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150 Rare British Steam Railway & Locomotive PDF Collection: Lardner, Sinclair, Reynolds & Rail History

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Steam Locomotives 26% of collection
British Rail History 22% of collection
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    The working of the railroads Author: McPherson, Logan Grant, 1863-1925
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    The world's highway [a proposal to construct a railway running between Calcutta and London ... Author: World
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    William Hedley : the inventor of railway locomotion on the present principle Author: Archer, M. (Mark)
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    Questions and answers in the use of coal and oil fuels and locomotive operation Author: Rhodes, John Chester, 1868-
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    An English Railway Author: N. J. L.
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    Topographical map of part of the main range of the Rocky Mountains adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway. Author: Classic Public Domain
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    The perils of the nation. Bribery, dishonesty, usurpations and despotism of the railway corporations, and their relation to the politics of the day, the remedy to be used Author: Livingston, John
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    A description of the canals and railroads of the United States: comprehending notices of all the works of internal improvements throughout the several States Author: Tanner, H. S.
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    Engineering News and American Railway Journal 1893-07-20: Vol 30 Iss 3 Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Engineering News and American Railway Journal 1893-08-31: Vol 30 Iss 9 Author: Classic Public Domain
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    American Railway Transportation Author: Emory Richard Johnson
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    American Railway Accounting: a commentary Author: Henry C. Adams
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    The American railway; its construction, development, management, and appliances Author: ['Cooley, Thomas McIntyre, 1824-1898', 'Clarke, Thomas Curtis, 1827-1901']
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    American railway transportation Author: Johnson, Emory Richard, 1864-1950
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    Speech of Sir Alex. Campbell on the second reading of a bill to incorporate the Pacific Railway Company in the Senate, Ottawa, Thursday, Feb. 3, 1881: Reported by A. & Geo. C. Holland, Senate reporters Author: Campbell, Alexander (Sir), 1822-1892. (author)
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    Abyssinia: The Ethiopian Railway and the Powers Author: Thomas Lennox Gilmour
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    An act to incorporate the Quincy Electric Freight Railway Company .. Author: Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives. Committee on Railroads
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    West End Street Railway Co. Boston Elevated Railway Co. Lease Author: West End Street Railway Company
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    An investigation into the cost of transportation on American railroads, with deductions for its cheapening .. Author: Fink, Albert, 1827-1897
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    Railway notes in the North-West, or, The Dominion of Canada Author: ['Jones, Harry, 1823-1900. (author)', 'British Association for the Advancement of Science (author)']
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    Educating the Public to a Proper Appreciation of Urban Street Railway Problems Author: Warnock, A. W.
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    Inspection along the Mexican International Railway. Monclova, Reata, Allende, and Nava Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Selected articles on government ownership of railroads Author: Phelps, Edith May
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    Protective Signal Manufacturing Company Letters and Bulletins & Nevada Northern Railway Letters 1916 Author: Protective Signal Manufacturing Company
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    Album dei tipi delle locomotive ed automotrici. Volume II Author: Ferrovie dello Stato
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    Aids, gifts, grants and donations to railroads including outline of ... Author: Michigan Railroad Commission
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    A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state Author: ['Trego, Charles B., 1794-1874', 'Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) DLC']
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    Agreement and supplemental mortgage between Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company, the United Gas Improvement Company and Colonial Trust Company : June 23, 1904 Author: ['Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company', 'United Gas Improvement Company', 'Colonial Trust Company (New York, N.Y.)']
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    The Canadian Pacific Railway Author: Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose, 1880-
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    The adventures of a £.1000 note, or, Railway ruin reviewed Author: Phipps, Edmund, 1808-1857
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    The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette Author: Classic Public Domain
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    The application of electricity to railway working Author: Langdon, William Edward, 1832-1905
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    Railway Age Gazette 1912-06-14: Vol 52 Iss 24A Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Correspondence respecting disturbance on the line of the Grand Trunk Railway, January 1st, 1877 [microform] Author: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
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    Report regarding the traffic to be expected from P.E. Island and the gulf ports towards St. John, Boston, New York, and West Indies via the Chignecto Ship Railway [microform] Author: Jack, Edward
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    Historical and geographical notes on the earliest discoveries in America, 1453-1530 [microform] : with comments on the earliest charts and maps, the mistakes of early navigators & the blunders of the geographers, the Asiatic origin of the Atlantic coastline of North America -how it crept in and how it crept out of the maps : the whole illustrated by the Tehuantepec Railway Company's map of the world on Mercator's projection and photo-lithograhic fac-similies of many of the earliest maps and charts of America Author: Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886
