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This is one of the great books on the golden era of passenger trains, capturing in beautiful photos and drawings the comfort and variety of travel by train. With dazzling end papers showing paintings by Walter F. Greene of the Twentieth Century Limited (front) and by Grif Teller of the Pennsylvania's experimental S-1 6-4-4-6 (back); frontispiece is the Missouri Pacific's Sunshine Special by William Harnden Foster. Illustrated with over 1500 photos. Includes car floor plans, menus, timetables, and travel folders. Chapters include A Pullman Postscript; In the Northeast Corridor; The American Flyer Cars; The Great Steel Fleet and the Fleet of Modernism; A Twist on the Tuscan Red; The Black Diamond Express; On the Monon; On the Pere Marquette; The Rebel Route; The Seaboard Coast Line Route to the South; The Pan American; The Frisco and Katy; Thru the Rockies, Not Around them; The Great Race to Chicago and to the Twin Cities; Il Camino Real -- The Highway of the King; Great Trains of the Great Western; The Olympian; The Golden State Limited; The Finest Trains on Earth; the Canadian Pacific Railway; Across Canada; Mexicano de Lujo; Some Exotic Trains; Amtrak; Wagons-Lits. 512 pages with index.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0890240248I3N00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second printing, 1975. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some edgewear, a 2" closed tear at the top edge along the rear flap, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 4to. 512pp. Seller Inventory # YOUKdubMC
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Kalmbach Publishing, Milwaukee, WI, 1976. 512 pgs. Illustrated. Third Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This is one of the great books on the golden era of passenger trains, capturing in beautiful photos and drawings the comfort and variety of travel by train. With dazzling end papers showing paintings by Walter F. Greene of the Twentieth Century Limited (front) and by Grif Teller of the Pennsylvania's experimental S-1 6-4-4-6 (back) ; frontispiece is the Missouri Pacific's Sunshine Special by William Harnden Foster. Illustrated with over 1500 photos. Includes car floor plans, menus, timetables, and travel folders. Chapters include A Pullman Postscript; In the Northeast Corridor; The American Flyer Cars; The Great Steel Fleet and the Fleet of Modernism; A Twist on the Tuscan Red; The Black Diamond Express; On the Monon; On the Pere Marquette; The Rebel Route; The Seaboard Coast Line Route to the South; The Pan American; The Frisco and Katy; Thru the Rockies, Not Around them; The Great Race to Chicago and to the Twin Cities; Il Camino Real -- The Highway of the King; Great Trains of the Great Western; The Olympian; The Golden State Limited; The Finest Trains on Earth; the Canadian Pacific Railway; Across Canada; Mexicano de Lujo; Some Exotic Trains; Amtrak; Wagons-Lits. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 512 pages. Seller Inventory # 70030
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Tippex mark to paste down. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing. Seller Inventory # 9999-99994376256
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Condition: Very Good. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Books, 1976. 3rd printing. 4to hardcover. 512pp. Illustrations. Very Good book. Good dust jacket. (Trains, Locomotives, Railroads) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Seller Inventory # CA02D-00242
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2250grams, ISBN:0890240248. Seller Inventory # 8675749
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 3rd Impression. Largely photographic look at many of the train services of the USA in the first part of the 20th Century, with much detail on carriages , interiors , advertising etc. 512pp. VG clean copy in dust wrapper. Very heavy - UK postage £6.95. Seller Inventory # 026508
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