Railroad Books & Trains for Sale

Hardcover Books - Trains

1871 Grant Locomotive Works - Signed numbered edition Ltd. Reprint of 1500 w/dwg. Of 4-4-0 in pocket Mint Ferrell 1st 1971 HC $125 Sale $40

1881 Baldwin Catalog, clear cover (Howell-North Reprint) 1960 HC $45 Sale $10

Catalogue of the Centenary Exhibition of the B&O, Hungerford, 1927, rarer than the softcover edition more commonly seen, HC $65 Sale $20

Central Pacific & the Southern Pacific/Centennial Edition Beebe 631p HD $75 Sale $30

Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee Tradition, Volume 1, Jones, 1st ed. 1981, 192p, HC/clear jacket $85 Sale $45

Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee Tradition, Volume 2, Jones, 1st ed. 1981, 192p, HC/clear jacket $85 Sale $45

Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee Tradition, Volume 3, Jones, 1st ed. 1981, 192p, HC/clear jacket $85 Sale $45

Central Vermont Railway, A Yankee Tradition, Volumes 1,2 & 3, Jones, HC/clear jacket $195 Sale $100

Colorado related - Moffat Road - Bollinger &Bauer 1st HD $55 Sale $25

Colorado related - Narrow Gauge in the Rockies, Signed Ltd. Numbered edition, only 850 printed, with glassine cover & slipcase, 1958 Beebe HC $125 Sale $50

Colorado related - Narrow Gauge Land, Signed & #'ed, Daring Press, 1982, 138p Eakin 1982 HC $85 Sale $30

Colorado related - Tragedy at Eden, Helmers, signed numbered limited edition (#726 of 1000), includes map of D&RG between MP108 & Eden station, 1971, 149p HD $85 Sale $30

Durango, Always a Railroad Town, Dorman, 1st 1987, 184p HD $125 Sale $55

Elements of Railroad Engineering – Raymond/Riggs/Sadler 1947 HC 442p $55 Sale $20

Green Mountain Rails, Vermont’s Colorful Trains, 1994, Jones, 176p HD $85 Sale $55

Hear the Train Blow Beebe 1st ed. Dutton 1952 415 HD $45 Sale $15

History of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Renz, 1st & only, mint, 1980, HC 288p $195 Sale $80

Homage to the Santa Fe Armitage 1st 1973 HD $55 Sale $15

Louisville & Nashville Steam Locomotives, Prince, Green River, (not the poorer quality reprint), HC $175 Sale $80

Locomotives and Trains of Louisiana & Arkansas, Kansas City Southern Railways, A.E. Brown, published circa 1952, rarest of the books on these roads, HC $375 Sale $195

Maine - Diary of the Portsmouth, Kittery & York Electric Railroad, Bardwell (NH & Maine interurban) mint, 1986 HD $65 Sale $30

Maine – I Grew up with the Narrow Gauge, Erickson – memories from the author who grew up in Kingfield Maine stories of the Engineers, parlor car (Rangeley), caboose rides, derailments, includes inscription and letter on the author’s passing in 1979. Nice background info for the SR&RL fan, 48p HD 1971 $75 Hold

Maine - Maine Two Footers original, w/2 maps Moody 1st 1959 214p HD $55 Sale $20

Maine – Ride the Sandy River, Cornwall & Farrell, 1st 1973, 248p HD $125 Sale $80

Maine – Two Feet to Tidewater, (WW&F) Jones & Register, mint, 1st 1987, 268p HD $195 Sale $60

Narrow Gauge Railways of America, inc. list of narrow gauge Rys 1871-1949 Fleming/Hardy/Darrell 1st 1949 HC $55 Sale $20

O&W, Long Life and Slow Death of the NYO&W w/2 maps Helmer 1st 1959 211p HD $45 Sale $15

Official Northern Pacific Railroad Guide, Riley 1893 HC, stain to page edges, 439p $175 Sale $40

Pocket Guide to American Locomotives (simmons-boardman) Lucas 1st 1953 290p HC $55 Sale $15

Prairie Rails, Olmsted, 168p, dampstain to dj, book VG, $75 Sale $25

PRR Locomotive Tests & Exhibits at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, half leather, many fold-out drawings, published by the Pennsy in 1905, nice shape for nearly 100 yrs. old, 734p HC $375 Sale $160

Seaboard Air Line Railway, Steam Boats Locomotives & History, Prince, 1st (original) 1969, 260p $195 Sale $80

Some Classic Trains, Dubin HD $95 Sale $40

Steam Locomotives of the Frisco Line, Stagner, 1st 1976, 122p HD $85 Sale $30

Steel Trails to Santa Fe, 1st, 1950 clean! 500p HC $45 Sale $15

Streamline Era, Reed, 298p, big book of the best of passenger streamliners, 1st, VG HD $125 Sale $50

Tragedy at Eden, Helmers, signed numbered limited edition (#726 of 1000), includes map of D&RG between MP108 & Eden station, 1971, 149p HD $85 Sale $30

Trains We Rode, Beebe & Clegg, Volumes 1 & 2 sold as set only, both 1st editions; Vol. 1 – 1965 465p HD; Vol. 2 – 1966 pp466-976 HD; $125 Sale $60

Tumult on the Mountains (Lumbering in WV, 1770-1920) Clarkson 1st 1964 HD $55 Sale $20

Hardcover Books - Trolleys

Softcover Books - Trains

Softcover Books - Trolleys

Magazines & Ephemera

Keystone (PRRT&HS): Vol. 18#2 (Summer 85) G3 7284 cover, Ft. Wayne Project X (G3), 6800, Electrics @ Thorndale 42p; Vol. 27#3 (Autumn 94) Q2 6131 cover, GLb’s, Columbia, Russell, 64p; Vol. 31#1 (Spring 98) “R2” 4-8-4 63p three issues $40 All three issues for $12

NMRA Bulletin Sep 86; Jan 91; Apr 92 (3 issues) Mag $2 Free w/order over $50

Norfolk Southern World JanFeb, MarApr '84 (2 issues) Mag $2 Free w/order over $50

Rails Northeast (successor to PC Railroader) – Sept 1980, Aug 1982, Sept 1982; (3 issues) $15 for all 3 Sale $5 for all three

Misc.

HO Models

Bargain Bin – Books under $10!

Last of Steam, Collias 1st (closed tear on dj) HD $35 Sale $5

Locomotive Engineer's Album, Superior Abdill HD $35 Sale $8

On Railways, at home & abroad Ransome-Wallis 1951 300p HD $12 Sale $2

Pictorial Encyclopedia of Railways Ellis 1968 HD $12 Sale $2

Railroading Coast to Coast Farrington HD $35 Sale $5

Railroads of America, Donovan 1st 1949 HD $35 Sale $7

Railroads of America, Donovan 1st 1949 HC $25 Sale $5

Rails West, Superior, Abdill 1st HD $35 Sale $8

Reading Railroad Station Pictorial - Lines A-H (first of the series), Bernhart, 1998, 108p of photos of RDG stations, 1st, SC $35 $5

Steam in the Sixties Ziel 1st HD $35 Sale $5

Story of American Railroads (Crown) Holbrook HD $25 Sale $5

This Was Railroading Abdill HD $12 Sale $5

Westward to Promontory, Combs HD $12 Sale $3

Wheels Across America Hornung SC $9 Sale $1

I'll keep adding things as I come across them, please check back often. Please e-mail for availability & shipping, thanks & hope you found something of interest!

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