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No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright faintly indented front board and no bumping to corners. 54pp. Pull-out sections depicting the train and its locomotives and the layout and exhibits at the Museum.
Book in mint unread condition. 65pp. A study covering this type of locomotive and their work on the Highland, North British, Glasgow and South Western, Great North of Scotland and Caledonian Railways. Illustrated. Undated ca 1990s.
Oversize. 208 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, trace of foxing to top of page edges and minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with tiny piece missing from upper rear corner and slight sunning. 208pp. This book covers the range of pacifics built for the West Coast route, including the most powerful class of locomotives ever found in the UK. Includes some designs which never saw the light of day. Welll illustrated including locomotive diagrams.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, and tables in the text; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Ottley, 12300.
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Crowsnest Holdup - a spectacular hold-up on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the tragic manhunt that followed; The Fire-Walkers of Fiji - a mystery that has never been solved - great photo-illustrated article; Roaming the Wild South Seas (part I) - Jack McLaren relates some of his strange and exciting experiences there; Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico - a most exciting shooting trip in the wild Cocopah Mountains of Mexico - fantastic photo-illustrated article; Alone Across the Atlantic - Mr. Alain J. Gerbault sailed alone from Gibraltar to New York in 142 days; The Road to Timbuctoo (part III) - readers who enjoyed 'Three Asses in the Pyrenees" will find this narrative even more amusing; How "Mac" Won His Wife - a New Zealander abducts and marries a beautiful girl - with revengeful natives in pursuit; In Search of Sea-Monsters (part V) - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out in 1921 on an expedition to the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and caught multiple world-record-sized fish - article with photos; Zulliver's Travels - an ill-fated auto trip to California; Snapshots in China - great photos; Unknown Peru (part IV) - travel and adventure in the Andes - article with photos; Anstruther Gets a Job - an unemployed engineer in South Africa meets the promoter of a mine; The Two Strangers - an interesting sequel to "A Bunch of Keys" which appeared in the December 1923 issue; Great one-page illustrated General Electric locomotive ad speaks of the Mexican Railway between Orizaba and Esperanza where 10 electric locomotives will replace 25 steam locomotives; and more. Covers loose as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Oversize. 96 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
A book on wheels... literally! Cute board book. Average wear. Unmarked. For ages 3 and up. Book
8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, plates, and numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco,sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, original backstrip gilt mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of a classic standard reference. Ottley 378, 2848, 3976, 7029.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece map and numerous photographs in the text; coloured photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Ottley 18466
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text, small neat signature on title, free endpapers lightly spotted; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, a little shaken but a good, sound copy. Ottley 2778.
58 pages. Features: Steam Success Story - Louisville and Nashville's Eastern Kentucky Division - article with many great photos; Mr. Walter Giger''s Remarkable Locomotive - d design that might have prolonged the life of steam power and delayed the diesel; The Texas & Pacific - long article with photos, map and list of locomotives; Photo Section - includes centerfold of a West Shore passenger train of the New York Central on the Hudson River; How to get rid of smoke - article with photos; Only One of Her Kind - Baldwin 2-6-6-4 - Beautiful photo; The Capital to Chicago - Baltimore & Ohio's Capital Limited - article with photos; In Pursuit of the Mail - Great Northern wanted the mail contract and not even a landslide could hold it back; Married to a Train - Esther Probst married a rail fan (J.P.) - article with photos; Streamlined Makeshifts - Before and after photos of some steam locomotives born after 1933 - article with