On this page you can browse through the 302 railroading titles that are on our shelves as of February 24, 2008, at Ray Boas, Bookseller, in Walpole, New Hampshire.  The titles on this page are mainly US Railroads, but there are some books from other countries, and an occasional British title. If you spot any title(s) to add to your collection, make a note of the Order No(s). and please place your order at any time. Thank you, RAY

Many of the titles here are from a one owner collection of over 2,000 railroad books.  A good number of the books in that collection are on British Railways, and I have a separate page on England's Railroads with almost 400 titles. Again, thank you, yours, RAY

1. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA - RAILROAD, CANAL, & TELEGRAPH COMPANIES FOR 1871, State of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, 1872, tables, 709pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND OF THE TABULATIONS AND DEDUCTIONS FROM THE REPORTS OF THE RAILROAD, CANAL & TELEGRAPH COMPANIES FOR THE YEAR 1871., (Order No: 29258 ), $100.00

2. CINCINNATI, COLUMBUS, CLEVELAND & ERIE RAILROAD GUIDE - OHIO RAILROAD GUIDE: CINCINNATI TO ERIE, VIA COLUMBUS AND CLEVELAND, Landfall Press, Dayton, OH, 1986, B&W illustrations, 176pp, fine, green simulated leather cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0913428604 "In exultant prose, the unknown author extolls the wonders of the beginning of the railroad age. First published in 1854 in Columbus, at the time when cabs were first being provided for the engineers, this long-out-of-print book also reveals insights and attitudes toward the recently conquered Indians, about the status of women and about other wonders of the Industrial Revolution." Limited to 1,000 copies., (Order No: 28676 ), $60.00

3. STEAM LOCOMOTIVES FROM THE 1927 LOCOMOTIVE CYCLOPEDIA, Newton K. Gregg Publisher, n.p., n.d. c1976, B&W illustrations, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0912318864 A selection of reprint pages from the cyclopedia., (Order No: 46613 ), $30.00

4. LIMA LOCOMOTIVE WORKS - LIMA SUPER-POWERED STEAM LOCOMOTIVES - 1946 LOCOMOTIVE CATALOG, Lima Locomotive Works, Lima, OH, 1946, B&W illustrations, 48pp, very good, blue spiral, pictorial boards (hardcover), Wonderful color illustration on the front board of Southern Pacific's DAYLIGHT. Catalogue illustrates various Lima steam locomotives with photo anddata on the left hand pages, and service record and photo of the loco at work opposite. In addition there are several pages with photos of work in progress at the plant. An uncommon and wonderful item., (Order No: 46775 ), $125.00

5. MISSOURI PACIFIC P-73 CLASS 4-6-2'S, Pacific Fast Mail, Edmonds, WA, 1977, B&W illustrations, 28pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 42287 ), $25.00

6. NEW YORK CENTRAL CARS - NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES, Wayner Publications, New York, [1972], B&W illustrations, 68pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), A nice collection of photographs of the cars of the New York Central., (Order No: 46737 ), $60.00

7. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1894, Clarence M. Busch Printer, n.p., 1895, good, black cloth (hardcover), Part IV - Railway, Canal, Navigation, Telegraph and Telephone Companies. 618 pages of "Reports of Companies", followed by an appendix of 194 pages of "Tabulated Results Compiled from Reports of Railroad Companies.", (Order No: 13245 ), $45.00

8. RAILROAD MAPS - THE WEST, MAC Publishing, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO, (1980), B&W illustrations, 220pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0936206012 Contents include: Master Legend, State Abbreviations, Railroad Abbreviations, Maps including Multiple States, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada., (Order No: 41467 ), $30.00

9. RAILROAD MAPS - THE PRAIRIE, MAC Publishing, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO, (1980), B&W maps, 242pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0936206020 Includes: Minnesota; Iowa; Missouri; North Dakota; South Dakota; Nebraska; Kansas; Oklahoma; and, Texas. Highways, Cities, Stations, Signals, and Tonnage., (Order No: 42003 ), $50.00

10. REPORT OF THE JOINT NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD COMMITTEE TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, n.p., n.p., June, 1923, tables and charts, 334pp, good, wraps (softcover) edgewear and tears to the paper covers, "REHABILITATION BY CO-OPERATION - A RAILROAD POLICY FOR NEW ENGLAND" Published in a hardcover edition with maps of the lines, this softcover edition was published without the maps, even though listed in the same text., (Order No: 46158 ), $40.00

11. LOCOMOTIVE ADVERTISING IN AMERICA 1850-1900, Americana Review, Scotia, NY, 1960, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover), "Illustrated Advertisements Include Locomotives, Cars, Machinery and Railroad Equipment." Great ads and great line cut/engraved illustrations., (Order No: 47422 ), $5.00

12. STEAM PASSENGER SERVICE DIRECTORY INCLUDING ELECTRIC LINES AND MUSEUMS - 1971 SIXTH ANNUAL, Empire State Railway Museum, New York, 1971, B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good, wraps (softcover), An illustrated directodry listing steam powered, trolley and museum operations with regularly scheduled or intermittent passenger service., (Order No: 47423 ), $7.50

13. STEAM PASSENGER SERVICE DIRECTORY INCLUDING ELECTRIC LINES AND MUSEUMS - 1973 EIGHTH ANNUAL, Empire State Railway Museum, Middletown, NY, 1973, B&W illustrations, 144pp, fine, wraps (softcover), "An illustrated directory listing tourist railroad, trolley and museum operations with regularly scheduled or intermittent passenger service." "New with this edition ... reduced rate guest coupons...", (Order No: 47539 ), $10.00

14. STEAM PASSENGEER SERVICE DIRECTORY INCLUDING ELECTRIC LINES AND MUSEUMS - 1986 TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL, Empire State Railway Museum, Middletown, NY, 1986, B&W illustrations, 200pp, fine, wraps (softcover), "An illustrated directory listing tourist railroad, trolley and museum operations with regularly scheduled or intermittent passenger service." With reduced rate coupons., (Order No: 47540 ), $10.00

15. HETCH HETCHY RAILROAD OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, The Western Railroader, n.p., 1961, B&W illustrations, 12pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), "The Western Railroader for the Western Railfan" Vol. 24, No. 10, Issue No. 262., (Order No: 42519 ), $20.00

16. AMTRAK CONSISTS - 1977, Wayner Publications, New York, 1977, 38pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), "This third edition outlines the normal makeup of Amtrak trains as of August 1977, with the actual consists subject to change to meet traffic requirements or to permit substitution of equipment.", (Order No: 46624 ), $45.00

17. Abbott, Dan, STAIRWAY TO THE STARS: COLORADO'S ARGENTINE CENTRAL RAILWAY, Centennial Publications, Ft. Collins, CO, (1977) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good++, pictorial boards (hardcover), Limited and signed by the author. For less than $5.00, a citizen of Denver in 1908 could ride in comfort in a narrow-gauge railroad car from Denver's mile-high altitude to Mr. McClellan's over 13,000 foot heights. Credit for this unusual opportunity must of necessity be given to the Rev. Edwary J. Wilcox, a one-time Methodist minister who built the Argentine Central Railway wich ran from Silver Plume, Colorado to Mt. McClellan, almost 16 miles distant., (Order No: 40838 ), $145.00

18. Abbott, Morris W., COG RAILWAY TO PIKE'S PEAK, Golden West Books, San Marino, CA, (1981) 11th ptg, B&W illustrations, 47pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0870950525 First published in 1973., (Order No: 42466 ), $5.00

19. Abdill, George B., PACIFIC SLOPE RAILROADS, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA, (1959) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 183pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Steam on the Rails, Mexico to Canada, A Rare Collection of Photos from the Private Archives of Historic Western Railroads." Laid in is a Superior Publishing Company advertising brochure for this and other railroad titles., (Order No: 1601 ), $14.50

20. Abdill, George B., RAILS WEST, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1960, B&W illustrations, 191pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, A collectors album of a vanishing era in railroadiana which completes the author's great three-volume pageant of railroad history., (Order No: 12992 ), $5.00

21. Adair, James R., THE MAN FROM STEAMTOWN: THE STORY OF F. NELSON BLOUNT, Moody Press, Chicago, (1969) 3rd ptg, ill., 224pp, vg w/g dj, (Order No: 5208 ), $20.00

22. Ahlstrom, Harold J. (introduction by), JAMESTOWN AND CHAUTAUQUA LAKE TROLLEYS, Fenton Historical Society, Jamestown, NY, (1974), B&W illustrations, 39pp, fine, wraps (softcover), A recording of the story of the trolley cars in the Jamestown and Chautauque Lake area, concentrating on the "Broadhead" lines of the Jamestown Street Railway Co., the Chautauque Traction Co., and the Jamestown Westfield and Northwestern Railroad Co. Some mention is made of the Warren & Jamestown Street Railway, which entered Jamestown, and the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co. which connected with the interurban lines at Westfield., (Order No: 41683 ), $80.00

23. Ahrons, E. L., THE BRITISH STEAM RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE, 1825-1925: VOLUME I, Ian Allan Ltd, London, (1969) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 391pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0711001243 First published in 1927. This volume is a reproduction in book form of articles specially compiled to commemorate the 1925 Railway Centenary., (Order No: 44392 ), $45.00

24. Albi, Charles and Forrest, Kenton, THE MOFFAT TUNNEL - A BRIEF HISTORY, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO, (1978), B&W illustrations, 40pp, very good, wraps (softcover), History of the tunnel built between 1923-1927., (Order No: 42127 ), $25.00

25. Albi, Charles and Jones, William C. (editors), COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL NO. 17: A JOURNAL OF RAILROAD HISTORY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO, (1987), B&W and color illustrations, 280pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) with packet of maps, ISBN 0918654173 Contents include: Rocketing to the Rockies; Tennessee Pass; Last of the Birneys; Maps of the Rock Island and Tennessee Pass. We removed this copy from the original shrink wrap to catalogue it., (Order No: 53201 ), $20.00

26. Albrecht, Harry P. (compiled and edited by), RAILWAY PHOTO ALBUM - STEAM LOCOMOTIVES NO. 1 - THE 4-4-0 AMERICAN TYPE, Fox-Shulman, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, (1951), B&W illustrations, 48pp, good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 43232 ), $12.50

27. Albrecht, Harry P. (compiled and edited by), RAILWAY PHOTO ALBUM - STEAM LOCOMOTIVES NO. 2 - THE 2-8-0 CONSOLIDATION TYPE, Fox-Shulman, Inc., New York, (1952), B&W illustrations, 48pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 43233 ), $12.50

28. Albrecht, Harry P. (compiled and edited by), RAILWAY PHOTO ALBUM - STEAM LOCOMOTIVES NO. 3 - THE 0-6-0 TYPE, Fox-Shulman Publications Inc, New York, (1952), B&W illustrations, 48pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 43234 ), $12.50

29. Albrecht, Harry P., CAMELBACK LOCOMOTIVES - STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF YESTERYEAR, Steam Locos. of Yesteryear, Clifton Heights, PA, 1971, B&W illustrations, 28pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 46746 ), $7.50

30. Alexander, E. P., IRON HORSES: AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES 1829-1900, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1941, 97 B&W illustrations, 239pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A pictorial story of the development of the American locomotive., (Order No: 37954 ), $10.00

31. Alexander, Edwin P., THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF THE LOCOMOTIVE, Bramhall House, New York, orig pub 1966, over 150 B&W, 44 color ill., 197pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Shows how the locomotive was used as the subject of popular lithographs, made in minatures, reproduced on china, the subjects of dime novels, and much more., (Order No: 37955 ), $6.00

32. Allen, G. Freeman, RAILWAYS: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1982 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 304pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688006361 An exploration of railroading from the earliest locomotives to the modern high-speed trains of Japan and France., (Order No: 41002 ), $5.00

33. Allen, G. Freeman, THE FASTEST TRAINS IN THE WORLD, Ian Allan Ltd, London, (1978), B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0711008892 This book is the first comprehensive account of all world railway speed records attained since 1900, and of the public highspeed passenger services that have been developed from them, up to today's Japanese Shinkansen, British 'Inter-City 125' and tomorrow's French 160mph TRAINS GRAND VITESSE., (Order No: 42724 ), $8.50

34. Allen, Geoffrey Freeman, LUXURY TRAINS OF THE WORLD, Everest House Publishers, New York, (1979) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0896960358 In this lavishly illustrated book every aspect of the luxury train is covered, from the first Pullman coach in 1859 to the Japanese bullet trains of today., (Order No: 42472 ), $7.50

35. Allen, V. C. K., PORTUGUESE STEAM FROM LINESIDE, D. Bradford Barton, Ltd., Truro, Cornwall, England, (1976), B&W illustrations, 96pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0851532276 A pictorial look at a number of the railroad lines in Portugal., (Order No: 43136 ), $22.50

36. Allen, V. C. K., AUSTRIAN STEAM FROM LINESIDE, D. Bradford Barton Limited, Cornwall, UK, (1975), B&W illustrations, 96pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0851531814 This pictorial tour of Austria takes us circuitously from West to East, starting at Jenback in picture-postcard Tyrol, and ending at Gmund on the Czechoslovak border., (Order No: 44583 ), $14.50

37. American Locomotive Company, AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY - PACIFIC TYPE PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVES, American Locomotive Company, New York, 1960s reprint, B&W illustrations, 48pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), The Code Word for the Pamphlete is "Calligenie." A quality reprint of this locomotive catalogue from the early 1900s of engines built with details and specifics., (Order No: 42787 ), $45.00

