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Chappell, Gordon and Cornelius W. Hauck
Scenic Line of the World and Black Canyon Revisited
Golden, Colorado Colorado Railroad Museum 1972, True first hardback edition. Quarto. [4], 132pp. Profusely illustrated with historic photographs, maps, timetables, reproductions. Two color plates after paintings by Otto Kuhler. Maroon cloth, gilt. A fine copy with very slightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. These two titles were originally published in the 1970 Colorado Rail Annual, issue #8. Although not indicated, this first hardback edition was published in 1972. It is not to be confused with the reprint published in 1977, (confirmed via Gordon Chappell). Provides a key historical account of the building and operation of the most unusual, spectacular and improbable of all the transcontinental links, the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge across the Rockies.
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