Author: [Trains - Americana]
Title: North American Railroads and Trains.
Description: No place, not published, [n.d. but circa 1965]. Three albums with a total of 277 (on 91 sheets) mounted original ink and pen drawings of locomotives and carriages, all but four hand-coloured. Oblong folio (34 x 27 cm). Contemporary uniform full blind cloth. = A very well executed and colourful ensemble of North American trains (locomotives and carriages) between 1840 and 1965. Minutely and painstakingly exact reproductions in different techniques, such as ink and pencil drawings, gouache, and oil paint. Some are finished with a layer of lacquer, presumably to preserve the colours, and mimicking metal and paint gloss. An important collection, this must comprise most trains that ever rode the American tracks in the given period, including such companies as Pulman, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Rio Grande, New Haven, Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central, Burlington, and more. All drawings in excellent condition. A fine, unique item.

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