NEOLS LIBRARY
Established 1980
Harry Boivin III, Librarian
May 2012 list
BOOKS
Popular Interest
Age of steam locomotion: Réalités, September 1972, no. 262 [three articles: 1) birth of steam, 2) death of steam, 3) nostalgia for steam]
American locomotives; a pictorial record of steam power, 1900-1950, by Edwin P. Alexander: NY, Bonanza Books (1950) 256p
American railway; its construction, development, management, and applicances, by Thomas Curtis Clarke, et.al.: NY, Bramhall House (nd) 456p
Asher & Adams’ pictorial album of American industry 1876: NY, Rutledge Books (1976) 192p
B & O: Baltimore, MD, Baltimore and OhioTransportationMuseum (nd) 32p
Brief history of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers: Cleveland, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (1977) 48p
C & O power; steam and diesel locomotives of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1900-1965, by Philip Shuster, Eugene L. Huddleston, and Alvin Staufer: np, Alvin Staufer (1965) 351p
Cassell’s railways of the world, v.1, by Fred A. Talbot: NY, Simmons-Boardman Pub Co, (nd) 360p
Cinders & smoke; a mile by mile guide for the Durango to Silverton narrow gauge trip, by Doris B. Osterwald, 2nd ed.: Lakewood, CO, Western Guideways (1968) 102p
Commmuter railroads; a pictorial review of the most travelled railroads, by Patrick C. Dorin; NY, Bonanza Books (1957) 192p
Country railroad station in America, by H. Roger Grant and Charles W. Bohi: Sioux Falls, SD, Center for Western Studies, AugustanaCollege (1988) 192p
Cram’s standard American railway system atlas of the world; Chicago, George F. Cram (1897) 562p
“Dedicate new Cleveland station today”, by Walter S. Sacher. Reprinted from Railway Age Magazine, June 28, 1930 p.1553-1580 (1987) 28p [Description of Cleveland’s TerminalTower]
Down at the depot; American railroad stations from 1831 to 1920, by Edwin P. Alexander: NY, Bramhall House (1970) 320p
Early American locomotives, by John H. White, Jr.: NY, Dover Publications (1972) 147 engravings
Early machine tools, by K.R. Gilbert: London, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (1975) 18p
Famous steam locomotives, by Richard J. Cook: Cleveland, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (1974) 96p
Farewell to steam, by David Plowden: NY, Bonanza Books (1966) 154p
Fireless locomotive: Dayton, OH, DaytonPark (nd) 12p
Geared class C Shay, by Richard W. Appel (Modelers handbook series): Reseda, CA, Single Shot Gallery (1984) 112p
Great book of trains; featuring 300 locomotives shown in over 160 full-color illustrations and more than 500 photographs, by Brian Hollingsworth and Arthur F. Cook: NY, Portland House (1987) 405p
Great trains, by Bryan Morgan: NY, Crown Publishers (1973) 239p
Hear the train blow; a pictorial epic of America in the railroad age, by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg: NY, Grosset & Dunlap (1952) 415p
Highball; a pageant of trains, by Lucius Beebe: NY Bonanza Books (1945) 223p
Highliners; a railroad album, by Lucius Beebe: NY, Bonanza Books (1940) 103 plates
History of the Atchison, TopekaSanta Fe, by Pamela Berkman: Greenwich, CT, Brompton Books (1988) 127p
History of the Union Pacific; America’s great trasncontinental railroad, by Marie Cahill and Lynne Piade: NY, Crescent Books (1989) 127p
Illustrated encyclopedia of the world’s steam passenger locomotives; a technical directory of major international express train engines from the 1820s to the present day, by Brian Hollingsworth: NY, Crescent Books (1982) 208p
Illustrated book of steam and rail; the history and development of the train and an evocative guide to the worlds’s great railway journeys: NY, Barnes & Noble (2003) 512p
Iron horse, by Henry B. Comstock: NY, Galahad Books (1971) 228p
James Watt and the history of steam power, by Ivor B. Hart: NY, Collier Books (1961) 159p
Lake Superior iron ore railroads, by Patrick C. Dorin: NY, Bonanza Books (1969) 144p.
