State Railways (53 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12 pages, 17 photos. Probably published in the 1950s.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Promotional for travel on the French railways.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by B&w photos. (illustrator). Good+ in wraps (scuffed, sl. folded, edgewear) 8vo 12pp Travel pamphlet to the Caves of Ellora, India. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Lovely travel guide, four f/o maps (two in color), 12mo, golden covers, 1st edn, 221pps, color watercolor sketches by A. O. Lamplough, much valuable information for tourists, vocabulary, hotels (Savoy and Shepheards leading the way), time tables, etc.

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations, maps (illustrator). 30pp "This booklet is issued by the CHILEAN STATE RAILWAYS for the purpose of acquinting the traveller with the scenic beauty, sports . and splendid modern train service to be found in Chile. Lovely covers in color.

Good paperback (light edgewear, clean and unmarked). 48 pp Paperback. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's yellow paper wrappers with staple binding. Black, brown, and yellow illustrations printed on front and back covers. Yellow and blue lettering printed on front and back. Interior pages are intentionally folded in half vertically. No date, circa 1890s-1920s. 4 1/2" x 9 1/2." Sixteen pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning. Covers are very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, a few small stains, and a few small bumps along edges and corners. A Very Good copy. A beautiful brochure promoting tourism in Budapest, Hungary. Twenty-two tours in total are listed, each of which is accompanied by a very brief summary of the itinerary and cost of the tour. Interspersed throughout the pamphlet are small black-and-white illustrations showing scenes in Budapest. Also included are three printed color maps, namely, two city maps of Budapest and one map of Hungary. Introductory text in front lauds Budapest for its unique charm and beauty. A few brief advertisements are also included.

; Adolf Sponholtz V.; 4th ed.; 41 ill. in colour, folding plans and maps; cloth, art deco-cover; 236 pp.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very light bump to one corner ; Including a rear fold-out map. Nd. [Early 1930s]; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall.

In 8°, bross. edit. con ill. a colori, pp. 46 n.n. quasi tutte con ill. a colori raffiguranti varie località di villeggiatura italiane, tutte accompagnate dalla descrizione a piede.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. pp 6 fold-out pages. B&W photos of scenery, buildings and people and a text describing features of Darjeeling and surrounding high country. Includes a diagram of the layout of a typical tourist rail carriage, and other tourist information. Interesting early brochure in fine condition, with a colourful cover painting. [More in this series are available] c 1930s.

Original wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Mukden, September, 1934. 8 7/8 x 6". 34pp. Chart, folding map. Original wrappers, light browning at edges. Very good copy. Collated and complete. Small stamp on front wrapper.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. pp 8 fold-out pages. B&W photos of scenery, buildings and people and a text describing features of the country. Includes a tourist map of India, and other tourist information. Interesting early brochure in fine condition, with a colourful cover painting. [More in this series are available] c 1930s.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. Stamped on inside. Stamped on pages. Stamped on page edges. (Railroads, India, Travel, Description, indian Railways).

