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AAA 1970 USGS MAP BOOK. Apparently prepared by the Engineering Office of the Ann Arbor RR, these are highly detailed, full-color topographic maps, originally issued by the USGS, which have been cut into 8.5"x14" segments, and plastic comb-bound with cardstock covers, to show the Ann Arbor RR in it’s entirety, by using the USGS map segments. Detail-wise, what more can you ask for? Yard tracks, sidings, roads, hills, valleys, swamps, structures, even tiny black squares which indicate homes are all shown 14.5"x8.5"...(Org)...+/-40p...$65.
ADLAKE 1950-ish PRODUCT CATALOG: Hardware & Fixtures. This is the official, fully illustrated sales catalog of the Adams & Westlake Co., manufacturers of railway car hardware and fixture items, such as car door parts, handles, locks, knobs, folding lavatories, racks, shelves, curtains, window sashes, faucets, gates, and other railway car accessories. This is said to be one of the last, or “the last” one issued by the company, somewhere around 1950 or so. Never used, overall in pristine condition, but there may be some slight stickiness along the very bottom right-hand corner of the book. Nothing serious, can easily be fixed with the flick of your finger. Price has been reduced somewhat because of this. Superb illustrations throughout. In original green binder with yellow logo & title. Several of these are available 8.5"x11"... (19x,Org)...+/-100p...$33.
“AMERICAN RAILWAY TIMES” 1856 NEWSPAPER. Choose from one of six daily issues of this RARE newspaper! Printed by Haven & Jones in Boston, Mass. Filled with a very WIDE variety of news pertaining to railroads all across the country, from operations to revenues to mergers, names of officials, problems plaguing the industry, you name it! Makes for some tremendously fascinating reading! Only four pages each, but page size is much greater than an average newspaper, 21" x 26" per page, and newsprint is much smaller. Roughly seven vertical columns per page, with plenty of news. Very minor rips along edge, and very few moisture stains, most unnoticeable. Overall in very excellent condition considering age. These have been WELL cared for. The back one-and-a-half pages are filled with rail-related advertisements, some with painstakingly detailed ink etchings of the products offered. One of the nicest ads for a turntable builder shows a very old locomotive & tender sitting on a cross-section of a steel turntable. Circulation was only 8,000 per week, but how many still exist?...
Take your pick:
MARCH 6, 1856 Edition 21" x 26"...(Org).....4p...$50.
MAY 22, 1856 Edition 21" x 26"...(Org).....4p...$50.
MAY 29, 1856 Edition 21" x 26"...(Org).....4p...$50.
AUGUST 21, 1856 Edition 21" x 26"...(Org).....4p...$50.
AUGUST 28, 1856 Edition 21" x 26"...(Org).....4p...$50.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1856 Edition 21" x 26"...(Org).....4p...$50.BCR&N 1898 WAR ATLAS. Large, colorful, and very fancy atlas map book of the world, a special “WAR ATLAS” at that. Soft cover, each page shows a high-detail color map of a country or countries. Large “THE CEDAR RAPIDS ROUTE” logos placed several times in the book, including on the cover. The cover also has the words “WAR ATLAS” very large near the top, plus a detailed index underneath. Interior cover has an ad reading, “GO TO CUBA and all points in the south via Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern... etc...” Large BCR&N system map on the back cover. Printed by Rand McNally. Cover is loose, but intact. Otherwise in beautiful shape 16"x 14"...(Org)...16p...$100.
Billmeyer & Small Co. 1878 PASSENGER & FREIGHT CARS POSTER. Billmeyer & Small Co. PASSENGER & FREIGHT CARS advertising poster, showing fifteen very unique and fancy freight, passenger, work, and hand cars made by the company, and a view of the York Car Works in York, PA., with lines of text promoting the company and cars, surrounding very beautiful, fine-detailed ink etchings of the cars and shops. Printed on antique-style thick yellow paper, with fancy red borders. Unless this was in a time capsule somewhere, we'll assume it's a professional reproduction of the original poster. It looks and feels too new to be vintage 1800's. Still very nice nonetheless. A professional reproduction made to look as issued. The etchings of the car types are astonishing. Frame-worthy. 17"x22.25"..(Repro)...$14.
B&O 1918 CORPORATE HISTORY. This publication gives a concise corporate history of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, leading up to what it became by 1918. About half of the contents deal with the specific details of the incorporation process of each prior road or ownership, leading up to the B&O, with details on the corporate organization, acquisition details, dates of construction, company operation, jointly-owned companies, and other misc. Information. The second half of the book is comprised of several system maps, in chronological order, showing the progression and expansion of B&O’s rail lines through the years, all the way from the early 1800's through 1922, the original date of printing. This is a bound photocopy, as indicated by “Bpc” (Bpc)...58p...$25.
CGW 1912 TICKET AGENTS’ ATLAS of The United States, Canada and Mexico. Large, very fancy atlas map book, showing a detailed map of each individual state per page, in color. Cloth covered red hardcover, with gold embossed title. Also includes interior/exterior photos of CGW equipment, state populations, freight service & facility information, an article concerning progress on the CGW, list of officers, ststem map, and a page insert from Railway Age telling the story of the “Blue Bird” Deluxe Motor Train. Printed by Rand McNally, 1911. Near mint condition 10.5"x 14"...(Org)...83p...$150.
CM&StP 1918 CORPORATE HISTORY (and subsidiaries). Trace the origins of the Milwaukee Road, it's predecessors, and subsidiaries in this massive 411-page book, issued in "whiteline ink", by the Valuation Department of CM&StP in 1918, with a 1921 date of printing. This is one of the most complete, most detailed and descriptive corporate histories ever issued by any road. The majority of the contents deals with the specific details of the incorporation process of each prior road or ownership, leading up to CM&StP, and including CM&StP, typically about 1 or 2 pages per railroad, with details on the corporate organization, acquisition details, dates of construction for each individual line segment, termini and description, company operation, trackage rights agreements, roads owned but not operated, the corporate existence, location of company records, name changes, consolidations, schedule of deeds, leases, and misc. information. At the back of the book are nine special, extra-large 11"x17" sheets, folded and bound into the book. Four of these comprise a beautiful system-wide track map of the MILW, circa 1918, showing the corporate history number codes, pinpointing the exact location of each preceding road. Another four of the extra-large sheets includes the actual corporate history chart itself, with hundreds of line - connected boxes & ovals, indicating the chronological order of predecessor roads, plus an alphabetical index chart, as of 1918, the date of valuation. A ninth 11"x17" sheet includes two charts, showing trackage rights to and from other railroad companies. Near the back of the regular 8.5"x11" portion of the book are special corporate histories of the Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor Ry., Bellingham & Northern Ry., Gallatin Valley Ry., Tacoma & Eastern, Milwaukee Terminal Ry. Co., and Seattle Port Angeles & Western, each one including a special mini-map of trackage, and corporate diagrammatic chart, as of 1918 (Wli,Bpc)...411p...$55.
