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1. An account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway : comprising a history of the parliamentary proceedings preparatory to the passing of the act, a description of the railway in an excursion from Liverpool to Manchester, and a popular illustration of the mechanical principles applicable to railways : also, an abstract of the expenditure from the commencement of the undertaking, with observations on the same / by Henry Booth, Treasurer to the Company.

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Creator:: Booth, Henry, 1788–1869
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: [2], 104 p., [4] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Description raisonnée et vues pittoresques du chemin de fer de Liverpool à Manchester / publiées par P. Moreau, constructeur, d'après son examen sur les lieux ; les renseignemens fournis par M. Stephenson, ingénieur, et les documens tirés des ouvrages de ce dernier, de M. Wood, etc., etc. ; et mis en ordre par Auguste Notré.

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Creator:: Notré, Auguste
Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: [4], 98 p., 11 leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., map ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The Great Western, Cheltenham and Great Western, and Bristol and Exeter railway guides : containing a topographical, antiquarian, and geological account of the country and of the towns and villages in the neighbourhood of the railways : with a preliminary description of the construction of the Great Western and other railways : illustrated with numerous and accurate engravings on wood, and guides to Windsor, Reading, Oxford, Glocester, Hereford, Cheltenham, Bath, Wells, and Bristol.

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Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: xxxvi, 284 p. [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. London & North Eastern Railway : the Flying Scotsman : London Kings Cross.

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Creator:: London and North Eastern Railway
Date:: [approximately 1934?]
Physical Description:: 1 luggage label : color illustration ; 12 x 11 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

5. Straker's route and guide book to London & suburbs : showing how to get to and from all streets, theatres, places of amusement, public buildings, parks, gardens, monuments, &c without the aid of maps : by rail, tram, bus, or boat, together with times, &c : the whole arranged in alphabetical and numerical order : list of cab fars from all railway stations and theatres.

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Date:: [187-?]
Physical Description:: xvi, 269, [48] p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Lights along the line : a geographical and topographical description of the salubrious city of Southport, its literature and its art : with geological, historical, and metaphorical pencillings by the way / by Yrneh Koorbezarg.

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Creator:: Koorbezarg, Yrneh
Date:: 1855
Physical Description:: [7]-60, [4] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Copy of the evidence, taken before a committee of the House of Commons, on the Newcastle & Carlisle railway bill. Lord Viscount Lowther, chairman. Taken from the short hand notes of Mr. Gurney. To which is added the report of Mr. Leather, on the projected line of railway.

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Creator:: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Bill
Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., 229 p. illus. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries : with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world.

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Date:: MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:: viii, 340 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Tables for calculating the cubic quantity of earth work in the cuttings and embankments of canals, railways, and turnpike roads / by John MacNeill.

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Creator:: Macneill, John, 1793?-1880
Date:: 1833
Physical Description:: xxxviii, 254 p., [iv] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Public works of Great Britain : consisting of railways, rails, chairs, blocks, cuttings, embankments, tunnels, oblique arches, viaducts, bridges, stations, locomotive engines &c : cast iron bridges, iron and gas works : canals, lock gates, centering, masonry and brick work for canal tunnels, canal boats, the London and Liverpool docks, plans and dimensions, dock gates, walls, quays and their masonry, mooring chains : plan of the harbour and port of London, and other important engineering works with descriptions and specifications : the whole rendered of the utmost utility to the civil engineer, to the nobility and gentry, as monuments of the useful arts in this country and as examples to the foreign engineer / edited by F.W. Simms, C.E. ; 153 plates.

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Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: [5], viii-xii, 72, 32, 24, 70 pages, [142] leaves of plates in various foliations : illustrations, maps, plans ; 56 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Landscapes under the luggage rack : great paintings of Britain / Greg Norden.

Landscapes under the luggage rack : great paintings of Britain / Greg Norden.

Creator:: Norden, Greg
Date:: 2001
Physical Description:: 192 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 25 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

12. Transport history : volume 5 / editor: Baron F. Duckham.

Transport history : volume 5 / editor: Baron F. Duckham.

Date:: 1973
Physical Description:: 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

13. The railroad book of England: historical, topographical, and picturesque; descriptive of the cities, towns, country seats and other subject s of local interest.

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Creator:: Churton, Edward, d. 1885
Date:: 1851]
Physical Description:: xxxiv, 590 p. incl. front., illus. fold. map. 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

14. The rail road book of England: historical, topographical and picturesque; descriptive of the cities, towns, country seats, and other subjects of local interest, with a brief sketch of the lines in Scotland and Wales.

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Creator:: Churton, Edward, d. 1885
Date:: 1973-
Physical Description:: v. illus., map. 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library