[NEW YORK SUBWAY -- RAILROAD SAFETY]. DELANEY, [John Hanley (Chairman Transit Commission].Biblio.com
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193259163New York NY & Swissvale PA: Westinghouse Union Switch & Signal Co.; New York City Transit Authority Transit Commission 1932. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 8.75 in. 40 leaves unnumbered. including 20 typescript explanatory leaves on onion-skin paper 20 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs all w/ Union Switch & Signal Co. in lower blank fore-edges all w/ rounded corners sized 8 x 10 in. mounted on linen hinges. Original flexible simulated black calf post-binder ownership name stamped on lower right corner front cover very slight fraying at fore-edges slight wear NF exemplar from library of Transit Commissioner Chairman John H. Delaney 1871-1952. This souvenir photo album documents the key switch and signal control systems power equipment subway signals car brake tripper valves and signal systems and more for the newly opened 8th Avenue IND Subway line in New York running from 207th St. to south of High St. in Brooklyn Heights. George Westinghouse had pioneered airbrake safety equipment revolutionizing rail travel in the 19th Century and had absorbed and created the Union Switch & Signal Co. in 1881 moving to Swissvale in 1887 where the subsidiary specialized in specifically closed track circuits and interlocking switch and signal control systems vital for interurbans subway systems and other rail lines. This album depicts the large signal control panel illuminated track indicator switch operating mechanisms and control valves tripper mechanisms signal control cables apparatus housing Dwarf subway interlocking signals and more. In addition many of the images reveal the newly constructed subway tunnels control rooms switching rooms air compressor plants and storage buildings. The 8th Avenue line was originated under Mayor John Hylan who pursued an independent subway system and directed Transit Commission Chairman Delaney to oversee construction and implementation of the line with most of the line dug using the cut-and-cover method by excavating the street above and attempting to avoid existing lines and stations. Delaney had begun his career managing the Morning Telegraph and the printing plant owner and was tapped in 1913 by Gov. Suizer as Commissioner of Efficiency and Economy during the Progressive Era. He proved to be an essential figure in not only overseeing the eventual $ 770 million job of building the IND subway system but was also key to the eventual unification of the IRT and BMT subway systems purchased by New York City for $ 326 million. No similar albums or photo archives located in Worldcat or other relevant institutional holdings; See: J.H. Delaney Dies; Ex-Transit Head The Brooklyn Dailey Eagle Aug. 14 1952 pp. 1 & 9; Steven Usselman Air Brakes for Freight Trains: Technological Innovation in the American Railroad Industry 1869-1900 The Business History Review Vol. 58 No. 1 Transportation Spring 1984 pp. 30-50. Westinghouse, Union Switch & Signal Co.; New York City Transit Authority, Transit Commission, unknown
187158202Kalama W.T.: William Walker March 12 1871. 4to. 7.5 x 9.75 in. 2 pp. on ruled paper approx. 180 words in clear crisp cursive retaining original mailing folds slight toning very slight dustsoiling NF. This letter reveals the setbacks engendered by poor construction materials in the Washington Territory as the Northern Pacific raced to extend its rail lines across the country hoping to become the second Transcontinental railroad after the Union Pacific. The letter from Walker to Sprague opens with “I herewith inclose sic a statement of the walking Boss in relation to the Powder which has been furnished thus far on the work & from personal inspection of several samples I think his estimate low. In all my former experience in public works I have never seen as bad powder attempted to be used. One keg examined seemed to be nothing but charcoal. It seems to have been damaged by dampness as nearly all is more or less caked solid.†He goes on to explain that he feels that the contract should be suspended with the powder company and if they have any complaints they can could come down and “inspect what is on hand. That which has been opened thus far has either been used or destroyed. . . .†Despite the setbacks Walker’s team managed to begin laying track on March 19 1871 a week later and by September the first 25 miles was completed and by the end of the year the Northern Pacific line extended to Tenino. Eventually after the Panic of 1873 bankruptcy in 1875 and other setbacks as well as purchasing majority interest in the Oregon Steam Navigation Company the Northern Pacific was able to complete the line from Kalama to Tacoma with connecting ferry the “Tacoma†which transported passenger cars across the Columbia River from Kalama W.T. to Goble Oregon up until 1909. See: Glenn Laubaugh & Ron McCoy The Northern Pacific PNW Chapter National Railway Historical Society 2021; Duane Denfield John Wilson Sprague 1817-1893 HistoryLink 11066 May 12 2015. William Walker, unknown
0365709867.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0365709891.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0260948896.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
189033132Cedar Rapids: The Record Printing Company n.d. ca 1890s 1890s. IOWA. 6" x 19" sheet 8 panels printed in green and red pictorial wrappers illustration of the "Queen" at the dock list of accommodations many in private homes and many at $1.00 per day. Offers information on Iowa's lake region and West Okoboji with it's fishing hotels things to do etc. Charts offering hotel names addresses rates and remarks for accommodations at Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake. Fine copy with original mailing envelope included. The Record Printing Company, n.d. (ca 1890s)] unknown
76967London, Locomotive Publishing Co. Ltd.4, no year, about 1971, 235x155mm, 168pages, editor's binding with jacket. Jacket condition poor. Book in good condition.