CM&StP 1921 FEDERAL VALUATION SECTIONS. A great-looking track diagram book, with many terrific and very detailed track diagrams of each federal valuation section per each division, covering the entire system. Drawn to show actual curvature of track, with special detailed sections covering interlockings and yard trackage. General information with mileage statistics for each section of track is contained along the far left-hand side of each page. This is a special, extra - large 11"x17"-bound photocopy edition, with several diagrams illustrated on each page. All boundaries for each of the 29 older divisions are shown in detail, plus special E&LS and MINNEAPOLIS EASTERN sections, and close-up, detailed sections for the Chicago, Milwaukee, & Twin Cities Terminals, and Gary, Indiana. As issued by the Valuation Department. Very, very nice publication! (11"x17" Xlbpc)...52p...$38.
CM&StP 1921-38 VALVE MOTION DIAGRAMS: Outside Valve Gear. Originally issued by the Mechanical Department of CM&StP in 1921, with some sheets revised through 1938, this odd little book shows diagrams, lengths and radiuses of various connected rods, cranks, bars, links, levers, arms, valves, and cylinders of steam power Class A1a through S2, plus special dimensions of the piston valve, travel, steam lap, exhaust clearance, lead, width of ports, and between ports (Wli,Bpc)...38p...$15.
CMStP&P 1937 SIGN STANDARDS. Bound-reproduction of another hard-to-find Milwaukee Road M-O-W diagram book. This one deals with the specific dimensions, instructions, and diagrams for the following types of MILW right-of-way & misc. signs: Station, Junction, RR Crossing, Drawbridge, Water, Double Track (1 mile & 400 ft. signs), Yard Limit, Speed Control, Temp. Restrictive Signal, Proceed Signal, Standard & Special Whistle Posts, Flanger, Derail, Train Spotter & Mile Posts, Danger No Clearance, Station (Class "A" & standard signs), Spur Track, River Name, State Line, Private Prop., Keep Off Grass, Water Unfit To Drink, & Standard Crossing signs, as well as bridge & culvert number plates, and details of supports for station signs. The book also includes alphabet and number general proportion grids for roadway & station signs, plus a gold leaf lettering style for station signs (Bpc)...55p...$22.
CMStP&P 1944 BUILDING LIST: Madison Division. A detailed accounting of all railroad buildings within the entire Madison Division, at every station, including dimensions of each building, with information on the foundations, superstructures, and roofs. Depots, freight houses, stock yards, towers, section buildings, water tanks, coaling plants, shops, engine houses, platforms, mail cranes, and all other facilities are listed. Extra special attention is paid to depots, freight & engine houses, stock yards, and coaling plants, such as the amount and kind of plumbing, heating, lighting, plastering, platform details, number and depth of engine stalls, stock yard chutes and pens, etc... Detailed mini-sketches are included for all depots, freight houses, and stock yards, showing and naming all interior rooms (and pens), with dimensions of each interior room (Bpc)...121p...$33.
CMStP&P 1960's ROUTINE FOR WIRE CHIEFS: Miles City. American Railway Association rules, instructions, forms, and diagrams pertaining to the duties of telegraph wire chiefs. Many fascinating details, with numerous wiring diagrams. Specially-made book for the Milwaukee Road. Contents updated from the 1920's-40's, but the book itself looks to have been made roughly 1960's. Metal strap bound with cardstock covers. Near mint 6.5"x9.75"...(Org)...83p...$30.
CMStP&P 1978 SIGN STANDARDS. Original, hard-to-find Milwaukee Road M-O-W diagram book, dealing with the specific dimensions, instructions, and diagrams for the following types of MILW right-of-way & misc. signs: Station, RR Crossing, Drawbridge, Yard Limit, Speed Control, Temp. Restrictive Signal, Proceed Signal, Standard & Special Whistle Posts, Flanger, Derail, Train Spotter & Mile Posts, Danger No Clearance, Spur Track, River Name, State Line, Spring Switch, Bridge & Culvert, Private Prop., Keep Off Grass, Standard Crossing signs, etc. The book also includes alphabet and number general proportion grids for roadway & station signs. Screw-post bound, with white title on black cardstock cover 9.5"x5.25"...(Org)...55p...$100.
C&NW SCENIC PLACEMAT. Green & yellow inks on a white background. C&NW logo at top center, with yellow sun underneath. Words inside of sun say, “Served by the Chicago and North Western System”. Five green illustrated scenes surround the sun, showing the Black Hills, Colorado, California, N. Woods, and Pacific NW. 2 minor creases, otherwise mint (3x)... 14.25" x 9.75"...(Org)...Placemat...$10.
C&NW 1910 BOOK: “Yesterday and To=day. A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway System”. This would normally fall in the “Books” category, but here we have a rare Very Fine to Mint Condition 3rd edition of this old C&NW book, which tells all about the beginnings of the Chicago & North Western Railroad, complete with line segment mileages, predecessor information, photos, illustrations, facts, figures, list of stations, legal acts, directors, officers, misc. employees, list of equipment owned, etc., etc., etc... A Fold-out map is in the rear. This is not the reprint that came along many years later. This is the original printing, complete with light tan dust jacket. Two of these books are available, but the price below is for one only (2x)...6"x9"...(Org)...199+p...$125.
C&NW 1970's TRACK STANDARDS. Hard - To - Find diagram book of the Chicago & North Western, issued in the 1970's, but contains many sheets which were never revised past the 1920's through the 60's. Filled with a wide assortment of very detailed dimensional diagrams, and specific information dealing not only with “track” standards, but also with several other aspects of C&NW engineering specifications: A wide assortment of crossing and R-O-W signs, special advance warning signs, hand & motorcar set-offs, switch stands & fixtures, split, spring, & double slip switches, turnout types, crossovers, curves, rail sizes & types, ballast sections, cattle guards, guard rails, derails, fences, fillers, plates, bolts, braces, joints, rods, ties, misc. data, and other misc. Items. Very comprehensive and huge! Loaded with diagrams and information (Bpc)...314p...$50.
C&NW 1980's SAFETY MATERIAL CATALOG. VERY informative, descriptive catalog of employee on - the - job safety materials used on the C&NW, including PHOTOGRAPHS of EACH ITEM! Tab-divided into seven sections, covering Eye & Face Protection, Welding Protective Equipment, Hearing Protection, Head Protection, Respiratory Protective Equipment, Additional Personal Protective Equipment, and Misc. Safety Related Equipment. In a special, 3-ring, hard - cover, North Western binder 10"x11.5"...(Org)...+/-100p...$35.
C&NW - MILW 1965 REPORTS ON THE PROPOSED CM&NW MERGER. This is a bound-photocopy of a set of report booklets, giving you a clear and concise understanding of the plans for the failed merger between the C&NW and CMStP&P, down to the last detail. Among the reports are... “Merger Committee Recommendations for Proposed Operating Divisions” (Lays out the proposed divisions, including several maps), “Freight Train Schedules By Line Segment” (Current schedules, and proposed schedules of the new CM&NW), “CM&NW Maps - assuming merger with CGW”, “Report On Proposed Coordination Of Facilities And Operations Under Consolidation” (Current and proposed operating expenses per train, proposed interchanges, etc), “Testimony of Assistant General Manager” (Misc. operating notes and maps, signalling, proposed number of trains, etc.), and “Analysis Of The Proposed Consolidation” (Facts, figures, graphs, & maps) (Bpc)...212p...$38.
