimburger
House,
1986,
pp272 with
several
hundred
illustrations.
Large
Format Hb.
VG in a
VG- dust
wrapper.
The dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired
at the
head and
base of
the spine.
John
Norwood
recounts
his days
on the
Denver
& Rio
Grande
Railroad.
John
was
employed
by the
railroad
for 39
years,
retiring
in 1975.
£20.50 Norwood,
John B Rio Grande Memories:
Operations & Stories of the Rio Grande, Heimburger House, 1991, pp192
with several hundred illustrations. Large
format Hb. Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
John Norwood's third book on the Rio Grande considers both the standard
and narrow gauge lines. £24.50 O'Connell,
John Railroad Album, Popular
Mechanics Press, 1954, pp156. Pb.
Fair+ with wear to the covers, particularly the spine; contents VG.
An illustrated history of American railways, half text and half pictures,
rather than an album as we would understand the term today, with the following
chapters: The Rail Road Comes to America, Railroads become America,
Wooden Cars and Iron Men, Tycoons and Troubles, Off the Main
Line, The Golden Age of Railroading, The Great Age of Steam Power,
and Diesels and Streamlining.
£3.95 Occhiello,
Larry
Santa
Fe Railway
Listing of
Freight
Cars by
Class and
Car number
1906 –
1991,
Santa Fe
Modelers
Organization,
1991,
pp160.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with wire
binding.
VG+.
A
comprehensive
reference
work based
of
official
Santa Fe
records.
£16.50 Ogburn, Charlton Railroads:
The Great American Adventure, National Geographic Society, 1977 pp204.
Hb. VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
Wear and small tears to the
dust
wrapper edges.
A history of American railways, well-illustrated in
black
&
white and colour.
£3.95 Olmsted,
Robert P
Santa
Fe Trails,
author,
1987,
pp144.
Large
Format
Hb.
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper
with
slight
rubbing of
the dust
wrapper at
the head
and base
of the
spine.
The
author's
pictures
covering
the period
from 1948
to 1987.
£24.50 Ormes,
Robert
Tracking
Ghost
Railroads
in
Colorado,
Century
One Press,
7th
printing
1980,
pp164 with
numerous
maps &
illustrations.
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
A
five-part
guide to
abandoned
and scenic
lines in
Colorado.
£8.50 Oroszi, David P and
Flanary, Ron Dixie Lines: The
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Hundman Publishing, 2003, pp160.
Large landscape format Hb. VG+/VG.
An all-colour pictorial tribute to the Louisville & Nashville in its
last 30 years. £32.50 Osterwald, Doris B Cinders & Smoke: A mile by mile guide for the Durango to Silverton narrow gauge trip, Western Guideways, 1978, pp104. Pb. Fair. Some creasing to the covers. A very comprehensive illustrated guide with details and drawings of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway narrow gauge locomotives and the coaches used on the line. £1.95 Parks, Pat The Railroad that Died at Sea: The Florida East Coast's Key West Extension, Langley Press, 1996, pp48. Pb. VG-. Superficial wear to the covers. An illustrated history of the line that island-hopped from the mainland tip of Florida through Key Largo to Key West. £4.95 Pennsylvania
Railroad Rolling Stock 1960-1968: Vol.1 Diners, PC Railroader Magazine, 1975,
pp93. By the staff of PC Railroader
Magazine. Large Format Pb. Very Good. A
comprehensive collection of scale drawing of Pennsy restaurant cars.
£5.95 Pennsylvania Railroad Rolling Stock 1960-1968: Vol.2 Coaches, PC Railroader Magazine, 1975, pp112. By the staff of PC Railroader Magazine. Large Format Pb. Very Good. Slight wear to the covers at the rear top corner and a tiny nick to the rear vertical edge. A collection of scale drawing of Pennsy passenger carriages. £5.95 Pennypacker, Bert Eastern Steam Pictorial - The Anthracite Roads, P & D Carleton, 1966, pp384. Large Format Hb. VG/Poor. Some wear to the corners of the covers, the badly torn dw has been extensively repaired down the spine with loss at the head & base of the spine, and further loss to the rear page. A largely pictorial tribute to the steam age with sections on the Jersey Central, The Delaware & Hudson, The Lackawanna, The Erie, The Lehigh & Hudson River, The Lehigh & New England, The Lehigh Valley, The New York Ontario & Western, & The Reading. £14.50 Peterson, Ronald G Maintenance-of-Way Equipment of the Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway Company including Subsidiaries, author, 1996, pp127. Signed by the author. Large Format. Card Covers with ring binding. VG+. 205 line drawings reproduced from the railways own diagram books, followed by an extensive "equipment roster" and index. £16.50 Pinkepank,
Jerry A
The
Second
Diesel
Spotter's
Guide
(Including
industrial
units),
Kalmbach,
1973,
pp460.
