Many Vintage and Valuable Titles in Chapter Auction

For the first time in nearly three years, Philadelphia Chapter’s November 15, 2013 meeting will be a Railroadiana Auction. The auction will include quite a number of valuable vintage books that have been left to the Chapter by the estates of deceased members. This will be a rare opportunity to gain many out-of-print books for your library. This auction is open to the public. Listed below is a sample of the auction lots to be sold:

WHO MADE ALL OUR STREETCARS GO, The Story of Rail Transit in Baltimore, Michael R. Farrell, 320 pp, hard-cover, Baltimore Chapter, NRHS, 1973

BALTIMORE & ITS STREETCARS, Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., 96 pp, soft-cover, Quadrant Press, Inc., 1984

THIRD AVENUE RAILWAY, A Cityscape of Manhattan and the Bronx, Frederick A. Kramer, 80 pp, soft-cover, 2001

TROLLEYS OF THE LOWER DELAWARE VALLEY PENNSYLVANIA, by Paul Schieck & Harold E. Cox, 84 pp, soft-cover, Harold E. Cox, 1970 (long out-of-print!!!!)

RED ARROW LINES REMEMBERED, The Years Surrounding World War II, by Frederick A. Kramer and (our own!) Samuel L. James, Jr., 64 pp, soft-cover, 1992, nice cond.

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM, by W. D. Edson with H. L. Vail, Jr. and C. M. Smith, 176 pp, soft-cover, NYC System Historical Society, 1978

NEW YORK CENTRAL’S EARLY POWER, Volume II, 1831-1916, Alvin F. Staufer, 352 pp, hard-cover, 1967 (one of the vintage books from this era, this in very nice condition)

WHEN THE STEAM RAILROADS ELECTRIFIED, by William D. Middleton, 438 pp, hard-cover, Kalmbach, 1974-Second Printing, 1976 (one of the classics!)

AMERICA’S COLORFUL RAILROADS, by Don Ball, Jr., 210 pp, hard-cover, Reed Books, 1978 (another classic)

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES OF THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD, by H. F. Cavanaugh, 140 pp, NJ International Books, 1980

UPTOWN-DOWNTOWN, A trip through time on New York’s Subways, Stan Fischler, 272 pp, soft-cover, Hawthorn Books, 1976

THE MA & PA, A History of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad, by George W. Hilton, 184 pp, hard-cover, Howell-North Books, 1963

NEW MEXICO’S RAILROADS, a Historical Survey (revised edition), by David F. Myrick, 276 pp, soft-cover, University of New Mexico Press, 1993

THE RAIL LINES OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, A Handbook of Railroad History, by Ronald Dale Kerr,, 384 pp, soft-cover, Branch Line Press, 1995

RAIL TRANSIT PHILADELPHIA, The PTC Years – 1940-1968, by Richard Vible and Henry Elsner, 80 pp, soft-cover, NJ International, 1992 – classic full-color title we all know

CLASSIC AMERICAN RAILROADS, Mike Schafer, 160 pp, hard-cover, MBI Publishing, 1996, full-color great book

MORE CLASSIC AMERICAN RAILROADS, Mike Schafer, 160 pp, hard-cover, 2000 – sequel to the above book

THE FAIRMOUNT PARK TROLLEY, A Unique Philadelphia Experiment, by Harold E. Cox, 38 pp, soft-cover, 1970, in rather nice condition on this classic Philadelphia property; map incl.

MEMORIES OF READING COMPANY POWER, 1833-1976, by Paul Carleton, 144 pp, hard-cover, D. Carleton Railbooks, 1985, a smaller, later edition of the classic Carleton books on the RDG

RAILS ALONG THE HUDSON, Thomas A. Crawford and Frederick A. Kramer, 96 pp, soft-cover, Bergen-Rockland Chapter, NRHS, Quadrant Press, Inc., 1979

PENN STATION, Its Tunnels and Side Rodders, by Fred Westing, 184 pp, hard-cover, Superior Publishing Co., 1978

THE PUTNAM DIVISION, New York Central’s Bygone Route through Westchester County, by Daniel R. Gallo and Frederick a. Kramer, 80 pp, soft-cover, Quadrant Press, Inc., 1981

STEEL RAILS TO THE SUNRISE, The Long Island Rail Road, by Ron Ziel and George Foster, 320 pp, hard-cover, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1965

DIAMOND STATE TROLLEYS, Electric Railways of Delaware, by Harold E. Cox, 88 pp, soft-sover, Harold E. Cox., 1991

DUTCH COUNTRY TROLLEYS-Conestoga Traction and Hershey Transit, by Frederick A. Kramer, 64 pp, soft-cover, Railroad Avenue Enterprises, 2000

SOME CLASSIC TRAINS, BY Arthur D. Dubin, 434 pages, hard-cover, Kalmbach Books, fourth printing, 1972 – another of the classic books by Kalmbach from this era

CLASSIC POWER #9 – NEW HAVEN EP-5 “JETS”, 98 pp, soft-cover, NJ International, Inc., 1991 - a classic book on the New Haven Railroad’s modern electric locomotives

THE RAILROADING SERIES, Volume 1 and Volume 2 – THE PA BOOK (D&H’s Alco PA’s) and COVERED WAGONS (early road diesels of the Erie Lackawanna), both softcover books copyright 1975 and 1975, both written by William S. Young and published by Starrucca Valley Publications – both long out-of-print and sold as one lot.

READING TRAINS & TROLLEYS – Images of Rail, by Rev. Philip K. Smith with the Historical Society of Berks County, 128 pages, autographed, soft-cover, Arcadia Books, 2004

MORE CLASSIC TRAINS, by Arthur D. Dubin, 512 pgs, hard-cover, Kalmbach Books, 1973 – another of the great Kalmbach works from the 1960’s-1970’s – in nice condition, too!

A FIELD GUIDE TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD DEPOTS & FREIGHT HOUSES, BY John H. Roy, Jr., 350 pages, soft-cover, Branch Line Press, 2007, a nice field guide for railfans on a historical/photographic “dig”

THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, by Bill Yenne, 128 pp, hard-cover, Bonanza Books, 1985

20^TH CENTURY, by Lucius Beebe, 180 pp, hard-cover, Howell-North Books, 1962 (not one of the original of this title, but a nice reprint in good condition)

GREAT AMERICAN TRAIN STATIONS – Classic Terminals and Depots, by Hans and April Halberstadt, 192 pp, hard-cover, Barnes & Noble, 1997 – a nice coffee table photo book

RAILROAD STATIONS, by Brian Solomon, 80 pages, hard-cover, MetroBooks, 2000 – another coffee table photo book

GREAT AMERICAN RAILROADS, A Photographic History, by Michael Swift, 192 pp, hard-cover, Barnes & Noble Books, 2006, yet another nice book with many classic railroad scenes.

PORTRAIT OF THE RAILS, from Steam to Diesel, by Don Ball, Jr., 296 pp, hard-cover, Gallahad Books, 1976 – this, we believe, is a reprinted version of the original books – still nice!

THE LAST STEAM RAILROAD IN AMERICA (Norfolk & Western), photos by O. Winston Link, text by Thomas H. Garver, 144 pp, hard-cover, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995

RAILROAD MAPS OF NORTH AMERICA – The First Hundred Years, by Andrew M. Modelski, 186 pp, hard-cover, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, 1984 – a coffee-table size book of old railroad maps – really interesting.

This summary illustrates some of the more classic books that will be offered in the auction. There will be numerous other soft- and hard-cover books to be auction, time permitting. Plan to attend!!!