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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.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired
at the
head of
the spine.
The
third
volume in
the
author's
Pageant of
Railroad
History.
A
largely
pictorial
tribute to
railways
in the
American
west
during the
turbulent
years of
expansion.
£5.95 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. £7.50 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 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Angier,
Jerry
Bangor
and
Aroostook
Railroad
in Color
[Vol.1],
Morning
Sun Books,
2004,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the Bangor
and
Aroostook
Railroad
in the
post war
years.
£36.50 Melvin,
George F
Bangor
and
Aroostook
Railroad
in Color
Vol.2,
Morning
Sun Books,
2010,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good
dust
wrapper.
A
further
pictorial
tribute to
the Bangor
and
Aroostook
Railroad
in the
post war
years.
£38.50 ---------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- Barry,
E Steven;
Gallegos,
Bob; Lane,
Chris;
Riley,
George;
Vondrak,
Otto M;
and Boyd,
James A
(editors)
Railfan
for Life:
The
Photography
of Harold
Carstens,
Carstens
Publications,
2011,
pp120.
In
colour
throughput.
Foreword
by Phyllis
Carstens.
Large
Format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
"A
journey
across the
American
railroading
landscape
through
the lens
of Hal
Carstens."
£5.95 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. £ 7.50Boyd,
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. £7.50Byron,
Carl R
Trackside:
Along the
Boston
&
Maine
1945-1975
with
Donald G.
Hills,
Morning
Sun Books,
2005,
pp112.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute
from the
camera of
Donald
Hills.
£28.50 Canfield,
John R
Trackside:
In Search
of
Southern
New
England
Steam with
John T.
Morrison,
Morning
Sun Books,
2007,
pp112.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
story of
two famous
American
railroads,
the New
Haven and
the Boston
&
Albany,
during the
waning
days of
the steam
locomotive.
John
Morrison
was
responsible
for over
70% of the
illustrations.
£28.50 Carlson,
Gary R
New
England
Short
Lines in
Color:
Traditional
Shortlines
of New
England
Extant in
the 1950s,
Morning
Sun Books,
2008,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
bottom
corners of
the covers
are
slightly
bumped,
some
creasing
of the
dust
wrapper at
the same
corners.
With
sections
on the
following
lines:
Aroostook
Valley
Railroad,
Belfast
&
Moosehead
Lake
Railroad,
Berlin
Mills
Railway,
Claremont
&
Concord
Railway,
Clarendon
&
Pittsford
Railroad,
Connecticut
Company,
East
Branch
&
Lincoln
Railroad,
Fore River
Railroad,
Grafton
&
Upton
Railroad,
Hoosac
Tunnel
&
Wilmington
Railroad,
Montpelier
&
Barre
Railroad,
Moshassuck
Valley
Railroad,
Mount
Washington
Cog
Railway,
Narragansett
Pier
Railroad,
Ponemah
Mills,
Portland
Terminal
Company,
St
Johnsbury
&
Lamoille
County
Railroad,
Sanford
&
Eastern
Railroad,
Springfield
Terminal
Railway,
Suncook
Valley
Railroad,
Union
Freight
Railroad,
and
Warwick
Railway.
£42.50 Casdorph, David Railborn e 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. £6.95Childers
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 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 (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 Combes
C L
(Editor)
Locomotive
Cyclopedia
of
American
Practice
1956:
Diesel
Electric,
Electric,
Turbine-Electric,
Steam,
Shops
&
Terminals,
Electrical
Fundamentals,
Simmons-Boardman
Publishing
Corporation.,
15th
edition
1956,
pp728.
Compiled
and edited
for the
Association
of
American
Railroads.
Bound
in dark
green
cloth.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover. VG-
with some
rubbing to
the covers
at the
head and
base of
the spine.
With
the
following
sections:
Dictionary
of
Locomotive
Terms,
Diesel-Electric
Locomotives,
Diesel
Engines,
Diesel
Engine
Parts,
Fuel
Lubrication
&
Cooling
Systems,
Electrical
Equipment,
Controls,
Chassis
&
Cabs,
Trucks,
Train
Heating,
Electric
Locomotives,
Turbine
Locomotives,
Couplers
&
Draft
Gears,
Brakes
&
Brake
Gear,
Steam
Locomotives,
Diesel
Shop
Layout
&
Operation,
Diesel
Maintenance
-
Mechanical,
Diesel
Maintenance
-
Electrical,
and
Electrical
Fundamentals.
