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1953106315<p>Catalogue oblong 8vo color illustrated 51 pp. A few chips tears and folds at the edges ink name on front cover normal aging; otherwise very good. Wonderful color illustrated children's toy catalogue that features American Flyer electric trains. Prices and models are abundantly illustrated. Also included are some models of Erector Sets and Gilbert Chemistry Sets. Classic nostalgia for "baby boomers."</p> books
191425200Lynn Massachusetts: Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America 1914. Working card made out to Alfred Von Dreathen dated for month of July 1914; dues of $ 1.00; with the printed signature of the Int. Pres. W.D. Mahon and the stamped signature of E.B. Brennan the local sec.; small illustration of the union's streetcar logo at top. Approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; printed on heavy tan cardstock; light wear faint old drink-ring; in very good condition. Ephemera. Not Bound. Very Good. Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America) paperback books
193026286New York NY: Long Island Railroad 1930. 76 pages; black and white illustrated throughout. Cover article by Samuel O. Dunn on How Improved Railway Service Has Increased Prosperity; articles specific to Long Island Railroad employees events news and pieces of local Long Island NY interest: commercial air service; the Duke's Laws printing sometimes called the East Hampton Book of Laws; article by Amy King Frieman on the Libraries of Suffolk County leading off with East Hampton's; also "Home Sweet Home" Passes First Milestone as Public Museum originally in the East Hampton Star; another piece with a suggestion that entire length of Long Island's north side be designated "Northern Boulevard"; a chapter in her ongoing Long Island Agriculture articles by Edith Loring Fullerton with full-page illustration of the Homestead at Experiment Station No. 1 and another full-page of a line-drawn "No. 1 Boiled Dinner Scrub-Oak Style." using Long Island-specific ingredients given August 7th 1906; also a piece concerning South Shore of Long Island Maintains Steady Growth During 1929 Large Scale Public Improvements Including Highways Parks and Parkways General Development Attract New Residents; also on Rabbit Raising A New Industry for Long Island; another on the historical Long Island Press Chapter II Dealing Briefly With Newspapers Founded Between 1810 and 1850 by Helen Jo Scott Mann; and other items. George Flatow editor. Approx. 6 3/4" x 10" size printed paper stapled cover no back wrap. Some darkening to cover papers few old pencil marks at top of first page; otherwise clean and in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Long Island Railroad paperback books
192926212New York NY: Raymond-Whitcomb Co. 1929. Giving cruise destinations rates accommodations all keyed by colors to various rail car layouts; with details of amenities on offer - dining observation cars; washrooms berthing arrangements lounge area including library and more. A very large folding poster approx. 32" x 42 1/2" size with further information on the reverse regarding 14 of the available 'land cruises' including for Alaska National Parks Pacific Northwest and one tour which extended the 'cruise' portion to Hawaii. Small Brooklyn Daily Eagle Information Bureau stamp & date on cover panel. Old fold lines slight wear; couple short splits at folds; very clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Raymond-Whitcomb Co. paperback books
192222850New York: The New York Railroad Club 1922. 82 pages; recounting the semi-centenary of the club via historical reviews reports reminiscences by members; with also the reports on the state of the finances of the club and membership; with a useful Index of the Proceedings for the Fiscal Years 1895 to 1922 inclusive - giving details of discussions and reports authors dates given - all topics of concern to railroad management engineering safety product usefulness and design and more; at back is an index to advertisers which occupy about half this report - well over 100 of them - and often products are illustrated: American Car & Foundry Co.; Chicago Railway Equipment Co; Jenkins Bros.; Majestic Coal; The Okonite Co.; Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory; Standard Steel Car; Talmage Manufacturing Co.; Westinghouse Air Brake; Wyoming Shovel Works and many more; approx. 6" x 9"size; original stapled light orange printed & illustrated paper covers; light wear & dustiness staple residue; contents in very good condition; interesting railway engineering technology & social history ephemera from the early part of the 20th century. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Railroad Club Paperback books
197432327Seattle: Association of American Railroads; International Union of Railways; International Railway Congress Association 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardback bound in publisher's brown cloth; no jacket as issued <br/><br/> Association of American Railroads; International Union of Railways; International Railway Congress Association hardcover books
194840424Ogden UT: Bamberger Railroad Company 1948. 1st printing. Black ink printed to light blue/green paper. Moderate wear to paper age-toning creasing & light chipping. Previous tape repair to rear side. An about VG example. Single sheet folded once with a vertical crease. Charts on front of paper. Oblong format:. <br/><br/>"What is remarkable about this performance is that the Bamberger achieved the 'Flyer' speed on a mainline with considerable single track that was crowded with freight and passenger trains. The Bamberger ran both speedy lightweight 'Bullet' cars acquired in 1939 from the Fonda Johnstown and Gloversville and heavy old interurban cars. Business was so good during World War II the lightweights built in 1932 had to be removed from some of the 'Flyer' schedules because of their limited seating capacity and old cars were speeded up for the schedules" from the Utah Rails website. Bamberger Railroad Company unknown books