38. Anderson, George L., KANSAS WEST, Golden West Books, San Marino, CA, (1963) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 269pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Fresh from the Civil War, young General William J. Palmer joined the Kansas Pacific Railroad and helped push its rails across the prairies in quest of a transcontinental route. The Kansas Pacific never built beyond Denver, but its trains brought to the West the cowboys, gamblers and gunslingers who lived by the law of the six-shooter., (Order No: 41121 ), $28.50

39. Anderson, Janice and Swinglehurst, Edmund (with an introduction by Maurice Rickards), TRAIN AND TRANSPORT: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE, Bracken Books, London, (1989), B&W and Color illustrations, 96pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1851702520 The full story of travel and transport is preserved in histories on library bookshelves. It is also conveyed, less formally but often more graphically, in the transient paper oddments which it has generated. Here, in tickets, notices, leaflets, labels, folders, billheads and other throwaways, is an epitome of Mankind's love affair with the way from A to B., (Order No: 41634 ), $17.50

40. Ashton, David (edited by), STEAM ALBUM - THIRD DIVISION, NSW Rail Transport Museum, Sydney, Australia, (1973), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, fine, wraps (softcover), Photographs of Steam Locomotives in Action in New South Wales., (Order No: 43586 ), $10.00

41. Association of American Railroads (compiled by), RAILROAD FILM DIRECTORY - SEVENTH EDITION, Assoc. of American Railroads, Washington, DC, 1957, 60pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Descriptions of Motion Picture Films; Descriptions of Slidefilms and Film Slides; Address List of Railroads, Commercial Distributors, and Industrial Firms; and, Railroad and Subject Index., (Order No: 45035 ), $15.00

42. Athearn, Robert G., UNION PACIFIC COUNTRY, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, (1976), B&W illustrations, 480pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0803258291, (Order No: 46717 ), $5.00

43. Baldwin Locomotive Works, PACIFIC TYPE LOCOMOTIVES - THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS: RECORD NO. 79 - 1914, Harry P. Albrecht, Clifton Heights, PA, 1961, B&W illustrations, 40pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Reprint Edition. Code Work - REDDITUROS, (Order No: 28289 ), $30.00

44. Baldwin Locomotive Works, MALLET ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVES - BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS RECORD NO. 68 - 1910, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, PA, reprint c1960s, B&W illustrations, 36pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Code Word - RECTITUDE Locomotives of the Mallet type were first placed in service on American railroads in the year 1904. In this type of locomotive, the driving wheels are divided into two groups, each of which constitutes a complete engine, having its own frames, cylinders, rods and valve gear., (Order No: 41926 ), $30.00

45. Baldwin Locomotive Works, MALLET ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVES - BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS RECORD NO. 72 - 1912, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, PA, reprint 1966, B&W illustrations, 44pp, good, wraps (softcover), Code Word - RECULERONS, (Order No: 41927 ), $30.00

46. Ball, Don, AMERICA'S COLORUL RAILROADS, Reed Books, Los Angeles, CA, 1978) 1st ed, color illustrations, 210pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891695176 281 full-color photographs of the 1940s to 1950s, the period of transition from steam to diesel engines., (Order No: 41048 ), $14.50

47. Bazan, John M., RAILS ACROSS THE BERKSHIRE HILLS: RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN M. BAZAN 1980-1984, published by the author, n.p., 1984, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good, wraps (softcover), Four years of documenting by photographs the railroads in the Berkshires in Massachusetts., (Order No: 37288 ), $60.00

48. Beckmann, Dietmar; Beckmann, Herbert; and, Wagner, Georg, DAMPFLOKOMOTIVEN IN THURINGEN: DER BAHNBETRIEB RUND UM SAALFELD 1972-1980, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, Germany, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 136pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3440048594 Title translates to: STEAM ENGINES IN THURINGIA. THE RAILWAY COMPANY APPROXIMATELY AROUND HALL FIELD 1972-80. Great color photographs. Text in German., (Order No: 48584 ), $75.00

49. Beebe, Lucius, THE OVERLAND LIMITED, Howell-North Books, Berkeley, CA, 1963 1st ed, 225 B&W illustrations, 157pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 300 ), $15.00

50. Bell, J. Snowden (Baldwin Locomotive Works), THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EIGHT DRIVING WHEEL LOCOMOTIVE - THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS: RECORD NO. 89 - 1917, Harry P. Albrecht, Clifton Heights, PA, 1969, B&W illustrations, 32pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Reprint Edition. Code Word - REDONNANT, (Order No: 28290 ), $30.00

51. Berkman, Pamela (edited by), THE HISTORY OF THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE, Bonanza - A Bison Book, Greenwich, CT, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517633507 Over 100 lavish photographs., (Order No: 41055 ), $10.00

52. Best, Gerald M., EARLY SAN FRANCISCO LOCOMOTIVES - THE WESTERN RAILROADER "FOR THE WESTERN RAILFAN" BOOKLET 364, The Western Railroader, San Mateo, CA, n.d. c1970s, B&W illustrations, 25pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 44711 ), $35.00

53. Best, Gerald M. (introduction by Horace M. Albright), PROMONTORY'S LOCOMOTIVES, Golden West Books, San Marino, CA, (1980), B&W illustrations, 43pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0870950827 When the West's Central Pacific met the East's Union Pacific at Promontory on May 10, 1869, our first transcontinental railroad was completed., (Order No: 44712 ), $10.00

54. Blanton, Burt C., 400,000 MILES BY RAIL: THE REMINISCENCES OF A "PROFESSIONAL PASSENGER: ON ALL TYPES OF TRAINS, Howell-North Books, Berkeley, CA, (1972), B&W illustrations, 183pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0831070870 This is the story of a "professional passenger" who in over sixty years of traveling has ridden on every important passenger train in the country, running up a staggering total of 400,000 Miles by Rail., (Order No: 40808 ), $25.00

55. Bradley, George K., FORT WAYNE'S TROLLEYS: HORSE CARS, STREET CARS, INTERURBANS, TROLLEY COACHES, MOTOR BUSES - 1870-1963, Owen Davies, Publisher, Chicago, IL, (1963) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 176pp, map, good, green cloth w/some edgewear (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Contents include: Citizens' Horsecars 1870; The Magic of Electricity 1892; Splendid Robison Park 1896; Wabash Valley Interurban Empire 1900; The Lean Teens 1913; The Indiana Service Corporation 1920; A Completely Modern Street Railway 1920-1931; The Spy Run Plant; Thirty Changing Years 1932-1962; The Small City Lines; Rolling Stock; Statistics., (Order No: 41299 ), $25.00

56. Brouws, Jeffrey T., and Hill, Ronald C., RAILROADING WEST - A CONTEMPORARY GLIMPSE, Rail Graphics, Denver, CO, (1975), B&W illustrations, 80pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "A picture book pure and simple.", (Order No: 41841 ), $14.50

57. Brown, Henry L. "Hank", STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN 2-8-0 CONSOLIDATION TYPE, published by the author, Minot, ND, (1977), B&W illustrations, 80pp, fine, spiral bound (softcover), Contents include: History; Roster Photographs; Miscellaneous Photographs; Locomotive Diagrams; and, Lifetime 2-8-0 Consolidation Roster., (Order No: 41995 ), $40.00

58. Buchanan, Lamont, STEEL TRAILS AND IRON HORSES - A PAGEANT OF AMERICAN RAILROADING, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1955), B&W illustrations, 159pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This is a pageant of America's railroads from yesterday's woodburners to the diesels of today, with selected high spots from that memorable part of American history marked by the evolution of locomotion on rails., (Order No: 46837 ), $10.00

59. Buehler, E. C. (edited by), GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS: ANNUAL DEBATER'S HELP BOOK VOLUME VI, Noble and Noble, Publishers, New York, 1939, 389pp, good+, light brown cloth (hardcover), Presents: 1) facts, comments, and definititons; 2) an analytical discussion; 3) briefs; 4) reprinted materials; and, 5) bibliography., (Order No: 37947 ), $25.00

60. Burke, David, GREAT STEAM TRAINS OF AUSTRALIA, Rigby Limited, Adelaide, (1978), B&W and color illustrations, 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0727009540 This volume is about the intercolonial and interstate expresses that linked the capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Perth from the 1880s until the 1950s, when diesels took over., (Order No: 42729 ), $14.50

61. Burke, David, THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF AUSTRALIA, Methuen of Australia, Sydney, Australia, (1979), B&W illustrations, 252pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover) - pocket sized, ISBN 0454000782 "Gives an overview of the history of steam in all States [Australia]. It lists and describes almost every steam engine that can still be observed.", (Order No: 43874 ), $40.00

62. Burt, Henry M., BURT'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY, New England Publishing Co., Northampton, MA, 1868 (1867) 2nd, B&W ill., fold-out map, 284pp, ads, good, salmon colored cloth w/light edgewear, "CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF MOUNT HOLYOKE, MOUNT MANSFIELD, WHITE MOUNTAINS, LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG, LAKE WILLOUGHBY, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, &c." This guide follows the railroad routes (condensed time tables for 1867 on pages 8 to 18) throught the Connecticut Valley, to "assist the seeker after pleasure to obtain a more perfect knowledge of the grandeur and beauty of Connecticut Valley scenery and that bordering on it. Offered here is the second edition of this fascinating guide. This bookseller owns a First Edition in his own collection, and the First Edition has the copyright date of 1867 on both the title page and the copyright page. The first edition has 281 pages of text, followed by the same ads that appear in the Second Edition. In the first edition, page 281 discusses Brandon, Vermont, and Howe's Scales, pages 281 through 284 in this second edition discuss Missisquoi Springs in Vermont, and a few lines on The Weldon Spring at St. Albans, Vermont. A wonderful title for gaining an appreciation for the "vacation travels" in the Connecticut Valley in the late 1860s., (Order No: 21263 ), $225.00

63. Campbell, George V., NORTH SHORE LINE MEMORIES, Domus Books, Northbrook, IL, (1980) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 287pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891960740 Author recreates the mood of the days when the North Shore Line touched the lives of so many who rode and worked the "Line.", (Order No: 38683 ), $45.00

64. Carleton, Paul, THE ERIE LACKAWANNA STORY, D. Carleton Rail Books, River Vale, NJ, (1974), B&W illustrations, 479pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book is meant to be an all time photographic remembrance of the E-L and its two predecessor companies., (Order No: 1448 ), $70.00

65. Carter, E. F. (illustrated by Peter Morter), RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD, Ward Lock & Co., Limited, London, 1965, B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Author is a world recognized authority on locomotives and railway engineering., (Order No: 37956 ), $12.50

66. Cavin, Ruth, TROLLEYS: RIDING AND REMEMBERING THE ELECTRIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS, Hawthorne Books, Inc., New York, (1976) 1st ed, B&W photos and prints, 223pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0801579805 During the years between the turn of the century and the 1920s, the electric interurbans not only served as the primary mode of passenger transporation but also brought industry to rural America., (Order No: 10069 ), $14.50

67. Central Electric Railfan's Association, CENTRAL ELECTRIC RAILFAN'S ASSOCIATION - CERA'S EARLY BULLETINS - BULLETINS 1-19 (1938- 1940), CERA, Chicago, IL, 1976, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 42301 ), $50.00

68. Chappell, Gordon; and, Hauck, Cornelius W. (editor), COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL 1969 - SPECIAL CHILI LINE ISSUE - TO SANTA FE BY NARROW GAUGE: THE D&RG'S "CHILI LINE", Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO, (1969), B&W illustrations, 71pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41948 ), $40.00

69. Circuit Court of the United States, THOMAS C. PLATT VS. THE PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. - 1893, Eastern District of Penn., good, bound in maroon buckram cloth (hardcover), 53 bound pamphlets (with index) in the "Receivership of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company and The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company." Index cover 1893 - 1902 of the bankruptcy proceedings, but bound in this volume are pamplets for 1893., (Order No: 35633 ), $150.00

70. Clarke, Bradley H., TRACKLESS TROLLEYS OF THE FITCHBURG & LEOMINSTER STREET RAILWAY COMPANY, Boston Street Railway Assn., Cambridge, MA, 1975, B&W illustrations, 56pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The trackless trolley was used in New England as a primary transit mode in three urban areas: Boston, Providence, and the sister cities of Fitchburg and Leominster. This is a study of the line in the sister cities., (Order No: 43247 ), $40.00

71. Clegg, Anthony and Lavalle, Omer, CATENARY THROUGH THE COUNTIES: THE STORY OF MONTREAL & SOUTHERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, Classic Era Publications, Canada, n.d., B&W illustrations, 64pp, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), The Montreal & Southern Counties Railway, which formerly provided transportation services for the suburban district southeast of Montreal, Que., and the fertile agricultural areas between the metropolis and Granby, was one of Canada's most interesting railway systems., (Order No: 49202 ), $75.00

72. Clegg, W. Paul and Styring, John S., STEAMERS OF BRITISH RAILWAYS: AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES, T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd., Prescot, Lancashire, 1962 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 140pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The development and design through the years of railway steamers., (Order No: 20681 ), $30.00

73. Cohen, Stan, RAILS ACROSS THE TUNDRA: A HISTORICAL ALBUM OF THE ALASKA RAILROAD, Pictorial Histories Pub. Co., Missoula, MT, (1984) 1st ptg, B&W maps, B&W ill., 144pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) owner's inscription, ISBN 0933126434, (Order No: 33163 ), $10.00

74. Collias, Joe G., FRISCO POWER - LOCOMOTIVES AND TRAINS OF THE ST. LOUIS - SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY 1903-1953, M M Books, Crestwood, Missouri, (1984) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 304pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) Corner Bump SEE NOTE, ISBN 0961236604 An uncommon title. Sadly this book was poorly packaged when shipped to us, and the top corners are bumped a tad, and a few pages (about 25) received a slight crease., (Order No: 47641 ), $125.00

