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International Railways: Authors M - Z

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Das Lied Der Dampflok. Ein archiv in wort, bild und ton. Ref: S7556  

Maedel, K E.
Stuttgart, 1967 : Franckh.
Quarto, 80 pages with photo illustrations, German text, and a wallet containing 6 45rpm EPs of locomotive recordings produced by the Kosmos Co, glazed boards, book VG+ although wallet slightly strained by its contents. Records appear fine. ** The records each commence with a German commentary on the contents. Some are lineside recordings, others are from the footplate. Played on the office Dansette they came across as of a good technical standard, but I cannot pretend to be an expert in these matters.
Price: £30.00
 

Souvenirs Ferroviaires Du Languedoc Ref: S5687  

Maillet, M.
Breil-sur-Roya, 1994: Cabri.
Large octavo, 175 pages, photo illustrations, French text, laminated card covers. **Steam reminiscences.
Price: £15.00
 

China By Rail. Ref: S6145  

Middleton, W D.
Glendale, Ca, 1986: Trans-Anglo.
Oblong quarto, 120 pages with colour and black & white illustrations, laminated card covers, near fine. **Contains some useful history and recent operations.
Price: £16.00
 

Chemins De Fer Et Canaux. Etude sur le prix de revient des transports, par voie ferrée et par voie navigable. Ref: S3352  

Motet, T.
1888, Paris, Imprimerie Nouvelle.
Large octavo, 133 pages, tables, 3 large folding maps, new cloth, contents browned but otherwise VG. **French 19th century transport economics.
Price: £60.00
 

Single Line Railways. A handbook of management, engineering, and operation. Ref: S6680  

Nock, O S (ed).
D&C, 1966.
Octavo, 348 pages + 32 pages of photo plates, diagrams, jacket, VG. **Aimed at developing countries: sections on civil engineering, motive power, rolling stock and signalling and a good deal on operation. Contributors are men from BR, LSE, Westinghouse, BICC and engineering firms.
Price: £18.00
 

The First Hundred Years. [Sydney-Goulburn Railway : 1869-1969.] Ref: S7554  

Oberg, L.
Canberra, 1973 : Traction (3nd edition and 2nd by this publisher).
Quarto, 60 pages, photo illustrations, map, card covers, VG+. **Railway History series No 731. The line must have been about 125 miles. It's still there, with an interesting looking roundhouse in the vicinity of Goulburn Station.
Price: £10.00
 

West From Omaha. A railroader's odyssey. Ref: S1004  

Pfeifer, J A.
1990 PFM.
Square folio, 208 page colour photo album, VG/F in jacket. **Mainly steam in the 1950s, some early diesel. Author worked for UP but other western roads also feature.
Price: £40.00
 

Borsig. Ein Name Geht Um Die Welt. Die Geschichte des Hauses Borsig und seiner Lokomotiven. Ref: S5521  

Pierson, K.
Berlin, 1973: Rembrandt.
Large octavo, 200 pages, 105 photo illustrations, site plan, German text, green cloth boards, no jacket, near fine. **History of the Borsig locomotive building company.
Price: £28.00
 

Lokomotiven Aus Berlin. Ref: S5557  

Pierson, K.
Stuttgart, 1977: Motorbuch.
Square quarto, 163 pages, 129 illustrations, bibliography, works plans, German text, jacket, near fine. **History of the Berlin locomotive building industry.
Price: £28.00
 

The Richmond Vale Railway. Ref: S6022  

Preston, R G.
Hornsby, NSW, 1990: Shepp Books.
Large quarto, 112 pages, b/w and colour illustrations, maps and track plans, locomotive details, card covers, fine. **Industrial steam down under.
Price: £20.00
 

Sammlung Von Übersichtsplänen Wichtiger Abzweigungsstationen Der Eisenbahnen Deutschlands. Ref: S6678  

Reichs-Eisenbahn-Amt.
Freiburg, 1981 : Eisenbahn-Kurier reprint of 1914 edition.
Octavo, xxxv + 102 pages, German text, card covers, fine. ** 102 pages of station and district rail plans in complicated areas, with index.
Price: £20.00
 

Die Kleinbahnen Des Kreises Jerichow I. Die Geshichte einer ehemaligen Schmalspurbahn. Ref: S7772  

Röper, H.
Dresden, 1988 : Deutscher Modelleisenbahn-Verband.
Folio, 40 pages, photo illustrations, map, station layouts, 3 pages of large clear rolling stock drawings, stock lists, card covers, minor damage to the rear cover, but generally VG and of better quality than most Iron Curtain publications. **History of a lost narrow gauge line in the country east of Magdeburg.
Jerichow I (it is a letter I, not a figure one) is puzzling, as the line does not come within 17km of Jerichow, although it does pass through Wüstenjerichow, some 45 km to the south. The I is a complete mystery but the line is referred to as KJ I throughout, so it has not crept into the title by accident.
Price: £20.00
 

Lexikon Metros De Welt. Geschichte : Technik : Betrieb. Ref: S6186  

Rudorf, S (ed).
Berlin, 1985: Transpress.
Large octavo, 378 pages, photo illustrations, diagrams, maps, tables, German text, jacket worn on reverse, generally VG.
Price: £20.00
 