C&O / ERIE / NYC&StL / PM 1935 Standard Signal Plans. For all of us signal nuts, here's a book that's made to order: This extremely rare diagram book was issued jointly in 1935 for the C&O, ERIE, NYC&StL, and PM, by the "Advisory Committee On Way And Structures". Hundreds upon hundreds of signal-related dimensional diagram blueprints, illustrating a fantastic array of long-gone signaling equipment, and parts associated with signals: ground & bridge signals & masts, searchlight signals, take siding & telephone T.O. signals, 2, 3, or 4-track signal bridges, ladders & platforms, incandescent lamps, wigwags (both US & Canada versions), highway crossing signals and special versions for particular states, assorted crossing signs & related mast clamps, bases, pinnacles, instrument cases, signal power line pole transformer connections & crossarm-related diagrams, spring switch & block signs, markers, oil fonts, lightning arrester boxes, concrete battery wells, number plates, cranks & stands, rocking shaft assemblies, mechanical switch & derail mechanisms, interior air pipe arrangements for interlocking towers, spring switch layouts, circuits & wiring schematics for switch mechanisms and crossing & block signals, signal aspects & indications, porcelain & glass insulators, special tool diagrams, symbols for automatic signal plan diagrams, gages, bondings, shunts, trunking, foundations, links, pipes, rods, brackets, bolts, standard screws, etc (Bpc)...269p...$42.
CR 1979 RAIL SECTIONS. Showing detailed cross-section diagrams of all different types & sizes of rail in use on Conrail, from 80 lb. to 174 lb. rail, and variations, including information on each (Bpc)...74p...$28.
CRI&P 1887 GRAND BALL AND SUPPER INVITATION. Formal, 3-piece invitation printed in fancy ink on white cards, with original envelope, complimentary to the Rock Island Engineering Corps, inviting the men and ladies to a Grand Ball and Supper in Wichita Falls, TX. One of the three cards is like a ticket to be presented at the door 5"x3.75"...(Org)...3 cards + envelope...$20.
CRI&P 1920's TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE POCKET HANDBOOKS: Vols. 1 & 2. Anything you want to know about Telegraph & Telephone equipment, from parts to wiring to circuits to installation, with countless instructions and detailed dimensional diagrams of everything T&T imaginable, you should find it here, in these TWO books, Volumes 1 and 2, issued by the American Railway Association for the CRI&P and CRI&G Railways. The actual age of the books is uncertain, but pages are updated up through the late 1920s, with several earlier than that. THICK books, yet they are designed in sort of a handbook style. I’m not sure that “pocket handbooks” would be the best way to describe these, as you would need VERY LARGE pockets to hold them. These two volumes, when stacked, are over four inches thick!! Virtually a library of information and diagrams inside... Black-embossed gray cloth-covered hardcovers per each of the two books, each one bound by two metal strips 4.75"x9" each...(Org)...+/-600 to 700p total...$300.
CSX 1992 SIGNAL PRINT READING MANUAL: Ellison to Rocketts. Even if you have no interest in this particular line, there is much to be learned from this CSX signal manual, which contains signal symbols, definitions, circuit plans, fold-out track profiles of the line covered, fold-out track, signal, poleline, circuit, and signal equipment diagrams of the line, etc. Extreme detail of the signals and circuitry along this line. White and red multi-tabbed sections. Comes in a grey CSX 3-ring plastic binder with blue embossed title on cover. Mint condition 10"x11.5"...(Org)...+/-150p...$100.
CSX / GM 1986 ROADRAILER DEMO: New Boston, MI - Atlanta, GA. A comprehensive track profile of New Boston to Atlanta, timetable information, and schedules & classifications of the Roadrailer train are in this book, used for the GM Roadrailer demonstration (Bpc)...109p...$30.
D&RG 1915 “CROSSINGS” Diagram Books. Two books featuring very unique, fancy track crossing and bridge diagrams are offered below. One is for "COLORADO LINES", and the other for "UTAH LINES". Both are in a terrific "whiteline" format, issued either by the engineering or bridge departments, and are exceptional in appearance. Wherever the D&RG tracks intersect with any other stretch of track, whether it be at grade, or overhead bridge, whether it be standard gauge, narrow gauge, tramway, traction, or electric, a diagram is shown for that vicinity in great detail. Overhead roadway and foot bridge diagrams are also shown, wherever they cross the D&RG. An astonishing amount of detail is paid to a wide variety of bridges, including not only overviews, but beautiful side views and dimensions of them as well. Diagrams also expose interlocking signal towers, depots, roundhouses, ore chutes, road crossings, rivers, and special structures (like grain elevators) in each of the vicinities shown. Misc. construction and agreement details are provided with each of the diagrams. Any diagrams for bridges re-moved prior to 1915 are also shown. The "COLORADO LINES" book looks to have been originally drawn back in the 1880's, and has been revised with sheets added up through 1915, with 1915 being the date of printing. "UTAH LINES" looks to be more from the 1900's, revised up through 1915 as well:
D&RG 1915 COLORADO Lines (Wli,Bpc).....83p...$33.
D&RG 1915 UTAH Lines (Wli,Bpc).....43p...$25.DSS&A / MINERAL RANGE 1916 Corporate History. Two-thirds of this large 58" x 24" blueprint on the right side is a corporate history chart of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company, showing all sixteen of the predecessor railroads of the DSS&A, as of date of valuation in 1916. The chart shows the chronological arrangements (in boxes) of the various railroad companies which conveyed the property, when the lines were incorporated, etc., with a list of joint ownership lines and trackage rights lines over other railroads (in circles) The other third of the blueprint on the left side is a corporate history chart of the Mineral Range Railroad Company. This is a very large blueprint reproduction, reproduced from the old original (dating from 1916-17) on a blueprint machine, staying true-to-form to the original material. 58"x24"...(Blueprint Reproduction)...1 sheet...$8.
DT&I 1970 USGS MAPS. Apparently prepared by the Engineering Office of the DT&I RR, these are highly detailed b&w topographic maps, originally issued by the USGS, which have been cut into 8.5"x14" segments, and plastic comb-bound with cardstock covers, to show the DT&I RR in it’s entirety, by using the USGS map segments. Detail-wise, there is much to be seen: Yard tracks, roads, hills, valleys, swamps, structures, even tiny black squares which indicate homes are all shown. However, these appear to be RR-issued photocopies, and as such, some of the very fine details, especially where sidings are concerned, and hard to make out 14.5"x8.5"...(Org)...+/-75p...$35.
ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO. 1924 Catalog #60. The official wholesale catalog of EACO, a beautifully-illustrated hard-cover calalog book, showing their product line of electric lights, fixtures, railway, telephone and house supplies, and other misc. electrical items, with prices shown. Great illustrations and specifications of their almost a never-ending list of products, from the early days of electricity. Each item fully illustrated. The tan, cloth-covered hardcover is embossed on both the spine and front cover with black & orange title, professionally bound. Near mint to mint condition 7.75"x10.75"...(Org)...472p...$125.
FAIRBANKS MORSE 1899 Railroad Department Catalog. FAIRBANKS MORSE & COMPANY official catalog from SEPT. 1, 1889. Featuring the company line of scales, trucks & baggage barrows, letter presses, water stations, tanks, tank fixtures, standpipes, steam pumps & boilers, windmills & pumps, gasoline pumping plants, Sheffield hand & push cars, velocipede & motor cars, cattle guards, foot guards, track gauges & levels, jacks for track, yard & bridge work, gasoline engines for all power purposes, gasoline engines for electric lighting, and gasoline air compressors. Diagrams and details of each. Binding is intact. Aside from a few minor corner chips on the cover, the book is in great shape for it's age 5.75"x8.75"...(Org)...103p...$250.