£85.50 Cook,
Preston
The
Delaware
&
Hudson,
Boston
&
Maine, and
Maine
Central
Railroads
before
Guilford,
Old
Line
Graphics,
1988,
pp128.
Signed
by the
author.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
Slight
wear and
tiny tears
to the
dust
wrapper at
the head
and base
of the
spine.
A
full-colour
tribute to
the final
years of
three
proud
railroads,
all three
of which
were
acquired
by
Guildford
Transportation
Industries
in the
early
1980s.
£20.50 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 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 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 in a VG dust wrapper. A largely pictorial tribute to the long narrow gauge branch of the Denver & Rio Grande south from Antonio to Santa Fe. £28.50 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 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
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 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 Farson,
Robert H
Cape
Cod
Railroads
including
Martha's
Vineyard
and
Nantucket,
Cape Cod
Historical
Publications,
1993,
pp340 with
325
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive,
fully-researched
history,
well-illustrated
throughout.
£18.50 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 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 Halberstadt, Hans Modern Diesel Locomotives, MBI Publishing, 1996, pp96. Pb. VG. A well-illustrated overview of modern American diesel traction. £5.95 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 Hauck,
Cornelius
W
Narrow
Gauge to
Central
and Silver
Plume,
Colorado
Railroad
Museum,
1972,
pp223.
Colorado
Rail
Annual
Issue
No.10.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
Dust
wrapper
internally
repaired
at the
head of
the spine
and at the
top front
corner.
An
illustrated
history of
the Clear
Creek
narrow
gauge
line,
later an
important
constituent
of the
Colorado
&
Southern.
£12.50 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 Hinman,
Roger C
Merchants
Despatch:
Its
History
and
Equipment,
Signature
Press,
2011,
pp296, 298
illustrations
and almost
100
graphics
&
drawings.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
history of
Merchants
Despatch
and the
freight
cars
(wagons)
that they
produced.
£48.50 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.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Illustrations
and
descriptions
of 150
historic
American
locomotives,
both steam
and
diesel.
£4.95 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 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,
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 Boston and Maine Railroad Jones,
Robert
Willoughby
Boston
and Maine:
Three Colorful
Decades of
New
England
Railroading,
Trans-Anglo
Books,
1991,
pp208 with
300
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Fine dust
wrapper.
Each
line of
the Boston
and Maine
is
examined
in turn,
with
photographs
from the
mid-1940s
to the mid
1970s.
£48.50 Jones,
Robert
Willoughby
Boston
&
Maine:
City and
Shore,
Pine Tree
Press,
1999,
pp192 with
186
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
largely
pictorial
tribute to
the Boston
and Maine
in the
middle of
the 20th
century.
The
chapters
include:
Basic
Boston
&
Maine,
City:
North
Station
and Boston
Engine
Terminal,
Shore:
Eastern
Route,
Shore:
Western
Route, and
Overland
to
Worcester.
£48.50 Jones,
Robert
Willoughby
Boston
&
Maine:
Forest,
River and
Mountain,
Pine Tree
Press,
2000,
pp192 with
285
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
The
companion
volume to Boston
&
Maine:
City and
Shore.
A largely
pictorial
tribute to
the Boston
and Maine
in the
middle of
the 20th
century.
The
chapters
include:
Forest:
New
Hampshire
Main Line,
North
Country,
River:
Connecticut
River
Line,
Mountain:
Fitchburg
Division.
£48.50 ------------------------------------------------- Jones,
Robert
Willoughby
Green
Mountain
Rails:
Vermont's
Colourful
Trains,
Pine Tree
Press,
1994,
pp176 with
270 colour
illustrations.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
"A
colour
essay
about the
railroads
operating
in Vermont
following
World War
2.
Included
are the
states two
large
systems,
Rutland
and
Central
Vermont,
seven
smaller
roads, and
finally
six major
systems
with
operations
in
Vermont."
£28.50 Jordan,
Philip R
Rutland
in Colour,
Morning
Sun Books,
2003,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the
Rutland
Railway in
the post
war era.
£28.50 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. Very
Good. Complete locomotive rosters for all American, Canadian and
Mexican railways with pp11 of colour illustrations. £3.95 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 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 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 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. £2.95 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+ in a VG+ dust wrapper. A collection of American railway photographs, many from the Getty Museum Collection. £8.50 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 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 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 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 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 Melvin,
George F
and Plant,
Jeremy F
Plant
Central
Vermont in
Color,
Morning
Sun Books,
2000,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the
Central
Vermont
Railway, a
smoothly
running,
efficient
arm of the
great
Canadian
National
system,
extending
deep into
New
England.
