Iron Rails in the Garden State: Tales of New Jersey Railroading (Railroads Past and Present)
Indiana University Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Oversized hardcover in maroon cloth. First printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. 190 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with vintage reproductions. An illustrated sampler of unique and fascinating stories about railroading in New Jersey, culled from archives and independent research. These vignettes include the tales about: Col. John Stevens, builder of the first locomotive in the country; the Camden and Amboy Railroad (the trip took seven hours in 1833); Isaac Dripps and the "John Bull", the Jersey Central, the PJ&B, the Musconetcong Tunnel; The Great Frog War in Hopewell in 1876; A Railroad Bicycle and a Bicycle Railroad 1880 and 1892; the Death of a President at Elberon (Garfield); a Cape May Speedster; the Dirigible Railroad at Lakehurst; and many more from the 19th and 20th centuries. Fine / fine. Item #E30698
ISBN: 9780253351746
Price: $35.95