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1904551491904. TRAINS. ZEITSCHRIFT DES VEREINES DEUTSCHER INGENIEURE. Redakteur: Dr. Th. Peters. Band 48 1904. This volume only. Mit 23 Tafelin 14 Textblattern und rd. 4300 Figuren im Text. Berlin: Selbstverlag des Vereines. 4to. purple cloth backed in calf; marbled edges. xxvi 985-2012pp. Leather is scuffed especially at spine. Text is sound 17 fold-outs. A very good copy. unknown books
194440368Merced CA: Yosemite Valley Railway 1944. 1st printings. Yellow and pink paper printed in black ink. Modest wear to timetables light age-toning to edges. A VG set of timetables. 2 items both single sheets folded once. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 12" <br/><br/>Includes: two timetables nos. 111 and 116 from November 12 1941 and July 1 1944. Though the railway observed great popularity in the 1910s and 20s "the bloom began to come off the rose in the early 1930s as the Great Depression hit the YV hard and the following years only brought further difficulty as paved roads and automobiles cut ever deeper into the company's profit margins." The railway ceased operations in July of 1944 making this no. 116 timetable the last of the schedules produced by the Company. No other Yosemite Valley Railway timetables available in the trade. Yosemite Valley Railway unknown books
194140368.1Merced CA: Yosemite Valley Railway Co 1941. 1st printing presumed. Pink paper printed in black ink. Modest wear to timetable faint vertical crease light age-toning. Very Good. Single sheet folded once. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 12" <br/><br/>Includes time table no. 111 from November 12 1941. Though the railway observed great popularity in the 1910s and 20s "the bloom began to come off the rose in the early 1930s as the Great Depression hit the YV hard and the following years only brought further difficulty as paved roads and automobiles cut ever deeper into the company's profit margins." The railway ceased operations in July of 1944. No other Yosemite Valley Railway timetables available in the trade. Yosemite Valley Railway Co unknown books
19059016813Chicago: Rand McNally 1905. Hardcover. Fine. A History of the Chicago and Northwestern Railrway System. Bound in white cloth. <br/><br/> Rand McNally hardcover books
1913019149St. Paul MN: Northern Pacific Railway 1913. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong octavo 8vo. 40 pages of text. Color paperback binding with quite a bit of soiling and a large crease to the rear wrapper; original string-binding remains intact. Minor water stain visible on top corner. Illustrated with 2 maps. 37 pages contains one or more black-and-white photographs. . Northern Pacific Railway Paperback books
196422308London: Ian Allan 1964. 1st edition. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. VG slt lean/small inkstamp at title page/VG pc/darkened rear panel/plastic coating at upper wrapper bubbled. 128 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 23cm x 15.5cm. <br/><br/> Ian Allan hardcover books
189929234np 1899. 11 1 blank pp two staples. Very Good. unknown books
199440436Albany OR: Willamette & Pacific Railroad Inc 1994. 1st printing. Beige paper printed with black ink. Near Fine. 4 pp. Roadsigns and charts printed throughout. Map to rear wrapper. 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Inc unknown books
18501008148vo pamphlet later paper wrappers two folding maps 117 2 pp. Minor foxing and browning a bit of staining in the margins mostly maps also have the staining in margins but are in great condition otherwise; overall very good. The goal of this bill in the House of Representatives was to connect the Atlantic and Pacific with a railroad. Specifically this undertaking was to construct a railroad and electric telegraph from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Whitney seems to have played a critical role in this process and started to work on the railroad project as early as 1841. The pamphlet contains a lot of information on early railroad issues especially imports and exports. books
19791361Chicago. 1979 Lg. 4to. Profusely illustrated with photographs schematics maps etc. A collection of selected articles published between 1915 and 1935 which review in detail the application of electric propulsion systems to rail transportation. These articles had very limited printings and describe a period of considerable activity and interest to historians in this field. A fascinating book. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. unknown books
194240352San Francisco: Western Pacific Railroad Co 1942. White paper printed with orange blue black and red ink. Modest wear to paper age-toned rubbed and creased. A VG collection of items. 11 items each of varying pages. Color and b/w illustrations to two of the three brochures. Various sizes: Timetables: 10-3/4" x 15-1/4". Brochures: 9-1/8" x 4-1/8 folded. <br/><br/>Includes: eight railway timetables numbers 24 2x 26 3x 27 30 36 and three brochures two time folders of the Feather River Route different publications & one California Zephyr advertising brochure. "Take the time to live a little. travel by train. See the wonders of America. at eye-level. Avoid highway hazards by dependable "All Weather" train travel in relaxed comfort. Take the family on your next trip aboard the Vista-Dome California Zephyr and stretch your travel dollar." Western Pacific Railroad Co unknown books
19245427San Francisco: Southern Pacific Company 1924. 15pp. Square quarto 23 cm x 20 cm Illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Vertical fold as issued. Illustrated guide for the prospective tourist that offers a stop-by-stop guide from Seattle to San Francisco that provides information usually a paragraph on each stop along the route of the Southern Pacific. <br/><br/>'These are notes by the way. They anticipate questions and indicate features of the route and points of interest as seen from the car window. For the convenience of passengers side trips are stated distances given and fares noted wherever junctions occur or where stage lines run to places of resort or to towns off the main line. Southern Pacific Company unknown books
