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.
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.
Softcover. Gainesville FL, University Press of Florida, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 283 pages. Index and bibliography. Many never-published-before images and a complete history of the slow development and long decline of the railroad in Florida. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 192 pages. This book has an international bent: Hand has taken photographs in more than fifty countries over the past fifty-five years. These 162 black-and-white photographs present a sampling of his best work from around the world and show how the railway is a compelling subject no matter the locale. An introduction by well-known transportation reporter and railroad columnist Don Phillips explains how Hand got interested in railways and how his approach to the subject developed; extended captions provide historical context. The book includes an afterword by rail and photography historian Jeff Brouws.
Hardcover. Burlington VT, Evergreen Press, 2nd pr., 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 105 pages, b&w illustrations. This pictorial history chronicles the rise and fall of the White River Valley railroad. Like new condition.
Hardcover. Burlington VT, Evergreen Press, 2nd pr., 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 105 pages, b&w illustrations. This pictorial history chronicles the rise and fall of the White River Valley railroad. Like new condition.
Hardcover. NY, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. "A Work of Giants tells one of the most stirring chapters in the nation's history, and with the rich anecdotes and legends that enliven his fine account, Mr. Griswold offers an unusually colorful excursion into a high order of Americana." 376 pages, b&w photos. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
Softcover. NY, Quadrant Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages. Grey wraps with photo on cover, and green lettering. Nearly every page has B&W photos demonstrating the usefulness and versatility of the 2-8-2 locomotive which has endured for over a century. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Bantam, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 518 pages, b&w illustrations. Appetite for America is the incredible real-life story of Fred Harvey--told in depth for the first time ever--as well as the story of this country's expansion into the Wild West of Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, of the great days of the railroad, of a time when a deal could still be made with a handshake and the United States was still uniting. As a young immigrant, Fred Harvey worked his way up from dishwasher to household name: He was Ray Kroc before McDonald's, J. Willard Marriott before Marriott Hotels, Howard Schultz before Starbucks. His eating houses and hotels along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad (including historic lodges still in use at the Grand Canyon) were patronized by princes, presidents, and countless ordinary travelers looking for the best cup of coffee in the country. Harvey's staff of carefully screened single young women--the celebrated Harvey Girls--were the country's first female workforce and became genuine Americana, even inspiring an MGM musical starring Judy Garland. Clean copy.
Softcover. Baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1893, Book: Good, Softcover, folding brochure (4 X 8 1/2") which opens up to a large color map on the reverse: "Map of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Its Connections Over Which Through Cars Are Run". Opposite side of map has various schedules, scenic stops, b&w illustrations. Light wear, mild creases, Good+. More pictures upon request.
Softcover. Clinton ME, self-published, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled binding, 103 pages illustrated with b&w photos, maps, one a fold-out. Engaging history of the Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad from its incorporation in 1854 to its last run in 1933. Full of stories. and anecdotes handed down by actual workmen on the railroad or members of their families, on all the important events in the life of the railway, and examines the role it played in the small Maine communities through which it passed. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Public Affairs, 1st, 2010, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 376 pages, color & b/w illustrations. Blood, Iron and Gold reveals the huge impact of the railways as they spread rapidly across the world, linking cities that had hitherto been isolated, stimulating both economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. From Panama to the Punjab, Christian Wolmar describes the vision and determination of the pioneers who developed railways that would one day span continents, as well as the labour of the navvies who built this global network. Wolmar shows how cultures were enriched - and destroyed - by the unrelenting construction and how they had a vital role in civil conflict, as well as in two world wars. Indeed, the global expansion of the railways was key to the spread of modernity and the making of the modern world.
Softcover. Omaha NE, Union Pacific System , 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover booklet, 48 pages, stapled mauve paper covers with embossed design stamped in gilt, pink and black. A travel guide for passengers on the Union Pacific, b&w illustrations throughout. Excellent condition, bright, unmarked.
Hardcover. Milwaukee, Kalmbach Publishing, reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, no dust jacket, bound in black cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine. Text block edges stained red. Facsimile reprint of 1940 edition. Very good condition, 1352 pages. Incomparable reference work on industrial and passenger railroad cars just before World War II. The extensive sections on Pullman and sleeping cars, private cars, motor trains, lighting, provide excellent details on the railroads of the period. Hundreds of detailed photos and dimensioned construction drawings. All types of rolling stock is covered: Box, Hopper, Gondola, Reefer, Stock, Flat, Passenger-Pullman, etc. Details of braking systems, draft gear, trucks, coupler styles and more. Distributorstamp on front fly leaf otherwise tight and clean.
Hardcover. NY, Simmons-Boardman Publishing, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A gargantuan volume, 1334 pages, 8 1/2 x 12". Compiled for manufacturers in the railroad industry. Definitions and Illustrations of American railway cars, their parts and equipment. Thousands of b&w photos, plans and elevations of railroad freight cars, postal cars, passenger cars, sleepers, etc. all shown in minute detail. The same treatment is given to equipment such as brakes, couplers, etc. The book has been professionally rebound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. Scarce. Mild water stain to first 50 pages, otherwise clean. No out-of country shipping on this very heavy volume.
Hardcover. NY, Simmons-Boardman, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, 1308 pages. Definitions and typical illustrations of railroad and industrial cars, their parts and equipment. Profusly illustrated with b&w photos, detailed measured drawings. Name on iside front cover otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. recounts Joseph Bromley's career as a locomotive engineer on the Lackawanna Railway in New York. Beginning as a teenager as a callboy, by age 17 Bromley was aboard the engine, throwing wood pieces into one of the last of the old wood-burning models. At 20 he was promoted to the right-hand side of the cab, becoming the youngest engineer with the line. His entertaining reminiscences describe the more relaxed freight schedules of the day, when the crew could stop on a siding for several hours of fishing or to visit family and friends. Illustrated with line drawings by Stephen Voorhies, 288 pages. Long inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Golden CO, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 238 pages. B&w and color illustrations. Five of the articles are on passenger and mixed (passenger and freight) trains and trolleys in a topographic setting that owing to mineral resources had a phenomenal network of rail lines. Written for the train buff, the historian of western transportation will find good material here. Heavily illustrated with modern and period photos. The sixth piece is on the steam-powered meter-gauge trains of Zimbabwe. Clean copy.
Softcover. Lake Forest IL, Shore Line Interurban Historical Society, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 11" x 8.5"; 83 pages in b&w and color. Fold-out maps in center.
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. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline. No dust jacket issued but has title-band present. Clean. tight copy.
Hardcover. St. Albans VT, Messenger Company, 1st, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, contains the Railway Commissioners' report, complaints petitions andorders, investigations of all accidents, reports on the physical conditionof the steam and electric railways and statistical tables. Tipped in at front is a color folding map of the Vermont railway system circa 1902. All in excellent condition.
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