ALLEN, FRANK C.

Railroad Curves and Earthwork

New York and London, Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. NONE. 1951, 7th edition, revised. (hardcover) Very good. xiii, 235, diagrams (4). 16mo. Written specifically for engineering students, this has been used as a reference by many civil engineers in practice. Railroads, curves, turnouts, earthwork. Published in 1931, this is the seventh edition, revised, reprinted in 1951. Black leather or possibly faux, gilt title stamped to spine. Light wear. Stained edges. While there is a name penned (neat and small) to the front free endpaper, else is clean and bright. Very nice copy of this claasic work. C. Frank Allen, S. B. Member of the Society of Civil Engineers Professor of Railroad Engineering in the Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology.

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Book number: 130214

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Keywords: Railroads, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Railways

BAIN, DAVID HAWARD

Empire Express; Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

New York, Penguin Books 0-14-00-8499. (ISBN: 0-14-00-8499). 2000. (Mass market paperback) Very good. xiii, 797pp. 8vo. Includes 32 pages of black and white photographs, as well as 8 maps. The spine has been cracked; however the tome remains otherwise clean, bright and solid.

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Book number: 126543

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Keywords: Railroads, American History, Railroads, Trains 014008499

BALDWIN, ARTHUR W. (EDITOR)

Trains of the World Picture Book

London, Dean & Son. 1960, 1st edition. (4to) Fine in near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear, a short unobtrusive tear to rear. Illustrated endpapers.

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Book number: 110835

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Keywords: Railroads, Juvenile, Trains

BERTON, PIERRE

The Great Railway [2 Volume Set]: 1871-1881; The National Dream [And] 1881-1885; The Last Spike

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited. 1971, 8th printing. (hardcover) Very good. xiii, [1], 439pp; xii, [2], 478pp. Complete in two (2) volumes. Tall 8vo. Bound in green full-leatherette. Lettering in dull-gold to the spine. Illustrative device of a railroad spike on the top board. Reading crease to spine of both volumes. Sepia illustrated EPs. Maps. Internally bright and clean. Volumes housed in matching green leatherette slipcase.

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Book number: 124619

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Keywords: Railway, Canadian History, Canadian Prairies, Prairie History, Railroads, Trains, Western Canada

BERTON, PIERRE

The Great Railway: 1871-1881; The National Dream (And) the Last Spike (2 Volume Set)

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited. (ISBN: 0-7710-1332-9). 1974. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 511pp. 8vo. Cover shows faint creases and rubbing, pages lightly age-toned; else is clean, bright, solid, with 96 pages of full colour photographs. Maps. Abridged by Berton.

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Book number: 127723

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Keywords: Railway, Canadian History, Pierre Berton, Railroads, Transportation 0771013329

BERTON, PIERRE

The Great Railway Illustrated

Toronto, Mccleland and Stewart Ltd. (ISBN: 0-7710-1329-9). 1972, 1st edition. (Cloth) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 336pp. Dark brown linen with silhouette stapmed on cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated slipcase shows wear at edges, corners bumped.

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Book number: 114355

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Keywords: Trains, Canadiana, Railway, Trains, Transportation 0771013299

BERTON, PIERRE

The Great Railway: 1881-1885 the Last Spike

Toronto/Montreal, McClelland and Stewart Limited. (ISBN: 0-7710-1327-2). 1971. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xii, 478pp.

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Book number: 128719

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Keywords: Railway, Canada, Canadian Railroads, Railroads, Railway, Transportation - Canada 0771013272

BERTON, PIERRE

The Great Railway: 1871-1881; The National Dream (And) the Last Spike (2 Volume Set)

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited. (ISBN: 0-7710-1332-9). 1974. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 511pp. 8vo. Clean, bright, solid, with 96 pages of full colour photographs. Maps. Abridged by Berton.

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Book number: 130451

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Keywords: Railway, Canadian History, Pierre Berton, Railroads, Transportation 0771013329

BLAKE, HERBERT W.

The Era of Streetcars in Winnipeg 1881 to 1955

Winnipeg, Author. 1971. (Card covers) Near fine. Illus. maps.

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Book number: 103349

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Keywords: Transportation, Canada, Canadian Prairies, Urban

BLAKE, HERBERT W.

The Era of Interurbans in Winnipeg, 1902-1939. Suburban Rapid Transit Co. 1902-1930. Winnipeg Selkirk & Lake Winnipeg Railway Co., 1904-1939

Winnipeg, Author. 1971. (Card covers) Near fine. Illus. map. SIGNED. Former owner's name.

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Book number: 103350

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Keywords: Transportation, Canada, Canadian Prairies, Urban

BLAKE, HERBERT W.

The Era of Streetcars and Interurbans in Winnipeg 1881 to 1955

Winnipeg, Author. 1974. (Card covers) Very good plus. Illus.

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Book number: 103351

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BUTZ, RICHARD; MONTAGUE, JOHN

Building the Weekend Skiff

St. Michaels, MD, Tiller Publishing. (ISBN: 1 888671 10 6). 1997. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 80pp. 4to. Illustrated card covers. Detailed plans and instructions for building a simple weekend skiff at low cost with basic hand tools and from easily obtainable materials. Light (and small) staining to the lower eges. Overall, very good quality.

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Book number: 126075

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Keywords: Boat Building, Boat Building, Carpentry, Woodcraft, Wooden Boats 1888671106

CAMPBELL, DONALD N.

Wings of Mercy: A Living History of Saskatchewan's Air Ambulance Service

North Battleford, Turner-Warwick Publications Inc.. (ISBN: 0-919899-43-9). 1993. (Cloth, 8vo) Very good in very good dust jacket. 388pp. Illustrations,, tables. Inscribed by author. Tape to bottom of the jacket on the spine and clean remnants of pocket to ffep.

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Book number: 103636

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: Transportation, Canada, Canadian Prairies, Science and Mathematics 0919899439

PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF CANADA

Towards C.N.: From Portage Railway to a National System; Direction C.N.: Du Chemin de Fer de Portage Au Reseau National

Ottawa, Ontario, Public Archives of Canada. 1972. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 58/58pp. 8vo. Billingual: English and French. In celebration of the 50th anniversary since the incorporation of the Canadian National Railway Company, this exhibition was prepared by the Public Archives of Canada. Illustrated wraps. Full-page, B / W photographs. Lightly pencilled notations made to pages 10 and 11 of the English text, and there is a small tear to the tail of the French cover. Intact, solid copy.

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Book number: 124042

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Keywords: Railway, Canadian - History, Canadian Archives, Canadian National Railway, Grand Trunk Railway, Railways

CRUISE, DAVID; GRIFFITHS, ALISON

Lords of the Line

Markham, Ontario, Viking Penguin Inc.. (ISBN: 0-670-81437-7). 1988, 1st . (Mass market paperback) Very good. 452pp. Advance copy. Red covers. Residue from sticker to tail of front.

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Book number: 113328

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: Transportation, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Prairies, History, Transportation - Railway 0670814377