Operating Department Rules for Conducting Transportation.
N.p. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1925. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 207pp. Tables, line drawings (some partly color). Very good. Faint binding edgewear only, else internally tight and near fine; abrasion near top of front flyleaf; discreet archival strengthening on inner hinges. Item #48803
Tight and nice copy of this occasionally-updated manual (here "Effective April 26, 1925") for the Pennsylvania Railroad System consortium, whose members (as listed on title page) consist of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company, Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad Company, Waynesburg and Washington Railroad Company and The Ohio River and Western Railway Company. A soup-to-nuts handbook that ranges from "Hand, Flag and Lamp Signals" (with drawings) and "Signal Rules" (with color drawings) to "Personal Injuries" (with drawing) and "General Regulations for Employes" -- and a whole lot in between.
Price: $55.00