Softcover. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1st, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 141 pages. Illustrated color and b&w captioned photographs throughout text. Light edge wear to wrappers. Small water stain on bottom of front cover. Else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Euston Station, London Midway & Scottish Railway Company, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 43 pages. Dark blue cloth covers, gilt titles to front and spine, 15 color and b&w plates including frontispiece, smaller b&w figures throughout. Light rubbing and edgewear to covers, mild foxing to endpapers, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very neat, tight copy.
Softcover. NY, Wayner Publications, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 100 pages. Very good, in illustrated wraps. Minor shelf wear and age-toning to creme paper covers. All text. No previous owner marks.
Softcover. Warwickshire UK, TEE Publishing, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 272 pages, b&w illustrations. With a Special Treatise on Valve Setting: An Explanation of the Construction and Action of the Plain Slide Valve the Piston Valve and the Gears Which Operate Them as Applied to Locomotives. Originally published in 1917. Clean copy.
Softcover. Sagle ID, Comanche Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages. An illustrated history of the Spokane International Railway before it was acquired by the Union Pacific. Illustrated in b&w and color. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Milwaukee WI, Kalmbach Publishing, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Kalmbach facsimile reprint of the Simmons-Boardman 1941 edition. 1312 pages featuring steam locomotives, elecrtic locomotives, diesel locomotives, industrial locomotives, locomotive shops, and engine terminals. Many hundreds of photographs and dimensional diagrams of locomotives and their various parts. Impressive color foldout on heavy stock of Alco-GE diesel-electric locomotives in paint schemes for The Milwaukee Road, Rock Island, Santa Fe, Southern, and New Haven. A similar foldout for EMD features early shovel nose E-units in schemes for Union Pacific, Burlington, Santa Fe, Rock Island, Missouri Pacific, plus nine more, plus FT schemes for Santa Fe, Seaboard, Rio Grande, Great Northern, Western Pacific, Milwaukee, and Southern. Bound in dark blue cloth. Clean.
Softcover. NY, Quadrant Press, Revised Ed., 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 136 pages. Fascinating history of the 'short-lived short line' illustrated with B&W photographs and reproductions of train plans and diagrams, timetables and tickets. Includes text from original 1962 edition, as well as "When the Westchester Was New, " a collection of articles reprinted from railway trade magazines of 1910-1912, describing and illustrating the line in its early days. 8.5 x 11". Clean copy.
Hardcover. Yakt Publishing, Inc., 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 396 pages. "The Rusty Dusty" summarizes the development of the Great Northern Railway in Washington State, emphasizing the Wenatcheef,,"f,,EURf,,"Oroville route, their last significant branch there. The line brought modern mechanized transportation to eastern Chelan and Okanogan Counties, shipping ten thousand carloads of fruit to national markets in its best years. The volume also outlines Great Northern President James J. Hill's support of Wenatchee Valley irrigation projects. Clean copy.
NY, Simmons-Boardman Publishing, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Bound in original dark blue cloth with lettering printed in gold. Thirteenth edition of this massive encyclopedia covering every aspect of building and maintaining steam, electric, diesel and industrial locomotives. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of black and white photographs and dimensional diagrams of locomotives and their various parts. Sections include Dictionary of Terms, data on US and Canadian steam locomotives, locomotive boilers, water supply, fuel supply, cabs, boiler mountings, the engine, foundation and running gear (trucks, roller bearings, axles, etc.), lubrication, couples and draft gears, brakes, signals, tenders, safety appliances, locomotive shops and engine terminals. Filled with numerous detailed advertisements from parts manufacturers explaining the various goods they sell. With bibliography and indexes for advertisers (by name and by product). 1418 pages. Previous owner's signature on early page, otherwise clean copy.
Hardcover. Denver CO, Sundance Limited, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 416 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Handsomely done history of the Rio Grande written by an outstanding railroad author. The book covers the railroad from the very beginnings of the Denver & Rio Grande in 1870 though to the 1970s, as well as its subsidiaries, the Western Pacific, and associated railroads. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. With numerous maps, rosters, gradient profiles, timetable, locomotive dispositions and extensive bibliography. 416 pages with index. Note: the cover of the standard 1974 edition shows a Rio Grande diesel; the cover of this Special Limited Edition shows two steam locomotives. The Limited Edition includes many color photos and has a reprint of a "Denver and Rio Grande" pamphlet from 1881 covering grades, distances and elevations in a rear pocket. States Special Limited Edition, but no number, signature or limitation given. Clean copy.
Softcover. NY, National Railway Publication Company, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, original printed paper wrappers, 1536 pages. Thick handbook for the railroad steamboat trade, with detailed schedules, maps, advertisements, all pertaining to the shipment of goods. Printed on thin, cheap stock that's tanning. Still very good wth clear tape reinforcement to spine.
Softcover. self-published, 1st, circa 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages. The author was a traveling salesman and railroad buff. In the course of his work in the 1930s, he had the opportunity to photograph many of the trains he traveled on. The variety of locomotives and the trackside structures captured should make this invaluable to historians and railroad fans.. Also includes 2 carefully drawn maps. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Simmons-Boardman, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, reprint of the 9th edition, 1930. VG cond. hardcover, no dj. Red boards w/ bright gilt lettering on spine. Extensively illustrated in b&w. 1440 pages. Square, straight, tight, Some numbers in ink on inside front cover, otherwise bright & clean, overall very good condition.
Hardcover. New York , Viking, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 434 pages, b&w photographs. Light edge wear to dust jacket; else a very clean, tight copy.
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