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Grandreams Books Ltd, 2005-08. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Good.

United Kingdom: Grandreams Books Ltd, 2005. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach, 1957. Magazine. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 66 pages. Features: Photo portrait of James M. Symes, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (in GM ad); News Photos; Patron Saint of the Prairies - the William Crooks introduced steam locomotion to Minnesota - with photos; Poor Man's Mallets - super photos with captions; Motive-Power Metamorphoses - photo quiz; The 2-10-0's that thought they could - and did- after stalling a 9,000 ton load of iron ore on the Shamokin Branch of the Susquehanna District of the Northern Region between Sunbury and Mount Carmel, Pa. - FANTASTIC photos and article; Would You Believe it? - tiny steam locomotives made by Sentinel (Shrewsbury) Limited of England; Steam After Dark - wonderful night photos including a SENSATIONAL black and white centerfold photo of a massive 2-8-8-2 on Shaffers Crossing turntable, plus an ultra-unique photo of a nighttime steam locomotive roaring past a… Read More

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach, 1957. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 66 pages. Features: 1957 Locomotive Showroom - great photos and write-ups for offerings from Electro-Motive, Alco Products, Fairbanks-Morse, and General Electric; Confessions of a Train-Watcher - great article by David P. Morgan; 05 - Pictorial Diagnosis of a Great Locomotive (4-8-4); Twenty Years of Speed - the only complete and authoritative annual analysis of North American train speed - detailed report - a Trains exclusive; Dieselization hits the 90% mark - what comes next?; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Openings at each end of cover fold, otherwise a sound copy..

USA: Kalmbach, 1951. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 58 pages. Features: Florida Woodburners - Lumber railroads still use scrap-burning locomotives - article and many great photos; Today's Monon - the story of what the new president has done since the CI&L came out of receivership - article with photos; The Busy Beeliners - After several months trial in actual service, it appears the Budd-built RDC-1 has a solid rail future - photos with article; Photo Section includes dramatic centerfold photo of the Cumberland-Pittsburgh line at the top of the hill at Sand Patch Tunnel; Night ride on the El Capitan - board Santa Fe's biggest money-maker in Kansas City and ride to Chicago - article with photos; The Evolution of Railroad - fascinating article with great historic illustrations; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy..

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach Publishing, 1957. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 66 pages. Features: Perlman's piggyback; Photo ad/portrait of Howard E. Simpson of GM Electro-motive division; News Photos; Formula for a Chant - photos of the 'chanting' V-16 2-stroke diesel engine; Be (Berea)Tower in Ohio - more than 50 trains converge on this 111-lever plant daily - excellent article and photos; Where Diesels Fear to tread - a steam loco replaces a deisel in 38" floodwaters in Louisiana - near the Red River; Would You Believe it? - news bits with photos; Flat Faces - a wonderful photo study of multiple cab-forward locomotives; "2-in-1" Engines - Austrian railroaders move iron ore up 7% grades using a rack and adhesion line; North of Lake Erie - many wonderful pages of photos of interurbans, etc. in southern Ontario; The True Story of Kate Shelley - the girl they stopped the trains for - an 1881 Iowa wreck and a… Read More

USA: Kalmbach, 1951. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 58 pages. Features: Built by American Car & Foundry (A.C.F.) - a photo story; Official Guide - presents hundreds of pages of timetables; The Diesel's Big Year - in 1950 steam was on the way out, but the gas turbine was a new opponent to diesel; Photo Section - includes centerfold photo of a Santa Fe eastbound freight near Kingman, Az; Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern - uncommon interurban in Iowa - article, photos and map of the "Crandic Route"; Astra Domes in the Northwest - article with photos; The Stewart Special - awesome article and photos of rail action in the Korean War; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy..

USA: Kalmbach, 1955. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 66 pages. Features: News Photos; Songs Sung by Rail Crews; Canada's best trains - a pair of new streamliners have made two world records; Oasis in Dieseldom - Smoke over the Prairies - 8 - A Chicago & Illinois Midland 2-10-2 declares war on a Petersburg Hill - photos, captions and more; Chalk up another for RDC (Rail Diesel Car); Photo Section includes an awesome photo of the copper pit at Ruth, Nevada; Wonderful centerfold photo of Baltimore & Ohio's BR&P Pacific 5235 high above the Allegheny River at East Mosgrove, Pa; Air photos of the Hook & Dye Division of Louisville & Nashville's 8,000-foot Hiwassee Loop around Tate Mountain between Farner and Apalachia, Tenn; British Signals - and why they look that way - a detailed and interesting report; and more. Faint date stamp atop back cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy..