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Features: Julius Kruttschnitt of the Harriman Lines Claims Railroads and Labor Friendly; Great Northern Finances for Fiscal Year; Steel Bridge Across Chehalis River at Aberdeen to Open 23 September; Rapid Work on Argo Terminals; Innovation of Ticket Cases - article with photo of modern ticket case; Final Bursting of Controller Bay Bubble (editorial about Alaskan nautical dangers); Business Profile of Kenneth C. Kerr, Industrial Agent of the Alaska Steamship Company (with photo); Improper Packing Causes Great Loss; Record Freight Train runs from Altoona to Enola, PA; Many Abandoned Railways in U.S.; Free Baggage Allowances in Various States and Countries; The World's Wheat Crop; Bernard N. Baker Outlines Plans of Atlantic and Pacific Transportation Co.; General H.M. Chittenden Makes Statement for Seattle Port Commission; What the (New) Port Commission May Do for Seattle; The Proposed West Point Immigration Station - article with map showing location of the proposed station and the proposed West Point Waterway Improvement as planned by Virgil Bogue; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Empress of China Crew Exonerated; Decision in Princess May Stranding; Marine Decisions; Diagrams illustrating work to soon begin on Pier 1, owned by the Northern Pacific Railway Company; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; The San Pedro - New C.P.R. Steamer for Trans-Pacific Service - article with illustration; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: First Annual Report of American Express Companies; John F. Stevens Retires From Hill Lines; B.F. Bush Succeeds George Gould as president of the Missouri Pacific Railway (with photo of Mr. Bush); Causes for Trade Depression; Development of Alaska Fisheries; Hearing Regarding Pacific Coast Rate Cases; Larger Terminal Yards Planned for Tacoma; The Railroads and the Panama Canal; Sixty-Seven Steamships in Canadian Pacific's Great Fleet - article with nice illustration; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Three Sailors of the British Steamer Benedick convicted of mutiny by Edinburgh court; Captain David Baird to take charge of the Victoria and Vancouver Stevedore Co.'s Vancouver Branch - with photo of Mr. Baird; Suspension of Capt. Alfred Croskey Reduced; Tacoma News; Captain Fred Warner to command the famous steamer Corwin (brief article with photo); Nice illustrated one-page ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle to San Francisco; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Seattle features an aerial view of their plant; Willamette Iron & Steel Works ad features nice photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and pumping water in the air; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships ad features schedule for their connections between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean Traffic; Pacific Coast S.S. Co. Places Order for 10,000-Ton Steamer - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Comprehensive Review of Far Eastern Shipping Situation by U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, George E. Anderson; Astoria Getting Ready for Panama Canal; Panama Canal Rates - The Big Issue; Captain John Truebridge - Obituary; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Some Perils of the Deck Load - Feature article includes photo of a leaning steamer Cuzco; The Advantages of the Water-Tube Boiler; Record of a Ballin Water Tube Boiler - article with photo; The International Navigation Congress; Boiler Inspection for [Panama] Canal Zone; General Shipping News; Oil Engined Barges to Revolutionize Shipping; and much more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Seattle's Public Utilities Department and the Railroads - major article; Southern Pacific announces fast excess-fare train between New Orleans and San Francisco; Promotion for T.B. Degnan of the Great Northern Railway Co.; No Time To Lose - Editorial discusses how representatives of eight Puget Sound cities oppose tolls being charged through the Panama Canal to vessels flying the U.S. flag and engaged in U.S. coastwise traffic; Handsome New Union Passenger Station for Aberdeen, WA - article with artist's rendering of the future station; Foreign Capital in Railways of the United States - major article by Harvard Professor of Economics William Z. Ripley; Business biography of J.E. Dalrymple, recently elected vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; Railway News in Brief; Battery Truck Crane the Latest Invention in Freight Handling - major article with wonderful illustration of a mobile electric crane invented by General Electric of Schenectady, NY to be used for loading rail cars (who knew Elon Musk was so old!); How Should Tacoma Prepare for the Opening of the Panama Canal? - major article with excellent photo of the busy Tacoma waterfront; Statement Concerning Panama Canal by George S. Dearborn, president of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.; British View of Panama Canal; High Honor for W.D. Wells of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co.; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Repair bill for the White Star liner Olympic; Submarine Motor Salvage Boat invented by Mr. E.H. Crossley; New Steamer Solduck will be an All-steel Modern Vessel - major article including diagram of its outboard profile; Article on Steam Cannery Tender for the Northwestern Fisheries Company - article with diagram of the outboard profile of this vessel; Pacific Coast Casualties; Steamboat Fairhaven Sinks in Harbor; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece and 102 plates on 32; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the standard reference, first published in 1948.
