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36 Miles Of Trouble – The Story Of The West River RR Morse, Victor 40 pages; black and white photographs; map; card cover; mint copy; Stephen Greene; 1959. (The story of the railroad from Brattleboro to South Londonderry in Vermont between 1878 and 1935. Originally 3 foot gauge, and from 1905 standard gauge.) NoR51204 $18.00
A Great & Shining Road Williams, John Hoyt 342 pages; black and white photographs; maps; original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Times Books; 1988. (The epic story of the trans-continental railroad constructed between Omaha and San Francisco, and the powerful personalities involved in the work.) NoR37209 $32.00
A Short Haul To The Bay Henwood, James N J 48 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; maps; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Stephen Greene; 1969. (The story of the 8½ mile long Narragansett Pier Railroad in Rhode Island, opened in 1876 and still in operation in 1969.) NoR52212 $12.00
Alaska’s Wilderness Rails Brovald, Ken C 112 pages; black and white photographs; map; gradient profile; card covers; mint copy; Pictorial Histories; 1994; rev edition. (A pictorial review of the Alaska Railroad – from the Taiga to the Tundra, and includes the State takeover of the road in 1985.) NoR50194 $32.00
All Aboard! – The Trains That Built America Elting, Mary 128 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; card covers; average copy, some wear; Scholastic Book Services; 1969. (A general account of railroading in USA and how they shaped America – construction, and operations through to 1960’s.) NoR35234 $8.00
Amtrak Bradley, Rodger 176 pages; black and white photographs; maps; scale drawings; original dust jacket; lists; mint; Blandford; 1985. (A good coverage of the origins and development of the U. S. National Passenger Corporation – Amtrak.) NoR30206 $42.00
An American Journey By Rail Jacobson, Timothy 200 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; map; original dust jacket; mint copy; Patrick Stephens; 1988. (A lovely photograph book of mainly modern trains across USA, and what the traveller can enjoy.) NoR41135 $25.00
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Railroad Company Literature 4 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46227 $10.00
Baltimore And Ohio Railroad In The Potomac McGuirk, Martin J (New) 128 pages; black and white photographs; maps; card covers; Kalmbach. (Captures the transition years from steam to diesel and the characture of the line through mountain and metropolitan regions from New York to Pittsburg.) NoR00176 $54.00
Boston & Maine Railroad Railroad Company Literature 1 brochure being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46228 $4.00
California Western Railroad Railroad Company Literature 2 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46229 $6.00
Canadian National Railways Railroad Company Literature 6 brochures (2 publicity brochures from 1920s) being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46230 $28.00
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company Literature 11 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46231 $32.00
Canadian Steam! Morgan, David P (Ed) 144 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Kalmbach; 1964 printing. (A portfolio of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific steam locomotives in action across Canada – main lines, branch lines and depots.) NoR55164 $32.00
Canadian Trackside Guide 1997 Roberts, Earl W and Stremes, David P 656 pages; coloured photographs; maps; plans; tables; card covers; mint copy; Bytown Railway Soc; 1997. (Details of all locomotives operating in Canada, industrial locomotives, preserved equipment, urban rail systems, cabooses, maintenance equipment, radio frequencies, train numbers, passengers schedules, and a guide to good vantage spots.) NoR51206 $20.00
Central Vermont Railway Railroad Company Literature 2 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46232 $5.00
Chard Walker’s Cajon - Rail Passage to the Pacific Walker, Chard L 254 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; no original dust jacket otherwise mint copy; Trans-Anglo Books; 1985. (The line between San Bernardino and Barston climbs over the California Sierras. Santa Fe, Union Pacific trains traverse the route and this is a detailed description of the route.) NoR56211 $55.00
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Railroad Company Literature 1 brochure being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46233 $4.00
Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio combined Railroad Company Literature 2 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46234 $6.00
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway In West Virginia 1940–1960 by Thomas W Dixon (New) 80 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; card covers; TLC Pubs. (A selection of mainly heavy-haul coal trains moving tonnage through the mountains of West Virginia. Big steam and first generation diesels.) NoR00169 $47.00
Chessie System Railroads In West Virginia by Thomas W Dixon Jr. (New) 64 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; map; card covers; Chesapeake & Ohio Hist Soc; (135 colour photographs taken between 1972 and late 1980s of the big diesels of Chessie Systems hauling coal and containers through the beautiful West Virginian landscape.) NoR00203 $42.00
Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad Railroad Company Literature 1 brochure being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46235 $4.00
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Railroad Company Literature 1 brochure being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46237 $4.00
Chicago Great Western Photographic Portfolio of Classes 2-10-4, 2-8-2 and 4-6-2 8 original black and white photographs of steam locomotives mounted in stiff card folders; fine copy, near mint. NoR49221 $10.00