191685287n.p. 1916. Good. 25 x 30cm. Splitting along later folds. Signed by Secretary and two Directors. Payment information on back as if noting a transfer in 1929. <br/><br/> unknown books
194473010n.p. 1944. Paperback. Very Good. 21 12p. Wrapper. 27cm. Moderate cover browning & soil. This is not the actual executed agreement; it is a printed copy of agreement as executed with the signatures rendered in type. <br/><br/> paperback books
192021344United States: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 1920. A small pamphlet which is publicizing an effort to unify the Order of Railroad Conductors with the larger Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; ostensibly to keep dues low and create a larger power bloc for bargaining and union solidarity; the verbiage says that conductor members have "In past years been subject to a great deal of propaganda to the effect that you "belong" in the O.R.C. don't you really owe your support and loyalty to the organization that gets you promoted."; not dated and no place noted; circa 1920s; approximately 3 1/2" x 6" size; folded four-panel; light wear; in very good condition; interesting American railroad history ephemera a transportation union internecine conflict item from the earlier part of the 20th century. . Pamphlet. Very Good. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Paperback books
1964243898Cleveland OH: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Insurance Department 1964. 252p. compact paperback minor handling. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Insurance Department unknown books
1938001534No Place: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 1938. 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. First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Hardcover books
1938266516Cleveland. : Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. 1938. Maroon leatherette over boards gilt cover title no spine title. . Very good spine cocked corners lightly bumped endpapers foxed no dust jacket as issued. 29x21 cm. . Max Lowenthal’s copy with his name blindstamped in gilt on the cover. Heavy book may require extra shipping. weight: 3.6 lb. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. hardcover books
191424899Cleveland: Britton Printing Company 1914. First Edition. Large thick octavo 24cm.; original full sheep red and black morocco gilt spine labels all edges marbled floral endpapers; 61134pp.; illus. text in double column. Some peeling and cracking to leather extremities scuffed; textblock fine. About Very Good. Complete run for the year 1914 of a monthly published by the Brotherhood. Articles include Arthur Brisbane's "Female Labor and Minimum Wage"; Knud Benson's "The Panama Railroad"; R.H. Newcomb's "American Railroad Company Porto Rico"; and countless articles on safety and child labor. Poetry and fiction also present. Britton Printing Company unknown books
193143321London: Waterlow & Sons Ltd. 1931. First edition. A near fine copy. 1 sheet. Folio. A canceled issue 500 pound note of the 1200000 pounds sterling 5 per cent second mortgage debentures for the Buenos Ayres Central Railway which was first granted a concession in 1894. Waterlow & Sons, Ltd. unknown books
193137891London: Waterlow & Sons Ltd. 1931. First edition. A near fine copy. 1 sheet. Folio. A canceled issue 500 pound note of the 1200000 pounds sterling 5 per cent second mortgage debentures for the Buenos Ayres Central Railway which was first granted a concession in 1894. Waterlow & Sons, Ltd. unknown books
191232864Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1912. First edition large 8vo pp. x 446; handsomely and expertly recased in dark green cloth gilt-titled portion of original spine laid down; barely noticeable scuffing and wear to binding and a few light smudges to prelims otherwise a very good to near fine--and firmly bound--copy. A densely packed reference arranged topically and indexed by names. The subjects of the citations include railways around the world not just in the US. <br/><br/> University of Chicago Press hardcover books
198140456St. Paul MN: Burlington Northern Railroad 1981. 1st printing presumed. White paper printed in red green blue & black. Moderate wear to map edgewear & creasing apparent. A VG example. Single sheet printed recto only. Large color illustrated map of the United States of America with Burlington Northern routes marked in red across the country. Oblong format: 20-5/8" by 32-1/2" <br/><br/>"The Burlington Northern Railroad reporting mark BN was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996. The Burlington Northern Railroad was the product of a March 2 1970 merger that involved four major railroads: the Great Northern Railway Northern Pacific Railway Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad as well as a few small jointly owned subsidiaries owned by the four." Wikipedia. Burlington Northern Railroad unknown books
192740421Lewiston ID: Camas Prairie Railroad Co 1927. 1st printing. White paper printed with light blue and black lettering. Light wear to paper age-toning. Small perforated hole to top left edge. Withal a VG example. Single sheet folded once. Charts within. Oblong format: 10-3/4" x 15-1/2" <br/><br/> Camas Prairie Railroad Co unknown books
1910012553no place: Canadian Pacific Railway 1910. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong octavo 8vo. 24 black & white photographs. Illustrated paper binding is moderately to heavily torn chipped and wrinkled at the edges but is quite clean and is fully intact. There is no text except the title of each photograph. There is also no date listed circa 1910. Shows the Banff Springs Hotel and amazing views. Canadian Pacific Railway Paperback books
