‎Chemin de fer‎

‎LOMMEL, Georges (Ingénieur):‎

‎Etude critique des divers systèmes proposés pour le passage des Alpes suisses par un chemin de fer.‎

‎Vevey, Imprimerie Gschwind, Suter Cie, 1864, gr. in-8vo, V (+1 bl.) + 63 p. (+1), brochure originale avec titre imprimé.‎

‎Introduction. / Exposé préliminaire des trois systèmes en présence (expl. de diverses systèmes: Système de percement - Système Mauss - Système Bartlett - Bartlett-Sommelier - Système Presset - Conclusion) / Système à passer les Alpes par leur Sommet... / Discussion détaillée / Conclusions générales.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 113492aaf

‎LOMMEL G.‎

‎Simplon, St-Gothard & Lukmanier. Etude comparative de la valeur technique et commerciale des voies ferrées projetées par ces passages alpins italo-suisses.‎

‎Lausanne, Sociét vaudoise de Typogrpahie, 1865. 180 X 255 mm. broché. 240 pp. suivies de 2 cartes dépliantes. Rousseurs éparses, dos cassé au niveau des cartes, rousseurs éparses, dos fenu.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 21351

‎London & North Eastern Railway:‎

‎Collieries in Yorkshire Nottinghamshire Derbyshire Lancashire Cheshire & North Wales & their railway connections.‎

‎London Waterlow and Sons Ltd 1925. Folding map sheet size 61.5 x 96.5 cm printed in black and red laid on linen and folding into stiff red cloth covers. LNER colliery map covering the midlands and north of England and Wales dated on the cover. Individual collieries to which the LNER had access are named in red. The railway companies were among the collieries’ major customers. For example Harworth Colliery in northern Nottinghamshire was linked to the LNER mainline by a special two and a half mile branch line in 1924 just a year before this map was published. It produced ‘hard’ coal which was good for steaming and LNER locomotives such as the ‘Mallard’ and ‘Flying Scotman’ were reputedly burning Harworth coal when making their various record breaking attempts in the 1930s Clark A1 Landmarks 2015. Map hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9121

‎London & North Eastern Railway‎

‎Great Eastern Magazine Vol 25 January - December 1925‎

‎London & North Eastern Railway 1925. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 12 Issues Bound In Gold Embossed Blue Cloth. Articles Include Recent Engineering Developments On The L. N. E. R. The Centenary Of Railway Travel 1825-1925 Etc. London & North Eastern Railway Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 041280

‎London & North Western Railway‎

‎THROUGH COMMUNICATION Via KENSINGTON and WEST LONDON RAILWAY with Brighton and South Western Railways TO KENSINGTON AND THE SOUTH - Week Days Only‎

‎London: London & North Western Railway 1868. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. Timetable March 1868 front timetable sheet printed on a buff-orange paper with attached folded A3 sheet centre fold map"Map of the London & North Western Railway and its Communication" reverse "Map Shewing London & North Western Railway and its connections in the Neighbourhood of London". and to the rear two small maps to the final side are entitled Enlarged Plan of the London & North Western Railway - between Liverpool Manchester & Leeds and Enlarged Plan of the London & North Western Railway Between Rugby Birmingham Stafford & Shrewsbury. ; thought to be number XV from a series of timetables. A little edge wear and marking to maps no inscriptions appears to have been part of a larger timetable book. London & North Western Railway Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026173

‎London & North Western Railway‎

‎Working Time Tables. Northern Division. October 1908 and until further notice‎

‎London & North Western Railway 1908. Book. Good. Paper Covers. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 292pp disbound a little fragile. London & North Western Railway Paperback‎

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‎London and North Eastern Railway:‎

‎Map of London shewing Goods Coal and Passenger Stations Depots and Receiving Offices of the London & North Eastern Railway also the Ordinary Cartage Boundary for collection and delivery of good traffic.‎

‎London: Stanford’s Geographical Establishment c. 1925. Folding map sheet size 63.5 x 90 cm printed in colours on thin paper a couple of short tears blank verso; folding into printed card covers worn. A detailed map undated but probably published shortly after the grouping of the ‘big four’ railway companies. Map Stanford’s Geographical Establishment unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9453

