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Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing, Date: 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 28.5 x 22 cm. Quarto. 309 pages. Brown leatherlette boards in dust jacket. 1986. Pruett Publishing ISBN 0871086298 9780871086297 [US]

Westwinds Press, Date: 1986. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1986. Westwinds Press ISBN 0871086298 9780871086297 [US]

ISBN10: 0871086298, ISBN13: 9780871086297, [publisher: Pruett Publishing Company, Boulder, Colorado] Hardcover 309 pages, indexed, illustrated. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage. "During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, enthusiasm for narrow gauge railroading flourished in the Midwest. The arguments put forth by promoters of the philosophy were very persuasive. Particularly receptive to these arguments were residents of small rural communities not served by any rail line, who feared isolation and economic stagnation by not having a rail link with the outside world." (publisher). In Narrow Gauge In Ohio: The Cincinnati, Lebanon, and Northern Railway John W. Hauck tells the fascinating story of a small railroad in Southwestern Ohio.
[Benalla, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1986]

Pruett Publishing. New in New dust jacket. Date: 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871086298 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "The railroad was founded in 1888 as a local narrow gauge railroad built to supply rail service to the highlands in between the Little Miami and Great Miami river. It never becomes overly profitable, it never has a huge amount of traffic or becomes a part of a huge rail corridor, and it eventually is broken up and abandoned. It is this plain, mundane atmosphere that makes the story so interesting. This is not just the story of one road but can represent the story of hundreds of little railroads all over the country. Hauck tells this story against the backdrop of the wider Midwest narrow gauge movement. He claims as a thesis the inefficiency of this concept. Cheaper construction costs for the narrow track did not make up for the shortcomings of the gauge. He spends the first half of the book discussing the CL&N's narrow gauge operations as well as its integration in the Toledo, Delphos, and Burlington system. This is one of the few books that does discuss the TD&B or the "Little ...

ISBN10: 0871086298, ISBN13: 9780871086297, [publisher: PRUETT PUBLISHING] Hardcover First Edition History of this 35 mile long narrow gauge line in Ohio, built in the 1870s and converted to standard gauge some 20 years later. 309pp, well illustrated. VG copy in dust wrapper. Size: 4to
[Felixstowe, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1986]
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