Railways Of Boston. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority system. Ref: S7763  

Simms, W F.
1999, published by the author.
Octavo, 64 pages, litho'd typescript, maps, photo illustrations, comprehensive stock lists, card covers, fine. **A concise, fact-packed history. Wilfrid Simms was an Englishman who made himself a niche in writing up otherwise unregarded overseas railways.
Price: £8.00
 

Private Railways Of Denmark. Ref: S5842  

Simms, W.
Rustington, West Sussex, 2000: published by the author.
Octavo, 76 pages, photo illustrations, maps, stock lists, card covers, fine.
Price: £10.00
 

Eisenbahn-Panorama Böhmen Und Mähren. Ref: S6930  

Slezak, J O.
Vienna, 1986: Slezak.
Large octavo, 96 page photo album of early railways in what is now the Czech Republic, laminated boards, fine.
Price: £17.00
 

Far Wheels. A railroad safari. Ref: S7674  

Small, C S.
Cleaver Hume, 1959.
Octavo, 166 pages, photo illustrations, some maps, loco lists, jacket, VG. **Obscure and exotic steam railways including Eritrea, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Kivu, Fiji, Peru.
Price: £18.00
 

The Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad. Ref: S7735  

Smalley, S B.
Wyoming, OH, 1975 : Trolley Talk.
Octavo, 80 pages, photo illustrations, map, time table extracts, electric car roster, card covers, near fine. **The CG&P (come, gentlemen and push) Railroad was a 42 mile feeder to the Pennsylvania and the Norfolk & Western at Cincinnati. This is a collection of historic photographs of the line, which are not so much captioned as used as the basis for the text.
Price: £8.00
 

Tramvie E Ferrovie Elettriche Per Roma E Dintorni. Ref: S7773  

Società delle Tramvie e Ferrovie Elettriche di Roma.
Rome, 1901.
Large octavo, 31 pages + 4 pages of maps, photo illustrations (tourist sites on the routes), card covers, VG. ** The proposal of a company set up to provide trams in Rome and railways from Rome to Ostia and to Frascati and Genzano.
Price: £18.00
 

Bahnhöfe Der Schweiz. Von den Anfängen bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg. Ref: S7867  

Stutz, W.
Zurich, 1983 : Orell Füssli.
Octavo, 283 pages, illustrated with photographs, drawings and some diagrams, German text, jacket, VG+. A handbook of Swiss railway station architecture. The first 100 pages are an illustrated essay on aspects of station design; the remaining pages are a catalogue of stations, some very grand and some in Swiss domestic style. Dates, architects, contractors and other details are given; not all are illustrated. There are also endnotes, a bibliography and an index.
Price: £16.00
 

Steam From Kenya To The Cape. Ref: S7367  

Talbot, E.
CRC, 1975.
Quarto, 88 pages, photo illustrations, extensive locomotive lists, maps, touring notes and tips, jacket faded on spine, otherwise a fine copy. ** An enthusiast's guide to the steam locomotives of East, Central and South Africa.
Price: £14.00
 

Järnvägen Borås-Ulricehamn-Jönköping. Ref: S6795  

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Thulin, B.
Kungälv, 1990: Svenska Järnvägsklub.
Square octavo, 252 pages, well illustrated, photos, maps, track plans, scale drawings, Swedish text, printed cloth boards, fine. ** Svenska Järnvägsklub Skriftserie nr 50. This is a numbered series of histories produced since the 1960s by Sweden's principal railway society.
Price: £21.00

Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. The first hundred years of the Melbourne - Wodonga Railway 1873 - 1973. Ref: S7675  

Turton, K.
Australian Railway Historical Society, 1973.
Quarto, 133 pages, photos, maps, dust jacket, near fine.
Price: £18.00
 

Southland's Pioneer Railways 1864 - 1878. Ref: S6055  

Watt, J O P.
Wellington, 1965: NZRLS
Octavo, 72 pages, photo illustrations, diagrams, map, printed boards, cloth backstrip, VG+.
Price: £12.00
 

Railways Of India. Ref: S8054  

Westwood, J N.
David & Charles, 1974.
Octavo, 192 pages, photo illustrations, line maps, jacket, fine copy. **A useful introductory history for a country where there is a sparsity of railway history coverage.
Price: £17.00
 

Dampflokomotiven Der Deutschen Reichsbahn 1970-1988. Ref: S7384  

Wollny, B & Fiegenbaum, W.
Stuttgart, 1989 : Motorbuch.
Oblong quarto, 192 page photo album, 187 b/w and colour photos, laminated boards, fine. **Very fine images of the time-warp period in Eastern Germany.
Price: £24.00
 

U-Bahn Und S-Bahn In München. Planung und Gestaltung eines modernen Verkehrsmittels. Ref: S7605  

Zimniok, K et al.
Eppstein im Taunus, 1968 : Zimmer
Large squarish quarto, 54 pages, map, photos, drawings, German text, card covers, VG+. **Munich : semi-official publication describing in some detail the building (or rebuilding) of the public transport rail system in the city.
Price: £6.00
 

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