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

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Matthias N. Forney, Catechism of the Locomotive

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NOTE: this is a well worn copy recently rebound.

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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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William F. M. Goss, Locomotive Performance: The Result of a Series of Researches Conducted by the Engineering Laboratory of Purdue University

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W. P. James, Engineman's Manual, Intended for the Engineer, Fireman or Mechanic Who Wishes to Extend his Knowledge of the Locomotive or Air Brake

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Chas. McShane, The Locomotive Up To Date

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Frederick J. Prior, Operation of Trains and Station Work and Telegraphy

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NOTE: The printer's blocks for this publication appear to be badly cocked in places. I have not attempted to correct them.

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H. C. Reagan, Locomotives: Simple, Compound, and Electric

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Clarence Roberts and Russell M. Smith, Practical Locomotive Operating

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Angus Sinclair, Railroad Men's Catechism

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The Sinclair Company, Twentieth Century Locomotives, Treating on the Design, Construction, Repairing and Operating of Railway Machinery For the Use of All Railway Men Eager to Learn Things About Railway Machinery

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NOTE: pp.594-609 of this volume are missing.

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

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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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Union Pacific Railroad Company Rules and Regulations of the Transportation Department

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Allen, Railroad Signals

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

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Emory R. Johnson & Thurman W. Van Metre, Principles of Railroad Transportation

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Logan G. McPherson, The Working of the Railroads

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Ray Morris, Railroad Administration

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William G. Raymond, The Elements of Railroad Engineering

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Edwin L. Sabin, Building the Pacific Railway, The Construction-Story of America's First Iron Thoroughfare Between the Missouri River and California, From the Inception of the Great Idea to the Day, May 10 1869, When the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Joined Tracks at Promontory Point, Utah, to Form the Nation's Transcontinental

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A. M. Sakolski, American Railroad Economics, A Text Book for Investors and Students

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Crofutt's New Overland Tourist and Pacific Coast Guide, Containing a Condensed and Authentic Description of over One Thousand Two Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Fort and Camps, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Sulphur, Soda and Hot Springs, Scenery, Watering Places and Summer Resorts

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NOTE: Pagination is somewhat quirky (16-257, then 301-323), but the text and illustrations are complete.

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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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The Pacific Tourist, Williams' Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide

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William Pittenger, Daring and Suffering: A History of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862, Embracing a Full and Accurate Account of the Secret Journey to the Heart of the Confederacy, the Capture of the Railway Train in a Confederate Camp, the Terrible Chase that Followed, and the Subsequent Fortunes of the Leader and his Party

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The Switzerland of America

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Souvenir of Mauch Chunk

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