Search Results: Railroads from The Owl at the Bridge

New York, Hawthorn Books [1969]. Hard Cover. xv, 416 p., [4] leaves of plates : illus. ; 25.5 cm. First, it's American men, not all men. And what do American men collect? "Things mechanical, electrical, and scientific. Things related to business, commerce, and advertising. Tools, Machines...toys and models...tobacco...theater, circus...sports, games..ships and the sea...aeronautics, automobiles, railroads..." Pretty extensive. Stock# 44,091. Vg/ dj good, worn, torn.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1929. One [age printed form. Filled in to indicate arrival of two crates of tulip stands to Beaver Falls, PA. Stock# 39,904. Good+

[Montreal, Canadian National Railways, 1959]. 7.5 x 12.5 cm. (3" x 5"). Filled in for Ste Anne station, train no. 10, Engine 454, conductor Kaine, Engineman Messer. Arrived 7:54 AM, left 7:55. Stock#40954a. VG. Price includes 1st class postage in US.

NY: MetroBooks, ©2001. Hard Cover. 128 p., illus.; 37 cm. Originally published 1990. Full-page, many double-page b/w photographs of steam locomotives. ISBN (10): 1586632051. Stock#LL012. Vg / dj vg.

[Scranton, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.] 1950s?. 7 x 16 cm. (3" x 6 1/2"). The Lackawanna was known as "The Anthracite Line." Punched ticket for 60 cents. Stock# 40864e. Good+. Price includes first-class postage.

[Scranton, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.] 1920s?. One sheet, 12.5 x 17 cm. (5" x 7"). "The Anthracite Line." "Copies will be made for each Conductor, Engineman and Operator or Dispatcher." Stock#40864. Good+. Price includes first-class postage.

N.Y., Dover, c.1972.. Soft Cover. xvi, 147 p. 21.5 x 28.5 cm. An original Dover featuring engravings from trade mgazines, particularly during the post-Civil War era. Stock# 30,250. Vg/ wrappers

[Buffalo, Erie RR, 19??]. 9 x 2.5 cm. (3 1/2" x 1"). "Keep this in sight." Founded in 1832, based in Buffalo, the Erie ran between the banks of the Hudson across from New York to Buffalo. Unpunched. Faded pink. Price includes first-class postage. Stock#40953a.

New York Central System, 1956. Soft Cover. Includes Observation after starting diesel engines; Steam generator; Air brakes; Automatic train stop; Rail diesel car; New MU cars series 4500 to 4599, New York electric territory; Mechanical; Federal or state regulations. Sounds like the stuff Tootle had to learn... 237 p., photos; flexible 2-hole binder. Stock# 32,615

Keene,NH, Cheshire Railroad Company, 1865. 7 x 17 cm. ( 2 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches). Printed form, filled out in ink dated Sept 30, 1863 for carrying three barrels of crackers from Athol Mfg. to Manchester Station. Stock# 40,865. Vg.

[Springfield, Missouri, Frisco, 195??]. 9 x 2.5 cm. (3 1/2" x 1"). Unpunched; VG. Stock#40953b. Price includes first-class postage.

New York: Harper & Brothers... MDCCCL [1850]. Hard Cover. viii, 864 p., 72 illus., 25 cm. Journal of domestic & international news, fashion, literature, science, history, art. Illustrations include portraits, the Erie Railroad, shooting stars, Revolutionary memorials, women's fashion. Articles are gathered chiefly from Household Words, The Ladies' Companion, Bentley's Miscellany, the London Examiner, the Dublin University Magazine. The August issue has much on Sir Thomas More and the November issue begins with Benson J. Lossing, "A Pilgrimage to the Cradle of American Liberty with Pen and Pencil". Bound in brown marbled paper over boards with leather spine & corners; leather backstrip perished but spine cloth & stitching sturdy; boards & edges scuffed; ink owner name; ex-library with single ink stamp & rear pocket; moderately foxed; no dj, as issued; good. 36272.

Golden Press, NY / Western Pub. Co., Racine [1976]. Juanito and his Tarahumara friend Conchos are able to bring the train safely to the station when the engineer is hurt. "...the route of the railroad in the sky still exists today in all its fantastic, breathtaking beauty... from Los Mochis to Chihuahua... a ride the Mexicans call the "Copper Canyon Trainride"... 402 miles over the Sierra Madre..." Hard Cover. Oblong quarto, 61 pages, color illus. & maps. Color pictorial boards; fine. stock#24088.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1929. One page, two paragraph typed letter on PRR Letterhead, 20 July, 1929 re claim for lost chairs to Beaver Falls, PA. Stock# 39,903. Vg

Denver, RGS RR, 1896. 1 page. 5 lines. 29 x 20.5 cm. (11 x 8 inches) Edward T. Jeffery, president of the The Rio Grande Southern Railroad, to W.D. Lee, superintendent of said RR, approves upholstering Coach No. 22. Stock# 40,867. Good+, frayed along edges

Soft Cover. 152 p., index, 225 photos, 30 cm. "In the early 1840s, a stagecoach made the 95-mile trip from Brooklyn to Greenport, Long Island in two and a half days. After the Long Island Rail Road began service in 1844, the trip took just three and a half hours!" Stock#33092x/h. Vg, new/ paper.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1927. Three pieces. 1) exchange ticket from West Philadelphia to Broad Street Station, unpunched 1929-1934; 2.) passenger's check; punched for June 23; and 3.)card schedule for Bristol, PA line, Sept. 1927. Stock# 39,905. Good+

New York Central Rail Road, 1956. 6 x 6 cm. (2 1/2" x 2 1/2"). Ticket stub filled in with ink. Account is the Colorado & South. Ticket from Denver to Colorado Springs. Stamped on back Jul 30 1956. Stock#40954b. Good+. Price includes 1st class postage in US.

Offprint from Revue d'Ethnografie, Tome IV no. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1885.. Notes on the Oued-Rir and its Inhabitants and on Some Monuments of the Algerian Sahara. [417]-451 pages, 4 illus. Stapled in paper covers; paper darkened, a bit brittle; good. Stock#28567.

Boston, Jenks, Hickling & Swan [1853]. Soft Cover. 48 p.; 20.5 cm. The usual monthly information plus 'The Old and New Silver Coins', 'Worthless and Uncurrent Bank Notes in New England', 'Yearly and Quarterly Meetings of Friends in N.E.', courts in the New England states; List of Cities and Towns in Massachusetts; Poetry, Anecdotes, etc.; Railroads in New England. Sewn in double green printed advertising wrappers; lacks one rear wrapper, light foxing; good. Stock#28557.