Trains & Railways Books

Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto, 1907.. 176 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), hard cover (blue textured cloth with blind stamped borders, gold lettering on spine and front board.) - no dust jacket. This book was probably originally issued in wraps, and rebound soon after in this hard cover forma. t. Among the issues covered in this report: Accidents; Hamilton, Annexation of Burlington Beach to; Radial Railway strike; London, Street Railway, Repair of; Niagara Falls Electric Light Extension By-law; St. Thomas Street Railway, Examiner of Mo. t o rmen; Toronto, vs. Toronto Railway Company (lavatories, etc.), etc. Interior - company stamp on free front endpaper and at top of title page, endpapers very light browned and soiled, pages very lightly browned at margins. Exterior - wear at co. rn er s of boards, light to moderate edge wear, wear and small piece missing at top/bottom of spine, small bump at top of rear cover, browning to edges of textblock, a few tiny scuffs, light waviness to parts of cloth on rear board. Good.. more information

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Guild Publishing, London, (1987), book club edition.. 160 pp, 4to (11 3/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs, reproductions, technical drawings, charts. "...concentrate(s) on selected British locomotive wheel-arrangements. Robert Adley has supplemen. ted previously unpublished material from his own collection of colour photographs with unique material from the Science Museum, in the form of historic coloured working drawings. Black and white photographs, including some of his own...but mostly. f rom the library of the National Railway Museum, help to tell the tale, recounted in the author's lively style, of the development of his selected wheel-arrangements...combines the atmosphere of steam's final years, with an informative text that p. u ts into its historic place the role of many famous British locomotives." Faint cigarette odor, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, one tiny corner bump. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, small closed tea. r at bottom of rear hinge. VG+/VG. more information

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Howell-North, Burbank, California, (c1962).. 191 pp, 4to (11" H) soft cover. ISBN 0831030070 Profusely illustrated in b&w with photos, drawings, maps. "...recreates the glory days of both the railroad and the Rocky Mountain region. It traces construction through the howling wilderness, the. decision for narrow gauge, and the machinations of management in those times when railroad presidents were kings and railroad fever was epidemic. The goal of the authors has been to provide a reading experience as lusty as mountain railroading it. s elf. The work of many of the most famous railroad photographers is represented in hundreds of illustrations...Volume one contains the chapters 'A Baby Railroad is Born', 'The Colorado Midland', and 'The Roaring Towns'." Interior - previous owner. 's name at top of first page, very small bump to bottom corner of textblock, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - light to moderate edge wear, minor rubbing, soft creasing and small area of surface paper loss to bottom corner of front cover, mino. r w rinkling on rear coverspine flat and uncreased. Good+. more information

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Railfare, Montreal, 1976.. 160 pp, 4to (12 3/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos, maps. "...a collection of photographs taken by Charles Bowman to permanently record his own fascination with the steam locomotive. The book is divided int. o five main sections: Canada and the USA, England, Scotland, West Germany and Austria. Each photo was developed with painstaking personal care by the author, and the captions are Charles' own witty words...The locations are varied, but seventeen . i n formative maps included with the text will help you find your way." Wrinkling at top/bottom od spine, very minor bump on bottom of front board. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling - moderate at top of spine, very light rubbing. VG/VG. more information

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Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, (1980), Ist ed.. 144 pp, 8vo, HC. An abridged edition of "Hear that Lonesome Whistle Blow", simplified and adapted for young readers. The story of the first transcontinental railroad, started on the east and west coast and eventually meeting in Promontory in Utah.. Illus. with photos and reproductions. Boards slightly sunfaded at top. Dj has taped tear at top of front panel. Price clipped. VG/VG. more information

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(Fifth House, Calgary, 1997), Ist edition.. 202 pp, small 4to, HC in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photos, maps. "...begins with the pioneering efforts of the CPR to build a transcontinental link to the west coast, and the battles with time and politics, elements and terrai. n. Then comes the arrival of the lines aspiring to be competing transcontinentals and the individuals who made these corporations come alive with gusto. Smaller, but extremely important concerns, such as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the . E d m o nton Dunvegan and British Columbia, the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, and the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway are also included. Fascinating people and events are featured, such as Royal visits, the tragedies of the Titanic and the Wor. ld W ar a nd their profound effects on railroad development, the deadly competition between two giants, CPR and CNR in the form of Edward Beatty and Henry Thornton respectively, and the dire consequences caused by the Great Depression, when the gr. owt h a nd imp ortance of railroads changed forever..." Gift inscription on free front endpaper, slight wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor edgewear. Dust jacket has minor edgewear/wrinkling. VG/VG+. more information

