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4000Manila P.I.:: Central Station and Offices . Not illustrated; single sheet printed on both sides 10 33 inches accordion folded to 10 4 inches. The Manila Railroad was founded by the Spanish in the 1880s. After the Spanish American War the Americans took over control and before WWII there was quite a network on Luzon amounting to some 700 miles of track when the Japanese were approaching Luzon the Americans and the Philippine army destroyed much of the infrastructure. When the Allies finally took back the Islands there was only 452 usable miles of track.This timetable was for the Northern line and was published just a year before the Southern Line opened which ran from Manila to Legazpi on the Bicol Peninsula at the southern tip of Luzon. Attempts to build back the Philippine rail system have been many and sporadic and have been hampered by hurricane and volcano damage by illegal settlement on the rights of way and by general inertia Manila, P.I.:: Central Station and Offices, ,. unknown
1910010526Midland Railway 1910. Book. Good. Card Covers. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 184pp maps maroon card covers strip on spine one page detached. Midland Railway Paperback
1912010585North Eastern Railway 1912. Book. Good. Card Covers. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1628pp folding maps card covers worn particularly at spine with sl loss. North Eastern Railway Paperback
1876102314<p> Folding railroad time table unfolded 16" x 28" folded 4" x 8" illustrated with route map and engravings. Some minor chips and tears at folds and extremities some browning and aging and a little soiling; otherwise about very good. Attractive Erie Railroad time table and map. Includes large illustration of the inside of a Pullman car and two additional illustrations of a dinning car and part of Niagara Falls. The time table and schedule has considerable detail. # 102314</p>
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192051079n.p.: WiebeckTurtly Compani n.d. ca 1920. ca 1920. 9" x 5" in pictorial wrappers. Printed in blue and gold. 24 pp. Illustrations. Advertisements. Map showing system map of the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway from Valparaiso to Santiago and Mendoza on rear wrapper. Information and photographs of Buenos Aires Mendoza crossing the Andes Puenta del Inca Valparaiso Santiago etc. Light soiling on wrappers and edges of pages. Very good. Wiebeck,Turtly Compani n.d. [ca 1920]. unknown
19251013N18London: Great Western Railway 1925. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. The first edition of a volume taking the reader along a scenic train journey across England in the publisher's scarce original cloth. The first edition of the second volume in the Through the Window series capturing Great Western Railway journeys with this particular journey following London Paddington to Birkenhead on the river Mersey. In the publisher's scarce original green cloth with most volumes in paperback. Numerous in-text and full-page illustrations of maps and scenes including eight charmingly etched plates illustrated by E. Margaret Holman and H.A. Powell. An intriguing series that wishes for readers to observe how the landscape changes as they ride from one area of the country to another with this particular volume taking us through the Chilterns Shakespeare Country the Severn Valley and the Wirral. Also contains maps to allow readers to track their journey along the scenery. In the publisher's scarce original green cloth. Externally mostly smart with a couple of small marks to boards and slight rubbing to joints edges and near tail of spine. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities with a small lift to cloth at head of spine. Slight offsetting to end paper hinges and a browned graze to front free end paper where previous owner's bookplate once belonged. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Great Western Railway hardcover
192097080Canadian Pacific Railway News Service 1920. Pamphlet. Used - Very Good. No date ca 1920 28 leaves fronts only. 21 sepia views 8 color halftones Banff Cascade Castle Cathedral Stephen Mountains Chateau Lake Louise Lakes in Clouds Moraine Great Divide Van Horne Range Twin Falls Yoho Glacier Hell Gates Yale B.C. 10 x 12.75" pictorial color stiff paper cord tie. VG. Canadian Pacific Railway News Service unknown
044469London: The Great Western Railway 1925. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. The Text Is Clean With No Remarks Or Highlights. 1925 Edition. Pages Are Yellow From The Age. 1St Edition Thus.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. The Great Western Railway paperback
