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Hardcover. Condizione: New. Omni Publications, hardcover, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., more than 150 B&W photographs and illustrations including maps, railroad timetables and station plats. A Road to Riches: The Randsburg Railway Company and Mining District by Philip C. Serpico about an historic epic of California desert railroading and operations in the Rand Mining District from 1897 to 1934 which was built from Kramer to Johannesburg, California by private interests to serve the rich mining district. Read about the discovery of gold on Rand Mountain, the immense tungsten deposits at Atolia, and the rich silver find at Red Mountain. also included is material on the various stamp mills serving the area. This is a wonderful reference addition to any library on California desert mining and railroading. Contents: Introduction, pp 6-10; Ch. 1: The Gold in em Hills, pp. 11-21, Ch. 2: Randsburg Railway Company, pp. 21-56, Ch. 3: Tungsten and Atolia, pp. 57-74, Ch. 4: The Great Silver Strike, pp. 75-82, Ch. 5: Decline and Depression, pp. 83-88, Ch. 6: Epilogue, pp. 89-112.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. 172pp. Index. Filled with b/w photos and illustrations. Maps. B/w frontispiece. Train schedules. DJ edges have a few small tears, repaired from behind with clear tape. Selling online since 1999. Quick shipping; Secure packing!

Hardcover. Condizione: New. An historical account of the rise and demise of the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad which lasted from 1905 to 1919. The railroad served the gold and silver mining districts of southern Nevada including Tonopah, Goldfield, Bullfrog and Rhyolite. Leading the company was one-time US Senator, William Andrews Clark, and his brother James Ross. William Clark was the key to the development of Las Vegas, Nevada and Clark County, Nevada and Clarkdale, Arizona are named after him. Included is related information on other companies Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Tonopah & Goldfield (with connections to the Virginia & Truckee and Carson & Colorado) and the Bullfrog, Goldfield and Tonopah & Tidewater railroads. Inside are nearly 225 black & white photographs and illustrations, timetables and maps plus 40 color images of artifacts, ephemera and maps. Also included are comprehensive locomotive, rolling stock and station name material. Contents: Nevada Mining and Railroads, pp. 5-16, The Clark Brothers, pp. 17-38, Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad, pp. 39-128, Appendix (color photographs, shops, distance tables, locomotive and rolling stock rosters), pp. 129-155, Bibliography and Index, pp. 156-160. Omni Publications, hardcover, 160 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. This 2018 reprint contains 16 more pages of text and photographs including Jawbone construction data and information on Southern Pacific narrow gauge locomotive #18, and additional information on the railroads herein. The story of California railroading in Owens Valley and Inyo County and the upper Mojave Desert. This book begins with the history of Southern Pacifics standard-gauge Owenyo Branch (Mojave to Owenyo), built in conjunction with the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1908. The aqueduct was necessary to bring water to the growing Los Angeles urban area. This branch line was later known as the Lone Pine Branch and more affectionately as The Jawbone. Also included are construction and operation material on the Trona Railway, the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) short line at China Lake, California and the beloved narrow gauge railroad between Laws and Keeler, the southern portion of the old Carson & Colorado Railroad. Contains many old B&W photographs with some Color, timetables and station plats. Contents: Foreword-Acknowledgements, pp. 7-10, Los Angeles Aqueduct, pp. 11-16, The Owenyo Branch: Mohave to Owenyo, pp. 17-33, Stations Along the Route, pp. 34-74, Trona Railway Co.: The Brine Line, pp. 75-94, N.O.T.S. Railroad: China Lake, pp. 95-100, Behold the Slim Princess, pp. 101-119, Bibliography and Index, pp. 120-128. Addendum: 2018, additional photographs, some correspondence, data, pp. 129-144. Omni Publications, hardcover, 144 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W plus 10 pages of Color photographs.

CD book. Condizione: New. This title is not a book, but a CD-Rom format of an almost complete and rare collection of timetables plus other data. The files are in PDF format and may be printed. The Santa Fe, Prescott &, Phoenix Railway was incorporated in May 1891 and built to service the populace and mining communities of central Arizona, later becoming an intricate part of the Atchison, Topeka &, Santa Fe Railway in Arizona. At Ash Fork, Arizona this line connected with the Atlantic &, Pacific Railroad (an AT&,SF subsidiary) and extended south 196 miles to Prescott and Phoenix, Arizona. This segment was nicknamed The Peavine for its winding route. This line included a number of branch line (Phoenix &, Eastern Junction to Middleton, Poland Junction to Poland, and Phoenix to Mesa, Arizona). This collection covers the period from 1893 to 1921 before the trackage came under AT&,SF Coast Lines Albuquerque and Arizona Divisions. Data includes station names with train schedule of times, train numbers, classes of trains, service facilities, side track capacity, telegraph call letters and more. The timetables are professionally and beautifully reproduced in Color and in their original archival state. Omni Publications, CD-Rom PDF timetable collection.

Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 168 pps.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 168 pps.