Cloth. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. British style Railway Rules Book for the Egyptian State Railways. 336pp. Some age toning to pages, but otherwise contents VG and unmarked. Rear hinge with old internal tape repair. Original green cloth boards, rubbed on edges and frayed along spine with some splitting. Rare.,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The Esna Barrage was completed in 1908, as part of a series of major water supply initiatives starting with the Aswan Dam in 1902. It was inaugurated in 1909 in the presence of Khedive Abbas II (1874-1944), the last Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt. Three items offered here include: (1) Egyptian State Railways Time-Tables and Instructions - Staple bound self wraps 21 x 26cm. 15pp printed on "Oceana Fine" watermarked laid cream paper. Very good with some staining. This presents details for transporting Government guests and the press, which included a Special Train laid on for the Khedive from Palais de Koubbeh to Esneh on 7 Feb. (2) Laid in is an original pencil caricature of an elderly fellaheen with village and steam train in the background, and a couple of quick animal sketches, on identical paper, folded, letterheaded Egyptian State Railways Cairo, 190-. (3) 2. Evening Standard Supplement 26 Jan 1931, 32 x 47cm, pp11-14 including map and several b/w photos. Very good, tanned, folded in quarters. This later report by Dr Hafez Afifi Pasha, Egyptian Minister in London, celebrates British support in the major water projects at Aswan, Esna, Nagh Hamadi, Assiut, and the Delta.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A rare handbook with unique Persian Gulf Command Military Railway Service provenance. Second Edition as stated to the Farsi title, undated c1943-45. Original brown cloth gilt-titled with the Iranian emblem 15x21cm. Printed in 3000 copies by Taban Printing Company. (1), 72pp English; (1), 75pp Farsi texts including b/w drawings and chits stating "The Rules contained in this book will take effect on and from a date to be advised". Covers good with several marks to one of the boards. Interiors near fine with the front endpapers filled with 15 names and addresses several stating their affiliations. This covers general rules, signals, block working, station working and shunting, duties of engine crews and guards, additional rules for working trains, and accidents. The ms entries are by US railroaders serving in the Military Railway Service (MRS) under the Persian Gulf Command. To name some: Leon Richter, St Cloud Mn identifies himself in English and Farsi as an engineer in the 711th Railway Operating Battalion ("Co.C - 711 Eng RR Op Bn" with Co.C possibly Company C. After WW2 he joined the Great Northern RR); James McClaskey of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Transportation Division ("P.R.R. P.T. Div"); Henry Hale of Crawfordville Ga, Georgia Railroad ("GaRR"); John Sacca of Palmyra NJ, the Pennsylvania and possibly New York Dock RRs ("P.R.R. N.Y.D."); James Taylor of Brownsville Maine, Canadian Pacific RR; and J.D. Stirke(?) of Chicago, Chicago and North Western Railroad ("C-N-W. R.R."). Others with no stated affiliation came from Texas, Michigan, Illinois, New York, Ohio and Indiana. Experienced railroaders had been proving their worth in wartime since the First Battle of Bull Run. During WW1 the Corps of Engineers operated the MRS, led by Army Colonels and railroaders commissioned as Lieutenant Colonels. Between WW1 and WW2 it was reorganised along civilian lines into Railway Operating Battalions each with 3 or 4 Companies charged with managing and maintaining 90-150 miles of track, and if necessary destroying them. The Army recruited civilians through its Affiliation Plan under which US commercial railroads sponsored specific MRS units. The 711th was formed at Fort Belvoir Virginia in June 1941 without civilian company sponsorship (the first of its kind). Its personnel were drawn from 10 different US railroads, and the Engineer School Detachment and Engineer Replacement Training Center at Fort Belvoir. It moved to Camp Claiborne Louisiana for training, part of which involved a role in laying the C&P Railroad. When the US entered WW2 the Transportation Corps took command of the MRS with many new Battalions formed under the Affiliation Plan. The MRS served in every theatre that involved the Army. The 711th arrived at the river port of Khorramshahr north of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's refinery at Abadan in January 1943, where it made up trains and moved them out before taking over an especially long 388 mile section of track (later reduced to 258 miles). It was joined by the 730th (Pennsylvania Railroad), 754th (Southern Pacific Company), and 762d (American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Company, Electro-Motive Corporation). Coordinated by the 702d Railway Grand Division (Union Pacific Railroad), these 4 Battalions operated the Iranian State Railway transferring significant Lend-Lease to the USSR. In total the MRS handled over 4M tons of freight, and transported 16,000 Iranian military, 14,000 Polish refugees, 40,000 British troops, 15,000 Russian ex-POWs, and 21,000 pilgrims during 1944's Nowruz festival. The railroaders left Iran by July 1945. Worldcat locates 2 copies at LoC and Stanford. (Ref: Army Historical Foundation, "Railroaders in Olive Drab: The Military Railway Service in WWII").

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. pp 8 fold-out pages. B&W photos of scenery, buildings and people and a text describing features of the the city of Gwalior and region, Includes a tourist map of the railway system in India and a table of the distances and times between chief places of interest. Also with a separate fold out page on'The Hotel Position in India, with a list of the principal hotels in India. Interesting early brochure in fine condition, with a colourful cover painting. [More in this series are available] c 1930s.

