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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO RAILWAY AND MUNICIPAL BOARD TO DECEMBER 31st 1906.

By: N/A

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto, 1907.:

Seller ID: 13668

176 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), hard cover (blue textured cloth with blind stamped borders, gold lettering on spine and front board.) - no dust jacket. This book was probably originally issued in wraps, and rebound soon after in this hard cover format. Among the issues covered in this report: Accidents; Hamilton, Annexation of Burlington Beach to; Radial Railway strike; London, Street Railway, Repair of; Niagara Falls Electric Light Extension By-law; St. Thomas Street Railway, Examiner of Motormen; Toronto, vs. Toronto Railway Company (lavatories, etc.), etc. Interior - company stamp on f...
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Image for THE TOUR THROUGH CANADA OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, AUGUST-OCTOBER: 1919. EMBRACING THAT PORTION OF THE GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCES OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC TRAVERSED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. ANNOTATED TIMETABLE.

THE TOUR THROUGH CANADA OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, AUGUST-OCTOBER: 1919. EMBRACING THAT PORTION OF THE GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCES OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC TRAVERSED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. ANNOTATED TIMETABLE.

By: N/A

Price: $250.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, Grand Trunk Railway: 1919

Seller ID: 28836

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

63, (3) pp + b&w plates and folding map at rear, 9 1/2" H. White spine with gilt lettering, brown paper-covered board with gilt lettering/decoration, black & gilt crest on front board, brown endpapers. 27 b&w plates with tissueguards bearing captions in red. An annotated timetable of the route taken by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor) on the Grand Trunk Railway through Ontario and Quebec in 1919. The Foreword gives a brief history of the Grand Trunk Railway/Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the book closes with a list of directors, etc. of company. The illust...
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LIVING STEAM 1984. A STEAM RAILWAY SPECIAL.

By: Bird, John.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: N/A:

Seller ID: 19239

31 pp, 5 7/8" H x 8 1/4" D, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. "This guide gives full technical details of 31 steam locomotives, and on the following pages are in-depth descriptions of 20 of the m ost popular main line performers. At the time of writing, no-one can be certain whether all of these, or indeed others, will actually take to BR rails in 1984, but the majority probably will...." Interior - clean and tight with no previo u s o w n e r s h ip marks. Exterior - two small corner creases, minor wear on spine. Very ...
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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. JARROLD RAILWAYS SERIES 1.

By: Bloom, Alan. Compiled by David Williams.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Jarrold, Norwich, 1979.:

Seller ID: 19212

Unpaginated (approx. 32 pp.), 9 3/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). ISBN 0853068372 Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, map. Interior - previous owner's small stamp on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very small soft crease at corners, a few soft creases on front cover, minor edge wear, minor browning. Very Good
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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY. JARROLD RAILWAY SERIES 3.

By: Bloom, Alan. Compiled by David Williams.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Jarrold, Norwich, 1979.:

Seller ID: 19214

Unpaginated (approx. 32 pp.), 9 3/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). ISBN 0853068410 Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, map. Interior - previous owner's small stamp on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - tiny curl at corners, light browning. Very Good
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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. JARROLD RAILWAY SERIES 4.

By: Bloom, Alan. Compiled by David Williams.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Jarrold, Norwich, 1980.:

Seller ID: 19215

Unpaginated (approx. 32 pp.), 9 3/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). ISBN 0853069204 Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, map. Interior - previous owner's small stamp on inside of front cover, very small bump to top corner of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small soft crease at corners, light browning. Very Good
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LOCOMOTIVES OF BRITISH RAILWAYS. JARROLD RAILWAY SERIES 5.

By: Bloom, Alan. Compiled by David Williams.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Jarrold, Norwich, 1980.:

Seller ID: 19216

Unpaginated (approx. 32 pp.), 9 3/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). ISBN 0853069395 Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, map. Interior - previous owner's small stamp on inside of front cover, tiny crease at top of spages, oth erwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very small soft crease at corners, minor edge wear, light browning, tiny bump at top of spine, four very tiny dints on rear cover. Very Good
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TRAINS ILLUSTRATED 51. JULY-SEPTEMBER 1984. RAILWAY HERITAGE.

