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Dover, New York, NY, USA., 1972. Glossy Cover. Condition: Very Good. White, John H. (illustrator). TRUE FIRST EDITION THUS.. 151 pages, "Finest locomotive engravings from early 19th century: historical (1804–1874), main line (after 1870), special, foreign, but mostly American domestic engines. Many types: grasshoppers, camel-backs, Moguls, Forneys, plus some famous ones the General, Reuben Wells, Pennsylvania.".>>> weight = 465 grams. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

148 p. : illus. ; 30 cm. Includes Illustrations.
inscribed to first owner

Sundial Publication, 1981. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large volume. Corners bumped. Raffles Bookstore Norfolk All orders normally dispatched within one working day. We will gladly supply further images or more information if required. Discounts available for multiple orders

Chancellor Press, 2000. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large volume. Raffles Bookstore Norfolk All orders normally dispatched within one working day. We will gladly supply further images or more information if required. Discounts available for multiple orders

Carstens Publications. Softcover. New. Packed with plans and photographs: single truckers, city cars, Birney's, Master Units, PCC's interurbans, non-revenue, locos, rapid transit, etc. Carstens Publications, softcover, 98 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W photographs and illustrations. Publisher: Carstens Publications title now sold by White River Productions.

White River Productions. Softcover. New. Special Feature L'Aubraie, Large Scale In A Small Space • by Bernard Junk — A challenge. Features: Betsy Lives • by Jim Schulz — Gazette Award, 37th National Narrow Gauge Convention, Denver, Colorado, 2017. A Large-scale Modeler Looks For A Little Change • by John K. Landis — A contrast in scales. My On30 Version Of Chama • by Mike Schrier — A new beginning. Fremont • by John Campbell, MMR — A fantasy Colorado mining town … with a history. My HOn3 Rio Grande Southern Lizard Head Division, Part 3 • by Gregg Condon, MMR — Burns Canyon to Silver Spur. Along The Narrow Gauge • by Mallory Hope Ferrell — My historic photo album: the East Broad Top, part 5. The Locomotive That Never Was • by Mallory Hope Ferrell — A sidebar. The On30 Fiddletown & Copperopolis • by Bill Gould — An uncommon carrier, part 6: the Chamita coaling tower. The Western Bay Railroad's Aerial Ore Tram And Ore Dump • by Al Sohl, MMR — An impressive bit… Read More

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. This book features the best of the author's photography taken on the Union Pacific and Rock Island (via trackage rights) during the diesel era in the Topeka, Kansas, vicinity from the mid-1960s through the contemporary era. It includes coverage of passenger and freight train action in the vicinity of the Union Pacific Topeka depot, which served as an active passenger station until 1971. It is today a major rail museum known as the Great Overland Station. This study in B&W, of which the author is noted for his many books in this format, looks back at almost 50 years of change that have taken place along UP rails through Topeka. Includes a number of shots looking down at the power and trains. Includes F-units and early U-boats to distributed power coal trains. South Platte Press, softcover, 48 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., sharp B&W photographs printed on high-quality coated paper.

Carstens Publications. Softcover. New. If you like modeling the prototype but you have limited space, this book is for you. It covers basics of getting a lot of track into a small area through the use of loops and switches. The following section details how you can apply these ideas to prototype modeling, using several short lines as examples. Most layouts are designed for O and S scales using sectional track and table-top space. Diagrams also show how track can be arranged for two train operation. Carstens Publications, softcover, 58 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W plans and illustrations.

South Platte Press. Softcover. New. Robert Olmsted, well-known railroad photographer and prolific Publisher//of railroad books, has teamed up with South Platte Press to publish a pictorial about Don Ball Curve, located in Roberts hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. Informally named for another master of railroad photography and book publishing, the curve is located along the Kansas City-Denver main line of the Union Pacific. Using Robert's own excellent black & white photography, the book is devoted to the Union Pacific and Rock Island trains (the latter using trackage rights) that have rolled through Don Ball Curve between 1948 and 2007. It can also serve as a guide for railfans interested in visiting Lawrence and the Curve with its current high Volume of train traffic. Most photographs are from the 1950s and 60s. There is as much Rock Island as Union Pacific subjects in the selection of photographs-especially a number of RI 4-8-4s. Plus see Wabash Es on The City of St. Louis, detouring Burlington Es,… Read More

England: Purnell and Sons, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hard Back First Edition. Large Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A comprehensive history of the world of railways -- the history of railway development, diagrams of the workings of steam, diesel and electric locomotives, descriptions of track and signalling systems, details of gauges and brakes, tickets and couplings, facts about viaducts, stations, bridges and tunnels --every aspect of rail travel is covered, ranging from the beginnings of rail travel up to modern trains--and a look into the future. Superbly illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and diagrams. Golden brown cloth binding with sharp and bright gilt lettering on front and spine. Very clean and unmarked. Light wear to lower corners, upper front corner bumped. Tight and solid, square, with headbands. Light smudge on endpaper. Bright and clean jacket illustrated with three differnt trains,… Read More

Lancaster, Penn.: William M. Moedinger. VG+. 1971. 1st Edition. Stapled wraps. Very slight edgewear and small crease to front cover; Cover is otherwise bright, and pages are crisp. Flyers for the Strasburg Railroad laid in ; B&W Illustrations; 8.5x11"; 40 p. .

London, Tiger Books International, 1989, hardcover, 208 pp, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, sticker ghost to front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, light rubs, slight edge nicks. A technical directory of major international express train engines from the 1820s through to the date of publication. Profusely illustrated throughout with period photographs and full color drawings including 4-page fold-out illustrations of The Paris-Orleans Pacifics, The Bavarian Maffei Pacifics, The Canadian A4 Pacifics and The Milwaukee Hiawathas. Appended Glossary and Index.

White River Productions. Magazine. New.

1892. First Appearance. stapled wrappers. Good. Octavo, stapled wrappers, spine chipped The frontispiece portrait of Henry Irving, related to an article on "Lear on the Stage." A travlogue on "Pickwickian Topography," by Charles Dickens the Younger; and a Tour of Tennyson's homes. And art work by Walter Crane. The Christmas issue.

Slight crumpling to top edge of pages. Otherwise very clean internally with little sign of use.  No inscriptions or markings and not price clipped.

Good throughout with corner bumps to covers and some lightwear tp edges of covers.  No inscriptions or markings and not price clipped.

White River Productions. Magazine. New.

White River Productions. Magazine. New.

White River Productions. Magazine. New.

White River Productions. Magazine. New.