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Railway Schedules/ Technical:

Isaac, Thomas Sebastain. ON THE USE OF LOCOMOTIVE POWER ON GRADIENTS OF 1 IN 17 AND CURVES OF 300 FEET RADIUS ON RALWAYS IN AMERICA
London 1858. first edition. Octavo, removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. XVIII and rebound in later plain wraps. pp. 51-70. VG. no ownership marks. (a107027)
$29.00Long Island Rail Road. THE LONG ISLAND RR TIME TABLE - TAKING EFFECT OCTOBER 1st 1889
Long Island City, NY. 1889 I. D. Barton, Gen'l Superintendent and H M Smith, Traffic Manager. 7.5 x 3.5 inches. Pictorial front panel. Long Island map on rear panel. Opens to 14 x 15 inches with full printed schedule. Torn along several of the fold lines but complete. (a73601)
$90.00(railroads). PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TIMETABLES (CORRECTED TO FEBRUARY 1931)
1931. Sm.4to., 84pp. (double column text with two page numbers per page so actually only 42 pages), wraps. VG. (a77404)
$29.00 Makinson, Alexander Woodlands . ON SOME OF THE INTERNAL DISTURBING FORCES OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES
London 1863. Octavo, pp.65-112, two large folding charts, removed from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a78665)
$45.00Preece, William Henry. ON RAILWAY TELEGRAPHS AND THE APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY TO THE SIGNALLING AND WORKING OF TRAINS
London 1863. Octavo, pp.167-239, a few text illustrations, removed from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a78667)
$65.00 McMaster, Bryce . ON THE WOODS USED FOR SLEEPERS ON THE MADRAS RAILWAY
London 1863. Octavo, pp.241-261, removed from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a78668)
$37.00Findlay, George. THE WORKING OF RAILWAYS
London 1875. Octavo, 19p. plus 2 foldout plates. Removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. XLI and rebound in later wraps. VG. Scheduling problems/considerations and railroad management. (a87490)
$37.00Harrison, John Thornhill. ON RAILWAY STATISTICS
London 1875. Scheduling problems/considerations and railroad management. Octavo, pp. 27-81 plus 4 foldout plates and 2 text woodcuts and Discussion of article, removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. XLI and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a87492)
$39.00(railroad time tables). PITTSBURGH AND LAKE ERIE R. R. TIME TABLES 1930
Corrected to January 10, 1930. Narrow octavo wraps. 30p. Small photo illustrations of train and automobilies. Brochure. wraps. octavo. staple binding. Good, one short closed tear. (a89143)
$25.00 Graham, J ; E H Young; J A F Aspinall; W E Lilly; W. Airy . AXLE LOADS ON RAILWAY BRIDGES; MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT IN A GIRDER UNDER A MOVING GROUP OF LOADS; EXPERIMENTS ON THE TRACTIVE RESISTANCE OF LOADED RAILWAY WAGONS; MOVING LOADS ON RAILWAY UNDERBRIDGES; STRENGTH OF BRICK WALLS TO RESIST WIND-PRESSURE
London 1904. first edition. Five technical articles, discussion and correspondence on the articles, on railroad cargo loading. pp. 323-373; 380- 385 with 1 foldout plate and 22 text woodcuts. Removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Volume CLVIII and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. no ownership marks. (a89353)
$45.00Harding, Wyndham. ON THE RESISTANCE TO RAILWAY TRAINS AT DIFFERENT VELOCITIES
London 1846 first edition. Extracted from volume V of Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Small octavo. Bound in later plain wraps. pp. 369-432 with 3 foldout chart plates. VG. no owner marks. (a99906)
$35.00