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  • The Locomotive Up To Date
    Charles McShane
    When it was originally published in 1899, The Locomotive Up to Date was hailed as '...the most definitive work ever published concerning the mechanism that has transformed the American nation: the steam locomotive.' Filled with over 750 pages of text, diagrams and photos, this astonishing volume remains one of the most important railroading books ever written. From steam valves...
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    52,74 €

  • The Safety Car Application and Equipment
    G.M. Woods / G.MWoods / Westinghouse Electric and Manuf Company
    In the 1910’s and 20’s, economic pressures and the rise of the motorbus produced dramatic changes in the streetcar industry. A promising solution to ensure profitability was the introduction of the so-called 'Safety Car' designed by Stone and Webster Corp. engineer Charles O. Birney. This type of small trolley featured several innovations, including 'deadman' controls that aut...
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    10,90 €

  • The World Railway System
    Bernard De Fontgalland
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    53,23 €

  • Modern Locomotive Construction
    J.G.A. Meyer
    Created in 1892 by J.G.A. Meyer, the former chief draftsman at the Grant Locomotive Works, MODERN LOCOMOTIVE CONSTRUCTION is one of the most in-depth documents to emerge from the age of steam. Regarded as 'the Bible' of steam engines, it is replete with information about every aspect of locomotive building and maintenance. This text can educate even the most learned railroade...
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    40,27 €

  • Bethlehem Steel Mine and Industrial Trackwork Catalog
    Bethlehem Steel Company
    Founded in Pennsylvania in 1857, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation grew to become the second largest steel producer in the United States and one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the world. It was also a major supplier of components for the nation’s railroads. this catalog, which dates from the 1950’s, shows mine and industrial trackwork, including railway switches and sta...
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    21,25 €

  • Light Locomotives
    H.K. Porter Company / H.KPorter Company
    In 1866, Henry Kirke Porter and John smith opened a machine shop in Pittsburgh and began producing light locomotives for industrial use under the name Smith & Porter. After a disastrous fire in 1871, the company dissolved. Both partners eventually went back into the locomotive business, with Smith forming the National Locomotive Works which specialized in narrow gauge engines....
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    20,49 €

  • Description, Method of Operation and Maintenance of the Vauclain System of Compound Locomotives
    Baldwin Locomotive Works
    Mathias Baldwin built his first steam locomotivein 1832, with the assistance of a railroad mechanic named Andrew Vauclain. Five decades later, his son Samuel M. Vauclain joined the Baldwin Locomotive Works Company. Vauclain developed the compound locomotive in 1889, an achievement that changed the face of the railroad industry. He also engineered many engine prototypes, and pe...
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    12,14 €

  • The System of Wire-Cable Railways for Cities and Towns
    Pacific Cable Railway Company
    In 1873, the first cable railway in the United States began operation in the hilly city of San Francisco. In subsequent years, the Clay Street Railroad was joined by many other operators throughout the U.S.A., including systems in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. The rise of the electric trolley made most cable car systems obsolete, but San Francisco’s Municipal Railway manag...
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    6,86 €

  • Simple and Compound Locomotives Brooks Locomotive Works
    Brooks Locomotive Works
    In 1869 Horatio Brooks, a former superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad, leased the shops at Dunkirk, New York and opened the Brooks Locomotive Works. It quickly became the largest manufacturer in New York State, and in its second year Brooks built 43 new locomotives for customers domestic and foreign. The 1000th engine rolled off the line in 1884.By the time Horati...
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    27,62 €

  • Mining Haulage
    International Textbook Company
    The technology of mining is the subject of this fascinating book which was originally published in 1907. Mining Haulage details the railways that operate in the underground world of the mine. The book contains over 300 pages of text, numerous illustrations, and a set of examination questions for the mining sciences student. It contains chapters about steam locomotives, electric...
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    25,90 €

