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192 pages, illustrated, maps, index, telephone numbers/website addresses. eng
4to, 159 pages, illustrated. eng
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Creasing to front cover and to spine. Clean pages with slightly marked dusty boards and rubbing to edges. 48 + 32 + 32pp. Section 1 is Regional Rounds No 1 Eastern & North Eastern Regions. Section 2 is More of my Best Railway Photographs No 12 by CCB Herbert. Section 3 is More of my Best Railway Photographs 1906-1949 No 14 by H Gordon Tidey. Extremely scarce.
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Saga of the UP Streamliners - many years of experimentation led to 17-car coast streamliners of today; Utah Interurbans; The Lady Said No - Lady Baltimore balked at pulling trains for which she was not designed - awaits dismantlers; By Rail Across Lake Michigan - car ferries run every day, winter or summer, cutting mileage and avoiding the congested Chicago area; Railfans on Parade - the New Yorker's reporter-at-large takes a look at an institution which has vanished for the duration; Diesel in the Rockies - internal combustion and steam work together on the climb to the Moffat Tunnel; Your Guess is Good - Railroad picture quiz; White Pass & Yukon - Bill Moore's Trip, Part II - a trek on a three-foot gauge grapevine stepped in mining lore; Locomotives of the White Pass & Yukon; New Tunnel - larger locomotives force replacement of tunnel 85 years old - the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) between Afton and Waynesboro, Va; Average wear and soiling. Centerfold lookse but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Fantastic two-page photo of train passing over Marent Trestle, west of Missoula, MT (R.V. Nixon's 25,000th photo!); New Haven - What Went Wrong? - even bankruptcy offers no haven to the New Haven Railroad - extensive article with map and photos; David Morgan writes of locomotives in Japan - with great photos; Mr. Beebe ponders the Pullmans; Moguls and Mikes - the Bevier & Southern Railroad of Bevier, MO; Feature article on Krauss-Maffei 4000 h.p. C-C's bound for U.S. service; and more. Unmarked with average wear A sound copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Great Northern Electrics - The Cascade electrification ; The Man in the Tower; Colorado Midland - a martyr to the cause of commerce and industry - major article with many super photos; Old EL Locomotives - they turned on a nickel; New Illinois Central 4-8-2's - Data on the 2600 class; Worth it in Cold Cash - capable legal and claim departments often save a railroad their cost many times over; Chicago Subway - after 39 years of planning, Windy City approaches goal of underground transit; "War Babies" - denied new locomotives by War Production Board, railroads turn to rebuilding some of their older power - many shop photos; First "Pacific"? - CM&StP conversion. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
46 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: NYC replaces Busy Switches - new slip switches at Harmon, N.Y.; The Rio Grande - General Palmer's little narrow gauge road of the Colorado mountains grew into one of America's most important 'bridge' systems; Driving Gear for Turbine Locomotives - Pennsylvania Railroad's experimental unit has uniform torque, fully balanced drive wheels, high efficiency at speed; new locomotive; Built in Roanoke - Norfolk & Western has been building most of its locomotives at its Roanoke Shops; Railroad Ticket Man - What does the passenger look like to the man on the other side of the ticket window?; Tall Stacked Old Timers - Three gems from a leading locomotive photo collection; Chicago Station Gets New Shed - Illinois Central Rebuilds - Illinois Central tears down old high arch and builds slotted roof. Average wear. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
48 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: NYC West Side Freight Line - a photo story on the only all-rail freight route into Manhattan; Haunted Roundhouse - Hudson River roundhouse is a memory of the past; Recent 4-8-4's - specifications; Water Holes for Iron Horses - from L&N Magazine; The Man in the Tower; D&RGW in Eagle River Canyon - super centerfold photo; Uruapan Express; Two Early Trains - old-time photos; Great Britain's Garratt Locomotives; Women Railroaders. