August 2025 Book and Smalls Auction

Timed auction by Rail & Road Auctions

Starts Jul 28, 2025 12:00 PM EDT. Ends Aug 13, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

Rail & Road Auctions is proud to present a Wednesday Book and Smalls Auction to kick off our August auction week. This single-day session features over 1,000 lots of railroad books and related smalls, offering collectors a broad mix of historical documentation and collectible ephemera. The smalls portion includes a wide selection of material such as railroad-themed art prints, vintage playing cards, Pullman light fixtures, conductor buttons, railroad pins, and groups of stock certificates. These lots are well-suited for collectors looking for manageable-size pieces with strong visual and historical appeal. The book section of the auction offers deep coverage across several railroads and themes, including significant multi-lot groups from: Great Northern Rio Grande Southern South Park Line Northern Pacific Burlington Northern Denver & Rio Grande Southern Pacific Union Pacific Western Pacific Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Many of these groups include out-of-print and hard-to-find volumes, all with affordable opening bids and no reserves.

Lots

#3865 • Pair of 60" x 10" Aluminum Building "Evacuation Assembly" (High bid $5.00)
#3866 • Four Northern Indiana Public Service Company Framed Photos And Two Plaques (High bid $5.00)
#3867 • Pair of Framed Railroad Photos - Southern Railway # 3936 and Burnham and Williams Co. (High bid $5.00)
#3868 • Six Union Pacific Wall Art Prints and Calendars - Theodore Xaras Art Print (High bid $6.00)
#3869 • Four Western Railroad Wall Posters - Rio Grande and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (High bid $6.00)
#3870 • Six Midwest Railroad Wrenches - Wabash, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, Illinois Central, Burlington Route, and Milwaukee Road (High bid $15.00)
#3871 • Four Framed Narrow Gauge Railroad Black & White Photographs (High bid $6.00)
#3872 • Large Group of Railroad Wall Calendars - Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, and Harbor Belt & Terminal (High bid $5.00)
#3873 • Print Arrangement Copy? of 1895 American Steam Vessels By Samuel Ward Stanton (High bid $15.00)
#3874 • Seventeen Nautical Art Prints - American Clipper Ships, Navy Fighting Ships, Port of Galveston, and More (High bid $5.00)
#3875 • Two Pieces Of Canadian Pacific Memorabilia- Poster, Print (High bid $90.00)
#3876 • Pair of East Coast Railroad Art Prints - Rock Island, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Etc. (High bid $40.00)
#3877 • Roger West New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad Art Print (High bid $5.00)
#3878 • Framed "Allegheny At Speed" Chesapeake and Ohio Art Print (High bid $25.00)
#3879 • Trio of Santa Fe Railroad Posters, Art Prints (High bid $6.00)
#3880 • Framed Limited Edition Angela Trotta Thomas "High Hopes" Art Print (High bid $95.00)
#3881 • Pair of Twentieth Century Limited Railroad Wall Art - New York Central (High bid $140.00)
#3882 • Framed Rock Island Railroad Art Print - Russ Porter (High bid $6.00)
#3883 • Five Framed Santa Fe Railroad Photos, Art Print (High bid $5.00)
#3884 • Pair of New York Central Framed Howard Fogg Art Prints (High bid $80.00)
#3900 • Three Pieces Of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Memorabilia- WWI Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen Service Medal, B&O Railroad Whistle, B&O Railroad Co. Token (High bid $20.00)
#3901 • Safetran Terminal Railroad Wrench (High bid $35.00)
#3902 • Western Maryland Railroad Police Department Badge- Police 80 W. M. R. R. (High bid $85.00)
#3903 • 1950's Post Cereal Railroad Mini Tin Signs Group Of Twenty-Six- Rock Island, Pennsylvania, Erie, Burlington Route, Grand Trunk Western, Santa Fe, Lackawanna, C&EI, New York Central, Etc. (High bid $80.00)
#3904 • Railroad Ephemera Group Of Twenty-Four Items- New York Central Buttons, Penn Central Buttons, Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen Service Pins, N.Y.C. Patches (High bid $30.00)
#3905 • National Brake Co. Peacock Brake Turn Wheel (High bid $55.00)
#3906 • Railroad Memorabilia Items Group Of Six- Steam Town Engine 3254 Print, Metal Railroad Emblem Sign, Metal Lionel Sign, Metal Great Northern Railway Sign, Metal Pennsylvania Railroad Sign (High bid $5.00)
#3907 • Large Group Of One Hundred And Nine Railroad Pins- "Raildeo", Rail Rodeo Winner Pins, New Jersey Transit, Toronto Transit, Etc. (High bid $65.00)
