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Railroad Maps the West. .
Colorado:
Springs MAC Publishing
1980.
Soft Cover.
Very good (light rubbing on edges of wraps). 8x10-1/2" paperback book of maps originally prepared for the U.S. Dept of Transportation. 219 pages.
Very Good
[Book #5496]
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Souvenir Program for Colorado Rails 1982 .
Colorado:
National Railway Historical Society
1982.
Soft Cover.
8-1/2 x 11" stapled program, 56 pages, maps, ads, etc.
Fine
[Book #12372]
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Albi, Charles & Kenton Forrest (editors). .
Short Line to Cripple Creek. Colorado Rail Annual No. 16. .
Golden:
Colorado Railroad Museum
1983.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
A journal of railroad history in the Rocky Mountain West. The story of the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek district railway. 180 pages, index, numerous photos. Rail Annual 16 envelope laid in with folded map, time table, travel promo, and original 1907 railroad company voucher.
Fine in Near Fine DJ
[Book #11444]
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Albi, Charles, R.C. Farewell, & Wm. C. Jones (editors). .
Coal, Cinders and Parlor Cars: A Century of Colorado Passenger Trains. Colorado Rail Annual No. 19. .
Golden:
Colorado Railroad Museum
1991.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
A journal of railroad history in the Rocky Mountain West. 238 pages, numerous photos. Colorado Midland by William Gale; Streetcars & Suburbs by Thomas Noel; A Silverton Trilogy; and Zimbabwe Steam Safari by Ronald Hill.
Fine in Near Fine DJ
[Book #11448]
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Alexander, E. P. .
Iron Horses: American Locomotives 1829-1900. .
NY:
Bonanza
(1941).
Hard Cover.
Reprint.
Small board corner bump. Dust jacket has rubs, chips at spine top, tears. Pictorial history of the development of American steam locomotives in the 19th century. 8-1/2x11". Illustrated by 97 black & white prints. .
VG+ in Very Good DJ
[Book #6293]
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Ambrose, Stephen E. .
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869. .
NY:
Simon & Schuster
2000.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Story of the investors, politicians, engineers, immigrants and other laborers, by noted historian of America's past. Illustrated by black & white photos. .
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #9444]
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Armitage, Merle. .
Operations Santa Fe. .
Hawthorne:
Omni
1984.
Hard Cover.
Reprint.
Operation of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System. Edwin Corle, editor. First published in 1948. 263 pp, index, drawings. Illustrated by P. G. Napolitano. .
Fine in Good DJ
[Book #4702]
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Behrend, George. .
Luxury Trains From the Orient Express to the TGV. .
NY:
Vendome / Viking
1982.
Hard Cover.
Dust jacket has small rubs at corners. 10x10", 232 pp, 223 illustrations. American edition.
Fine in Near Fine DJ
[Book #9428]
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Berton, Pierre. .
The Impossible Railway: The Building of the Canadian Pacific. .
First U.S. edition.
NY:
Knopf
1972.
Hard Cover.
First edition thus.
Book first published in Canada is about the 2500 mile long railroad built from 1871 to 1885. Photos, maps, index. DJ has creases top of spine, a 1" tear & few light spots on back panel. .
Near Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #4627]
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Best, Gerald M. .
Iron Horses to Promontory. .
San Marino:
Golden West Books
(1969).
Hard Cover.
Golden Spike Edition, 207 pages, index.. Trains & locomotives and the building of the first transcontinental railroad. Book has two small corner bumps. DJ has light edgewear, rubs, small damp stain at bottom of dj spine. 310+ illustrations.
Near Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #11329]
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Best, Gerald M. .
Snowplow: Clearing Mountain Rails. .
Burbank:
Howell-North Books
1966.
Hard Cover.
Near fine in VG dj (1" tear & crease, 1/2" tear, lt edgewear). 8-1/2 x 11" book with red boards. Later printing, price on dj of $19.95. 119 pages, index, numerous photos. .
Near Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #6192]
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Bollinger, Edward T. & Frederick Bauer. .
The Moffat Road. .
Signed limited edition.
Denver:
Sage Books
1962.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Dust jacket has small chip & light waterstain at bottom of spine; title on spine is slightly faded but still clear. Limited edition of 2000 copies, number 306, signed by both authors. Laid in is a color reproduction of same picture used on limitation page in book. Also laid in is a stapled copy of pages 307-318 appendices with heading "A Memento of the autographing party upon the publication of 'The Moffat Road' March 24, 1962, with the compliments of Denver Book Company and Alan Swallow." Numerous photos, maps, bibliography, index. .
Near Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #4821]
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Botkin, William E., Ronald C. Hill & R.H. Kindig. .
Union Pacific 3985. .
Golden, Colorado:
Colorado Railroad Historical Fndn
1985.