By: Booth, John, editor. (Geoff Pember, A.G. Dunbar, D.L. Franks, Michael B. Dean, R.A.H. Weight, Peter Hay.)

Price: $9.95 USD

Publisher: Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1984.:

Seller ID: 20489

39 pp, 11 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps - magazine format). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, map, colour reproductions. Contents: Vantage-point Preston; The Caledonian Railway's '812' 0-6-0s; Exceptional loads by rail; The 'Lan ky' and its ambitions south of the Humber; English minor railways; High-days and holidays; An engine-fitter apprentice in the 1890s; Period-piece - a round-trip on the 'Silver Jubilee'; A Sussex evening's entertainment. Interior - clean an d t i g h t w ith no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, very light browning to edge...
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THE RAILWAYS PAINTINGS OF DON BRECKON.

By: Breckon, Don. Introduction by Roger Malone.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Greenwich Editions, London, 1995.:

Seller ID: 19204

80 pp, oblong 8vo (8 7/16" H x 10 1/2" D), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0862880505 Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions, b&w drawings. "Admirers of Don Breckon's unerring blend of a faultless eye for detail and an irresistible nosta lgia for the era of steam will need no prompting to acquire and treasure this beautifully produced book. It is all here: the shapely majesty of the locomotives (with the emphasis on the Great Western, but with all the Big Four well repres e n t e d ) , s e t in landscapes of a 'classical Constable calmness'; the stations, accurate in ...
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LNER COUNTRY STATIONS.

By: Brodribb, John.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: London, Ian Allan: 1988

Seller ID: 25535

ISBN: 071101714X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

144 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, floor plans, elevations. "It is almost impossible to describe a typical LNER country station - the nearest it is possible to come is to say that somewhere like Otterington was one, although it was certainly not typical. The problem of finding a common strain of styles arises from the diversity of the LNER's consituents, and its adoption of a policy of decentralised management. In addition to this, the relative poverty of the company mitigated against renewal and rebuilding. (This book) is structured along the li...
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Image for CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS SPECIAL TIME TABLE CONTAINING CHANGES IN REGULAR TRAIN SERVICES ALSO SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES ACCOUNT VISIT OF THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN MAY, 1939.

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS SPECIAL TIME TABLE CONTAINING CHANGES IN REGULAR TRAIN SERVICES ALSO SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES ACCOUNT VISIT OF THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN MAY, 1939.

By: Canadian National Railways

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Canadian National: 1939

Seller ID: 27838

Binding: Folded Paper

Condition: Very Good

9 1/4" H x 25" W sheet, with five folds creating 12 numbered panels. Details cancelled, altered and special train services during King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's visit to Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, Port Arthur and Thunder Bay from May 17th to May 23rd, 1939. Postage for this light item will be reduced to most destinations. "Hamilton - June 7 - 1939" written in ink at top of cover page; small corner crease and a very small area of surface paper loss on front cover page; minor edge wrinkling,
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NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD STATIONS.

By: Cavalier, Julian. Edited, with foreword by Frederick A. Platt.

Price: $32.50 USD

Publisher: Cranbury, New Jersey, A.S. Barnes: 1979

Seller ID: 2939

ISBN: 0498021211

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

215 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). "Railway stations are of great interest for their variety of styles and architectural designs, as well as for their historical aspects, many of which had pioneered the opening up of new communities in the past. One of the objects of this work is to show, pictorially, the variety of styles and designs of railroad station architecture that were built by various railroads in the United States and Canada. More than 300 photographs are presented in addition to some color views, most of which existed at the time of researching for this work." Dust jacket is pri...
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NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD STATIONS.

By: Cavalier, Julian. Edited, with foreword by Frederick A. Platt.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Cranbury, New Jersey, A.S. Barnes: 1979

Seller ID: 28214

ISBN: 0498021211

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

BRITISH RAILWAYS' STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. HISTORY IN CAMERA.

