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  • HAUT, F.J.C.
    THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES

    Edition: First US Edition

    South Brunswick, NJ & New York: A.S. Barnes, 1970. Quarto, white boards. pp 147, [9]. Photos, diagrams, tables, index. Fine copy. Jacket has a two inch tear to lower outer corner of front panel and small tears at head of spine, VG otherwise.

    Book ID: 43592
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  • SMITH, Patsy Adams
    THE RAILS GO WEST

    Edition: First Edition

    South Melboure: Macmillan of Australia, 1969. Blue boards, endpaper maps. pp (xiv), (164), [2] + plates. Ink ownership inscription on half-title leaf, else fine. Jacket has a few nicks, light rubbing, VG+ otherwise. A history ot the railroads of Australia written for younger readers.

    Book ID: 43601
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  • FAVIELL, John, Brigadier
    THE RAILWAY JOURNEYS OF MY CHILDHOOD

    Edition: First Edition

    London: Pan, 1983. Oblong quarto, maroon cloth gilt, oval pictorial label on front cover. pp 112. Colour reproductions of watercolours of Edwardian train travel. Cover label creased, with a short tear; faint sticker shadow on front free endpaper, VG clean & unworn copy otherwise.;

    Book ID: 43501
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  • Beaumont, Robert
    The Railway King: A Biography of George Hudson

    London: Headline, 2003. Card covers. pp 274 + plates; index. Ink owner name, else fine. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; 12mo 0747232369

    Book ID: 48194
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  • CUNEO, Terence
    THE RAILWAY PAINTING OF TERENCE CUNEO

    Edition: First printing

    London: New Cavendish Books, 1984. Quarto, green boards. pp 128. Reproductions in colour and b&w. Private owner rubber stamps and evidence of tape removal inside covers, else fine in fine jacket. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.

    Book ID: 43630
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  • TROUT, J.M. & Edw.
    The Railways of Canada for 1870-1, Shewing the Progress, Mileage, Cost of Construction, the Stocks, Bonds, Traffic, Earnings, Expenses, and Organization of the Railways of the Dominion.

    Toronto: Coles, 1974. Octavo, grey card covers. pp 175 + many ads front and rear. Minor spine rubbing, corner creases to one leaf, else fine, no names. Facsimile reprint of the Toronto, 1871, edition.

    Book ID: 43453
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  • MOEDINGER, William M.
    THE ROAD TO PARADISE: the story of the rebirth of the Strasburg Rail Road

    Lancaster, PA: Strasburg Rail Road Shop, 1983. Quarto, pp (40), stapled in glossy card covers. Many photos. VG+.

    Book ID: 43470
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  • BROWN, Robert R.
    THE ROAD TO THE SEA

    Montreal: Canadian Railroad Historical Association, 1965. Second edition, revised. pp 18, stapled, in paper covers. Ink name, small hole, and small spots on front cover, VG otherwise. Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad between Montreal and Portland, Maine. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.

    Book ID: 43468
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  • SHAUGHNESSY, Jim
    THE RUTLAND ROAD

    Edition: First printing

    Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964. Large quarto, lime green cloth, photographic endpapers. pp (12), 368. Colour frontispiece and one other colour plate, 423 b&w photos, 16 maps, charts, timetables, ads, index. Tape stains to upper and lower margins of free endpapers, else fine. Dust jacket softly creased lower front panel, near fine otherwise. History of this Vermont and Northern New York railway. Note: 2 kg parcel, extra postage will be required.

    Book ID: 43602
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  • BRIGNANO, Mary and Hax McCullough
    THE SEARCH FOR SAFETY: a history of railroad signals and the people who make them

    Edition: First Edition

    No place (Pittsburgh, PA): American Standard, Inc, 1981. Square octavo, brown boards. pp (8), 199. Many photos and reproductions in text. Tidy ink owner name at front; slight rubbing to spine ends and outer corners; small skinned spot in corner of title page; VG otherwise. Dust jacket has some chips and short tears; good. Commissioned by Union Switch & Signal Division, American Standard, Inc. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra shipping may be required.

    Book ID: 41128
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  • NOCK, O.S.
    THE SOUTH EASTERN AND CHATHAM RAILWAY

    Edition: First Edition

    London: Ian Allan, no date (1961). Octavo, brown cloth. pp 198, [2] + colour frontispiece and many b&w plates. Index. A fine, jacketless copy.

    Book ID: 43447
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  • KIDNER, R.W.
    THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY AND THE S.E. & C..R

    Edition: First Edition

    South Godstone, Surrey: Oakwood Press, 1953. Octavo, pp 52 + plates. Maps in text. Cloth and printed boards. Soft bruise to upper outer corners of coves and text, VG clean copy otherwise. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.

