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Arizona

  RB-3277  Phoenix Street Railway  (SB)   (near mint)
      [20 pp pamphlet completely devotd to Phoenix trolley system, map, photos, roster]
             (Western Railroader, V. 24, #2, Feb, 1961)           $17.00  


Arkansas



Baltimore area

  RB-3094    Baltimore and its Streetcars  (SB)  (very light used condition)
                   Harwood              Quadrant, 1984         $10.00  
RB-3138 Baltimore's Light Rail: Then and Now (SB) (very light used condition) Harwood Quadrant, 1995 (Sold) RB-3204 Baltimore Streetcars: 1905-1936: The Semi-Convertible Era (SB) (very light used condition) Sachs, Nixon & Cox Baltimore Streetcar Museum, 1982 $17.00


Birney

  RB-2570    The Birney Car  (SB)  (near mint)
                     Cox                     Cox              $52.00   


Boston area

  RB-2614    The Blue Hill Street Railway  (SB)  (very light used condition)
                     Cummings       Electric Ry Hist Soc, 1957            $30.00  
RB-3298 Boston Trolleys In Color, V.1: The North Side (HB) (near mint, but NO DJ) Volkmer Morning Sun, 2004 (Sold) RB-3144 Boston Trolleys In Color, V.2: The South Side (HB) (near mint, but NO DJ) Volkmer Morning Sun, 2004 $42.00
RB-0904 Street Cars of Boston, Vol. 1: Closed Horse and Electric Cars (SB) (very light used condition) (light used condition / includes 2 laid-in maps (both original ??), and a B&W photo print) Cummings Cox, 1973 $34.00
RB-1121 Street Cars of Boston, Vol. 2: Open Horse and Electric Cars (SB) (light used condition) Cummings Cox, 1974 $16.00
RB-3169 Street Cars of Boston, Vol. 3: Closed & Semi-convertaables (SB) (near mint) Cummings Cox, 1977 $21.00
RB-3437 Street Cars of Boston, Vol. 4: Semi-convertaables & Trailers (SB) (light used condition) Cummings Cox, 1974 $21.00
RB-3362 Street Cars of Boston, Vol. 5: Articulated & Center Entrance Cars (SB) (light used condition) Cummings Cox, 1974 $16.00
RB-0928 Street Cars of Boston, Vol. 6: Birneys, Type 5 Semiconvertibles, Parlor, Private and Mail Cars (SB) (very light used condition) Cummings Cox, 1980 (Sold) RB-3184 Surface Cars of Boston 1903-1963 (SB) (light used cond. / covers lightly toned) Cummings & Cox Cox, 1963 (Sold)


Brill

  RB-1183    Brill City and Interurban Cars  (SB)  (smudging along edges / creased corner)
        [catalog reproduction / great reference w/ hundreds of photos, drawing and dimensions / 80pp]
                                              Pacific Ry. Jounal, 1961)    $45.00    
RB-0900 Brill Deck Roof Trolley Cars (SB) (very light used condition) Foesig Cox, 1973 $28.00