75. Cook, Richard J., FAMOUS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, Richard J. Cook, Cleveland Heights, OH, (1974), B&W illustrations, 96pp, fine, wraps (softcover), owner's name, "The locomotives in this book are representative of the major steam power used by our largest railroad systems within the past fifty years. Each acquired its own status of prestige and, often, veneration all out of proportion to any other type of machine ever built." "Second edition of the book previously published by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.", (Order No: 42937 ), $12.50

76. Cookridge, E. H., ORIENT EXPRESS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS TRAIN, Random House, New York, (1978) 3rd ptg, almost 70 B&W illustrations, 288pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394411765, (Order No: 7721 ), $6.50

77. Corbin, Bernard G.; Hardy, Joseph C. (associate editor), THE BURLINGTON IN TRANSITION, Corbin Publications, Red Oak, IA, (1967) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), "A Pictorial Anthology of the Graphic Trend from Steam to Motor Cars to Diesel, Including Other Related Items of Interest.", (Order No: 40864 ), $185.00

78. Corbin, Bernard and Kerka, William, STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE BURLINGTON ROUTE, published by the authors, n.p., 1960 2nd ptg, B&W ill., color frontis, 320pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Of particular interest to scale-model locomotive builders are the locomotive plans in this book that are representative of Burlington motive power., (Order No: 41167 ), $45.00

79. Cornwell, E. L. (edited by), THE PICTORIAL STORY OF RAILWAYS, Crescent Books, New York, (1974), B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517125579 This magnificent book traces the development, production and application of the railway train from its beginnings in the Industrial Revolution to the 150 mph railways of today., (Order No: 45701 ), $7.50

80. Corts, Thomas E. (edited by), BLISS AND TRAGEDY: THE ASHTABULA RAILWAY-BRIDGE ACCIDENT OF 1876 AND THE LOSS OF P.P. BLISS, Sherman Oak Books, Birmingham, AL, (2003), B&W illustrations, 215pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 193198509X The 1876 accident at Ashtabula, Ohio had all the elements of a classic tragedy: cold, snowy weather; the 70 feet from bridge to river; modern technology in an experimental iron bridge; mechanical power in locomotives; human beings fighting for their lives; fire, water and ice; the evil of robbers preying on the injured and dying; and heroes and heroines who risked their lives to rescue the needy., (Order No: 52395 ), $40.00

81. Cummings, O. R. (edited by), HISTORIC CARS OF THE SEASHORE TROLLEY MUSEUM - KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE, NE Electric Railway Assn., Kennebunkport, ME, (1970) 5th ed, B&W illustrations, 66pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), First published in 1954., (Order No: 49354 ), $5.00

82. Daggett, Stuart, CHAPTERS ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, Augustus M. Kelley, Pub., New York, 1966, B&W illustrations, 470pp, very good+, gray cloth (hardcover), First published in 1922. An objective work based chiefly on printed sources. The author's purpose was "to throw light upon the problems encountered ... and to characterize and interpret the policies adopted..." Valuable. Larson 970., (Order No: 2776 ), $65.00

83. Davies, W. J. K., AUSTRIAN TRAVEL WONDERLAND, Ian Allan Ltd, London, (1974), B&W illustrations, 125pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0711004862 Davies, acknowledged expert on Europe's railways and tramways, has made a close study of the whole Austrian transport system., (Order No: 42668 ), $14.50

84. DeGolyer, Everett L., THE TRACK GOING BACK - A CENTURY OF TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROADING 1869-1969, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, (1969), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover), 103 great B&W plates portraying the life along the railroads., (Order No: 46738 ), $7.50

85. Delie, Max, DIE LETZTEN DAMPFLOKOMOTIVEN DER DEUTSCHEN REICHSBAHN, Eisenbahn-Kurier, Freiburg, Germany, (1978), B&W illustrations, 180pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover) tape repair top of spine, ISBN 3882552115 Title translates to: THE LAST STEAM ENGINES OF THE GERMAN NATIONAL RAILROAD. Text in German. Small clear tape repair to the top of the spine., (Order No: 48586 ), $50.00

86. DeNevi, Don, THE WESTERN PACIFIC: RAILROADING YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW, Superior Publishing Company, Seatte, WA, (1978) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 160pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The Western Pacific travelled through the Feather River Canyon in Northern California., (Order No: 40920 ), $40.00

87. Denny, John D., TRAINS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH COUNTRY, Published by the author, Columbia, PA, 1967 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 60pp, good, wraps (softcover), First published in 1966. Nice photo essay which includes the following lines and places: Pennsylvania; Reading; Western Maryland; Strasburg; Stewartstown; Maryland & Pennsylvania; Wanamaker Kempton & Southern; and others., (Order No: 46871 ), $30.00

88. Deppmeyer, Joachim, DIE EINHEITS-PERSONEN- UND GEPACKWAGEN DER DEUTSCHEN REICHSBAHN -- BAUARTEN 1921-1931 REGELSPUR, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, (1982), B&W illustrations, 224pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3440051110 Title translates to: Unit Person and Luggage Trolleys of the German National Railroad: Types 1921-1931 Rule Trace. Text in German., (Order No: 50276 ), $75.00

89. Dixon, Thomas W. (designed and edited by John Krause and Ed Crist), OLD DOMINION STEAM C&O - C AND O FOR PROGRESS, J&D Studios, Inc., Hampton, VA, 1988, B&W illustrations, 64pp, fine, wraps (softcover) owner's blindstamped name, ISBN 09294740203 This album of photos illustrates the operations of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the Commonwealth of Virginia., (Order No: 47529 ), $20.00

90. Dorin, Patrick C., THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE RAILROADS - THE WORLD'S HEAVIEST TRAINS, Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, WA, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The purpose of this book is to describe the Iron Ore hauling railroads of the Lake Superior region., (Order No: 41295 ), $20.00

91. Dost, Paul, DER ROTE TEPPICH - GESCHICHTE DER STAATSZUGE UND SALONWAGEN, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, (1965), B&W illustrations, 308pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Title translates to THE RED CARPET - THE HISTORY OF STATE COURSES AND SALON CARS. Text is in German., (Order No: 49837 ), $20.00

92. Douglas, George H., RAIL CITY CHICAGO USA, Howell-North Books, San Diego, CA, (1981) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 338pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0831071508 A useful reference source and captivating story of the history of Chicago's railroads - the foremost rail center in the nation., (Order No: 38613 ), $55.00

93. Easlon, Steven L., THE LOS ANGELES RAILWAY THROUGH THE YEARS, Darwin Publications, Sherman Oaks, CA, (1973), B&W illustrations, 72pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Well illustrated history of this street railway trolley line., (Order No: 41468 ), $14.50

94. Eddolls, John, THE BRIGHTON LINE, David & Charles, London, (1983), B&W illustrations, 48pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0715382519 Contents include: Early Days; The Southern Railway and the Brighton Pullmans; Into the Eighties; Calling at all stations., (Order No: 40774 ), $12.50

95. Edited in Conjunction with The Sporting Life, BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN - MODERN COMMERCE, TRANSPORT, MOTORING AND AVIATION, Sports & Sportsmen, Ltd., London, n.d. c1932, B&W illustrations, 538pp, very good++, full red leather, aeg, raised bands (hardcover), Contents include: Modern British Pioneers; Great Britain's Production; Transport; Finance, Insurance, and Commercial Communications; A Review of Motoring; An Historical Survey of British Aviation; Some Notable Personalities; and Index to Some Notable Personalities. A gorgeous folio size tome, clean and tight, and an exceptionally fine binding., (Order No: 48629 ), $400.00

96. Edmonson, Harold A. (written and compiled by), STEAM'S WAY ACROSS THE MIDWEST - VOLUME I, published by the author, n.p., 1961, B&W illustrations, 40pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Reader will find in photos and text a few of the great locomotives and events that represented "Steam's Way Across the Midwest.", (Order No: 43822 ), $12.50

97. Eliot, Jane, THE HISTORY OF THE WESTERN RAILROADS, Brompton Books Corp., Greenwich, CT, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0861241649 Nice introductory overview of the West and its railroads., (Order No: 41056 ), $10.00

98. Eliot, Jane, THE HISTORY OF THE WESTERN RAILROADS, Exeter Books, New York, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671069845 Contents include: Getting up Steam; The Iron Road to the Golden West; By Rail Across the Wild West; New Patterns on the Land; The Golden Age; Innovations on the Rails; Decline and Retrenchment; The Freight Train; A Western Rail Portfolio., (Order No: 46354 ), $7.50

99. Farrington, S. Kip, RAILROADING AROUND THE WORLD, Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, (1955), B&W illustrations, 230pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A book of strikingly beautiful pitures collected by the author while inspecting the operations of thirty-four railroads in twenty-two countries. The text explains the pictures and gives a vivid account of the conditions and problems met and solved by railroad men everywhere., (Order No: 12532 ), $7.00

100. Farrington, S. Kip, RAILROADS OF TODAY, Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, (1949) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 306pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) light stain boards, (Order No: 37953 ), $7.50

101. Farrington, S. Kip (with an introduction by Richard M. Nixon), RAILROADS OF THE HOUR, Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, (1958), B&W illustrations, 333pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, This book offers accurate descriptions of what has occurred in modern United States railroad practices in the last five years. Boasting 161 crack photographs all taken since 1954., (Order No: 46752 ), $10.00

102. Fausser, William W., THE BROOKLYN AND ROCKAWAY BEACH RAILROAD - THE CANARSIE RAILROAD, published by the author, Mineola, NY, (1976), B&W illustrations, 64pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41684 ), $50.00

103. Feagans, Raymond J., THE RAILROAD THAT RAN BY THE TIDE - ILWACO RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Howell-North Books, Berkeley, CA, (1972), B&W ill., color frontis, 146pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0831070943 For more than forty years the Ilwaco Railroad & Navigation Co. served the communities of the North Beach peninsula, at the mouth of the Columbia River in Washington State., (Order No: 41155 ), $65.00

104. Feitz, Leland, COLORADO TROLLEYS - A QUICK HISTORY OF COLORADO'S STREETCAR LINES, The Golden Bell Press, Denver, CO, (1971), B&W illustrations, 60pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 42530 ), $7.50

105. Fenton, E. W. (illustrated and described by), LOCOMOTIVES IN RETIREMENT, Hugh Evelyn, London, (1964) rev ed, color plates, very good w/good dustjacket+ (hardcover), Large folio with 10 detailed color illustrations measuring 10 inches by 17 inches. Separate page of information on each locomotive illustrated., (Order No: 37961 ), $30.00

106. Fischer, Siegfried, DAMPFLOKOMOTIVEN BEI DER DB -- STEAM ENGINES WITH THE DB (TRANSLATED), Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, Germany, (1980), 174 color photographs, 192pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3440048144 Text in German., (Order No: 48581 ), $60.00

107. Fischler, Stan, CONFESSIONS OF A TROLLEY DODGER FROM BROOKLYN, H&M Productions II Inc., Flushing, NY, (1995), B&W illustrations, 136pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1882608100 In this book Stan takes us back to the halcyon years of his youth through a heart warming tale of growing up in the late 1930's and 1940's. Chapters follow the trolley lines around Brooklyn., (Order No: 49154 ), $25.00

108. Ford, Robert S., RED TRAINS REMEMBERED - INTERURBAN SPECIAL NO. 75, Interurban Books, Glendale, CA, (1980) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 104pp, timetbl, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0916374440 A sequel to the author's RED TRAINS IN THE EAST BAY, the Southern Pacific's San Francisco East Bay suburban electric routes. This book is a portfolio of previously unpublished photos., (Order No: 41158 ), $85.00

109. Fox, Wesley, GOLDEN STATE RAILS - A CALIFORNIA RAILROADING PICTORIAL, published by the author, Brisbane, CA, (1980) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 72pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0960412204, (Order No: 41052 ), $15.00

110. Frederick, Gordon P., ABOARD THE LEWISTOWN TROLLEY - A STORY OF ADVENTURE IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA OF LONG AGO, Ben Rohrbeck Traction Pubs., West Chester, PA, 1983, 82pp, very good+, black spiral bound wraps (softcover), "A nostalgic and gently humorous story of life in rural Pennsylvania of long ago. The setting is a golden summer afternoon in 1910. Trolley car number 9 is just leaving the village of Reedsville on its seven mile run into Lewistown.", (Order No: 46684 ), $20.00

111. Gardner, Ed, ROCK ISLAND LINES - VOLUME 2, published by the author, Mountain Top, PA, 1977, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, spiral bound wraps (softcover), Whereas Volume 1 done by Gardner was mostly history, this volume is all pictorial with timetables, advertisements, and station, train and right-of-way views of interest along THE ROCK., (Order No: 43581 ), $65.00

112. Garratt, Colin, STEAM TRAINS OF THE WORLD, Exeter Books, New York, (1987), B&W and color illustrations, 256pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671086421 The book was inspired by the travels of two photographers and a journalist, all steam enthusiasts, and the lifelong collection of Colin Garratt., (Order No: 42413 ), $7.00

113. Giesl-Gieslingen, Adolph, DIE ARA NACH GOLSDORF -- ARA AFTER GOLSDORF (AUSTRIAN RAILROADS), Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, Wein, 1981, B&W illustrations, 288pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3900134375 Die letzten drei Jahrzehnte des osterreichischen Dampflokomotivbaus., (Order No: 47635 ), $30.00

