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50th Anniversary. 1931 - 1981. Suburban Electrification. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R.[Railroad.]

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50th Anniversary. 1931 - 1981. Suburban Electrification. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R.[Railroad.] By Wes Coates. Assisted by Jean Hill, Homer Hill and Tom Nemeth. [Clark, N.J.]: Jersey Central Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, [1981.] Limited edition, copy 78 of unstated edition size (press numbered on inside front cover.) 4to softcover. 32 pp. plus covers, photos, illustrations. The cover is titled the same with the addition of "Sunday, January 25, 1981"; also a block-style validation date ink stamp on title page: Hoboken Terminal Jan 25 '81 27 Hoboken, N.J. The work covers the 1929-1931 construction and introduction of electric motorized coaches on the Morris and Essex Division of the railroad which ran to Hoboken. Photo in this work are from that time period and include several of the Hoboken (Lackawanna) Terminal and train yard including the construction of a large inspection shed next to the old roundhouse. Only photos related to Hoboken have been mentioned in captions. Also seen are diagrams and other period documents. 4to pamphlet

2008.012.0067

2008.012

Lukacs, Claire

Gift

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Hill, Jean/Hill, Homer/Nemeth, TomCoates, Wes

limited edition

Jersey Central Railway Historical Society, Inc.

Clark, N.J.

1981 - 1981

Date: 1981-1981

Good

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2008-05-21

front cover
inside front cover; publisher, copy number pg [1] title; validation stamp at top right Jan. 25, 1981 pg [2]: foreword pg 3: Construction; photo work in Hoboken terminal yard on catenary bridge pg 4 pg 5 pg 6 pg 7: Equipment; photo interior Hoboken inspection shed new electric units pg 8: photos Hoboken Terminal roundhouse, motorized unit (MU) shed pg 9: photo Hoboken Terminal Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shed pg 10: 4 photos train car or coach pg 11: 4 photos train car or coach pg 12: 2 photos Motorized Unit Shop, Kingsland, N.J. pg 13: Inauguration; photo Hoboken. Thomas Edison et al, Sept 3, 1930 pg 14 pg 15 pp [16-17]: Diagram Electrified Trackage Morris & Essex Division pg 18: photo Hoboken Yard multiple units; headlight; pantograph pg 19: Electric Traction [electrical equipment and controls] pg 20 pg 21 pg 22 pg 23 pg 24 pg 25: Operation pg 26 pg 27 pg 28 pg 29 pg 30 pg 31 pg 32 inside back cover