The
hardback
edition.
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
The
red
background
on the
spine has
faded
slightly.
A
comprehensive
catalogue
of
American
diesel
practice
with
sections
for each
locomotive
builder.
£5.95 Pinkepank,
Jerry A
and Marre,
Louis
A
Diesel
Spotter's
Guide
Update,
Kalmbach,
1981,
pp162.
Includes
electrics
and
lightweight-train
power
cars.
Landscape
format Pb.
VG
with
slight
wear to
the
covers.
"Focuses
on the
power that
has come
on the
scene
since EMD
introduced
the 645
engine in
1965. This
results in
some
overlap
with the
1973 book,
but only
to
maintain
continuity
and update
production
totals."
£4.95 Pitt, John USA by Rail, Bradt Publications, 3rd edition 1999, pp336. Pb. VG. Some vertical creasing to the spine. A useful guide for anyone contemplating a visit to America. £2.95 Pittsburgh Interurbans Washington, PA., Local Lines
Charleroi Donora, Pennsylvania Railway Museum, 1952, pp12.
Large Format Pb. VG. A
reprint of Electric Railroads, No. 20, July 1952, an issue devoted to
Pittsburgh "interurbans" and other "interurban" systems in
the state of Pennsylvania, USA.
£2.95 Pounds,
Robert E
Santa
Fe Depots:
The
Western
Lines,
Kachina
Press,
1984,
pp240.
Hb.
VG+
in a Fair
dust
wrapper.
There
are a
number of
small
tears at
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper.
A
route-by-route
and
station-by-station
look at
the depots
of the
Western
Lines of
the
Atchison,
Topeka and
Santa Fe
Railway.
£32.50 Prince, Richard E The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway: History and Steam Locomotives, author, 1967, pp196. Hb. VG. Slight rubbing to covers at the head & base of the spine. A well-illustrated history of the "Dixie Line." £8.50 Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering Association Vol.96 1995, American Railway Engineering Association, pp500. Hb. VG. Includes Bulletins 749, 751-753. It is not clear why there was no Bulletin 750, but since there is no gap in the page numbering it probably never appeared. Two small wear marks on the spine. £12.50 Ranger, Dan Pacific Coast Shay: Strong Man of the Woods, Pacific Railroad, 1967, pp112. Large Format Hb. VG/Fair. Slight rubbing to the edges of the covers, several repaired tears in the dw. An illustrated history of the Shay type, a geared articulated locomotive extensively used in American logging railways. £12.50 Loco Profiles Reed, Brian The
Norris Locomotives, Profile Publishing, pp245-268 with colour centrepiece.
Loco Profile 11. Pb.
Very Good. The story of the American locomotive builder Norris, who
built the first locomotives to work the Lickey incline. £1.95 Reed,
Brian
Union
Pacific
4-12-2s,
Profile
Publishing,
1971,
pp73-96
with a colour
centrefold.
Loco
Profile 16.
Pb.
VG.
An
illustrated
booklet.
£2.95 Reed,
Brian
The
American
4-8-4,
Profile
Publishing,
pp169-192.
Loco
Profile 20.
Pb.
Near
VG.
There
is an old
price
sticker of
the front
cover.
An
illustrated
booklet.