24,5 x 11,5 cm, auseinander gefaltet: 24,5 x 23 cm, 16 pages. Illustr.Obrosch. Einband an den Rändern bestossen, sonst gut. Cover a little bit bumped, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Englisch 50 gr.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. 210, [1, ad.]; text in Swedish; sketch maps, illusts.; very good in original printed wrappers with illust. mounted to upper wrappers, slightly rubbed, minor marginal age-toning. A travel guide issued for the Swedish State Railways, with information on the lines running from Långselle to the Norwegian border near Narvik - the northernmost railway lines in Sweden. The handbook contains information on the towns of the region, and on the Lapps that populate the area.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. pp 8 fold-out pages. B&W photos of scenery, buildings and people and a text describing features of the country. Includes a tourist map of Burma, and other tourist information. Interesting early brochure in fine condition, with a colourful cover painting. [More in this series are available] c 1930s.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. pp 8 fold-out pages. B&W photos of scenery, buildings and people and a text describing features of the country. Includes a tourist map of India, and table of distances between major destinations. Interesting early brochure in fine condition, with a colourful cover painting. [More in this series are available] c 1930s.

4 folds. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. Double-sided, height 57 cm, width 23 cm. V.g., coloured map of Sweden (captioned in English) overprinted in red showing both electrified and non-electrified routes, also the ferry route from Trälleborg to Sassnitz (Germany). Reverse side has four pages of travel information plus t.p. showing electric express train on Årsta Bridge, Stockholm. Weight: 1 Language: English.

12 Doppelseiten. Farbig illustrierte Original-Ausfaltbroschur. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Illustrationen sowie einer doppelseitigen Karte im Anhang. Gutes Exemplar (good copy).

Geheftet. Condition: Gut. 72 Seiten; 19,5 x 12,5 cm da Gewicht in Gramm: 100.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 202. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1926 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 202.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Brochure titled "From Norway - The Bergen Railway" with b/w photos and general profile of the line to outer panels 15 x 22cm, concertina opening to 84 x 22cm. Printed to both sides, by Grondahl & Son, Oslo. Very good, lightly worn. This is the English language edition (it was also published in German, French, Czechish, Dutch, and Norwegian). One side contains the colour birds eye view Map of the Districts around the Bergen Railway, Valdres Railway, etc 70 x 22cm (scale not given) with relief shown pictorially; a b/w map of Norway showing railways, main tourist roads, and steamship routes; and a location map. The other side features a description of the route, illustrated with b/w photos.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Two related items offered together: 1. Colour paper folding "Map of the Iranian Railways Network and the Future Projects", published by Iranian Railways March 1975, cartography by Sahab Geographic and Drafting Institute, Tehran 43 x 31cm. Details include existing lines, stations (distinguishing central, 1st, 2nd, 3rd class and other), lines to be constructed according to the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Five Year Plans by order of priority, and distances in km. Fine, neatly folded. / 2. Facts & Figures 1973-74 Railway Edition, booklet in b/w illustrated wraps, 15 x 22cm, 64pp illustrated in colour and b/w. Prepared by the Planning & Studies Department, printed at Iranian State Railways Printing Office. Very good, lightly worn, with short tear to spine head, and German institutional inkstamps to outer and inner front wrap (one of which is over-stamped "ungultig"). The text includes a progress report by Hamid Moussavian, Deputy Minister for Transport Affairs, Manager of the Railways; Brief History of the Iranian State Railways; and General Information regarding the Link between Iranian and Turkish Railways. Photos include royal portraits in colour, and b/w photos of Iran's railways. The tables and charts cover permanent installations (characteristics of the lines, tunnels, bridges, crossings, renewals etc), traction (locomotive power, carrying stock etc), and operations (tariffs, passenger traffic, goods traffic, items carried, etc). The map is rare, with 3 holdings located on Worldcat (Kansas University, Utah University, National Library of Australia). The booklet is scarce, with various editions recorded on Worldcat and Jisc from the 1950s up to 1977.

4to. pp. 35 - 440; illustrations. In the publisher's dark green morocco. Lacking the first 34 pages of the first issue, but retaining the rear cover, and the original covers of the other 5 issues. The first volume of this magazine, albeit lacking the first pages of the first issue.

4to. pp. 315 - 720; illustrations. In the publisher's dark green morocco, retaining the front wrappers of each issue.