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Milwaukee Electrification - CMStP&P electric locomotives help each other climb the Rockies and the Cascades; Varnish Vignettes - Passing thoughts, railroads and travel; Loss- $5,500 /day - railroad companies often lose money but must maintain their service - New Haven case story; Southern Pacific old-timers at Sacramento; Electricity powers trains in Chicago; One-Man Railroad in Rhode Island - 5.6-mile Wood River Branch Railroad is the link between Hope Valley and the New Haven; ; Shay Locomotives - Lima's best seller is an out-puller too! - Shays pull extra heavy loads on sharp curves, steep grades; Engine "999"; Blue Ridge Railway - with aspirations of a thorough line nipped by the Civil War, BR Ry. becomes traffic link; Pennsylvania's "The Jeffersonian" - new fast coach train between St. Louis and the East follows success of Trail Blazer; Hiawathas at New Lisbon - when four steam-powered streamliners meet at a single point there's bount to be real activity. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
62 pages. Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Photo of a Pennsylvania Railroad D16; California's Two-Hat Railroad - Oro Dam Railroad - U25C's and dump cars - dam work - article with photos; Search for Steam in Britain - "It's Dying Where it All Began"; 4-page colour ad section for GM's new locomotives; Traction Classic - WB&A's Mile-A-Minute Articulateds; Great photo from the archives - the original Big G 2517 which set a speed record between Seattle and St. Paul, MN; and more. Unmarked with average wear A sound copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Two Daylights Daily - Southern Pacific's West Coast streamliners carry 1,500 passengers a day; Greatest Show on Earth - New York Division P RR; Washing Locomotives - article and photos; David Moffat's Dreams Come True - his life work - a transcontinental railroad west from Denver; Grizzly Flats Railroad; Please note: we believe this is the January, 1942 issue, not January 1941 as stated on title page. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
62 pages. Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Photo feature on the US Railroad Administration's 4-6-2 of WWI - the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL); A Tale of Two Railroads - Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley have more in common than their deficits - article with photos and map; Ad with colour photos for GM's new locomotives at work in the Rockies; Photo Section; Super 1.5-page 1909 photo of the Delaware & Hudson Camelback 837 on the turntable at Oneonta, NY; And Then There Was One - What's ahead for South Shore, sole survivor of Insull's Traction Triumvirate? - article with photos and map; and more. Unmarked with average wear A sound copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Lake St. Tower - focal point of the entire Chicago & North Western Railway is the six-track terminal throat; Off the Beaten Track - Round Trip Tickets are Honoured over this interesting mountain branch of the Northern Pacific; Passenger Agent - Making friends by satisfying passengers is his job - satisfied passengers ship freight too; Mother Hubbard Locomotives - Wide fire boxes of anthracite-burning locos crowded the cab forward; Keeping the Line Open - The railroads, more than any other private enterprise, strive to maintain service and give relief in major disasters; Now and Then - Cripple Creek Short Line in Colorado; Cross Roads of the North - Rouses Point, New York, first served by Champlain & Ogdensburg Raiway, now part of Rutland system; A Streamliner is Born - Dixie Flagler is one of three new high speed trains, pioneers in fast Chicago-Miami service; Wabash Railway at Chicago - best time of year for photographing Wabash locomotives is now - best place is Landers Yard - many locomotive photos; Illinois Central 4-6-0. Small date stamp atop front cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Florence & Cripple Creek - famous narrow-gauge line of an earlier day hauled rich ores through a scenic empire; The Ma & Pa - two narrow-gauge lines were the ancestors of this successful and picturesque standard gauge railroad; 18 Selected Railroad Photographs; Railroad Photography; The Railroad Treasurer - Handling a railroad's money is as big a job as handling its cars and locomotives; Milwaukee Road S-2; Tintic, Utah; A Locomitive is Born - the engineering department strives for a design that will meet all operating needs; Wow! - Two-page photo of Union Pacific No. 4002 - the world's biggest. Average soiling and wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
