Railroad resources

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 AUTHOR       French, James Strange, 1807-1886.
 TITLE        A memorial to the legislature of Virginia on railways / by 
 PUBLISHER    Richmond : Printed by Ritchies & Dunnavant, 1852.
 NOTE         "Report of the committee appointed to examine French's
                experimental railway, 1851": p. 27-32.
 SUBJECT      Railroads -- Early works to 1850.
 1 > Leyburn-Spec Coll-Rare TF145 .F75

 TITLE        American rail-road journal.
 PUBLISHER    New-York : D.K. Minor, 1832.
 FREQUENCY    Weekly.
 PUB DATE     Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 2, 1831 [i.e. 1832])-v. 1, no. 35 (Aug. 25,
                1832)
 SUBJECT      Railroad engineering -- Periodicals.
              Civil engineering -- Periodicals.
              United States -- Public works -- Periodicals.
 ADD TITLE    Rail-road journal.
 CONT'D BY    American railroad journal, and advocate of internal 
                improvements.
 1 > Leyburn-Spec Coll-Rare HE1001 .A4


 AUTHOR       Modelski, Andrew M., 1929-
 TITLE        Railroad maps of North America : the first hundred years / by
                Andrew M. Modelski, Geography and Map Division.
 PUBLISHER    Washington : Library of Congress : for sale by the Supt. of
                Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1984.
 DESCRIPT     xxi, 186 p. : ill., maps. (part. col.) ; 29x37 cm.
 SUBJECT      Railroads -- North America -- Maps.
              Cartography -- North America.
              North America -- Maps.
 1 > Leyburn Library        FOLIO G1106.P3 M6

 TITLE        Railway age.
 LIB. HAS     W&L 64(1918)-182(1981)
 PUBLISHER    Bristol, Conn. [etc.] Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co.
 SUBJECT      Railroads -- Periodicals.
 1 > Leyburn Library        PERIODICALS v. 64

 TITLE        Railway age gazette.
 LIB. HAS     W&L 58-63.
 PUBLISHER    [New York, Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co.]
 FREQUENCY    Weekly (daily in June)
 PUB DATE     v. 48-63; Jan. 7, 1910-Dec. 28, 1917.
 1 > Leyburn Library        PERIODICALS v. 58

 TITLE        Railway and industrial compendium.
 LIB. HAS     W&L 1928-1934.
 PUBLISHER    New York : William B. Dana Co., 1928-
 SUBJECT      Securities -- Periodicals.
 1 > Leyburn Library        PERIODICALS 1928

 TITLE        The Railway library.
 LIB. HAS     W&L 1909-1911,1913-1915.
 PUBLISHER    Chicago : Gunthorp-Warren Printing Co.
 NOTE         "A collection of noteworthy chapters, addresses and papers
                relating to railways, mostly published during the year."
 1 > Leyburn Library        HE2751 .R2 1909

 TITLE        Railway statistics of the United States of America.
 LIB. HAS     W&L 1910,1919,1925-1928,1930-1933.
 PUBLISHER    [s.l. : s.n.] Chicago : H. G. Adair.
 1 > Leyburn Library        HE2713 .T43 1910