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Stories: Back to Nature; Khushal Khan's Rifle; Mountain Rescue; Indian Pantherss; The Hard Road; The Water Tank; Bhanamati; Malta Ferry; The Corner House; Bill Buffalo; Whaling in the Antarctic; Water-Divining in Malabar. Covers present but detached. Book
Rare memento of this early high-speed endeavour to connect passengers travelling between Vancouver and Vancouver Island by sea. Claimed to connect downtown Nanaimo with downtown Vancouver in just over 45 minutes; downtown Vancouver to downtown Victoria in under one and a half hours. Light wear. Few pencil notes. Undated. Circa 1972. Book
Book has light wear to covers with a 1" tear upper back cover, pen mark on front. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 115 pages with occasional drawings & b&w photos. Inscribed by author on title page.
25 pages. Features: Super Ferry Takes Shape - Construction of the first S-class vessel for BC Ferries, which will use a Cat 3606 - article with great photos of the vessel under construction; Graham Brothers Road Show - one of the most impressive private collections of antique equipment in the country; Alberta Special Waste Treatment Centre, Swan Hills, Alberta; Used equipment; Cold Weather Operating; Cat FB200B Purpose-built Buncher; Keyano College in Fort McMurray builds on success; Construction of the Langdale Creek Bypass, near Gibsons, presents a challenge for TNL Construction; Bortnick Contracting of Campbell River, BC uses Cat ground tools to reduce costs; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: F.O.B. Philadephia - The Budd RDC-1 - article with diagrams and many photos; International Dieselization - Canadian Pacific holds the honors for operating the first entirely dieselized North American international railroad division - photos and article; Extra 1555 West - from Pocatello to Portland over Union Pacific's Idaho and Oregon Divisions - long article with map and great photos; Photo Section - including centerfold of a Mallett K-4c class 2-6-6-2 No. 7533 leading 105 cars through Lewis Run, Pa.; The Miracle of Turtle Creek - The Story of George Washington's invention of the modern Air Brake - Long article with photos and detailed diagrams; The Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad - brief writeup with photos; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: News Photos, including glamorous photo of Marilyn Monroe (Joe Di Maggio's wife) hanging out the window of Canadian National's No. 8472 on a ride to Jasper, Alberta; California's Mountain Midget at Quincy, California; Piggyback - boom or bust?; A Baldwin 2-8-0 is transported by truck in Seattle - super photos!; London-Paris - in the days before the Chunnel passengers traveled by train from London to Paris via night ferry - great article with photos of the Golden Arrow Night Ferry; Picture Report on the Western Maryland plus informative articles; Super centerfold night photo of the H8 Consolidation No. 776 riding the turntable at Elkins, W. Va.; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Locomotives - Data on Cotton Belt L-1, Southern Pacific P-13; The Man in the Tower; Baltimore Belt Line - tunnel route replaced time-consuming ferry transfer across Baltimore Harbor - is electrified in tunnels; Yosemite Valley Railroad - Gateway to Yosemite National Park; Pennsylvania Special - 3 miles in 85 seconds! - a speed record that stands today, 38 years after it was made; Helper Engines - used where mountains must be crossed; By Rail to Guatemala - U.S. and Mexican freight cars roll into Central America with the completion of the Suchiate Bridge; The Bear and the Semaphore - bear forces young signalman up a signal pole; Locomotives of the Wisconsin Central, including No. 96. Average wear and soiling. Small date stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
52 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Pennsylvania's Mountain Types; The Man in the Tower; Grand Central Station - super 12-page photo-illustrated article; Via Burlington - Wartime Freight - climb to the black cusions in the caboose of First 67 and witness some real train handling; Car Retarders - They speed up switching by controlling cars from a central point; Pictorial Presentations - B&M transfer point, SP in the Siskyous, Old New York & Harlem locomotive, World's sharpest curve, NYNH&H, Western Pacific - Norfolk & Western; Lumber Railroad - The Michigan-California Lumber Company's 45-mile railroad northeast of Placerville - with photos of their aerial lumber ferry; Photos of the world's longest chute? - 3,000 foot drop to the South Fork, American River. Railroad Ups and Downs; They Look Alike - Forney and a Fairlie. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
40 pages. Features: Deltaport and Duke Point prepare for opening; Wreck of the S.S. Cowichan discovered; Mystery of the Dog Watch; Nautical Inspector Alan Shard; The Oriental Express; The Sun Princess; Truckspotting at the Nordel Weigh Scales; and more. Few markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
38 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for Allied Shipbuilders inside front cover features the M.V. Skeena Queen, their first Century Class ferry built; The New Duke Point Terminal of B.C. Ferries is nearing completion; Canada and China sign joint maritime agreement; Canadian Transport Company's President to move to Vancouver; London's Baltic Exchange; Hyundai to lease Tacoma terminal; $250m Iron briquette mill planned for Prince Rupert; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Circa late 1990s. A five-minute VHS fundraising video featuring the infamous Glen Clark. Intended exclusively for the biggest financial supporters of the British Columbia NDP, Clark implores them to dig deep and defeat the 'right wing extremists', Gordon Campbell and Jack Weisgerber by re-electing Clark for a second term. Pop this baby into your right wing friend's VCR and watch the look on his/her face! Circa 1997? A vidid reminder of BC's years of destruction at the hands of the NDP - may they never be repeated. Book