GT 1917 CORPORATE HISTORY (US lines, including all controlled & affiliated railroad companies). This is an extra-large 2.5-foot by 1-foot bound - reproduction, made from the eight master linen corporate history & map sheets of the Grand Trunk Railway System, as of the date of valuation in 1917. Sheet #1 comprises a very large, beautiful map of The Grand Trunk Railway Company Of Canada, circa 1917. The map is not to scale, and shows a reference box of all the valuation sections (shown on the map) that extend from Portland, ME to Chicago, IL. Sheet #2 is CHART "A", a corporate history chart of Grand Trunk Western, and controlled and leased lines of Chicago & Kalamazoo Terminal RR, and Kalamazoo & Saginaw RY. This chart shows an index in one area with the alphabetical & chronological arrangements of the various railroads and persons which conveyed the property, when the lines were incorporated, etc. Some of the railroads shown on this sheet are: The Peninsular Railway, Port Huron & Lake Michigan RR, North Western Grand Trunk RY, Chicago & North Eastern RY, Chicago & State Line Extension RY, Indiana RY, etc., in line-connected boxes, ovals, and circles, the format used in this and all remaining charts. Sheet #3 is CHART "B", a corporate history of Detroit Grand Haven & Milwaukee RY and leased line, and Grand Rapids Terminal RR. The map also shows an index of alphabetical & chronological arrangements of railroads and when they were incorporated, etc. Sheet #4 is CHARTS "C" through "J", corporate history charts of Chicago & Kalamazoo Terminal RR, Detroit & Huron RY, Grand Trunk - Milwaukee Car Ferry Co., International Bridge Co., Toledo Saginaw & Muskegon RY, Pontiac Oxford & Northern RR, and St. Clair Tunnel Co. Sheet #5 is CHART "K", corporate history charts of railroad companies operated under lease by Grand Trunk Railway Co. Of Canada. The map shows alphabetical & chronological arrangements of railroads incorporated and operated in "flow chart" format. Two other boxes show trackage rights to and from other companies. Sheet #6 is CHARTS "L" through "U", corporate history charts of The Champlain & St. Lawrence RR, Atlantic & St. Lawrence RR, Lewiston & Auburn RR, Norway Branch RR, Bay City Terminal RY, Chicago Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad, Cincinnati Saginaw & Mackinaw RR, Vermont & Province RR, United States & Canada RR, and Michigan Air Line RY, all of these railroads operated under lease by The Grand Trunk Railway Company Of Canada as of the date of valuation in 1917. Sheets #7 & 8 are the front and back cover sheets, naming the contents on the front, and a nice GT Railway herald (hand-drawn) on the back (30"x12" bound-reproduction)...8 sheets...$40.
GT 1917 “TYPE” BOOK. Originally issued by the Valuation Department of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the Grand Trunk Railway in 1917, this is a great reference book which was titled a "Type" book, because it contains numerous descriptions, diagrams, illustrations, and charts of almost anything and everything on the entire railroad, excluding rolling stock. It shows the types & standards and lists construction items needed to make various stations, platforms, foundations, coal, oil, & wood houses, outhouses, fences, stock yards, mail cranes, signs, roadway buildings, water tanks, spouts & sandpipes, pump houses, freight houses, offices, roof coverings, interior details on plumbing, heating, lighting, & flooring, various chairs & desks, tables, filing cabinets, lockers, oil cans & drums, shelves, ash cans, cuspidors, hand & baggage trucks & carts, wheel barrows, water coolers, lamps & lanterns, fans, scales, etc... Another part of the book gives a detailed charting and illustration of various rail-related items, such as tie & rail types & joints, turnouts, switches, bumping posts, farm gates, cattle guards, crossings, manholes, pipes, arch & box culverts, etc... Lots of great diagrams throughout (Bpc).....40p...$22.
GW 1991 INSPECTION SPECIAL: Kansas City - St. Louis. Inspection trip book of the Gateway Western Rwy., with four tab-divided sections, covering the trip schedule, system map, order and milepost location of every station, shipper, yard, siding, and interchange along the way, regular train operation schedule, track rehabilitation program, and a comprehensive 69-page track chart in the rear, which looks to be an IC type of chart format with added maintenance program grids (Bpc).....96...$30.
HIBBARD SPENCER BARTLETT & CO. 1914 “Our Very Best” / “Rev-O-Noc” Product Catalog #59. Over three inches thick, featuring over 10,000 illustrated products for sale pertaining to Mechanics’ Tools, Agricultural Tools, Builders’ Hardware, Wagon Hardware, Refrigerators & Woodenware, Enameled Ware, Tinware, House Furnishing Goods, Lamps & Lanterns, Stoves & Ranges, Sewing Machines, Store Fixtures, Saddlery, Cutlery, Fire Arms & Ammunition, Fishing Tackle & Sporting Goods, Bicycles and Supplies, Automobile Supplies, Paints and Varnishes, Electrical Supplies, etc. A variety of the items shown in the product lines were used in the line of railroading, such as scales, padlocks, spittoons, lanterns, station & bracket lamps, heating stoves, tools, telephones, watches, etc. SO MANY illustrations of SO MANY old items from yesteryear that it boggles the mind! Quite a history that you will never learn from any history book! Each item shown is well described and priced. Some of the pages are in full color on thick glossy paper, including paint color samples. Most pages are on standard paper which is slightly yellowed. Thick gray cloth-covered hardcover. A few of the very first & last pages of the roughly 2600 pages have some minor damage 7.5"x9.25"...(Org)...+/-2600p...$300.
IC / Y&MV 1905-06 "OFFICIAL LIST" OF OFFICERS, AGENTS, STATIONS, ATTORNEYS, SURGEONS, ETC: # 28, 29, 30. Three-In-One Bound Volume. Here we have three of the ever so scarce "official lists" for the Illinois Central (and Y&MV) for the 1905-06 time frame. Provides a tremendous amount of information pertaining to stations and employees, etc. This is a professionally-bound volume, in a burgandy, cloth-covered, hard-cover binder, gold-embossed on the spine as to it's contents. Never seen one like it before! 4" x 9.25"...(Org)...297p...$90.
IC 1942 “SUBURBAN ELECTRIC” SERVICE REPORT (with Chicago Term. Maps showing Suburban Facilities). This is quite THE BOOK for anyone with an interest in the Chicago Terminal vicinity. 41 large high-definition PLAT MAPS (reproduced on 11"x17" paper) with a scale of one mile per page show all of the IC trackage, including side tracks, surrounding trackage, all facilities, roads, and waterways, important surrounding features (as obscure as the Chicago Yacht Club for instance), any and all property lot lines in the vicinity, etc., all the way from the freight houses along the Chicago River (m.p. 0) to Richton, IL (m.p. 30) on the Main Line. The South Chicago Branch and Blue Island Branch are also shown mile by mile. In addition, two special maps show the Burnside Shops area and Markham Yard vicinity. These are among the most well-defined maps ever made for this area (as of 1942). The maps alone are worth it, but there's more than just maps... A number of sheets are devoted to text dealing with estimates, a history and description of the physical property, land values, M-O-W and equipment expenses, estimated value of electrified suburban facilities, and much misc. information. The cover sheet shows a photo of a suburban electric train in a scene looking north from 55th Street (11"x17" Xlbpc)...72p...$42.