19302091502135501278Osaka Mainichi Shimbun 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 446p Map size: 16x23cm Osaka Mainichi Shimbun paperback
83802<p>The Railway Magazine is still Britain's best-selling rail title. It was first published in 1897 and has been published continuously since.<br />It was started by Joseph Lawrence and Frank E. Cornwall who believed there was market for amateur railway enthusiasts.</p> hardcover
191960653New York San Francisco CA Portland & Baker OR Coeur d’Alene ID & Seattle WA: American Railway Express Co. Railway Express Agency Co. Washington-Alaska-Yukon Division Pacific-Mountain Division 1919-1965. Archive with over 100 separate pieces. Approx. 1400 pp sections leaves individual items paginated & unpaginated numbered & unnumbered sections separately and more printed on assorted paper stocks many w/ colour-tinting. Individual items largely all sleeved in mylar and preserved in 3-ring binders some items in their original bindings as found including large Folio sample catalogue which is an original re-purposing of a large Christmas greeting card catalogue as well as others in their original post-binders softcovers or more detailed list available upon request. This informative archive of sales literature and in-house forms documents and publications for the Western and Pacific Divisions of the storied Railway Express Co. whose Big Green trucks with the red emblems shipped a valuable package or money anywhere in the world prior to the 1970’s. They specialized in efficiently shipping daily thousands of perishables fragile items and things the customer wished picked up at their home and then traveling across the company’s vast rail network to San Francisco Toledo Bremerhaven Germany Okinawa Japan and further. This material documents the period of transition by the American Railway Express Co. which had been formed during World War I by combining the Great Northern Express Northern Express Western Express Adams Express American Express Wells Fargo and Southern Express into one giant company. In 1929 69 U.S. railroads organized the Railway Express Agency and purchased the American Railway Express Co. and its’ vast network to be all folded into the same company with each of the railroads owning 1000 shares of stock. This archive encompasses all of the labels forms documents and sales literature in order to train operate and thrive as a Railway Express Agent. Not only do the labels and documents specifically detail how to pack the railcars and trucks make claims on damaged materials they even include specific items such as 21 mostly originally sealed safe combinations & keys originally held and secured by the Money Dept. of the Railway Express Agency. Two “Record of Personal Property†logs document the sales of obsolete equipment surplus horses carriages wagons motorized trucks and railcars from the Nampa ID depot. Also present is a fascinating receipt book still preserving all the original 50 Foreign Money Orders sent as remittances from 1946-1957 by immigrants co-workers aid workers as well as family and friends many with original TLS and ALS receipts associated with the original senders. The 1919 “Route Directory†provides very scarce original documentation of the network of depots operated by the Express Company across Idaho Montana Oregon & Washington during and just after World War I when the business was in the transition towards the American Railway Express Co. many of the rail stations no longer operable or in existence. The sales promotion and development in-house magazines flyers and bulletins all offer essential tips on how agents during the Great Depression and beyond could raise sales and cultivate their promotional campaigns. They encouraged regular meetings elevating their “Live Wires†to lead with rousing sales pitches and promoting methods on raising the company’s presence in the “Private House Market†as well as “Selective selling for the Summer slump.