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    Railroad Magazine April 1944 Cover: "Hooping Them Up (Western Pacific)" by Frederick Blakeslee

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    RR Magazine 1944 Apr
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    Norfolk and Western in the Appalachians

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    Railroad Magazine November 1939 Cover: "The Kickback'", no artist, note "(Photo by Schnall, N.Y. City, showing the end of the C&O's unloading trestle at Dover, O. Tracks are bowed to reverse the direction of the empty cars for return to classification yard.)" Features: "He Built a Locomotive Working Model in Prison" by Theodore Douglas; and "Mansions on Wheels" by James W. Holden

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    RR Magazine 1939 Nov
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    Railroad Magazine September 1940 Cover: no title, note "(Cover painting by Aurion M. Proctor shows the car transfer of the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Jersey City, N. J. with a cut of chicken cars on the float nearby and the famous New York City skyline in the distance)" Feature: "Why Do We Have Private Freight Cars?" by William T. Coniff

    Record Type: Library

    RR Magazine 1940 Sep
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    Norfolk and Western Railroad advertisement from 1942 discussing how the railroad helps recycle scrap metal for war machinery and equipment. Scrap, Left Where Hitler Wants It

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    N&W Helps Recycle Scrap Metal
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    Norfolk and Western Railway Company Safety Rules Book, red vinyl cover, dated March 1, 1981, signed by Beckley Justus, Conductor, "Rules Class 1983".

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    N&W Safety Rules Book
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    A book describing various train engines and railroading informantion. Orange cover with a drawing of a Santa Fe 3460 engine "GIANTS OF THE RAILS ACCURATE DRAWINGS IN FULL COLOR AND DESCRIPTIONS OF MODERN LOCOMOTIVES OF EVERY TYPE ON THE MAJOR RAILROADS OF THE U.S.A...."

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    Giants of the Rails
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    Norfolk and Western Railway color magazine advertisement from World War II, "Give 'Em the Stuff ... That's OUR Job!" picture of military equipment being transferred between Norfolk and Western railroad cars and military ship.

    Record Type: Library

    Give 'Em The Stuff
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    Railroad Magazine February 1944 Cover: "Clearing THe Switch Points" by Aurion M. Proctor

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    RR Magazine 1944 Feb
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    Railroad Magazine June 1944 Cover: "Lucin Cutoff" by Emmett Watson Feature: "Bridging Great Salt Lake (Southern Pacific)"

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    RR Magazine June 1944
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    Railroad Magazine August 1944 Cover: "Signal Maintenance (PRR)" by Emmett Watson Feature: "42 Years a Towerman" by Harry F. Thomas

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    RR Magazine 1944 Aug
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    The Railroad Trainman Magazine December 1908 Cover shows engineers on two trains passing in opposite directions, waving at each other; "Merry Christmas" written above them.

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    RR Trainman December 1908
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    Railroad Stories Magazine August 1933 Featured: "Magic of the Rails" Novelette by E. S. Dellinger, also "The Pullman Strike Mystery - and Other True Tales"

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    RR Stories August 1933
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    Fundamentals of Steam Locomotives

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    Steam Locomotive Fundamentals
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    Norfolk and Western Railway Company Safety Rules for the Government of Maintenance of Equipment and Stores Employes [sic] Form M.P.533, Revised 6-1-1940

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    NW Safety Rules
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    Norfolk and Western Railway Company Safety Rules booklet, gold lettering on dark green cover, unused from August 1974.

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    N&W Safety Rules Booklet
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    Black & white advertisement for The Milwaukee Road from National Geographic Magazine. "All-the-West Vacations on the Greatest Western Fleet" black and white illustrations of cowboy and southwest-style building, also passengers dining in Super Dome observation car.

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    Milwaukee Road Ad
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    Magazine ad for the California Zephyr, Burlington, Rio Grande, Western Pacific railroads, "more to see ... more to do ... the Vista-Dome California Zephyr" color illustration of family viewing mountain scenery from Vista-Dome observation car; inset color photograph of Vista-Dome car on train moving along river in mountains.

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    California Zephyr Ad
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    Canadian Pacific ad from National Geographic Magazine, "You'll see more of magnificent Canada from the Scenic Domes of The Canadian" color photographs of Banff Springs, Lake Louise, passengers in domed observation car passing through the Canadian Rockies, train passing through mountains, small inset route map of The Canadian.

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    Canadian Pacific Ad
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    Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc. ad from National Geographic Magazine, "Trackwalker With A Ph.D." black and white illustration of man walking down railroad tracks with portable sprayer; ad is for weed killer, Agronyl R. On back is ad for Rock Island Golden State Train.

    Record Type: Library

    Mobil Oil Ad

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