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A.S. Barnes, New York, (1968).. 260 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos, drawings, a few color plates. Contents: The Death of the Iron Horse; The Diesel Takes Over; The Vanishing Passenger Train; The Quiet Revolution; The Road Ahead. "...a photogr. aphic essay that deals with the American railroad as it has undergone its most singular transition since the first steel rail was laid on the North American Continent..." Minor edgewear to boards, minor wrinkling to top/bottom of spine. Dust j. a c k e t has light edgewear/wrinkling, tiny tear at top of front flap fold/spine, very faint water mark on inside of spine. VG/VG. more information

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A.S. Barnes, (Cranbury, New Jersey, 1979).. 215 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. "Railway stations are of great interest for their variety of styles and architectural designs, as well as for their historical aspects, many of which had pioneered the opening up of new communities in the past...One . of the objects of this work is to show, pictorially, the variety of styles and designs of railroad station architecture that were built by various railroads in the United States and Canada...More than 300 photographs are presented in addition to som. e color views, most of which existed at the time of researching for this work." Dj is price clipped top and bottom, light creasing to top/bottom of spine, minor edgewear/soiling. VG+/VG. more information

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Croom Helm, London, (1985).. 128 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, graphs, reproductions. "...uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways' fortunes and is su. pported by an interesting and authorititative text. Financial and operating statistics are clearly presented in diagrammatic form and provide a wealth of information rarely available to the student of railway history. Over 100 photographs, many . p u blished here for the first time, illustrate the development of motive power, rolling stock, goods facilities and passenger stations...concludes with views of two very different possible futures for railways in Britain: the Serpell Committee's pr. op os al for a skeleton system of a few main lines, and the preservation movement's second 'Railway Mania'." Faint cigarette odor, small stain in margin of pages 48/49. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, very light rubbing. VG/VG. more information

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Oxford Publishing, Oxford, (1976).. Unpaginated (approx 96 pp), hard cover in dust jacket. 166 photographs + photographic frontispiece, b&w route maps. "Southern Branch Lines were some of the most picturesque in the British Isles, passing over woodlands, over downs and to holiday se. aside resorts. In spite of the Southern Railway's electrification policy, the Southern Branch line was the one place where steam could be seen with a variety of motive power before the coming of the diesel multiple units. Green was the prominen. t c olour of the Southern, on the stations, the coaches, the locomotive and even in the countryside around. Many Southern Branch Line trains were steam hauled long into the '50s and early '60s and the scenes in this book show this in the final yea. rs of steam power." Small book store stamp and date at bottom of front pastedown, small bumps to bottom corner of boards, boards very slightly curled. Dust jacket has light edgewear/wrinkling, 1/2" triangular closed tear to rear panel (archivall. y t a ped ). VG/VG. more information

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Guild Publishing, London, (1986), book club edition.. 272 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps, color plates. "The (Somerset & Doreset) line was recorded in its heyday by railway photographers of the first order, talents . like those of Ivo Peters, Derek Cross and Dick Riley, men who recognized the unique variety of stock and scenery afforded by the line. Their pictures document the impact of the railway upon the landscape and capture the true atmosphere of the era. . In this book will be found many previously unpublished examples of their work. Two decades after the closure of the Somerset & Dorset (1966) another photographer returned to the scenes of his predecessors' work and embarked on an unusual mission -. to document what remained of this once proud line, and even more ambitiously, to record what can still be seen today from the same vantage points. Working out the precise location from which an earlier photograph was taken, Mac Hawkins has gone . t o extraordinary lengths to recreate the work of his antecedents...Including over 150 pairs of 'then and now' photographs and many maps, this unique record of the passage of time is considerably more than a volume of railway memorabilia - it is a . fi ne tribute to the art of the earlier photographers and the skill and patience of Mac Hawkins..." Very faint cigarette odor, one small corner bump. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, minor rubbing, minor browning at top of flaps. VG/VG. more information

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Salamander, London, (2000).. 480 pp, 8vo (8 3/8" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, drawings, profiles. "Spectacularly illustrated details of the world's major steam, electric, and diesel locomoties from 1830 to the present day. Thousands of . facts...More than 175 locomotives described in detail. Over 360 illustrations, including 108 color profiles." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, light stain on top of textblock, small dint on . front cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG-. more information

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Bison, n.p., (1977).. 190 pp, 4to, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, maps, drawings, reproductions. "Hundreds of superb illustrations help to depict the story of the world's most important railway systems, including the Burl. ington Great Northern, Union Pacific, Penn Central, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railroads. Photographs of the first steam engines, camel-backs, narrow-gauge railroads, name trains, electrified railways, turbines, diesels, subways, met. r o l iners and turbos appear in this volume..." Very minor edge wear to boards. Dust jacket has small closed tears at bottom of spine - archivally taped, light edge wear/wrinkling. NF/VG. more information

