William Coxey (34 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 48 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Railroad history. Stapled pamphlet. Covers lightly rubbed, one corner bumped. Interior clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Railroad history. Stapled pamphlet. Covers lightly rubbed, bottom edge water damaged. Interior clean.

Condition: New. West Jersey Chapter NRHS, softcover, 64 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., B&W and Color photographs, diagrams, train symbols and schedules from various eras. The Pennsylvania Railroad built Pavonia Yard in 1883 on an almost north-south alignment in East Camden, New Jersey. Over time the PRR purchased additional land and expanded the yard and added shop facilities. Later the traffic levels increased and the yard was converted to a hump yard. In 2011 and 2012 the yard was converted to a flat switching yard. The yard is still in use today. The book includes photographs and diagrams from the early era of the yard to the current era. B&W photographs and diagrams supplement the text and four pages Color photographs are included on the covers. Contents: 1883-1899, pp. 2â"7 1900-1292, pp. 8â"17 1930-1946, pp. 18â"23 1947-1975, pp. 24â"43 1976-2013, pp. 44â"63 Index, Bibliography, p. 64.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Oversize hardcover 176 pp. w/ endpaper maps and b&w photos throughout. Examines the rise of passenger rail routes to the New Jersey seashore, the competition, upgrades, and eventual decline brought on by automobiles. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; small tears and wear to edges and corners; rubbing to back.…

softcover. Condition: vg.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. West Jersey Chapter, National Railway Historical Society 1980. 176 pp. Illustrated. Map endpapers. Pages clean, unmarked. Cover has light wear. Jacket shows some rubbing, notably along the edges, a few small tears lower front edge. Former owner's catalogue number upper corner of title page. Shipped promptly with tracking.…

PAPER BACK BLUE/WHITE. Condition: AS NEW. As New!!! DATE PUBLISHED: 2007 EDITION: 168.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Stiff color illus. wraps, oblong format. Light shelf/handling wear. 48 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: VERY GOOD. No stains, no rips/tears, no markings, good quality, black and white images DATE PUBLISHED: 1997 EDITION: 10.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Railroad history. Stapled pamphlet, oblong quarto. Covers lightly rubbed, one corner curled. Interior clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NEAR FINE Hardcover in a VERY GOOD+ Dust Jacket 1980 1st Edition A history of the Reading's Sea Shore Railroad 1877 - 1933 Name and date on ffep, otherwise FINE.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 72pp. Pictorial wraps. black and white illustrations throughout, including maps of the routes. a touch of edgewear, otherwise like new. "A series of Stories about Southern New Jersey Railroad Hsitory". This is volume two of three volumes of this series. Size: Large 8vo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 52pp. Pictorial wraps. black and white illustrations throughout, including maps of the routes. a touch of edgewear, otherwise like new. "A series of Stories about Southern New Jersey Railroad Hsitory". This is volume one of three volumes of this series. Size: Large 8vo. Book.…

PAPER BACK PICTORIAL. Condition: AS NEW. as new!!! DATE PUBLISHED: 1988 EDITION: 48.

PAPER BACK WHITE. Condition: VERY GOOD. General shelf wear DATE PUBLISHED: 1988 EDITION: 48.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Oversized in illustrated softcovers. Fine, fresh copy. 52 pp. Illustrated with vintage photographic images and maps. Collection of essays on various apects, people, etc in railroad history in Southern New Jersey. Some of the 14 essays include New Jersey's Greatest Railroad by John Brinckmann (spoiler alert--the Camden and Amboy); The Steam Dummy Era at cape may by W. George Cook; The westville Cutoff" by Richard Gladulich; "The Blue Comet" by Coxey; "Reading Steam to the Shore" by George Adams; "About The Bridgeton Branch" by Donald Wentzel, and others.…