£1.95 --------------------------------------------- Reid, H The Virginian Railway, Kalmbach, 1961, pp208 with folding map in the rear & numerous illustrations. Large Format Hb. VG/Fair. Dw worn along the top edge. "The birth to merger tale of the unique coal-hauler a millionaire built from West Virginia to the sea." £24.50 Repair Parts for Shay Geared Locomotives, McClain Printed Company, 1969, pp55. Large landscape format Pb. VG. Some foxing to the endpapers. A reprint of an illustrated catalogue, first published by the Lima Locomotive and Machine Company in 1908. £5.95 Richardson, Robert W Narrow Gauge News: Colorado Rail Annual No.21, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1994, pp303 with 190 illustrations. Edited by A. D. Mastrogiuseppe, Richard A. Cooley and Charles Albi. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Dw neatly protected with clear adhesive covering. Originally published by Robert Richardson as the Narrow Gauge News between 1949 and 1958, republished here with extensive illustrations. £18.50 Richardson,
Robert W Rio Grande - Chasing
the Narrow Gauge Vol.2, Heimburger House, 2005, pp208.
Large landscape format Hb. VG+/VG+.
A well-illustrated book focusing on Durango, Silverton, Farmington and
the Third Division. £28.50 Richmond, Al Cowboys, Miners, Presidents & Kings: The Story of the Grand Canyon Railway, Grand Canyon Railway, 3rd printing 1995, pp230. Pb. VG. Spine slightly sunned. An illustrated history of an American railway that was absorbed by the Santa Fe and closed in the 1960s, only to be rebuilt and re-opened as a preserved line in the 1990s. £4.95 Roberts,
Arthur J
The
American
Diesel
Locomotive,
Barnes,
1977,
pp254.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Price
sticker on
the front
cover.
A
survey of
the diesel
locomotives
in service
in the
late
1970s,
with
photos,
drawings
and
technical
details of
each type.
£12.50 Rutherford,
R Craig
Alco's
FA:
Running in
the Shadow
- An
in-depth
look at
the
Alco-GE /
MLW FA
Series,
Four
Ways West
Publications,
2005,
pp160.
Large
Format.
Glazed
Boards.
Fine.
Traces
the
history of
the
ALCO-GE
and MLW-FA
series
locomotives.
Chapters
cover not
only each
U.S.
railroad
to operate
these
locomotives,
but also
those
built for
Canada and
Mexico and
exports to
South
America.
Excursion
railroads
and
surviving
locomotives
are also
covered.
£36.50 Sagle, Lawrence W B&O Power: Steam, Diesel and Electric Power of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1829-1964, Alvin F. Staufer, 1980, pp351. Large Format Hb. VG/Fair. Some slight rubbing to the covers. The dw has been internally repaired in several places, and there is a small loss at the head of the spine. A well-illustrated history of B&O motive power. £28.50 Santa
Fe Diesels
and Cars,
Wayner,
1974,
pp80.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
VG- with
some
superficial
wear down
the spine
of the
covers.
A
pictorial
survey of
Santa Fe
diesel
traction,
passenger
carriages
and
freight
wagons.
£10.50 Scala, John J Howard Fogg and the Diesel Image, Weekend Chief Publishing Company, 1987, pp176. Inscription - possibly the signature of the author. Large landscape format Hb. VG/VG. "A colour compilation of choice diesel locomotive renderings from America's foremost railroad illustrator." £36.50 Schafer, Mike and Welsh, Joe Classic American Steamliners, Motorbooks International, 1997, pp160 with over 200 illustrations. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Recalls the great streamlined passenger trains of America's golden era. £12.50 Schlichting,
Kurt C
Grand
Central
Terminal:
Railroads,
Engineering,
and
Architecture
in New
York City,
John
Hopkins
University
Press,
2001,
pp243.
Small
inscription,
the number
"1060."
Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
history of
New York's
famous
railway
terminus,
originally
completed
by the New
York
Central
Railroad
in 1913.
£8.50 Schwenk, Todd Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway: A Color Pictorial, Four Ways West, 1998, pp128. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG+. A pictorial tribute. £32.50 Scribbins,
Jim
Milwaukee
Road
Remembered,
University
of
Minnesota
Press,
2008,
pp167.
First
published
in 1990.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
An
illustrated
portrait
of the
Milwaukee
Road and
its
operations.
