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Railroad Books - Misc. and out of print

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Mar 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/24/97

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Attached is a listing of miscellaneous and out of print railroad books.
All of them were purchased new and kept in caring condition. Please
review them at your leisure.

Thanks,

Dave (and Lee) Jenkins

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Lee S. Jenkins

4365 Eastwicke Blvd.

Stow, Ohio 44224

Postage and Handling: $3.50 for one book
$4.50 for two books or more books

I can be reached at home or via the internet at MrDavid...@worldnet.att.net. I will be routinely monitoring the internet
mail, but the US mail may be the quickest way to reach me. Please - no collect phone calls.

Payment in check or money order. Do not send cash. Personal checks will delay shipment. No C.O.D.'s please. U.S. currency prices quoted. All volumes were purchased in new and kept in caring condition. Not all available books are listed. Advise title and author of the volume(s) you are looking for. I will reply if said book is for sale.

A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS ALBUM - ABDILL

Over 180 pages, pictorial history of engines as railroading was in earlier steam days. $16

AMERICAN NARROW GAUGE - KRAUSE, DUKE
1978, 238 pages, pictorial, some text, maps, common carrier, private, logging lines after World War 2, heavy Colorado. $55

ART OF BRASS, VOLUME 1
1982, pictures and info scale brass railroad models under KTM label. Most coverage is on U.S. prototype engines and cars. $45

BONANZA RAILROAD-KNEISS
1946 Printing, over 140 pages, 7x10, Stanford University Press. Covers Sacramento Valley, San Francisco, San Jose, Virginia, Truckee, Eureka, Palisade and Nevada Central Short Lines. $22

CALIFORNIA'S RAILROAD ERA 1850 TO 1911 - MCAFEE

1973, over 250 pages, 6 by 9" covers railroad building in the west. Pictures and maps minimal. $16

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY - DORAN
1974, first edition, over 170 (8 1/2 by 11") pages. Motive power, rolling stock photos, capsule history. $28

CANADIAN STEAM
1961, Kalmbach book, edited by David Morgan. A portfolio of steam locomotives. $20

CHICAGO RAPID TRANSIT, VOLUME 1 & 2, ROLLING STOCK

Volume 1 was published in 1973, 248 (11 1/2 by 9") pages, C.E.R.A. Bulletin 113, 1892-1947. Volume 2 was published in 1976, 256 (11 1/2 by 9") pages, C.E.R.A. Bulletin 115, 1947-1976. Sold as a set. $100

COACH TRAINS AND TRAVEL - DORIN
1975, first edition, covers in pictures and words famous and infamous, over 180 pages. $29

COMMUTER RAILROADS - DORIN

1970, first edition, 192 pages. Pictures and some text on passenger operations in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and Midwestern cities. 257 photos, 30 route maps, charts. $26

CRYSTAL RIVER PICTORIAL - MCCOY, COLLMAN

1972, signed, number 518, a beautiful 224 page book of Colorado pictures, maps, text, etc. $135

DEISELS OF THE ESPEE, VOLUME I, ALCO PA'S

Info and beautiful picture of the American Locomotive company PA's. Over 100 pages. $19

DESTINATION TOPOLOBAMO - KERR, DONOVAN

1968, 270 pages, 6 by 9", story and pictures on Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway. Planned shortest line from Kansas City to the Pacific. U.S. portion sold to the ATSF. $14

HIGH GREEN AND THE BARK PEELERS-NEAL

1950, 6x9, 275 pages of readable information about the Boston and Maine Railroad. An enjoyable book covering the vintage era. $18

IRON HORSES TO PROMONTORY - BEST

1969. 310 illustration, maps, timetables, motive power rosters, scale locomotive drawings and information about the Central Pacific and Union Pacific. $30

KANSAS WEST-ANDERSON

1963, 6x9, over 260 pages. A thoroughly researched history in text and illustrations on the Kansa City to Denver Kansas Pacific Railroad and Colorado's D & RGW Railroad. Anyone interested in Colorado should be interested in this book. $27

KATY NORTHWEST - HOFSOMMER

1976 first edition, text and hundreds of pictures describing branch line railroading. Covers the Missouri-Kansas and Texas Rail Road to Oklahoma through over 300 pages. $50

LINES WEST - WOOD

LOUISIANA, ITS STREET AND INTERURBAN RAILWAYS

Volume 1, by Hennick, Charlton. Over 140 pages with photos, maps, text and history. $21

MAIN LINE - KING, MAHAFFAY
1948, first edition, over 260 pages, 6 by 9". No dust jacket. A railroader reminisces on working on the SP. $19

MAINE TWO FOOTERS - MOODY
1959, over 200 pages of text and pictures, timetables and maps. Extensive coverage of railroading via the little guys and the romance thereof. $45

MOFFET ROAD, THE-BOLLINGER, BAUER
1962, over 350 pages. A thorough history of the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad with maps, 430 photos, text and data. $55

NARROW GAUGE IN THE ROCKIES - BEEBE & CLEGG

NEVADA COUNTY NARROW GAUGE - BEST

1965, 216 pages, pictures, timetables, some text, engine drawing, etc. Much info on a 22 mile N.G. Railroad. $47

NORTH SHORE - MIDDLETOWN

1964, first printing, over 120 pages, over 200 pictures, over 20,000 words on the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. Information from Waukegan Trolley days to the Electroliners. $40

O & W - HELMER
1959, 210 six by nine pages, 140 photos, loco roster, information covering the New York, Ontario & Western Railroads. $31