2804Manchester Lancs.: C. W. Bayley Chief Traffic Manager; printer's slug of The Manchester Guardian at the foot of the front cover 1899. . 12mo pictorial pale-green printed wrappers. No other copies located; OCLC & COPAC both checked. Pages 3Ð19 number the tours from number 1Ð36 but only the first 20 are in this volume; the remainder mustappear in a separate Yorkshire volume. The starting point is given and then the cost of both a first and a third classicket plus a bicycle charge. Pages 20Ð45 contain detailed highlights of each tour. SOLD WITH: Another edition 1905 with title-page and 6 halftones detailing 22 tours out of 39. The printer's slug on this edition also on the front cover reads "Henry Blacklock & Co. Ltd. Colour Printers Manchester."``````` [Manchester, Lancs.: C. W. Bayley, Chief Traffic Manager; printer's slug of The Manchester Guardian at the foot of the front unknown books
1870WRCAM34145New York: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. 1870. Single stereocard 3 1/2 x 7 inches. Stereo image mounted onto printed orange cardstock. Slight wear at edges. Very good. An appealing stereocard image showing several long stretches of railroad track heading into the small town of Ogden Utah. It is a view of an important point crossing point in American railroad history as Ogden is the point at which the Union Pacific Railroad ends and the Central Pacific begins. A train can be seen on the tracks in the far distance as well as a few clapboard buildings. The New York photographic firm of E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. produced several stereoscopic views for the Central Pacific Railroad though few are known today. A nice image of an important railroad intersection. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. unknown books
1904106398<p>Small 8vo soft red covers numerous illustrations from photographs; map on inside of rear wrapper 160 pp. Light wear top corner slightly bent normal aging; very good or better condition. Descriptions of the numerous locales accessible by the California Northwestern Railway running from Tiburon north to Willits with branches to Guerneville Sebastopol and a few other places. Includes interesting famility type pictures of places like Oleander's Farm Ridgewood Sonoma Creek and Greenwood Park. There is a map of California Northwestern Railway and Connections on the inside of the rear cover. The railroad was formed in 1898 and merged into the Northwestern Pacific Railway in 1907. Seems to be rather rare the OCLC/WorldCat lists only the copies at Stanford and UCLA. OCLC. </p> California Northwestern Railway, books
1884100459Folding train schedule 4 1/2x 9 20 panels large folding map in color. Some browning and aging some separation at the middle fold two of those separations are a few inches three other smaller tears at the middle fold these are repairable a few chips and tears at edge folds. Nice piece of railroad memorabilia with substantial information about rates and schedules. Most of the trains are geared toward the west which gives an idea on the process of opening up this still relatively new part of the country.The map has its flaws but it is sound enough to get a feel for the lines of the Union Pacific. Rand McNally & Co. books
186834144Chicago: Horton and Leonard 1868. 122pp. Modern boards with leather spine. Chicago Prefire Imprints 1416. Union Pacific Checklist p. 58part 1. Not in Cowan. Graff 4252 lists the 1867 firdt edition only. Horton and Leonard hardcover books
1868139264OTH Cong. 3d Sess. HED15. 1868. 31 1 blank 2 10pp. Disbound. Very Good. `. unknown books
1868140324OTH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED208. 1868. 5pp. Disbound. Very Good. HED208. unknown books
1868142094OTH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED277. 1868. 6 2 pp. Disbound. Very Good. HED277. unknown books
1869139804OTH Cong. 3d Sess.: HED25. 1869. 11pp. Disbound. Very Good. HED25. unknown books
1878WRCAM26334Washington 1878. 235pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Very good. Detailed correspondence relating to a controversy stemming from the rates charged by the Union Pacific for transporting the Second Infantry to the west coast. The troops were destined to suppress an Indian outbreak in Oregon. hardcover books
198540370Omaha NE: Union Pacific Railroad 1985. 1st printings presumed. Beige peach and white color printed paper. Light wear to edges some age-toning. Overall a Near Fine collection. 6 items some single sheets are folded once. Color illustrations printed on all except one item. Various sizes: 11" x 8" 9-3/8" x 4-3/8" 4-1/4" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>Includes: 4 dining car menus one single sheet with illustration and dressing recipe detailing the "Chef's Special Salad Bowl" and one dining car service selection form. Union Pacific Railroad unknown books
197140416Omaha NE: Union Pacific Railroad 1971. 1st printings presumed. White paper printed with black lettering and color images. Light wear to menus modest rubbing to edges. A VG set. 7 single sheets printed both sides. 7 color photographic images one for each menu of different scenic views of the Western United States. Oblong formats: 13-3/4" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/>These menus are all the same specialties and entrees. Their charm lies not so much in the menu of the dining cars but in the beautiful photographic illustrations and educational lessons on the rears of the menus. Each contains a different scenic view and explanation of interesting and famous locations throughout the West. Scenes pictured: Brigham's Butte Grand Canyon National Park; Laguna Beach California Popular All-year Playground; Colter Bay Jackson Lake Grand Teton National Park Wyoming; Snowclad Mount Hood looms over the farms and orchards of Oregon; Fremont Street Las Vegas Nevada main stem of the ultra modern "Casino Center" area where doors never close as seen from Union Pacific station; World famous Temple in Salt Lake City Utah the chief sanctuary of the Mormon Church; On the trail to Oastler's Castle Bryce Canyon National Park Utah. Educational paragraphs for each image explain travel details the charm and beauty of each place and cultural anecdotes about the areas. Union Pacific Railroad unknown books
1989243643Chicago: Railroad Retirement Board 1989. 43p. staplebound booklet very good. Railroad Retirement Board unknown books