softcover. Condition: nf.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Clean pictorial soft cover. West New Jersey Railroad. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs and map. Railroad. ; 8vo; 72 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. Oversized hardcover in navy blue cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket with minor wear at the tips and a very shallow crease upper edge of the front panel. Map front endpaper and diagram illustrated rear endpaper. 172 pp. with bibliography. Profusely illustrated with vintage photographic images, reproductions and maps. The first (and only printing). Illustrated history of the Atlantic City Railroad, an historic route that connected New York City and Philadelphia to Atlantic City. In 1889, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad consolidated all its roads in South Jersey into the ACRR. In the early 20th century, the ACRR set speed records between Camden, New Jersey and Atlantic City, a 55.5 mile trip that it traversed in 43 at an average speed of 77.4 mph. Some of the shorter segments nearer the coast *from Winslow Tower and Meadows Jct, and from Egg Harbor to Brigantine Jct.) were speedier still, with some trains reportedly reaching 115 mph. Some its predecessor lines ran in the 1870s (the Camden, Gloucester & Mt. Ephraim and the Philadelphia & Atlantic City; Williamstown); in 1901 the ACRR acquired several of the coastal short lines (the Cape May, Delaware Bay & Sewell's Point; the Ocean City; the Seacoast). In the 1930s it acquired the Stone Harbor and the Wildwood and Delaware Bay). In June, 1933, the ACRR was officially renamed the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. near fine. First edition. Oversized hardcover. Map endpapers. 176 pp with index, locomotive roster, station list. Illustrated throughout with vintage photographs. A fine, fresh example, only flaw being a very small obscured ownership stamp top corner of front free endpaper. In bright, crisp dust jacket with a bit of shallow crimping to the top edge.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 79pp. Color Pictorial wraps. black and white illustrations throughout, including maps of the routes. a touch of edgewear, otherwise like new. "A series of Stories about Southern New Jersey Railroad Hsitory". This is volume two of three volumes of this series. Size: Large 8vo. Book.…

Condition: Good. Allentown, PA: Custom Print Express, 1988. Oblong sm 4to. 48pp. Illus. Good book. Corners bent, boack cover creased at top. Inside clean. (Pennsylvania Railroad, Reading Railroad, Atlantic City NJ) Inquire if you need further information.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: GOOD DJ. good cover and spine. gold gilt lettering to front cover and spine. wear to top of DJ. very clean blue and white illustrated endpapers. pages are very clean. black and white photographic illustrations. DATE PUBLISHED: 1980 EDITION: 172.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. A clean, tight copy, with no signs of prior use. Gift quality! Included with this copy is a second book, Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, by Frederick A. Kramer. Published in 1980, this copy is also clean and tight, but with slight shelfwear to the covers. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; 10.90 X 8.40 X 1.60 inches B005XER8CQ.…

PAPER BACK PICTORIAL. Condition: VERY GOOD. Contains b&w photos, good binding, clean body, and unmarked text. General shelf/edge wear, lightly rubbed cover, and few creases on rear cover. DATE PUBLISHED: 1988 EDITION: 48.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper is a little frayed at the edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Owners embossed stamp on front fly, toning at the hinges else near fine in very good or better dust jacket with rubbing and small tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. West Jersey Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Oaklyn, NJ. 1980. 176 pgs. Illustrated throughout. Map endpapers 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. Fascinating and engaging history of the Atlantic City Railroad, the Reading Railroad's line to the Jersey beach resorts. Covers not only the Atlantic City but also its predecessor lines (such as the Camden and Atlantic Rail Road, the Williamstown Railroad, and the Camden, Gloucester & Mt. Ephraim Railway) , the conversion from narrow to standard gauge, the intense competition between the Philadelphia & Reading and the Pennsylvania Railroad for shore traffic, and the eventual decline of passenger traffic due to automobile competition. Includes list of Reading locomotives regularly assigned to the Atlantic City Railroad as well as a station list and a list of steamboats of the Delaware River Ferry Co. And its predecessors. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and line drawings. With maps, track yards, sketches of stations, gradient profiles, timetables, advertisements, and bibliography. EB; 11.1 X 8.7 X 0.7 inches; 172 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. near fine. First edition. Oversized hardcover. Map endpapers. 176 pp with index, locomotive roster, station list. Illustrated throughout with vintage photographs. A fine, fresh bexample, only flaw being a very small obscured ownership stamp top corner of front free endpaper. In bright, crisp dust jacket with a bit of shallow crimping to the top edge.…