PACIFIC SLOPE RAILROADS - ABDILL
1959, covers 1854 - 1900 years, 182 pages, pictures and text of early steam Canada to Mexico. $19

PENN STATION, ITS TUNNELS AND SIDERODDERS

Fred Westing, 1978, first edition, 182 pages. First part a facsimile reprint of a 1912 book, second part the electric locos. $26

PRAIRIE RAILS - OLMSTEAD

RAILROAD SCENE - MIDDLETON

RAILROADING THE MODERN WAY - FARRINGTON JR.
1951, 395 pages, 6 by 9", mostly text, a few pictures, reflects the up to date functioning of railroad 40 plus years ago
$20

RAILROADS OF NORTHERN COLORADO - JESSEN
first edition, 1982, 286 pages, photos and text covering former and current lines. Pictures includes stations, train towns, tunnels, etc. Has maps and timetables. $50

RAILROADS OF THE BLACK HILLS - FIELDER
176 pages covering railroading similar to Colorado. Includes William Jackson glass portraits and 1880's to 1930's coverage on the Black Hills & Fort Pierce, Deadwood Central, Rapid Canyon Line, and F.E. & M.V. railroads. $21

RAILS THROUGH DIXIE - KRAUSE, REID

1965, more than 170 pages of steam as operated in the south. Includes trains, shays, short lines, narrow gauge, scenic right of way, etc. From 1949 through end of steam operation. $24

RAILS TO CARRY COPPER - CHAPPEZ

Over 240 pages about the Magma Arizona Railroad. 200 pages plus quality photos plus maps, scale drawings about one of the last U.S. steam powered freight trains. $55

RAILS WEST - ABDILL

Over 180 pages. In my opinion, many photos are on the darkish side. Engine pictures predominate with some yard and track scenes. $12

REDWOOD RAILWAYS - KNEISS

1956, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2", over 150 pages. Text and pictures plus maps of California's Northwestern Pacific Railway. $20

RIDE THE BIG RED CARS - CRUMP

1962, 240 pages of Pacific Electric traction from traction from late 1800's thru PCC cars. $40

RIO GRANDE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES - HELMBERGER

1981, 200 pages, maps drawings, 140 photos, tables, rosters, 1891 to 1956, includes trains at work. $42

ROARING FORK VALLEY - SHOEMAKER

Third edition revised, number 466, 216 pages on the Aspen, Glenwood Springs area of Colorado. Text, maps, beautiful photos, typical of summer books. $70

SANTA FE - MARSHALL

1945, over 460 pages, 6 by 9" covers the ATSF history. "Chatty, anecdotal, and breezy" reads the cover. Alas, a great railroad is no more. $20

SANTA FE TRAIL

Copyright 1946, by Look Magazine, popular competitor of Life Magazine of 50 years ago. Over 250 pages, 7.5x10. Pictures and some text on the route to the Pacific. Centered on railroading, supplemented by environment frontier life and old west information. $23

SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD
Colorado Rail Annual 1970. 130 pages of early Colorado Mountain Railroading. Photos and pertinent data of narrow gauge railroading. $32

SHORTLINE RAILROADS OF ARKANSAS - HULL

1969, University of Oklahoma Press, 416 pages, 6 by 9", some pictures, history, anecdotes, telling the charm of short line railroading. No jacket. $24

SIERRA RAILROAD - DEANE

1960, over 170 pages, approximately 6 by 9, covers a California Railroad whose neighbors include Dutch Mine, Yosemite, West Side Lumber, Hetch Ketchy and Pickering Lumber RR's. Text and some pictures. $33

SOUTH SHORE THE LAST INTERURBAN - MIDDLETON
1970, first printing, 176 pages, over 250 illustrations, maps, timetables, scale equipment drawings, text. $39

SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES - DUKE

second edition, 88 pages, maps, choice photos and a text of steam operations as it was. $16

STEAM IN THE SIXTIES-ZIEL, FOSTER

1967, First Edition, 208 pages. Photos and captions of steam in the fading years. Main line, short lines, narrow gauge, south of the border, etc. $30

STORY OF EDDYSTONE

1974, 75 pages, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, 1928. Pictures and text. $10

SUPER CHIEF, TRAIN OF THE STARS

1980, over 250 pages, 6x9, extensive photos, text, facts and data about this famous train. $46

THE GEORGIAN LOCOMOTIVE - BRYANT JR.
88 pages of text and photos in a hard cover book about steam power that operated in the South-Southwest during the 1920's and 1930's. $12

THE KITE ROUTE - JONES & HOLLEY
1986 - first edition of 160 pages pictures, plans, info on the Denver & Intermountain Railroad. A time when life moved at a slower pace, the book is for anyone that enjoys Colorado past. $29

THIS WAS RAILROADING-ABDILL

192 pages, pictures and text covering early west railroading. Many lines covered, primary in Northwest. $20

TRACTION CLASSICS, VOLUME 1 - MIDDLETOWN

1983, over 250 pages pictures, scale drawings, specifications, data and text covering various companies and wood and steel equipment. Over 350 illustrations. $40

TRAGIC TRAIN - DE NEVI

1977, first edition, 188 pages, an in depth examination of the Nevada wreck of UP-SP City of San Francisco Streamliner. A recent Amtrak derailment was similar to that covered in this book according to media reports. $44

TRAIN WRECKS-REED

Over 180 pages of illustrations and some text covering derailments, head-on, bridge, fires, runaway, explosions and other disasters. $15

VANISHING MARKERS - FISHER
1976, 128 pages. An ex-Boston and Maine brakeman describes the railroading job 1946 - 1952. $24

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