Hartford, CT: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1892. Hardcover. Report to the Governor, Luzon B. Morris, for the year terminating Dec. 31, 1892. 358 pages with financial tables for the various railroads. Also bound in are 96 pages of Laws Related Specially to Railroads. Large folded map of Connecticut..... More

New York: Brown & Hewitt, Printers, 1867. Self wrappers. This historic document states the terms and conditions under which the first transcontinental railroad was built by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads as approved by Congress in 1862. See Cowan; Bibliography of the History of California, pg 514. 45..... More

Philadelphia, PA: Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1907. Oblong softcover. Baldwin Record No. 60. 32 pages comparing the efficiency of new Baldwin locomotives to older models. Numerous locomotive photographs plus statistics. Bound in gray card covers with art deco and lettering in red, gilt, green and black. A quite striking locomotive catalogue..... More

Mercantile Trust Company/[Norfolk and Western Railway], 1901. Booklet. Irrevocabley terminating the right reserved to the Norfolk and Western Railway Company under Section I of Article II of its First Consolidated Mortagage, to issued prior lien mortagage bonds. 10 pages. This copy came from a N&W depot which was being closed..... More

New York, NY: New York Air Brake Company, 1914. Softcover. 85 pages with diagrams and data. Bound in original card covers with cloth backed spine. Larger than the usual small brake booklets, this measures 8.25" x 10.75". A few penciled changes of prices and descriptions, probably by the company. A...... More

Spokane, Portland & Seatle Railway Company, 1938. Folded sheet. West bound issue. Long seven fold sheet. The SP&S Airplane Map takes up an entire side of the sheet. The reverse features descriptions of the scenery traveling west. A fine copy. More

Chicago: American Flyer Mfg. Co., 1936. Oblong softcover. A twenty-four page full color catalogue of American Flyer trains and accessories. A fine and bright copy, seldom found in such stunning condition. More

Chicago, IL: American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association, 1945. Metal post bound. Complete to March 14, 1945. Contains a written record of the standards of the day. Chapters on; Definitions of Terms, Designs and Plans, Specifications, Economics of Construction and Maintenance, Priciples and Practices. Topics include roadway, ballasting..... More

Harrisburg, PA: Benj. Singerly, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. 665 pages. Financial status and physical description and characteristics of each railroad, canal and telegraph company in the state of Pennsylvania. Railroad listings feature data on number of bridges, other railroads crossed, number and type of cars, number of stations, length of..... More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1866. Second edition. Hardcovers. Extensively revised from the 1850 first edition eliminating items which did not stand the test of time and new mechanizations added. Examples of topics are railroad, pile drivers, locks of canals, perforating machine, watch making, tube making machine, etc. 1924..... More

Clifton Heights, PA: Harry P. Albrecht/[Baldwin Locomotive Works], 1962. Reprint edition. Oblong softcover. Though most of the booklet is a facsimile of Record No. 56, it also includes severn erection drawings, and complete specifications, fourteen pages, for all the locomotives which hauled the Scott Special from Los Angeles, California, to..... More

New York: American Locomotive Company/ALCO [about 1910]. Oblong softcover. Pamphlet code word "Calligraaf." The Atlantic or 4-4-2 type locomotive for sustained high speed with moderately heavy trains. A catalog of 64 pages with locomotive data and photographs of the passenger types which the company had built for various railroads. Small..... More

Scranton, PA;: International Textbook Company. (I.C.S.). 1931. Hardcover. ITC number 519. Instruction book. A total of 86 pages with illustrations and diagrams, plus twelve foldouts. Marbled endpapers. Bound in original black pebbled cloth with lettering on the spine stamped in gilt and on the front cover stamped in blind. Attractive..... More