Last spike; the great railway 1881-1885, by Pierre Berton: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart (1971) 478p
Lima Shays on the Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad Company: Parsons, WV, McClain Printing Co. (1969) 30p
Lines west; a pictorial history of the Great Northern Railway operations and motive power from 1887 to 1967, by Charles R. Wood: NY, Bonanza Books (1967) 192p
Lionel trains; standard of the world, 1900-1943, 2nd ed.: np, Train Collectors Association (1989) 256p + color chart
Locomotive advertising in America, 1850-1900: Scotia, NY, Americana Review (1960) 30p
Lore of the train, by C. Hamilton Ellis: NY, Crescent Books (1971) 240p
Luxury trains from the Orient Express to the TGV, by George Behrend: NY, Vendome Press (1982) 232p
Man from Steamtown; the story of F. Nelson Blount, by James R. Adair: Chicago, Moody Press (1967) 224p
Model railway engines, by J.E. Minns: NY, G.P. Putnam’s Sons (1969) 120p
Modern wonder book of trains and railroadring, The, by Norman Carlisle: Philadelphia, John C. Winston Co. (1946) 289p
N.O.T.&L. [Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co.] story, by James M. Blower and Robert S. Korach: Chicago, Central Electric Railfans’ Association (1966) 269p
New Mexico’s railroads; a historical survey, rev. ed., by David F. Myrick: Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Press (1970) 276p
New York Central’s early power, v.2 1831-1916, by Alvin F. Staufer: Carrollton, OH, Alvin F. Staufer (1967) 352p
Nickel Plate Road; the history of a great railroad, by Taylor Hampton: Cleveland, World Publishing Co. (1947) 366p
Northern Ohio’s interurbans and rapid transit railways, by Harry Christiansen: Cleveland, Transit Data (1965) 176p
On the main line; the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 19th century, by Edwin P. Alexander: NY, Bramhall House (1971) 310p
Pennsylvania Railroad; a pictorial history, by Edwin P. Alexander: NY, Bonanza Books (1967) 248p
Pennsylvania Railroad passenger and freight diagrams: NY, Wayner Publications (1981) 103p
Pictorial encyclopedia of railways, by Hamilton Ellis: Felthaml, Middlesex, Hamlyn Publishing Group (1968) 591p
Pictorial history of electric locomotives, by F.J.G Haut: NY, A.S. Barnes (1970) 147p
Pioneer railroad; the story of the Chicago and North Western System, by Robert J. Casey and W.A.S. Douglas: NY, McGraw-Hill (1948) 334p
Pioneer railroads, by Hank Wieand Bowman: Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Books (1954) 144p
Plymouth locomotives: Plymouth, OH, Plymouth Locomotive Works (nd) loose-leaf notebook
Portrait of the rails; from steam to diesel, by Don Ball, Jr.: NY, Galahad Books (1972) 304p
Railroad album, by John O’Connell: Chicago, Popular Mechanics Press (1954) 160p
Railroad builders, The; a chronicle of the welding of the states, by John Moody (Chronicles of America series): New Haven, Yale University Press (1919) 257p
Railroadiana; the collector’s guide to railroad memorabilia, by Charles Klamkin: NY, Funk & Wagnalls (1976) 274p
Railroading: Irving, TX, Boy Scouts of America (1973) 48p [Merit badge pamphlet]
Railroading coast to coast, by S. Kip Farrington, Jr: NY, Bonanza Books (1976) 305p
Railroads in the days of steam, by the editors of American Heritage: NY, Harper & Row (1960) 128p
Railroads of the Black Hills, by Mildred Fielder: NY, Bonanza Books (1964) 176p
Railway history, by C Hamilton Ellis; London, Studio Vista (1966) 160p
Railway passenger travel 1825-1880, by Horace Porter: Scotia, NY, Americana Review (nd) 31p
