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The Original 1879 Car-builder's dictionary's illustrations, car plans, and advertisements; an illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railroad cars, their parts, and attachments. Compiled for the Master Car-Builders' Association by Matthias N. Forney, assisted by Leander Garey and Calvin A. Smith

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Object Details

Author

Master Car Builders' Association

Notes

"First published by the Railroad gazette ... New York. 1879."
1st- ed. issued under title: Car builder's encyclopedia of American practice.

Date

1949

Call number

TF373.C36X

Type

Books

Physical description

xiv, 190-491, 84 p. illus. 13 x 20 cm

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Railroad cars

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_sil_246688
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