Rails To Carry Copper. A History Of The Magma Arizona Railroad

GORDON CHAPPELL

Publication: Pruett Publishing Company, 1973, Boulder

First edition. 4to. Cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine, map on front endpapers, [12], 243 [1] pp., frontispiece, acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated from over 200 photographs, map, diagrams, bibliography, index. The Magma Arizona Railroad was unique among short line railroads. Only 28 miles long, it had the distinction of being one of the last commercially operated steam powered railroads in the nation. This book represents not only an important contribution to railroadiana, but also to the mining and industrial development of the southwest. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket with a small chip to head of spine and a small closed tear to top edge of front cover.

Inventory Number: 43086