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1912182089Istanbul: Archak Garoyan 1912. First edition of this rare manual for mechanics and drivers working for the Hijaz railway printed in 1912 four years after the line had reached Medina and the year before a station was opened in Damascus. We have traced no institutional copies. An overview of the requirements for the selection of mechanics and drivers including minimum age character and competencies is followed by a description of duties responsibilities regulations about manoeuvres and various procedures to drive locomotives and trains in and out of depots. Chapters are also devoted to the use of signals train speed breaks the circulation of sole locomotives and various extraordinary circumstances such as the sudden incapacitation of the driver train breakdown and derailing. Octavo 180 x 110 mm. Text in French and Ottoman Turkish. Modern marbled paper boards gilt spine labels. Occasional pencilled pentrials. Corners a trifle rubbed spine slightly cockled contents toned minor traces of adhesive and original wrappers along gutter of title page and last verso couple of tiny stains to lower edge: a very good copy. hardcover
135005Jasper Alberta: Canadian National Railway. Undetermined. very good. Original photograph. 18.25 X 24.5" 46 X 62 CM in 29.25 X 35.5" 74 X90 CM in dark wooden frame with gilt inner border. Light gray matting with some liquid stains. Title beneath the image on the matting. very good Image shows six golfs with the mountain visible behind them. Photographer unknown Possibly Notman and Son. A nice photograph. Canadian National Railway unknown
28506Manchester. Bradshaw and Blacklock. 1852. Soft cover. 12mo. 18cm. 24p. 2 tables 3 large folding maps in stiff brown wraps with gilt titles on the upper cover upper hinge starting else fine cgc. Started in April 1849 the New Docks were a major scheme of reclamation and dock construction initiated by the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway later the Great Central. The booklet published early in the year predicted that the completion of the project would be in May 1852. A large detailed plan of the docks and reclamation is included along with two maps one showing connections from Grimsby to the rest of Great Britain the other connections from Grimsby to Europe. Manchester. Bradshaw and Blacklock. [1852] unknown
188136473N.P.: Privately printed 1881. 1881. 13-3/4" x 8-1/2." 6 pp. Legible handwritten document in ink incorporating the Lake Superior & Dakota Railway Company dated 8 August 1881. Document states that Springer Harbaugh Cushman K. Davis Jacob H. Stewart and Charles W. McIntyre residents of St. Paul Minn. and Robert Fairweather William Anglim and Frank Ives residents of Crookston in the county of Polk State of Minnesota and Michael Graver and Charles Lockhart both residents of the city of Pittsburg county of Allegheny State of Pennsylvania hereby "associate themselves for the purpose of forming a corporation under and in pursuance of the statutes of the State of Minnesota and declare First - that the name of the corporation shall be The Lake Superior & Dakota Railway company and its general purpose and the nature of its business shall be to construct in a direct line as near as may be consistent with engineering difficulties and operate a railroad from a point at or in the town of Duluth Minn. with a branch line to the boundary line between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota to a point on the Red river of the North in Minnesota north of the eleventh standard parallel; and also to erect and operate a line or lines of telegraph between said terminal points in connection with such railroads as it may construct." Although the document is very legible newspaper article transcribes the documents though not word for word. A notary seal is on the last page with the following stated: "State of Minnesota Department of State I hereby certify that the within Instrument was filed for record in this office on the 8th day of August A.D. 1881 at 2:10 o'clock P.M. and was duly recorded in Books F of Incorporations on pages 314315316& 317. Signed by Fred von Baumbach Secretary of State." Privately printed, 1881. unknown
187166Boston; Nov. 1 1871. 1871 9 pp. folio. This indenture was made the first day of November 1871 between the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company and Oliver Ames and Charles F. Choate. The Atlantic and Pacific was to be built from Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific Coast. From the very beginning the Atlantic and Pacific was plagued with problems even though they had the same rights as other transcontinental railroads regarding bonds land grants etc. Ames and Choate noted bankers of railroads and other various schemes were to loan to the railroad in gold coin. The amount is left blank in this document and the document is not signed by the parties. They were to be repaid in gold coin with an annual interest rate of 6%. In addition to the indenture listed above another indenture was made with George Bigeldow and James Dixwell. 