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Guild, London, (1985), Book Club Associates.. 160 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos, drawings, plans. "...(the author) uses personal experience to show that the creation of a consistent layout, far from being constricting, is, in fact, . the most rewarding form of railway modelling. Taking the popular Settle and Carlisle line as his example, the author describes his search for a modelling philosophy, the need for discrimmination and to establish objectives, and how to undertake the. necessary research. The research becomes as important and as fascinating as the modelling itself, and the end result is far more satisfying to the modeller and onlooker alike." Faint cigarette odor, light soiling to front board. Dust jacket ha. s very minor edge wrinkling. VG/VG+. more information

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Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, (1992), Ist edition.. 328 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "The story of railways in Canada is the history of the country itself, and no railway has had a history more entwined with the politics of the nation than Canadian National. Donald MacKay . captures the drama of the CN story from the company's beginnings in the bitter aftermath of World War I to the challenges it faces today. He profiles top executives and explores the development of railway culture through interviews with the workers. who have been the lifeblood of CN throughout the years.' Dust jacket has light wrinkling at edges, slight fading to spine color. VG+/VG. more information

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Pan, London, (1972), reprint.. 207 pp, PB. B&w photos. "This is a record of what has been achieved in the manner of train haulage at high speed, of out-and-out speed records, if not necessarily in the precise unequivocal form of an encyclopedia, yet certainly in a factual summa. ry, together with some of the background to each successive performance." Interior - pages browned, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edgewear, small bump to top of spine, remainder mark at bottom of. t e x t block, spine lightly creased. VG-. more information

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Guild Publishing, London, (1989), book club edition.. 192 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Many b&w photographs. "After a vividly-described journey up the Taff, the author evokes the very smells and sounds of the railways with a series of thematic chapters, such as on moving the coal, . weekend excursion seaside traffic, engine sheds large and small, valley sheds and stations. Rural byways, the LMS in the valleys and the railway ports are all informative, entertaining and illustrated with the very best of photographs superbly prod. uced..." Slight waviness to fore-edge of textblock, area of print mis-alignment and ink smudging within text of page 79 - still legible. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top edge, tiny chip at top of rear hinge, very light rubbing. VG-/VG-. more information

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NiagaRail, Niagara-on-the-Lake, (1984), No. 1118 of limited first edition of 2000 copies.. 144 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Limited edition of 2000 copies. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, map, 3 color photographs and reproduction of color paint. ing. Very faint cigarette odor. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling and minor edge browning. NF/VG+. more information

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Unicorn, (Paddock Wood, Kent, 1988).. 144 pp, 4to (11 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos. "When the Midland decided to extend its lines to reach Manchester, the sheer scale of the engineering works were daunting in the extreme; th. e routes had to pierce the rugged limestone hills of Derbyshire and massive viaducts had to be built to cross the fast flowing rivers which cut between the hills in this part of the country. The author starts at Derby...and covers both the routes. t o Manchester via Bakewell and the Hope Valley. The former of which gave the passenger one of the msot spectacular scenic journeys to be found anywhere in Britain, as the Midland trains hauled by Kirtley and Johnson engines thundered through the . r oc ky gorges and into dark tunnels only to emerge suddenly onto some high viaduct or rocky ledge hewn from the hillside, with superb views on either hand. This then is the subject of this lineside picture anthology, an amazing collection of perio. d pho tographs which includes not only views along the lines, but also of the towns and villages along the route. The accompanying text will appeal to the railway enthusiast, the local historian, and to the residents of the area, some of whom will . re memb er and like to recall those less hectic days of yesteryear." Faint cigarette odor, 1/2" closed split to cloth at top of rear hinge, slight bump at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and fl. ap- folds , slight fading to color on spine. VG/VG. more information

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Ian Allen, London, (1972), 2nd printing.. 112 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w vintage photos of locomotives, sheds, bridges, accidents, signal boxes, etc. "...portrays something of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway over the last 70 years. S. tarting in the spacious 'nineties and continuing through 25 years of the Southern Railway and then into British Railways' ownership, it is surprising to see how much of the character of the old line remained until recently..." Scattered tiny spot. m arks to copyright and introduction page, minor edgewear to boards, very tiny dint to top/bottom of boards. Dust jacket has light edgewear/wrinkling/rubbing, light stain to top of spine - mainly on the inside, crease at price corner of front flap. , c olor picture n front panel is very bright. VG/VG-. more information

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Peguin, (Harmondsworth, 1965).. 191 pp, PB. "Michael Robbins's colourful, informative account of the hectic heyday of the iron road, when speculators crashed, trains were kidnapped by rival companies, and stations erupted in their Gothic splendour." Pages yellowing at edges. Co. vers show very light edgewear, spine uncreased but lightly chipped at top/bottom. VG-. more information