  • Dimensions, Weights, and Tractive Power of Narrow-Gauge Locomotives
    Burnham Parry Williams & Co.
    Founded in the 1830’s, the Baldwin Locomotive Works rapidly became America’s premier builder of steam engines for railway use. In the aftermath of the Civil War, a new standard emerged on the railroads of 4’ 8.5'. Yet this gauge proved prohibitively expensive in mountainous regionsand for mining operations. Thus a narrow gaugestandard was developed of three feet or, in Canada, ...
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    13,08 €

  • The Ottawa Car Company Trolley Car, Electric Locomotive and Motor Bus Catalog
    The Ottawa Car Company
    The Ottawa Car Manufacturing Co. produced trolley cars, electric locomotives and motor coaches for nearly every transit system in Canada. Founded in the 1890s by Thomas Ahearn, Warren Soper and William Wylie, Ottawa produced streetcars, electric locomotives and self-propelled interurban cars under license from J.G. Brill. The Great Depression destroyed Ottawa Car’s traction and...
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    11,54 €

  • History of the Baldwin Locomotive Works 1831-1920
    Baldwin Locomotive Works
    Originally written in the late 1900’s and then periodically revised, A History of the Baldwin Locomotive Works chronicles the origins and growth of one of America’s greatest industrial-era corporations. Founded in the early 1830’s by Philadelphia jeweler Matthais Baldwin, the company built a huge number of steam locomotives before ceasing production in 1949. These included the ...
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    15,19 €

  • 1907 Buda Track Supplies and Railway Material Catalog
    Buda Foundry & Mfg. Co. / Buda Foundry & MfgCo.
    Located just outside Chicago in the city of Harvey, Illinois, the Buda Foundry and Manufacturing company supplied the nation’s railroads with special trackwork and the jacks, drills, scales, levels, and signals needed to maintain the right-of-way. The company also had a reputation for building durable velocipedes, hand cars and push cars for line crews. In the first decade of t...
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    30,12 €

  • The Motorman and His Duties
    Ludwig Gutmann
    Originally printed in 1898 and then periodically revised, Ludwig Guttman’s The Motorman and His Duties served as the definitive training text for a generation of streetcar operators. A must-have for the trolley or train enthusiast, it is also an important source of information for museum staff and docents. Lavishly illustrated with numerous photos and black and white line drawi...
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    22,01 €

  • The Original Old Rails’ Tales
    Alan Allen
    Reviewed by the New York Times (12/22/91) as: 'a word of praise for Old Rails’ Tales, volume one of an up-to-the-minute American railroad oral history edited by Alan Allen...straight-forward, substantial and well-researched...the cream of the crop [of new railroad books]...successfully breaks away from the old self-conscious, hangdog, and almost occultist ’railroadiana’ convent...
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    23,82 €

  • The Railway Years
    Laurie Driver
    The Railway Years is Laurie Driver’s second book, his first being This Truckin’ Life. This second book is about the life and times when Laurie worked for British Rail, as a road vehicle driver, for the London Midland Region and then National Carriers Limited, Railfreight and then onto Freightliner and later as a conductor for North West Trains The book is an anecdotal work with...
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    16,73 €

  • Heisler Geared Locomotives Catalog
    Heisler Locomotive Works
    In 1892 Charles Heisler received a patent for a new kind of geared locomotive. Equipped with twin canted cylinders, the engine utilized a drive shaft to power outboard axles and connecting rods to power the inboard axles. As a result of this ’vee-twin’ arrangement, the Heisler was one of the fastest geared steam locomotives, providing more power with lower operating costs. Over...
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    9,74 €

  • Electric Railway Engineering
    Francis H. Doane / Francis HDoane
    When Electric Railway Engineering was originally published in 1915, the electric railroad was rapidly transforming the nation’s cities and suburbs. How trolley cars, interurban cars, and electric freight locomotives operate, and how a railroad must be constructed and maintained to support them, is the subject of this wonderful, historic book. In its pages you’ll find chapters a...
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    31,87 €

