Search Results: Railroads from THE BOOK VAULT

aktiengesellschaft Schweitzer Kursbuch BOPP Editeurs, 1928. 6.625" X 4.625" in red heavy paper covers. Top right back corner chipped away; Approx. 1" slit along lower front left hinge: GOOD MINUS condition. This is a 1928 time table for Swiss railroads. 368pp + 32pp of advertising. FRENCH & GERMAN TEXT ONLY. [BD018]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Calosci, 1987. 9.875" X 6.875" in glossy illustrated hard covers. 1/4" chip at lower left front corner; otherwise clean, tight unmarked: VERY GOOD condition. Many interesting old photos. 523pp. [BD064] ALL TEXT IS IN ITALIAN.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Golden West Books, San Marino, CA, 1984. 8.5" X 5.75" opens to 8.5" X 11.5" in illustrated paper covers. This is an unused 1984 calendar with a different trolley or other electric train each month. FINE condition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Tri-States Publishing, Port Jervis, NY, 1908. 5 15/16" X 4" in green cloth. Moderately soiled, darkened, scuffed, binding feels loose. This is a treatise on the airbrake by the air brake instructor for the Erie Railroad. This is about as specific as you can get on the subject. Technical. Lots of diagrams including 2 fold-outs at the back of the book. 165pp + 3pp index + 2 foldout diagrams.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1908. This little book is an antique piece of railroadiana: THE AIR BRAKE AND TRAIN AIR SIGNAL INSTRUCTIONS. It was published in 1908 for use by Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Northern Central Railway, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, Railroad, West Jersey & Seashore Railroad, Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh, Vandalia Railroad Company, and the Grand Rapids & Indiana Ry. Co. 6 1/8" X 3 3/4" in stiff heavy brown paper covers. Front cover is scuffed and some pages are smudged. About GOOD or better condition. 71pp + large fold out diagram on tissue paper. The book explains how to use, inspect, and maintain the brakes and air horn. Several diagrams and illustrations.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

TUTTLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, RUTLAND, VT., 1938. Approx. 9.25" X 6.25" in still bright orange cloth. Darkened area inside front cover - otherwise excellent in all respects: VERY GOOD to VERY GOOD PLUS condition. Jacket - tattered and splitting along one edge of spine - FAIR MINUS to FAIR condition. Printed on glossy paper with many photos of great old steam locomotives. 206pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

H.H. Tammen Company, Denver, CO, 1910. 10.75" X 12.75" (oblong) in heavy paper covers with oval paper past-down on front. Pages bound to cover with red twine. Covers scuffed, light creases, ridge of spine slit about 2" from top of spine, some pages with soiling in margin: about GOOD MINUS to GOOD condition. This is a keyhole to the past of nearly 100 years ago. Interesting photos of all sorts of things. Unpaginated - about 36pp.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

John Pechulis Media, 2017. This is a DVD about the "Reading Lines" in an illustrated jewel case. 76 minutes running time: FINE condition. [CA052]. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket.

Passenger Department of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 1904. This is a charming 111 year old travel guide published by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad: "AROUND THE CIRCLE A THOUSAND MILES THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS." 8 1/8" X 6" in paper covers. A bit faded around the edges of the front cover, top front corner dogeared. Otherwise, excellent inside and out. There are photos nearly every other page. 56 pages. Lots of information about the area plus spas, hotels, and other travel info. Very nifty!. 5th or later Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

A & W.P. R.R. /W. RY. of Ala. / Georgia Railroad, Atlanta, GA., 1945. 9.125" X 4," this railroad timetable opens to 9.25" X 8". 12pp, including "covers." Light Wear. Light creases across the middle. Otherwise excellent: VERY GOOD. [BA064]. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket.

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Wilmington, N.C., 1943. 9" X 4" opens to 9" X 8" in paper covers with a "V for Victory" on the front. Moderate wear, Ink Stamp on front panel, Pencil writing first page, but nice overall: VERY GOOD MINUS condition. 39pp. Nice 4 panel system map at the centerfold . [BC081]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Lynn Canal Publishing, Skagway, Alaska, 1988. 8.5" X 5.5" in heavy paper covers. Crease across top front corner tip; very minor shelf wear - clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS or better condition. 103pp. "Personal recollections as recorded in a series of letters to friends and family." regarding the author's experiences as the engineer on the train from Whitehorse in the Yukon to Skagway in Alaska. SIGNED by the author on the title page. [BD055]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Alba Buchverlag, Dusseldorf, 1977. 6.25" X 6.25" in glossy illustrated heavy paper covers. Minor shelf wear, but clean, tight, and unmarked: FINE condition. Nicely illustrated throughout. 105pp. GERMAN TEXT ONLY. [BB021]. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

E.B. Brill, Leiden, 1967. 8.25" X 5.75" in cream colored heavy paper covers. Minor shelf wear, but clean, tight, unmarked - spiffy: FINE Condition. 107pp. Map in pocket inside back cover. [BD018] DUTCH TEXT ONLY. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Bowser Manufacturing Company, Montoursville, PA, 1979. 11" X 8.5" in heavy illustrated green paper covers: about NEAR FINE condition. This is a catalog of the Bowser Manufacturing Company of Montoursville PA., makers and suppliers of very fine scale model railway eqiuipment. This catalog has many nifty photos of model trains, as well as exploded diagrams to illustrate their construction. 60pp, not counting covers.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Oxford Publishing Company, 1979. 8.5" X 5.5" In illustrated heavy paper covers with staple binding. Faded along the ridge of the spine; Owner's blind stamp on title page, but otherwise, clean, tight, unmarked: NEAR FINE. [BE018]. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Transpress Verlag, Berlin, 1990. 8.625" X 5.875" in illustrated glossy hard covers. Extremely minor wear. Clean, tight, unmarked: FINE PLUS condition. 424pp. [BB021] GERMAN TEXT ONLY. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Specialty Press, inc., Ocean, NJ, 1973. 8" X 5.875" in brown heavy paper covers. Clean, tight, unmarked - probably never opened; Minor shelf wear; small abrasion back edge of spine 1/3 of the way up from the bottom: NEAR FINE condition. 46pp + 7pp of illustrations and accompanying text from the 1872 edition. Great illustrations throughout. [BD055]. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Harry P. Albrecht Clifton Heights, Pa, 1963. 6 X 9" in cream colored paper covers with a nice illustration of a steam locomotive on the front. Nice condition: VG to VG+. This is a 1963 reprint of the 1917 original. it is a detailed history of the technical development of the 8 driving wheel locomotive. Nicely illustrated throughout. Measured detailed drawings of a streamliner and tender. 32pp.. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Verl. Eisenbahn, 1977. 9.25" X 6.375" in glossy green illustrated hard covers. Cocked very slightly forward; minor wear at foot of spine: VERY GOOD PLUS condition. This is the history of Berlin tramways II - since 1920. Filled with wonderful old black and white photos - often 2 to a page plus tons of tramway minutiae. Unpaginated. [BB021] [German Text Only]. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.