Rare Books

Railroad books: various

Description: Three books: 1) "Midwest Florida Sunliners" by R. Lyle Key Jr. Historical overview and brief descriptions of passenger trains that ran between Midwestern cities (Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Grand Rapids, Detroit) and Florida. (160 p., 1979); 2) "Diesel Rail Traction, an illustrated history of diesel locomotives, rail-cars, and trains." by W.J.K. Davies (Almark Publications, U.K. (104 p., 1973); 3) "Great Rail Trips of the World" by Charles & Babette Jacobs. Reviews many named train routes in several regions (146 p., 1988).
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1973-1988
Call number: 646607
Creator: Merrill, Leslie O(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Leslie O. Merrill, 1976-2008.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Europe, various

Rare Books

Includes (selected items): booklet: "Ganz Railway-Carriage Manufacturers and Mechanical Engineers, Budapest [Hungary]" Maker of rail cars and trains for various countries. Four fold-out profiles and floor plans.(1951?); brochures on rail systems for cross-Europe travel.

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Railroad rosters

Rare Books

Two books: "Diesel Locomotive Rosters, The Railroad Magazine Series." Compiled by Sy Reich (technical editor of Railroad Magazine). Lists of Diesel engines owned by "almost all the large roads and hundreds of short lines." (1973?); and "Car Names, Numbers and Consists." A roster of streamlined and lightweight passenger and "certain groups" of heavyweight cars rebuilt for streamlined trains. Brief sections on Train of Tomorrow, Aerotrain, Talgo, and Train X. Some floor plans. (New York, Wayner Publications, 1972).

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Railroad books: various

Rare Books

Two books: 1) "Streamlined Steam, Quadrant Press Review 1." Photographs of shrouded (streamlined) steam locomotives, brief descriptions and dates of their conversions (exterior shrouding). ["Commodore Vanderbilt" named as America's first steam streamliner, December 1934.] (1972); 2) "The Streamlined Decade" by Donald J. Bush (George Braziller, New York, 1975).

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Europe: Italy

Rare Books

Includes (selected items): brochures and photographs for Breda trains and equipment, such as "Breda, Elettrotreno ETR 30," with fold-out footprints and elevations for a streamlined electric train (1953); "Breda, Automotrice Breda Con Motore A Nafta," photos, descriptions of diesel rail cars (1934, 1935); others.

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Railroad books: De Spoorwegen series

Rare Books

Series of five books, published in Holland. Titles are: 1) "De spoorwegen van West-en Noord-Europa." (Europe) 112 p., 1965 2) "De spoorwegen van Midden-en Zuid-Europa." (Europe) 112 p., 1965 3) "De spoorwegen van de United States en Canada." 104 p., 1966 4) "De spoorwegen van Afrika." (Africa) 88 p., 1967 5) "De spoorwegen van Azie en Australie." (Asia to Australia). 128 p., 1968

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Oversize materials, various

Rare Books

All items in this box are 15 x 18 inches or smaller and include railroad pamphlets; advertising prints and clippings from 1940s magazines; and Leslie Merrill's scrapbook of streamliner clippings (1934-1938). The box includes photographs. Materials on Western Maryland Railway Company's fast freight line (1952?); "Train Album of Photographs: Railroads of Chicago" (1950); California Zephyr Vista-Dome brochure; General Motors' diesel "Train of Tomorrow"; California Western Railroad "Skunk Train" broadsides; Pullman-Standard Company portfolio of print advertisements, "Tops in Streamliners" (1941); Western Pacific Railroad Company Finance docket 25784, California Zephyr Advertising and Promotions (1968-1969); American Locomotive Company (Alco) line of diesel-electric engines; Two photographs of the Pioneer Zephyr (1949); color promotional illustrations of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad streamliner trains; Amtrak promotional train display (1970s?); and tearsheets of advertisements from magazines (1940s).

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Railroad books: various

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