  • Long And Short Haul On Railroads V2
    Committee On Inter. And For. Commerce / Committee On InterAnd ForCommerce
    Long And Short Haul On Railroads V2 is a book that contains the transcripts of hearings that took place before the Committee On Interstate And Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives in 1918. The book primarily focuses on the issue of long and short haul rates on railroads in the United States. The Committee heard testimony from various experts, including railroad exec...
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    28,02 €

  • Locomotive Dictionary
    George L Fowler
    One of the most significant documents of the steam locomotive age, the Locomotive Dictionary is the ultimate reference for the rail fan. In 1905, the American Railway Master mechanics Association adopted a resolution authorizing the creation of '...an illustrated dictionary of each and every part used in the building of locomotives.' The result, edited by famed technical write...
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    43,98 €

  • The Railroad Law Of The Island Of Cuba
    H. L. Scott / HLScott
    The Railroad Law of the Island of Cuba: And Other Provisions Related Thereto is a legal text written by H. L. Scott and published in 1902. The book covers the laws and regulations related to the operation and management of railroads in Cuba. It includes information on the construction and maintenance of railway lines, the rights and responsibilities of railroad companies and em...
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    33,30 €

  • The Law Of Italy Relating To Concessions, Railways And Tramways (1830)
    Charles Woodward Wallis
    The Law of Italy Relating to Concessions, Railways and Tramways is a historical book written by Charles Woodward Wallis in 1830. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the legal framework governing the establishment and operation of concessions, railways, and tramways in Italy during the early 19th century. It covers various aspects of the law, including the procedures f...
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    28,02 €

  • The Glasgow And Southwestern Railway
    William McIlwraith
    The Glasgow and Southwestern Railway: Its Origin, Progress, and Present Position is a historical account of the Glasgow and Southwestern Railway, written by William McIlwraith and published in 1880. The book provides a detailed overview of the railway’s development, from its beginnings in the mid-19th century to its current state in the late 1800s. McIlwraith covers the constru...
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    30,11 €

  • The Locomotive Engineman’s Manual
    W. P. James / WPJames
    Originally printed in 1919, W.P. James’ The Engineman’s Manual was intended to be used in the instruction of locomotive engineers, firemen, and railroad mechanics. It features dozens of chapters concerning every aspect of the steam locomotive power plant and control systems, including the air brakes. Complete with detailed examination questions and answers, The Engineman’s Manu...
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    57,32 €

  • The Locomotive Engineman’s Manual
    W. P. James / WPJames
    Originally printed in 1919, W.P. James’ The Engineman’s Manual was intended to be used in the instruction of locomotive engineers, firemen, and railroad mechanics. It features dozens of chapters concerning every aspect of the steam locomotive power plant and control systems, including the air brakes. Complete with detailed examination questions and answers, The Engineman’s Manu...
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    39,89 €

  • Southern Pacific Railroad, Via New Orleans, San Antonio And El Paso
    Richard S. Spofford / Richard SSpofford
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    14,42 €

  • The Earning Power Of Railroads, 1907
    Floyd Woodruff Mundy
    The Earning Power of Railroads, 1907: Mileage, Capitalization, Bonded Indebtedness, Earnings, Operating Expenses, Cost of Maintenance (1907) is a book written by Floyd Woodruff Mundy. Published in 1907, the book provides a detailed analysis of the earning potential of railroads in the United States during that time period. The author covers a range of topics related to the rail...
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    37,55 €

  • The Lebanon Springs Railroad (1866)
    Lebanon Springs Railroad Company
    The Lebanon Springs Railroad is a historical book written by the Lebanon Springs Railroad Company and published in 1866. It provides a detailed account of the construction and operation of the Lebanon Springs Railroad, which was a railway line that connected the towns of Chatham and Lebanon Springs in New York.The book begins with a brief history of the region and the need for ...
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    25,13 €

  • The Central Pacific Railroad Of California
    C. P. Huntington / CPHuntington
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    13,47 €


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