£28.50 Melvin,
George F
Trackside:
Grand
Trunk New
England
Lines with
John Ames, Morning
Sun Books,
2007,
pp112.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute
from the
camera of
John Ames.
£28.50 Melvin,
George F
Trackside:
Around New
Hampshire
1950-1970
with Ben
English, Morning
Sun Books,
2009,
pp112.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute
from the
camera of
Ben
English.
£28.50 Middleton, William D The Railroad Scene, Golden West Books, 1st edition 1969, pp144. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper. Top front corner of the covers bumped; some wear to the top edge of the dust wrapper. A pictorial tribute to American railways in the two decades after WWII, the period of transition from steam to diesel traction. £8.50 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. £3.95 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. £3.95 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 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 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 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 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.
Landscape
format Pb.
VG.
Includes
electrics
and
lightweight-train
power
cars.
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 Boston and Maine In Color Plant,
Jeremy F
and Plant,
Jeffrey G
Boston
and Maine
In Color
[Vol.1],
Morning
Sun Books,
1997,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine in a
Fine dust
wrapper.
A
photographic
portrayal
of the
Boston and
Maine in
the era of
colour
photography.
The
organisation
is by time
period,
reflecting
the
changes in
the
operation,
equipment,
architecture
, and
economy of
the
regions
served by
the Boston
and Maine.
£18.50 Byron,
Carl R
Boston
and Maine
In Color
Vol.2: The
Final Five
Decades,
Morning
Sun Books,
2007,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
year by
year
overview
of the
railroad
in the
38-year
period
between
the end of
World War
2 and the
Boston
&
Maine's
purchase
by
Guilford
Transportation
Industries
in 1983.
£18.50 Stockwell,
Tim
Boston
and Maine
In Color
Vol.3: The
B&M in
the
Guildford
Years,
Morning
Sun Books,
2015,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
Guilford
Transportation
Industries
purchased
the Boston
and Maine
in 1983.
£24.50 --------------------------------------------------- Maine Central in Color Plant,
Jeremy F
and
Melvin,
George F
Maine
Central in
Color
Vol.1,
Morning
Sun Books,
1998,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
pictorial
tribute to
the Maine
Central
Railroad
in the
diesel
era.
£28.50 Plant,
Jeremy F
and
Melvin,
George F
Maine
Central in
Color
Vol.2,
Morning
Sun Books,
1999,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
second
pictorial
tribute to
the Maine
Central
focusing
on the
changes
that
affected
the
railway
from the
1940s up
to the
present
day.
£28.50 Melvin,
George F
Maine
Central in
Color
Vol.3,
Morning
Sun Books,
2008,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good dust
wrapper.
A
third
pictorial
tribute to
the Maine
Central.
£28.50 ----------------------------------------------- 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
American
4-8-4,
Profile
Publishing,
pp169-192
with a
colour
centrefold.
Loco
Profile 20.
Pb.
Very
Good.
Old
price
sticker of
the front
cover.
An
illustrated
booklet.
£1.95 Reed,
Brian
Pennsylvania
Duplexii,
Profile
Publishing,
pp265-288.
Loco
Profile 24.
There
is a small
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
Soft
Cover.
Very
Good.
A
history of
the
remarkable
articulated
passenger
express
locomotives
built by
the
Pennsylvania
Railroad
in the
late 1930s
and early
1940s.
£3.95 --------------------------------------------- Reid, H The Virginian Railway, Kalmbach, 1961, pp208 with folding map in the rear & numerous illustrations. Large Format Hb. VG in a Fair dust wrapper. Dust wrapper worn along the top edge. "The birth to merger tale of the unique coal-hauler a millionaire built from West Virginia to the sea." £20.50 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 Rio Grande - Chasing
the Narrow Gauge Vol.2, Heimburger House, 2005, pp208.
Large landscape format Hb. VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A well-illustrated book focusing on Durango, Silverton, Farmington and
the Third Division. £24.50 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 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 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 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 a dust wrapper. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper, with the dust wrapper internally repaired at the foot of the spine. A well-illustrated history of North American railways. £7.50 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
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
New
England
Rails 1948
– 1968,
Morning
Sun Books,
1989,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Fair+ dust
wrapper.
