Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. 584 pages. 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. This volume traces 'the long and involved operating history of the Southern Pacific as it first helped to create Southern California, then later adapted to cope with its explosive growth' -- from the rear.....
Norfolk & Western Historical Society, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 128 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. A near fine copy; no dust jacket.
Institute for American Research, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. One of 500 numbered copies. Illustrated in black-and-white. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a dust jacket with a few closed tears to the edges. Signed by both authors on the title page. Copy number 299...
TLC Publishing, Inc., 2004 / 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 123 and 107 pages. 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. A two-volume set covering the Southern Railway System. Illustrated from hundreds of photographs. ISBNs 9781833089943 and 9780976620150. First editions (first printings). A 2-volume set in very good condition; no dust jackets, as issued.....
The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 584 pages. 9 by 11-1/4 inches. Illustrated from more than 1,000 photographs, timetables and reproductions of ephemera. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A large, heavy book.
Signature Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 396 pages. 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Illustrated from more than 600 photographs, maps, graphics and drawings. First edition (first printing). Spotting to the top of the page block. A very good copy in a dust jacket with light fading to the spine. A large.....
Kalmbach Publishing Company, November 2000. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. Travel the GNR through rugged mountain passes and Big Sky scenery. Includes views of the Empire Builder, plus track map and schematics.
Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1996. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. A collection of photos of operations in the 1940s and 50s from the files of Trains magazine. A few short intro essays and long captions provide mechanical & historical detail. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland.....
Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern Californ, 1998. Trade Paperback. 250 pages. A study of what was perhaps the largest interurban electric rail system ever built. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. A paperback copy in very good condition. Wear to the bottom edge.
Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 213 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. 'This book tells of the participation of the railroads at the larger world's fair and railroad expositions in the United States, describing how the railroads addressed the transportation of large numbers of people to the.....
Signature Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 414 pages. Profusely illustrated from photographs and maps. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a dust jacket with edge wear and a creased snag to the rear panel. A large, heavy book.
Union Pacific Historical Society, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 172 pages. 11-1/4 by 8-3/4 inches. Profusely illustrated, some in color. First edition (first printing). A very good copy; no dust jacket.
Wheelhorse Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 420 pages followed by about 80 pages of appendices. 8-3/4 by 11 inches. Profusely illustrated. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a dust jacket with a bump to the spine head. A large, heavy book.
White River Productions, 2006. Hardcover. 144 pages. 12-1/2 by 9-1/2 inches. Title embossed in gold on front board. 'With 233 photographs by 45 photographers, Southern Pacific: Sacramento Division presents a thorough look at SP's mainline and branchline operations from Dunsmuir to Fresno, and from Sacramento to Ogden' -- from front.....
Signature Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 532 pages. 9 by 11-1/2 inches. 'This bok presents the complete history of all Southern Pacific locomotives with ten drivers, the heavy-duty workhorse engines found on the railroad's entire far-flung 'Golden Empire'' -- from the front flap. First edition (first printing). A fine copy.....
Pacific Fast Mail, 1996. Hardcover. 375 pages. 9 by 11-1/2 inches. 'This book traces the development and operation of each segment of the Spokane, Portland Seattle System' -- from front flap. Paste-down and endpaper illustrated in color with a map of the Railway, and a larger pull-out map tracing the.....
Superior Publishing Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 159 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. A pictorial guide to the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, illustrated in black-and-white. Stated first edition (first printing). A very good copy in a dust jacket with foxing inside, as well as on paste-downs, end pages, and.....
TLC Publishing Inc., 2002. Hardcover. 264 pages. 9 by 11 inches. A comprehensive history of Nashville, Chatanooga & St. Louis Railroad, profusely illustrated with black-and-white photo reproductions, maps, and related documents. A very good copy. No dust jacket, as issued. Faint rubbing to front and back boards and a bump.....
Signature Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 223 pages. 'The practice of painting advertisements on the freight cars of shippers and car owners dates well back into the 19th century ...Thoroughly documented here are hundreds of these paint schemes, together with details of the leasing companies and car builders associated with.....
Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter / National Railway Historical Society, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 126 pages. 9-7/8 by 11-1/4 inches. The New York Connecting Railroad 'served as a bridge line between the Pensylvania and New Haven Railroads' -- from the prologue. Mostly illustrated in black-and-white. First edition (first printing). Near.....
Paired Rail RR Publications, Ltd, 2001-2003. Hardcover. Complete in four volumes, each 11 by 9 inches. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. A four-volume set in very good condition; small stains on a few pages but otherwise pages clean and bright. A serviceable set.
Golden West Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 174 pages. 8-7/8 by 11-1/4 inches. With more than 265 illustrations including maps and color plates. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Some spotting on the early pages and to the jacket verso.
Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 2007. Trade Paperback. 132 pages. Mostly illustrated in black-and-white. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Railfare DC Books, 2008. Hardcover. 255 pages. Illustrated mostly in black-and-white, with endpapers illustrated in color. A very good copy; no dust jacket.
Interurban Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 287 pages. A history of the PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar. The 'authors explian why 33 railway companies in the United States, Canada and Mexico bought PCC cars, on what routes their owners ran them and why, the changes they made to their cars.....