INGOT IRON RY. PRODUCTS 1930 Handbook Of Culvert And Drainage Practice. Anything and everything drainage related is discussed at length, with the aid of numerous charts, graphs, diagrams, and photos. Instructs how to solve almost any drainage situation. Gold-embossed burgundy-colored cloth-covered hardcover 4.75"x7.25"...(Org)..349p...$25.
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METRA 1990 OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIAL CORRIDOR: Project Status Report #1. Investigates the possibilities of EJ&E as a potential intersuburban transit corridor. Includes a large number of maps, plus information pertaining to the proposed operating segment, eleven potential new station sites, self - propelled diesel rail cars, cost & expense estimates, etc (Bpc)...63p...$28.
METRA 1991 KYD YARD AND HEAVY REPAIR SHOP FACILITIES BOOK OF PLANS. Architectural book of scale drawings & plans, issued by Envirodyne / McDonough. Amazing detail, showing civil, catenary system, landscape, architectural, structural, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, process piping, and electrical drawings for KYD Yard, M- O-W facilities, and heavy repair shops in Chicago, IL on Metra's Electrical District. LARGE book of scale plans!! Screw-post bound 17"x11"...(Org)...+/-250p...$125.
MP 1950's-81 MAP BOOK. VERY LARGE, 6-POUND map book, bound in a HUGE 18"x11.5" cloth-covered, extremely thick hardcover ledger-type binder with metal hinges. MP logo and “Map Book” embossed in black on the cover. The binder itself is quite old, possibly circa 1950's or much older. The 51 large maps inside (several fold-out) are all of varying ages, paper types, and print styles, dated from 1950's all the way up through 1981. Fancy gold-embossed red leather-like tabs on cardstock dividers separate most of the maps, for easy access to any particular map. The maps themselves are mostly in blueline ink, showing a variety of overhead views of interlockings and interchange points, and some very high-density train yard & terminal areas. All yard and vicinity tracks, waterways, and structures are shown in these maps. Maps are of Alexandria, Arkansas City, Atchison, Beaumont, Big Spring, Brownsville, Cairo, Coffeyville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denison, El Dorado, El Paso, Ft. Smith, Fort Worth, Galveston, Harlingen, Helena, Houston, Hutchinson, Independence, Joplin, K.C., Lake Charles, Laredo, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Little Rock, Longview, Memphis, Monroe, New Orleans, Odessa, Omaha, Orange, Paragould, Pine Bluff, Poplar Bluff, Pueblo, St. Joseph, St. Louis, Salina, San Antonio, Sedalia, Shreveport, Texarkana, Waco, Wichita, and Winfield. VERY RARE!!! Photo available on request. 18"x11.5"...(Org)...+/-51p (several fold-out)...$300.
MP 1970's MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY Standards. Dimensional diagram book of standards, featuring hundreds of very detailed standard plans of anything ranging from angle bars, to ballast & roadbed sections, battery boxes, bumpers, cattle guards, crossing gates, with an unusual old gate design from 1931, road crossings, electric switch locks, bridges & bridge related items, fences, a wide variety of frogs, guard rails, joint bars, motorcar set-offs, pole locations, scale track arrangements, signal foundations, many, many right-of-way signs, switches & related, tie plates, turnouts & crossovers, clearances, a timber branding hammer from 1909, standard tool house designs for sectionmen, signalmen, and linemen (circa 1917-27), etc... Many diagrams were never revised past the early 20th Century, while others were, up through the 60's and 70's. Great book! (Bpc)...175p...$35.
MStP&SSteM 1916-17 CORPORATE HISTORY. This set of Soo Line corporate history charts is comprised of four very large blueprint reproductions, reproduced off of the old originals (dating from 1916-17) on a blueprint machine, in order to stay true-to-form to the original material. Sheet #1 (58" x 24") is a corporate history chart of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company, showing all seventy-six of the controlled, leased, and predecessor lines of the Soo, as of the 1916 date of valuation. The chart shows the alphabetical & chronological arrangements (in boxes, ovals, and circles) of the various railroad companies which conveyed the property, when the lines were incorporated, etc. Sheet #2 (27" x 24") is a corporate history chart of the Gogebic & Montreal River Railroad Company as of 1917, showing the alphabetical & chronological arrangements of the four railroads that followed in ownership, when they were incorporated, etc. Sheet #3 (27" x 24") is a chart showing the trackage rights to and from the Wisconsin Central Railway Company by other railroads, with an alphabetical index to the following corporate history chart. Sheet #4 (27" x 24") is a corporate history chart of the Wisconsin Central Ry. Company, showing the alphabetical & chronological arrangements of predecessor railroads, leased lines, dates incorporated, etc., in boxes, ovals, and circles 58"x24" & 27"x24" each...(Blueprint Reproductions)...4 sheets...$25.
NEW YORK 1856 DRAWINGS: MAPS, BRIDGES, PROFILES, COAL BURNING LOCOMOTIVES, etc., Accompanying The Annual Report Of The Railroad Commissioner. If your focus is on the history of New York, this is THE book to get!! This terrific reproduction is of an old illustrated report book from 1856, featuring a series of drawings, illustrations, maps, and large grade profiles from the State of New York, such as; a railroad map of the City of Brooklyn (detail shows individual street blocks!), beautifully-detailed bridge schematics of the Delaware Bridge (NY&E), Niagara Suspension Bridge, including masonry details and several superstructure details, Whipple's Iron Bridge, a drawbridge on the Hudson River RR, Harlem River Drawbridge (NY&H), Genessee River Trestle Bridge (B&NYC), Cascade Bridge (NY&E), Truss Bridge (NY&H), fantastic interior cross-sections of locomotives, including the "Irvington" coal burner (HR), "Prometheus" (NH), Boardman's (NH), Delano's coal & gas burner (LIRR), Dimpfel (NHRR), cross-sections of rail, railroad tunnels, including Atlantic St., Brooklyn (LIRR), Hudson River RR, NY&H tunnels, A&WS tunnels, NYC tunnels, O&S tunnel, then we have several unique brake diagrams, strange tie plates & misc. joints, a very ornate coal burning stove, and lastly, numerous grade & elevation profiles of several railroads and lines, showing all stations in- between. Start and end-points of each profile have little American flag illustrations. This was an illustrated report issued to ACCOMPANY the annual report of the commissioner, and does not include the annual report. Many diagrams! Fantastic book, full of historic significance (Bpc)...108p...$30.
Non-RR 1912 ITINERARY OF RIVER TRIP OVER NEW ORLEANS HARBOR. A very detailed, fancy, 4-page, gray cardstock itinerary of a river trip, by the Association of Transportation and Car Accounting Officers over New Orleans Harbor on Dec. 11, 1912, information compiled by the New Orleans Convention and Tourist Bureau. Details of the trip include the Port of New Orleans, ownership, administration, facilities of the port, commerce of the port, landings and general points of interest, and landings along the return trip 4.1/8"x10"...(Org)...4p...$30.
N&W 1896 PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. Very old booklet detailing the facts & figures surrounding the very beginnings of the Norfolk & Western RR Company, in legal terms 6"x 9.25"...(Org)...14p...$38.
