Manuals

Here are a few manuals that I believe are either out of copyright or that I have permission to publish on this website. I will add more as I find them.

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George H. Baker, Standard Railroad Signals (Fireman's and Brakeman's Preparatory Instruction Part One)

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George H. Baker, Firing With Bituminous Coal (Fireman's and Brakeman's Preparatory Instruction Part Two)

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George H. Baker, Economical Boiler-Feeding, Firing With Anthracite Coal, Firing With Oil Fuel (Fireman's and Brakeman's Preparatory Instruction Part Three)

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Calvin F. Swingle, Modern Locomotive Engineering with Questions and Answers. A plain, practical Treatise on the Construction, Care and Management of Modern Locomotives

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Patrick Houlahan, Houlahan’s Railroad Hand Book, An Instructive Treatise on Railroading

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Allen, Railroad Signals

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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Rules and Regulations of the Operating Department, August 1st 1917

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G. E. Collingwood, Standard Train Rule Examination, 10th Edition ... Based on the Standard Code of Train Rules of the American Railway Association, in effect, January 1st, 1920

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J. Snowden Bell, Early Motive Power of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

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W. G. Wallace, Locomotive Breakdown Questions Answered and Illustrated

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Angus Sinclair, Railroad Men’s Catechism

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The Overland Trail From the Golden Gate to the Great Salt Lake along the Southern Pacific-American Canyon Route via Ogden

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Geo. L. Fowler, Locomotive Breakdowns Emergencies and their Remedies, Being an Up-to-Date Catechism Treating Accidents and Breakdowns on the Road and How to Repair Them

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