114. Gottwaldt, Alfred B., DIE STROMLINIEN-DAMPFLOKS DER REICHSBAHN - VOM SCHNELLVERKEHR DER DREIBIGER JAHRE, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, Germany, (1978), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) bump bottom corner, ISBN 3440045889 Text in German. "THE STREAMLINE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE NATIONAL ROAD - OF THE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC OF THE 30s.", (Order No: 47728 ), $60.00

115. Grant, H. Roger, THE NORTHWESTERN: A HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY SYSTEM, Northern Illinois Univ. Pr., DeKalb, IL, 1996, B&W illustrations, 293pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0875802141 A leading railroad historian tells the complete story of the Chicago & North Western Railway system, from its beginnings in 1848, when the Galena and Chicago Union railroads ran the first trains west from Chicago, to the Union Pacific takeover in 1995. At the peak of its expansion, the Chicago & North Western owned more than 9,000 miles of rails and spanned nine states., (Order No: 38177 ), $75.00

116. Greene, J. R., THE MASS. CENTRAL: QUABBIN'S PHANTOM RAILROAD, Athol Press, Athol, MA, 1996 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 104pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1884132049 This book tells the full story of the first incarnation (1869-1883) of the famous Central Mass. Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad. Laid out from Cambridge to Northampton, this hard luck line was completed only as far west as Holden before it went bankrupt., (Order No: 51369 ), $50.00

117. Grow, Lawrence, ON THE 8:02: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF COMMUTING BY RAIL IN AMERICA, Mayflower Books, Inc., New York, (1979) 1st ed, well ill. color & B&W, 176pp, very good w/very good dustjacket(hardcover) EX-LIB no spine mark, ISBN 0831766077, (Order No: 4570 ), $10.00

118. Hall, John A. (Ex-Yardmaster C. B. & Q, Railway), THE GREAT STRIKE ON THE "Q", Elliott & Beezley, Chicago, IL, 1889, 124pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover), A HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND GROWTH OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN, AND SWITCHMEN'S MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA., (Order No: 51290 ), $75.00

119. Hallgren, Harley K. and Due, John F., UNITED RAILWAYS OF OREGON - - AN INTERURBAN LINE THAT BECAME A STEAM RAILROAD, Pacific Railway Journal, San Marino, CA, 1961 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 34pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 39168 ), $25.00

120. Harrison, Richard J., LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD MEMORIES: THE MAKING OF A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, Quadrant Press, Inc., New York, 1981, B&W illustrations, 64pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0915276364 The author shares his engine picture collection., (Order No: 47522 ), $35.00

121. Hauck, Cornelius W., NARROW GAUGE TO CENTRAL AND SILVER PLUME: COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL: JOURNAL OF RAILROAD HISTORY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST-NO10-1972, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO, (1974) 2nd ptg, B&W ill. color frontis, 223pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)(closed tear on front dj), The story of the Clear Creek narrow gauge., (Order No: 27026 ), $15.00

122. Hauck, Cornelius W. and Richardson, Robert W. (editors), COLORADO ANNUAL 1963 - THE SILVERTON AND "RIO GRANDE-LAND", Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO, (1963), B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good, wraps (softcover), First issue of the Colorado Rail Annuals., (Order No: 41947 ), $30.00

123. Haut, F. J. G., THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES, A. S. Barnes and Co., Cranbury, NJ, (1970) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 147pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 049807644X Traces the development of the electric locomotive from the late 19th century and then shows the various attempst that were made to use electricity where steam had failed., (Order No: 289 ), $12.50

124. Heimburger, Donald J., DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN NARROW GAUGE PLANS, S. Gaugian, Tolono, IL, 1976, B&W illustrations, 56pp, very good, wraps (softcover), INTERESTING LOCOMOTIVE, CAR AND WORK EQUIPMENT PLANS FOR RAILFANS AND MODELERS. Photographs and measured drawings of: Steam Locomotives; Passenger Cars; Freight Cars; and, Work Equipment. 53 plans with detail for modelers to have fun. Large folio presentation measuring 11 inches by 17 inches., (Order No: 43321 ), $85.00

125. Hennick, Louis C. & Charlton, E. Harper, LOUISIANA: ITS STREET AND INTERURBAN RAILWAYS - VOL. 1, pub by the author, Shreveport, LA, 1962, B&W illustrations, 147pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), A carefully compiled and accurate history of all electric and animal traction street and interurban railways in Louisiana (except the street railway system of New Orleans). Errata slip laid in., (Order No: 213 ), $45.00

126. Hidy, Ralph W.; Hidy, Muriel E.; and Scott, Roy V., THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY - A HISTORY, Harvard Business School Pr., Boston, MA, (1988) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 360pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear on dj, ISBN 0875841856 Details the history of this major entrepreneurial enterprise from 1856, when its earliest predecessor received charter authority, to 1970, when the 8,000 mile Great Northern became an integral part of the massive Burlington Northern., (Order No: 41354 ), $175.00

127. Higgins, C. A. (illustrations by J. T. McCutcheon, Carl N. Werntz & John W. Norton), TO CALIFORNIA OVER THE SANTA FE TRAIL, Passenger Dept., Santa Fe RR, Chicago, IL, 1907, B&W illustrations, 206pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System Announcement tipped in stating, "This book is wholly devoted to a description of Western scenes. It is a trustworthy descriptive book of travel, unencumbered with statistics or itineraries. ... Excursion tickest for the round trip to California over the Santa Fe are on sale at all times of the year ... The trains of the Santa Fe are confidently recommended to a discriminating taveling public as unsurpassedin the important items of speed, safety, and luxurious equipment.", (Order No: 50605 ), $12.50

128. Hill, Howard G., RIDING THE LIMITEDS' LOCOMOTIVES, Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, (1972) 1st ed, 104 B&W photos, maps, 175pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), "With this book the reader feels as though he is actually in the locomotives cab with the author. ...", (Order No: 11144 ), $14.50

129. Hill, Ronald C., and Stanley, Dave, RAILS IN THE NORTHWEST - A CONTEMPORARY GLIMPSE, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO, (1978), B&W illustrations, 80pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0918654270 A nice photographic study., (Order No: 42536 ), $30.00

130. Hinckley, Helen, RAILS FROM THE WEST: A BIOGRAPHY OF THEODOR D. JUDAH, Golden West Books, San Marino, CA, [1969], B&W illustrations, 207pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870950029, (Order No: 240 ), $20.00

131. Hogan, Robert L., MALLET TO MOGUL - TOURIST STEAMERS OF THE PACIFIC COAST, Chatham Publishing Co., Burlingame, CA, (1973) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 52pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Covers regularly scheduled steam railroads that served California, Oregon and Washington using various types of steam locomotives from 2-6-6-2 MALLETS to 2-6-0 MOGULS., (Order No: 42538 ), $16.50

132. Holbrook, Stewart H., THE STORY OF AMERICAN RAILROADS, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1947) 6th ptg, over 100 B&W ill., 468pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Comprehensive introductory treatment of the history of railroads in the United States., (Order No: 2775 ), $4.00

133. Holbrook, Stewart H., THE GOLDEN AGE OF RAILROADS, Random House, New York, (1960), ill. by Ernest Richardson, 182pp, good+ w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover), Landmark Books 93., (Order No: 37950 ), $10.00

134. Hoy, Douglas, WEST OF THE TARARUAS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY COMPANY, Southern Press, Wellington, New Zealand, (1972), B&W illustrations, 136pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), These pages trace the story of the railway, its rise to fame, operation and the subsequent purchase by the Government., (Order No: 42108 ), $14.50

135. Huddleston, Eugene L., THE VAN SWERINGEN BERKSHIRES - CLASSIC POWER 7, N. J. International, Inc., Hicksville, NY, (1986), B&W and color illustrations, 147pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) owner's name, ISBN 0934088152 Detailed study of the locomotives by the Van Sweringen brothers, Otis P. and Mantis J. Profusely illustrated., (Order No: 51147 ), $50.00

136. Hughes, Hugh, STEAM IN INDIA, D. Bradford Barton Ltd, Cornwall, England, (1976), B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0851532586 The main object of this book is to illustrate and describe the development of Indian steam locomotive design during the twentieth century., (Order No: 41541 ), $45.00

137. Hughes, Hugh, STEAM LOCOMOTIVES IN INDIA: PART 2, METRE GAUGE, Continental Railway Circle, Middlesex, England, (1977), B&W illustrations, 96pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0950346934 Part of a trilogy, this booklet covers the metre gauge locomotives., (Order No: 41542 ), $20.00

138. Hull, Clifton E., and Pollard, William A., THE DARDANELLE & RUSSELLVILLE RAILROAD, UCA Press, Conway, AR, 1995, B&W illustrations, 536pp, very good++, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0944436188 This illustrated history of the D&R empire demonstrates the close relationship between a shortline railroad and the region it serves. In 1883, the D&R established a rail connection between Dardanelle and the mainline of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway. Shipments of "smokeless" Arkansas anthracite coal gradually replaced the agricultural traffic of earlier years, and the D&R was itself acquired by a coal operator, the giant McAlester Fuel Company. When the mines finally closed, grain for the region's developing poultry industry replaced coal revenues., (Order No: 48159 ), $150.00

139. Hungerford, Edward, DANIEL WILLARD RIDES THE LINE: THE STORY OF A GREAT RAILROAD MAN, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1938, B&W illustrations, 301pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, A personal, eulogistic biography. Willard was involved with many lines, and was a President of the B&O. Bibliography. Larson 519., (Order No: 3916 ), $10.00

140. Hungerford, Edward, MEN OF ERIE: A STORY OF HUMAN EFFORT, Random House, New York, (1946) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 346pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Story of the Erie Railroad from its conception in 1829 by William C. Redfield through its era of exploitation and plunder in the regimes of Daniel Drew, Jim Fiske and Jay Gould. The railroad's part in WWII to date., (Order No: 4189 ), $10.00

141. Hungerford, John B., NARROW GAUGE TO SILVERTON - THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN HEIRLOOM, Hungerford Press, Reseda, CA, 1965, B&W illustrations, 36pp, very good, wraps (softcover), First published in 1955, this is the "Tenth Anniversary Edition.", (Order No: 42526 ), $7.50

142. Hungerford, Edward, LOCOMOTIVES ON PARADE, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1940), B&W illustrations, 236pp, good+, decorated tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket), "This seeks only to be a layman's telling in the simplest possible language of the creation of one of the mightiest of all the great mechanical mobile units of the land--the famed Iron Horse, whose triumphs have been the triumphs of the American railroad itself; that subjugated creature of might who has brought the distant limits of a mighty nation, continent-wide, more and more closely together; whose mighty efforts in an entire fleet have promoted commerce, eased its social intercourse and helped in its military defense.", (Order No: 46753 ), $12.50

143. James, H. L., CUMBRES AND TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD - SCENIC TRIPS TO THE GEOLOGICAL PAST NO. 11, New Mexico Bureau of Mines, Socorro, NM, (1974), B&W illustrations, 73pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 42328 ), $9.50

144. Jeanmaire, Claude, SWISS STEAM - STANDARD-GAUGE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF SWITZERLAND: A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE PAST AND PRESENT, Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen, Switzerland, 1975, 600 B&W illustrations, 44pp of text, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 38564920256 Text in German, French, and English. German title is: NORMALSPUR-DAMPFLOKOMOTIVEN IN DER SCHWEIZ: EIN FOTOBUCH VON EINST BIS HEUTE., (Order No: 48901 ), $35.00

145. Jensen, Oliver, THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF RAILROADS IN AMERICA, Bonanza Books, New York, (1975), B&W and color illustrations, 320pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517362368, (Order No: 37960 ), $7.50

146. Johnsen, Kenneth G., WASHINGTON STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, Chatham Publishing Company, Burlingame, CA, (1978) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 79pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0896850366 A listing of both public and private steam locomotives in the state of Washington., (Order No: 42534 ), $25.00

147. Johnson, Emory R., ELEMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY, (1970), B&W illustrations, 360pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0804613214 First published in 1909. "A Discussion of Steam Railroad Electric Railway, and Ocean and Inland Water Transportation." Survey of the system in 1909: briefly its origin and growth; chiefly the organization, services, finances, and regulation. Larson 3070., (Order No: 49008 ), $17.50

148. Johnson, Emory R., AMERICAN RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION - REVISED EDITION, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1908, B&W illustrations, maps, 434pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, Divided into three parts: I. The American Railway System; II. The Railway Service; and, III. The Railways and the Public., (Order No: 49989 ), $10.00

149. Johnston, Hank, SHORT LINE TO PARADISE: THE STORY OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILROAD, Johnson & Howe, Long Beach, CA, 1962, B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), Chronicles the picturesque little Yosemite Valley Railroad from its ambitious beginnings in 1902 through its untimely demise in 1945., (Order No: 286 ), $14.50

150. Jones, K. Westcott, GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS OF THE WORLD, The Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro, VT, 1965, B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In this remarkable book, K. Westcott Jones takes eighteen railway journeys in various parts of the world and makes the experience come to life for both the armchair traveller and those who have been fortunate enough to travel over the lines for themselves., (Order No: 42710 ), $7.50

151. Jones, Vane A. (publisher), TRACTION & MODELS - AUGUST, 1972, VOLUME 8, NO. 6, Vane E. Jones Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1972, B&W and color illustrations, 34pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Cedar Valley Memories; Illinois Mystery Line; North Shore Shelter., (Order No: 50479 ), $7.50

152. Jones, Vane A. (publisher), TRACTION & MODELS - JUNE, 1973, VOLUME 9, NO. 4, Vane A. Jones Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1973, B&W and color illustrations, 38pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Background for Atlanta; Cleveland's Cars; Power Distribution Part II., (Order No: 50480 ), $7.50

