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 about 40th ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, TO WHICH ARE ADDED...

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 about AN ACT TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILROAD & TELEGRAPH LINE FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER TO...

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 about THE ACTUAL EFFICIENCY OF A MODERN LOCOMOTIVE: NO. 60, CODE WORD "RECOVAGEM"

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 about AGREEMENT BETWEEN NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY. DATED...

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 near fine copy. More about AIR PUMPS AND ACCESSORIES FOR INDUSTIAL PURPOSES, SEPTEMBER 1, 1914

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 about AIRPLANE MAP; COLUMBIA RIVER, CASCADE MOUNTAINS, PACIFIC OCEAN

Ocean, NJ: Specialty Press/[American Locomotive Company], 1973. Facsimile reprint. Oblong softcover. Reprint of the ALCO Rotary Snow Plow catalogue from the early 1900s, pamphlet no. 10015. 28 pages with photographs and information. Green printed wrappers. A fine and bright copy. More about AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY ROTARY SNOW PLOW, AN HISTORIC REPRINT

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 about AMERICAN RAILWAY ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION: CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE SECTION; MANUAL FOR...

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 about ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND OF THE TABULATIONS AND...

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 about APPLETON'S DICTIONARY OF MACHINES, MECHANICS, ENGINE-WORK AND ENGINEERING; VOLUMES I AND II

Norman, OK: Santa Fe Modelers Organization, 1992. First edition. Oblong softcover. Unpaginated. Timetables with maps. A fine and bright copy. More about ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY SYSTEM EMPLOYEE TIMETABLES: VOLUME ONE - EASTERN LINES, IN...

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. A.... More about AUTOMATIC CONTROL. EQUIPMENT. LT AUTOMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office/United States Congress/Office of Technology Assessment, 1976. First edition, first printing. Softcover. Describes the technology of automatic train control systems and assesses the operational, planning, and policy issues arising from the use of automatid devices to control and direct rail rapid transit vehicles. 238 pages with... More about AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL IN RAIL RAPID TRANSIT. MAY, 1976