California

  RB-2871    Glendale & Montrose  (SB)  (new in shrinkwrap / 1 corner bumped)
                    Moreau & Walker                                         $50.00  
RB-2637 Inside Muni (HB) (good used condition) McKane & Perles Interurban, 1982 $65.00
RB-0650 The Life and Times of the Pacific Electric (SB) (like new) Orange Empire Ry. Museum, 1983 $19.00
RB-2422 Los Angeles Railway: All-Time Roster (SB) (light used condition) Swett Interurban Special, 1952 $80.00
RB-2483 Los Angeles Railway: Through The Years (SB) (light used condition) Easlon Easlon, 1973 $25.00
RB-1178 The Key Route: Transbay Commuting by Train and Ferry, Part One (HB) (Has some unobtrusive underlining. DJ is frayed along edges, with taped repairs and chipping along top) Demoro Interurban, 1985 $75.00
RB-2959 The Key Route: Transbay Commuting by Train and Ferry, Part Two (HB) (almost like new / protected in archival book cover) Demoro Interurban, 1985 $95.00
RB-2389 The Ontario & San Antonio Heights Railroad: Paific Electric in Ontario & Claremont (SB) (minor edge & spine fading & scuffing, otherwise near mint) Swett Interurbans, 1969 $60.00
RB-3448 Pacific Electric In Color, V. I (HB) (no DJ / otherwise near mint) Copeland Morning Sun, 1997 $50.00
RB-3109 Pacific Electric In Color, V. II (HB) (no DJ / otherwise near mint) Copeland Morning Sun, 1999 $50.00
RB-2611 PE: Pacific Electric Railway: A Pictorial Album of Electric Railroading (SB) (light used condition / cover lightly smudged along spine / interior clean w/ NO markings) Duke Pacific Ry Journa, 1958 $16.00
RB-2429 Pacific Electric Railway Co.: Official Car Records (SB) (light used condition) Swett Interurbans Special, 1964 $85.00
RB-2658 Pacific Electric's Big Red Cars (SB) (light used condition) Long Phillips, 1966 $48.00
RB-2829 Pacific Electric Stations (HB) (like new) Heller Electric Ry Historical Assoc. of So. Cal., 1998 $108.00
RB-1155 Petaluma & Santa Rosa Electric R.R. (SB) (light used condition) [history of the P&SR plus the local street car horse lines, full roster including cars & boats, 36pp] Borden Western Railroader, 1960 $22.00
RB-3231 Sacramento Northern Gallery (SB) (like new) Harrison Shade Tree, 2002 (Sold)
RB-0844 Surf, Sand and Streetcars (HB) (NOS / new in publisher's shrink wrap) McCaleb Interurbans, 1977 (Sold) RB-2202 Surf, Sand and Streetcars (HB) (light used condition / DJ in mylar book cover) McCaleb Interurbans, 1977 $38.00
RB-0643 Wire Cable Railways (SB) (binding together, but starting to get loose. DJ has 2" tear at top of spine, and faded) [reprint of 1887 of detailed description of Pacific Cable Ry. Co in San Francisico, 70 pp) Glenwood, 1967 $40.00


Canada

  RB-2374    The Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Ry.  (SB)   (light used condition)
                     Mills         Upper Canada Ry. Soc., 1967                    $70.00   
RB-2318 Remembering the Oshawa (SB) (signed by both authors / near mint, but dented up a little in shipping) Morgan w/Taws Bowmanville Museum, 1995 $80.00
RB-2251 Saskatchewan's Pioneer Streetcars: The Story of the Regina Municipal Railway (HB) (good used condition / DJ stained, creased and frayed along edges and at corners) Hatcher Railfare, 1971 $47.00
RB-2691 The Sudbury Streetcars (light used condition) Knowles Nickel Belt Rails, 1983 $30.00



Chicago area

  RB-3338   Cars of the North Shore Line  (SB)  (moderate used condition)
      [32pp mostly drawings and photos with some roster details and text / Bulletin 68]
                                              CERA, 1947                   $20.00   
RB-3278 Chicago's Rapid Transit, V.I: Rolling Stock / 1892-1947 (HB) (moderate used condition) CERA, 1976 $20.00
RB-3159 Chicago's Rapid Transit, V.II: Rolling Stock / 1947-1976 (HB) (moderate used condition) CERA, 1976 $20.00
RB-3326 Chicago Surface Lines (SB) (good used condition) Lind Transport History, 1974 $28.00
RB-3113 Supplement to Chicago Surface Lines (SB) (good used condition) Lind 1979 $20.00
RB-2564 The Chicago & West Towns Railways (HB) (like new, w/ laid-in dimensional drawings) Buckley & Aaron CERA, 2006 $55.00
RB-1812 North Shore: America's Fastest Interurban (HB) (book excellent / DJ has tears at corners and wear along edges) Middleton Golden West, 1968 $31.00
RB-2590 Scenes From The Shore Lines (HB) (book like new / DJ frayed at spine ends) Olmsted Olmsted, 1965 $70.00


Colorado



Connecticut

  RB-3508   Connecticut Company's Streetcars  (SB)   (near mint condition)
                    Kramer & Wadhams           Carstens, 1993            $14.00  


Detroit area


Florida

  RB-2799   Street Railways of St Petersburg  (SB)  (moderate used condition)
                     Buckley                Cox, 1983                        (Sold)