153. Kallfelz, Albert J. (et al), RAILS NORTH - LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD IN NEW YORK STATE, Central New York Chapter, Marcellus, NY, 1971, B&W illustrations, 34pp, very good, wraps (softcover), At one time, the Lehigh Valley Railroad was considered THE way to travel and THE way to ship. Compiled and written by the Central New York Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society., (Order No: 46702 ), $25.00

154. Kaplan, Donald R., DUNELAND ELECTRIC - SOUTH SHORE LINE IN TRANSITION, PTJ Publishing, Inc., Homewood, IL, 1984, B&W and color illustrations, 112pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0937658111 The many guises of the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad. In its nearly eight decades of operation, the South Shore Line has been known as an interurban, a heavy freight hauler, and a commuter carrier., (Order No: 41798 ), $40.00

155. Keenan, C. J. "Jeff", THE RAILROAD SAGA OF JEFF KEENAN, Binford & Mort, Portland, OR, (1975) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 152pp, good++, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0832302481 Profusely illustrated with rare, historic photos of famous old trains and trainmen., (Order No: 47555 ), $7.50

156. Kerr, James W., ILLUSTRATED CN, CP AND VIA RAIL: MOTIVE-POWER 1983-1984, DPA-LTA Enterprises Inc., Alburg, VT, 1983, B&W illustrations, 80pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0919295126 CANADA'S LARGEST RAILWAY SYSTEMS, OPERATING 3800 DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES. ROSTERS WITH 20 CATEGORIES OF DETAIL, CHOICEST FULL-PAGE- SIZE BUILDERS PHOTOGRAPHS., (Order No: 43978 ), $15.00

157. Kerr, O. M., ILLUSTRATED TREASURY OF PULLMAN STANDARD RAILWAY PASSENGER CARS SINCE 1945 - VOLUME I AND VOLUME II - TWO VOLUME SET, A Delta Publication, Alburg, VT, (1981), B&W illustrations, 2 vols, 272pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0919295037, (Order No: 46597 ), $75.00

158. Kidder, Glen M., RAILWAY TO THE MOON, Courier Printing Company, Littleton, NH, (1969), B&W ill., 184pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A History of the Unique Mt. Washington Cog Railway 1869-- White Mountains of New Hampshire--1969. "Written for the Centennial of the Railway in order to make available in one volume a comprehensive and well illustrated history." Limited Edition, and extremely difficult to find., (Order No: 35571 ), $185.00

159. Klein, Aaron E., THE MEN WHO BUILT THE RAILROADS, Gallery Books, New York, (1986), B&W and color illustrations, 112pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) LACKS ffep, ISBN 083175818X, (Order No: 37963 ), $8.00

160. Klein, Aaron E., SUPERTRAINS, Exeter Books, New York, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, 112pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671075241 This book, international in scope, describes in detail the speeds, the luxuries, the amenities and the special features of these wonders of the rails., (Order No: 46338 ), $7.50

161. Klein, Maury, UNION PACIFIC: BIRTH OF A RAILROAD 1862-1893, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1987 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 685pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385177283, (Order No: 40752 ), $27.50

162. Knapke, William F.; with Hubbard, Freeman, THE RAILROAD CABOOSE - ITS 100 YEAR HISTORY, LEGEND AND LORE, Golden West Books, San Marino, CA, (1968), over 165 B&W illustrations, 237pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 40944 ), $25.00

163. Konrad, Emil, DIE REISEZUGWAGEN DER DEUTSCHEN LANDERBAHNEN - BAND 1: PREUSSEN, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, (1982), 171 photos, 243 drawings, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3440050424 Subtitle: "Die Geschichte der Reisezugwagen der Koniglichen Preussichen Staatseisenbahnen in Wort und Bild." Title translates to: Passenger Train Cars of German Land Courses: Volume 1: Prussia., (Order No: 50275 ), $60.00

164. Kratville, Wm. W., STEAM STEEL & LIMITEDS - A SAGA OF THE GREAT VARNISH ERA, Kratville Publications, Omaha, NE, (1967), B&W and color illustrations, 414pp, index, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Between 1880 and 1907 the standard train was wooden, but many of these trains operated at speeds that would put modern streamliners to shame., (Order No: 41027 ), $50.00

165. Krause, John and Grenard, Ross, THE OVERLAND ROUTE - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Carstens Publications, Inc., Newton, NJ, [1980], B&W illustrations, 82pp, very good, wraps (softcover) a few rear pages unopened, ISBN 0911868364, (Order No: 41600 ), $15.00

166. Larrabee, William, THE RAILROAD QUESTION: A HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAILROADS, AND REMEDIES FOR THEIR ABUSES, The Schulte Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1898 8th ed, B&W illustrations, 488pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, Author was a pioneer manufacturer of Iowa who became State senator and governor. Deals with railway expansion, abuses and their remedies - especially in Iowa - and presents a critical survey of the more important books and articles in railway literature. Holds that railroads should be controlled by government just as public highways are. First published in 1893. Larson 3307., (Order No: 4897 ), $15.00

167. Le Bas, Tom (managing editor) and Bell, Brian (editorial director), GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS OF EUROPE - INSIGHT GUIDE, Apa Publications GmbH & Co., Verlag KG, (2002) 1st ed, B&W and Color illustrations, 404pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 158573263X From the nostalgic decadence of the Orient Express to the scenic wonders of Europe's numerious mountain railways, it's all here., (Order No: 42567 ), $16.50

168. Le Fleming, H. M. and Price, J. H., RUSSIAN STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, John Marshbank Limited, London, (1960), B&W illustrations, 112pp, ill., good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The book sets out to deal with two aspects: the types and classes of steam locomotive in use, and the quantity existing of each class., (Order No: 41535 ), $30.00

169. Le Fleming, H. M., Durrant, A. E. (descriptive material by); Snell, J. B. (edited by), INTERNATIONAL LOCOMOTIVES - FROM THE COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS BY THE LATE H. M. LE FLEMING, Arco Publishing Company, Inc, New York, (1972), color illustrations, 192pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0668026391 Illustrated are 92 paintings from Le Fleming's collection that were made available to The Institution of Mechanical Engineers for publication, as a memorial, by Le Fleming's widow., (Order No: 42412 ), $25.00

170. LeMassena, Robert A., RIO GRANDE ... TO THE PACIFIC!, Sundance Limited, Denver, CO, (1974) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 416pp, very good, red spine, pictorial boards (hardcover) acetate cover, ISBN 0913582107 Between the covers of this unusual book is a well-organized account of the Rio Grande railroad system in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah--featuring over 700 illustrations, including nearly 500 photographs, many of them quite rare., (Order No: 41230 ), $40.00

171. Lemassena, R. A. (compiled by); assisted by Ronzio, R. A., and Ryland, C. S., COLORADO'S MOUNTAIN RAILROADS VOLUME III, The Smoking Stack Press, Golden, CO, 1964, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover), Unpaginated, but over 150 pages., (Order No: 42394 ), $20.00

172. Lemassena, R. A., UNION PACIFIC IN COLORADO 1867-1967 -- UNION PACIFIC 100 YEARS COLORADO, n.p., n.p., [1967], B&W illustrations, 40pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 42464 ), $15.00

173. LeMassena, Robert A., AMERICA'S WORKHORSE LOCOMOTIVE: THE 2-8-2, Quadrant Press, Inc., New York, (1993), B&W illustrations, 80pp, fine, wraps (softcover) owner's blindstamp name, ISBN 0915276542 This book identifies the first, heaviest, and last 2-8-2s constructed for service on North American railroads., (Order No: 47523 ), $30.00

174. LePak, Gregory, VANISHING VARNISH, Alpine Publishing Ltd., Littleton, CO, (1978) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 256pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), A Rio Grande passenger presentation covering 100 years of railroading in the Rockies. 400 rare and previously unpublished photographs, many passenger car drawings for the modeler, four finely detailed full page station maps, five full color photos, endpaper illustrations from an original 1887 D&RG Timetable., (Order No: 41864 ), $125.00

175. Lewis, Lloyd and Pargellis, Stanley (edited by), GRANGER COUNTRY - A PICTORIAL SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE BURLINGTON RAILROAD, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1949 1st ed, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good, red cloth (hardcover) dustjacket panels cut and laid in, (Order No: 42238 ), $12.00

176. Liddell, Ken, I'LL TAKE THE TRAIN, Prairie Books, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, (1971) 3rd ptg, 16 B&W photos, 196pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0919306063 First published in 1966. This book is full of nostalgic references to the famous "steamers" and the extraordinary men who ran them., (Order No: 10393 ), $10.00

177. Lloyd, Roger, FAREWELL TO STEAM, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, (1956), B&W frontis, 128pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A record of one man's particular joy in trains and all that has to do with them. Lloyd proclaims the glory and salutes the fame of the steam engine, which for 130 years has dominated the railway scene in Britain., (Order No: 17755 ), $20.00

178. Luckin, Richard W., DINING ON RAILS - AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RAILROAD CHINA, RK Publishing, Golden, CO, 1990 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 392pp, very good, wraps (softcover) very small bump bottom of spine, ISBN 0962636207 A comprehensive look at dining car china from before the turn of the century to present times. Includes American and Canadian Railroad China Railroads from A to Y, history of railroad china, marks, list of china manufacturers, railroad restaurants, and so much more. Really fascinating., (Order No: 44164 ), $285.00

179. Lynch, Terry and Caileff, W. D., KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN - ROUTE OF THE SOUTHERN BELLE, Pruett Publishing Company, Boulder, CO, (1987) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 223pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0871087359 One of the nation's unique railroads, the independently owned Kansas City Southern is an anomaly by today's standards, surrounded by corporate giants. This is the story of one of the most innovative and progressive American railroads., (Order No: 41180 ), $175.00

180. Maedel, Karl-Ernst, ERINNERUNGEN AN DIE DAMPFEISENBAHN: EIN RUCKBLICK AUF DIE LETZTEN JAHRZEHNTE DES DAMPFBETRIEBES IN DEUTSCHLAND, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, Germany, (1983), B&W illustrations, 160pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3440052761 Title translates to: MEMORIES OF THE STEAM RAILWAY. Text in German., (Order No: 48585 ), $25.00

181. Maristany, Manolo, CARRILETS DE ESPAN Y PORTUGAL - VOL. II - PORTUGAL, J. M. Casademont, Barcelona, Spain, (1974), B&W illustrations, 156pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 8440011792 Main text in Spanish, French and English translations follow in the rear. Steam locomotives of Portugal., (Order No: 47631 ), $125.00

182. Marshall, Percival, LOCOMOTIVE LIBRARY, Percival Marshall & Co., Ltd, London, (1962), B&W illustrations, 60pp, very good, wraps (softcover), A collection of 60 photographs of engines that existed in service in Britain at the beginning of 1960., (Order No: 47541 ), $7.00

183. Masuda, Izumi; and Imon, Yoshihiro, DIE LETZTEN 01-LOKOMOTIVEN BEI DER DR, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, Germany, (1981), B&W and color illustrations, 112pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 344004968X Text in German. Title translates to: THE LAST 01 LOCOMOTIVES WITH THE DR., (Order No: 48903 ), $35.00

184. Mayer, Lynne Rhodes and Vose, Kenneth E., MAKIN' TRACKS: THE STORY OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD IN THE PICTURES AND WORDS OF THE MEN WHO WERE THERE, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1975), B&W illustrations, 216pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tears on jacket, ISBN 0275220206 This book tells the heroic and scandalous story of the transcontinental railroad in the words of contemporary diaries, newspaper accounts, speeches, reminiscences, handbills, official testimony, government reports, and gossip., (Order No: 46377 ), $10.00

185. McComas, Tom and Tuohy, James, LIONEL: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE AND HISTORY - VOLUME VI: ADVERTISING & ART, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA, (1993), B&W and color illustrations, 162pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0801985129 Features of this volume include: Advertising literature from 1900 to 1950 which includes never-before-seen promotional retail flyers and brochures; Lionell electric toy ranges, model boats, and children's wooden toys; other Lionel products such as electric fence contollers and equipment made for the Navy and Army Signal Corps., (Order No: 34119 ), $14.50

186. McCready, Albert (narrative by), RAILROADS IN THE DAYS OF STEAM, American Heritage Pub. Co., New York, (1960) 5th ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 153pp, good, pictorial boards (hardcover), "American Heritage Junior Library.", (Order No: 2774 ), $5.00

187. McGavin, T. A., A CENTURY OF RAILWAYS AT AUCKLAND 1873-1973 [NEW ZEALAND], New Zealand Rwy & Loco. Soc., Wellington, New Zealand, 1974, B&W illustrations, 39pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Reprinted with additional illustrations from The New Zealand Railway Observer, issue No. 125 (Volume 30, No. 3, 1973)., (Order No: 44331 ), $12.50

188. McHoy, Peter (compiled by); Ellis, Chris (editor), THE WORLD GUIDE TO MODEL TRAINS - THE GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL RAILWAYS AND READY- TO-RUN MODELS, Greenwich House, New York, (1983), color illustrations, 256pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517410362 2,500 items of read-to-run railway rolling stock including gauge 1, HO/OO, TT, N, and Z models., (Order No: 41049 ), $10.00

189. McKenzie, William H., MOUNTAIN TO MILL: THE COLORADO AND WYOMING RAILWAY, MAC Publishing Inc., Colorado Springs, CO, (1982), B&W and Color illustrations, 199pp, very good++, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0936206160 Contents include: The Colorado Setting; Rails to Carry Iron; Rails to Carry Coal; C.F.&I. Becomes A Financiers' Football; An Era Of Technological Change; From Depression to Dieselization; The Era of Unit Trains and Computers; Floods--The Scourge Of The Southern Division; Take A Ride On The Colorado & Wyoming., (Order No: 41221 ), $70.00