Railways, by Paul Hamlyn (rev. ed): London, Hamlyn Publishing (1970) 152p
Ride the Red Devils along Ohio’s trolley trails, by Harry Christiansen: Euclid, OH, Transit House (1971) 152p
Ride the big red cars; how trolleys helped build Southern California, by Spencer Crump (3rd ed): Costa Mesa, CA, Trans-Anglo Books (1962) 256p
Southern Pacific; the roaring story of a fighting railroad, by Neill C. Wilson and Frank J. Taylor: NY, McGraw Hill (1952) 256p
Stations west [the story of the Oregon railways], by Edwin D. Culp: Caldwell, ID, Caxton Printers (1972) 265p
Steam fire engine and the old-time fire bell: Dayton, OH, CarillonPark (nd) 25p
Steam in East Africa, a pictorial history of the railways in East Africa 1893-1976, by Kevin Patience: Nairobi, Heinemann (1976) 127p
Steam locomotive in America; its development in the twentieth century, by Alfred W. Bruce: NY, W.W. Norton (1952) 443p
Steaming up; the autobiography of Samuel M. Vanclain, by Samuel M. Vanclair: San Marino, CA, Golden West Books (1973) [reprint of the 1930 edition published by Brewer & Warren, NY] 319p
Story of the Michigan logging wheels: Grayling MI, Natural History Assoc. (nd) 1 sheet
Story of the West River Railroad, a complete account of the life of the 36-mile railroad from Brattleboro to South Londonderry, Vermont, by Victor L. Morse: np, (1939) 32p [Reprinted from a series of articles published in The Brattleboro Reformer and The Vermont Phoenix]
Tale of the tremendous trifle: Bristol, CT, New Departure Division, General Motors (1944) 215p [biography of New Departure, world’s largest maker of ball bearings, during the way years from 1939 to 1944]
This was railroading, by George B. Abdill: NY, Bonanza Books (1958)192p
Through by rail, by Charles Gilbert Hall: NY, Macmillan Company (1938) 152p
Time of the trolley, by William D. Middleton: Milwaukee, WI, Kalmbach Publishing (1967) 436p
Toyshop steam, by Basil Harley: Watford, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1978) 86p
Trackside in the rust belt 1957-1977 with Cal Banse, by Stephen M. Timko: Scotch Plains, NJ, Morning Sun Books (2008) 128p [Autographed by Cal Banse]
Train journeys of the world: NY, Barnes & Noble (1993) 224p
Trains we rode, by Lucius Beebe and Chalres Clegg: NY, Promontory Press (1990) 976p
Treasury of railroad folklore; the stories, tall tales, traditions, ballads and songs of the American railroad man, ed by B.A. Botkin and Alvin F. Harlow; NY, Bonanza Books (1953) 530p
Trolley car treasury; a century of American streetcars - horsecars, cable cars, interurbans, and trolleys, by Frank Rowsome, Jr.: NY, Bonanza Books (1956) 200p
Trolley trails through Greater Cleveland and Northern Ohio, v.2 by Harry Christiansen: Lakewood, OH, Trolley Lore (1975) p.157-324
Trolley trails through Greater Cleveland and Northern Ohio, v.3 by Harry Christiansen: Lakewood, OH, Trolley Lore (1975) p.329-516
Underground railways of the world, by O.S. Nock: NY, St. Martin’s Press (1973) 288p
When the railroad was king, the nineteenth-century railroad era in Michigan, by Frank N. Elliott: Lansing, MI, Michigan Historical Commission (1966) 68p
World locomotive models, by George Dow: NY, Arco Publishing Co. (1973) 168p
World’s rail way; a facsimile of the 1894 ed, by J.G. Pangborn: NY, Bramhall House (1974) 175p
Wonderful world of steam locomotives, by P.B. Whitehouse: London, Hamlyn (1978) 96p
Yankees under steam; an anthology of the best stories on the world of steam published in Yankee Magazine since 1935, by Austin N. Stevens: Dublin, NH, Yankee Inc. (1970) 253p
Yonder comes the train, by Lance Phillips: NY, A.S. Barnes (1965) 395p