Soft Cover.
9-1/2 x 8-1/2" paperback, 64 pages, black & white photos.
Fine
[Book #5819]
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Chappell, Gordon & Cornelius Hauck. .
Scenic Line of the World and Black Canon Revisited. .
Golden:
Colorado RR Museum
no date.
Hard Cover.
Reprint.
Fine in VG dj (1" tear, rubbing on back). Originally published in Colorado Rail Annual 1970, this first separate edition is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles & has dust jacket with black & white photo on the front. .
Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #3757]
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Chappell, Gordon and Cornelius Hauck. .
Scenic Line of the World and Black Canon Revisited. .
Golden:
Colorado RR Museum
no date.
Hard Cover.
Reprint.
Offsetting on front free endpaper, in dust jacket with 1/2" tear, small chips,. Originally published in Colorado Rail Annual 1970, this first separate edition is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles & has dust jacket with black & white photo on the front. Bottom of front flap of dj has a 1" square skinned area where sticker was removed. Numerous photos and maps.
Very Good in Very Good DJ
[Book #7873]
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Chappell, Gordon. .
A Short History of Steam Trains Over Cumbres. .
Golden, CO:
Colorado Railroad Museum
1975.
Soft Cover.
Fifth printing. 32 pages, 8-1/2 x 11", stapled paperbound, in pictorial wraps. Taken from 1967 Colorado Rail Annual no. 5. Numerous b/w photos.
Near Fine
[Book #12384]
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Collias, Joe G. .
The Last of Steam. .
Berkeley, CA:
Howell-North
1960.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
269 pages. Numerous black & white photos. Index. DJ has minor edgewear. The waning years of steam railroading in the US.
Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #11332]
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Collman, Russ. Dell McCoy, Publisher. .
The R G S Story: Rio Grande Southern, Volume 1: Over the Bridges... Ridgway to Telluride. .
Signed.
Denver:
Sundance
1990.
Hard Cover.
Limited edition.
Fine in acetate cover as issued. Scarce first volume in the series. Errata slip laid in. Signed by author & publisher, and stamped #1053. Illustrated by numerous photos. 416 pages.
Fine
[Book #5347]
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Crum, Josie Moore. .
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad. .
Durango:
San Juan History
1961.
Hard Cover.
Text, photos, charts, many maps, index. History of the pioneer railroad in southern Colorado. 431 pages. Blue boards with gold titles.
Fine
[Book #11334]
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Dougherty, Samuel A. .
Call the Big Hook. .
San Marino:
Golden West Books
1984.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
The crews & equipment called in when a train accident happens. 256 pages, index, glossary, photos, maps.
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #11403]
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Ehernberger, James L. & Francis G. Gschwind. .
Smoke Over the Divide: Union Pacific, Wyoming Division. .
Callaway, NE:
E&G Publications
1965.
Hard Cover.
64 pages, map endpapers, numerous black & white photos. Corner bump at top of boards.
Very Good
[Book #11398]
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Ferrell, Mallory Hope. .
The Gilpin Gold Train: Colorado's Unique Narrow-Gauge. .
Boulder:
Pruett
1970.
Hard Cover.
Two-foot narrow gauge railroad from the mines above Central City to Blackhawk in Colorado. 112 pages, 108 black & white photos, maps, folded map in rear pocket. .
Fine in Near Fine DJ
[Book #11406]
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Griswold, P.R. , Richard Kindig, Cynthia Trombly. .
Georgetown and the Loop. .
Denver:
Rocky Mountain Railroad Club
1988.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
254 pages, index, numerous photos, diagrams, etc. The old loop narrow gauge sightseeing rail line from 1884 until 1939, and the rebuilding of the loop in the 1970s. 9 x 11". Dust jacket is very slightly faded at top of spine. Laid in is one-page folded newspaper "Georgetown Courier" dated January 3, 1884.
Fine in Near Fine DJ
[Book #11411]
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Hauck, Cornelius W., Gordon Chappell & Robert Richardson . .
The South Park Line: A Concise History. Colorado Rail Annual No. 12. .
Golden:
Colorado Railroad Museum
1974.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
Offsetting on front endpapers. DJ has very slight edgewear. A journal of railroad history in the Rocky Mountain West. 280 pages, numerous photos. Large copy of 1910 time table laid in, as well as an original signed 1896 statement for services from the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway.
VG+ in Near Fine DJ
[Book #11443]
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Hauck, Cornelius, Gordon Chappell, editors. .
Colorado Rail Annual: Issue Number Nine -- 1971 .
Golden:
Colorado Railroad Museum
1971.
Soft Cover.
8-1/2 x 11" paperbound book. 126 pages. Articles by Stan Rhine & Michael Davis Numerous black & white photos and drawings.
Fine
[Book #12368]
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