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Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. New/new. NEW IN DUST JACKET. First edition. Hardcover. 352 pp. Index of writers and speakers, index of subjects and key words. Authoritative compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day. More than 3400 entries drawn from over 1300 writers and speakers and a wide range of British and American sources.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968. First. Hard Cover. Yes. Large 8vo. in emerald green cloth; 133 pps. Illustrated with reproductions of vintage engravings of locomotives and also with four full color plates. History of British steam locomotives. Fine in very good dust jacket.

Quadrant Press, 1975. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong oversized color illustrated softcovers. 80 pp. Illustrated with photos, map of the road inside front cover. Very good, internally clean.

New York: Random House~trade, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Hardcover. First edition. Fine condition, fine dust jacket. Small ownership stamp on front free end paper. Illustrated with black and white photos. 89 pgs. Bibliography.

Lynchburg, VA: TLC Publishing, 2002. Later printing. Softcover. Near Fine. Near fine with a minor crease at the bottom right cover. Later printing. Softcover. 166 pp (w/ index). A well-researched and entertaining collection of American ghost legends aboard trains and along the tracks. Each bit of folklore is told in concise, short story form. Flush with black & white photographs and drawings.

Stationery Office Books, 1986. Paperback. As New. AS NEW. Oversized in color illustrated softcovers. 118 pp. with bibliography. Illustrated throughout with photographs. The story of two pioneering British railway engineers--born a year apart in 1876--describing their careers and achievments and illustrating and assessing many of their designs. (REDUCED INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AVAILABLE ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE INQUIRE).

Withers Pub.], 1992. First edition. Paperback. Fine. First printing (stated). Overized color illustrated softcovers. 56 pp. with index. Illustyrated with vintage black and white and modern color photographs. Fine, fresh example except for a very small obscured ownership stamp corner of first page. Story of one of America's most famous train-watching spot, the Pennsylvania Railroad famed "Horseshoe Curve". Nestled deep in the Allegheny Mountains at an elevation over 2,300 feet, it first opened in 1854.

Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1874. First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. Scarce. 18mo. (4" x 6") in self folding leather wraps with front flap, flap decorated in gilt with an image of a19th century Baldwin passenger locomotive, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait engraving of M.W. Baldwin with tissue guard. 324 pp. with index, glossary of technical terms, table of time differences from New York, table of milages. Illustrated with full page engravings of various locomotives and with diagrams. Interior tight and clean, leather had some rubbing about the edges and shallow loss at head and foot of spine. Withal, the best copy of this scarce railroad piece we have encountered.

Ewa Beach, HI: Hawaiian Railway Society, 1997. First edition. Softcover. Fine. Glossy illustrated softcovers. A fine, bright, fresh example. 75 pp. Illustrated with vintage photographs. Scarce survey of railroading in Hawaii from the late 1800s through the early 20th century. With information about the various lines, stations,locomotives and rolling stock.

New York: Quadrant Press, 1974. Softcover. Near Fine. Oversized in color illustrated dust softcovers, 64 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Near fijne, edges a bit toned and a small ownership stamp on title page. Includes sections onThe Reading 2102-D&H 302, Nickel Plate 759, Southern 4501, Canadian National 6060, Ontario Rail 1057 & 136.

Kennbunkport, ME: New England Electric Railway Historical Society, 1955. Second edition. Softcover. Very Good. Staple bound papmplet in glossy illustrated softcovers. 29 pp. plus appndix of Seashore Cars Indexed by States and Railways and Roster of Equipment 1954. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Second edition. Survey of electric trolley cars that ran along seashore routes as well as in inland locations in some 14 states from the 1870s through the 1930s. At the time of this publication, these cards resided in the collection of the Society. Very good.

Allentown, Pa: National Railway Historical Society, 1966. Soft Cover. Spiral bound in silver stiff wrappers printed in black; 100 pps. with folding map at rear. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Very good, prev. own. name and address inside front cover.

Peter Smith, 1948. Reprint. Cloth. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original 1917 edition published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Light grey cloth, 678 pps. with index and extensive bibliography. five plates (one folding) at rear. Classic work on early American transportation which brought together the work of more than a dozen collaborators whose works (published and unpublished) during the first 15 years of the 20th century. MacGill wove the several works into a cohesive book, elaborating on and adding to them . Among the subjects covered in detail are early trails and roads; tolls and transportation costs on early roads and canals; early land routes in Ohio; river, trail and road traffic in the trans-Appalachian region; waterways in New England; canals and water routes in New York, in Pennsylvania and in the South; plank roads; transportation in the Middle West before railroads; the first railways; railroads in New York, the Mid Atlantic states, the South and the West. A tight, fresh… Leer más

Madras: Higginbotham & Co, 1900. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed first edition. Hardcover in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 464 pp plus 13 pp of business advertisements at rear. Index to railway stations. Folding map in rear pocket and in pages. Illustrated with monochrome photographic plates. A tight copy in very good condition. Front cover bright with a few minor spots. Chipping to the head of spine and barely to foot of spine.

New York: P.H. Burmett/ Lehigh Valley Railroad Industrial Department, 1906. Softcover. Near Fine. Octavo in stiff printed wrappers. 182 pp. Folding color tinted industrial map of the Lehigh Valley System showing the mineral and natural resource locations along the route. Illustrated with photographs. Publication produced to review the features of the Lehigh Valley Railroad from an industrial standpoint. A tight, near fine example, some loss along the lower portion of the spine.

Privately Printed. Softcover. Near Fine. N.d. (circa 1965), n.pl. 48 pp. Illustrated with vintage photographs. Monograph on interurban trolleys, particularly in Ohio and western New York. The photographic section contains some 70 vintage photos of rolling stock. Near fine. Laid in is a short article "How To Be A MotorMan (Pre-PCC Cars)"

Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook Co. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Circa 1900. Original color illustrated wrappers featuring drawing of the title train heist. Pulp, 190 pps. with one page ads at rear. Thrilling pulp adventure of folk hero-bandit Jesse James and a train robbery. Very good, some creasing to the wrappers and modest edgewear.

Newton, NJ: Carstens Publications, Inc, 1986. Second printing. Softcover. Fine. Second Printing. Softcover. In fine condition except for small obscured ownership stamp on first page. Illustrated with black and white photos. Map on last page. 48 pgs.

NY: Railroad Heritage Press, 1978. Soft Cover. Oblong 4to. in illustrated softcovers. 48 pps. with map inside rear cover. Profusely illustrated with photos. Near fine.

Penguin Books, 1996. Paperback. As New. Oversized in illustrated softcovers. 168 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated throughout with vintage photographs. As new. The story of one of New York City's architecural triumphs, Penn Station.