150 years of north American railroads, by Bernard Fitzsimons: Secaucus, NJ, Chartwell Books (1982) 224p
Construction projects
Building a stream engine from castings, by Edgar T. Westbury, Rev.ed.: Kings Langley, Herts., Model & Allied Publications (1974) 36p
Building ‘Mastiff’; a four cylinder petrol engine, by L.C. Mason: Kings Langley, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1975) 139p
Drawings and instructions covering the “step by step” method of constructing the 1/4" scale steam locomotives, by Martin S. Lewis: Lomita, CA, Little Engines (nd) 48p
Elmer’s engines, by Elmer Verburg: Cadillac, MI, Old Orchard Publishing Service (1988) 283p
Home made steam engines, by Edward G. Warren (v.1 - The Wobblers): St. Cloud, MN, Camelback Books (1998) 42p
How to build a boiler, by J.P. Friend: Topsfield MA (nd) 16p
LBSC’s Virginia: Lings Langley, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1975) 190p
Machine shop projects: South Bend, IN, South Bend Lathe (1965) 104p
Machine shop projects for trade, vocational, and high school shops, by Roy E. Knight: Bloomington, IL, McKnight & McKnight (1943) 112p
“Maisie” words and music, by L.B.S.C.: London, Percival Marshall (1952) 131p
Manual of model steam locomotive construction, by Martin Evans, 3rd ed.: Kings Langley, Herts., Model & Allied Publicaitons (1967) 172p
Miniature steam boilers and steam engines; how to build them, by Chas. V. Arnold: Junction City, OR, Chas. V. Arnold (1961) 47p
Model stationary and marine steam engines, by K.N. Harris: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1964) 153p
Model 4-stroke petrol engines; designing-building-running, by L.C. Mason: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1976) 116p
N.E.O.L.S. Track building and track laying standards, by Brian Keim?: n.p., (2001) 18 leaves
Rob Roy; how to build a simple 3-1/2 in” gauge 0-6-0 tank locomotive based on The Dockyard engines of the old Caledonian Railway, by Martin Evans: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1972) 112p
Shops, shed, & road; a handbook on the construction and fitting of details and accessories for small power steam locomotives, by L.B.S.C.: London, Percival Marshall (nd) 176p
Simple model locomotive building; introducing LBSC’s Tish, ed. by Martin Evans: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1968) 268p
Small electric motor construction, by J. Gordon Hall, 2nd ed.: London, Percival Marshall (1951) 86p
So you want to build a live steam locomotive, by Joseph Foster Nelson: Cadillac, MI, Wildwood Publications (1974) 161p
Reference
American machinists’ handbook and dictionary of shop terms, by Fred H. Colvin and Frank A. Stanley, 3rd ed.: NY, Mc-Graw-Hill (1920) 758p
Conversion factors and tables, by O.T. Zimmerman and Irvin Lavine: Dover, NH, Industrial Research Service (1955) 501p
Hardness tests and hardness number conversions: NY, International Nickel Co. (1947) 14 p
Locomotive cyclopedia of American practice, 7th ed.: NY, Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co. (1925) 1130p
Machining data handbook, 3rd ed.; Cincinnati, OH, MachinabilityDataCenter (1980) 2v
Metals handbook, v.1: Properties and selection of metals: Metals Park, OH, American Society for Metals (1961) 1300p
Metals handbook, desk edition, edited by Howard E. Boyer and Timothy L. Gall: Metals Park, OH, American Society for Metals (1985) 1v (various paging)
Steam; its generation and use, 35th ed.: NY, Babcock & Wilcox Co. (1913) 335p
Steam-engine principles and practice, by Terrell Croft: NY, McGraw-Hill (1922) 513p
