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Railway Maps of the World by Mark Ovenden Publisher Comments A gorgeously illustrated collection of the world's greatest railway maps and posters, historical and contemporary. Transit Maps of the World was an extraordinary and unexpected success and is now a cult favorite. In his irresistible follow-up Mark... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New Yorkcity Subway by Andrew Garn Publisher Comments October 2004 marks the 100th anniversary of the largest underground transit network in the world. Love it or hate it, if you're a New Yorker, you can't live without it: 3.5 million people ride the rails every day. The subway is as much a symbol of New... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $22.98 Sale - Hardcover
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An American Family of the Underground Railroad: The Story of One Family's Experience as Safe-House Operators on the Nation's Underground Railroad, and by Peter H Michael Publisher Comments The Underground Railroad was a 280-year American phenomenon which served as the boldest and most active foil to slavery. Because the Underground Railroad was clandestine, its safe-house operators and conductors - black and white alike - who ushered... (read more) List Price $17.75 Your price: $10.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railroads Transformed the World by Christian Wolmar Publisher Comments The opening of the world's first railroad in Britain and America in 1830 marked the dawn of a new age. Within the course of a decade, tracks were being laid as far afield as Australia and Cuba, and by the outbreak of World War I, the United States alone... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Southern Railway (MBI Railroad Color History) by Tom Murray Publisher Comments Few railroads are as deeply associated with the regions they serve as the Southern Railway. This illustrated account of the venerable Southern is both the story of the railroad’s 88-year tenure as the transportation force in the region and a... (read more) List Price $36.95 Your price: $25.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Lner Six-Coupled Tank Locomotives 1948-68 by Eric Sawford Publisher Comments The year 1923 was a year of great change on the railways. Formation of the 'Big Four' resulted in the LNER taking over the Great Northern, Great Eastern, Great Central, North Eastern, North British and Great North of Scotland railway companies. Railway... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $24.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Toledo Trolleys (Images of Rail) by Kirk F Hise Publisher Comments The Toledo interurbans last ran in December 1949. The interurbans were a great loss to a city that was a major transportation hub in its own right. They would be replaced by buses, but nothing could replace the feeling of riding a trolley to work or... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cincinnnati on the Go: History of Mass Transit (Images of America) by Allen J Singer Publisher Comments Cincinnati on the Go explores the various modes of transportation that helped people get around in the first half of the 20th century, providing a unique view of the Queen City through the eyes of her everyday commuters. This volume features historic... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Maywood:: The Borough, the Railroad, and the Station (Images of America) by Edward S. Kaminski Publisher Comments Originally settled by Dutch farmers in the 1600s, the borough of Maywood experienced population and industrial growth in the late 1800s with the coming of the railroad. New Jersey Midland Railway, predecessor to the New York, Susquehanna and Western... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $15.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Posters of the Canadian Pacific by Marc H Choko Publisher Comments 300 travel posters produced between 1883 and 1973 for one of the great travel companies of the era with a special focus on the Art Deco style posters from the 20s and 30s. The book includes artist profiles and explains the poster techniques used.... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Rail Power (Gallery) by Steve Barry Publisher Comments For nearly two centuries, through vast upheavals and enormous change, railroads have remained crucial to North American transportation. And always setting the pace have been the mighty American locomotives in all their ever-evolving forms. This... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Arcade and Attica Railroad (Images of Rail) by Kenneth Springirth Publisher Comments In 1881, a narrow-gauge railroad was built in southwestern New York, from Attica to Arcade. It was later rebuilt to standard gauge to connect with what became the Pennsylvania Railroad. Concerned that the line would be abandoned, local farmers, merchants,... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $15.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Memories of Steam: The Final Years by Roger Siviter Publisher Comments Roger Siviter has gathered together a collection of top-quality photographs that illustrate the last three years of steam traction on Britain's railways. Drawing on his own vast archive, as well as those of other equally talented railway photographers... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $8.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Southern Railway Steam Trains #02: Freight by Curt Tillotson Publisher Comments This, the second of Curt Tillotson's Southern Railway steam books, portrays the line's freight trains from the 1930s to the end of steam in 112 pages and as many superb B&W photos with extended captions. Tillotson captures the essence of the Southern's... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $27.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island (Images of Rail) by Stephen L Meyers Publisher Comments An amazing assortment of electric trolley lines once traversed the towns and villages of Queens and Long Island. With names like Jamaica Central, Northport Traction, Ocean Electric, and the Steinway lines, some meandered across meadows and hills while... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $14.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rails Through the Wiregrass: A History of the Georgia & Florida Railroad by H Roger Grant Publisher Comments Insights into social and economic conditions in the South from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century highlight an illustrated study of the Georgia & Florida Railroad, from its origins in 1906 to its bankruptcy during the Depression... (read more) List Price $41.50 Your price: $26.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Locomotive Breakdowns: Emergencies & Their Remedies by George L. Fowler Publisher Comments The next time you pull your Mogul out of the round house and head on down the mainline into town to get groceries, you can take this little book with you to help you fix the bar guides on the crossheads when they start to overheat. Or where to drive a... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Train of Tomorrow (Railroads Past and Present) by Ric Morgan Publisher Comments The Train Of Tomorrow was a concept train built by General Motors topromote the sales of diesel locomotives by its Electro-Motive Division. It featureda newly crafted dome car, the brainchild of Cyrus R. Osborn, general manager of EMDat the time... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $35.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Pennsylvania Railroad (MBI Railroad Color History) by Mike Schafer Publisher Comments From humble beginnings in the 1800s, the Pennsylvania Railroad grew into a railroad that Fortune magazine called “a nation unto itself.” Rail historians Mike Schafer and Brian Solomon provide a colorful and nostalgic look back at the Pennsy... (read more) List Price $37.00 Your price: $27.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Railway Masterpieces by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments Travel the world through the pages of this unique pictorial capturing some of the most impressive, significant, and interesting elements of railroading from today and yesterday. Lush photos are accompanied by informative and fascinating stories that... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $15.98 Sale - Hardcover
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