‎London and Port Stanley Railway Board‎

‎Statutes Agreements and By-Laws Now in Force Relating to the London and Port Stanley Railway and the London and South-Eastern Railway 1908 Classic Reprint‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1390875822.G ISBN : 1390875822 9781390875829

‎London and Port Stanley Railway‎

‎The London and Port Stanley Railway‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 036569651X.G ISBN : 036569651X 9780365696513

‎London and North -Western Railway‎

‎The Official Guide to the London and North Western Railway: The Royal Mail West Coast Route Between England Scotland Wales and Ireland Also Between . of Europe and America Classic Reprint‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1528203313.G ISBN : 1528203313 9781528203319

‎London Midland and Scottish Railway Company‎

‎London Midland and Scottish railway Company Midland Division: Signalling in Foggy Weather or During Falling Snow Railway Poster‎

‎folding railway poster explaining how to signal in foggy weather or during snow fall with 3 small illustrations and text backed with black cloth Published by London Midland and Scottish railway Company paperback‎

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‎London Railway Clearing House‎

‎Regulations of the Railway Clearing House 1895 Classic Reprint‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 048313015X.G ISBN : 048313015X 9780483130159

‎London Railway Clearing House‎

‎Regulations of the Railway Clearing House Classic Reprint‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0366151274.G ISBN : 0366151274 9780366151271

‎London, Brighton & South Coast Railway‎

‎Appendix to the Service Time Table and to the Book of General Rules and Regulations August 1922 and until further notice‎

‎London Brighton & South Coast Railway 1922. Book. Good. Linen Covers. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 279pp7pp index green linen covers rear cover spotted sl soiling. London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009329

‎Long Island Railroad Company‎

‎Long Island 1905 Classic Reprint‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1332152589.G ISBN : 1332152589 9781332152582

‎Long Island Railroad Company‎

‎Long Island Illustrated 1903 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1333050143.G ISBN : 1333050143 9781333050146

‎Long Island Railroad Company‎

‎Long Island Illustrated Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1397242159.G ISBN : 1397242159 9781397242150

‎Long Island Railroad Company‎

‎Long Island Where Cooling Breezes Blow Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 133242001X.G ISBN : 133242001X 9781332420018

‎Long Island Railroad Company‎

‎Out on Long Island Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1332174779.G ISBN : 1332174779 9781332174775

‎Long Island Railroad Company‎

‎Summer Resorts on Long Island: Four Hundred Miles of Shore Line on Ocean Sound and Bays; 1908 Classic Reprint‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 065644617X.G ISBN : 065644617X 9780656446179

‎Long Island Railroad Company‎

‎The Long Island Railroad Company to United States Mortgage and Trust Company as Trustee: Unified Mortgage March 1st 1899 Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0366693905.G ISBN : 0366693905 9780366693900

‎Long Island Railroad Company‎

‎Unique Long Island Camera Sketches Classic Reprint‎

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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0265262453.G ISBN : 0265262453 9780265262450