By: Cockman, F.G.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Shire, Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, 1980.:

Seller ID: 19232

80 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 0852635311 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "When Britain's railways were nationalised in 1948 more than nineteen thousand steam locomotives were taken over from the private companies, and the manufact ure of steam locomotives continued until 1960. Thereafter they were rapidly replaced by diesels and electrics, and in 1968 steam haulage on British Railways ended. This book describes the principal classes of steam locomotives working ac t i v e l y i n Britain between 1948 and 1968, with emphasis on those types of which examples have b...
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THE FALL AND RISE OF STEAM.

By: Cooke, Brian.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Jane's: 1982

Seller ID: 19709

ISBN: 0710602006

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

128 pp, oblong 8vo (8 9/16" H x 11 1/2" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "One man's personal, photographic record of the steam locomotive's elimination from Britain's nationalised railway network and its subsequent reappearance as a source of recreation and pleasure. Brian Cooke brings to his subject a rare combination of the technique and skills of a professional creative photographer coupled with first-hand knowledge of the steam locomotive both on and off the footplate. His pictures remind us of steam's melancholy rundown, with emphasis on scenes in his native no...
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN THE BAY AREA: THE SAN FRANCISCO-SACRAMENTO-STOCKTON TRIANGLE. THE GOLDEN YEARS OF RAILROADING SERIES.

By: Drury, George H.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Waukesha, WI, Kalmbach: 1996

Seller ID: 24343

ISBN: 0890242747

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good-

128 pp, oblong (8 1/2" H x 11" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Contents: Brief History of the Southern Pacific; San Francisco to San Jose; Oakland Pier; Electric lines in the East Bay; Oakland to Sacramento; Oakland to San Jose and Stockton; Northwestern Pacific; Southern Pacific today; Author's confession; Index; The three principal photographers. Interior - small bump at top/bottom corners of text block, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - slight bump at top of spine, small corner creases.
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SANTA FE IN THE MOUNTAINS. THREE PASSES OF THE WEST: RATON, CAJON, AND TEHACHAPI. THE GOLDEN YEARS OF RAILROADING SERIES.

By: Drury, George H.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Waukesha, WI, Kalmbach: 1995

Seller ID: 24345

ISBN: 0890242291

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

127 pp, oblong (8 1/2" H x 11" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Contents: Brief History of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway; Raton Pass; Cajon Pass; Tehachapi Pass; The passes as they are today; Index. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, two soft corner creases.
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THE INTERCITY ELECTRIC RAILWAY INDUSTRY IN CANADA.

By: Due, John F.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1966

Seller ID: 28144

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

118 pp, 10 1/8" H. Canadian Studies in Economics No.18. B&w photographs, maps, tables, graphs. "The intercity electric railway industry in Canada, which began in 1887, ended in 1959. Peak interest in the industry was between 1910 and 1920, the era of Sir Adam Beck's projected radial network that would have covered much of the southern portion of Ontario. But the plans came too late and the radial system was never built. The Canadian electric lines developed later than their United States counterparts, but lasted somewhat longer, and for a time in the 1950's there were more electr...
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RAILWAY RECORDS: A GUIDE TO SOURCES.

By: Edwards, Cliff.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Richmond, Surrey, Public Record Office: 2001

Seller ID: 20160

ISBN: 1903365104

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

222 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). B&w illustrations. "This guide shows enthusiasts and researchers how to find records relating to railway companies, individuals who served on the railways and the trains themselves. From the first days of steam to the golden age of train travel at the start of the twentieth century, the railways have played a central role in British social history. When the remaining private railway companies were nationalized in 1948, their administrative records and those of the hundreds of companies they had absorbed were passed to the Public Record Office. The rec...
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RAILWAY RECORDS: A GUIDE TO SOURCES.

By: Edwards, Cliff.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Richmond, Surrey, Public Record Office: 2001

Seller ID: 29344

ISBN: 1903365104

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

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