photos; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: Western Pacific orders Budd car after successful 10-day trial (short story); The Rutland Railroad - article with photos; The Locomotive in 1949 - railroads cut back diesel orders, almost forgot steam & admired the gas turbine - long article with photos; Ohio's last Narrow-Gauge - The Ohio River & Western - article with two great photos; Photo Section - including centerfold photo of Southern Pacific's Suntan Special in California; Broad Gauge Route - The Erie Railroad - photos; My Finest Train Trip - David P. Morgan describes his trip from New Orleans on the Panama Limited - with photos; Big Hook - the machinery and crews who clear away wrecks - super photos; Hub of the Washington Terminal - Ivy City Enginehouse services the steam, diesel and electric locomotives of the five railroads using the capital's Union Station - article with two photos; Los Angeles at Night - nice long-exposure photos; Casey Jones Died 50 Years Ago - article with photo; Lancaster & Chester - Miniature Division at Elliott Springs; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: The Wabash Railroad - a very extensive article with many photos, list of locomotives and large map ; Photo Section - including centerfold of a 2-hour exposure photo ofTehachapi Loop in Southern Pacific's Joaquin Valley Line, 122 miles north of Los Angeles; It Could Happen Here - an expert examines the nationalization of British Railways - why it took place and what happened; Worcester, Mass. - served by three class 1 railroads - short article and photos; The Indomitable Epes Randolph - Harriman's right-hand man helped Southern Pacific save its line in the Imperial Valley - article with amazing photos; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Railroad news photos; Easy Does It - great photo of a wrecker and its crew at work; The Colorado Midland Story - 1 - 4'8.5" to the Narrow Gauge Country - informative article with photos; Big as B&O but not as busy - the New South Wales Government Railways - great article with photos; Fantastic 2-page photo in Philadelphia, August 4, 1933 showing two locomotives of the Reading Philadelphia to New York service; Photo Section; The Passenger - keep him happy! - article about the passenger service industry; Would You Believe it?; Tripmaster - details of a rail trip along California; Steam in Indian Summer - Steam still at work in Quebec - article with photos; Beware the Wrath of the Editor - a photo test - identify the railroad and wheel arrangement; When a Man Wishes he'd never left the farm - large super 1951 photo of a Southern Pacific (T&NO) local freight crossing the intracoastal Waterway at Houma, La.; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Three-inch opening along bottom of coverfold, otherwise a sound copy. Book
58 pages. Features: News Photos; The Steel-Muscled Rail Gang - with a gang that rel-lays rail on the C & O; Taking Down the Markers - final instalment of the "Smoke over the Prairies" photo series; White Pass Meets its Match - two diesels with the qualities of a polar bear are helping the White Pass & Yukon; Saved by the Shovels - Opening of a huge strip coal mine in 1936 was the salvation of the Galesburg & Eastern; I Never Worked a Day in My Life - Bill Thomas; Steam Questionaire; When Steam Ruled the Dixie Line - see NC&StL's famous flanged-stacked locomotives and its celebrated Dixie 4-8-4's; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: News Photos; Engineers I Have Known , by Thomas O. Acree; Famous Locomotives - 25 - Two incredible photos of the Beyer-Garratt 6000 - locomotive hallmark of the British Empire; American Locomitive Company (Alco) - We're not a foundry any more! - impressive article with photos; Photo Section; When Steam Ruled the Monon; A Mikado & Friends - super photo of loco and crew atop bridge near Clear Creek, In; The Piedmont & Northern Story - 2; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: News Photos; A comprehensive report on the fabulous Beyer-Garratt articulated locomotives; Residents of Carthage, Ms bought the Canton & Carthage Railroad; Smoke over the Prairies - 6 - Illinois Incidents; Photo Section; 207 Miles per Hour! - French National Railroads' electric engine CC 7107; Crossings Under Cover - Covered Bridges - fascinating photos and article; When Steam Ruled the Soo Line - great photos; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Photo portrait of James M. Symes, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (in GM ad); News Photos; Patron Saint of the Prairies - the William Crooks introduced steam locomotion to Minnesota - with photos; Poor Man's Mallets - super photos with captions; Motive-Power Metamorphoses - photo quiz; The 2-10-0's that thought they could - and did- after