Hawaii



Illinois

 RB-2496   76 Years of Peoria Street Cars 25th Anniv Revised Ed.  (SB)  (light used condition)
                     Stringham                 1989                    $50.00  
RB-2641 The Dairy Route: A History of the Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company (HB) (good condition / covers smudgy / interior clean, with NO markings) Gustafson Gustafson, 191967 $36.00
RB-1381 Illinois Terminal In Color, Vol. 1 (HB) (like new) Lloyd Morning Sun, 1998 $46.00
RB-3183 Illinois Terminal In Color, Vol. 1 (HB) (no DJ / very light used condition) Lloyd Morning Sun, 1998 (Sold) RB-2609 Illinois Terminal: The Electric Years (HB) (interior excellent / DJ has minor wear but now protected by clear archival book cover) Stringham Interurban, 1989 $46.00
RB-2591 Lee County Central Electric Railway (light used condition) [19 pp, 8 X 10 format, well illustrated - very hard to find] Keister Electric Ry Hist. Soc., 1967 $65.00
RB-3084 The Lincoln Land Traction (HB) (light use / no DJ) Johnson Traction orange, 1965 $70.00


Indiana

  RB-3213    South Shore: The Last Interurban  (HB)   (good used condition)
                     Middleton            Golden West, 1970                (Sold)

  RB-3354    Spirit of the South Shore  (SB)  (light used condition)
                     Raia                  Heimburger, 1984                $12.00    


interurbans / trolley / Transit / Light Rail, general

  RB-2151    The Cable Car in America  (HB)  (like new condition)
                     Hilton                  Howell-North, 1982           $80.00    
RB-2901 Electric Railway Car Trucks (SB) (light used condition / has errata sheet) Charlton Cox, 1967 (Sold) RB-3007 The Interurban Era (HB) (almost like new) Middleton Kalmbach, 1978 $65.00
RB-2638 Traction Classic: The Interurban: Extra Fast and Extra Far (Vol. 1) (HB) (interior like new / DJ shows wear along edges - now in archival book cover and looks fine) Middleton Golden West, 1983 $100.00
RB-2711 Traction Classic: The Interurban: The Great Wood and Steel Cars (Vol. 2) (HB) (interior like new / DJ shows minor fraying along edges) Middleton Golden West, 1983 $100.00
RB-2604 Traction Classic: The Interurban: Interurban Freight (Vol. 3) (HB) (very light used cond.) Middleton Golden West, 1985 $170.00
RB-3143 Trolley Talk III (SB) (light used condition) Wagner Trolley Talk, 1978 $45.00
RB-3057 Trolley Talk IV (SB) (light used condition) Wagner Trolley Talk, 1978 (Sold) RB-2967 Trolley Talk V (SB) (very light used condition) Wagner Trolley Talk, 1978 $35.00


Kansas City area

  RB-3382    Kansas City Streetcars Remembered  (SB)  (like new)
                      Elsner                 N.J. Int., 1991             $27.00   


Louisiana

  RB-2831     The Lafayette Street Railway  (SB)   (near mint)
                     Chambers        Electric Ry Historical Soc., 1958      $50.00  
RB-2203 Louisiana: Its Street and Interurban Railways, V.1 (HB) (light used condition) Hennick & Charlton Hennick, 1962 $60.00
RB-1142 Louisiana: Its Street and Interurban Railways, Vol. 1 (HB) (light used condition) Hennick & Charlton Hennick, 1962 $60.00
RB-2635 Street Railways of New Orleans, Interurbans Speacial #17 (SB) (moderate used condition) Charlton Interurban, 1955 $60.00


Maine

  RB-2592    The Atlantic Shore Trolleys  (SB)  (light used condition)
                     Cummings    New England Electric Ry Hist Soc, 1966    $24.00  


Michigan

  RB-2393    The Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Short Line Railway  (SB)  (nice, but stains on cover)
                     Hague & Hise             Cox, 1986                    (Sold)


Milwaukee area

  RB-3309  Interurban To Milwaukee  (spiral bound) (covers chipped at corners)
                                              CERA, 1962                    $16.00  
RB-3559 Route of the Electroliners (spiral bound) (moderate used condition) CERA, 1963 $16.00