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    The purchase of the Canadian Northern Railway [microform] : whereby the people of Canada become the absolute owners of this great system : a notable achievement Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Grand Trunk Railway of Canada [microform] : this railway and the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway now form the shortest route from Quebec ... to Manitoba . Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Report on railway belt hydrographic survey for 1911-12 [microform] Author: ['Carson, P. A. (Percy Alexander), b. 1877', 'Canada. Dominion Water Power Branch']
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    The Quebec & Lake St. John Railway [microform] : the branch to La Tuque : it will hasten by two years the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and open up a country of enormous possibilities Author: Quebec and Lake St. John Railway
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    An American geological railway guide [microform] Author: Macfarlane, James, 1808-1885
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    Grand Trunk Railway insurance saved [microform] : summer freight rates between Montreal and Western stations, from April 9 to November 8, 1860 Author: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
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    An Act to Incorporate the Canada Central Railway Company, and to Amend the Act, Intituled: An Act to Provide for and Encourage the Construction of a Railway from Lake Huron to Quebec [microform] Author: ['Canada Central Railway Company', 'Canada. An Act to Incorporate the Canada Central Railway Company, and to Amend the Act, Intituled: An Act to Provide for and Encourage the Construction of a Railway from Lake Huron to Quebec', 'Canada. An Act to Provide for and Encourage the Construction of a Railway from Lake Huron to Quebec']
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    An Act to provide for the granting of aid to certain railway companies [microform] Author: ['Quebec (Province)', 'Quebec (Province) An Act to Provide for the Granting of Aid to Certain Railway Companies']
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    Preliminary report on the projected railway between the ports of Halifax and Quebec [microform] Author: Simpson, J., fl. 1847
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    Report of the committee on the Montreal and Kingston section of the Canada Grand Trunk Railway [microform] Author: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
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    Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travel [microform] : a full and reliable guide by railway, steamboat, and stage to the cities ... and all scenes and objects of importance and interest in the United States and the British provinces Author: Richards, T. Addison (Thomas Addison), 1820-1900
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    Grand Trunk Railway of Canada [microform] : case of the preference bondholders, and its bearings on the position and rights of the other classes interested in the railway Author: Ashurst, Son and Morris (Firm)
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    By-Law of the municipality of the ... of ... in the county of ... No. ... [microform] : whereas, Author: the third section of an act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in the nineteenth day of May, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An Act to Amend the Charter of the Woodstock and Lake Erie Railway and Harbor Company" .
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    Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada [microform] : rules governing the condition of, and repairs to freight cars, for the interchange of traffic Author: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
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    Colton's traveler and tourist's guide-book through the United States of America and the Canadas : containing the routes and distances of the great lines of travel by railroads, canals, stageroads, and steamboats : together with descriptions of the several states and the principal cities, towns, and villages in each : accompanied with a large and accurate map Author: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
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    Colored lithographs by Currier and Ives consisting of rare prints in the finest impressions of American historical scenes and portraits, views, American town and country life, naval and marine prints, early West railroads, sporting, &c. mainly the collection formed by George F. Lawton of Boston, Mass. and Charles Farber of New York Author: American Art Association
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    Combination among railway companies Author: Robertson, W. A. (William Alexander), b. 1871
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    The Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Co. versus ... Stevenson Burke et al. Decision of Hon. Eli P. Evans, Judge, on motion to disolve injunction Author: ['Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Co., complainant', 'Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Franklin County)', 'Burke, Stevenson, 1826-1904, defendant', 'Evans, Eli P']
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    Arbitration of cotton rates from Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee to the cotton mill territory of the Carolinas. Southern railway company vs. Illinois central railroad company et al., before S.R. Knott, esq., T.G. Bush, esq., arbitrators. Argument in behalf of Illinois central and Yasoo & Mississippi Valley railroads Author: Illinois Central Railroad Company
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    building the pacific railway Author: edwin l. sabin
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    The Burlington strike: its motives and methods, including the causes of the strike, remote and direct, and the relations to it, of the organizations of Locomotive engineers, Locomotive firemen, Switchmen's M. A. A., and action taken by order Brotherhood R. R. brakemen, order Railway conductors, and Knights of labor. The great dynamite conspiracy; ending with a sketch by C. H. Frisbie: forty-seven years on a locomotive .. Author: ['Salmons, C. H. (Charles H.)', 'Frisbi, Charles H., 1822-']
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    [Illustrations]: Outline Map with Dials Showing Standard Railway Time Author: Classic Public Domain
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    The Canada Pacific Railway Author: Grant, George M. (George Monro), 1835-1902
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    The calcium light turned on by a railway trackman, containing historical facts of great value to all classes of railway employes Author: Wilson, John T
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    Railway Track & Structures 1922-03: Vol 18 Iss 3 Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Railway Track & Structures 1914-12: Vol 10 Iss 12 Author: Classic Public Domain
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    A treatise on the law of partnership and joint-stock companies : according to the law of Scotland : including private copartneries, common law companies, registered companies, chartered companies, railway companies, and others, formed under the consolidation acts Author: Clark, Francis William, 1827-1886