£12.50 Shaughnessy,
Jim The Rutland Road, Howell
North, 1964, pp368 with 468 illustrations & 16 maps.
Large Format Hb. VG+/VG-
with wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine. A comprehensive illustrated history of the Rutland Road,
which served Vermont and parts of up-state New York.
£18.50 Shine, Joseph W Northern Pacific Color Pictorial - Vol.1: NP Motive Power - The Transition Years, Four Ways Publications, 1994, pp128. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. A pictorial tribute to the Northern Pacific locomotives, both steam and diesel, that existed in January 1955. £24.50 Singer, Alan Railroads of North America, New English Library, 1978, pp128. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. A "vivid panorama" of American railways in the 20th century, well-illustrated throughout. £6.95 Solomon,
Brian
Railroad
Stations,
Metro
Books,
1998,
pp120.
Very
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
An
American
pictorial
survey of
some of
the
world's
great
railway
stations.
In
colour
throughout.
£7.50 Solomon, Brian The Heritage of North American Steam Railroads: From the First Days of Steam Power to the Present, Amber Books/BCA, 2001, pp256. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. VG+/VG with dw internally repaired at the foot of the spine. A well-illustrated history of North American railways. £8.50 Solomon, Brian and Gruber, John Railway Photography, Krause Publications, 2003, pp159. Large landscape format Hb. VG/VG+. An excellent opportunity to improve your photographic skills, but also worthwhile simply for the superb illustrations. £8.50 Solomon,
Brian
GE
Locomotives:
110 Years
of General
Electric
Motive
Power,
MBI
Publishing,
2003,
pp168.
A
blank
endpaper
at the
front
appears to
have been
removed.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Some
superficial
rubbing to
the
covers,
slight
wear to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper,
tiny tear
near the
base of
the spine.
A
comprehensive
well-illustrated
history of
General
Electric's
diesel and
electric
traction.
£14.50 Solomon, Brian Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, MBI Publishing, 2005, pp288. Very Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. An illustrated history of the BNSF and its predecessors the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Chicago Burlington & Quincy, the Spokane Portland & Seattle, and the Santa Fe. A massive book describing a massive railway that was formed in 1995 and now dominates the America West. £24.50 Solomon,
Brian
Intermodal
Railroading,
Voyageur
Press (MBI
Publishing),
2007,
pp192 with
200
illustrations.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history of
intermodel
railroading
- trailers
and
containers
on flat
cars - in
the USA.
£16.50 Solomon,
Brian
Alco
Locomotives,
MBI
Publishing,
2009,
pp176.
Large
landscape
format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
history of
the
American
Locomotive
Company's
steam and
diesel
traction
from 1901
until
1969.
£32.50 Solomon,
Brian
Modern
Diesel
Power,
Voyager
Press,
2011,
pp192.
Card
Covers.
VG.
A
largely
pictorial
overview
of North
American
diesel
traction,
in colour
throughout.
With
chapters
on:
General
Electric,
Electro-Motive
Division,
Passenger
Locomotives,
and
Switchers.
£5.95 Souter, Gerry Burlington Zephyrs, Specialty Press, 2005, pp112 with more than 215 illustrations. Large Format Pb. VG+. An illustrated history from the debut of the Burlington Pioneer Zephyr at the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition to the record-breaking run from Denver to Chicago. £8.50 Stagner,
Lloyd E
Santa
Fe 1940 -
1971 In
Color
Vol.2:
Kansas
City –
Albuquerque,
Morning
Sun Books,
1993,
pp128.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
mainly
pictorial
tribute
with
supporting
text.
£24.50 Stagner,
Lloyd E
ATSF
Color
Guide to
Freight
and
Passenger
Equipment,
Morning
Sun Books,
1995,
pp128.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
survey -
in colour
throughout.
£32.50 Steinheimer, Richard and Benson, Ted Done Honest and True: Richard Steinheimer's Half Century of Rail Photography, Pentrex, 1999, pp96. Text by Ted Benson. Large Format Pb. VG. Slight wear to the corners of the covers. High-quality b/w illustrations. £32.50 Strack, Don
Union Pacific 2000: Locomotive Directory, Withers, 2000, pp232.
