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New York Central Steam & Electric Locomotive Folio Diagrams 1926 rev. 1930................34.50


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Trackside Around Pittsburgh 1985-2005 w/ Baer...........48.75 Trackside Around Southeastern Pennsylvania 1965-1975 ..48.75 Trackside w/ Via Cross Canada Compendium & Roster (2 vols)36.75 Train Wreck The Forensics of Rail Disasters..................27.75 Transit in the Triangle – A Century Look at Pittsburgh Public Transit.................60.75 Union Pacific in the Los Angeles Basin..........................75.50 Union Pacific’s M-10000 and Early Streamliner Era 1934-41.....70.75 United States Steel Corporation Duquesne Works, PA..25.00 Vintage Cubano .............................................................70.75 Virginian Rails 1953-1993..............................................45.75 West Virginia Railroads-Vol 1 24.50; Vol 2 C&O; Vol 3 B&O; Vol 4 VGN or Vol 5 Logging @ ...........................................27.75


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