Flimsies Northwest - The News Magazine of Northwest Railroading

1996. Paperback. Book, Issue #102, June 1, 1996. 19 pages, very clean copy. Good.

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Book number: 25262

Catalogue: Railroads - History

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, May 1957 - Locomotive Catalog

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. 66 pages. Features: 1957 Locomotive Showroom - great photos and write-ups for offerings from Electro-Motive, Alco Products, Fairbanks-Morse, and General Electric; Confessions of a Train-Watcher - great article by David P. Morgan; 05 - Pictorial Diagnosis of a Great Locomotive (4-8-4); Twenty Years of Speed - the only complete and authoritative annual analysis of North American train speed - detailed report - a Trains exclusive; Dieselization hits the 90% mark - what comes next?; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Openings at each end of cover fold, otherwise a sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, May 1957 - Locomotive Catalog 1957 Locomotive Showroom - great photos and write-ups for offerings from Electro-Motive, Alco Products, Fairbanks-Morse, and General Electric; Confessions of a Train-Watcher - great arti. Good .

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Book number: 556g0020

Keywords: 1957 Write Ups Electro Motive Fairbanks Morse ; Watcher Back Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, June 1957 - Steam in History in Maine and Russia

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. 64 pages. Features: Katy - Cause & Effect; "I'm Getting a Ticket"; "I'm a Railroad Fan - Alfred Edward Perlman - detailed article with photos"; Steam in Indian Summer - paying final respects to the beetle-browed power of Grand Trunk behind a snorting bone-shaker of a geared 0-2-2-0; Would You Believe it? - Synchromesh 0-12-2; Railroading As They See it - a peak at the world's most unknown railroading in Russia and China - article with many photos, including an INCREDIBLE black and white centerfold of a Chinese train surrounded by crowds; ; Nomad of the Nineties - Sam Vauclain, grand old man of steam and his compound Baldwins - includes amazing photos of twenty, (yes 20!) new Forney 0-4-4s in a column; This Device Spots Broken Wheel Flanges; All About Signals - 1 - John S. Armstrong explains in easy steps the progress from crude but effective manual-block safety to the speed insured by 1957's complexity of wires, relays, motors and lights - superb article with many helpful diagrams; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, June 1957 - Steam in History in Maine and Russia Katy - Cause & Effect; "I'm Getting a Ticket"; "I'm a Railroad Fan - Alfred Edward Perlman - detailed article with photos"; Steam in Indian Summer - paying final respec. Good .

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Book number: 556g0021

Keywords: 1957 & ; " "; "I'm "; Back Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, July 1957 - Special Report on the Death of New York, Ontario & Western

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach Publishing, 1957. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 66 pages. Features: Recess for Railroading - nice photo of children and train; ; Steam in Indian Summer - Little saddletankers still slyly puttering about in the back yard of New England industry (quarries and sawmills)- article with photos; This Little Engine; The Story of the unfortunate birth, beauty, lingering illness, and inevitable death of the 541-mile New York, Ontario & Western railraod - informative article with photos; The Mixed Train - superb nostalgic photos - it runs between Abingdon, Va, on N&W's Bristol Line, and West Jefferson, N.C, end of track - 108 bridges, 3% and 40,163lb of tractive effort; ; All About Signals - II, by John S. Armstrong - very informative text with helpful diagrams; Trains Turntable - a page of opinion; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, July 1957 - Special Report on the Death of New York, Ontario & Western Steam in Indian Summer - Little saddletankers still slyly puttering about in the back yard of New England industry (quarries and sawmills)- articl. Good .