Pb. Fair. Front cover badly
wrinkled, contents VG. Complete
lists and technical details of the entire UP fleet.
£3.95 Streetcars in the Golden Triangle 1859-1985,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Arden Trolley Museum and Port Authority of
Allegheny County, pp16. No date.
Pb. VG.
A pictorial record of the trams in Pittsburgh, USA.
£2.95 Sweetland,
David R
H15-44
and
H16-44:
Fairbanks-Morse's
Distinctive
Switchers,
Withers
Publishing,
2004,
pp144.
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
Old
price
sticker on
the rear
cover. A
general
examination
of the two
designs
followed
by a
survey of
the
Fairbanks-Morse
switchers
operated
by
individual
railways
in Canada
and the
USA.
£12.50 Tayler,
Arthur Illustrated History of
North American Railroads, New Burlington Books, 1996, pp192.
Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Slight
rubbing to the corners of the covers. Railway
development in both America and Canada. £6.95 Taylor,
Wilma Rugh
and
Taylor,
Norman
Thomas
This
Train in
Bound for
Glory: The
Story of
America's
Chapel
Cars, Voyageur
Press (MBI
Publishing),
1999,
pp382.
Large
landscape
format Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
Slight
rubbing to
the
corners of
the
covers.
"This
extraordinary
work tells
the
history of
thirteen
"churches
on
wheels"
commissioned
by the
Baptist,
Episcopal,
and Roman
Catholic
churches
to travel
throughout
the
western
United
States
during the
half-century
between
the 1890s
and the
1930s."
£16.50 Turner,
George Narrow Gauge Nostalgia,
J - H Publications, 1st edition 1965, pp160.
Large Format Hb. VG-/VG-. Wear
to the covers at the head & base of the spine; dw internally repaired at the
head & base of the spine and at one corner. An illustrated history of narrow gauge lines in California
including the following: The Bodie & Benton, The Brookings Lumber & Box
Company, The Carson & Colorado, The Diamond & Caldor, The Merced Gold
Mine, The Mt. Lowe, The Nevada County Narrow Gauge, and The Plaster City Narrow
Gauge. £24.50 Tuthill, John K The Railroad Dynamometer Car of the University of Illinois and the Illinois Central Railroad, University of Illinois, USA, 1947, pp36 with 23 figs. Pb. VG- with some foxing on the title page, and several numbers & "dupe" written along the top of the front cover. A history of the development of dynamometer cars at the University of Illinois from 1898 to 1947, followed by a detailed description of the current car. £4.95 Utley, Robert M and Ketterson, Francis A Golden Spike, National Park Service, 1969, pp62. Old price label on the cover. Pb. VG. An illustrated booklet commemorating the completion of the first American trans-continental railway at Promontory in 1869. £3.95 Vaughan,
John
Railroading
in the
Wild West,
Photrack,
2011,
pp176 with
over 200
colour
illustrations.
Large
landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
There is a
tiny wear
mark at
the base
of the
spine.
A
pictorial
tribute to
North
American
railways
in the
Western
United
States.
All
the
pictures
were taken
by the
author and
date from
the late
1970s
onwards.
£9.50 Vecchio, Mike Del Pictorial History of America's Railroads, MBI Publishing, 1998, pp224. Very Large Format Pb. VG with some superficial wear to the edges of the covers. A largely pictorial history of North American railways. Each region, including Canada, is considered in turn. £8.50 Vecchio, Mike Del Iron Horses: The Illustrated History of the Tracks and Trains of North America, PRC, 2000, pp176. Very Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. VG/VG-. Some wear to the top edge of the dw. High-quality illustrations with an up-to-date illustrated A to Z guide to North American preservation sites. £6.95 Wagner,
F Hol
The
Colorado
Road:
History,
Motive
Power
&
Equipment
of the
Colorado
and
Southern
and Fort
Worth and
Denver
Railways,
National
Railway
Historical
Society,
1970,
pp415 with
650
illustrations
and nearly
100
locomotive
and
equipment
plans and
diagrams.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a Fair
dust
wrapper.
Wear
to the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper,
and small
loss at
the bottom
front
corner.
