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| 1420 |
Ball, Don |
Portrait of the Rails:
From Steam to Diesel |
Galahad Books 1972, 7th pr (1982), 10¼ x11½", 304pp, index, fine+ |
9.50 |
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A photographic essay chronicling America's most colorful industrial transition: the railroad industry's change-over from steam to diesel locomotion. |
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| 1413 |
Greggio, Luciano |
Steam Locomotives (Illus) |
Crescent 1980, reprint (1985) of 1st ed US, 8½x11¾", 263pp, appendices, bibliog, index, vy fine |
9.50 |
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A definitive history of 178 years of steam locomotive development, including appendices with full technical specifications of 500+ locomotives; 750+ illustrations. |
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| 1402 |
Hollingsworth, Brian |
Illustrated Encyclopedia of North American Locomotives |
Crescent 1984, 1st ed US, 8¾ x12", 208pp, sl glue separation on frnt ep along hinge, else vy fine |
11.50 |
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"An historical directory of America's greatest locomotives from 1830 to the present day."
Illus. w/250+ photos & 75 color renderings of locomotives. |
| 1403 |
Hollingsworth, Brian
& Cook, Arthur |
Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Modern Locomotives |
Crescent 1983, 1st ed US, 8¾ x12", 208pp, glossary, index, vy fine |
11.50 |
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"A technical directory of major international diesel, electric and gas-turbine locomotives from 1879 to the present day." Illus. w/260+ photos & 74 color renderings of locomotives. |
| 1404 |
Hollingsworth, Brian |
Railways of the World |
Gallery/WH Smith 1979, 2nd pr (1984), 9½ x12¼", 350pp, index, vy fine |
12.50 |
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The history and modern workings of urban rapid transit systems, and national and international railroad systems are described in vivid detail, complete with relevant statistics: gauges, lengths, heights of bridges and tunnels, passengers and freight carried, rolling stock, locomotive power, and more; accompanied by maps and 600+ b&w and color photos. |
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| 1415 |
Johnston, Hank |
Railroads of the Yosemite Valley |
Trans-Anglo 1963, 4th ed, 206pp, 8¾ x11¼", ep maps, vy fine |
28.50 |
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An account of the four little short lines that operated in the Merced River canyon adjacent to Yosemite National Park, including various logging inclines and other short line adventures; illustrated. |
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| 1416 |
Leuthner, Stuart |
The Railroaders |
Random Hse 1983, 1st ed, RM, 152pp, 8¾ x11¼", 2 sm creases insde front dj flap, 4mm dj tear top spine, else vy fine |
11.50 |
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A collection of short bios on a cross section of people who spent their careers with the railroad during its heyday; illustrated. |
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| 1418 |
McLuhan, T.C. |
Dream Tracks: The Railroad
and the American Indian |
Abrams 1985, 1st ed, 9¾ x11¾", 208pp, notes, bibliog, index, center-most leaf is loose (bindery error), else vy fine |
19.50 |
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A critical view of the impact of the coming of the railroad and tourism on southwestern Native Americans; illustrated with 110+ hand-colored photos from the Wm. E. Kopplin collection. |
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| 1409 |
Morgan, Bryan |
Early Trains (Illus)
(A brief history of early railroading) |
Golden Press 1974, ed nt stated, 8¾ x11¾", 80pp, litho covr wo/dj, shelf wear at corners & spine edges, sl soilg on a few pgs, prev owner's address inked front ep, else vy good |
4.50 |
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| 1406 |
White, John H. Jr. |
The American Railroad Passenger Car |
Johns Hopkins Univ 1978, QP, 3rd pr (1988), 10½ x12½", 690pp total in 2 vols, notes, bibliog, index, vy fine |
28.50 |
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A profusely illustrated, technical history of the passenger car in exacting detail from 1830 onward; includes 387 photos & 385 line drawings. |
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| 1410 |
Wurm, Ted G. &
Graves, Alvin C. |
The Crookedest Railroad in the World: A history of the Mt Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad of California (Illus) |
Academy Lib Guild 1954, appears as 1st ed, 5¾ x8¾", 121pp, index, 15x25mm bkseller's stickr top left inside bk covr, dj sl discolord frm age, else fine+ |
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A history of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad of northern California. The planning, construction and equipment used, with complete details of all engines - geared Shays and Heislers, the Porter 0-4-0t, all motor cars, passenger coaches, and odd gravity cars are detailed. The old time railroad men who rode the "Wiggle Trains" down 7% grades, with 281 curves, making 42 complete circles in it's 8½ mi of track! Profusely illustrated with photographs, map on endpapers and bibliography. |
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