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Book number: 556g0022

Keywords: 1957 & ( ) Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, August 1957 - Special Report on the Death of New York, Ontario & Western

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach Publishing, 1957. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 66 pages. Features: Railroad news photos; Easy Does It - great photo of a wrecker and its crew at work; The Colorado Midland Story - 1 - 4'8.5" to the Narrow Gauge Country - informative article with photos; Big as B&O but not as busy - the New South Wales Government Railways - great article with photos; Fantastic 2-page photo in Philadelphia, August 4, 1933 showing two locomotives of the Reading Philadelphia to New York service; Photo Section; The Passenger - keep him happy! - article about the passenger service industry; Would You Believe it?; Tripmaster - details of a rail trip along California; Steam in Indian Summer - Steam still at work in Quebec - article with photos; Beware the Wrath of the Editor - a photo test - identify the railroad and wheel arrangement; When a Man Wishes he'd never left the farm - large super 1951 photo of a Southern Pacific (T&NO) local freight crossing the intracoastal Waterway at Houma, La.; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Three-inch opening along bottom of coverfold, otherwise a sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; news photos; Easy Does It - great photo of a wrecker and its crew at work; The Colorado Midland Story - 1 - 4'8.5" to the Narrow Gauge Country - informative article with photos; Big as B&O but not as busy - the New South Wales Government Railways - great. Good .

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Book number: 556g0023

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, September 1957 - Steam in the South

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. 66 pages. Features: President for Re-Election - gorgeous photo of a Baldwin President at work; ; News Photos; 9035 Hoppers and a Hotshot - The Bessemer & Lake Erie - and ore hauler and more - article with photos; The Gainesviille Midland - a Georgia short line - great article with photos; Photo Section; INCREDIBLE - black and white photo centerfold shows three gorgeous electro-motives side-by-side at the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal; Great before and after photos of the Rutland, Vt. rail yard - 1874 and 1957; The Colorado Midland STory - Part II - excellent article with photos; Would You Believe it? - interesting news bits with photos; Pennsy's Pluperfect Pacifics; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, September 1957 - Steam in the South Baldwin President at work; ; News Photos; 9035 Hoppers and a Hotshot - The Bessemer & Lake Erie - and ore hauler and more - article with photos; The Gainesviille Midland - a Georgia. Good .

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Book number: 556g0024

Keywords: 1957 ; ; ; 9035 & ; Back Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, October 1957 - True Story of Kate Shelley

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach Publishing, 1957. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 66 pages. Features: Perlman's piggyback; Photo ad/portrait of Howard E. Simpson of GM Electro-motive division; News Photos; Formula for a Chant - photos of the 'chanting' V-16 2-stroke diesel engine; Be (Berea)Tower in Ohio - more than 50 trains converge on this 111-lever plant daily - excellent article and photos; Where Diesels Fear to tread - a steam loco replaces a deisel in 38" floodwaters in Louisiana - near the Red River; Would You Believe it? - news bits with photos; Flat Faces - a wonderful photo study of multiple cab-forward locomotives; "2-in-1" Engines - Austrian railroaders move iron ore up 7% grades using a rack and adhesion line; North of Lake Erie - many wonderful pages of photos of interurbans, etc. in southern Ontario; The True Story of Kate Shelley - the girl they stopped the trains for - an 1881 Iowa wreck and a 15-year-old girl - wonderful story and photos; Question of Survival - how can railroads survive?; Where Are We? - fun photo test; Trona Totes Trona - three Baldwins haul Trona on the Mojave Desert - article and photos; ; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Short opening along cover fold which is loosening from bottom staple.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, October 1957 - The True Story of Kate Shelley Perlman's piggyback; Photo ad/portrait of Howard E. Simpson of GM Electro-motive division; News Photos; Formula for a Chant - photos of the 'chanting' V-16 2-stroke diese. Good .

