Three Feet On The Panhandle by Koehler PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD NARROW GAUGE PRR for Sale

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Three Feet On The Panhandle by Koehler PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD NARROW GAUGE PRR For Sale

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Three Feet On The Panhandle by Koehler PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD NARROW GAUGE PRR:
$119.95

Three Feet on the Panhandle - A History of the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad by Koehler, Pub by Railhead, 1983, 208 pages. Over 200 illustrations: photos, maps, profile. Drawings of locomotives,passenger cars, freight cars, and buildings. Complete locomotive and car rosters.
"Fascinating history of the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad, a narrow gauge railroad in southwestern Pennsylvania that eventually came under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Provides detailed information on the W&W's construction, operation, expansion, years of prosperity as the oil and natural gas industries expanded, the slow loss of passenger traffic to autos, and the eventual dissolution. Includes a detailed mile-by-mile description of the line and its stations. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, maps, schematic diagrams (locomotives, rolling stock and stations), and gradient profile. "
Chapters include:1. Conception and Construction2. Development and Expansion3. Progress and Prosperity4. Decline and Dormancy5. Motive Power6. Passenger Equipment & Operations7. Freight Equipment & Operations8. Right-of-Way, Buildings and Bridges9. Appendix, Short Histories of Related Washington and Greene County Railroads
Book is very good overall, dust jacket shows minor wear at edges. Has been placed in a mylar protector.
Postage $8 in USA and includes insurance. It will be shipped in a sturdy reinforced box.Pennsylvania, narrow gauge, ng,