Chicago Great Western Railway Railroad Company Literature 1 brochure being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46238 $4.00
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railway Railroad Company Literature 1 brochure being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46239 $4.00
Chicago & North Western Railway Railroad Company Literature 5 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46240 $10.00
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Railroad Company Literature 4 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46241 $8.00
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Railroad Company Literature 5 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46242 $12.00
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Railroad Company Literature 16 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46243 $18.00
Chicago Transit Map anon 28 folded pages; maps; black and white drawings; paper cover; fine copy, near mint; Chicago Transit Authority; 1963. (Shows Chicago Transit Authority’s elevated and subway railway, trolleybus and bus routes for greater Chicago.) NoR46205 $10.00
Classic North American Steam Huxtable, Nils 128 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Smithmark; 1996. (Beautiful large coffee table book of steam hauled trains. Covers main line steam as well as geared locomotives.) NoR28259 $20.00
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Railroad Company Literature 1 brochure being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46244 $4.00
Eastward Across Canada by CP Rail anon 32 pages; coloured photographs and drawings; maps; paper covers; mint copy; Canadian Pacific; no publication date given; early 1960s? (Publicity booklet for The Canadian travelling between Vancouver and Montreal, sights to see and services available on this luxury train.) NoR49213 $10.00
Erie Lackawanna Railroad Railroad Company Literature 2 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s NoR46246 $5.00
Faces And Places Along The Railway Willmot, Elizabeth A 126 pages; black and white photographs with coloured front cover; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Gage Publishing; 1979. (Stories of the railroads of Ontario, Canada and the people who worked them. Good photographs of the CN and CPR and human interest stories.) NoR44216 $22.00
Faces Of Railroading – Portraits of America’s Greatest Industry by Carl A Swanson (New) 160 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; Kalmbach. (A photograph tribute to the human side of railroading covering locomotive crews, locomotive depots, station staff, passenger train attendants, passengers, despatchers and signalmen, track maintenance gangs, yard workers, and workshop staff. A different railway book.) NoR00008 $57.00
Frisco Railroad Company Literature 1 brochure being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46247 $4.00
Georgia Railroad Railroad Company Literature 1 brochure being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46248 $4.00
Great Northern Railway: A History by Ralph W Hidy. Muriel E Hidy, Roy V Scott and Don L Hofsommer (New) 360 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans; card covers; University of Minnesota. (The definitive work on the Great Northern from the founding in 1856, to the forming of Burlington Northern in 1970. A complete company history.) NoR00015 $58.00
Great Railroad Paintings Goldsborough, Robert 96 pages; coloured paintings; black and white drawings; card covers; mint copy; Peacock Press; 1976. (43 paintings of steam and diesel hauled trains with descriptive captions.) NoR51198 $20.00
Great Trains Of North America Whitehouse, P B 144 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; original dust cover; average copy, some wear; Crescent; 1974. (A good history of railroading in USA. With lovely photographs.) NoR54239 $12.00
Guide To Tourist Railroads And Museums LaFountain, Julie 422 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; mint copy; Kalmbach; 1998. (A comprehensive guide to 412 preserved railroads and museum in USA and Canada – how to get to them, opening hours and what to see.) NoR46219 $22.00
Guide to Tourist Railroads and Railroad Museums Drury, George H 248 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Kalmbach Books; 1988. (A directory of over 250 railroad attractions in North America including schedules, how to get there and special annual events.) NoR35231 $28.00
Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow Brown, Dee 312 pages; black and white photographs; maps; original dust jacket; from an institutional library mint copy; Chatto & Windus; 1977. (Details of the construction of the transcontinental railroads that linked the Atlantic to the Pacific and the greed and corruption of the men involved.) NoR53277 $18.00
High Iron – A Book of Trains Beebe, Lucius 226 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; no original dust jacket; Bonanza Books; 1938. (A Beebe classic covering the development of the railroads of USA – steam, diesel, power, speed and deluxe travel.) NoR29239 $40.00
Hoot, Toot & Whistle Carman, Bernard R 44 pages; black and white photographs; maps; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Stephen Greene Press; 1963. (The story of the 24-mile Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad on the Vermont Massachusetts border and its struggle to survive.) NoR50195 $18.00
Illinois Central Railroad Company Literature 30 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46251 $20.00
Images of Western Railroading in the American West by Steve Schmollinger (New) 168 pages; 181 coloured photographs; original dust jacket; Motorbooks. (From the author of Desert Railroading, this is another magnificent art book of modern railroading from the Rockies to the Pacific Coast. Big trains in big country.) NoR00142 $82.00
Kansas City Southern Lines Railroad Company Literature 3 brochures being public and employees passenger timetables and advertising brochures; before the days of Amtrak and Via Rail; fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s. NoR46252 $8.00