‎LONG ISLAND RAILROAD‎

‎Early Engineer’s Book for the Long Island Railroad 1835-1872‎

‎<p>This volume is a fascinating primary source for the nation's oldest railroad still operating under its original name including correspondence setting the course for routes now traveled by millions of riders every month. Later use of this book by a New Jersey hatmaker and Civil War veteran gives insights into the daily life and expenses of a craftsman and farmer in the 1870s.</p> <b>LONG ISLAND RAILROAD.</b>Memorandum and Letter Book 1835-1872. 344 pp. of which 212 pp. have writing 8¼ x 13 x 1¼ in.<p><br /></p><p>This volume likely originally belonging to chief engineer James P. Kirkwood contains a wide variety of memoranda relating to the railroad. It begins with two pages of diary-like entries from February 8 to May 16 1836 including mention of Matthias W. Baldwin 1795-1866 the founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works February 8 and discussion of the route for the new Williamsburg Branch April 1 and reports on the contractors at Jamaica May 4 and 11.</p><p>It is followed by copies of two letters from the chief engineer regarding the delivery of railroad ties from Maine May 27 and August 4 1836 then six pages of estimates for grade work on new lines between Jericho and Ronkonkoma Pond between Jamaica and Jericho and between Flushing and Jericho.</p><p>Next are three draft letters totaling 40 pages to the president and directors of the railroad reporting engineering details on three different routes which had been surveyed from Jamaica to Greenport. The letters are dated November 4 1835 January 1836 and September 19 1836 and include tables estimating the costs for grading each route.</p><p>The following 37 pages include copies of letters to and from Long Island Rail Road engineer James P. Kirkwood between August 11 1835 and March 28 1837 mostly about surveying and construction issues. Among the interesting letters is one from Postmaster General Amos Kendall to the President of the Long Island Rail Road April 26 1836 asking for a map or plan of the route so the post office could update its maps. These pages also include an August 9 1836 letter from Lieutenant George Gordon Meade 1815-1872 acknowledging payment of $45.44 for "services rendered" to the railroad likely surveying shortly before he resigned from the army to pursue work as a civil engineer. Meade went on to lead the Army of the Potomac to victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 and continued in command until the end of the Civil War.</p><p><b>James Pugh Kirkwood</b> 1807-1877 was born in Edinburgh Scotland. After his education and an apprenticeship to a land surveyor he began his own business in Glasgow in 1832. Later that same year he immigrated to the United States where he worked as an engineer on the Norwich & Worcester the Boston & Providence and the Stonington & Providence Railroads. In 1837 he became the resident engineer for the Long Island Rail Road. From 1840 to 1843 he was resident engineer for the Western Railroad of Massachusetts. Over the course of his career Kirkwood became one of the foremost civil engineers of the mid-nineteenth century. He was involved in many improvement projects to enhance the harbor of New York City. As general superintendent of the New York & Erie Railroad he pioneered the use of telegraph signals to manage trains. From 1850 to 1855 he was the chief engineer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and managed its construction. He was a co-founder of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1852 and served as its president from 1867 to 1868. He also became involved in a variety of water supply projects for various cities in the United States and Europe.</p><p><b>Long Island Rail Road</b> 1835-1928 1949-present is the oldest U.S. railroad still operating under its original name and charter. The New York General Assembly passed an act to incorporate the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad in 1831 which incorporated in 1832 to build a ten-mile line between those cities. Engineer Major D. B. Douglass planned for a continuation through the center of Long Island to near its eastern end to connect New York and Boston via rail and steamship. The legislature chartered the Long Island Rail Road Company in 1834. The railroad organized in June 1835 with Knowles Taylor as the first president and it soon acquired the Brooklyn and Jamaica line. The main line from Brooklyn to Greenport was completed in 1844 but rail and steamship service to Boston lasted only until 1847 when competing rail lines through southern Connecticut and steamships directly from New York took away business. The railroad then turned its attention to local service and added more branches to the northern and southern shores while small rival rail lines opened on the island. In 1875 New York rubber baron Conrad Poppenhusen acquired all of the railroads and consolidated them under the Long Island Railroad Company. By 1900 the Pennsylvania Railroad purchased a controlling interest in the Long Island Railroad and the railroad served more and more commuters into Manhattan. From 1928 to 1949 the railroad was largely owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad but it declared bankruptcy in 1949 and the Pennsylvania Railroad stopped supporting its debts. The Long Island Railroad came out of bankruptcy in 1954 and the State of New York purchased it in 1965. Today the railroad carries more than 300000 passengers each weekday over more than seven hundred miles of track.</p><p><b>Further items in the book:</b></p><p>Next comes eight pages of descriptions of land purchases dated between 1798 and 1842 which may be related to the Long Island Rail Road.</p><p>A three-page undated anti-Whig political letter regarding civic responsibility follows: "<i>There is no higher duty we owe to ourselves to each other and to our country in whatever situation we may be placed in whatever sphere of action we may fill than to understand the nature of our government and the civil institutions by which our rights are maintained as citizens and by which our civil duties & obligations towards each other are to be regulated</i>."</p><p>The latter half of the book was apparently used by at least two different owners who recorded property acquisitions reports on canals and railroads in different states and various memoranda.</p><p>Peter J. Butler used fifty-eight pages in the latter half of the volume for a diary with income and expenditures from January 1870 to March 1872. Later pages record Butler's individual accounts with John Allen Johnson Abner Reeves Charles Bessing the School District Nathan Squire and M. P. Hart. Four additional pages give school receipts and expenditures for school years ending August 31 1873 and July 31 1875; Butler served as clerk for the school. The diary provides an interesting view of the household finances of a craftsman and Civil War veteran in the years after the war.</p><p><b>Peter J. Butler</b> 1842-1889 was born in New Jersey as the son of Peter Butler 1806-1874 and Catherine Butler 1802-1893 both Irish immigrants. Peter J. Butler was a farmer and hatmaker in Livingston New Jersey twenty miles west of New York City. During the Civil War Butler served as a landsman for the navy steamers USS <i>North Carolina</i> and USS <i>Monticello</i> from August 1864 to June 1865. In February 1867 he married Hettie C. Denman with whom he had two children.</p><p>Among the interesting items is the following letter to a soldier perhaps Peter J. Butler from the Civil War:</p><p><i>Dear Friend</i></p><p> <i>I arrived at home on Saturday as I left on Thursday after a verry pleasant ride. I intended to write before but I have been on the go day and night since I have been home so that I have had no time yet I am anxious to hear from you as ever. The 4 of July was selebrated in great stile all over the country and all had a good time in general I am in hopes that you will not have to serve the whole of your time out in fact I think you ought to be entitled to your discharge oferd the verry reason that you have served in the army and navy ever since the commencement of the war and before and never had a bounty I think the Captain will interseed for you and he will if he has any manly principle in him whatever</i></p><p>Another owner of the book appears to have been John S. Cunningham who is likely responsible for the copy of the "<i>Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate imploring their Protection against Jugurtha</i>" in parallel Latin and English columns and a map of a battle from the Jugurthine War in 108 B.C. with Latin labels and narrative. Both have the initials "<i>J.S.C.</i>" at the bottom. Among other items in the book is a brief "List of John S. Cunningham's private library" including books on Greek Latin and French and an 1847 account of J. S. Cunningham with Andrew A. Smalley 1814-1893 covering two pages. Early in Butler's diary is an entry for January 9 1870: "<i>Wrote to John S Cunningham</i>" so perhaps Cunningham had given the ledger to Butler.</p><p><b>John S. Cunningham</b> 1827-1893 was born in New Jersey and educated at Orange Academy. He particularly studied surveying and civil engineering. He was involved in the manufacture of wrought bar iron for several years. In 1848 he became an assistant engineer with the Morris & Essex Railroad and then the Patterson & Ramapo Railroad. From 1849 to 1851 he worked as an engineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. He then returned to railroad work through the 1850s. He settled in Coalsmouth Virginia St. Albans West Virginia thirty-five miles east of Huntington. During the Civil War he served as an officer in a loyal Virginia regiment then returned to St. Albans where he held a variety of local offices including from 1889 judge of the Kanawha County Court.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Overall good. Cover wear and some missing spine cap; marbled endpapers; one torn page; interior clean.</p> hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24879