2 pp. with manuscript corrections and additions. Including a provision to enable the Atlantic and Pacific to mortgage the road. This document was written earlier and does not have nearly as many provisions as in the Ames and Choate indenture. Four years later the Atlantic and Pacific would lapse into receivership. Oliver Ames then the largest stockholder purchased 96697 acres of the road's Missouri lands. After reorganization the A & P had some life until the panic of 1893 and the spoils were then divided between the Santa Fe and Frisco. These two documents are important in understanding the financial development of this railroad. Atlantic and Pacific material is quite scarce. Oliver Ames was the brother of Oakes. This railroad was to have been a very important development for Arkansas and Missouri. These documents are housed in a very attractive folding box 9 x 7 3/4 inches with green cloth-covered boards and a green morocco spine label with gilt lettering. 3214013 OG2080. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston; Nov. 1, 1871. hardcover
elala4985Montreal: 1919. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 63 3. with half-title. folding map. etched frontis. & 27 other plates after photographs. tissue guards with legends. original quarter vellum light dampmark to upper cover & 5 plates & tissue guards - barely visible on plates tissue guard lettering offset onto frontis. [Montreal: 1919] hardcover
1923328c9891Vancouver B.C.: British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited 1923. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 40 pages. Oblong 12" x 9.5". Circa 1923. Profusely illustrated with glorious contemporary black and white photos. Considerable supporting text. A sumptuous promotional work intended to highlight the investment potential of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company and its subsidiary companies: Vancouver Power Company Limited; Vancouver Island Power Company Limited; Western Power Company of Canada Limited; Vancouver Gas Company Limited; Victoria Gas Company Limited. Very attractive gilt lettering and decoration upon chocolate brown front cover. Clean and fresh with very light wear. Discrete prior owner's name atop front cover. Two short openings to fore-edge of front cover. An exceptional and rare copy of this exquisite vintage item. British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited Paperback
187035116New York: Brown & Hewitt Printers November 15 1870. 1870. 9" x 6" printed wrappers 32 pp. frontispiece is a double page map with color outlining tables. The wrappers are printed on each panel. The Central Railroad of Iowa is laying tracks in connection with the Milwaukee & St. Pal and the North Missouri Railroads forming a direct line from St. Paul and St. Louis. As of November 1 1870 the route is nearly complete. The route is 233 miles and to date 150 miles of track are laid operational from the Minnesota state line "and several gangs of track-layers are making rapid progress with the balance of the work. It is expected that the Road will be completed into Albia . within 22 miles of its connection with the North Missouri Road . in a few days." Orders for available bonds will be delivered free of charge. Good description of the country products projected business of the rail line etc. Light vertical crease creasing to bottom corners as well as a small blue stamp to front cover and with minor chipping to spine. Brown & Hewitt Printers, November 15, 1870. unknown
188737709N.P.: Privately printed 1887. 1887. 24" x 38" sheet folded to 60 panels with cover panels depicting a boat and train scene on front panel and depicting a park scene on the rear panel. Opens to 30 panel map of the United States with pink outlining each state and showing their lines and connections primarily from Chicago & Milwaukee to Kansas City Omaha and into the Dakota. Inset is a 5/1/2" x 8" map of Mexico. Backed with map of Chicago views of depots in Chicago and Milwaukee time tables and information for passengers information about the railway rates for sleeping cars rates and information on steamship line from San Francisco to Yokohama Hon Kong Honolulu and Sydney. Lightly soiled and with wear to extremities slight splits at some fold junctures stub along rear hinge suggesting this was removed from a trip scrapbook. Good. Privately printed, 1887. unknown
189437701Chicago: Knight Leonard & Co. February 1894. 1894. First edition. 16" x 31 1/2" sheet folded to 32 panels with cover panels showing the Royal Gorge and Marshall Pass. Opens to a 14-panel color map outlining of the United States from Chicago westward and 2 panels with information on excursions along with rates. Backed with time tables and notes on Colorado's resources. Laid in is a 2-panel illustrated advertisement for "The Colorado" at Glenwood Springs with illustration of and information about the resort. Excellent condition. Knight, Leonard & Co., February, 1894. unknown
1901ST13907<p>This is a very rare map of Kansas from 1902 shoiwing all the railroad companies operating in the state at that time. The map has a linen backing enclosed in a small carrying case. The case has writing on both sides and there is one note on the linen backing one one panel. See photos for each of these. The map itself has no marks and seems to be in great shape for it's 123 years. Fully folded out the map is roughly 21" by 30.5". Very few maps similar to this are found on the internet and I did not find another from 1902.</p> J. N. Matthews Co.
