REFLECTIONS: The Nickel Plate Years. Lake Erie and Western District / The Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society Inc. ( Rail / Railway / Trains / Locomotives ) by Dicken, Bruce K; Hirsimaki, Eric E; Semon, James M (signed) / The Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society Inc - 1982

Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland, Ohio: The Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society Inc., 1982, 1st edition, 2nd Printing (not indicated but there Was a 1981 issue), 1982. ---------softcover, about 11 x 8.5 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of light rubbing, signed and inscribed by Semon "To Carman with best wishes Jim Semon 6-4-85", , 59 pages, colour and b&w photos, ---opens with an excellent history of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad (and its predecessors, such as the Fremont & Indiana), explaining its shaky beginnings and financial troubles until Calvin Brice was able to put it on a sounder footing and then following its ups and downs until the merger into the Norfolk & Western. The photos show plenty of action shots with trackside structures and stations on view so it should be an invaluable reference work for modelers. With rosters for switch engines, passenger engines, freight engines and cabooses , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed (see description). First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description ). Illus. by Photo Cover. 11w x 8.5h Inches.