    Book ID: 43560
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  • KIDNER, R.W.
    THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY

    Edition: First Edition

    South Godstone, Surrey: Oakwood Press, 1958. Octavo, pp 52 + plates. Map in text. Cloth and printed boards. Mild wear to upper outer corner of boards, else fine. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.

    Book ID: 43558
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  • Webb, William
    The Southern Railway System: An Illustrated History

    Edition: First Canadian Edition

    Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1986. Quarto, blue boards, endpaper maps. pp (160), numerous photos. A history of this great rail system, the first to carry US Mail, from its humble beginnings in 1827 until its merger with the Norfolk & Western in 1982. Small sticker shadow on rear cover, else a fine, jacketless copy. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required. 0919783198

    Book ID: 43616
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  • GEORGE, E.B.
    THE STEAM AGE IN WESTERN ONTARIO: A railroad anthology. Personal reminiscences and accounts of locomotives and trains in a concentrated network of rail lines, along with their history and other pertinent technical data.

    Edition: First Edition

    London, ON: F.J. Ram, 1975. Large quarto, blue cloth. pp (14), (x), (126) + folding map at rear. Photos, tables, ephemera. Large new bookstore ticket at front; map has a streak of a felt tip pen to the right hand panel for some reason; near fine otherwise. Dust jacket has nicks and short creased tear along top edge, VG otherwise. This book is "the first ime any composite record of actual railroading in the peninsula between Lakes Huron and Ontario has been produced....The city of London was the focal point and at one time more trains entered and left the Forest City than any other city in Canada." Note: 2 kg parcel, extra postage will be required.

    Book ID: 43603
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  • HAINE, Edgar A.
    THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

    Edition: First Edition

    New York: Cornwall Books, 1990. Thick quarto, black cloth. pp 674, index. Fine in fine jacket. "This book outlines the history of the steam locomotive in 48 countries and territories not including the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. This work is essentially a graphic portrayal of the world's steam locomotives, with more than 1000 illustrations, including photographs, maps, tables, sketches, and drawings, which register the evolution, development, and application of this source of motive power in various parts of the world. Included are narratives tracing the background of railroading and steam locomotion in each of the nations chosen for discussion in this book. The author has also provided a comprehensive introduction which examines the genesis of this mechanical…

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    New York: Cornwall Books, 1990. Thick quarto, black cloth. pp 674, index. Fine in fine jacket. "This book outlines the history of the steam locomotive in 48 countries and territories not including the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. This work is essentially a graphic portrayal of the world's steam locomotives, with more than 1000 illustrations, including photographs, maps, tables, sketches, and drawings, which register the evolution, development, and application of this source of motive power in various parts of the world. Included are narratives tracing the background of railroading and steam locomotion in each of the nations chosen for discussion in this book. The author has also provided a comprehensive introduction which examines the genesis of this mechanical marvel; the experiments by pioneers of the earl railway engines; and the advent of new engineering designs, technology, and devices which eventually enhanced the locomotive's efficiency, safety, and general performance. This treatise provides a valuable historical reference relating to the world-wide utilization of the legendary railroad steam engine, from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century." - jacket. Note: 3 kg parcel, extra postage will be required.

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    Book ID: 43486
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  • MIDDLETON, William D.
    THE TIME OF THE TROLLEY

    Edition: First Edition

    Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co, 1967. Large quarto, cloth & boards. pp 435. Photos, list of makers, index. Fine copy. Jacket is chipped, torn, taped, just good. History of electric street cars in North America. Note: heavy book, extra shipping will be required.

    Book ID: 43623
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  • COPELAND, John Morison
    THE TRAIL OF THE SWINGING LANTERNS: a racy, railroading review of transportation matters, methods and men

    Edition: First Edition

    Toronto: Author, 1918. Square octavo, green cloth lettered in orange. pp (2), 149 (including 4 pp ads). Portraits in text. Folding sheet of press reviews laid in. VG copy. Focuses on on railroad men in Canada and the United States. Grand Trunk, Toronto & Nippising, Credit Valley, Canadian Northern, and more.

    Book ID: 43544
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  • HAWKINS, Philip D.
    TRACKS ON CANVAS: the railway paintings of Philip D. Hawkins

    Edition: First Edition

    Royston, Herts., England: Heathfield Railway Publications, 2009. Oblong folio, glossy colour pictorial boards. pp 96, index. Black & white photos, over 50 colour reproductions. Covers a bit bowed, else a fine copy in a VG jacket. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.

    Book ID: 43435
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  • Allen, G. Freeman, editor
    TRAINS ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL 1961

    Edition: First Edition

    London: Ian Allan, 1961. Small quarto, white boards. pp 96. Many photos, colour frontispiece. Ink name and date at front, name heavily crossed out in ink, else fine. Dust jacket has short creased tears, rubbing at ends, price-clipped, VG otherwise.

    Book ID: 43527
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