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    Compilation of legislative acts, municipal grants, etc., constituting the charter of said company, also of the Harlem Bridge, Morrisania and Fordham Railway Company, the Melrose and West Morrisania Railroad Company, and the North Third Avenue and Fleetwood Park Railroad Company Author: Union Railway Company of New York City
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    Electric railway journal 1924-11: Vol 64 Iss 20 Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Report ... of the United States Pacific Railway Commission [and testimony taken by the Commission] Author: United States. Pacific Railway Commission
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    Legal history of the Virginia midland railway co., and of the companies which built its lines of road. Being an accurate compilation of the more important laws, decrees, deeds, contracts, and other proceedings necessary to a true understanding of the properties, rights, powers, and franchises Author: Blackford, Charles Minor, 1833-1903
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    A sketch of the mineral resources of part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia [microform] : with reference to the service of the Intercolonial and the Spring Hill and Parrsboro Railroads Author: Hind, Henry Youle, 1823-1908
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    British Columbia, the Pacific province of the Dominion of Canada--its position, resources and climate [microform] : a new field for farming, ranching and mining along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway ; full information for intending settlers Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
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    Inverness railway, Cape Breton [microform] : report to H.N. Paint, Esq., Ex-M.P., controlling the Broad Cove coal mines of the exploratory and preliminary surveys from Orangedale Station, C. B. R' y, to Broad Cove and Cheticamp Author: ['Hyndman, P. K', 'Paint, Henry Nicholas, b. 1830']
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    Petition and letter of the Great American & European Short Line Railway, in regard to the compilation of its air line from Montreal to Louisbourg, C.B. [microform] : Ottawa, April 18th, 1883 Author: Great American and European Short Line Railway
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    John Bertram & Sons, Dundas, Ont., Canada [microform] : builders of machinists' tools and wood working machinery for railroad, locomotive and car shops, machine shops, rolling mills, steam forges, ship yards, boiler shops, &c Author: John Bertram & Sons
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    Disturnell's American and European railway and steamship guide [microform] Author: Disturnell, J. (John), 1801-1877
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    Northern Railway of Canada [microform] : the direct route to the highlands & lake district . Author: Northern Railway Company of Canada
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    Intimation [microform] : some influential friends of the Great Western Railway of Canada, who have a large interest in the undertaking . Author: Great Western Railway Company (Canada)
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    Toronto and adjacent summer resorts [microform] : illustrated souvenir and guide book : with maps and tables of railway and steamboat fares, hotel rates, meteoroligical data, etc. Author: Adams, E. Herbert (Ezra Herbert)
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    A digest of railway decisions [microform] : embracing all the cases from the earliest period of railway litigation to the present time in the United States, England and Canada Author: ['Rapalje, Stewart, 1843-1896', 'Mack, William, 1865-1941']
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    Grand Trunk Railway of Canada [microform] : the great international route between the east & west . Author: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
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    The Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited [microform] : have the honour to invite ... to the unveiling of a memorial to Abraham Martin, first king's pilot on the St. Lawrence ... on Saturday, May twelfth ... at the harbour of Quebec . Author: ['Canadian Pacific Railway Company', 'Canadian Pacific Steamships']
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    The James Bay Railway [microform] Author: James Bay Railway
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    Regulations for the survey, administration, disposal and management of Dominion lands [microform] : within the forty-mile railway belt, in the province of British Columbia, 1893 Author: Canada. Dept. of the Interior
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    Report of Special Committee of the Senate upon opening up direct communication between the railway system of Canada and the navigable waters of the Yukon [microform] Author: Canada. Parliament. Senate
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    [Opinions of the English press on the British Columbian railway question] [microform] Author: microform.
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    Canadian Pacific Railway route [microform] : the Bute Inlet and Esquimalt route no. 6, and the Fraser Valley and Burrard Inlet route no. 2, compared as to the advantages afforded by each to the Dominion and to the Empire Author: Tolmie, W. Fraser (William Fraser), 1812-1886
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    The Pacific railway [microform] : speech delivered by Hon. Sir Charles Tupper ... minister of railways and canals, during the debate in the House of Commons, session 1880-1 Author: Tupper, Charles, Sir, 1821-1915
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    The Chignecto ship railway [microform] : will it pay? Author: Ketchum, H. G. C. (Henry George Clopper), 1839-1896
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    Speech of Hon. Mr. Chapleau on Canadian Pacific Railway Resolutions, House of Commons, 16th June, 1885 [microform] Author: Chapleau, J. A. (Joseph Adolphe), 1840-1898
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    Agreement between the British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Limited, and the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America relating to wages and working conditions [microform] Author: ['British Columbia Electric Railway Company', 'Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America']
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    A project for opening a north-west passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by means of a railway on British territory [microform] Author: ['Doull, Alexander', 'Canadian Land and Railway Association']
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    Conditions of agreement between the Credit Valley Railway Company and the municipalities of the county of Oxford asked to grant the company a bonus of $200,000 [microform] Author: Credit Valley Railway Company
