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Union Pacific Railroad Company Form 7171
Union Pacific 1945 Hardcover Very Good Book
Small, stiff orange-brown cloth-covered covers, teal pin binding, black lettering on front cover. Union Pacific, Effective August 1, 1945. In very good condition, edgewear, a spill on front board. Rules and Instructions Governing Maintenance of Air Brakes, Communicating Signal System, Electric Headlights, Heating, Air Conditioning, Water Systems, and Lighting. Definitions, general rules and index.
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50.00 USD
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Berton, Pierre The Impossible Railway: The Building of the Canadian Pacific
Knopf 1972 0394465695 / 9780394465692 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Book
Hardcover. Very good condition, cover has a few light marks, map on front endpaper has minor stain at top of page, pages toning. DJ is good, shows edgewear and has a crease near the price. Illlustrated with 27 maps and 16 pages of halftones. Originally published in Canada in two volumes: The National Dream and The Last Spike. This is the first American edition of the combined volumes.
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25.00 USD
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Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton The Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Railways
London, United Kingdom Hamlyn 1973 060003075X / 9780600030751 Hardcover Very Good Book
Hardcover with DJ in mylar. Hamlyn, 1973, fifth impression. In very good condition, front hinge is beginning to separate. DJ is good, has a tear at top of spine, corners show some wear, protected by mylar. Over 800 pictures and 30,000 words of captions that tell the story of railways from the first Babylonian rutways to the 100 MPH monorail.
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12.00 USD
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Frank P Morse Cavalcade of the Rails
E P Dutton 1940 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Book
Hardcover, no DJ. E P Dutton, 1940, stated first edition. In very good condition, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, minor foxing to end-papers. Stories, legends, and history of railroading in America.
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35.00 USD
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Geoff Fischer ETE (European Train Enthusiasts) Express Fall 1979
European Train Enthusiasts 1979 Soft cover Very Good Book
Newsletter, softcover, 8 pages. ETE, 1979. In very good condition. Contents: Editorial, Subscription Information, Postal Car, Gene's Jottings, Prototype Corner - The Rhaetian Railways (Alfred E Hauser). Illlustrations depict railway line developments for Switzerland and the Grisons, Rhaetian Railways, Gerguen-Preda, and Alp Gruem-Poschiavo. Also a detail of the Standard Rhaetian Railway passenger coach - second class for 64 passengers.
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20.00 USD
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Geoff Fischer ETE (European Train Enthusiasts) Express Summer 1979
European Train Ethusiasts 1979 Soft cover Very Good Book
Newsletter, softcover, 8 pages. European Train Enthusiasts, 1979. In very good condition, section missing from front cover (renewal form), some internal markings by previous owner. Newsletter for train enthusiasts. Contents: Editorial, Subscription Information, Postal Car, Modeling the Rheingold Train (John Schmate), Modeling Advice and Questions, Second News Report on Europe's Rails (Alfred E Hauser).
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20.00 USD
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Glenn Chesney Quiett They Built the West An Epic of Rails and Cities
Hardcover Very Good Book
Hardcover, no DJ. D. Appleton 1934. In very good condition, has minor to moderate bumping to corners and spine ends, light scuffing of coveres, spine panel has severe sun-fading, owner's name on inside front cover and on front endpaper. The history of the great cities and railroads of the American West. B & W frontispiece and numerous additonal b & w plates, bibliography, index.
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20.00 USD
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Grant Foreman A Pathfinder in the Southwest
University of Oklahoma 1968 Hardcover Very Good Book
Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. University of Oklahoma Press, 1968, second printing. In very good condition, usual library markings, some residual glue from tape on boards and front endpapers. The itinerary of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple during his explorations for a railway route from Fort Smith to Los Angeles in the years 1853 & 1854.
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20.00 USD
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Haine, Edgar A. The Steam Locomotive
Cranbury, New Jersey, U.S.A. Cornwall Books 1990 0845347632 / 9780845347638 Hardcover Near Fine Book
Oversized hardcover with DJ in mylar. Cornwall Books, 1990. In near fine condition. B & W photos, illustrations, and maps. More than one thousand illustrations which register the evolution, development, and applications of this source of motive power in various parts of the world.
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60.00 USD
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J G Pangborn The World's Rail Way
Bramhall House 1974 First Thus Hardcover Fair Book
Oversized hardcover with DJ in mylar. Bramhall House, 1974, revised edition, fascimile of 1894 edition. In very good condition, inscription and label on front end papers. DJ is fair, lots of wear and a large tear on front cover, encased in mylar. Anecdotes, little-known details that bring into focus the tensions, the frustrations, the disasters, the boundless conifidence and faith that colored the lives of the railroad pioneers.
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20.00 USD
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Klein, Maury Union Pacific Vol. 1 : Birth of a Railroad, 1862-1893; Vol 2: The Rebirth 1894-1969
Toronto, ON, Canada Doubleday Canada, Limited 1987 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Book
Hardcover, two volume set, in slipcase. Doubleday, 1987, stated first editions. In near fine condition, first few pages of Vol. 1 are lightly creased at bottom and slipcase has light edgewear. From the laying of the first rails, the various people who influenced the railroad and it's devlopment, and ends with a merger. Great for a railroad buff!
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100.00 USD
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L T C Rolt The Railway Revolution George and Robert Stephenson
St Martins Press 1962 First Edition Hardcover Fair Book
Hardcover with DJ in mylar. St. Martin's Press, 1962, first edition. In very good condition, name on front endpapers, outside page edges lightly soiled. DJ is fair, has some chips and tears, back cover is soiled and lots of edgewear, now encased in mylar. During the lifetime of the two men, England was transformed from a rural land where speed of communications had been determined by the horse, to an industrial complex linked by a network of rails which spanned rivers, burrowed beneath mountains, brought London and Edinburgh within a day's journey of each other.
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35.00 USD
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