184127722Ayr: M'Cormick & Gemmell; Glasgow: Andrew Rutherglen 1841. 16mo pp. 4 110; folding lithograph frontispiece map folding facsimile of Burns' handwriting double-page plan of Ayr 12 lithograph plates 2 double-page and folding; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover; small crack starting in cloth along rear joint; minor spotting to the binding; all else very good. Cover title reads "Glasgow & Ayrshire Railway Guide . Published at the Ayr Advertiser Office. M'Cormick & Gemmell; Glasgow: Andrew Rutherglen unknown
19532111902160200818Shohon 1953. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Shohon paperback
1938001534No Place: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 1938. Book. Near Fine. Buckram. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Personal copy of Herman B Wells beloved former President and Chancellor of Indiana University with his name in gilt at bottom of front boards. Apparently published as the response of the unions to management's demands for a 15% reduction in wages in 1938 and specially printed for prominent Americans in the hope that they would support the union's request for an increase in wages. 482 pages.Bound in brown leather with gilt lettering. A fascinating chapter in union- management history and a great railroad collectible. Boards lightly rubbed at tips and 1 page small corner crease. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Hardcover
194364074Philadelphia PA: Pennsylvania Railroad 1943. One elephant folio colour-printed poster sized 25 x 40 in. very slight age toning slight creasing shelfwear at fore-edges still a NF copy w/ bright colours. First edition of this exceptional wartime home front Savings Bonds drive poster for the Pennsylvania Railroad featuring the famed Raymond Loewy designed streamliner steam locomotive PRR S1 “The Big Engine†which premiered at the 1939 New York World’s Fair and whose 6-4-4-6 expanded duplex configuration made it the largest passenger locomotive ever built. For a short time the locomotive hauled the Manhattan Limited. Cornwell’s 1892-1960 powerful propaganda posters offered essential visual support for War Bonds fundraising during the War. Pennsylvania Railroad, unknown
185734117Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery Printers 1857. 1857. ILLINOIS. First edition. 8vo. 9" x 6" pictorial wrappers 80 pp. illustrated maps frontispiece prairie scene in Illinois back cover is an advertisement for the railroad. The two maps are on stiffer paper at the front of the booklet one is an outline map of Illinois showing progress of the railroad and the other is a double-page map of the eastern portion of the United States showing railway connections from the Mississippi River to the East Coast and the available lands offered for sale in Illinois. "The lands are situated on each side of the Railroad between Dunleith and Cairo on the main line and Chicago and Centralia on the Chicago branch. Traversing the entire state from north to south it therefore passes through a great variety of climates and purchasers are enabled to suit their inclinations in their selections. The road passes immediately over some of the lands; others vary in distance from it from one to fifteen miles." Light wear to the spine ends from cover is lightly soiled small corner chip to bottom of the rear panel and pages 71 through 80 else a very good serviceable copy. Geo. C. Rand & Avery, Printers, 1857. unknown
188646293New York: Compiled and published by the Passenger Department of the New York Lake Erie & Western Railroad 1886. 1886. RAILROAD NEW JERSEY. First edition. 8vo. Attractive colorful wrappers that have been bound into a cloth case with titles stamped in gilt on the spine 40 pp. rear cover is a color map showing the territory specially adapted to Suburban Residence for the Picturesque Erie beautiful black & white illustrations list of Suburban Real Estate Agents and Suburban Building Associations. This is a promotional by the railroad to encourage people to locate in Northern New Jersey due to crowded conditions in NYC. They promote that to build a home in Northern New Jersey and New York state is the way to go and point out the wonderful convenient and speedy service available to and from NYC via their railroad company. Provided are home plans showing that a three bedroom home to an eight bedroom home can be built for a low of $2000.00 to a high of $5000.00. Recommended counties in New Jersey are Bergen Passaic and Essex and Rockland County in New York. The railroad company provides most of the information for one to consider moving to the areas where expenses are considerably less there is room for growth and they can supply economic and regular transportation. Fine copy. Compiled and published by the Passenger Department of the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad, 1886. hardcover
1960233391960. Railroad labor photo archive documenting manual track rehabilitation work on a rural rail line likely Minnesota circa 1960s during the period when thousands of miles of lightly used American branch line track were being abandoned salvaged or transferred into preservation and excursion use. The scenes illustrate the broader contraction of regional rail service that accelerated after World War II as trucking highway construction and changing freight patterns undermined small-line profitability. Crews work directly on deteriorated rails and ties using pry bars hammers jacks buckets and lining tools recording the physical labor required to maintain secondary rail infrastructure before mechanized maintenance became dominant on many smaller lines. Several scenes suggest volunteer or preservation-oriented work rather than standard commercial railroad maintenance including the mixed-age crew casual work clothing and informal group arrangements. Notations identify John L. Blamey on two images possibly referring to a Minnesota photographer of the same name.