Minnesota Railroad Collectibles Book Elon Piche 1200 Photos Lots of Dining Car

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Minnesota Railroad Collectibles Book Elon Piche 1200 Photos Lots of Dining Car
Book is 8 1/2" by 11", 239 pages. Published 2001, by the author.
This book is by Elon Piche, was  one of the most knowledgeable railroad enthusiasts on Minnesota railroad memorobilia. After 40 years of collecting, Elon put together an exceptional memorabilia book on the railroads that ran in  Minnesota.
Minnesota Railroads in the book are : Burlington(28 pages), Rock Island(13 pages), Chicago Great Western(9 pages), Soo Line(33 pages) Milwaukee Road(44 pages,  Minneapolis & St. Louis(9 pages),  Duluth Railroads(34 Pages) including:  Duluth &Iron Range, Duluth Missabe, Duluth Missabe & Northern &, St. Paul & Duluth,  Duluth South Shore & Atlantic, Chicago Northwestern(24 pages), there are small sections of Minneapolis Northfield & Southern(4 pages), Luce Line, Dan Patch(11 pages),Minnesota & International, and some other smaller road objects are shown.
The book is 239 pages, and includes  7 Page Alphabetical Index to the Railroads that  ran through Minnesota  with beginning and ending of operations years.
It includes over 1200 photographs of memorabilia with over 125 pages, many in color including:
Lanterns, Switch keys, China, Silver, Glassware, Linen, Medals, Pins, Badges, Matchbooks, Playing Cards, Timetables, Brochures, Pocket Calendars,  blotters,
menus and much more!
The Highlight of “Collectibles From These Minnesota Railroads" is the great collection of photos of Dining Car China, Silver &
Glassware.
This is one of the best,
if not one of the only guides, that offers
examples of railroad
china, glassware, and silver from these railroads.
If you are looking for what is available in certain patterns from your road, this is a must.
McIntyre & Luckin’s books on railroad
china are considered standard books for the railroad china collecting.
Both are detailed in patterns and
information, however varieties in those patterns are not shown, only mentioned in text. Many pieces in the McIntyre book are shown as partial images of the whole.
The varieties in this book areshown so you can see their full form.
There
are also railroad pattern examples in this book that are not shown in either the McIntyre
or the Luckin book.
This book contains silver serving pieces and  flatware, as well as drinking glasses and vessels.
Brand New Book