IRON HORSES, by Edwin P. Alexander), $5 -- American Locomotives 1829-1900 -- This 240-page hardbound book was originally published by Norton & Company. The author holds the 1941 copyright. This is a Bonanza Books printing with no date. The book is a pictorial story of the development of the American locomotive from the first engine to run on rails in 1829 down to the turn of the century. There is something about a locomotive which is universally fascinating. Here is a book that does justice to the old locomotives - a representative collection of 97 prints and lithographs with case histories of the engines they depict. The 2nd and 3rd scans below show how the left side of a double-page spread has the written material while the right side shows a typical locomotive. Book in good condition with dust jacket in poor to fair condition with visible rubs and minor tears at the spine. There is a 1.5-inch tear from the top of the front cover plus a small piece missing on the bottom visible in the scan.

RAILS WEST, (George B. Abdill), $15.00 -- A Collectors Album of a Vanishing Era n Railroadiana -- This is the 1ST EDITION of this 182-page hardbound book copyrighted 1960 by Superior Pub. Co. In his 3 splendid books, George Abdill has caught the pioneer spirit & presents the finest, most complete collection of early steam railroads ever put between book covers. Complete with human-interest tales of the men who sought adventure and became legends. The 1st volume, This was Railroading, published 1958, covered tracks, trains and troubles in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Pacific Slope Railroads appeared in 1959 to extend Abdill's coverage of the march of the railroads over the mountains and deserts of the Old West. Now Abdil climaxes his work with Rails West which follows the same pattern of photos with revealing incidents and biographies. Book is in good condition with dust jacket in fair condition due to soil on white area. One-inch tear top of front cover, $15

RIDE DOWN MEMORY LANE, Branford Trolley Museum, 4th Edition, $3.00 -- This 8.5x11-inch soft cover 32-page book is the fourth edition dated July 1957. Tells about the Branford Trolley Museum, how cars are acquired, maintenance at Branford, and future prospects. There are sections about the distinguishing features of trolleys, car bodies, trucks along with pioneers and milestones in the history of electric railway. It concludes with the Branford Trolley Museum collection broken down into early street railway cars, open cars, convertibles, rapid transit cars, wood city cars, steel city cars, interubans, special cars, and work cars. A lot of information and photos are packed into this publication.