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    The Great South Western Railway ... [microform] Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Hon. A.G. Blair, Minister of Railways and Canals, resigns and condemns the government's railway policy [microform] Author: Blair, Andrew George, 1844-1907
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    Amidst the Laurentians [microform] : being a guide to Shawinigan Falls and points on the Great Northern Railway of Canada Author: Hinshelwood, N. M. (Norman MacMillan)
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    Report by the directors of the Great Western Railway to the shareholders upon the report made by the commission [microform] : appointed to enquire into certain accidents upon the G.W.R Author: Great Western Railway Company (Canada)
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    An Act to incorporate the Colonial Iron, Coal & Railway Co. [microform] : passed 6th March, 1895 Author: ['Colonial Iron, Coal and Railway Company', 'New Brunswick. An Act to Incorporate the Colonial Iron, Coal & Railway Co']
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    Reid Newfoundland Company railway and steamship systems [microform] Author: Reid Newfoundland Co
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    Brockville and Ottawa Railway [microform] : local freight tariff, adopted to take effect on and after the 6th day of December, 1860 Author: Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company
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    Cipher code of words, phrases, names of organizations and titles of their officers, names of principal railroads, months, days, time of day, alphabet and figures, for use of organizations of railway employees in telegraphic correspondence Author: Sheahan, W. A.
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    Reports on the proposed short line railway between Montreal and Halifax [microform] Author: Keating, E. H. (Edward Henry), b. 1844
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    Pacific railway route, British Columbia [microform] Author: Dewdney, E. (Edgar), 1835-1916
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    Railway Track & Structures 1921-11: Vol 17 Iss 11 Author: Classic Public Domain
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    North Shore Railway [microform] : supplemental report of the chief engineer upon the traffic and earnings of the road, November 1st, 1873 Author: Seymour, Silas, 1817-1890
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    Canada (Halifax, &c. railway), railways (British North America) [microform] : copy of official communications between the secretary of state for the colonies and the commissioners representing the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, on the subject of a proposed communication Author: railway between the port of Halifax and those provinces; also copies or extracts of despatches from the governors of those colonies on the same subject; &c
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    Progress report on the Canadian Pacific Railway exploratory survey [microform] : addressed to the Hon. H.L. Langevin, minister of public works Author: ['Fleming, Sandford, Sir, 1827-1915', 'Canadian Pacific Railway Company']
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    Report on the preliminary examination of the Ontario and Quebec Railway from Ottawa to Toronto [microform] Author: Keefer, George A. (George Alexander), 1836-1912
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    British Columbia, the Pacific province of the Dominion of Canada [microform] : its position, resources and climate : a new field for farming, ranching and mining along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway : full information for intending settlers Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Grand Trunk Railway [microform] : the company are prepared to receive tenders for the undermentionned timber . Author: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
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    Some startling facts relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway and the North-West lands [microform] : also a brief discussion regarding the route, the western terminus and the lands available for statement Author: Horetzky, Charles, 1840-1900
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    Notes on the Canadian Pacific Railway [microform] Author: Hewson, M. Butt
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    Halifax and Quebec Railway [microform] : report upon the surveys, routes and estimates Author: Light, A. L. (Alexander Luders), b. 1822
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    Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American cities [microform] : comprising the principal cities in the United States and Canada, with outlines of the through routes, and railway maps Author: D. Appleton and Compan
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    Speech of the Hon. Richard McBride, Prime Minister of British Columbia, in moving second reading of the bill to ratify an agreement with the Canadian Northern Railway Company in the Provincial Legislature, Tuesday, March 1st, 1910 [microform] Author: McBride, Richard, Sir, 1870-1917
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    Report of Dr. Adam Shortt, commissioner investigating the economic conditions and operations of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company and subsidiary companies, and to decide definitely as to the possibility of street car service being maintained in competition with the jitneys [microform] Author: Shortt, Adam, 1859-1931
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    Official correspondence between the Honorable the first minister of Duffy, and His Exalted Majesty Night Blooming Ceres, monarch of the Moon, emperor of the Starry Isles, etc., etc., relative to the construction of the Imperial, lunar, grand, mid-air, lunatic governmental railway [microform] : also the reports of the chief engineer, and the draft treaty in relation to the same, with the speech from the throne Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Atlantic and Northwest Railway [microform] : general specification Author: Ross, James, 1848-1913
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    Acts of incorporation, together with extract from the general railway act ; also, the acts in aid of railways and order in council thereunder relating to the Hamilton and North-Western Raiwlay [microform] : Hamilton, Ontario, May, 1874 Author: ['Ontario. Legislative Assembly', 'Hamilton and Northwestern Railway']
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    Some reasons why the Hamilton radial railway bill should pass [microform] Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Speech of Hon. Edward Blake, M.P., on the Grand Trunk Railway Bill [microform] : Friday, 11th April, 1890 Author: Blake, Edward, 1833-1912
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    Report on a portion of northwestern Ontario traversed by the National Transcontinental Railway between Nipigon and Sturgeon lake [microform] Author: ['Collins, W. H. (William Henry), 1878-1937', 'Geological Survey of Canada']