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 12 black and white Kodak prints each 5 x 7 inches likely silver gelatin photographs Minnesota circa 1960s. Workers stand along heavily worn track in wooded rural terrain while replacing ties aligning rails clearing ballast and fastening hardware by hand. A rail maintenance vehicle and small rail equipment appear in the distance in several scenes while other views isolate long stretches of neglected track curving through leaf-covered corridors. Younger participants in denim overalls work alongside older men in railroad caps and heavy work jackets suggesting a collaborative rehabilitation effort rather than a fully standardized railroad gang. Buckets oil cans pry bars spikes and timber ties are positioned directly along the right-of-way emphasizing the improvised and labor-intensive character of the work. One scene captures two men driving spikes while kneeling beside exposed ties; another shows a larger crew spread across the rails with tools arranged in parallel lines along the track bed. Several prints bear manuscript identification to "John L. Blamey." One still life of dining utensils and tableware appears within the group perhaps a meal shared by the group or an image retained from the same processing batch.<br /> <br /> By the 1960s many Midwestern branch lines faced abandonment as railroads consolidated operations and shifted investment toward higher-volume freight corridors. Across states such as Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa local historical societies preservation groups and volunteer railroad organizations increasingly intervened to salvage depots rolling stock and short rail segments before removal. These scenes preserve the transition period when maintaining even a short stretch of track still depended upon coordinated hand labor and inherited railroad knowledge. No loss or wear noted; prints clean and sharply detailed. Overall in very good to near fine condition. unknown
190039090N. P.: Privately printed n. d. ca 1900. 1900. NEW YORK RAILROAD. First edition. 8vo. 8" x 5" color pictorial wrappers n. p. 32 pp. illustrated. The Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railroad begins at the city of Poughkeepsie New York and makes good connections with trains and steamers touching at Poughkeepsie. From Poughkeepsie the road runs in a northeasterly direction diagonally across Duchess County traversing nearly its whole length with its northern terminus being Boston Corners. This village is situated at the extreme northern limit of the county and almost at the spot where the three states New York Massachusetts and Connecticut join. Some scenes and villages along the route are Pleasant Valley Bowers Lake Salt Point Clinton Corners Upton Lake Park Willow Brook Stanfordville Stissing Pine Plains and Acram Lead mines. Also included is information on fishing and a list of the hotels boarding houses and farm houses that are available to take summer boarders. The location name of the owner number of guests that can be accomodated and the rates for both adults and children. Staples showing rust internally white covers lightly soiled else a near fine clean copy. Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1900). unknown
19392092902143802114Not Available 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 10 Not Available paperback
19302081502111902282Not Available 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19029848London Waterlow and Sons Ltd c. 1902. CLR passenger map sheet size 14.5 x 33 cm printed in colours trivial spotting on verso guide-book issue with blank verso. Leboff and Demuth No Need to Ask p. 33 describe this as a new form of map which was to be commonplace until the 1930s. a street layout printed on paper and folded into four with travel information on the reverse side. As this is a guide-book issue the information on the verso has been omitted Passengers were requested not to smoke in the lifts and to refrain from spitting and sensible restrictions were placed on baggage banning heavy and bulky luggage which cannot be carried without inconvenience to Passgengers. However this Central London Railway map remains innovative for two reasons: firstly the CLR paved the way in giving maps away to passengers something which we now take for granted but which only became viable as printing became cheaper; secondly they also established a precdent for distributing quantities of their official map at no charge to commercial publishers to be bound into guide books. Presumably it was seen as free advertising and it became a standard practice for London Transport and its predeccessors in the first half of the 20th cnetury. Map unknown
19248477London: Waterlow and Sons 1924-25. Passenger map of the Metropolitan Railway 43 x 34 cms printed in colours with travel information on verso wear to intersections of a couple of folds a couple of short splits; dark red covers print code G1608/100000 undated but c. 1924-25 with large red arrow indicating the British Empire Exhibition and Cup Final Stadium. In 1933 the Met became part of the LPTB in 1933. Here though the Tube and other railways fade into the background. The emphasis is on work/life balance commuting from Metro-land a term coined by the railway companys Publicity Department with its golf courses rapidly diminishing countryside and beauty spots such as Pinner and Ruislip a fragment of that older and more beautiful world. A panel on the verso extols the virtues of living in Metro-land purchasing from the Metropolitan Railway Country Estates Ltd: unlike any of their competitors the Met was directly involved in residential property development. Map Waterlow and Sons unknown
53235London: Railway Chronicle Office 14 Wellington-street North Strand. c.1846. 281 x 21 cm. Original chart of the railway line between London and Gosport. The chart shows the line from Nine Elms Station to its terminus in Gosport with vignette views and descriptive text of destinations en route as seen from the eastern and western side of the line down each side. Folds between pink paper covers with publisher's title label with vignette border to upper cover. Spine of wrappers torn lower cover creased. London: Railway Chronicle Office, 14, Wellington-street North, Strand. [c.1846] unknown
19252080302106809782Manzhou Railway Passenger Division 1925. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: one Manzhou Railway Passenger Division paperback