Pages 267-290. Features: Progress on the Alaska Railroad; Report on the AFL-CIO Convention; Gov. Rockefeller Thanks Lodge 886; Robert Hewitt Passes at 83; O.P. Channell Jr. Named to R.E.D.; Presenting Case on H.R. 13300; Christmas Dinner in Early Canada; List of Approved Attorneys; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
200 pages. Invites you on board for a memorable adventure, a journey into the heart of Canada. Starts on a narrow-gauge line in Newfoundland covering nearly 4,000 miles, and ending on Vancouver Island's Malahat Dayliner. Offers a unique and remarkably beautiful panorama of the land from sea to sea. Includes 110 colour and 40 black and white photographs. Book virtually as new with negligible wear to maroon cloth-covered boards. Clean and unmarked. Price sticker scar and small closed tears to back panel of dust jacket which remains attractive with light wear overall. Lovely copy overall. Book
Topics: Norfolk postscript; Filming "God's Wonderful Railway"; Rainhill in Motion; Steam Revitalised; Father and Son Business; Glasgow's Subway Lives On; Locomotive Practice and Performance; Miniature Railway Pioneer. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Four issues (April 1954, August 1954, August 1955, August 1957). No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to some covers. Very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards, upper corners missing in two issues, general traces of storage, slightly dusty covers, and no bumping to corners. Total of ca 300pp. Four issues of Railway Magazine from 1954, 1955 and 1957.
Five issues (December 1957, May 1959, July 1960, August 1960, September 1962). Minor marks to some covers, no inscriptions. Light creasing to some covers. Clean very tight copies with bright boards, general traces of storage, slightly dusty covers, Total of ca 370pp. Five issues of Railway Magazine from 1957, 1959, 1960 (2) and 1962.
Six issues (March, April, May, July, August, December 1961). December issue has some ink marking around the account of the 'Mallard' run from Retford to Blackpool including a note on the front cover. Also July has a little ink marking around the Dover-Folkestone electrification. No other marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to some covers. Very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty rear covers and no bumping to corners. Total of ca 450pp. Six issues of Railway Magazine from 1961.
around 70 pages, illustrated, covers creased, includes an article by O.S. Nock on locomotive practice and performance. eng
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 144pp. A series of excellent captioned photographs showing steam on the West Somerset Railway.
50 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Features: Fare - $17.99 - Union Pacific satisfies the demand of Californians wanting to visit Las Vegas; "Heavy-Duty" Blue and the Flying Dutchman (short story); Joe Fisher's Neighborly Reading Railroad; The Land Grant Legend - how the federal government actually made land grants to promote the construction of railroads through the sparsely settled or unsettled areas of the country; Steam with a European Accent - six pages of European locomotives; Arizona's Town Hall Shortline - The Santa Fe, Wickenburg and Hassayampa River Valley Railroad; The Chessie Charms the Stockholders - shareholder meeting of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway; Guinness' Stout Little Railroad at their St. James Gate Brewery in Dublin - article with great photos of this narrow gauge which winds 8.5 miles through one of the world's largest breweries ; "I'm Feeling Pretty Proud" - Railroad Man of the Year, Harry G. Adams of the Illinois Central - article with photo. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
98 pages. Marion, Ohio - The Haunted City; Western Pacific's F-7 Revival; Cookin' with Gas - Union Pacific's Gas Turbines were an interesting experiment; Early Rock - 1st Generation diesel locos of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Diesel hydraulics - tried and failed; The Diesel comes to California's Cajon Area; The Maybrook, NY Yards - a spooky place; The story of steam 1920-1950 and why it came to an end; Amtrak's new Superliners; Oregon Live Steam; Old Stations gain new lives. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette and very numerous full-page illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers printed in green, yellow and white, yapped edges, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. Heath-Robinson's classic collection on the humorous side of railway operations was published to mark an event unique in British railway history: the Centenary of the GWR. One of his inimitable cartoons was reproduced in Radio Times to mark a special feature broadcast. See Wilson, pp.33-34 et seq.
Sm. oblong 8vo., First Edition, with coloured illustrations in the text, small signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustapper, the latter creased and frayed at extremities, and with rapairs on inner surface.
Good in newspaper format. Pages browned. Includes articles on the North Norfolk Railway and the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. 16113. eng
4to., First Edition, with 443 photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and creased at extremities. Comprehensive collection of photographs of the architecture of SR stations taken between 1968 and 1970. Ottley, 8580.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and numerous illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with photographs and maps throughout, and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Features: Trains, Travel and a Camera - 1; In the Boat Train - 'Scorpio'; Bridge Building on the K&ESR - preparations for further renovations of the railway; The Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint Line and its train services - 1; The Wissington Railway; The National Raiway Museum, York; Vanishing Steam - lovely South African colour illustrated section; York in the BR Steam Era; BR firemen - 1975; "Engineers ought to have magnificent ideas"; and more. Price stamped upon front cover and faint bookseller stamp on back cover else unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: On Keeping On the Rails - the APT-E version, etc.; Special Team to Switerland - Reminiscences of the William Tell trains of the 1930s; Developments on the Great Cockrow Railway at Chertsey; Stamps; In Sight of the Sea (photos); Through an Expatriate's Eyes - An emigrant flies in from Canada to look at British Preservation; CURC Competition Colour Prizewinners; A Look at CIE in 1973; 150 Years After - Will History Repeat Itself?; Clan Line in Steam; From Barnstaple to Ilfracombe; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: Observing the Working Timetable; Leicester - a celebrated Great Central Locomotive Depot - 2; Footplating - Continental Style; Blaenau Ffestiniog - Railway Junction; Looking Below the Surface; Cross-Country by the GC Route; North Yorkshireman; Unbuilt Lines; Tyler Hill Tunnel, Canterbury; LSWR Adams X2 class 4-4-0s; LCDR Photographs problem summed up; Nineteenth Century Footbridge Preserved; Our Transport Heritage - a paper by Sir Peter Allen to the Royal Society of the Arts; A Stockton & Darlington Shed Scene; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book