Full Howes: “As Consulting Engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad, Silas Seymour describes his trip with Jessie Williams, Government Director, and Gen. Dodge, in 1866...
English-language travel guide to early Taishō-era Japan, issued by the Japanese Imperial Government Railways and specially published for distribution to visitors to the Panama-Pacific International.....
1926 Pocket directory of San Francisco with foldout map sheet. The combination street guide and city directory includes one unusual feature as part of the...
Colorful trade catalog for Lionel trains issued by The Lionel Corporation, makers of the iconic American children’s toy railroad system. This pre-WWII catalog touts the.....
Colorful trade catalog for Lionel trains issued by The Lionel Corporation, makers of the iconic American children’s toy railroad system. Highlights of this post-WWII catalog.....
The Pennsylvania Railroad is trying to drum up business in 1883 and here make their appeal to the excursion committees of churches and societies. In...
The Boston & Worcester Rail Road Line was the first passenger train in New England, offering full service in 1835. Here, in 1859, on this...
Autobiography and crime memoir by Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), noted Scottish-American private detective and spy. This copy has a presentation inscription from Pinkerton’s son and successor.....
The Rail-Road Forger and the Detectives is a fictionalized crime detection story written by Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), noted Scottish-American private detective and spy. This copy...
Memorial biography of early 19th century British railroad and mining engineer, Richard Trevithick (1771–1833). The biography was published under the auspices of the Richard Trevithick...
A deadly dynamite explosion and a tunnel collapse on Park Avenue during the construction of a section New York City’s subway “...impelled the property owners.....
In 1880, The Cape May & Sewell’s Point Railroad Company was incorporated by real estate developer and railroad and steamship owner, Jonathan Cone. This original.....
Valuable Philadelphia Stock Exchange history. An important archive of letters and documents, most concerning railroad investments on the during the years 1866–1873, presents a significant...
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