#3908 • Cast Iron Replica Save Coal Southern Railway Sign With Wood Mount (High bid $35.00)
#3909 • Bethlehem Steel DES 465 Railroad Switch Lock And Two Staffs (High bid $20.00)
#3910 • Group Of Five Cast Iron Railroad Memorabilia Items- Chicago West Division Horse Car Bell, Monon Route Alligator Match Holder Reproduction, Union Pacific 4000 Emblem, Spider Paperweight,, Strasburg Railroad Paperweight (High bid $55.00)
#3911 • Mixed Railroad Memorabilia Group Of Ten Items- Brass Chesapeake & Ohio Trivet, Stamp Moistener, New Hope & Ivyland Railroad Glass, Pennsylvania Railroad Glass Insulator, Chessie Kitten Coasters, Etc. (High bid $40.00)
#3912 • Locomotive Brass Bell (High bid $35.00)
#3913 • Group Of Three Cast Iron Items- Two Cast Iron Stars, Pennsylvania Railroad Hammer Head (High bid $5.00)
#3914 • Group Of Twenty-Two Railroad Related Vinyl Records- Railroad Sounds, Greenboard South Night Freight, Whistle In The Woods, Farewell To Steam, Last Train To Waterloo, Etc. (High bid $85.00)
#3915 • Box Of Frisco Railroad Metal Zip Ties (High bid $5.00)
#3916 • Group Of Six Bulb Insulators And Four Railroad Ties (High bid $5.00)
#3917 • Wooden Railroad Delivery Fork (High bid $50.00)
#3918 • Amtrak Starlite Railroad Warning Light Model 705 RR (High bid $20.00)
#3919 • Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Equipment Metal Sign (High bid $45.00)
#3920 • Sherburne Caboose Whistle (High bid $45.00)
#3921 • Group Of Eleven Railroad Rubber Stamps On Wooden Handles And A Stamp Holder (High bid $9.00)
#3922 • Group Of Three Pullman Railroad Passenger Car Lights (High bid $30.00)
#3923 • 1976 Roscoe Misselhorn's Pencil Sketches Of American Steam Trains Book With Original Boxing (High bid $5.00)
#3924 • Mixed Railroad Ephemera Lot- Railroad Record Club Vinyl Records, Liberty Bell Limited Pictures, Railroad Publications, Mixed Paper Ephemera, Etc. (High bid $5.00)
#3925 • Group Of Eight 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" Vinyl Railroad Records-The 587...She's A Survivor, Sounds Of 1401, Whistles At Cass, Whistles At Silverton, Sounds Of The New Hope, The Hawk Mountain Line (High bid $25.00)
#3926 • Group Of Three Vinyl Railroad Records- The Fading Giant, Sounds Of Steam Railroading, Thunder On Blue Ridge (High bid $150.00)
#3927 • Four Piece Sterling Silver Franklin Mint Collection And One Decorative Wood Train Picture (High bid $5.00)
#3928 • 1940's Forward Southern Pacific And Union Pacific Playing Cards Group Of Five (High bid $30.00)
#3929 • Group Of Ten Decks Of Playing Cards- Auto-Train, VIV, Norfolk & Western, The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Southern Railway, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (High bid $15.00)
#3930 • Group Of Five Miscellaneous Canadian National Railway And Great Northern Items (High bid $25.00)
#3931 • Group Of Thirteen Railroad Buttons- BLF&E, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific (High bid $5.00)
#3932 • Thirty-Two Railroad Uniform Buttons- Nickel Plate Road, Motorman, Erie, SURYS, Boston & Main, Etc. (High bid $30.00)
#3933 • Group Of Nine Railroad Brochures- 1968 Northern Pacific "Slumbercoach", Burlington Route, Pullman, Southern Pacific, 1970 AT&SF, Santa Fe, Etc. (High bid $20.00)
#3934 • Rocky Mountain And Railroad Ephemera Group Of Seven Items- 1889 Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Among The Rockies Guide Book, 1904 California Arctic Excursion Brochure, Etc. (High bid $30.00)
#3935 • Group Of Seven Railroad Brochures- Niagara Belt Line, Great Gorge Route, Empire United Railways, Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co., Chicago & Alton Railroad, Chicago Surface Lines (High bid $75.00)
#3936 • 1906 Baldwin Locomotive Works Record Of Recent Construction (High bid $5.00)
#3937 • Maintenance Manual For General Motors Diesel Engines 567B (High bid $5.00)
#3938 • Annual Reports For Great Norther Railway Group Of Five- 1963-1968 (High bid $5.00)
#3939 • Five Union Pacific Memorabilia Items- ALCOA 1934 Lucky Piece, UP Pins (High bid $8.00)
#3940 • Fifteen Railroad Memorabilia Items- Safety Buttons, Post Cereal Mini Tins, Pins, Etc. (High bid $15.00)
#3941 • 1972 Railroad Relics And Artifacts Book From The Pennsylvania Railroad Museum (Starting at $5.00)
#3942 • Group Of Twelve Railroad Memorabilia Items-Indiana Harbor Belt, Love Point Ferry, Chicago Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw Railroad, Etc. (High bid $30.00)
#3943 • New York Central System Railroad Paper Ephemera Group- 1944 Visitor Brochures, Desk Calendars, Etc. (High bid $40.00)
#3944 • Railroad Paper Ephemera Group Of Seventeen Items- Envelopes And Ticket Stubs, Ticket Books (High bid $50.00)