Some
wear to
the dust
wrapper at
the
corners
and at the
head and
base of
the spine.
An
all-colour
album with
all the
photographs
taken by
the
author.
£18.50 Sweetland,
David R
and
Horsley,
Stephen
Northern
New
England
Color
Guide to
Freight
and
Passenger
Equipment,
Morning
Sun Books,
1994,
pp128.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
Colour
photographs
of freight
,
passenger
and
non-revenue
equipment
from 1940
to 1970 on
the Bangor
&
Aroostook,
Boston
&
Maine,
Central
Vermont,
Maine
Central
and
Rutland
Railroads.
£28.50 Tayler,
Arthur Illustrated History of
North American Railroads, New Burlington Books, 1996, pp192.
Large Format Hb. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper. Slight
rubbing to the corners of the covers. Railway
development in both America and Canada. £5.95 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- in a
VG- dust
wrapper. Wear
to the covers at the head & base of the spine;
dust
wrapper 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.
£18.50 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 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 Welsh,
Joe;
Howes,
Bill and
Holland,
Kevin J
The
Cars of
Pullman,
Voyageur
Press,
2010,
pp176.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Some
superficial
rubbing at
the
corners of
the
covers.
A
well-illustrated
history of
Pullman
carriages
in the
USA, from
the wooden
carriages
of the
Victorian
era to the
lightweight
post war
era.
£12.50 Westcott,
Linn H
(editor)
Model
Railroader
Cyclopedia
Vol.1
Steam
Locomotives,
Kalmbach,
1960,
pp272.
Very
Large
Landscape
Format.
Hard
Cover.
No
dust
wrapper.
Very
Good. The
original
hardback
edition.
127
individual
plans of
American
locomotives
accompanied
by several
hundred
photographs
showing
the
engines in
various
stages of
their
development.
£16.50 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. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Tall tales about Frimbo, a legendary American railroad buff. £2.95 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 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,
Jeff
Great
Northern
Railway in
the
Pacific
Northwest,
Kalmbach,
2001,
pp128.
Golden
Years of
Railroading
Series.
Large
landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
VG-
with
slight
wear to
the edges
of the
covers.
A
photographic
tribute to
the Great
Northern
Railway
(USA) and
its most
famous
train, the
Empire
Builder,
immediately
after the
second
war.
£8.50 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. £14.50 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 Wright,
Roy V
(editor)
Locomotive
Cyclopedia
of
American
Practice
1927,
Simmons-Boardman
Publishing
Corporation,
8th
edition
1927,
pp1373.
Managing
Editor:
Roy V.
Wright,
Contributing
Editor: W.
H
Markland.
Compiled
and edited
for the
American
Railway
Association.
Bound
in black
cloth with
faded gold
lettering
on the
spine.
A
huge tome
weighing
around
5Kg!
Name
and
address of
a previous
owner
inside the
front
cover.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fair.
Some
wear and
rubbing to
the edges
of the
covers,
binding
still
sound.
Contents
include:
Definitions
and
Typical
Illustrations
of
Locomotives,
Their
Parts and
Equipment,
Descriptions
and
Illustrations
of Shops
Employed
in Their
Construction
and
Repair;
Locomotives
Built in
America
for
Railroad
and
Industrial
Operations
in Foreign
Countries.
Includes
many
builders'
photographs
and
dimensional
diagrams
of
American
steam
locomotives.
£95.00 Wright,
Roy V
(editor)
Locomotive
Cyclopedia
of
American
Practice
1947,
Simmons-Boardman
Publishing
Corporation,
13th
edition
1947,
pp1418.
Compiled
and edited
for the
Association
of
American
Railroads.
Bound
in dark
blue cloth
with faded
gold
lettering.
A
huge tome
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3.6Kg!
Small
inscription.
The
original
invoice of
1948 is
still
inside the
front
cover.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
No
dust
wrapper.
Fair+.
Some
rubbing to
the covers
at the
base of
the spine,
some
curling of
the
corners.
Definitions
and
typical
illustrations
of steam,
electric
and diesel
locomotives
for
railroad
and
industrial
service,
their
parts and
equipment.
Also,
locomotives
built in
America
for
operation
in foreign
countries.
Includes a
section on
locomotive
shops and
engine
terminals.
Many
builders'
photographs
and
dimensional
diagrams
of steam
and diesel
locomotives.
£96.50 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 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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