This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...of boards with painted letters, to the left of the placard windows. There is also a small blackboard below the windows on which is chalked up information about important long-distance trains, such as whether they are on time or a number of minutes late. Fig. 140.--Indicators used by London & North Western. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...of boards with painted letters, to the left of the placard windows. There is also a small blackboard below the windows on which is chalked up information about important long-distance trains, such as whether they are on time or a number of minutes late. Fig. 140.--Indicators used by London & North Western. The bulletin at the Charing Cross Station of the South Eastern & Chatham in London is immediately above the gate leading from the ticket offices to the train shed where it can be easily seen by all outgoing passengers. In this indicator there are two cloth curtains exactly alike. These show the next 15 or 18 trains, their departing time, the principal stops and the track number. When the trains shown on the left-hand curtain have left, that curtain may be rolled up to show those trains then indicated on the right-hand roller, and the latter may be turned forward to show eight or ten new trains. The indicators at the Euston Station of the London & North Western in London are somewhat similar, the exception being that there is but one roller on each indicator. The indicator cases are placed directly on the floor and in the station there are four of them. Similar indicators are also in use at the stations of the same road in Crewe, Liverpool and Manchester. Another system is the remote-control scheme which has recently been installed on a number of European railways by the Siemens & Halske Company, Berlin, to indicate to the passengers the character and destination of the incoming and outgoing trains.1 These signs usually are hung alongside the proper track. The words "Richtung" ("direction") and "Zug" ("train") are painted on the body of the sign, but the destinations are painted on metal...
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Very good(+) in very good jacket. Lightly illustrated in b/w, with several folding terminal maps. 410 pages. 8vo, navy cloth, d.w. Milwaukee: Kalmbach, 1975. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper, sunned and edgeworn. Reprint of the 1916 McGraw-Hill edition, fourth printing.
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Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket. Book and Very Fine. Square, tight, clean. NO notes names or ANY markings. DJ with 2" cuts along front spine corner and side fold corner else Fine, no other defects. Not clipped ($10); 1969 Reprint of 1916 Edition, 3rd Prtg. 8vo. 410 pages, incl.163 photos, 25 track diagrams, 31 station floor plans with several fold-outs, and index.; 8vo; 410 pages.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Railroads, Trains) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition thus, 4th Printing (1975). Not price-clipped ($10.00 price intact). Published by McGraw-Hill, 1916. Octavo. Blue boards stamped in gold. Book is very good. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spotting ti page ends, offsetting to flyleaf, and a sticker on flyleaf. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear, nicks, some spots, and small tear on the back top edge. 410 pages. ISBN: 0890240159. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Third printing, facsimile edition, hardcover. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine. vii, 410 pages. Introduction by George W. Hilton. B&W photos. Index. Near fine with previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper, in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Mylar cover on jacket. Reprint of book first published in 1916 and writtend by the general superintendent of the New York, New Have and Hartford Railroad.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Lightly illustrated in b/w, with several folding terminal maps. 410 pages. 8vo, navy cloth, d.w. Milwaukee: Kalmbach, 1969. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Reprint of the 1916 McGraw-Hill edition, third printing.
