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Transportation - Railroad Manuals (41 items)

  • OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
    24-RL LOCOMOTIVE BRAKE EQUIPMENT
    WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY
    1950     Wilmerding, PA Westinghouse Air Brake Co. 1950
    20.00
    Condition for this card covered book is good+ with some wear to covers, some edge wear, slight wear to spine ends, a bit of tearing around the staples of the last foldout name in pen on the title page.
    106 pages with illustrations and 6 pages of foldouts in the back.    Card covers cloth spine manual, size is 4 3/4" x 7".
    Original 1950 manual from the Westinghouse Air Brake Company covering their "24-RL" brake equipment.
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  • ENGINE MAINTENANCE MANUAL
    NO. 252B For MODEL 567B ENGINES
    GENERAL MOTORS LOCOMOTIVES     La Grange, IL Electro-Motive Division, General Motors Corp. 1950
    30.00
    2nd editionVinyl binder is in very good+ condition with slight scuffing to covers, slight edge wear, some wear to spine ends.
    Pagination is by each section (approx 100+ pages) with illustrations.    Small vinyl covers binder, size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" .
    Original 1950 manual from General Motors Locomotives cover model 567B engines.
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  • NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
    RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE OPERATING DEPARTMENT     No place Norfolk & Western Railway Co. no date (ca. early 1960s
    30.00
    Original hardcover book in very good+ condition, someone has written in black marker "N & W" on the spine, slight wear to covers, Norfolk and Western Railway Company label label inside front cover (binding could be their binding as well).
    219 pages with illustrations.    Hardcover, size is 4" x 5 3/4".
    1960s rules and regulations from the Norfolk and Western Railway Company from their library.
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  • SAFETY RULE OF THE WEEK
    TRANSPORTATION 1990
    CSX TRANSPORTATION     No place CSX Transportation 1990
    10.00
    Soft cover book in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
    19 pages.    Staple-bound booklet, size is 4" x 6".
    Safety rule for each week of 1990 from CSX Transportation.
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  • DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE OPERATING MANUAL NO. 2310
    for FREIGHT-PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE MODELS F7 AND FP7     General Motors Diesel Ltd. 1951
    30.00
    Condition for this wire-bound softcover book is fair with wear to covers, wear to edges and corners, some stains to back cover, some wear and tears to spine ends.
    Unpaginated (each section page numbered individually, approx 75+ pages), with illustrations.    Wrappers spiral bound, 4 3/4" x 7 3/4".
    Original General Motors Canada Emginemen's Operating Manual for the Model F7.
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  • NO. 6-SL BRAKE EQUIPMENT FOR SWITCHING LOCOMOTIVES
    THE NEW YORK AIR BRAKE COMPANY     New York New York Air Brake Co. 1954
    25.00
    Card covers with cloth spine in about very good condition, with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some light scuffing wear to covers.
    132 pages with illustrations plus 11 foldouts.    Card covers with cloth spine manual, size is 5" x 7 1/4".
    Original air brake manual from the New York Air Brake Company.
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  • CP RAIL
    CS 44 GENERAL OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (Canadian Pacific Railway)     No place CP Rail 1981
    17.50
    Vinyl binder is in near fine condition, with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners.
    Pagination is by each section (approx 100+ pages) with illustrations.    Vinyl binder, size is 4" x 6 1/2"
    Original railway manual from Canadian Pacific.
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  • NO. 8-ET LOCOMOTIVE BRAKE EQUIPMENT
    WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY     Wilmerding, PA Westinghouse Air Brake Co. 1943
    30.00
    Card cover book with cloth spine in near fine condition, with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
    204 pages with illustrations and 12 fold-outs in the rear.    Card covers cloth spine manual, size is 4 3/4" x 7".
    Original Westinghouse Air Brake Company manual.
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  • TRAINING MANUAL FOR GENERAL MOTORS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES La Grange, IL Electro-Motive Division, General Motors Corp. 1952
    25.00
    Plastic spiral bound book in good only condition with wear to front cover, wear to edges and corners, soiling to back cover.
    69 pages with illustrations.    Size is 5" x 8".
    1952 edition for the General Motors Diesel Locomotive.
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  • NO. 6-BL BRAKE EQUIPMENT FOR SWITCHING AND BRANCH LINE LOCOMOTIVES
    THE NEW YORK AIR BRAKE COMPANY
    1953     New York New York Air Brake Co. 1953
    25.00
    Condition for this card covered book is good+ with some wear to covers, some edge wear, slight wear to spine ends, a bit of tearing around the staples of the last foldout.
    140 pages with illustrations and 12 pages of foldouts in the back.    Card covers cloth spine manual, size is 5" x 7".
