Hardcover. Lockport NY , self-published, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 204 pages. Illustrated in color and b&w. Scrupulously detailed guide to over 600 North American railroad china patterns. Each pattern is clearly illustrated with a close-up photo of the logo, border and backmarks. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos plus almost 40 pages of color photos showing 300 of the patterns. The Guide also covers railroad station restaurant and eating house ware, electric street railway and streetcar china, and select patterns from railroad connected ferry boat services. With pricing information for each pattern, rarity scale, information on manufacturers and how to decode their marks, and advice for the beginner on how and what to collect. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.
Softcover. Omaha NE, Union Pacific System , 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover booklet, 44 pages, stapled green paper covers with embossed design stamped in gilt and red. A travel guide for passengers on the Union Pacific, b&w illustrations throughout. Excellent condition, bright, unmarked.
Softcover. Iowa City IA, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, monthly magazine, stapled color wraps, 86 pages with b&w illustrations. Entire issue devoted to "Railroads Come to Iowa" by William Petersen. Clean copy.
Softcover. Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, plain stapled wrappers, 8 X 11", 45 pages, b&w illustrations. Professor Condit defines the pioneer stage as roughly that decade between 1895 and 1905, when steam railroads first experimented with various types of electric motive power. Calling it "the most complex technical achievement of the nineteenth century", he gives a detailed historical account of the effort. Clean 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.
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.
Softcover. Bay Pines FL, ACL-SAL Historical Society, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 81 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Bright, clean copy. An expertly written work on the rich history of passenger trains. The Sleeping Car is an overview of sleeping car history, design, technology, and accommodations.
Hardcover. London, Allison and Busby, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 1857. Only when the bonfire finally dies down, the charred remains of his body are found. Who would possibly want to murder a man so universally liked? It's the question Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Lemming ask when they arrive in Exeter at the request of the South Devon Railway. Yet, as they investigate the stationmaster's life, they realize he is not as popular as they first believed. With a scorned jilted lover, a resentful colleague and a violent elder brother among the many suspects, the detectives must use all their skill and wit to solve the case. Clean copy.
Omaha NE, Union Pacific Railroad, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover brochure, 36 pages illustrated in color. A promotional piece issued by The Union Pacfic Railroad celebrating the 100th anniversary of the company. Clean.
Hardcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press , 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 229 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. At first glance it may appear that this volume is one more in a line of celebratory tributes to the power of the industry, full of the colorful advertisements and optimistic tributes to the railroad as the builder of civilization across a majestic landscape. Nearly every page contains an illustration that invites quick perusal. But the text skillfully interprets the images and balances the story that railroads originally told about the region, one that boosted their properties and promoted settlement and travels along their lines . . . . The authors have effectively distilled a large body of historiography into one readable and engaging volume. Clean.
Softcover. St. Louis MO, Missouri Pacific Lines, Book: Good, Softcover, 20-page brochure promoting the Missouri Pacific routes through Mexico. Two-color cover wraps, b&w illustrations and a map. Light wear, spine separating at bottom, clean. No date, appears to be late 1940s. 6 3/4 X 9 1/2".
Hardcover. St. Paul, MN, MBI Pub., 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 156 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear and rubbing to cover boards, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a brigh dust jacket, 256 pages, b&w illustrations, some color. Bulletin 143 of the Central Electric Railfans Association. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Trama Editorial; Bilingual edition, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 130 pages. Train to the Sun.-Understanding how a steam locomotive works is like watching the energy of boiling water by lifting the lid of a pan. The fuel (oil, coal stone or wood) is burned in the firebox, it heats the water in the boiler and makes steam, which in turn nourishes the cylinders linked to a piston. An exciting historical and cultural journey, with a spectacular photography that shows us the path of "the most difficult train in the world." A profile of one of the world's last operating steam trains in Ecuador. Text in Spanish and English.
Softcover. Forty Fort PA, Harold Cox, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Softcover, 68 pages. B&w photos, drawings and maps. Clean, bright copy of a scarce pamphlet.
Softcover. Forty Fort PA, Harold Cox, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 86 pages, b&w photos, drawings and maps. Some light soill to covers. Folded map in rear is missing.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st illust. thus, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The classic picture book from Margaret Wise Brown about two trains and their cross-country journey from east to west, with a bold new look from Geisel Award-winning artist Greg Pizzoli.
Softcover. Sono Nis Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 186 pages. The history of railroads on Vancouver Island begins in 1863. Turner presents the stories of the lines, the men who built them, and the locomotives and cars that gave them a unique character. Included is the saga of the Dunsmuirs, the coal barons and railroad builders who influenced the entire history of the Island.
Softcover. Watford UK, Argus Books, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages. Revised by ERnerst Steel and Martin Evans with new drawings in this edition.
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. NY, Metro Books, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The late nineteenth century brought a transportation explosion in North America and Europe, much of it produced by the steam engine, which by that time had become strong and versatile enough to power ocean-crossing vessels and large freight trains. Where Rails Meet the Sea tells the exciting story of how the transportation industry was revolutionized by steam power and how the industry in turn changed the face of the world. Written by an expert in the history of ships and trains and heavily illustrated throughout in color and b&w.
Softcover. Portland ME, F/64 Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 321 pages. Regional history of a major transportation hub between Vermont and New Hampshire. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page.