"An
exhaustive
historical
study of
this
railroad
empire -
mountain
narrow
gauge,
inter-urban
electric,
and high
iron
mainline."
£28.50 Railroad Atlas of North America (Canadian Maps are included for completeness) Walker,
Mike
Comprehensive
Railroad
Atlas of
North
America:
Mountain
Plains,
SPV,
2000,
pp72.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
Covers
Idaho,
Montana
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Wyoming.
Shows
all
currently
operated
common
carrier,
tourist
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industrial
railroads
along with
abandoned
routes.
£5.95 Walker,
Mike
Comprehensive
Railroad
Atlas of
North
America:
Dakotas
and
Minnesota,
SPV,
2005,
pp72.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
The
final
volume in
the
series.
Shows
all
currently
operated
common
carrier,
tourist
and major
industrial
railroads
along with
abandoned
routes.
£5.95 Walker,
Mike
Comprehensive
Railroad
Atlas of
North
America:
Ontario,
SPV,
2008,
pp80.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
Shows all
currently
operated
common
carrier,
tourist
and major
industrial
railroads
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abandoned
routes.
£5.95 Walker,
Mike
Comprehensive
Railroad
Atlas of
North
America:
New
England
and
Maritime
Canada,
SPV,
2010,
pp88.
A
new
expanded
edition
with
additional
enlargements
to show
complex
areas in
more
detail and
including
for the
first time
the
Subways
and Rapid
Transit
lines in
Boston
together
with
interurban
electric
lines and
principal
logging
railroads.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
Covers
Connecticut,
Rhode
Island,
Massachusetts,
New
Hampshire,
Vermont
and Maine
in the USA
and New
Brunswick,
Nova
Scotia,
Prince
Edward
Island and
Newfoundland
in Canada.
Shows
all
currently
operated
common
carrier,
tourist
and major
industrial
railroads
along with
abandoned
routes.
£5.95 Walker,
Mike
Comprehensive
Railroad
Atlas of
North
America:
Quebec
&
Labrador
plus
Newfoundland,
SPV,
2010,
pp56.
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Format.
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£5.95 Walker,
Mike
Comprehensive
Railroad
Atlas of
North
America:
Manitoba
and
Saskatchewan,
SPV,
2011,
pp64.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
VG+.
Shows
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industrial
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£5.95 ------------------------------------------------------------ Welsh, Joe with Jim Boyd and William F. Howes The American Railroad, MBI Publishing, 1999, pp160 with over 200 illustrations. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Dw internally repaired at the base of the spine. An illustrated history of American railways with chapters on locomotives, freight trains, passenger trains, stations, and the workforce. £8.50 Welsh, Joe with Jim Boyd and William F. Howes The American Railroad: Working for the Nation, MBI Publishing, 2006, pp160 with over 200 illustrations. Large Format Pb. VG. An illustrated history of American railways with chapters on locomotives, freight trains, passenger trains, stations, and the workforce. £5.95 Wheeler,
Keith
The
Old West
The
Railroaders,
Time-Life
Books,
1975,
pp240 in
an
attractive
case
binding
with gold
lettering
and an
oval
coloured
picture of
a classic
American
4-4-0 on
the front
cover.
Time-Life
Old West
Series.
Large
Format Hb.
No
dust
wrapper as
published.
VG.
An
illustrated
account of
how the
railroads
crossed
the
American
West to
bridge the
North
American
continent.
£5.95 Whitaker, Roger E M and Hiss, Anthony All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo: World's Greatest Railroad Traveller, Andre Deutsch, 1974, pp235. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Tall tales about Frimbo, a legendary American railroad buff. £3.95 Whitehouse, Patrick Great Trains of North America, Hamlyn New English Library, 1974, pp142. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper. Slight wear and two small tears to the top edge of the dust wrapper. An illustrated history of the railways and steam locomotives of the USA and Canada. £4.95 Wilkins,
Tivis E
A
History of
the
Florence
&
Cripple
Creek and
Golden
Circle
Railroads:
Colorado
Rail
Annual
No.13,
Colorado
Railroad
Museum,
1976,
pp207 with
a folding
map in the
rear
pocket.
No
dust
wrapper.
Large
Format Hb.
