Railroad Car Builder's Pictorial Dictionary (Dover Americana) by Matthias Forney - 1975-07

Mineola: Dover Publications, 1975. New edition. Paperback. Good. Much shelf wear to the book, previous owner's name and address stamp to the title page else unmarked. An unabridged republication of of the original (1879) first edition of The Car-Builder's Dictionary with a new introduction by John F Stover. Matthias Nace Forney (1835 – 1908) was an American steam locomotive designer and builder. He is most well known for the design of the Forney type locomotive. Locomotives that he designed served the elevated railroads of New York City for many years before that system converted to electric power. One example of a Forney 0-4-4T locomotive built in 1902 by Baldwin Locomotive Works has been restored for daily operations on the Disneyland Railroad in Anaheim, California, as the railroad's number 5, Ward Kimball. Another Forney Locomotive 040-T is on display at The Forney Transportation Museum in Denver, Colorado.The museum was founded by Matthais Forney's second cousin J.D.… Read More

New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 1974. Soft cover. Good. Moderate wear, binding still fairly tight, pages age toned.

Dover Publications, 1974. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good. Oblong 16mo. 491pp.Illustrated +84 ads @ rear. Light general wear. The front flyleaf has been removed

Dover Publications. Very Good+. 1974. Softcover. 0486229742 . Very nice and clean. ; Has an introduction by John. F. Stover. ; Dover Americana; Oblong 12mo 7" - 7½; 491 pages .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.