The Search for Safety: A History of Railroad Signals and the People Who Made Them
by Brignano, Mary ; Hax McCullough
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0960620206
- ISBN 13
- 9780960620203
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Union Switch & Signal Division, American Standard, 1981. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 200 pages. 9""w x 9 1/8""h. Full brown cloth boards show a bit of discoloration and edge wear. Tears on dust jacket. Previous owner's name inside, and tipped-in letter to previous owner from engineer at American Standard. Many b&w illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142100
- Title
- The Search for Safety: A History of Railroad Signals and the People Who Made Them
- Author
- Brignano, Mary ; Hax McCullough
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0960620206
- ISBN 13
- 9780960620203
- Publisher
- Union Switch & Signal Division, American Standard
- Place of Publication
- No Place (piscataway Nj ?):
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Railroads, Trains, Safety Steam Locomotive, Technology, accidengs, Control Signals, Signalmen, Union Switch, Signal Division, American Standare, George Westinghouse
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroads;
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