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Book number: 556g0025

Keywords: 1957 Perlman's ; Ad/Portrait . Electro Motive ; ; '' 16 2 Back Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, November 1957

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. 66 pages. Features: Photo portrait of James M. Symes, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (in GM ad); News Photos; Patron Saint of the Prairies - the William Crooks introduced steam locomotion to Minnesota - with photos; Poor Man's Mallets - super photos with captions; Motive-Power Metamorphoses - photo quiz; The 2-10-0's that thought they could - and did- after stalling a 9,000 ton load of iron ore on the Shamokin Branch of the Susquehanna District of the Northern Region between Sunbury and Mount Carmel, Pa. - FANTASTIC photos and article; Would You Believe it? - tiny steam locomotives made by Sentinel (Shrewsbury) Limited of England; Steam After Dark - wonderful night photos including a SENSATIONAL black and white centerfold photo of a massive 2-8-8-2 on Shaffers Crossing turntable, plus an ultra-unique photo of a nighttime steam locomotive roaring past a drive-in theater screen, with many classic 1950s cars in the lot - including a young couple in a convertible!; The Hudson Locomotive of the New York Central - magnificent archival photos and lengthy article ; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Small date stamp atop back cover. Covers detatched and separated but present.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, November 1957 James M. Symes, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (in GM ad); News Photos; Patron Saint of the Prairies - the William Crooks introduced steam locomotion to Minnesota - with photos; Poor Man'. Fair .

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Book number: 556g0026

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, January 1956 - Interurbans in Iowa

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Kalmbach, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. 58 pages. Features: Railroad news and editorial comment; Railroad news photos; The Saddest Train of All - The death of Oneida & Western and the life of L&N and Morehead & North Fork; The Antique Dealers; When Railroading Went to (the Civil) War - to the stripling railroads the Civil War was more than a "War Between the States"; Iowa - land of the steam road trolleys - super photos and article; Pilots (Cow-Catchers) - the Symbolism of the Art - article with photos of various designs ; Black Diamonds and White Diesels - Over Soldier Summit by moonlight move the paradoxes that keep Utah running; Steam rules B&O's Lake branch; and more. Great vintage ads. Average wear. Small, faint date stamp atop back cover, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, January 1956 - Interurbans in Iowa The Saddest Train of All - The death of Oneida & Western and the life of L&N and Morehead & North Fork; The Antique Dealers; When Railroading Went to (the Civil) War - to the stripli. Good .

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Book number: 556g0027

Keywords: 1956 & L&N & ; ; ( ) Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, February 1956

USA: Kalmbach, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. 58 pages. Features: News Photos; The Steel-Muscled Rail Gang - with a gang that rel-lays rail on the C & O; Taking Down the Markers - final instalment of the "Smoke over the Prairies" photo series; White Pass Meets its Match - two diesels with the qualities of a polar bear are helping the White Pass & Yukon; Saved by the Shovels - Opening of a huge strip coal mine in 1936 was the salvation of the Galesburg & Eastern; I Never Worked a Day in My Life - Bill Thomas; Steam Questionaire; When Steam Ruled the Dixie Line - see NC&StL's famous flanged-stacked locomotives and its celebrated Dixie 4-8-4's; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, February 1956 Rail Gang - with a gang that rel-lays rail on the C & O; Taking Down the Markers - final instalment of the "Smoke over the Prairies" photo series; White Pass Meets its Match - two diesels with the qualit. Good .

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Book number: 556g0044

Keywords: 1956 Rel Lays & ; " " ; Back Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, April 1956

USA: Kalmbach, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. 66 pages. Features: News Photos; A Salute to Southern Pacific's Overland and Shasta Route - poetry with photos; Tide 470 - Two Chesapeake & Ohio hopper cars star in a drama (cover story); The Elegant Virginia City Private Rail Car; The Architecture of the Locomotive - photos and article; Samuel Unsull's - exit the Electric Interurbans (3); Britain invaded by Diesels; To Chama, Colorado and back on two pieces of D&RGW narrow iron; Southern Pacific's new Englewood Yard at Houston; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, April 1956 Southern Pacific's Overland and Shasta Route - poetry with photos; Tide 470 - Two Chesapeake & Ohio hopper cars star in a drama (cover story); The Elegant Virginia City Private Rail Car; The Architecture of. Good .

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Book number: 556g0045

Keywords: 1956 Pacific's ; 470 & ( ); ; Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading: June 1956 - Volume 16, Number 8 - Union Pacific to Canada?

