Rare Books

Manufacturers: General Motors (Aerotrain and AMT-125)

Description: Includes (selected items): photographs; "A new concept in Passenger Train Travel. Aerotrain"; "Ten-coach experimental train." (1955?)
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1964-1976
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.

Northern Pacific Railroad Company

Rare Books

Includes train(s): North Coast Limited; The Mainstreeter. Includes (selected items): copy of large fold-out blueprint of Dome Coach Passenger Car (1953).

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New York Central Railroad Company

Rare Books

Includes train(s): Xplorer. Includes (selected items): press kit: "New York Central System's XPLORER" Highlighting aluminum construction, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton mechanical-hydraulic diesel locomotive (1956); Press kit: "The Woman's Angle on the New York Central's New Xplorer." Includes "Hostess Service on the Xplorer" (4 p.); "Railroading as a Field for Women" (2 p.); "'Cruisin' Susan' Service" (2 p.); "The Xplorer Design, Color and Comfort, A new Concept in Travel for Women" (1956).

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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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Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Penn Central Transportation Company

Rare Books

Includes train(s): Metroliners; Aerotrain; Tubular Train.

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Manufacturers: General Motors (Electro-Motive Division - EMD)

Rare Books

Includes (selected items): photographs; book: "Our GM Scrapbook, from the pages of Trains." (1971); "Diesel, The Modern Power" by Ralph A. Richardson. History and operation of Diesel engines of all sizes. (1942); "General Motors Diesels In Review, 1934 -- 1944. 10th Anniversary of Diesel Road Power on American Railroad" (1944).

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Manufacturers: Pullman-Standard

Rare Books

Includes (selected items): photographs; booklet: "Color and Design in Passenger Equipment." Color pictures of interiors printed for railroad purchasing officers. Page 10 has color renderings of "Three new revenue producers...": City of Denver," "Green Diamond," "Daylight." (1937).

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Manufacturers: General Motors (Aerotrain and AMT-125)

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Manufacturers: Pullman-Standard