A collection of about 15 books and booklets about the Union Pacific Railroad. Included with a few timetables and a book of operating rules by the company, is the book "Westward to Promontory " by Barry Combs. Dust jacket notes: "A PICTORIAL DOCUMENTARY: From the century-old, 10 x 13-inch, wet-plate collodion negatives of A. J. Russell - chronicler of the building of the Union Pacific Railroad, one of the greatest engineering feats of the day. 'The Great Work of the Age!' it was hailed by the politicians, journalists, promoters, and philosophers of America and Europe. Next, is "Motive Power of the Union Pacific" by William Kratville. Every type of steam locomotive is covered as well as complete chapters on all the turbines and three classes of diesels - passenger, freight and yard. Unlike other editions of this book, this version is essentially a pictorial, packed with black and white photos dating from the Ponies and Bicycles of the 1860s through the diesels of the 1960s. System map endpapers. 152 pages. ; Dust jackets have small tears. Please see photos for more detail and condition.
Date: 1900's
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State: Wyoming
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