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L&N Cumberland Valley Division Album 1945-1985 ......27.75 Lackawanna Plant – Bethlehem Steel Co Ore to Iron to Finished Steel........................................27.00 Lehigh Valley Railroad A Photo Album...........................45.50 Lincoln Inaugural Train -1861 Journey of Pres.-Elect Lincoln to Washington DC.........................32.75 Logging RRs of the Blue Ridge & Smoky Mts. Vol 2......44.75 Long Island Railroad in Color Volume 1, 2, 3 or 4 each.48.75 Lost Railroads of Western NY Vol 2 – Lehigh Valley......23.75 Madame Queen – ATSF 5000........................................45.75 Merchants Despatch ......................................................60.75 Milwaukee Road Locomotives Vol 2 or 3 ea 55.50; V4...55.75 Milwaukee Road Steam Era in Wisconsin V1 The Main Line..27.75 Model Railroading with John Allen.................................60.75 My C&O .........................................................................55.75 Nevada Central Sagebrush Narrow Gauge - Ferrell .....40.75 New York City Electrified RRs in Color Vol 1 or 2 each ..48.75 New York Short Lines in Color Vol 1 or 2 each...............48.75 New York Subway Cars From R-1 to R-160 ...................60.75 Norfolk & Western Electrics – S/C..................................36.75 Norfolk & Western’s Pocahontas Division ......................55.75


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