Minnesota



New Hampshire

  RB-0940   Trolleys To The Casino: Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway  (SB)
                        (near mint condition, very slight toning on covers due to age)
                     Cummings     New England Electric Ry Historical Soc., 1966   $55.00   
RB-0907 Trolleys To Hampton Beach: Mass. Northeastern St. Ry., Vol. 3: Amesbury Division (SB) (near mint condition, very slight toning on covers due to age) Cummings New England Electric Ry Historical Soc., 1966 $50.00
RB-0919 Trolleys To York Beach (SB) (good used condition) Cummings 1964 $35.00


New Jersey

  RB-3281    New Jersey Trolleys In Color  (HB)   (near mint, but missing DJ)
                     Eid & Gummere           Morning Sun, 2002            $38.00  
RB-3356 NJ Transit Rail Operations (SB) (like new) Rosenbaum & Gallo Railpace, 1996 $75.00
RB-3304 Trolleys To The Fountain: Monmouth County Electric (HB) (very light used condition) Eid Eid, 1980 $33.00


New York


  RB-3223   Across New York by Trolley  (SB)  (moderate used condition)
                     Kramer                   Quadrant, 1975                $7.00  
RB-3163 Brooklyn Trolleys (SB) (very light used condition) Greller & Watson N.J. Int., 1986 $14.00
RB-3271 Commuter Trains To Grand Central Terminal (SB) (light used condition) Nellingan Quadrant, 1986 $5.00
RB-1622 The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Revisited (HB) (book like new / DJ has scuffing on front) Carleton Carleton $45.00
RB-1157 The Leatherstocking Route (SB) (good used condition) ["A history of the Southern New York Ry. and its predecessors"/ many photos, roster and map] Nestle 1959 $30.00
RB-2080 The Sea Beach to Coney Island (SB) (near mint, w/ map and errata sheet) Fausser 1979 (Sold) RB-2305 Syracuse and South Bay Railway to Oneida Lake (SB) (light used condition) Gordon & Platkus Cox, 1985 $42.00
RB-2536 Third Rails, Pantographs & Trolley Poles - Albany Hudson Fast Line (SB) (light used cond.) [history of Albany & Hudson Ry & Power, Albany & Hudson RR, Albany Southern RR, Eastern New York utilities Co. and Hudson Street Ry. / well illustrated, 112 pp] Gordon 1973 $34.00
RB-2474 Troy & New York Railway Co. 1895 - 1925 (SB) (covers moderately discolored along edges, otherwise very light used condition) Viens & Young $70.00


North Carolina



Ohio

 
  RB-1260    Cleveland's Transit Vehicles (HB)    (near mint)
                     Toman & Hays             Kent State, 1996             $25.00    
RB-1670 Electric Railways of Northeastern Ohio (HB) (book good cond. / DJ taped, worn w/ light staining) CERA, 1965 $30.00
RB-1484 Horse Trails To Regional Rails: The Story of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland (HB) (like new) Toman & Hays Kent State University, 1996 $30.00
RB-1102 The Lima Route (HB) (near mint) Trostel Cam-Tech, 1998 $70.00
RB-1481 New Northern Ohio's Interurbans (HB) (light used condition) Christiansen Trolley Lore, 1983 $40.00
RB-1647 The NOT&L Story (HB) (moderate used condition) [history of Northern Ohio Traction & Light, plus other area lines, 270pp] Blower & Korch CERA, 1966 $36.00
RB-3345 The Shaker Heights Rapid Transit (SB) (near mint) Brashares Ohio Interurban Memories $26.00
RB-2208 The Southwestern lines:The Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Ry. Co. (SB) (light used cond.) Brashares Ohio Interurban Memories $62.00


Oklahoma

  RB-2399    The Sapulpa and Tulsa Trolley Connection  (SB)  (near mint)
                     Devilbiss               EagleChief, 2007                $220.00   


Oregon



Pennsylvania

  RB-3513   Pennsylvania's Trolleys In Color, V.I: The Anthracite & Penn Dutch Regions  (HB)
                                                    (near mint but no DJ)
                     Volkmer                 Morning Sun, 1998               $34.00  
RB-3317 Pennsylvania's Trolleys In Color, V.II: The Philadelphia Area (HB) (near mint but no DJ) Volkmer Morning Sun, 1998 $34.00
RB-2438 Scranton's Trolleys (SB) (like new) Rohrbeck Rohrbeck, 1999 $23.00
RB-0954 Trolleys of Lower Delaware Valley Pennsylvania (SB) (very light used condition / includes map) Schieck & Cox Cox, 1970 $17.50