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    The heart of the railroad problem : the history of railway discrimination in the United States, the chief efforts at control and the remedies proposed with hints from other countries Author: Parsons, Frank, 1854-1908
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    The Car builders' dictionary : an illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railway cars their parts attachments and details of construction with definitions and illustrations of typical British practice in car construction Author: ['Lister, Francis E', "Master Car Builders' Association"]
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    Canadian Pacific Railway- correspondence and papers shewing the efforts the company has made to secure Portland for its winter port Author: Millar, J.S. [ed.]
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    The Hetch Hetchy water and power project; the municipal railway and other notable civic improvements of San Francisco Author: O'Shaughnessy, M. M. (Michael Maurice), 1864-1934
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    Engineering News-Record and American Railway Journal 1902-01-02: Vol 47 Iss 1 Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Chemins de fer: locomotive et matériel roulant Author: Maurice Demoulin
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    Are our railroads fairly treated? Author: Bush, Benjamin Franklin, 1860-
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    A Review of the Theory of Narrow Gauges as Applied to Main Trunk Lines of Railway Author: Silas Seymour
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    Argument for State Railroad Ownership. A translation of the document submitted to the Prussian Parliament by the Cabinet in 1879, with a bill granting the power and means necessary for acquiring several important railroads then owned by private corporatio Author: PRUSSIA. Ministerium für Handel, Gewerbe und öffentliche Arbeiten
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    MacMurchy, Angus (Law Dept. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.) Author: 1917 — Office of the President, Sir Robert Falconer (1867-1943)
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    Argument of Mr. Franklin B. Gowen : before the Committee on Railroads of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania upon the bill presented by Mr. Hulings, of Venango County, to prevent unjust discrimination by railroad companies, delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Harrisburg, February 13th, 1883 Author: Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889
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    Hours of service of railway employees. State statutes and related court decisions Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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    HOW WE BUILT THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY Author: Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916
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    A history of travel in America : showing the development of travel and transportation from the crude methods of the canoe and the dog-sled to the highly organized railway systems of the present, together with a narrative of the human experiences and changing social conditions that accompanied this economic conquest of the continent Author: Dunbar, Seymour. 1867-1947
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    List of books and of articles in periodicals relating to interoceanic canal and railway routes (Nicaragua; Panama, Darien, and the valley of the Atrato; Tehuantepec and Honduras; Suez Canal) Author: ['Library of Congress', 'Morrison, Hugh A. (Hugh Alexander), b. 1863', 'United States. Superintendent of Documents']
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    The Assistant Engineer's Railway Guide in Boring: With Full Description of Tools and Methods of ... Author: William Davis Haskoll
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    The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette Author: Classic Public Domain
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    Railway Track & Structures 1917-04: Vol 13 Iss 4 Author: Classic Public Domain
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    General laws of Massachusetts relating to railroad corporations, street railway companies, electric railroad companies, telephone and telegraph companies, steamboat and express companies. The Public service commission law, chapter 784 of the acts of 1913; chapters 433, 463 and 516 of the acts of 1906; provisions of the revised laws and subsequent legislation to and including the year 1913 Author: ['Massachusetts. Laws, statutes, etc', 'Massachusetts. Public Service Commission']
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    Atlas of Railway Traffic Maps ... Author: William Arthur Shelton, La Salle Extension University
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    Atlas of Railway Traffic Maps ... Author: La Salle Extension University, Charles E . Wymond
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    Baldwin Locomotive Works; Author: Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation. [from old catalog]
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    Germany’s Railway Problems in Asiatic Turkey [article 1916] Author: R J Bjurstedt
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    Electric railway motors: their construction, operation and maintenance. An elementary practical handbook ... with rules and instructions for motormen Author: Perry, Nelson Williiam, 1853-1893
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    British Manufacturing Industries: Guns, nails, locks, wood screws, railway ... Author: G. Phillips Bevan
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    A guide for locating locomotive engine machinery defects, practical help for engineers, firemen and machinists, in setting forth the defects and the tests for defects Author: Hamilton, H. T
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    Ashcroft's railway directory for ... : containing an official list of all the officers and directors of the rail-roads in the United States & Canadas, together with their financial condition and amount of rolling stock Author: Ashcroft, John
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    The Direct London & Brighton Railway. Session 1836: Speech on the Summing Up of the Evidence of ... Author: Sir David Pollock
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    Street Railway Companies. Improvements of Streets. Contracts. Borough of Shamokin v. Shamokin St. Ry. Co., 35 Atl. Rep. 862 (Pa. St.) Author: Classic Public Domain
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    The argument against government ownership of the railroads [microform] Author: Baldwin, Lewis Warrington, 1875-1946
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    Argument of John C. Brown, before House Committee on Pacific Railroads, January 25, 1878, in behalf of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company Author: ['Brown, John C. (John Calvin), 1827-1889', 'United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Pacific Railroad']
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The Steam Railway Archive