190. McKenzie, John, SOUTH AFRICAN STEAM JOURNEY IN COLOUR, published by the author, Crawley, West Sussex, UK, 1982, color illustrations, 61pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Per the author's comment this is not intended to be "a definitive work on South African Railways ... It is more a recollection of happy memories of my most recent visit through the medium of colour photography.", (Order No: 43873 ), $25.00

191. McKeon, Jacquie, "IF THAT DON'T BEAT THE DEVIL": THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN BAPTIST CHAPEL CARS, Jacquie McKeon, n.p., (1975), B&W illustrations, 45pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Contents include: HOW IT ALL BEGAN; THE CARS; THE RAILROAD; THE COLPORTER; THE WORK; THE END OF AN ERA; THE RESURRECTION OF A RELIC., (Order No: 43917 ), $20.00

192. McLuhan, T. C., DREAM TRACKS: THE RAILROAD AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN 1890-1930, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1985), B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810908352 Illustrated with photographs from the William E. Kopplin collection., (Order No: 2461 ), $15.00

193. McQuill, Thursty, THE CONNECTICUT BY DAYLIGHT - THE FIRST DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE-BOARD EVER PUBLISHED, The American News Company, New York, 1874, B&W illustrations, 108pp, ads, good, decorated green boards (hardcover) much edgewear, "From New York to the White Mountains, Lake Memphremagog, Montreal and Quebec; via New Haven, Hartford, Springfield, Northampton, Deefield, Greenfield, Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Windsor, White River Junction, Wells River, St. Johnsbury, Stowe, Burlington and St. Albans." A wonderful travel guide detailing all to be seen and places to stop and visit while traveling this route by railroad or steamboat, including: New York, New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield Railroad; New York and New Haven Steamboat Company; Connecticut River Railroad; Central Vermont Railroad; Grand Trunk Railroad; Passumpsic Railroad; and, Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad. Over 20 pages of ads for lodging and travel; fold-out route map and timetable for the Connecticut River Railway Line; foldout illustration of "The New Steamer C. H. Northam, of the New Haven Line," and so much more. Our shop is along the route, my interest is in the early summer travel and 19th century vacations, and this is a greet early travel guide to the area. I am happy to be able to now offer this item and do have a copy in my own collection., (Order No: 44657 ), $200.00

194. Mead, Edgar T., NARROW GAUGE TO THE HILLS, Weedy Rail Books, Etna, NH, (1983), B&W illustrations, 127pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, ISBN 09612540 "Exploring Narrow Gauge Railroads in the American West, Europe, Latin America and India.", (Order No: 42411 ), $15.00

195. Mehltretter, J. Michael, DIE LOKOMOTIVEN DER DEUTSCHEN BUNDESBAHN, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, (1975), B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 3879432686 Text in German. "LOCOMOTIVES OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL RAILROADS.", (Order No: 47731 ), $12.50

196. Meiji No Kikansha, STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE MEIJI ERA - FROM RARE NEGATIVES IN THE COLLECTION OF TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM, TOKYO, Kigei Publishing Co., Tokyo, 1968, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Uncommon title. Text in Japanese, locomotive titles/names also in English., (Order No: 43683 ), $400.00

197. Mellin, C. J. (Consulting Engineer, American Locomotive Company), ARTICULATED COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES - AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY PAMPHLET NO. 10034, American Locomotive Company, New York, 1960s reprint, B&W illustrations, 40pp, very good, wraps (softcover) small chip top corner front cover, A paper read before the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York City, December, 1908. The Code Work for this Pamphlet is "Calectasie.", (Order No: 42786 ), $45.00

198. Miller, John Anderson, FARES PLEASE - A POPULAR HISTORY OF TROLLEYS, HORSECARS, STREETCARS, BUSES, ELEVATEDS, AND SUBWAYS, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1960), B&W illustrations, 204pp, very good, wraps (softcover), First published in 1941., (Order No: 43316 ), $6.50

199. Morse, Frank P., CAVALCADE OF THE RAILS, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1940 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 370pp, good, decorated tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 46751 ), $12.00

200. Murphy, J. A. (compiled and published by) (additional photographic research by G. T. Radcliffe), MEMORIES OF STEAM ON THE NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK, J. A. Murphy, Wellington, New Zealand, 1976, 100 B&W illustrations, 100pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), The pages that follow depict the steam power which hauled all the traffic on the Main Trunk between Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, for nearly half a century., (Order No: 43435 ), $15.00

201. Myrick, David F., NEW MEXICO'S RAILROADS: AN HISTORICAL SURVEY, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO, 1970, B&W illustrations, 205pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include: The Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; Southern Pacific Company; The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad; The Colorado and Southern Railway; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; Texas-New Mexico Railway; Coal Railroads in New Mexico; Rails to the Southwestern Mines; Lumber Railroads; Street Cars in New Mexico; El Paso and Juarez., (Order No: 41122 ), $40.00

202. Navarra, John Gabriel, SUPERTRAINS, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, (1976), B&W illustrations, 80pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385019408 This juvenile book is part of a Museum of Science & Industry of Chicago series of science books., (Order No: 42327 ), $5.00

203. Nevins, F. J.; Gardner. Ed (introduction by), ROCK ISLAND LINES - VOLUME 1 - ORIGIN AND GROWTH -- SEVENTY YEARS OF SERVICE FROM GRANT TO GORMAN, Published by Ed Gardner, Mountain Top, PA, 1974, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good, spiral bound wraps (softcover), Gardner has reprinted Frank J. Nevins work which was published in 1922, and has interspersed the original work with various timetables, pictures, postcards, and other items of interest to Rock Island friends., (Order No: 43580 ), $35.00

204. Nimke, R. W., GREEN MOUNTAIN RAILROAD - SOUTHERN VERMONT'S MOUNTAIN RAILROAD, published by the author, Westmoreland, NH, (1998) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 177pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1985. Comprehensive history of this Bellows Falls, Vermont based railroad (just a few miles from our bookshop) that was preceded by the Rutland Railway., (Order No: 45300 ), $40.00

205. Nimke, R. W., THE RUTLAND - 60 YEARS OF TRYING: VOLUME V PART 2 - THE MAIN LINE RUTLAND - ALBURGH, VT, Published by the author, Walpole, NH, (1990), B&W illustrations, 200pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover) new copy with insert, A volume in Bob Nimke's fine series of books on the Rutland Railroad., (Order No: 45303 ), $75.00

206. Nimke, R. W., THE RUTLAND - 60 YEARS OF TRYING: VOLUME VI PART 2 - THE O & LC DIVISION, Published by the author, Walpole, NH, (1989), B&W illustrations, 200pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover) new copy with insert, A volume in Bob Nimke's fine series of books on the Rutland Railroad., (Order No: 45304 ), $75.00

207. Nimke, R. W., THE RUTLAND - 60 YEARS OF TRYING: VOLUME VII - THE ADDENDUM, Published by the author, Walpole, NH, (1990), B&W illustrations, 200pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover) new copy with insert, The final book in Bob Nimke's fine series of books on the Rutland Railroad. This book includes photographs and material that because of space did not fit in the previous volumes - thus a "clean-up" volume., (Order No: 45305 ), $75.00

208. Nock, O. S., RAILWAYS OF THE MODERN AGE SINCE 1963 - RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD IN COLOR SERIES, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1976) 1st Amer, color illustrations, 155pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0025897608, (Order No: 41329 ), $7.00

209. Nock, O. S., STEAM RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN IN COLOUR - THE POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAYS, Blandford Press, London, (1970), color illustrations, 195pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), First printed in 1967., (Order No: 43479 ), $6.00

210. Nock, O. S., CONTINENTAL MAIN LINES: TODAY AND YESTERDAY, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, (1963), B&W illustrations, 212pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In this book, O. S. Nock, writing from an experience of continental travel extending back nearly thirty years, tells of some of the routes most frequently used by British travellers through France, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Austria., (Order No: 44314 ), $12.50

211. Olmsted, Robert P., CHICAGO'S PASSENGER TRAINS: A GALLERY OF PORTRAITS, 1956-1981, McMillan Publications, Inc., Woodridge, IL, (1983) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 136pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0934228108 This volume is concerned with portraits of the railroad-owned and operated passenger train in its final fifteen years, plus Amtrak's first decade., (Order No: 41067 ), $75.00

212. Ormes, Robert M., TRACKING GHOST RAILROADS IN COLORADO, Century One Press, Colorado Springs, CO, (1976) rev ptg, color maps, B&W ill., 156pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) slt. corner bumps, A complete field guide for those who enjoy exploring old railroad grades. The routes are all here, shown on seventy-one color maps. The lively text gives an historical summary of each line and tells the reader what can be seen and how to find it., (Order No: 41120 ), $75.00

213. Orr, Russell, THE HAWKE'S BAY RAILWAY, Southern Press, Wellington, New Zealand, (1974), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 42106 ), $12.50

214. Page, Martin, THE LOST PLEASURES OF THE GREAT TRAINS, William Morrow & Co., Inc., New York, (1975), 16pp color ill.,150 B&W ill., 238pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688029515 Travel on these great trains to some of the world's most fabulous resorts (as well as some rather dangerous trips) is described in this lavishly illustrated and completely entertaining book, which draws on many personal travel journals of the period., (Order No: 12254 ), $10.00

215. Pangborn, J. G., THE WORLD'S RAIL WAY: HISTORICAL - DESCRIPTIVE - ILLUSTRATIVE, Bramhall House, New York, (1974), sepia toned illustrations, 165pp, index, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517130017 A Facsimile of the 1894 Edition., (Order No: 37957 ), $7.50

216. Parker, Douglas V., NO HORSECARS IN PARADISE: A HISTORY OF THE STREET RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES IN VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA BEFORE 1897, A Railfare/Whitecap Book, Toronto/Vancouver, (1981), B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0919130364 This volume takes a look at the problems faced by the pioneers in the field of gas, electric lighting, and urban transportation in Victoria, British Columbia in the years before the turn of the century., (Order No: 41074 ), $12.50

217. Parks, Robert J., DEMOCRACY'S RAILROADS - PUBLIC ENTERPRISE IN JACKSONIAN MICHIGAN, Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY, 1972, 261pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0804690278 "Historians have recently recognized the importance of government enterprise in having provided transportation to open new areas and stimulate economic growth in antebellum America. During the Jacksonian era, the vast bulk of this support was provided by state and local governments." This study deals with a society in motion attempting to find solutions to problems of transporation, policial structure, sectional rivalty and finanacial responsibility., (Order No: 49058 ), $20.00

218. Pegler, Alan; Allen, Cecil J.; and Bailey, Trevor, FLYING SCOTSMAN, Ian Allan, London, (1969), B&W photographs, 65pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0711001073 The Flying Scotsman was the high speed express of the East Coast railway route between London and Edinburgh via York., (Order No: 12943 ), $7.50

219. Phillips, Lance, YONDER COMES THE TRAIN: THE STORY OF THE IRON HORSE AND SOME OF THE ROADS IT TRAVELLED, A. S. Barnes and Co., New York, (1970) 6th ptg, B&W illustrations, 395pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0498063038, (Order No: 37964 ), $10.00

220. Pollinger, Gerald, MODEL RAILWAYS AS A PASTIME, Souvenir Press Ltd., London, 1959, B&W illustrations, 136pp, very good, cream cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 25363 ), $10.00

221. Poor, Henry V., MANUAL OF THE RAILROADS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1868-69, published by the author, New York, reprint edition, 444pp, fine, brown "leatherette" cloth (hardcover), "SHOWING THEIR MILEAGE, STOCKS, BONDS, COST, EARNINGS, EXPENSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS; WITH A SKETCH OF THEIR RISE, PROGRESS, INFLUENCE, &c. Together with an Appendix, containing A Full Analysis of the Debts of the United States, and of the Several States. Poor's manual was first published in 1860, and then not again until this second edition done in 1868. Offered is an exact reprint of the original, in hardcover, done most likely in the 1970s., (Order No: 23823 ), $150.00

222. Poor, Henry V., MANUAL OF THE RAILROADS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1882 - 15TH - FIFTEENTH ANNUAL NUMBER, H.V. & H.W. Poor, New York, 1882, B&W illustrations, 1001pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) lt edgewear & old repair to hinges, 40 pages of ads preceed text, and 151 pages of ads follow. "Showing their mileage, stocks, bonds, cost, traffic, earnings, expenses and organizations with a sketch of their rsie, progress, influence, etc.", (Order No: 29432 ), $300.00

223. Pope, Dan and Lynn, Mark, WARBONNETS - FROM SUPER CHIEF TO SUPER FLEET, Pentrex, Inc., Pasadena, CA, (1994), color illustrations, 104pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) bump top of spine, ISBN 156342004X The story in words and colorful pictures of how the Warbonnet paint came to be and how the Warbonnets came to symbolize the vitality of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway., (Order No: 51370 ), $85.00

224. Prince, Richard E., STEAM LOCOMOTIVES AND BOATS - SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM - PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH, pub by Richard E. Prince, Green River, WY, (1965), B&W illustrations, 203pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), The Southern Railway Company began operations on July 1, 1894 as the reorganization and consolidation of the properties of the Richmond & Danville RR System, widely advertised as the Piedmont Air Line, and the East Tennessee, Virginia & George Ry, known as the Kennesaw Route. Contents include: Historical Sketch of the Southern Railway System; Steamboats of the Piedmont Air Line Route; Steam Locomotives of the Southern Railway System; Steam Passenger and Freight Trains; Steam on Saluda Hill; and, Steam Locomotive Rosters., (Order No: 41030 ), $150.00