#3945 • Group Of Five Railroad Stock Certificates- The New York Central Railroad Company 1964, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1963 (High bid $8.00)
#3946 • Group Of Eleven Railroad Stock Certificates- The Minneapolis & St. Louis, Gulf Mobile & Ohio, New York Chicago & St. Louis, 1883 Cincinnati Washington & Baltimore, The Chautauqua, Etc. (High bid $35.00)
#3947 • Group Of Eleven Railroad And Military Memorabilia Items- Pins, Etc. (High bid $30.00)
#3948 • Railroad Ephemera Group Of Twenty-Nine Items- Newsweek Streamliner And San Francisco Overland Binder Covers, Supplier Magazine Ads, Railroad Magazine Ads (High bid $30.00)
#3949 • Railroad China Group Of Four Items- Milwaukee Road Syracuse "Peacock" Plate, Chicago & Northwestern Syracuse " Wild Rose" Plate, Rio Grande Mugs (High bid $35.00)
#3950 • Twenty-Three Railroad Ephemera Items- Company Photos, Locomotive Data Cards (High bid $55.00)
#3951 • Union Pacific Memorabilia Group Of Twenty Plus Items- Belt Buckle, Playing Cards, Measuring Tape, Sewing Kit, Mugs, Etc. (High bid $11.00)
#3952 • Group Of Seven Railroad Items- Frisco Boxcars Of Matches, Chessie Calendar, Missouri Pacific Lines Key Chain, Etc. (Starting at $5.00)
#3953 • Group Of Five Railroad Mugs- Western Pacific Romancing The Streamliners, The Milwaukee Road (High bid $5.00)
#3954 • Group Of Four Chicago Northwestern Drinking Glasses (High bid $15.00)
#3955 • Chicago North Western System Iowa Division Think Safety Yellow Wind Chill And Thermometer (High bid $20.00)
#3956 • Over One Hundred Illinois Central Electric Time Tables, Electric Suburban Schedules, And Illinois Central Time Table Brochures 1944-1970 (High bid $35.00)
#3957 • Chicago Northwestern Glass Historic Steam Power Plate (High bid $10.00)
#3958 • Group Of Thirteen Empty Match Book Covers- Hiawatha, The Milwaukee Road, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (High bid $6.00)
#3959 • 1957 Equipment Trust Plate From Chicago & North Western Railroad (High bid $30.00)
#3960 • Group Of Railroad Paper Ephemera Items- Vanishing Vistas, Informative Locomotive Picture Cards (High bid $5.00)
#3961 • Twelve Black And White Photos Printed From Original Negatives- Rock Island, Northern Pacific, Lackawanna, Florida East Coast System, Missouri Pacific Lines, Etc. (High bid $35.00)
#3962 • Group Of Five General Motors Sales Brochures- Electro-Motive Diesel (High bid $55.00)
#3963 • Group Of Eighteen General Motors First Generation Electro-Motive Diesel Advertisements- 1940'-1950's (Starting at $5.00)
#3964 • Group Of Ten General Motors Electro-Motive Division Diesel Advertisements- 1960's GM Locomotives At Work (High bid $5.00)
#3965 • Twelve Electro-Motive Diesel Prints From Original Negatives- Northern Pacific, The Milwaukee Road, Great Northern, Seaboard, Etc. (High bid $20.00)
#3966 • Ten Original Photographs Of Santa Fe Miniature Railway Exhibit- Museum Of Science & Industry (High bid $5.00)
#3967 • Santa Fe Railroad Ephemera Group Of Eleven Items- 1924 By The Way Santa Fe Booklet, Playing Cards With Plastic Case, Kansas City Terminal Railway Co. Ticket Stub Books, Santa Fe Menu, Timetable, Etc. (High bid $15.00)
#3968 • Two Pieces Of Railroad Ephemera- The Shasta Route Along The Southern Pacific, Silvae And Dog Flyer (High bid $6.00)
#3969 • Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company Annual Reports And Railroads 1951 (High bid $5.00)
#3970 • Chessie System Memorabilia Group Of Nine Items- Dishes, Buttons, The Railroad Kitten Book, 1960's Calendars (High bid $70.00)
#3971 • Lionel Electric Trains And Pennsylvania Railroad Glass Memorabilia Group Of Nine Items (High bid $45.00)
#3972 • Pullman Henry Dreyfuss Berth Light With Standard Plug In (High bid $80.00)
#3973 • Ball's 20th Century Model Railroad Standard Watches Cover With Plastic Pocket (High bid $5.00)
#3974 • Three Decks Of Playing Cards In Original Cases- Norfolk & Western Railway, Pullman Bridge Playing Cards (High bid $30.00)
#3975 • Depot Switch For Train Order Lamp (High bid $40.00)
#3976 • Four Railroad Conductor Ticket Hole Punchers- Mac Mieth Co., Allen Lane & Scott, Globe Ticket Co. (High bid $60.00)
#3977 • Chesapeake & Ohio Marked Metal Box (High bid $7.00)
#3978 • Three Railroad Pins- 1940-1950's Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Electro-Motive Diesel Educational Program Pin, Florida Special, SR Junior Engineer (High bid $5.00)
#3979 • Missouri Pacific Lines Tie Tack And Screw Back Pins (High bid $20.00)

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