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(Whitecap Books, North Vancouver, 1981), 3rd edition.. 260 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w photos and maps. The discovery of silver in British Columbia's Kootenay District lead to "a three decade long struggle to build a railway - the Kettle Valley Railway - west from the mines of the interior to the . seaports of coastal British Columbia against political and geographic difficulties which were perhaps no less formidable than those faced by the Canadian Pacific Railway itself..." Pages browning very lightly. Dust jacket has one small closed tear. , minor edgewear, light wrinkling, light rubbing. VG+/VG. more information

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Hayes / Oxford Publishing, (Sparkford, 1987), reprint.. Unpaginated, 4to (11" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 213 b&w photographs. "Throughout the steam age, Crewe Works was one of the leading, if not the leading, railway works in the UK. Indeed, in 1913 'The Railway Magazine' described it as 'the most. famous railway works in the world'. In its heyday (particularly under the London & North Western Railway) it was world renowned for its manufacture and repair of locomotives and carriages. In addition to rolling stock, the Works manufactured do. z e ns of other items as diverse as steel rails and needles, bricks and gas mantles, and signals and lubricants. Moreover, it trained hundreds of railway engineers; who either entered the ranks of the LNWR, LMS or British Railways; or who went on t. o ot her British railway companies or to railways overseas in the British Empire and beyond. The influence of Crewe Works accordingly spread far from the confines of Crewe as a railway engineering centre...This album is designed to give a pictorial. i mpr ession of Crewe Works in the steam age, and endeavours to portray some of the many achievements of the Works and the personnel who laboured within it." Faint cigarette odor, small bump to top corner of boards and at bottom edge of rear board. . Dust jacket has a few small areas of light edge wrinkling. VG/VG. more information

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Boston Mills Press, Erin, Ontario, (1991), Ist ed.. 208 pp, 4to, HC. Covers the Canada Southern Railway's humble beginnings in post-Confederation Ontario to the bitter, protracted battles about the line's future before the Canadian Transport Commission in the 1980's. Many b&w illus. and photos. Ch. ristmas gift inscription on ffep. Light waviness to textblock. Light edgewear/rubbing/creasing to dustjacket. VG+/VG. more information

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Oxford Publishing, Oxford, 1982. Unpaginated, 4to (11" H), hard covers in dust jackets - 3 volume set. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. A varied selection of material, illustrating some of the lesser known aspects of the L.M.S. - subjects range from Work. shops and Locomotive Naming Ceremonies to Steamer Services, Royal Travel, Pullman Cars, Wagon and Luggage Labels, Refreshment and Tea Rooms, Posters, School of Signalling, Tunnels, Sleet Vans, Uniforms, Cigarette Cards, Launderies, Unusual Motive . P o wer, Barrows and Trolleys, Films and Cinema Coaches, Gradients, the War Effort and much more. "...compulsive reading for L.M.S. enthusiasts..." Vol. three has very small bump at bottom corners. Dust jackets have very light wrinkling at top/bo. tt om of spinr and flap-folds, 3/4" closed tear on front hinge of vol. two, slight fading to color on spine of vol. three. VG+/VG. more information

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Prospero / Saraband, (Rowayton, CT, 2000).. 256 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Contents: Early Locomotives; National Locomotive Styles; Fixtures and Fittings; Society on the Move; Freight; Engineering and Architecture; Railroad Peopl. e; Steam Trains Preserved. "From the earliest experiments in steam-powered trains to transcontinental systems bearing passengers and goods on highways of steel, (this book) charts the progress, trials, and legends of an epoch that still resonates. i n our enduring fascination with international railroad history, architecture, preservation, and folklore." Very light wear at top/bottom of spine and at corners. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling and minor rubbing. NF/NF. more information

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Guild Publishing, London, (1986), book club edition.. 240 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, maps. "This important book takes a close look at the whole question of Forgotten Railways; what they were like when still active, the actual closure process, how some of them lin. gered on for a while, and then how they were dismantled, and what reamins to be explored. Here you will find the flavour of a wide selection of lines: the scenery, trains, railwaymen and the people and goods that were carried, and finally how it r. e flected the local life and changed over time. There are many stories that those who saw their local railway close will read with familiarity and nostalgia..." Very faint cigarette odor, small bump at bottom corners of boards. Dust jacket has l. ig ht edge wrinkling. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Bison, (Greenwich, Conn., 1984), reprint.. 192 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. "...looks back at the fascination of the steam locomotive - the colorful engines of Britain where it all began, the great locomotives which headed such trains as the Orient Express over the European mainland, the hug. e monsters and great trains of North America and the development of steam in Africa, Asia and Australasia. Supplemented with an abundance of color and black and white photographs, this book looks at the story not only of the classic steam engi. n e s o f a century and a half ago but also the odd and the unusual." Minor edgewear to boards. Dj has minor edgewear, light wrinkling at top of rear panel and water stain along inside at bottom edge (doesn't show through to outside). VG/VG-. more information

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