225. Quick, Herbert, AMERICAN INLAND WATERWAYS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1909, 80 B&W ill., B&W map, 241pp, good++, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, Their Relation to Railway Transportation and to the National Welfare; Their Creation, Restoration and Maintenance. A study of our water highways, and a comparison of them with the like channels of trade and travel abroad. This book covers the question of waterways in all their aspects--their importance to the nation's welfare, their relations to the railways, their creation, restoration, and maintenance., (Order No: 21294 ), $50.00

226. Rabl, Maximilian and Stockklausner, Johann, OSTERREICHISCHE PERSONENWAGGONS - ENTWICKLUNG, KONSTRUKTION UND BETRIEB SEIT 1832, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, Wein, 1982, B&W illustrations, 356pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 3854160666 Title translates to: AUSTRIAN PERSON RAILWAY CARS - DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION & ENTERPRISE SINCE 1832., (Order No: 48751 ), $30.00

227. Ramsey, Dirk P. and Lawrence, George E., LOCOMOTIVE 346 THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO, (1981), B&W illustrations, 40pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0918654301, (Order No: 42192 ), $15.00

228. Rand McNally, RAND MCNALLY HANDY RAILROAD ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES - 1955, Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, IL, (1955), B&W maps, 50pp, good, wraps (softcover), Showing all railroads and interurban lines. All railroad names and mileages. Principal cities, towns, and junction points. List of all railroads with their abbreviations., (Order No: 43162 ), $60.00

229. Ransom, P. J. G., THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF RAILWAYS, World's Work, Ltd., Surrey, UK, (1981), B&W and color illustrations, 304pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0437144011 A view in historical persective of the intense fifteen years of change with England's steam railway era prior to the modernized railways system. A fascinating look at England's railways (with an archaeological bent) with contents including: historical outline; waggonways, tramroads and plateways; the first great main lines; survivors from the age of steam; old companies and their railways; and some localities of special interest., (Order No: 42414 ), $30.00

230. Ransome-Wallis, P., ON RAILWAYS: AT HOME AND ABROAD, Spring Books, London, c1955, 102 B&W illustrations, 300pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The author has set down some of his railway experiences of the last thirty years in an easy, readable style, and included many of his locomotive photographs which will be of interest to all railwayists., (Order No: 12536 ), $7.50

231. Ransome-Wallis, P., THE LAST STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF EASTERN EUROPE, Ian Allan Ltd, London, (1974), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0711005028 In this book, the author has provided a fascinating revue of the many interesting locomotives which were working behind the 'Iron Curtain' during the last few years of steam., (Order No: 44341 ), $40.00

232. Ransome-Wallis, P., THE LAST STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF WESTERN EUROPE, Ian Allan Ltd, London, (1976), B&W illustrations, 179pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0711006377 P. Ransome-Wallis went to eighteen countries and presents the results of his travels with photographs and first-hand descriptions of all the more important locomotive types., (Order No: 44344 ), $25.00

233. Reed, Robert C., THE STREAMLINE ERA, Golden West Books, San Marino, CA, (1975), B&W illustrations, 298pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870950533 The streamlined style, which began by rounding corners of immobile objects to usher in the moderne, swept across America in the 1930s. The word streamlined was first used to describe the glamourous new trains that appeared in the mid-1930s. In time the term broadened into connotations both technical and aesthetic., (Order No: 40948 ), $75.00

234. Reifschneider, Felix E. (text by); Maguire, Stephen D. (photos by), INTERURBAN LIMITED, privately published, n.p., [1967], B&W illustrations, 48pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Photos from the Mckinley Crowley, Ohio Interurban Collection., (Order No: 23749 ), $15.00

235. Richardson, J. (edited by), ALONG THE LINE IN QUEENSLAND - RAILWAY SERIES: NO. 521, Traction Publications, Canberra City ACT Australia, 1965, B&W illustrations, 43pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 44324 ), $20.00

236. Richardson, J. (edited by), ALONG THE LINE IN NEW SOUTH WALES - RAILWAY SERIES: NO. 531, Traction Publications, Canberra City ACT Australia, 1966, B&W illustrations, 43pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 44325 ), $12.50

237. Richardson, J. (edited by), ALONG THE LINE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA - RAILWAY SERIES: NO. 561, Traction Publications, Canberra City ACT Australia, 1964, B&W illustrations, 43pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 44326 ), $15.00

238. Richardson, J. (edited by), ALONG THE LINE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA - RAILWAY SERIES: NO. 571, Traction Publications, Canberra City ACT Australia, 1968, B&W illustrations, 43pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 44327 ), $12.50

239. Richardson, J. (edited by), AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS TODAY - RAILWAY SERIES: NO. 601, Traction Publications, Canberra City ACT Australia, 1963, B&W illustrations, map, 86pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 44328 ), $8.50

240. Richmond, Al, RAILS TO THE TIME - MILEPOST GUIDE TO THE GRAND CANYON RAILWAY, Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, AZ, (1994) rev ed, B&W illustrations, 136pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0933269323, (Order No: 52363 ), $4.00

241. Rohrbeck, Benson W., WILKES-BARRE RAILWAYS CO. - PENNA. TRACTION SERIES, Ben Rohrbeck Traction Pubs., West Chester, PA, 1975, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover), Street railway transportation, in the Wyoming Valley, had its origin in the Wilkes-Barre & Kingston Passenger Rwy. Company which was formed to construct and operate a horse car line between the city and Kingston across the Susquehanna River. It was chartered in 1859., (Order No: 46685 ), $30.00

242. Rossbert, Ralf Roman, TEMPO 200 - EISENBAHN HEUTE, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, Germany, (1971), B&W illustrations, 208pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 344003822X "SPEED 200 - RAILWAY TODAY.", (Order No: 47790 ), $17.50

243. Rossiter, W. H. N., CANADIAN PACIFIC IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO (VOLUME TWO), British Railway Modellers NA, Alberta, Canada, 1983, B&W illustrations, 26pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0919487076, (Order No: 47617 ), $12.50

244. Russell, Don (edited by), TRAILS OF THE IRON HORSE: AN INFORMAL HISTORY BY THE WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1975 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 241pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385021232 "This is the lusty and gutsy saga of the era that saw the building of America's railroads in the West.", (Order No: 40771 ), $10.00

245. Sampson, Henry (edited and compiled by), WORLD RAILWAYS 1960 - SIXTH EDITION, Sampson Low's World Railways, London, 1960, B&W illustrations, 412pp, ads, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "A Worldwide Survey of Railway Operation and Equipment.", (Order No: 46659 ), $25.00

246. Sampson, Henry (edited and compiled by), WORLD RAILWAYS 1961-62 - SEVENTH EDITION, Sampson Low's World Railways, London, 1962, B&W illustrations, 434pp, ads, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "A World-Wide Survey of Railway Operation and Equipment.", (Order No: 46660 ), $30.00

247. Sherwood, Shirley, VENICE SIMPLON ORIENT-EXPRESS: THE RETURN OF THE WORLD'S MOST CELEBRATED TRAIN, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, (1983), B&W and color ill., maps, 160pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0297782614 This beautifully illustrated book traces the history of luxury train travel in Europe, including famous services such as the old Orient-Expresses, the Golden Arrow and the Train Bleu. The author details the story of each car in the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, revealing its links with politics, royalty and international intrigue., (Order No: 20239 ), $10.00

248. Sibert, Ed, and McKee, Ted, RUNNING A MOUNTAIN RAILROAD - IN THE WORDS OF THOSE WHO PUSH STEAM TRAINS THROUGH THE ROCKIES, MAC Publishing, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO, (1981), B&W illustrations, 64pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0936206063 The history of, and current operation of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad., (Order No: 42528 ), $10.00

249. Sinclair, Roy (text by Gordon Troup), THE SPIRIT OF STEAM, D. Bradford Barton Ltd., Truro, UK, (1975), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0851532683 In this book 118 superb photographs of steam in New Zealand by master of the camera Roy Sinclair, and a lilting introductory prose by Gordon Troup, evoke the continuing vitality of their subject., (Order No: 44340 ), $25.00

250. Slezak, Paul; Slezak, Friedrich; and, Slezak, Josef Otto, VOM SCHIFFSKANAL ZUR EISENBAHN: WIENER NEUSTADTER KANAL UND ASPANGBAHN, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, Wien, 1981, B&W illustrations, 228pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3900134723 Title translates to: From the Ship Channel to the Railway: Aspangbahn Vienese Railwaty to Saloniki. Text in German, (Order No: 50274 ), $50.00

251. Spencer, James, RAYONIER - NORTHWEST LOGGERS VOLUME 1 (ITT RAYONIER, INC.), Darwin Publications, Burbank, CA, (1982), B&W illustrations, 152pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear on dj, History of this logging company with historical treasures, anecdotes, and interviews with those who made America's Pacific Northwest logging operations a unique slice of railroadiana. RAYONIER follows the saga of a young man in search of gold, who built a logging empire eventually to become part of the ITT conglomerate., (Order No: 41024 ), $60.00

252. Staufer, Alvin F. (edited and published by), STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DIAGRAMS OF THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILROAD, published by the author, Medina, OH, 1965, B&W illustrations, 111pp, good, wraps (softcover), The 110 locomotive drawings shown here were reproduced directly from official Chesapeake and Ohio locomotive diagram books., (Order No: 25492 ), $40.00

253. Staufer, Alvin F. (edited and published by), PASSENGER EQUIPMENT DIAGRAMS - NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM, Alvin F. Staufer, Medinia, OH, c1966, B&W illustrations, 111pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The prints in this book were taken from official New York Central prints. Cars shown are representative of those owned by the road from 1890 to 1946. Pullman Cars which are owned and operated by the Pullman Co., are not shown., (Order No: 47424 ), $35.00

254. Stemmler, Herbert, DAMPFLOKOMOTIVEN BEI DER BD STUTTGART - DER DAMPFBETRIEB IN DEN JAHREN 1963 BIS 1976, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, Germany, (1982), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3440051129 Title translates to: STEAM ENGINES WITH THE BD STUTTGART: THE STEAM ENTERPRISE IN THE YEARS 1963-1976. Text in German., (Order No: 48582 ), $75.00

255. Stephenson, Brian, LAST STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF WESTERN GERMANY, Ian Allan Ltd, London, (1978), B&W illustrations, 112pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0711008353 Brian Stephenson, leading photographer of the British railway scene and well-known for his best-selling albums of past and present British railway photography, has been a frequent visitor to West Germany since 1964. Here is a superb panorama of the final years of steam operation in West Germany., (Order No: 44343 ), $17.50

256. Sternhart, Hans, STRASSENBAHN IN LINZ -- STREETCARS IN LINZ, Verlag Josef Otto Slezek, Wein, 1980, B&W illustrations, 200pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3900134170, (Order No: 48755 ), $35.00

257. Sternhart, Hans, STRASSENBAHN IN GRAZ -- STREETCARS IN GRAZ, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, Wein, 1979, B&W illustrations, 176pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3900134545, (Order No: 48756 ), $35.00

258. Sternhart, Hans; Slezak, Friedrich; and, Slezak, Josef Otto, NIEDEROSTERREICHISCHE SUDWESTBAHNEN -- TRANSLATES TO SOUTHWEST COURSES, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, Wein, 1977, B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good+, decorated boards (hardcover), ISBN 3900134359 "Leobersdorf - Hainfeld - St. Polten - Traisen - Kernhof/Turnitz - Wittmannsdorf - Piesting - Gutenstein - Pochlarn - Scheibbs - Kienberg-Gaming" The history of these various routes. Text in German., (Order No: 50278 ), $50.00

259. Stevens, Irving L. (foreword by Gerald Lewis), FISH BONES, HOBOING IN THE 1930'S, (1982), ill. by Connie S. Hall, 136pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0960920803 Irving Stevens has lived the vagrant life with its trials, miseries, and incidental rewards., (Order No: 52601 ), $20.00

260. Stewart, W. W., GRAND OLD DAYS OF STEAM, A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand, (1975), B&W and Color illustrations, 126pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0589009265 This volume is more than just an illustrated collection of trains--it is also, indirectly, the story of a New Zealand rising to nationhood on a full head of steam, and the tale of station-masters, scandals, politicking and experiments., (Order No: 42669 ), $20.00

261. Stindt, Fred A., TRAINS TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER, Pacific Coast Chapter..., n.p., (1980) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 80pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Published by the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. First published in 1974., (Order No: 41460 ), $25.00

262. Stockl, Fritz, ROLLENDE HOTELS - TEIL 1 - DIE INTERNATIONALE SCHLAFWAGENGESELLSCHAFT, Rudolf Bohmann Industrie, Wein - Heidelberg, 1967, B&W illustrations, 136pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover), SCHRIFTENREIHE DIE EISENBAHNEN DER ERDE BAND VIII - "Railways of the Earth Series, edited by Dr. Fritz Stockl" Text in German. "ROLLING HOTELS T. 1. - THE INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAR CO." Text, photos and floor plans of Pullman type cars. Very interesting presentation., (Order No: 47732 ), $100.00

263. Stockl, Fritz (text by); Jeanmaire, Claude (illustrations by), KOMFORT AUF SCHIENEN -- COMFORT ON RAILS: SLEEPERS, DINERS AND SALOON- CARS ON THE EUROPEAN RAILWAYS, Verlag fur Eisenbahn, Basel, Switzerland, 1970, over 600 B&W illustrations, 183pp of text, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Full German title and subtitle reads: KOMFORT AUF SCHIENEN: SCHLAFWAGEN, SPEISEWAGEN, SALONWAGEN DER EUROPAISCHEN EISENBAHNEN. Text in German, fabulous photo/illustration section follows the text., (Order No: 48754 ), $100.00