Tables and diagrams of the thermal properties of saturated and superheated steam, by Lionel S. Marks and Harvey N. Davis: NY, Longmans, Green and Co. (1925) 106p
Thermodynamic properties of steam; including data for the liquid and solid phases, by Joseph H. Keenan and Frederick G. Keyes: NY, John Wiley & Sons (1936) 89p
Tool engineers handbook, by American Society of Tool Engineers: NY, McGraw-Hill (1949) 2070p
1001 mechanical facts made easy; a handbook of simple mechanical knowledge for everyone interested in the work of the engineer: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (nd) 96p
Technical
Baker locomotive valve gear: NY Pilliod Co. (1931) 65p
Easy lessons in mechanics: London, John W. Parker (1836) 291p
Examination for firemen...: New York Central System (1949) 264p
Hawkins’ indicator catechism, by N. Hawkins: NY, Theo. Audel & Co. (1903) 173p
Heat engines; steam, gas, steam turnbines and their auxiliaries, by John R. Allen and Joseph A. Bursley, 4th ed.: NY, McGraw-Hill (1931) 538p
How to do your own wood finishing, by Jackson Hand, 2nd ed: NY, Harper & Row (1976) 170p
LBSC’s shop, shed and road, ed. by Martin Evans (originally published in 1929, reprinted as The Live Steam Book, now revised appearing again under its original title: (Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1969) 192p
Locomotive engine running and management, by Angus Sinclair, 14th ed.: NY, John Wiley (1890) 416p
Locomotive valve setting (Serial 4001): Scranton, PA, International Correspondence Schools (1930) 96p
Locomotive valves and valve gears, by Chas.S.Lake and A. Reidinger: London, Percival Marshall (1951) 142p
Locomotives, by Annis: Adrian, MI, Thomas A. Annis (1924) 390p
Model boilers & boilermaking, by K.N. Harris: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1969) 185p
Model engineering; a guide to model workshop practice, by Henry Greenly: London, Cassell & Co. (1915) 407p
Model locomotive and marine boilers, by Martin Evans: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Argus Books (1988) 190p
Model locomotive boilers; their design and construction, by Martin Evans: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1969) 144p
Model stationary and marine steam engines, by K.N. Harris, rev. ed.: Hemel Hemstead, Herts., Model & Allied Publications (1964) 153p
“Performance record of the Timken locomotive”; a reprint of an address given by T.V. Buckwalter before the Central Railway Club of Buffalo on Nov. 13, 1930 and the Railway Club of Pittsburgh on Dec. 18, 1930: Canton, OH, Timken Roller Bearing Co. (1931) 24p [photocopy]
Power plant engineering questions and answers, 3rd ed.:Chicago, Power Plant Engineering (1928) 341p
Practical application of the slide valve and link motion to stationary, portable, locomotive, and marine engines, by William S. Auchincloss, 12th ed.: Bradley, IL, Lindsay Publications (1984) 170p
Practical data for metallurgists, rev. ed.: Canton, OH, The Timken Co (1977) 100p
Practical instructions relating to th construction and use of the steam engine indicator: Boston, MA, Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Co. (1910) 196p
Questions and answers for engineers and firemans examinations, by Frank D. Graham: NY, Theo. Audel & Co. (1954) 510p
Rules for timing locomotives with Walschaerts gear and Rules for timing locomotives with Baker gears: np, Friends Steam Models Catalog (nd) 1 sheet
“Secondary systems”, by Gustav A. Mueller: Gould battery handbook: Mendota Heights, MN, Gould Inc. (1973) 1v [photocopy; batteries covered: Nicad, Silver-Zinc, Lead-acid, Nickel-zinc, Zinc-Air, Lithium-Chlorine, Lithium-Sulfur, Sodium-Sulfer]