stalling a 9,000 ton load of iron ore on the Shamokin Branch of the Susquehanna District of the Northern Region between Sunbury and Mount Carmel, Pa. - FANTASTIC photos and article; Would You Believe it? - tiny steam locomotives made by Sentinel (Shrewsbury) Limited of England; Steam After Dark - wonderful night photos including a SENSATIONAL black and white centerfold photo of a massive 2-8-8-2 on Shaffers Crossing turntable, plus an ultra-unique photo of a nighttime steam locomotive roaring past a drive-in theater screen, with many classic 1950s cars in the lot - including a young couple in a convertible!; The Hudson Locomotive of the New York Central - magnificent archival photos and lengthy article ; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Small date stamp atop back cover. Covers detatched and separated but present. Magazine
66 pages. Features: News Photos; Faith in Steam - The Story of Norfolk & Western Locomotives - sensational article with many photos; Photo Section; Across Norway on 4-8-0's; Exit... the Trolley - photo section; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
66 pages. Features: Perlman's piggyback; Photo ad/portrait of Howard E. Simpson of GM Electro-motive division; News Photos; Formula for a Chant - photos of the 'chanting' V-16 2-stroke diesel engine; Be (Berea)Tower in Ohio - more than 50 trains converge on this 111-lever plant daily - excellent article and photos; Where Diesels Fear to tread - a steam loco replaces a deisel in 38" floodwaters in Louisiana - near the Red River; Would You Believe it? - news bits with photos; Flat Faces - a wonderful photo study of multiple cab-forward locomotives; "2-in-1" Engines - Austrian railroaders move iron ore up 7% grades using a rack and adhesion line; North of Lake Erie - many wonderful pages of photos of interurbans, etc. in southern Ontario; The True Story of Kate Shelley - the girl they stopped the trains for - an 1881 Iowa wreck and a 15-year-old girl - wonderful story and photos; Question of Survival - how can railroads survive?; Where Are We? - fun photo test; Trona Totes Trona - three Baldwins haul Trona on the Mojave Desert - article and photos; ; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Short opening along cover fold which is loosening from bottom staple. Book
66 pages. Features: News Photos - Will You Have Steam or Diesel?; Memories of the New River Gorge on the C&O in the days of Imperial Salon Cars and pump-heavy steam power - photos and article; Berkshire on the Move - Smoke over the Prairies 9 - Nickel Plate; The Alaska Railroad - the railroad that had it too good and too bad - Frank Kalbaugh was brought in to apply the rod to the spoiled child; Illinois Terminal Traction in Twilight - photo section; De-Dieselization - a diesel shortage means the Pennsylvania railroad has to bring steam locomotives out of mothballs; Here Comes Tomorrow - GM's new lightweight passenger speedster; From Throttle to Typewriter - Cy Warman; Wonderful photos from Lookout Pass - when steam ruled; Nice colour ad for Great Northern Railway's new Dome Cars on back covere; and more. Two-inch opening at base of coverfold. Faint date stamp atop back cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: News Photos; I Still Like Trains, by Al Kalmbach; Steam and where to find it in 1954; Rails vs. Rubber; An American Beauty - a native of France, an American Architect and a Swedish genius pooled their talents to produce one of the finest American 4 - 4 - 0 type locomotives of all time; When Steam ruled San Antonio; The Argonaut heads east; Hy Gailey - Railroader Extraordinary; Interchange with Cuba; Photo of CN's new dome caboose; and more. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked else average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: 18 wonderfully illustrated pages of the North Coast Limited with substantial text (including photo of Babe Ruth)!; Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Locomotives you didn't expect to meet on the Santa Fe Trail - big, new AT&SF engine book includes surprises; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Passengers for the Graham County; In Canada in '67 - Trains vs. Cars and jets - Turbotrain/Go Train; These 567's speak any language - a passport for dieseldom's most famous power plant - in gauges from 36" to 5'6" - EMD; Can Mr. Barriger Save Miss Katy? - one man's fight to save the sickest railroad west of the Mississippi; G.I. in Civvies - locomotives have been subject to the draft since the time of Lincoln; The most uncommon Garratts of all - in Europe - nice photos; Rio Grande laid rails to Wet Mountain Valley Twice - long article, photos and table; The Pennsy 6100; and more. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