264. Strapac, Joseph A., SOUTHERN PACIFIC REVIEW - 1977, Shade Tree Books, Huntington Beach, CA, 1978, B&W illustrations, 112pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 093074201X Published by the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc., April, 1978., (Order No: 40950 ), $40.00

265. Strapac, Joseph A., SOUTHERN PACIFIC REVIEW - 1980, Shade Tree Books, Huntington Beach, CA, 1981, B&W illustrations, 128pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0930742044 Published by the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, February, 1981., (Order No: 40951 ), $40.00

266. Stromquist, Shelton, A GENERATION OF BOOMERS: THE PATTERN OF RAILROAD LABOR CONFLICT IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1993) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 356pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0252063449 This volume explains the political economy of railroad labor relations and the character of the crisis that beset the nation in the 1890's., (Order No: 43353 ), $6.50

267. Strong, L. A. G., THE ROLLING ROAD: THE STORY OF TRAVEL ON THE ROADS OF BRITAIN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT, Hutchinson, London, (1956), B&W photos, 248pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 7723 ), $12.00

268. Swanson, Jack W. (edited by), RAIL VENTURES: THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GUIDE TO RAIL TRAVEL IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND MEXICO, Jack W. Swanson, Ouray, CO, (1982), B&W and color illustrations, 222pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0960876405 Discover the romantic adventure of rail travel in North America aboard famous trains like The San Francisco Zephyr, The Desert Wind, The Coast Starlight, The Broadway Limited, Whitepass and Yukon, Aztec Eagle, Hudson Bay Explorer and many more., (Order No: 48021 ), $10.00

269. Swett, Ira L., PACIFIC ELECTRIC IN TRANSITION, 1911 - INTERURBANS SPECIAL 30, Interurbans Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, (1967), B&W illustrations, 43pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Interurbans Magazine Volume 25, Number 2. Reprint of an article which appeared in the January 7, 1911 issue of "Journal of Electricity, Power & Gas.", (Order No: 41915 ), $50.00

270. Swett, Ira, LOS ANGELES PACIFIC ALBUM - INTERURBANS SPECIAL 40, Interurbans Magazine, n.p., (1966), B&W illustrations, 150pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Since the publication of Interurbans Special 18 on the Los Angeles Pacific, many more pictures and more information came to light, especially one particular photo album with wonderful photographs of this trolley system, much of them used now in this publications., (Order No: 41929 ), $60.00

271. Swett, Ira L., PACIFIC ELECTRIC IN POMONA - INTERURBANS SPECIAL 46, Interurbans Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, (1969), B&W illustrations, 124pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Interurbans Magazine Volume 26, Number 1, Spring 1969., (Order No: 41930 ), $75.00

272. Szwajkart, John (written and published by), TRAIN WATCHER'S GUIDE TO ST. LOUIS, published by the author, Brookfield, IL, (1983), B&W illustrations, 185pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), Explores the many railroads of St. Louis., (Order No: 42256 ), $25.00

273. Taylor, William Leonhard, A PRODUCTIVE MONOPOLY - THE EFFECT OF RAILROAD CONTROL ON NEW ENGLAND COASTAL STEAMSHIP LINES, 1870-1916, Brown University Press, Providence, RI, (1970), B&W illustrations, 323pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB no dustjacket, ISBN 0870571230 A history of a transportation system serving the economic needs of New England that evolved over a period of 50 years., (Order No: 49006 ), $40.00

274. The Reading Railroad, J. A. Fisher, President, THE READING: BUILDING A MODERN RAILROAD - THE READING LINES, Reading Railroad, n.p., (1958), 60pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "This book has been prepared in order that those who ride or ship on the Reading, those in the communities we serve, and those who work for the railroad might have an opportunity to examine the past, see us as we are today and share our views of tomorrow.", (Order No: 39167 ), $40.00

275. THE TIMES, AMERICAN RAILWAY NUMBER, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1912, The Times Office, London, 1912, B&W illustrations, maps, 245pp, ads, good, red cloth (couple stain spots on covers), An English encyclopedia of information about American railways. Great illustrations., (Order No: 13334 ), $75.00

276. Theroux, Paul, THE OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS: BY TRAIN THROUGH THE AMERICAS, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1979 2nd ptg, 404pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395277884 A captivating account of Theroux's travels by train in the Western hemisphere., (Order No: 24858 ), $7.50

277. Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick, THE GREAT DAYS OF THE EXPRESS TRAINS, David & Charles, London, (1990), B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by Thomas, ISBN 0715394142 A companion volume to THE GREAT DAYS OF THE COUNTRY RAILWAY. Here we recapture the days when the train journey (in Great Britain) was the most eagerly-anticipated part of a holiday, when the expresses reflected the character of the lines they served and there was great individuality in carriages, restaurant cars and their fare, station organization--and everyone took a keen interest in the performance of each day's run by select named trains., (Order No: 26647 ), $15.00

278. Tuma, Ing. J., THE PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRANSPORT, Hamlyn, London, (1979), B&W and color illustrations, 495pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0600387623 This is the story of man's transport achievements, on land, on water and in the air, through centuries of slow evolution to the rapid developments made possible by the power units of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries., (Order No: 45455 ), $7.00

279. Turner, George, NARROW GAUGE NOSTALGIA - LIMITED EDITION, J-H Publications, Harbor City, CA, (1965) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Accounting for over 16,000 miles of trackage at the start of the 20th century, the narrow gauge today has all but vanished. Signed limitation page tipped in., (Order No: 40995 ), $80.00

280. Vilain, Lucien Maurice (preface de M. Andre Chapelon), SOIXANTE ANS DE TRACTION A VAPEUR SUR LES RESEAUX FRANCAIS (1907-1967), Dominique Vincent et Cie, Paris, France, (1974), 443 B&W illustrations, 360pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Text in French. "60 YEARS OF TRACTION TO VAPOR ON THE NETWORKS FRENCH 1907- 1967.", (Order No: 47729 ), $125.00

281. Wampler, Joseph, NEW RAILS TO OLD TOWNS: THE REGION AND STORY OF THE FERROCARRILES CHIHUAHUA AL PACIFICO, Joseph Wampler, Berkeley, CA, (1975) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 164pp, fine, wraps (softcover), A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK, PARTICULARLY OF THE MOUNTAIN-BARRANCA SECTION OF THIS SCENIC WONDER, MEXICO'S "GRAND CANYON," THE BARRANCA DEL COBRE., (Order No: 44697 ), $10.00

282. Ward, Bert, and Williams, Earle, ALAMEDA & SAN JOAQUIN RAILROAD COMPANY, The Western Railroader, San Mateo, CA, 1971, B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), "The Western Railroader for the Western Railfan" Vol. 34, No. 10, October, 1971, Issue No. 380., (Order No: 42520 ), $15.00

283. Wayner Publications, SANTA FE PASSENGER TRAIN CONSISTS JANUARY 10, 1937, Wayner Publications, New York, (1971), B&W illustrations, 42pp, very good, wraps (softcover), This book, based on a Santa Fe list dated January 10, 1937, describes the makeup of all passenger trains except motor-car runs, mixed trains, and a few locals having coaches only. Consists, which were seldom saved, contain more information about types and movements of cars than are found in public timetables., (Order No: 41912 ), $35.00

284. Wayner, Robert J. (edited by), HISTORIC SOUTHERN PACIFIC CARS, Wayner Publications, New York, n.d., B&W illustrations, 47pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), A nice assemblage of photographs of a wide variety of early cars., (Order No: 41842 ), $40.00

285. Wayner, Robert J. (edited by), ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE ROSTERS, Wayner Publications, New York, (1965) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 86pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Nearly two thousand electric locomotives have been built for main-line and interurban roads on this continent since 1894. This book is a record of their construction, renumbering, transfer of ownership and final disposition., (Order No: 41844 ), $40.00

286. Wayner, Robert J. (edited by), PASSENGER TRAIN CONSISTS OF THE 1970S, Wayner Publications, New York, (1981), B&W illustrations, 57pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), The first five years of Amatrak witnessed an astounding alteration in the composition and distribution of America's railroad passenger car fleet., (Order No: 41917 ), $75.00

287. Wayner, Robert J. (edited by), A CENTURY OF DE LUXE RAILWAY CARS IN CANADA, Wayner Publications, New York, (1983), 123pp, fine, wraps (softcover), An extensive listing, with contents including: Cars Acquired by Amalgamation; Cars Built New, 1919-1939; Rebuilt Cars, 1921-1944; Sleeping Cars Leased in 1927; and, twenty more fascinating chapters and lists., (Order No: 42415 ), $60.00

288. Wayner, Robert J. (edited by), AMTRAK CAR SPOTTER INCLUDING AUTO- TRAIN CARS - REVISED SECOND EDITION, Wayner Publications, New York, (1973), B&W illustrations, 80pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), This book is a guide to the passenger cars on the Amtrak and Auto-Train rosters as of December 1973., (Order No: 42778 ), $40.00

289. Wenzel, Hansjurgen, DIE BAUREIHE 03 - (TRANSLATES TO - SERIES 03 GERMAN STEAM ENGINES), Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag, Freiburg, (1977), B&W illustrations, 288pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 3882551038, (Order No: 50272 ), $25.00

290. Westcott-Jones, Kenneth, BY RAIL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, A. S. Barnes and Company, South Brunswick, NJ, (1967), B&W illustrations, 143pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 049806946X More railway journeys around the world by this noted railway travel author., (Order No: 44485 ), $10.00

291. Weston, David and Bellars, Kirby (introduction by), THE WESTON COLLECTION, New Cavendish Books, London, (1977) 1st ed, 24 color illustrations, unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0904568148 "A Unique Series of Paintings by David Weston Depicting the History of the British Steam Locomotive." Catalogue of the exhibition., (Order No: 42388 ), $7.50

292. Wheatley, Robert and Wheatley, Bruce, THE LAST DAYS OF STEAM ON AUSTRALIA'S RAILWAYS, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, Australia, (1971), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) bump top corner, ISBN 0207121346 In their introduction the authors reminisce about the romantic days of the steam engine and then show the reader, through 80 pages of black-and-white photographs, how man and machine can unite in perfect working harmony., (Order No: 42175 ), $15.00

293. Wheaton, R. T. (compiled by) (edited by J. Richardson), DESTINATION PARADISE, Traction Publications, Canberra City, A.C.T., 1968, B&W illustrations, 39pp, very good, wraps (softcover), DESTINATION Series No. 61. The text is almost entirely the work of members of the Australian Electric Transport Museum (South Australia) Incorporated., (Order No: 44698 ), $10.00

294. White, John H., CINCINNATI LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS 1845-1868, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1965, B&W illustrations, 167pp, very good, olive green cloth (hardcover), United States National Museum Bulletin 245. This history is a case study of the industry as practiced west of the Alleghenies before the Civil War., (Order No: 2968 ), $12.50

295. Whitehouse, P. B. (edited by), GREAT TRAINS OF NORTH AMERICA, Hamlyn - New English Library, London, (1974), B&W and color illustrations, 141pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0600339726, (Order No: 46739 ), $5.00

296. Whiteley, J. S. and Morrison, G. W., STEAM IN WEST GERMANY, Oxford Publishing Co., Oxford, (1976), B&W illustrations, 112pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0902888722 A pictorial history of the West German railway system., (Order No: 47704 ), $20.00

297. Wiesenthal, M. (ichonography by G. L'Olivier), THE BELLE EPOQUE OF THE ORIENT-EXPRESS, Geocolor, Barcelona, Spain, 1979 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 8474240840 The Orient Express is not just another train. It was almost a myth. In spite of the vast changes in all fields which have characterized this century, it was the most famous train of all times. Authors, musicians, artists, and movie directors have all drawn inspiration from it for the creation of works which will appear in the history of art., (Order No: 21405 ), $6.00

298. Wilkins, Tivis (Tiv) E. (compiled by), COLORADO RAILROADS: CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, Pruett Publishing Company, Boulder, CO, (1974), B&W illustrations, 309pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0871080737 Tiv Wilkins has compiled the first complete, chronological record of the development of Colorado's railroad system. The chronological format enables the reader to systematically trace the overall development through the first one hundred years and at the same time observe concurrent developments in the construction and abandonments of the different lines., (Order No: 41071 ), $30.00

299. Wilkins, Tivis E., COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL NO. 13 - A HISTORY OF THE FLORENCE & CRIPPLE CREEK AND GOLDEN CIRCLE RAILROADS, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO, (1976), B&W illustrations, 207pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 41954 ), $35.00

300. Worthen, S. S., FAREWELL NUMBER 6218, Canadian Railroad Hist. Assn, Montreal, Canada, 1971, B&W illustrations, 36pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 25496 ), $12.50

301. Wright, Richard K., AMERICA'S BICENTENNIAL QUEEN ENGINE 4449 "THE LONE SURVIVOR", Wright Enterprises, Oakhurst, CA, (1975) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 52pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), The story of Southern Pacific 4-8-4 No. 4449., (Order No: 42400 ), $9.50

302. Zimmermann, Karl R., THE MILWAUKEE ROAD UNDER WIRE - QUADRANT PRESS REVIEW 2, Quadrant Press, Inc., New York, 1973, B&W illustrations, 64pp, fine, wraps (softcover), The Milwaukee Road under wires was an institution that defied comparison, a sui generis operation that always set its own standards., (Order No: 41998 ), $30.00