    Original 1953 manual from the New York Air Brake Company covering their "6-BL" brake equipment.
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  • (CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY, BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD) SWITCHING INSTRUCTIONS... No place (Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., ...) 1964
    10.00
    Booklet is in about very good condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some light creasing to back cover.
    8 pages.    Booklet size is 4" x 6".
    Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad booklet on switching instructions.
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  • CHESSIE SYSTEM OPERATING RULES No place Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., 1969 1969
    20.00
    Softcover book in about very good condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends,
    168 pages with illustrations.    Book size is 4 1/4" x 7".
    Original 1969 manual from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
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  • FREIGHT BRAKE EQUIPMENTS "AB" TYPE
    CLEANING AND LUBRICATING INSTRUCTIONS
    REPAIR TRACK MAINTENANCE     Wilmerding, PA Westinghouse Air Brake Co. 1954
    20.00
    Softcover book with wire spiral binding in good+ condition, some soiling to covers, some wear to corners and spine ends, name on front cover.
    56 pages with illustrations.    Softcover book with wire spiral binding, size is 4 3/4" x 6 3/4".
    Manual from Westinghouse Air Brake Company on the "AB" Brake type.
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  • THE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
    RULES FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, INSPECTION AND TEST OF AIR BRAKE AND COMMUNICATING SIGNAL EQUIPMENT...     Montreal Railway Association of Canada 1959
    15.00
    Condition for this softcover staple-bound book is about very good with slight edge wear, slight scuffing to covers,
    28 pages.    Booklet size is 4" x 5 3/4".
    Brief manual issued by the Railway Association of Canada.
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  • CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY
    BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
    RADIO RULES - EFFECTIVE SEPT 1, 1966     No place (Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., ...) 1966
    15.00
    Staple-bound booklet in very good condition with one two-line call example has been blacked out with bleeding to the other side of the page (to text is affected on this page), some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, light scuffing to front cover.
    10 pages.    Booklet size is 4" x 6".
    "The purpose of this booklet... is to serve as a guide to those employes (sic) using radio in the performance of their duties."
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  • CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY
    BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
    MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
    HIGH HORSEPOWER LOCOMOTIVE HANDBOOK and HIGH HORSEPOWER LOCOMOTIVE HANDBOOK SUPPLEMENT 1     Huntington, WV Office of Chief Mechanical Office-Locomotive 1968 (for both)
    30.00
    Condition for the first book is very good+ with slight darkening to covers along spine, staples rusted. Condition for the supplement is good only with some staining soiling to covers.
    56 and 66 pages respectively.    Softcover staple-bound book, size is 4" x 6" for both.
    Original railroad manual from the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroads covering the high horsepower locomotive, includes the supplement manual as well.
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  • WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY
    FRIEGHT BRAKE EQUIPMENTS "AB" TYPE
    CLEANING AND LUBRICATING INSTRUCTIONS REPAIR TRACK MAINTENANCE
    INSTRUCTION LEAFLET NO. 2391, SUP. 1. MAY, 1954     Wilmerding, PA Westinghouse Air Brake Company 1954
    25.00
    Wire bound booklet is in good+ condition with soiling some staining to covers, some wear to corners.
    56 pages with illustrations.    Wire spiral bound, card covers, size is 5" x 6 3/4".
    Original 1954 manual from the Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
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  • CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
    RULES FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, INSPECTION AND TESTING OF AIR BRAKE AND COMMUNICATING SIGNAL EQUIPMENT...     (Canada) Canadian Pacific Railway 1959
    15.00
    Card cover booklet in very good+ condition with some edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
    28 pages.    Card cover booklet, size is 4" x 5 3/4".
    Original CPR rules booklet from 1959.
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  • ENGINEMEN'S MANUAL FOR OPERATING
    FAIRBANKS-MORSE "CONSOLIDATION-LINE" DIESEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES     Chicago Fairbanks, Morse & Co. 1952
    35.00
    Card cover binder is in about very good condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some darkening to back cover, small stain front cover.
    Pagination is by each section (approx 95+ pages) with illustrations.    Small card covers binder, size is 5 1/4" x 8 3/4" .
    Original manual from the Fairbanks-Morse Company.
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  • 400 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE WESTINGHOUSE NO. 6 "ET" 1909 (Cover title) Boston Air Brake Association c. 1908
    40.00
    Condition for this card covered book is good+ with some wear to covers, some edge wear, slight wear to spine ends, some soiling scuffing to covers.
    88 pages with illustrations.    Card covers cloth spine manual, size is 5" x 7".
    Original 1908 guide to the Westinghouse No. 6 "ET" air brake published by the Air Brake Association of Boston.