1944WRCAM55833N.p. likely Chicago 1944. 190pp. Folio. Contemporary black pebbled cloth boards with later red leather corners and backstrip gilt title on front board. Endpapers renewed. Minor rubbing and soiling to boards. Light thumb-soiling to text. Very good. An extensive and informative company ledger listing the assets properties profits losses and other business activities of the Canton Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad a subsidiary of the Illinois Central based in Chicago maintained over a period of more than sixty years. This ledger offers a rare glimpse into the economics of the railroad industry in the American South over a vast period of development from the immediate post-Reconstruction era to the requirements of the American war effort during World War II. <br> <br> The Canton Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad was incorporated on February 17 1882 as a subsidiary of the Illinois Central to acquire the branch already built in 1874 from Durant to Kosciusko Mississippi and extend it to Aberdeen and eventually to Nashville Tennessee. The line was completed as far as Aberdeen in 1888. A short disconnected section was also built from Winfield to Brilliant Alabama to serve several coal mines. The railway was officially dissolved and absorbed into the Illinois Central Railroad on August 21 1953. The current ledger records company activity for the great majority of the life of the Canton Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad. <br> <br> The ledger begins in December 1882 the year of incorporation of the railroad and is written in at least five distinct but highly readable hands. The early pages detail the "permanent expenditures" such as stock commitments construction costs equipment and interest; the construction costs are broken out into thirty-three line items including bridges cross ties grading iron rails right of way section houses stationery almost $50000 worth telegraph lines water stations and much more. This is followed by earnings statements profit and loss reports land costs mortgages additional permanent expenditures "sundries" to the Illinois Central and capital stock officers' and clerks' salaries bond payments advertising costs and other types of regularly-reported accounting through December 1944. Railroad accounting here is often reported as "Gross Receipts" balanced against "Operation Expenses" every quarter or six months and is later encapsulated as periodic "Additions and Betterments" and "Profit and Loss" statements in the latter two decades of the ledger. <br> <br> As the 20th century proceeds the ledger records business transactions between the Illinois Central and the Chicago St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad. The latter was based in Kentucky but was also working to build railroad lines in Mississippi and Tennessee during this time. The Illinois Central apparently made occasional "capital advances" to the Chicago St. Louis and New Orleans starting in 1913 which the latter then repaid in December 1919. The Illinois Central continued to make capital advances to the Chicago St. Louis and New Orleans throughout the time period recorded here. The Illinois Central would buy the Chicago St. Louis and New Orleans outright in 1951 absorbing its operations in Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi. <br> <br> Other activities beyond the normal operations of the company include additional tracks and rail services provided to mining and manufacturing companies in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In December 1939 the Illinois Central agreed to construct "tracks to industry" located on property belonging to the American Colloid Company in Aberdeen Mississippi. The American Colloid Company appears to have been mining bentonite in Aberdeen and was in need of spur tracks to move their product to market or perhaps manufacturing plants. The Illinois Central also constructed further "tracks to industries" in December 1941 namely to the Nickles Lumber Company in Aberdeen and Moeller & Vandenboom also a lumber company in Ethel Mississippi. Depreciation "retirement or abandonment of nondepreciable property" "service value of nondepreciable" retired property and other "property retirements" occupy the latter few pages of the ledger. <br> <br> A dense and useful record of a southern railway's business activities for over half a century. Records for railroads operating in the American South are scarce especially for such a vast span of time. hardcover books
194440437Cedar Rapids IA: Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway 1944. 1st printing. Yellow printed paper. Moderate wear rubbing creasing. Single sheet folded once. Charts housed within. Oblong format: 8-1/2" x 12" <br/><br/>While freight was important to the "Crandic" Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway in the early years it was better known for its passenger interurban operations. After passenger operations were discontinued in 1953 freight became the primary source of traffic for the Crandic. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway unknown books
192614325Augusta GA: Commercial Printing Co 1926. 8vo. 32pp illus. Wraps. Very good. Promotional pamphlet. <br/><br/> Commercial Printing Co paperback books
1917313Chicago: Rogers & Company 1917. Very good. 40pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Light wear. Uncommon promotional for the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway route between Chicago and Seattle. Extensively illustrated with spectacular photographic reproductions of the route and sights along the way in Montana Idaho and Washington. OCLC locates several different issues of this publication in a small number of copies but none from this year. Rogers & Company unknown books
19144293Chicago: Rand McNally 1914. 62pp. Square octavo 23 cm x 21.5 cm Stapled Illustrated wrappers with vertical fold at center as issued. Very good. Minor overall wear with a number written small in ink on the cover. Rock Island promotional piece for travel to Denver and the front range with descriptions of the area and attractions with black and white views throughout. Double-page map at the center.<br/><br/>"Colorado is the vacation center of America not only because of its central location but also for its altitude profusion of scenic wonders sunshine mile-high atmosphere and tempting outdoor life all of which are natural causes."- rear cover. Rand McNally unknown books