150 Vintage Books

A curated PDF reference collection on a physical USB drive

Explore a carefully organised historical library devoted to railways, steam locomotives, british rail history, engineering. ZipMyBook is a UK-based seller. This is a tangible product: one USB drive will be posted to you; it is not an email or download link.

Contents150 historical books in PDF format
DeliveryPhysical USB posted from the United Kingdom
OrganisationClearly named folders plus a title index
CompatibilityWindows, macOS and Linux computers with a USB port and PDF reader

Subjects inside the collection

  • British railway history and company guides
  • Locomotive design, construction and maintenance
  • Drivers, workshops and railway working life
  • Bradshaw guides and period travel
  • Illustrated catalogues and engineering diagrams

A selection of included titles

  • The working of the railroads — McPherson, Logan Grant, 1863-1925
  • The world's highway [a proposal to construct a railway running between Calcutta and London ... — World
  • William Hedley : the inventor of railway locomotion on the present principle — Archer, M. (Mark)
  • Questions and answers in the use of coal and oil fuels and locomotive operation — Rhodes, John Chester, 1868-
  • An English Railway — N. J. L.
  • Topographical map of part of the main range of the Rocky Mountains adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway.
  • The perils of the nation. Bribery, dishonesty, usurpations and despotism of the railway corporations, and their relation to the politics of the day, the remedy to be used — Livingston, John
  • A description of the canals and railroads of the United States: comprehending notices of all the works of internal improvements throughout the several States — Tanner, H. S.

Please note: These are scans of historical publications. Typography, spelling, illustrations and scan quality naturally vary between volumes. They are supplied for reading, research and historical interest.

What you will receive

One tested physical USB drive containing the organised PDF collection and title index, securely packaged and dispatched by ZipMyBook from the UK.

All listing images are illustrative previews of the supplied collection. No printed books are included. File count, titles and compatibility should be checked against the completed USB before purchase.

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Invaluable primary source engineering texts from the golden era of steam railways. Perfect high-DPI scans that zoom without pixelation.

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150 Rare British Steam Railway & Locomotive PDF Collection: Lardner, Sinclair, Reynolds & Rail History
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