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Published by Kalmbach Publishing, Milwaukee, WI, 1953
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Turlock, CA, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Only graded Good because of some mathematical calculations in blue ink on the front cover. The front cover is also stamped "Southern California Division Electric Railroaders' Assc., Inc." The rest of the magazine is in excellent condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with light toning. Some pages have a mildly bent corner. Very light wear to edges of covers and spine. Very little wear otherwise. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Railroad News and Editorial Comment" by David P. Morgan; "12,000 Cars a Day" (Enola Yard near Harrisburg, Pa., is the hot-spot of freight classification on the vast Pennsylvania Railroad. Come visit Enola in pictures.) by Philip R. Hastings; "Here Comes the Komet!" (Look out, Texas! The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad is sending a fast freight your way from St. Louis!) by Wallace W. Abbey; "Famous Steam Locomotives: Homemade Compound" (Here's the story of a most outstanding engine in the East--Norfolk & Western's big Y6"; "'Send us empties--now!'" (In an office in Washington men play checkers with freight cars on a board as big as the U.S. Here is the story of the A.A.R.'s Car Service Division) by David P. Morgan; "Photo Section" (A pictorial definition of a freight train); "Notable Feats of Railroad Engineering: Bypass around Bedlam" (Albany was the bottleneck, the Castleton Cutoff the answer. This is the story of a New York Central project that allowed the freight to roll) by Wallace W. Abbey; "Case History of a Spud Train" (Extra 261 East is a Santa Fe hotshot loaded with Kern County potatoes. Get aboard--it's headed east) by David P. Morgan; "How to Build a Box Car" (Pullman-Standard has constructed and sold over 50,000 PS-1 box cars. Here is how it puts them together.); "Railway Post Office"; "Running Extra"; and "Of Books and Trains".
Published by Kalmbach Pub Co, 1975
ISBN 10: 0890240310ISBN 13: 9780890240311
Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dust Jacket. This book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is an oversized hardcover book with 304 pages including many black and white photos. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The book has a slight musty odor. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page shows 1975 as the published date. The dust jacket is about 99% intact with light chipping on the spine edges and corners, moderate edgewear and crease marks and a one-inch closed tear on the top and bottom of the back. I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!.
Published by Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1975
ISBN 10: 0890240310ISBN 13: 9780890240311
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. 29 x 24.5 cm. Quarto. 304pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Extensively illustrated with black and white phoots. Some scuffing and shelf wear to the jacket. Foxing to the top foredge. Very Goodin Very Good dust jacket.