CHINA BY RAIL
Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books / TAB, 1986. First edition, first printing. Oblong softcover. 120 pages with photographs, maps, roster, bibliography and index. Tiny corner crease to the rear cover, else a fine and bright copy. More
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GRAND CENTRAL... THE WORLD'S GREATEST RAILWAY TERMINAL.
San Marino, CA;: Golden West, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. The origin and history of New York's great terminal date, not from 1913, but from the very beginning of rail transportation on Manhattan, when the horse-drawn trains of the New York & Harlem began running along the Bowery in 1832. 160..... More
LANDMARKS ON THE IRON ROAD; TWO CENTURIES OF NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD ENGINEERING
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Railroad builders on this side of the Atlantic developed uniquely American approaches. American civil engineers were unsurpassed in their ability to build railroads over great distances and across high mountain passes, to erect great bridges, or to bore tunnels..... More
THE LAST INTERURBANS
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association/CERA, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Bulletin 136. In a bright new age of electricity, the electric interurban railways were one of the technological marvels of the early 20th century. 234 pages with photographs by region of the last of the interurbans, about one quarter in color..... More
THE LAST INTERURBANS
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association/CERA, 2003. First edition. first printing. Hardcover. Bulletin 136. In a bright new age of electricity, the electric interurban railways were one of the technological marvels of the early 20th century. 234 pages with photographs by region of the last of the interurbans, about one quarter..... More
METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS; RAPID TRANSIT IN AMERICA
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2003. First edition. first printing. Hardcover. A large scale, extensively illustrated volume that portrays the growth and development of urban rail transit systems in North America. 275 pages with historic photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
SOUTH SHORE; THE LAST INTERURBAN
San Marino, CA;: Golden West Books, 1973. First edition, third printing. Hardcover. A rich and colorful story of the South Shore Line from Chicago to South Bend, IN. 176 pages of text, photographs and diagrams. Map endpapers. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
SOUTH SHORE; THE LAST INTERURBAN
San Marino, CA;: Golden West Books, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. A rich and colorful story of the South Shore Line from Chicago to South Bend, IN. 176 pages of text, photographs and diagrams. Map endpapers. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket with several tiny tears and associated creases at..... More
THE TIME OF THE TROLLEY, VOLUME ONE: THE STREET RAILWAY FROM HORSECAR TO LIGHT RAIL
San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1987. Second edition. Hardcover. This book tells how the humble horsecar initiated America's adventure in rail transit, then explores the inventive genius of Frank Sprague, who perfected the electric streetcar. 238 pages with numerous photographs. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
TRACTION CLASSICS, THE INTERURBANS: VOLUME ONE, THE GREAT WOOD AND STEEL CARS
San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1983. First edition thus. Hardcover. The interurban electric railways were an uncommonly colorful chapter in the history of American transport that originated from the technoloy of the electric street railway late in the 19th century. 257 pages with car photographs, diagrams, specifications and data..... More
TRACTION CLASSICS, VOLUME TWO; THE INTERURBANS, EXTRA FAST AND EXTRA FARE
San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1985. First edition thus. Hardcover. The development of deluxe passenger services on the electric lines and the innovative technological advances that placed interurban railways, for a brief time, in the forefront of American rail passenger equipment development. 182 pages with photographs, car diagrams, specifications..... More
WHEN THE STEAM RAILROADS ELECTRIFIED
Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Pubishing, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. The third volume the Middleton's Traction Trilogy. 440 pages with photographs and maps. Owner's small stamp. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with two closed tears. More
WHEN THE STEAM RAILROADS ELECTRIFIED
Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Pubishing, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. The third volume the Middleton's Traction Trilogy. 440 pages with photographs, index and maps. Tiny light spots of foxing along top of the text block. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. More
WHEN THE STEAM RAILROADS ELECTRIFIED
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001. Second edition. Hardcover. The most comprehensive history of North American railroad electrification. 467 pages with photographs, maps, bibliography and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
FROM BULLETS TO BART
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans Association (C.E.R.A.), 1989. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Bulletin 127. A fifty year history of the electric railway industry. 176 pages with photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket with short tear to front panel. More
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