44 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Belfast & Moosehead Lake - a short line; The Man in the Tower; The Caboose - the traveling office of the freight train is teh most individualistic of railroad vehicles - many super photos with article; Caboose Anatomy; South American Electric Locos - the Estradade Ferro Sorocabana of Brazil; Canadian-Built Locomotives for India - 145 Mikados; Swiss Tourist Railway - 60-mile-long Furka-Oberalp route electrified as war diminishes coal supply; The Signal in the cab; Southland Carrier - the 8,000-mile Southern Railway. Average wear and soiling. Small date stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Locomotives - Data on Cotton Belt L-1, Southern Pacific P-13; The Man in the Tower; Baltimore Belt Line - tunnel route replaced time-consuming ferry transfer across Baltimore Harbor - is electrified in tunnels; Yosemite Valley Railroad - Gateway to Yosemite National Park; Pennsylvania Special - 3 miles in 85 seconds! - a speed record that stands today, 38 years after it was made; Helper Engines - used where mountains must be crossed; By Rail to Guatemala - U.S. and Mexican freight cars roll into Central America with the completion of the Suchiate Bridge; The Bear and the Semaphore - bear forces young signalman up a signal pole; Locomotives of the Wisconsin Central, including No. 96. Average wear and soiling. Small date stamp atop front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Famous steam locomotives - for 6 years the 4 - 4 - 0 sat in the mud at the end of a forgotten spur in Idaho, then Northern Pacific recalled that she was its last American Standard locomotive; Runaway - Engineer Harry Brower tried his brakes. They didn't work. The Federal Express was out of control!; The 'impossible' railroad - along the north shore of Lake Superior; Whistle in the Valley - the Interstate Railroad; The Wobbly comes of age; and more. 5" opening at bottom of coverfold. Average wear. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Worthy copy. Book
74 pages. Features: A Train Leaves Cleveland; Toledo's got a new front door; Mexico - my greatest railroad adventure; Famous steam locomotives - Swashbuckling speedsters; trains for the thrifty; Railroads get the Shriners to and from Miami; Notable feats of railroad engineering under the continental divide; Escape by Train. Two small date stamps upon front cover else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Hbk reprint. VG/VG. 10305. eng
58 pages. Features: Florida Woodburners - Lumber railroads still use scrap-burning locomotives - article and many great photos; Today's Monon - the story of what the new president has done since the CI&L came out of receivership - article with photos; The Busy Beeliners - After several months trial in actual service, it appears the Budd-built RDC-1 has a solid rail future - photos with article; Photo Section includes dramatic centerfold photo of the Cumberland-Pittsburgh line at the top of the hill at Sand Patch Tunnel; Night ride on the El Capitan - board Santa Fe's biggest money-maker in Kansas City and ride to Chicago - article with photos; The Evolution of Railroad - fascinating article with great historic illustrations; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; The Fast and Frequent Railroad - an operating ratio isn't necessarily holy writ; The Tennesse Railroad of Oneida, Tenn. - article, photos, list of locomotives, map; Photos of a derailment in progress!; Photos - these sharks survived; Pleasures and Pitfalls of a Railroad Museum - the Kentucky Railway Museum; Rail Recollections by C. Grattan Price Jr.; and more. Average wear. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: Railroad News Photos; Early Turbotrain photo; Steam News Photos; photos of a 1948 derailment near Adamsville, Alabama; Guess Who Operates the Largest Railroad System in the Free World? - India! - Article, Map and Photos; The Moguls of Marietta - Glover Machine Works built over 500 locomotives - article and photos; photo section; Incredible two-page 1903 photo of a head-on collision east of Hebron, Indiana; How the Freight Car Problem Got That Way... a History Lesson - The Rolling Stock Riddle - 2; Blue Mountains Revisited - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: The Power of Amtrak - with table of locomotives and details; Penn Central route map; A Royal Blue Line Recall - sentimental story of a B & O passenger showcase; South Shore's Steel Standards - the speedsters were interurbans in name only; Centerfold black and white photo of hardy miners of Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper, Co. and 5 of their locomotives; Story, table of locomotives and article re: Calumet and Hecla; Is Amtrak Legal? - the courts say yes; Only EMD and GE left? No - the diesels of the past live on, and require spare parts - long article and photos; and more. Moderate wear. Faint date stamp atop front cover else unmarked. Quality copy. Book
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
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