VG.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history.
£12.50 Wilson, Jeff Burlington Route across the Heartland: Everywhere West from Chicago, Kalmbach, 1999, pp128. Golden Years of Railroading Series. Large landscape format Pb. VG. with slight wear to the edges of the rear covers. A photographic album featuring the Burlington's lines in the 40s and 50s. £10.50 Wilson,
Spencer
and
Glover,
Vernon J
The
Cumbres
&
Toltec
Scenic
Railroad:
The
Historic
Preservation
Study,
University
of New
Mexico
Press,
1980,
pp170 with
87
illustrations.
Card
Covers.
VG.
A
comprehensive
study of
the
present
operations
of the
historic
Cumbres
&
Toltec
narrow-gauge
railroad
in
Colorado
and New
Mexico.
£4.95 Wood, Charles R Lines West: A Pictorial History of the Great Northern Railway Operations and Motive Power from 1887 to 1967, Bonanza Books, 1967, pp192. Large Format Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. £16.50 Wood, Charles & Dorothy Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway, Superior Publishing Co., 1974, pp159. Large Format Pb. VG-. Some creasing to the rear cover. An illustrated history of a railway that formed part of the Burlington Northern in 1970. £7.50 Wood, Charles & Dorothy Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway: The Northwest's Own Railway, Superior Publishing Co., 1979, pp159. Large Format Hb. No dw. VG-. Rubbing to the edges of the covers. An illustrated history of a railway that formed part of the Burlington Northern in 1970. £8.50 Wood, Charles & Dorothy The Great Northern Railway: A Pictorial Study, Pacific Fast Mail, 1989, pp558. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper. The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head and base of the spine. A monumental illustrated history of the Great Northern (USA), with more text than the title would suggest. £36.50 Worley
E D
Iron
Horses of
the Santa
Fe Trail:
A
definitive
history,
in fact
and
photograph,
of the
motive
power of
one of
America's
great
railroads,
Southwest
Railroad
Historical
Society,
2nd
printing
1976,
pp409 plus
128 pages
of
locomotive
diagrams.
First
published
1965.
Large
landscape
format Hb.
VG in a
Fair+ dust
wrapper.
There
are a
number of
small
tears in
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper,
particularly
at the
head of
the spine
where the
dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired.
Covers
both steam
and early
diesel
traction.
Although
this is an
extremely
heavy tomb
weighing
around
2.5Kg, our
standard
postage
rates
apply.
£42.50 Wurm, Ted Mallets on the Mendocino Coast: Casper Lumber Company, Railroads and Steamships, TimberTimes, 1998, pp136. First published in 1986. Large Format Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wraper. An illustrated history of the standard gauge line used by the Casper Lumber Company to supply wood to their mill at Casper on the Californian coast. £18.50 Wymond,
Charles E Atlas of Traffic Maps,
LaSalle Extension University, 10th edition 1924. Hb bound in green covers with gold lettering.
Fair. A series of 21 large "traffic" maps of USA and
Canadian railways in 1924, followed by a further 13 fold out maps dedicated to
individual railways. £24.50 Yenne,
Bill
Atlas
of North
American
Railroads,
MBI
Publishing,
2005,
pp176.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine in a
VG+ dust
wrapper.
A
collection
of 111
system
maps
published
by North
American
railways
from 1838
to the
present
day. More
than 75
American
and
Canadian
railways,
past and
present
are
featured.
£16.50 Ziel, Ron American Locomotives in Historic Photographs 1858 to 1949, Dover Publications, 1993, pp129. Large Format Pb. VG-. Slight wear to the covers near the top front corner. A collection of full-page illustrations with extended captions. £4.95 Zimmermann,
Karl
Santa
Fe
Streamliners:
The Chiefs
and their
Tribesmen, Quadrant
Press,
1987,
p112.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
Near
VG with
some
superficial
rubbing to
the
covers.
A
largely
pictorial
tribute
with brief
background
text.
£9.50 Zimmermann, Karl Domeliners: Yesterday's Trains of Tomorrow, Kalmbach, 1998, pp128. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. An illustrated history of "Domeliner" coaches on post-war American trains. £16.50 |
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