NYC 1853-59 HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AGREEMENT CONSOLIDATING SEVERAL RAILROAD COMPANIES TO FORM THE NYC. This historic set of documents is without a doubt in the same league as the US Constitution (for an NYC collector that is). This is a bound reproduction of the ultimate NYC collectable, the actual documents giving birth to the New York Central. This is from the copy for the Secretary Of State's office in New York, which originally had a pink form in the back of the booklet from the Office Of Secretary Of State, reading, "I have compared the preceding with the original Articles of Agreement and Consolidation of the several companies merged into and forming the New York Central Railroad Company with affidavits thereto annexed, filed in this office on the 7th day of July 1853, and hereby certify... etc... etc...", with official seal of the Secretary Of State's Office of New York, and authentic signature by the Secretary of State. The documents themselves consist of two separate parts, the AGREEMENT booklet, naming ten separate railroads being consolidated into and forming the NYC in 1853, printed in 1859, and a series of other documents behind the agreement, type-set in 1853 with names written in, presenting the minutes of the stockholders meetings of the ten railroad companies, listing all of the resolutions for the consolidation into NYC, and naming the chairmen, secretaries, and presidents for each of the ten railroads. The agreement booklet itself is quite remarkable, telling specific details of the formation of the New York Central out of these ten railroads, which at one point states the NYC "shall continue for the term of five hundred years from its commencement". The net worth's of each of the ten railroad companies, and many other details relating to the status of these roads at the time of consolidation are described in detail. (Bpc).....66p...$30.
NYC 1906-28 Signal Committee Standards. Go back in time to the early days of the New York Central with this fantastic old book of dimensional diagram blueprints, illustrating a huge assortment of long gone signaling equipment, and many parts associated with signals: Highway crossing gate lamps, double semaphore signal lamps, switch lamps, lamp equipment, lamp cases, various types of signal blades, switch targets, low target stands, derail targets, derails & parts, bonding of electric railroad with steam railroad interlockings, battery jars, channel column bracket posts, signal masts, semaphore spectacles, pinnacles, marker lights, crank stands, bases, rocking shaft assemblies, pipe runs, various panels & knife switches, mechanical working parts, detailed information on roundels, lenses, signal dept. forms, illuminating oils, misc. parts of signals, etc., etc., etc... A truly impressive book of diagrams, issued by the signal department (½ Wli, Bpc)...211p...$38.
NYC 1908 ELECTRIFICATION OF THE SUBURBAN ZONE OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RR IN THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY (in the book “Transactions Of The American Society Of Civil Engineers - Dec. 1908”). Pages 73 to 155 of this hardbound civil engineers book delve into the electrification of the NYC, with discussion from several top engineers, old detailed photographs and sketches of proposed stations, vicinities, trackage, terminals, towers, facilities along R-O-W, power stations, shops, Park Ave. Tunnel, RR power and equipment, etc. In addition, there are many fold-out dimensional diagrams with cross-sections of Grand Central Station (train shed), substations, Port Morris Switch-house, power stations, an electric locomotive, detailed map of the electric zone, and track chart of Grand Central Station to White Plains. Another part of the book deals with suspension of wires for electric railways. The rest of the book deals with non-railroad engineering marvels of the time. The cover was loose at the binding, but has been nicely repaired by someone with some brown duct tape. A very worthwhile book for any NYC fan 6.25"x9"...(Org)...587p...$125.
NYC 1943-48 Plans And Data For Field Use. A neat and informative dimensional-diagram book, including data charts, used by the Engineering and Maintenance-Of-Way Departments, with several great diagrams that fold-out to twice their size, dealing with anything track-related: Switches, frogs, turnouts, crossovers, tie plates, guard rails, tie spacing, road-bed sections, location of rail anchors, rails & fastenings, insulated joint locations, classification & use of new rails, and rail data. The book itself is from 1943, with all sheets included, but almost an entire second identical book comprised only of revised sheets dating from 1948 have been integrated into the book, side by side to the 1943 pages, showing a wide variety of changes since the 1943 printing (Bpc)...90p...$30.
OLCOTT’S LAND VALUES BLUE BOOK OF CHICAGO. Choose from the following available editions of this beautifully-made land valuation map book, with a different enlarged plat-map portion of Chicago shown in high detail per each map page. All streets, neighborhood blocks, rail lines, yard tracks, industry tracks, sidings, crossovers, roundhouses, etc. are shown in extreme detail. Major industries served by rail are indicated and named. Just about every other page, there is a Chicago area advertisement of some sort, several of which are highly illustrated. Very fancy black hardcover binding, with a color-embossed title on the cover (the color of the embossing varies depending on year of issue). If the Chicago area is your interest, you will learn a great deal from these books. Choose from the following years of issue:
OLCOTT’S 1936 Land Values Blue Book Of Chicago 5.5"x8"...(Org)...202p...$60.
OLCOTT’S 1945 Land Values Blue Book Of Chicago 5.5"x8"...(Org)...225p...$50.
OLCOTT’S 1947 Land Values Blue Book Of Chicago 5.5"x8"...(Org)...225p...$45.
OLCOTT’S 1948 Land Values Blue Book Of Chicago 5.5"x8"...(Org)...224p...$45.
OLCOTT’S 1953 Land Values Blue Book Of Chicago 5.5"x8"...(Org)...223p...$45.
OLCOTT’S 1955 Land Values Blue Book Of Chicago 5.5"x8"...(Org)...225p...$45.
OLCOTT’S 1962 Land Values Blue Book Of Chicago 5.5"x8"...(Org)...225p...$40.POOR’S 1901 MANUAL. Poor’s Manual Of Railroads book from 1901 (34th Annual Number). Lists a variety of corporate and operating facts & figures pertaining to all steam and street railroads operating in the US and Canada, and chief railroads in Mexico. Several rail maps and ornate rail-related advertisements are scattered throughout the book. Over 3.5 inches thick. Gold-embossed green hard cover. Front cover is somewhat loose at the binding, otherwise all is intact, and in great shape 6.25"x8.75"...(Org)...+/-1650p...$225.
PRR 1896 WEST OF PITTSBURGH: ORGANIZATION OF SIGNAL DEPARTMENT, GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SIGNALING AND DIAGRAMS, GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION, AND GENERAL EXPLANATION OF SIGNALS. Going back 100 years, this historic book talks about the organization of the Signal Department, and all of the above (and then some), with a number of semaphore illustrations, showing examples of where various types of signals and towers should be placed for each type of specific track layout. Another part of the book shows a number of general plans for building PRR towers (Bpc)...107p...$22.
PRR 1917 “TYPE” BOOK: BUILDINGS. Issued by the Valuation Division of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the Pennsylvania RR (Lines East Of Pittsburgh) in 1917. A great reference book entitled a “type” book, because it contains numerous diagrams, descriptions, illustrations, and charts dealing with interiors and exteriors of any and all building types used by PRR, anything imaginable, from fireplace mantles to flooring, ductwork, lighting, heating, door & brick wall details, mail cranes, you name it, w/material lists and dimensions. Freight houses, express buildings, oil tanks, engine houses, dwellings, sheds, cattle pens, and several more. Many very detailed diagrams throughout (Bpc).....91p...$33.