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  • TYPE WC-1 NYCO PASSENGER CAR SANDING EQUIPMENT
    INSTRUCTION PAMPHLET No. 42, Sup.2     New York New York Air Brake Company 1950
    22.50
    Softcover staple-bound booklet in very good+ condition with some soiling to back cover, some wear to corners and spine ends.
    32 pages with 3 schematic foldouts affixed inside back cover.     Booklet size is 5" x 7".
    1950 instruction book from the New York Air Brake Company.
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  • THE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
    CODE OF RULES FOR HANDLING PERISHABLE TRAFFIC     No place Canadian National Railway Company 1946 with updates insert
    30.00
    Condition for this loose leave binder is very good with some wear to corners, some wear to covers.
    94+ pages (more due to inserted update pages) with illustrations and a few photos.    Loose leave binder (duotang style), 4" x 5 3/4".
    Original rules and regulations manual from Canadian National (CNR) on handling perishable goods. Manual contains update pages to the year 1962.
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  • CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
    CARE OF WASTE-PACKED JOURNAL BOXES
    1956     No place Canadian Pacific Railway Company 1956
    30.00
    Soft cover book is in very good+ condition, slight wear to edges and spine ends.
    38 pages with a few illustrations.    Card covers with cloth spine, size is 4" x 6".
    CPR instruction manual on waste-packed journal boxes.
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  • DANGEROUS COMMODITIES
    CN RAIL-OPERATIONS ENGINEERING     Canadian National Rail no date (1980)
    25.00
    Condition for this manual is near fine with a few small indents to the vinyl covers.
    39 pages with illustrations.    Vinyl covered manual is 4" x 6 1/4".
    Note book style manual with the spine at the top from CN RAIL on handling and labelling dangerous commodities.
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  • ALGOMA CENTRAL RAILWAY
    PROSPECTING AND MINING REGULATIONS
    January 1, 1966     No place Algoma Central Railway 1966
    30.00
    Soft cover book is in near fine condition with some edge wear, erratum affixed to the first page.
    125 pages.    Card covers with binder style binding, size is 4 1/4" x 6".
    Rules and regulations for prospecting and mining on railway land in Ontario.
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  • CANADIAN PACIFIC
    CARE OF JOURNAL BOXES AND CONTAINED PARTS     Montreal Canadian Pacific 1964
    30.00
    Soft cover book is in near fine condition with slight edge wear.
    45 pages with a few illustrations.    Softcover book size is 4" x 6".
    Original Canadian Pacific instruction manual for the care of Journal Boxes.
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  • HAYES DERAIL SERVICE BOOK
    NO. 450     No place Richmond, IN: (Hayes Track Appliance Co. no date
    40.00
    Condition for this booklet is very good with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some soiling to covers, very small stain last page and inside back cover.
    32 pages with illustrations.    Book size is 5" x 6 3/4".
    Original Hayes Derail Service book, no date.
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  • DUPLEX LOCOMOTIVE STOKER TYPE D-1
    DESCRIPTION AND INSTRUCTIONS COVERING ITS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
    March 1930     New York Standard Stoker Company, Inc. 1930
    25.00
    Card cover book with cloth spine in good+ condition with some edge wear, some scuffing slight smudging to covers, some wear to corners and spine ends, last foldout has some tearing along the staples (still attached).
    64 pages with illustrations and 10 foldouts in the rear.    Card covers cloth spine manual, size is 4 3/4" x 7".
    Original 1930s manual from the Standard Stoker Company based in New York.
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  • THE "AB" FREIGHT BRAKE EQUIPMENT
    WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY
    1936     Pittsburgh Westinghouse Air Brake Co. 1936 ("Superseding Issue
    25.00
    Condition for this card covered book is very good+ with small "#4" in pen on front cover, slight soiling scuffing to covers, some wear to spine ends.
    69 pages with illustrations and 6 color foldouts in the back.    Card covers cloth spine manual, size is 4 3/4" x 7".
    Original 1936 manual from the Westinghouse Air Brake Company covering their "AB" freight brake equipment.
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  • WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY
    THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD COMPANY
    EXAMINATION OF FIREMEN-HELPERS
    INSTRUCTIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE OPERATION AND AIR BRAKES
    EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1954     No place Wabash Railroad Co. 1954
    35.00
    Vinyl binder is in good+ condition with some wear to covers, slight wear corners and spine ends, first page has 1/4" along the top clipped off, a bit of soiling to the page ends, slight indent to the bottom right corner of the book.
    138 pages.    Small vinyl covers binder, size is 5 1/4" x 8 3/4" .
    Original 1954 Questions and Answers book for Firemen and Helpers published by and for the Wabash Railroad Company.
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