Track Map Offering #24

February 2008

Once again, the ERA is making excess inventory in the Sprague Library available for sale to members. These rare items were filed away years, forgotten, until now. Enhance your personal collection by purchasing them for your own use.

No transportation enthusiast will want to be without these unusual items in their own libraries. We are proud to offer this package for only $30 including shipping to anywhere in the U.S., or $37 for Canada and all other countries. Don’t be disappointed; fill out the Special Offering Order Form (link below) and send it to us with a check or money order. No cash, please. The following list is a description of the materials being offered:

  1. An 8.5 x 11-inch track diagram of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company in September 1950 by Arthur Livingston. It shows all five lines remaining before abandonment. A rare item which will compliment other Omaha track plans previously offered in other Track Map Offerings.
  2. A track map of the Scranton Transit Company near the end of service as of January 1, 1951 by the famous traction enthusiast, Reed Fuller. Two lines are featured, but all trackage is shown on 8.5 x 11-inch.
  3. An 8.5 x 11-inch route map of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad in December 1949. Drawn by Marvin L. Landsman. Also quite rare.
  4. A route map of the suburban trolley lines of the Illinois Terminal Railroad in Illinois, particularly featuring the St. Louis-Granite City Local Service. Data on this 8.5 x 11-inch map was provided by John Stern and drawn by Reed Fuller in 1949.
  5. A Souvenir Brochure of the Interborough Subway Special operated on April 25, 1970. Featured are a copy of the General Order, IRT Signal Letter Designations, two photos, “Steel Threads that Built New York,” a three-page article that appeared in Transit Magazine, and a 1948 IRT Division subway map. Very rare, indeed.
  6. A complete 8.5 x 11-inch track diagram of the London and Port Stanley Railway as of May 28, 1948, which ran between London, Ontario and Port Stanley, Canada. All tracks, stops and car house details are shown.

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