PRR 1930 "LOW-FARE WEEKEND EXCURSIONS" POSTER. Typically displayed on a station bulletin board, this little ad poster is on thick, cream-colored paper w/brown ink, and reads, "LOW-FARE Week-End Excursions In Either Direction Between Philadelphia, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Altoona And All Intermediate Stations". Several lines of smaller text follow which are separated by single and double lines, including the dates for five weekends in November - December 1930. I obtained several of these which were apparently printed-up but never used. Priced to move! (70x)...5"x8.75"...1 poster...$6.
PRR 1937 INSPECTION TOUR OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: Pittsburgh Dist. Take a trip back in time with this book to learn about the core of the PRR in the Pittsburgh vicinity, as it was in 1937. This book gives a descriptive account of lines to be traveled on for an inspection tour, branching-out to the Pittsburgh, Conemaugh, Eastern, Monongahela, and Panhandle Divisions, including facts and figures of terminal operations, passenger traffic, tonnage (river and rail), industry importance, coal, coke, and iron ore, the flood of March, 1936 (a brief history), carload traffic, and revenues from the Pittsburgh District, and tells a story of the beginnings and expansion of the PRR (Bpc)...40p...$18.
PRR 1949 HARBOR FACILITIES. Choose from one of the following “Port of...” publications below. Each of these classy booklets describes the operations of the port terminal named, with a fantastic collection of ariel, portside, and facility pictures of terminal operations, plus maps. Each of these are in “like new” condition. Generally b&w, with a heavy dose of red inks, especially on the cover. Each cover has an ariel view of the port in question:
PORT OF BALTIMORE 8.5"x11"...(Org)...14p...$35.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA 8.5"x11"...(Org)...14p...$35.PRR 1949 WESTERN OFF-LINE INSPECTION TRIP: CHICAGO SWITCHING DISTRICT (and facilities of PRR, also BRC Clearing Dist.). Fascinating, informative book filled with all sorts of facts and figures on the busy Chicagoland vicinity, used in conjunction with an inspection trip on the line. A large PRR map is in the back, showing all connecting railroads, and the map pinpoints the exact locations of 251 different stations, yards, and shippers, with an index naming them all! (Bpc)...30p...$16.
PRR 1920's-60's STANDARD PLANS BOOK. Reproduction of the hard-to-find Standard Plans book of diagrams for the Pennsylvania RR. The actual age of the book is uncertain, but several pages look much older than others. The original looked to be circa 1920's, with several sheets added through the 60's. Filled with a wide assortment of very detailed dimensional diagrams, and specific information, dealing with track standards, and several other aspects Pennsy engineering specifications: Roadway and Roadway Appliances, Rails, Guard Rails, Joints, Bolts, Nuts, Spikes, Tie Plates, Switches, Frogs, Special Trackwork, Tools, Signs (many variations), Tresles, foundations, clearance warning devices, fences, and other misc. Items. Very comprehensive! Loaded with diagrams and information. (Bpc)...266p...$42.
PRR 1954 RECORD OF TRANSPORTATION LINES OWNED, LEASED, OPERATED, ALSO ASSOCIATED IN INTEREST w/PRR. A detailed description of each and every PRR main line and branch line, and operated company line, circa 1954, including lengths of track, record of in-crease or decrease of mileage per track, summaries of all operated mileage, trackage rights by regions, states, and operated companies, summaries of electrified mileage, ferry mileage, etc. A "must-have" book for the PRR fan. A very informative, top-quality publication (Bpc)...83p...$33.
PULLMAN 1939 EQUIPMENT CATALOG. Catalog reproduction of the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, containing several builders photos (32 in all) of exteriors/exteriors, intermixed with detailed floor plans of cars, and technical information of each car type, covering the various baggage, mail, and chair (passenger) cars (Bpc)...81p...$33.
RDG +/-1940'S PORT RICHMOND, PHILADELPHIA. Classy little booklet with green cover describing the operations of the Port Richmond, with a fantastic collection of ariel, portside, and facility pictures of terminal operations, plus track diagram. B&w, with a heavy dose of green inks to highlight contents 5.5"x8.25"...(Org)...32p...$35.
SAFETY CAR HEATING & LIGHTING CO. +/-1880s-90s CATALOG. Very old, string-bound company catalog describing what the company makes, with a small number of nine or so diagrams, some showing cross-sections of passenger cars. List of incorporators, officers and directors. Very minor chipping on page corners along bottom 5.75"x9"...(Org)...16p...$40.
SCL / L&N 1981 INSPECTION TOUR: Jacksonville, FL - Decoursey, KY. This book was designed for and used by senior officials making an "inspection tour" of the line from Jacksonville - Decoursey. A comprehensive track profile of the line, information on shippers, an analysis of outstanding features and facilities, history of the line, and photos of major train yards are included (Bpc)...170p...$35.
SOU 1918 STANDARDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY AND STRUCTURES: Volume 2. Outstanding 11"x17" extra-large bound photocopy of a VERY RARE "Standard Plan" book of the Southern Railway, showing numerous plans from the 1910's. Includes a wide assortment of extremely detailed dimensional diagrams, and specification sheets on numerous railroad-related items. Many of the standard diagrams are VERY unique and unusual, dealing with such things as brooms, water barrel & fire bucket, ROW signs, waiting booth, tool house, ticket window, crossovers, switches, small ROW warehouse, an amazingly detailed rigid bracket lamp, hose reel, portable gangway, painting for crossing gates, oil box for stations, high switch stand, hose house & reel, highway grade crossing, fire proofing details, freight room door, gutters & downspouts, fences, coal bin for stations, several interior/exterior plans for several different types of camp cars, etc. Some of the "Specification" sheets (text only) deal with fuel oil, track tools, paint, castings, hose, rope, chains, etc (11"x17" xlbpc)...105p...$45.
SOU 1940's SIGNAL STANDARDS. Reproduction of a RARE Southern Railway diagram book of "Signal Standards", showing the specific dimensions, instructions, and diagrams for the following R-O-W signal-related items: Numbering, painting, semaphores, insulated rail joints, foundations, transformer poles, cable drops, relay boxes, pins & insulators, wire ties & joints, splices, spring switches, signal blades, pole guys, interlocked switches, oil siding protection, crossarms, aluminum & copper wire specs, heights, clearances, signal brackets, incandescent lamp specs & types, warning signs, pole stepping, and much misc. Diagrams date back to the 1910's, with some revisions as late as the 1940's (Bpc)...58p...$28.
SP / WP 1924 JOINT FACILITY & PAIRED TRACK OPERATION: Weso - Alazon. Reprinted from a large, rare 2 & ½-inch thick book containing forty looooong fold-out plat maps, highlighting every mile of the paired track from Weso - Alazon, NV in extreme detail, circa 1924. Tracks, grades, curves, facilities, stock yards, bridges, track lengths, shippers, property lines, roadways, and practically anything worth mentioning are greatly detailed, with special attention paid to facilities in particular. Bound into the front of the book is a special study and analysis from 1957, plus a very complex agreement covering the use of the paired track and joint use of facilities. A very unusual, very nice SP item (11"x17" Xlbpc)...133p...$55.
