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• Chemins de fer ou absence de chemins de fer? Voie étroite, c'est-à-dire: économie et efficacité, opposée à voie large, c'est-à-dire: exagération de prix et extravagance ... (Librairie Lacroix, 1872), by Robert Francis Fairlie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chemins de fer d'intéret local. Vade mecum aux trois points de vue: financier, économique et technique ... (Dunod, 1877), by Edmond Roy (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Advanced model railroading. (Simmons-Boardman, 1955), by Louis H. Hertz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook for model railroaders. (Kalmbach Pub. Co., 1949), by William Kearney Walthers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Working model railways. How to build and run them; and introductory handbook on the planning, construction and operation of model railway systems. (P. Marshall & co., 1927), by John Davidson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Locomotives in our lives; railroad experiences of three brothers for more than sixty years, 1890-1951. (Hastings House, 1954), by Albert Sheldon Pennoyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design data for building model passenger cars. (W.K. Walthers, 1935), by William Kearns Walthers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbook for model railroaders (The Modelmaker corp., 1937), by William Kearney Walthers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Making and operating model railroads (D. Appleton-Century company, incorporated, 1938), by Raymond F. Yates (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The model locomotive, its design and construction; a practical manual on the building and management of miniature railway engines (P. Marshall & co., 1904), by Henry Greenly (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Model electric locomotives and railways, their details and practical construction (Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1922), by Henry Greenly (page images at HathiTrust)

• Guideway, vehicle cost reduction. (Dept. of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of University Research ;, 1976), by Arizona State University. Department of Mechanical and Energy Systems Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering, and United States. Department of Transportation. Office of University Research (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dynamic responses of railroad car models to vertical and lateral rail inputs (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1971), by John L. Sewall, Barbara J. Durling, Russell V. Parrish, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• A multipurpose train performance calculator (The Office ;, 1978), by H. Heilman, G. Williams, C. Kahrs, N.Y.). EE/CS Department Union College (Schenectady, and United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Passenger Systems (page images at HathiTrust)

