Kansas City Southern in the DeRamus Era Tapa dura - 1999

Withers Pub, January 1999. Hardcover . Very Good/Good. Very Good Hardcover with Good Dustjacket. DJ in mylar. Moderate shelfwear to DJ, including tearing. Light shelfwear to covers. Spine ends bumped. Textblock mildly soiled. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Withers Pub, 1998-12-31. hardcover. Very Good. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Some wear top top edge of jacket.

Withers Publishing. Hardcover. New. Kansas City Southern has always been an unusual property, and this book examines some of the qualities that made it so. Its focus is on the period during which KCS was managed by three generations of the same family, a period that might be called the Deramus Era. This book is not a study of management or of financial affairs, but rather of motive power and train operations. The heart of this book is the diesel age, but the age of steam that preceded it (and co-existed with it for 15 years) is covered, too. KCS introduced the streamliner to its service territory, and the premier Southern Belle gets pilot-to-markers coverage. Included is a full steam and a full diesel roster to support the story of KCS's motive power and the trains it pulled - and occasionally pushed - in the Deramus Era. A four-page color section and two pages of photographs of KCS bus and trucking equipment round out this book. Contents: A Short History of the KCS before 1939, pp. 9-12, A Brief… Leer más

Withers Pub, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text is free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Withers Pub, 1999-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!