USA: Kalmbach, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. 66 pages. Features: Railroad news photos; America's wonder train of 1929 - meet Blue Comet; Union Pacific to Canada?; Tractive Effort of the Adjective; Roanoke Alamo for Steam; photo of Vancouver Island's Dayliner in midair; GM's Aerotrain; Balloon stacks and link-and-pin couplers; Argent Lumber Co; Coffe on a shoestring - by latching onto a 1.5:" cable these Brazilians can hoist a 1,000 ton train a half mile through the clouds in 3 hours flat; and more. Small faint date stamp atop back cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The magazine of Railroading: June 1956 - Volume 16, Number 8 Railroad news photos; America's wonder train of 1929 - meet Blue Comet; Union Pacific to Canada?; Tractive Effort of the Adjective; Roanoke Alamo for Steam; photo of Vancouver Island's. Good .

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Book number: 556g0047

Keywords: : 1956 16 8 ; America 1929 ; ?; ; ; Island's Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, December 1956

USA: Kalmbach, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. 66 pages. Features: News Photos; 4 to 12 Shift - ; 1,000,000,000 Commuters - Illinois Central Suburban was build to carry commuters - extensive coverage; Steam in Indian Summer; Photo Section; Super centerfold photo of an eastbound coal train crossing the New River at Glen Lynn, Va behind a million-pound 6,800 horsepower electric; Trains Turntable - opinion; Casey Called it a Cabin - in steam days they were hot, dirty and always ornamental; Trains Tripmaster - through the mountains... to Florida!; John Walker Barriger's Bible for Railroading; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, December 1956 Illinois Central Suburban was build to carry commuters - extensive coverage; Steam in Indian Summer; Photo Section; Super centerfold photo of an eastbound coal train crossing the New River at Glen Lynn,. Good .

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Book number: 556g0050

Keywords: 1956 ; ; ; Back Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, February 1955

USA: Kalmbach, 1955. First Edition. Paperback. 58 pages. Features: News Photos; Engraving - The Promise of the 1890s for Baldwin Locomotive Works; The Shawmut Line; The Problems of Grade Crossings; Destroyed by Fire - The Waterlook, Cedar Falls & Northern lost more than statistics can tell; Photo Section; When Steam Ruled the Keeler Branch; Ore-carrying Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range's husky power - second of the series; New York Central's curious compound 4-8-4; What you think about subsidies for railroads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, February 1955 Engraving - The Promise of the 1890s for Baldwin Locomotive Works; The Shawmut Line; The Problems of Grade Crossings; Destroyed by Fire - The Waterlook, Cedar Falls & Northern lost more than statistics c. Good .

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Book number: 556g0051

Keywords: 1955 1890s ; ; ; & Back Issues Transportation

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Trains - the Magazine of Railroading, April 1955 - 1955-Model Interurban!

USA: Kalmbach, 1955. First Edition. Paperback. 66 pages. Features: News Photos; Tribute to Philadelphia's Railroad Station; Canadian National's Lynn Lake Line - Rails toward the Arctic, by Peter C. Newman; Smoke Over the Prairies 4 - the first Burlington Steam Power; 3 and a half days from coast to coast - reprint of a1923 article from Mutual magazine; Photo Section; A Steam School in 1955? - at Fort Eustis, Va. the Army teaches men to railroad under any conditions; Cleveland's "Rapid" - electric passenger railway; When Steam Ruled the Saluda - Southern Railway; The Preservation of Illinois Terminal; and more. Small date stamp atop back cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Trains - The Magazine of Railroading, April 1955 - 1955-Model Interurban Philadelphia's Railroad Station; Canadian National's Lynn Lake Line - Rails toward the Arctic, by Peter C. Newman; Smoke Over the Prairies 4 - the first Burlington Steam Power; 3 and. Good .

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Book number: 556g0052

Keywords: 1955 Philadelphia ; National's . ; 4 ; 3 Issues Transportation