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1868026173London: London & North Western Railway 1868. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. Timetable March 1868 front timetable sheet printed on a buff-orange paper with attached folded A3 sheet centre fold map"Map of the London & North Western Railway and its Communication" reverse "Map Shewing London & North Western Railway and its connections in the Neighbourhood of London". and to the rear two small maps to the final side are entitled Enlarged Plan of the London & North Western Railway - between Liverpool Manchester & Leeds and Enlarged Plan of the London & North Western Railway Between Rugby Birmingham Stafford & Shrewsbury. ; thought to be number XV from a series of timetables. A little edge wear and marking to maps no inscriptions appears to have been part of a larger timetable book. London & North Western Railway Paperback
1879E8707B1879. manuscript. fine. A group of three handwritten letters on official company letterhead concerning railroad in central New Jersey. All written rectos only. #1 on letterhead of the Freehold & Jamesburg Ag. R.R. Co. Jamesburg N.J. DatedJune 6th 1879 to "James J. Conover Esq. Chairman Commissioners Freehold" One paragraph concerning applicarions for the position of flagman at the company's railway crossings. Signed J.S. Buckelew Supt. Mailing folds otherwise bright and crisp. #2 on Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Amboy Division letterhead. DatesNov. 17th 1879. From Buckelew to Conover one paragraph regarding the placement of "Lookout for Locomotive" sign boards. Mailing folds other wise bright and crisp. #3 on Pennsylvania Railroad Amboy Division letterhead. Dated Aug. 24 1880. From Buckelew to Conover. Two paragraphs regarding the hiring and placement of flagmen. Mailing folds otherwise bright and crisp. PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT PROVIDE FULL SCANS OR REPRODUCTIONS OF MANUSCRIPT ITEMS. <br/><br/> unknown
191952159Piscataway NJ & Pittsburgh PA: n.p. ca. 1919-1920. Oblong folio. 13.75 x 10 in. 80 pp unpaginated on thick black paper. With 107 original photographs sized from 1.5 x 2.5 in. up to 8.5 x 11 in. with many of the photos containing neatly lettered captions below the images in white ink a few of the images tinted blue all securely mounted to the pages. Contemporary ribbed leather post-binder brass screw posts at gutter margin rounded corners yapp edges some scuffing edgewear rubbing lifting to leather at spine still a VG exemplar w/ 8 pages from the Rutgers Scarlet Letter Yearbook laid-in. This remarkable album documents the life of a Pennsylvania Westinghouse engineer working on projects for the Railroad Electrification project. The album opens with photos of camping with Rutgers’ College friends along the Ohio River the steamship Evelyn which was a 252 feet long iron steamer built for the Philadelphia & Gulf Steamship Co.; the West Penn Power Station on the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh and hijinks with fraternity brothers. The album then displays photos of the Westinghouse factories rail yards bridges and power plants near Pittsburgh. Of particular interest are the series of photographs illustrating the gas wells derricks and structures in the McKeesport PA natural gas boom which lasted for from December 1919 to the beginning of 1921 during which over $ 35 million was invested into over 500 acres of leases and then went bust when only 180 wells ended up producing gas at the time. These are followed by a series of images showing the skyline of Pittsburgh the Fort Pitt Bridge and the sternwheeler Carbon docked at the shore. These are followed by photographs showing the manufacturing of immense Westinghouse Electric Generators showing them in various stages of assembly the factory floor workers the pulley driven power system for the plant power transformers rectifiers as well as the construction of large diesel generator motors. The excellent large images which follow show electric locomotives and Westinghouse brake systems being installed on locomotives including a New Haven Baldwin-Westinghouse Class EP-1 for the Boston & Maine Railroad with the AC pantographs prominent; a Juniata-Westinghouse Class DD-1 locomotive for the Pennsylvania RR fitted with shorter DC pantographs fitted on top; two different images of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Baldwin-Westinghouse Class EP-3 electric locomotives which was built and delivered to run out of Three Forks MT in December 1919 and many others. See: Electrification of Four Mountain Divisions of the C.M. & St. Paul Railway pp. 110-115; American Oil & Gas Historical Society McKeesport Gas company 2016. n.p., hardcover
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192175087St. Paul: Great Northern Railway Company 1921-1926. The first two reports are octavo in size 6 x 9 inches; the remaining reports are folios 9 1/4 x 12 inches. All reports are in their original printed wrappers and are bound into a three-brad binding of black faux-morocco cloth. Each report is variously paginated and with many charts but no illustrations. Each report has its accompanying large color folding map for a total of seven maps; these large maps have colors for different features and they are all extremely detailed. With each year the tracks and land owned by the Great Northern changed and these changes are all reflected in the maps. Great Northern Railway Company hardcover
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