SP 1990 COMMON STANDARDS. This is a bound-reproduction of a COMPLETE book of Southern Pacific common standards, issued 1990, containing a wide assortment of very detailed dimensional diagrams, and specific information dealing not only with “track” standards, but also with several other aspects of SP engineering specifications: A wide assortment of crossing and R-O-W signs, special advance warning signs, bulkheads, culverts, derails, fences, frogs, gates, guard rails, joints, bolts & nuts, rail, painting, piers, pipe lines, ballast sections, stock chutes, switches, switch stands, tanks, plates, ties, tools, torpedoes, track layouts, spikes, trestles, tunnels, turnouts, crossovers, etc.. Although this is a complete book, not all of standards listed in the Index may be in the book, as nearly every common standards book tends to vary slightly in terms of content. Very comprehensive and huge! (Bpc)...290p...$45.
TMER&L 1900-41 SET OF 56 LARGE ENGINEERING MASTER DRAWINGS (on vellum). A little bit of everything is contained in this one-of-a-kind, highly uncommon set of fifty-six master plans from the engineering departments of The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co., each one hand-drawn in ink (a few in pencil) on large sheets of vellum, one of the most versatile, ageless materials ever made for drawing upon. Not the average railroad-issue prints of master drawings, but these are THE master drawings themselves. A few are only 17" x 13", but most are quite large, anywhere from 30" to 57" on average length-wise, and 17" to 35" in width, the largest being 56.75" x 34.25", almost 5 feet by 3 feet! Incredible architectural and mechanical details, with fancy antique stylings. Most drawings are from the early 1900's to the 1910's, with only a few from the '20s, '30s, and '40s. Some contain red and blue inks in addition to black. Some of the plans include general drawings for waiting shelters in and around Milwaukee, Silver Lake, and Marshall Ave., a standard dry sand house, standard coke & kindling shed, tool wagons for M.G.L.Co. and M.C.H.Co., a hose house for a fire protection system, misc. car details of the "Racine City Car", P.A.Y.E. cars, & others, complete details for a dump car, a 600-type car illuminated side sign, proposed wagon box, floor plan of cars No. 147 & 148, "P.W. Car" door signal items, a gravel heater, weed whipper, gasoline line car tower, car sand conveyer, rotating plow wheel for a rotary snow plow, swing frame grinder, ticket separating machine, ticket destroyer, "Testing Car" parts, permanent street barricades, a dispatcher's telephone switchboard, a Transom Opening Device, clearances, motor commutator plans, a M.L.H.&T.Co. sectional insulator for catenary construction, misc. company forms, an organizational chart, a very large and attractive map of the Lake Park lighting system (with circuit drawings and explanations of the lighting seasons), interiors/exteriors of concrete posts, lamps, and lighting fixtures for park lighting at Chicago's Lincoln Park, plus a rate and traffic statistics chart of 48 various electric railways operating in the U.S. and Canada as of 1907. Other drawings as well. Near mint to mint (Org)...56 large plans...$450.
TOBACCO CARDS: 1927 "RAILWAY WORKING" (complete set of 50 cards, by W.D. & H.O. Wills - Bristol & London). Full-color, complete set of cards, otherwise known as "Tobacco Cards", as issued by tobacco companies over in England. This is a complete set of 50 numbered cards, issued by W.D. & H.O. Wills - Bristol & London, with painstakingly-detailed color paintings of railway-related scenes on the front, and a complete description of each scene on the card-backs. Some of the scenes are of cut-aways and working parts of steam locomotives, various types of signals & gantry signals, types of gradient post signs and mile posts, an overhead electric wire system, a train ferry, work crane, motorcar, snow plow, water tank, and several other terrific old scenes. A complete set of these in mint condition and of this age is surely quite valuable, and highly collectible 2.75"x1.5"..(Org)..50 cards...$200.
UP 1927-60 COMMON STANDARDS. An assortment of detailed drawings, including dimensions, technical information, and engineering instructions for Union Pacific motorcar set-offs, signal and instrument case embankments, fixed signals, whistling posts, crossing & roadway signs, culvert markers, roadbeds, clearances, road crossings, foundations, crossovers, and switches (Bpc).....40p...$20.
WABASH 1950's STANDARD PLANS. RARE ORIGINAL Standard Plans book of M-O-W diagrams for the Wabash RR. The actual age of the book is uncertain, but pages are updated between a range of the 1920s - 1950s. LARGE book, over an inch thick, filled with a wide assortment of highly detailed dimensional diagrams, and specific information dealing with track standards, and other aspects of Wabash M-O-W engineering specifications: Items covered range from the following: Roadway and Roadway Appliances, Rails, Guard Rails, Joints, Bolts, Spikes, Tie Plates, Switches, Frogs, Special Trackwork, Tools, R-O-W Signs (wide variety), Trestles, Foundations, Clearance Warning Devices, Fences, and other misc. Items. Very comprehensive! Many of the pages fold-out. Numerous diagrams and detailed information. Brownish-red cover with two screwposts. Back cover is missing, and pages are worn along the edges. Contents are fine, however a few pages near the back are partially torn 11.5"x8.75"...(Org)...+/-100 to 150p...$250.
W&LE 1940 REPORT: Estimated Cost Of Moving Tracks & Facilities In Connection With The Cuyahoga River Improvement At Cleveland, OH. A very well-detailed, nicely-bound book covering all of the costs and many, many details associated with the land needed to be acquired from W&LE at Cleveland for the widening of the river channel at Mahoning Bend, including the cost of moving the freight station, yards, & misc. tracks from east of the river to west of the river. Several very, very large "whiteline" blueprints are folded and bound into the book. Two show the proposed relocation of freight terminal facilities (2 variations), another shows a detailed track plan near the roundhouse of land for prop'd freight terminal. A great publication, issued by the office of Special Engineer 8.75"x11.25"...(Org)...+/-50 to 75p. + 5 large blueprints...$38.
W&LE 1947 BLUEPRINT BOOK: Gambrinus, OH. Several very large, very detailed folded blueprints are bound in this 2.5"-thick book of blueprints, showing interiors/exteriors and construction details for proposed Car Department facilities, coaling station, locomotive sanding facility, locker rooms, and general track & facilities blueprint for Gambrinus, OH. Twenty - three very large blueprints in all, of various sizes, most in "whiteline" on blue, all folded down and bound along with assorted construction & expense documents and forms. Blueprints cover everything including cross-sections, foundations, general plans, sewage disposal, floors & roofs, eleva-tions, lighting & telephone layouts, etc. Great item! 9"x11" closed...(most Wli,Org)...23 blueprints + several pages...$100.
WP / SACRAMENTO NORTHERN / TIDEWATER SOUTHERN 1983 JOINT FACILITIES BOOK. Diagram book showing joint trackage and interlockings with foreign railroads. Every other page shows a diagram of the joint facility trackage, with pages in-between giving details of each diagram, such as operation & maintenance, agreement with the foreign road, rental & tax details, costs, who takes care of derailments, etc. Bound in a special medium-size 3-ring yellow vinyl binder, with the title in black on cover. Roughly 125 joint facilities in all are shown 8"x10"...(Org)...+/-200p...$150.
1980 Profile Of Madison Area Rail Traffic. Prepared by the Dane County Regional Planning Commission, this isn't a "track profile", but instead, it's a detailed study of the nine lines branching out from Madison, WI., and beyond Dane County. The study includes information on track conditions, service levels, station / line descriptions, all shippers, commodities, carloads, freight revenues, traffic flow, projection of future rail use, and business dependency on rail (Bpc)...157p...$30.
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