The Railroad Car Builder's Pictorial Dictionary
by Matthias N. Forney
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486229742
- ISBN 13
- 9780486229744
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About This Item
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. Forney, founder of Forney Industries. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.
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- The Book Shed (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1001506
- Title
- The Railroad Car Builder's Pictorial Dictionary
- Author
- Matthias N. Forney
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New edition
- ISBN 10
- 0486229742
- ISBN 13
- 9780486229744
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- Mineola
- Date Published
- 1975
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