Pictorial - no specific subject / "coffee table"-style



Philadelphia area

  RB-3332    Electric Trains to Reading Terminal  (SB)  (near mint)
                    Coates                RR Avenue, 1990                 $32.00   
RB-3353 The Fairmount Park Trolley (SB) (very light used cond. / includes laid-in map) Cox Cox, 1970 $18.00
RB-2995 PTC Rails (SB) (very light used condition) Kramer & James RAE, 1996 $17.00
RB-2990 Rail Transit Philadelphia: Twenty Colorful years 1969-1989 (SB) (light used condition) Elsner & Vible J.J. Int., 1989 $23.00
RB-3217 Red Arrow Lines Remembered: The Years Surrounding WW II (SB) (lightt used cond.) Kramer & James Bells & Whistles, 1992 $36.00
RB-2663 Surface Cars of Philadelphia 1911-1965 (SB) (light used condition Cox Cox, 1965 $31.00
RB-0840 Trolleys of Chester County (SB) (interior excellent, but cover has mild staining / includes laid in map) Bowman & Cox Cox, 1975 (Sold)


Pittsburgh area

  RB-2602   Pittsburgh Trolley pictorial  (very light used condition)
                                                                             $45.00   
RB-3076 Touring Pittsburgh by Trolley (SB) (light used condition) Smith Quadrant, 1992 $14.00


regional – "The East"



regional – "The Midwest"

  RB-2998    Great Lakes Trolleys In Color  (like new, but NO DJ)
                    Halperin                  Morning Sun, 2004            $41.00  


regional – "The Northeast" / "New England"



regional – "The South"

  RB-3469     Southern States Trolleys In Color  (HB)   (no DJ, otherwise like new)
                      Ridolph               Morning Sun, 2004             $41.00  


regional – "The West"

  RB-3046   Light Rail Transit on the West Coast  (SB)  (light used condition)
                   Demoro & Harder        Quadrant, 1989             $16.00  


Rhode Island

  RB-0914   Rhode Island Company, Part 1: Equipment Roster  (SB)  (good used condition)
                      Wonson & Frazier    Branford Elecrtic RR Asoc.         $32.00  


South Carolina



St. Louis area

  RB-3198   Street Cars, Light Rails & Utility Cars of St. Louis 1899 - 2003  (SB)
                                                                       (very light used condition)
                     Young                  Archway, 2003                    $20.00   


Texas

  RB-3074   Texas Electric Album  (HB)  (light used condition)
                     Varney                 Interurban, 1975              $8.00  
RB-2872 Texas Electric Railway (HB) (nice but missing DJ) CERA $38.00
RB-1419 Texas Electric Railway (HB) (near mint, but minor wear and fading on DJ spine) Myers CERA, 1982 (Sold)


Utah



Vermont



Virginia

  RB-2439    "Forward is the Motto of Today": Street Railways in Charlottesville, Virginia 1866-1936
                                                           (SB)  (near mint)
                     Kean                     Cox, 1984                    $36.00  
RB-2630 Hill City Trolleys: Street Railways of Lynchburg, Va. (SB) (would be "like new" but has a mildly bumped corner) Cox Cox, 1977 $48.00


Washington (state)

  RB-1247   To Seattle By Trolley  (HB)       (new)
                     Wing                   PFM, 1988                     $70.00   
RB-2474 To Tacoma By Trolley (HB) (new) Wing PFM, 1995 $70.00


Washington, D.C. area

  RB-2857   100 years of Capital Traction  (HB)  
                                          (excellent, but DJ has 1" chip and fraying along edges)
                     King                      Taylor, 1972                  $45.00    
RB-3004 Capital Transit: Washington's Street Cars in the Final Era: 1933-1962 (HB) (near mint) Kohler National Capitol Trolley museum, 2001 $81.00
RB-3123 The Story of Metro: Transportation & Politics in the Nation's Capital (SB) (light used cond.) Deiter Interurban, 1985 $18.00


Wisconsin



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