‎Long, John Luther.‎

‎SIXTY JANE. And the Strike on the Schlafe=Platz Railroad.‎

‎208 p. + Frontis. First signature loose. Uncut. 8vo. Gilt decorated publisher's cloth binding. Top & bottom of spine worn. PA 03B.‎

‎Loomis, Edward E [President Lehigh Valley Railroad Company]‎

‎The Morris Canal A Statement to the People of New Jersey Outlining the Position of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company in Regard to the Proposed Abandonment of a Century-Old Waterway Which Has Long Since Outlived Its Usefulness‎

‎no place: Lehigh Valley Railroad Company 1921. Very Good condition. Folded pamphlet as issued. 4" wide by 8.5" tall. "Morris County History" is written in ink on front wrap. Light traces of foxing on covers. Illustrated with map of the canal in full-color. A brief history of the canal and the Railroad's involvement. The Lehigh Valley Railroad leased the canal in 1871 but the investment was not profitable for the company. This pamphlet written by the President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company proposed to turn over to the state the Railway's interest in the canal with the exception of a few miles of property and right-of-way. The railroad got most of what it wanted. On November 29 1922 the Morris Canal passed into the hands of the State of New Jersey except for the property within the town limits of Phillipsburg and Jersey City less the Little Basin. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 16pp. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009332