Transportation: Railroads from The Owl at the Bridge

Northumberland, Pa. [195-?]. Framed photograph of three steam engines at night: frame 42 x 45 cm.; image 28 x 35 cm. Label reads "Northumberland Pa.: 2-10-0's 4315 and 1126 flank H9 1659 one night over two decades [now seven?] ago. We can see it now, thanks to the wonder of the filmed image!" Evocative night shot… Read more about this item

NY: MetroBooks, ©2001. Hard Cover. 128 p., illus.; 37 cm. Originally published 1990. Full-page, many double-page b/w photographs of steam locomotives. ISBN (10): 1586632051. Stock#LL012. Vg / dj vg.

[Scranton, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.] 1920s?. One sheet, 12.5 x 17 cm. (5" x 7"). "The Anthracite Line." "Copies will be made for each Conductor, Engineman and Operator or Dispatcher." Stock#40864. Good+. Price includes first-class postage.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1929. One page, two paragraph typed letter on PRR Letterhead, 20 July, 1929 re claim for lost chairs to Beaver Falls, PA. Stock# 39,903. Vg

Denver, RGS RR, 1896. 1 page. 5 lines. 29 x 20.5 cm. (11 x 8 inches) Edward T. Jeffery, president of the The Rio Grande Southern Railroad, to W.D. Lee, superintendent of said RR, approves upholstering Coach No. 22. Stock# 40,867. Good+, frayed along edges

Chicago, Association of American Railroads, 1957. Soft Cover. 12-page brochure. 17 cm. Stock# 30,253. Vg/ red wrappers.

[Montreal, Canadian National Railways, 1959]. 7.5 x 12.5 cm. (3" x 5"). Filled in for Ste Anne station, train no. 10, Engine 454, conductor Kaine, Engineman Messer. Arrived 7:54 AM, left 7:55. Stock#40954a. VG. Price includes 1st class postage in US.

Rutland, Vermont, 1920. 1 page, 27 x 20 cm. From W.E. Osborn, Freight Claim Manager to a customer in Burlington sending forms. Stock# 40,866. Good, frayed edges.

Chicago, Rock Island Railroad, 1951. 5 x 9.5 cm. (2" x 3 3/4"). Pink ticket "Rocket Reservation Card." Stamped and punched. Stock#40953d. Vg. Price includes first-class postage.

Philadelphia [Pennsylvania Railroad Co.] Passenger Dept., 1875. First Edition. Hard Cover. 281 pages, [3] p. of plates, illus., maps, index; 27 cm. Title continues: and Statistical Notices of Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Industries, and Objects of Interest on its Various Lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey by William B. Sipes. Illustrated with Drawings by Thomas Moran, James Hamilton, F.… Read more about this item

Keene,NH, Cheshire Railroad Company, 1865. 7 x 17 cm. ( 2 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches). Printed form, filled out in ink dated Sept 30, 1863 for carrying three barrels of crackers from Athol Mfg. to Manchester Station. Stock# 40,865. Vg.

Philadelphia [Pa.] Published by the Franklin Institute, at their Hall, 1842. The usual patent news, meteorological reports, steam & railroad developments. This volume includes a translation of J.-B (Jean-Baptiste) Dumas (1800-1884), "The Chemical Statics of Organized Beings," of which the first separate printed translation was not until Manchester [s.n.], 1854. Also "A Description of the Wooden Aqueduct Carrying the… Read more about this item

Soft Cover. 152 p., index, 225 photos, 30 cm. "In the early 1840s, a stagecoach made the 95-mile trip from Brooklyn to Greenport, Long Island in two and a half days. After the Long Island Rail Road began service in 1844, the trip took just three and a half hours!" Stock#33092x/h. Vg, new/ paper.

[Philadelphia, 1957?]. Fifteen black & white photographs, each measuring 7x7 cm. (=2 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches) of trolley numbers 77, 78, and 79 of the P.T.C. on the line in the highway west of the 69th Street Terminal. Automobiles date these to the late 1950s. Photos were probably taken by a car man as the trolley numbers are… Read more about this item

New York, Creative Age Press, inc. [1946]. Hard Cover. 4 p. l., 3-461 p. front., illus., plates, ports., facsims. 21 cm. Series: Railroads of America 1. A good detailed, well researched, history of New England Railroads. Bibliography: p. 435-447. Stock# 40,180. Good+/ no dj.

New York Central Rail Road, 1956. 6 x 6 cm. (2 1/2" x 2 1/2"). Ticket stub filled in with ink. Account is the Colorado & South. Ticket from Denver to Colorado Springs. Stamped on back Jul 30 1956. Stock#40954b. Good+. Price includes 1st class postage in US.

NY, Grosset & Dunlap [1958, ©1952]. Hard Cover. 407 p., illus., ports.; 28.5 cm. Pictures with commentary by the gay couple who themselves owned a private luxury car. Stock#L225. Good+, ex-library but gently treated, unstamped, unpocketed / dj vg.

Railway Express Agency.. 4" x 9 1/2". Empty, unused tan envelope. Stock#40954c. Good. Price includes 1st class postage in US.

[Buffalo, Erie RR, 19??]. 9 x 2.5 cm. (3 1/2" x 1"). "Keep this in sight." Founded in 1832, based in Buffalo, the Erie ran between the banks of the Hudson across from New York to Buffalo. Unpunched. Faded pink. Price includes first-class postage. Stock#40953a.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1927. Three pieces. 1) exchange ticket from West Philadelphia to Broad Street Station, unpunched 1929-1934; 2.) passenger's check; punched for June 23; and 3.)card … Read more about this item