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Photograph of a Railroad-Car Building Yard

S. l. s. n. 1900. Silver gelatine photograph, n. d. (ca 1900 - a small, penciled-in manuscript note on verso "1900 - 1910"); mounted on a card stock mat; photo 5 x 7, mat 10 x 12; image with minor age-toning and wear - in very good to near fine condition; mat with small chips to corners - in good to very good condition. A bit of a mystery, the photograph presumably depicted a crew at a lumber yard, or part of a rail yard, where material for train cars was manufactured. The two visible rails, mounted on concrete piers, were most probably previously-scrapped tracks - repurposed to be used for stacking lumber. Although, most of the men looked to be middle-aged and even older, the first and the thrid ones from the bottom right appeared to be boys, no older than 10. Very good .

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Gardner, J. T., General Superintendent; et al

Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad Company. Rules for the Movement of Trains by Special Order. Issued January 1st, 1887

Buffalo, NY, Adams & White, Printers & Binders, 1887. First Edition. First edition; 7 x 4 1/2; pp. [5], 6-20; pebbled, brown cloth over boards; gilt title to front board; a bit of fraying to tips of spine and corners; hinges and gutter of several pages strengthened with contemporary linen strips; stamp of the railroad company ro front board verso; in good to very good condition. Also included is an addendum, leaflet, 6 1/2 x 3 3/4, text to recto only, published on May 18th, 1887: "Special Rules, Regulating the Use of Clearance Cards," to be posted "above in Book of Rules." The founding of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad Company was a result of the urgent need to move vast quantities of coal from the coalfields of Pennsylvania to Rochester, Buffalo, and the smaller towns in western New York State. A forerunner of the BR&P was the Rochester and State Line Railroad, whose construction according to an amusing anecdote came to be in 1869, after one night during a business dinner, Mumford merchant and manufacturer Oliver Allen yelled: "Let's build a railroad!" It was completed in 1878 to a great promise and enthusiasm and by 1879, most of the stock of the company was owned by the Vanderbilt family. Alas, it was not financially sound, the Vanderbilts quickly lost interest, it was shut down in 1880 and sold to a New York syndicate. From its remains, the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad was created, which also went bancrupt in just 4 years. The latter was split into two parts and thus the Pittsburgh and State Line Railroad on the one hand and the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad Company on the other hand were established in 1885. The latter would be one of the more successful ventures in the area for 47 years, when it would be absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Good .

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Tuttle, Lucius

Remarks of Mr. Lucius Tuttle, President of the Boston and Maine Railroad, Before the Railroad Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature in Favor of an Act to Authorize the Boston and Maine Railroad to Purchase and Hold the Shares of the Capital Stock of Any Railroad Corporation Whose Road Is Leased to or Operated by It, or of Which It Owns a Majority of the Capital Stock. Boston, January 26, 1898

Boston, Rand Avery Supply Co. 1898. First Edition. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 1-16 + large, fold-out map; beige wraps, printed in black; spotting and a discolored spot to upper margin of back wrap and last few leaves; a bit of wear along margins of front wrap; in good to very good condition. The Boston and Maine Railroad, originally chartered in 1835 in New Hampshire, was a Class I Railroad in northern New England. Lucius Tuttle (1846 - 1914) was a railway pioneer and Presdient of the Boston and Maine Railroad. Very good .

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Various

'Santa Fe. " the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System. Rules and Regulations of the Operating Department

S. l. s. n. 1909. Early 20th-century edition; 5 3/4 x 4; pp. [1], 4-197, [1]; blue cloth over card stock boards, printed in red; illustrated with drawings and tables; small rubbed spots to tips of spine and a small abrasion to top edge of front cover; spot to bottom margin of leaves, not affecting readability; overall in about very good condition. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was chartered in February 1859 to operate between Kansas (Topeka and Atchison) and New Mexico (Santa Fe). Interestingly enough, the railroad actually bypassed Santa Fe, which it was supposed to serve, for a long time, because of the difficult terrain. The company would be one of the first to use multiple modes of transportation for freight, including an airline and a tugboat fleet. Very good .

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Various

Southern Pacific Lines, Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company. Victoria Division Timetable 73" Together with "Southern Pacific Lines, Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company. Houston Division Timetable 38

S. l. s. n. 1950. Two timetables, 1950 and 1952; double-parallel fold, 11 x 4 1/4 folded; pp. 3-18 and 3-14 respectively; beige card stock wraps, printed and ruled in black; illustrated with maps and tables; one with age-toning and a few faint spots to margins; a bit of wear and creasing to edges; overall in very good condition. The Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company was chartered under the name of the Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company in 1856, construction began in 1857, its name was changed to the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company in 1859, and a 110-mile line was open by 1862, connecting Houston and Orange. It would become a part of a major transcontinental route in 1881, after being bought by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. The two current timetables, "for the government and information of employes only," showed not only the train schedules, but also special instructions to employes, company surgeons, ratings of engines, speed tables, and maps of the divisions. Very good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Trains, Southern Pacific, Railroads