Illustrated Encyclopedia of Railroad Lighting, Volumes 1 & 2, by Richard Barrett, Pub by Railroad Research Publications.
1. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Railroad Lighting, Volume 1, by Richard Barrett, Pub by Railroad Research Publications, 1998, 389 pages.
"Volume 1 in this series covers the railroad lantern and the history of over 90 US and Canadian manufacturers, arranged alphabetically, showing the more than 360 lantern models they produced. The book also documents the history of the industry from 1840 when individual tinsmiths beat out lanterns that were fueled with whale oil to the rise of mass production of kerosene lanterns and eventually to the current battery powered lamps. Chapters discuss lantern globes, burners, fuels, distributors and jobbers. The appendices cover patents, a rarity guide, organizations for lantern collectors, the disastrous Steam Gauge and Lantern Co. fire and has three indexes (lantern index, biographical index and business name index). Illustrated throughout with over 600 black and white photos and drawings."
Chapters include:
Development of the Railroad Lantern
Some Early Inventors And Industrialist
Pre-Civil War Tinsmiths And Early Glass Manufacturers
Adams and Westlake And Predecessor Companies
Armspear And Predecessor Companies
The Barons of Ohio
Dayton Manufacturing Company
Defiance Lantern And Stamping Corp.
F. O. Dewey
R. E. Dietz
Embury Mfg Co
Peter Gray
C. T. Hamm
A. H. Handlan
J. H. Kelly
Keystone Lantern Company
Loeffelholz And Predecessor Companies
Lovell-Dressel Company
Porter And Predecessor Companies
Post And Predecessor Companies
Star Headlight Company
Steam Gauge and Lantern Company And Predecessor Companies
The Smaller Manufacturers
Canadian Manufacturers
Lantern Globes
Fuels
Burners
Distributors and Jobbers
Rumored Manufacturers
Lantern Terminology
Selected Lantern Patents
Etc
2. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Railroad Lighting, Volume 2, The Railroad Signal Lamp, by Richard Barrett, Pub by Railroad Research Publications, 1999, 368 pages.
Chapters include:
Adams and Westlake Company
Armspear / Railroad Signal Lamp and Lantern Company
Dayton Manufacturing Company
R. E. Dietz
Peter Gray And Predecessor Companies
C. T. Ham Manufacturing Company
A. H. Handlan / Handlan-Buck & M.M. Buck
Johnson Railroad Signal Company
Loeffelholz / Loeffelholz & Prier
Lovell-Dressel Co / Dressel Ry Lamp Works
Piper Companies of Canada
William Porter and Predecessor Companies
Pyle-National Co
Star Headlight and Lantern Company
Steam Gauge and Lantern Company And Predecessors
Todd Specialties Company
Western Railroad Supply Company
Made in the Railroad Shops (C M & St P RR)
Unidentified Railroad Signal Lamps
Railroad Signal Glass
Fonts Burners And Chimneys
Railroad Issued Signal Lamp Drawings
Lamp Index
Gen. Index
Both copies show minor wear but overall are in very good condition. Both dust jacklets have been placed in mylar protectors.
Media rate postage is 15.00 in the USA and includes insurance and shipping in a sturdy reinforced box.