• Proceedings of the National narrow-gauge railway convention, held at St. Louis, Mo., June 19, 1872. (By the "Industrial age" printing co., 1872), by National Narrow-Gauge Railway Convention St. Louis 1872 (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oil lamps and iron ponies, a chronicle of the narrow gauges (Bay Books, 1949), by Frederic Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• The origin and results of the clearing system, which is in operation on the narrow gauge railways, with tables of the through traffic in the year 1845. (Smith and Ebbs, 1846), by K. Morison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations sur le projet de loi des chemins de fer départementaux (Dunod, 1865), by C. Thirion and ingéniéur des mines Bertera (page images at HathiTrust)
• Railways or no railways. Narrow gauge, economy with efficiency. v. broad gauge, costliness with extravagance. (E. Wilson, 1872), by R. F. Fairlie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferro-carriles o no ferro-carriles. (Grant y ca.], 1872), by Robert Francis Fairlie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die schmalspurigen staatseisenbahnen im königreiche Sachsen. (W. Engelmann, 1895), by Saxony (Kingdom). K. Finanz-Ministerium, Johann Ferdinand Ulbricht, and Gustav Walther Ledig (page images at HathiTrust)
• A review of the theory of narrow gauges as applied to main trunk lines of railway. (D. Van Nostrand, 1871), by Silas Seymour (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrow gauge railways. (E. & F. N. Spon, 1871), by C. E. Spooner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrow gauge speedier than broad gauge railways, as well as cheaper. (W. Stephenson, 1846), by Herbert S. Melville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reports & letters on light narrow gauge railways by Sir Charles Fox and son ... John Edward Boyd ... C. Pihl ... Major Adelskold ... and Mr. Fitzgibbon ... With remarks on the advantages to be derived by the counties of Bruce, Grey, Victoria, Ontario, and parts of other counties, from direct railway communication with Toronto. (Globe printing company, 1868), by G Laidlaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description raisonnée de quelques chemins de fer à voie étroite (Paris : Dunod, 1874., 1874), by Charles Ernest Ledoux (page images at HathiTrust)
• Construction et exploitation des chemins de fer à voie de O, 60 centimètres; voie, terrassements, ouvrages d'art, machines et matériel roulant, avee étude d'un tracé entro deux points donnés ... (Baudry et cie, 1891), by Régis Tartary (page images at HathiTrust)
• La via angosta and la práctica. (Impr. de F. diaz de Leon y S. White, 1873), by Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrow gauge railways in America. : A sketch of their rise, progress and success, valuable statistics as to grades, curves, weight of rail, locomotives, cars, etc.; also, a directory of narrow gauge railways in North America (Inquirer P. & P. co], 1876), by Howard Fleming (page images at HathiTrust)
• Schmalspurbahnen (W. Engelmann, 1910), by Alfred Birk, H. Zimmermann, and Ferdinand Loewe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Narrow gauge railways in America : embracing a sketch of their rise, progress and success, valuable statistics as to grades, curves, weight of rail, locomotives, cars, etc.; also, a directory of narrow gauge railways in North America (Press of the Inquirer P & P Co.], 1876), by Howard Fleming (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stimmen über Schmalspurige Eisenbahnen (Lehmann & Wentzel, 1871), by W. Nördling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Des chemins de fer d'intérêt local : mémoire sur en chemin de fer de Pons a Royan (Charente-Inférieure) : évaluation comparative de chemins a voie de un mètre et a voie ordinaire, avec une note sur le chemin de fer a un seul rail (systeme Larmanjat) (Dunod ;, 1870), by L. Dagail (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die kleinbahnen. Ihre entwickelung, aufgabe, organisation, financirung und tarifbildung. Unter besonderer berücksichtigung der verhältnisse in den östlichen provinzen. (Verlag der Mittler'schen buchhandlung (A. Fromm), 1893), by Conrad Max v. Unruh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vorschläge für die Einrichtung der Betriebsverwaltung einer Kleinbahn (J. Springer, 1894), by H. Jacobi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrow gauge railroad system a complete success. Its adaptability to the business of the Pacific Coast. (San Francisco, Cal., 1872), by William Stuart Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Étude sur la stabilité des trains et les chemins de fer a voie de 0m, 60 : conférences faites aux élèves-ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées et des mines (E. Bernard, 1905), by Prosper Charles Marie Péchot (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• India : report on the best width for the proposed narrow gauge railways for India, and their applicability to the Indus Valley ... October 25, 1870. (Spottiswoode & Co., printers, 1870), by John Fowler (page images at HathiTrust)
• A review of the theory of narrow gauges as applied to main trunk lines of railway (D. Van Nostrand, 1871), by Silas Seymour (page images at HathiTrust)
• Paper on railway gauges (C. Whiting, 1871), by R. F. Fairlie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrow gauge railways in America a sketch of their rise, progress and success : valuable statistics as to grades, curves, weight of rail, locomotives, cars, etc. : also a directory of narrow gauge railways in North America (Inquirer P. & P. Co., 1876), by Howard Fleming (page images at HathiTrust)
• La nécessité et la possibilité d'un chemin de fer de Québec au Lac St. Jean (s.n.], 1873), by J. C. Langelier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrow gauge railways in America embracing a sketch of the rise, progress and success of the new system, and valuable statistics as to grades, curves, weight of rail, locomotives, cars, etc. : also, a directory of narrow guage railways in North America (Inquirer, 1875), by Howard Fleming (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrow gauge railways in America. A sketch of their rise, progress and success: valuable statistics as to grades, curves, weight of rail, locomotives, cars, etc. ([Lancaster, Pa., Press of the Inquirer P. and P. Co.], 1876), by Howard Fleming (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copy of report, with certain appendices, on the question of narrow-gauge railways. (Cape Town, 1898), by Victoria. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Railways and Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A booklet to do with Colorado railroad history and narrow gauge railroads (The Museum, 1961), by Colorado Railroad Museum and Cornelius W. Hauck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die volkswirtschaftliche bedeutung der feldbahnen. Mit zwei anhängen: I. Die feldbahnanlage n in Muskau. II. Die feldbahnanlagen im bereich der Mecklenburgpommerschen schmalspurbahn ... (Druck von E. Ebering, 1902), by Georg von Damnitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The two footers (Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Baker Library, Harvard Business School, 1942), by H. Temple Crittenden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Narrow gauge railways (E. & F.N. Spon, 1871), by C. E. Spooner (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fünfundzwanzig Jahre Schmalspurbahn in Bosnien, 1879-1904 : ein kurzer Überblick der Entwicklung der bosn.-herceg. Schmalspurbahnen, verfasst aus Anlass des 25 : Jahrestages der Eröffnung der ersten Linie Bosnisch-Brod--Zenica (Selbstverlag, 1904), by Richard Haemmerle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Circular no. 9 instructions for the guidance of the mechanical staff in changing the gauge of the line west of Montreal, on Saturday, 4th Oct., 1873. (s.n., 1873), by Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. Office of the Mechanical Superintendent (page images at HathiTrust)

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