†In addition there are small broadsides flyers and tips on advising how to ship baby chicks bees taking care that bee hives arrive intact and ready for use shipping apples & pears from Oregon Washington Idaho & Montana farmers and packing houses as well as handling fragile glass packages. It is very apparent when reading through all of the material that the American Railway Express followed by the Railway Express ran a very tight ship with active auditing departments specific forms for nearly everything and very tight controls over who could enter and operate within their secure shipping railcars. Almost none of these original labels documents periodicals or other in-house publications appear in any institutional collections; Worldcat locates a few similar titles from the 1940’s through 1950’s at Stanford Univ. of Missouri St. Louis Northwestern and the Hagley. American Railway Express Co., Railway Express Agency, Co., Washington-Alaska-Yukon Division, Pacific-Mountain Division, paperback
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). Many b/w ills. 96 p. 1000 copies were printed. History of the Turkish railways and railwaymen. Anayurdu demir aglarla dört bastan örenlerin öyküsü: Demiryolcular.
19602092902137405767Kinki Nippon Railway Co. Ltd. 1960. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. paperback
2000KFZZQ100803Takahashi Railway Collection and Distribution Event 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. KFZZQ100803 Takahashi Railway Collection and Distribution Event paperback
1953KFZZQ100805Takahashi Railway Collection and Distribution Event 1953. Soft Cover. Fine. KFZZQ100805 Takahashi Railway Collection and Distribution Event paperback
190330359Chicago: Poole Brothers 1903. Second Edition. Wraps. Very good. Wraps. 7.5" x 5". 32 pages. Illustrated with photographs plan of the Prison grounds and map of the railroad route in back. Gray illustrated covers with title on front. Poole Brothers unknown
2b9602Ohne Verlag und Ort 1935. 46 S. kartoniert . - Text arabisch - unknown
0666877114.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
184514482ABAus 'Illustrirte Zeitung' Bd V (1845/46). Ca 12.5 x 21.5 cm. Aufgezogen.
1883576Mit 3 gefalt. lithogr. Tafeln mit 34 Figuren. Weimar, B. F. Voigt, 1883. 8vo. (21,5 x 13,1 cm). VIII, 192 S. Halblederband d. Zt. mit etwas Rückenvergoldung.
189386158Couverture souple. Broché. 552 pages. Couverture défraîchie, petit manque au premier plat.
189586159Couverture souple. Broché. 442 pages. Rousseurs. Dos jauni.
1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, Dunod, Paris, 1878, pp.117-204 et 153-278 pp. avec 1 grande planche dépliante hors texte [ Contient : ] Expériences faites en Angleterre sur l'emploi de systèmes de freins à grande puissance par Achille Bazaine - La Consommation et les pertes dans les distributions d'eau par Gariel Bien complet des 4 planches dépliantes hors texte sur l'Escaut Maritime et le Port d'Anvers. Etat très satisfaisant (dos frotté, bon état intérieur) Français
1878480211 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, Dunod, Paris, 1878, pp.117-204 et 153-278 pp. avec 1 grande planche dépliante hors texte [ Contient : ] Expériences faites en Angleterre sur l'emploi de systèmes de freins à grande puissance par Achille Bazaine - La Consommation et les pertes dans les distributions d'eau par Gariel
2 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, Dunod, Paris, 1878, pp. 205-357 et pp. 280-616 avec 4 grandes planches dépliantes hors texte [ Contient : ] Desséchement du Lac Fucino par Alfred Durand-Claye - Pont des Quatre-Saisons (Chemin de fer de Rodez à Millau). Note sur la construction des voûtes par M de Vialar - Etude sur les chemins de fer des Pays-Bas par Albert Jacqmin Bien complet des 4 planches dépliantes hors texte sur le desséchement du Lac Fucino. Etat très satisfaisant (dos frotté, bon état intérieur) Français
