University of New Mexico Press, April 2021. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). In Overhaul, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque's locomotive repair shops, which were the driving force behind the city's economy for more than seventy years. In the course.....
The Milwaukee Road, 1961. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded into quarters, 4 x 9 inches when folded. Map of routes on rear panel. Train schedules on inner panels. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Simon & Schuster, August 2000. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers a historical successor to his universally acclaimed "Undaunted Courage, " which recounted the explorations of the West by.....
General Motors Corporation, [1944]. Trade Paperback. Sections F-0 to F-16. B/W photographic plates and numerous folding diagrams. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in flexible pebbled faux-leather covers, fastened with 2 metal fasteners. Scarce.
California Fast Freight Line, 1877-1880. Ephemera. Bill of lading, oblong format, 8.5 x 14 inches, printed in black on white. Shipping was completed 'via Chicago & North Western; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. Rds. in connection with Union & Central Pacific R. Rds.' The California.....
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, 1902. Trade Paperback. 72 pages. Numerous B/W photographic illustrations. 1902 edition. Very good in illustrated red wrappers. Waterstained page edges with edges browned. Covers separated from contents.
Great Northern Railway Company, 1898. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 34 pages, with folding map at rear, 17.3 x 32.5 inches, 'Great Northern Railway and Proprietary Lines,' printed in black on white with routes in red and green. State boundaries outlined in orange. Routes originate from Deluth and St.Paul extending westward.....
A. Phillips & Co. Printed by the J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co., ca. 1893. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 32 pages. 5 full-page B/W illustrations. Essay by E. W. Maslin, 'What Can Be Done in California.' and 'The Sugar Beet in California,' by Richard Gird. Other essays, 'What.....
(n.p.), 1896. First Edition. Pamphlet. 29 pages. The City of San Francisco created the Committee of Fifty 'appointed at the monster meeting at Metropolitan Temple, December 7th, 1895. Adolph Sutro, Mayor San Francisco, Chairman.' to oppose the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad's proposal to refinance its debt to the.....
The Book Club of California. Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1969. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12 folders issued to members of The Book Club of California in commemoration of the centennial of the transcontinental railroad. First edition (first printing). Near fine copies. Tanning to Number One of the 12.....
Stanford University Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 148 pages. B/W photopgraphs. The stories of the smaller railroads of California and Nevada working in the Sierras. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with tanning to spine edge.
The Milwauke Road, 1961. Trade Paperback. Single sheet 9 x 16 inches, trifolded to 4 x 9 inches. A near fine copy.
Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1949. Hardcover.
The National Model Railroad Association, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining. 4 X 1.5 inch portion of back cover cut out.
Ephemera.
John Wiley & Sons, 1916. Hardcover. Fifth edition.
(n.p.), (n.d. but 1894). First Edition. Pamphlet. 13 pages. A letter to the US Congress inspired by 'a unanimous vote of a mass meeting of the citizens of San Francisco. held on May 25th, 1894,' protesting the refinancing of the Central Pacific Railroad's debt. The Central Pacific was built and.....
Everest House, January 1980. Hardcover.
Diesel Dictionary, 1950. Unknown. 193 pages plus about 50 additional pages of symbols for schematic wiring and general information. Second edition. A near fine copy in red printed wrappers (paperback). Former woner name on front cover.
May-Murdock Publications, 1985. Unknown. 21 pages with 2 pages of additional May-Murdock publications and 1 page brief bio. of author. Second printing. Very good copy in tan illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Great Rock Island Route, 1888. Trade Paperback. Single sheet, oblong format, 41 x 10 inches, folded into 20 panels, 10 x 4.2 inches when folded. The individual panels are organized by state and provide promotional information on the state and its pricipal town, cities and attractions. The opposite side is.....
Southern Pacific Company, 1960. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. 'Map of the Western Division Southern Pacific Company' on rear cover page. First edition (first printing). Very good in cream printed wrappers (paperback).
Interurban Electric Railway Company, 1939, 1940. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Supplement No. 1 to Time Table No. 1: 8 pp. with 'Map of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Electric Lines' and insert 'San Francisco' on last page, dated January, 1939. Time Table 3: 32 pp. with same map, dated January, 1939.....
Southern Pacific Company, 1939. Trade Paperback.
Santa Fe Railroad. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated. Reprint edition. B/W illustrations and map of the route taken. Reprint edition. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).