By Rail To The Boardwalk

Glendale, CA: Trans-anglo Books, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, Fine, tight, bright example in bright, crisp dust jacket with a touch of wear to the tips and spine extremities. Oversized hardcover. 331 pp. with index, bibliography, appendix of maps including 19th century reproductions, appendix of locomotive rosters. Very scarce history of rail service to South Jersey and the Jersey Shore includingAtlantic City. Over the decades South Jersey was a battleground for the tourist and commuter dollar with the chief combatants being the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad and its subsidiary the West Jersey & Seashore, the rival Reading and its Atlantic City Railroad affiliate. fine / near fine. Item #E13929B
ISBN: 9780870460760

Price: $125.00

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