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... Read More about Incidents of a trip through the Great Platte Valley to the Rocky Mountains and Laramie Plains,...
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... Read More about Candrian’s Double Indexed A to Z Street Guide of San Francisco ... With Car-o-Grams & New...
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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..... Read More about 1940 Lionel Train Catalog
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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..... Read More about 1952 Lionel Train 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... Read More about Special Excursions to the Sea-Shore and Mountains. Season of 1883
The Boston & Worcester Rail Road Line was the first passenger train in New England, offering full service in 1835. Here, in 1859, on this... Read More about Great Western Route. 1859. Boston & Worcester & Western Rail Road Line
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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..... Read More about Professional Thieves and the Detective [Autographed by Robert A. Pinkerton
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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... Read More about The Rail-Road Forger and the Detectives [Autographed by Robert A. Pinkerton
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... Read More about Memorial Edition of The Life of Richard Trevithick [cover title
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..... Read More about Report on an Investigation of the Tunnels of the Rapid Transit Railroad in Park Avenue, N. Y
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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..... Read More about Original Hand Drawn and Illustrated Manuscript:] Map of Lots on the Ocean Front of Poverty Beach,...
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... Read More about Archive of 53 Letters and Documents from Stock and Exchange Brokers, John E. Fox & Co. of...
