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This beautiful book, illustrated throughout with black and white photos, follows the RGS as it struggled to stay afloat during the Great Depression. Details the use of small, hand-me-down locomotives which became the famous "Galloping Goose" between Ridgway and Durango, the ominipresent menace of floods and rockslides, fire and blizzard, as well as life in the mines that supported the railroad. This superb mile-by-mile photographic study takes you through the last years of the RGS in Rico down past the tumbling Dolores River. The book also covers the A. A. Rust logging railroad, newspaper articles that flesh out the struggles with derailments and floods, and the efforts of Elizabeth (Betty) Pellet to persuade the federal government to keep the RGS operating during World War II. With maps, line drawings (by Mike Blazek), gradient profiles, etc. 480 pages.
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The RGS Story [Rio Grande Southern] Volume VI: Rico to Dolores
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Black cloth spine over pictorial boards, issued in a glassine dust wrapper. Details every town along the way, as well as sidings, spurs, industries, and the stories associated with all of these places. Illustrated, index, maps. ; 480 pages. Seller Inventory # 25244
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The R.G.S. Story, Volume VI: Rico to Dolores
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition, Signed, Limited. First edition, hardcover, signed by both authors and stamped limited no. 1138 on the half title page, has a moderate lean to the binding, very small bumps to spine ends and cover corners, and a touch of bowing to the boards, otherwise a solid, tight, clean VG+ copy in the publisher's like clear protective dust jacket, which has a handwritten label stuck at head of front ("Signed by Authors, NR. 1138), some mild rubbing to covers, and slight bumps to the spine ends. Seller Inventory # 103014
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THE R.G.S.STORY : RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN Volume VI Over the Bridges. Rico to Dolores
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The R.G.S. Story, Vol. 6: Rico to Dolores
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The R.G.S. Story, Vol. 6: Rico to Dolores
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THE R. G. S. STORY. RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN. Volume VI. Rico to Dolores. [SIGNED By Both Authurs]
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Condition: Collectible - SIGNED. Limited/Numbered. NEW/FINE. Large, pictorial boards, black leather spine w/ silver titling. SIGNED by BOTH AUTHORS on half-title page (Limited Edition copy #1098). One of the scarcer volumes in the series - RARE signed. Large book. Media Mail USA delivery only - unless seller contacted before ordering, to determine added postage for priority or international shipping. [B165-195]. Signed by Authors. Seller Inventory # 010953
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THE R.G.S. STORY, RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN, VOLUME VI; RICO TO DOLORES
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Copy 593 signed by McCoy and Colman on the half title page. 480 pages with magnificent photographs, some in color, short bibliography and index. Fine in the original clear vinyl dust protector. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 053337
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