Study of Stream Power, The; a steam engineering tutorial for the steam enthusiast hobbyist, by Tom Stockton, Revised by T Parkinson: n.p. (2010) 1 v (looseleaf) [Developed in part for the North American Model Engineering Society, 1998 to 2009] [Includes a Valve Gear Program CD]
Up-to-date air-brake catechism, by Robert H. Blackall: NY, Norman W. Henley (1899) 230p
Walschaerts’ valve gear for working models, by Henry Greenly (Model Railway News handbooks, no. 3): London, Percival Marshall (nd) 64p
Shop practice
Airbrushing for modellers, by Richard M. Goldman and Murray Rubenstein: London, Almark Publishing Co. (1974) 64p
Amateur’s workshop, by Ian Bradley: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Model & Allied Publications (1971) 265p
Arbors and work holding devices; a treatise on the appliances used for holding work for turning, boring and grinding (Machinery’s reference series, no. 120): NY, Industrial Press (1914) 48p
Control of surface quality, by james A. Broadston, 4th ed.: Hollywood, CA, Surface Checking Gage Co. (1951) 63p
Development of sheet metal detail fittings for bench fditters and toolmakers, etc., by William S.B. Townsend, 2nd ed.: London, Pitman & Sons (1938) 48p
Electroplater’s handbook, by C. W. Ammen: Blue Ridge Summit, PA, Tab Books (1986) 213p
Electroplating for the amateur, by L. Warburton: London, Percival Marshall (1950) 100p
Elements of print reading, by Jay H. Bergen (Serial 6719-2): Scranton, PA, International Correspondence Schools (1968) 76p
Engineer’s handbook of piston rings, sealing rings, mechanical shaft seals, 7th ed.: Baltimore, MD, Koppers Co. (1959) 133p
Hardening and tempering engineers’ tools, by George Gentry, 3rd ed. revised by Edgar T. Westbury: Watford, Herts., Model & Allied Publications (1966) 89p
How to machine Republic stainless steel bars: Cleveland, Republic Steel Corp. (1960) 91 p
How to run a drill press, 3rd ed.: South Bend, IN, South Bend Lathe (1966) 24p
Layout, by Louis N. Di Pipi and John E. Borchert (Serial 3501): Scranton, PA, International Correspondence Schools (1966) 74p
Machine shop operations and setups, by Harold W. Porter, Orville D. Lascoe, and Clyde A. Nelson, 3rd ed.: Chicago, American Technical Society (1967) 512p
Machine shop operations and setups, study guide, by Howard M. Draves (based on Machine shop operations and setups, by Porter, Lascoe, Nelson, 3rd ed.): Chicago, American Technical Society (1967) 152p
Machine shop practice, by K.H. Moltrecht, 2nd ed., v.l: NY, Industrial Press (1981) 496p
Machine tool technology, by Willard J. McCarthy and Robert E. Smith: Bloomington, IL, McKnight & McKnight (1968) 672p
Machining fundamentals, by John R. Walker: South Holland, IL, Goodheart-Willcox Co. (1969) 512p
Machinists and tool makers handy book, by Frank D. Graham: NY, Theo. Audel & Co. (1942) 1v (various paging)
Marking-out practice for mechanics, by Ian Bradley and Norman Hallows: London, Percival Marshall (1948) 116p
Mechanical drawing, by Thomas E. French, Carl L. Svensen, Jay D. Helsel, Bryon Urbanick, 8th ed: NY, McGraw-Hill (1974) 568p
Mechanic’s repair-shop manual, by Herbert J. Dyer: London, Percival Marshall (nd) 114p
Modern metalworking; materials, tools and procedures, by John R. Walker: South Holland, IL, Goodheart-Willcox Co. (1970) 1v (various paging)
New encyclopedia of machine shop practice; a guide to the principles and practice of machine shop practice, The, edited by George W. Barnwell: NY, Wm. H. Wise & Co. (1941) 568p