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Electric railway dictionary. Definitions and illustrations of parts and equipment of electric railway cars and trucks. . . .
by HITT, Rodney
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 091231821X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912318219
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About This Item
[Novato, CA: Newton K. Gregg, 1972]. Folio. 292 pp., plus 55, [1] pp. of illustrated ads. 1987 text illusts., diagrams, photos. Yellow cloth, black lettering, w/ d.j. (minor bumping head of spine, some scuffing), NF/VG copy. First facsimile edition of this famed reference work which was the only publication of its kind compiled for electric railways at their peak of popularity in the early 20th century. This work shows the amazing diversity and degrees of comfort afforded by street and inter-urban transit systems of the period.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45668
- Title
- Electric railway dictionary. Definitions and illustrations of parts and equipment of electric railway cars and trucks. . . .
- Author
- HITT, Rodney
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 091231821X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912318219
- Publisher
- Newton K. Gregg,
- Place of Publication
- [Novato, CA:
- Date Published
- 1972].
- Keywords
- Railroads, Railways, Electric Railways, Electrical Engineering, Trolleys, Streetcars, Civil Engineering, Batteries, Roadbeds, Westinghouse, General Electric, Technology, Science, Reference, Dictionary, Dictionaries, Reference, Transportation, interurban,
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