The Maryland Rail Heritage Library, a joint operation of the Baltimore Streetcar Museum and the Baltimore Chapter, NRHS is making available to other museums or rail libraries surplus rail periodicals and publications procured from an estate. The publications have been deemed by committee decision to not fit the parameters of holdings in our already-overcrowded library.

These publications are available pretty much free of charge to qualified non-profits, with recipient assuming transportation or shipping costs. This listing is only a first listing, and will be updated or supplemented as warranted as more periodicals are discovered/cataloged.

Belfast & Moosehead Lake RR WAYCAR, employee magazine, mimeographed, 1948-1952, complete(?) set is 7" x 9" x 2". Ideal for a Maine or New England collection/museum.

Atlantic Coast Line News, monthly employee magazine. 12-1956, 4-57, 6-57, 12-57, 1-58, 2-58, 4-58, 7-58, 1/2-59 (now bimonthly), 7/8-59, 9/10-59, 1/2-61.

Canadian National Magazine, employee magazine: Feb, April, & May 1952

Canadian Railroader, quarterly magazine marketed at railroaders (think "Railroad Man's Magazine" British-style). First four issues from 1917.

Railway Pie, British model magazine, "the official journal of the Wimbledon & District Model Railway Club," 1920's, mimeographed and resembles contemporary "'zines", typewritten and hand-drawn. One of THE earliest rail modeling magazines. What appears to be 21 of the first 27 issues, 1927-1931.

If someone wishes to claim these for donation to an appropriate institution by paying postage costs to a museum or library, that can be arranged.

Also on hand, but not yet processed, is what is believed to be a surplus complete set of Baltimore Trolley Topics, the employee publication of United Electric/Baltimore Transit. It is believed that this set will end up being offered for sale as a set to BSM members (the buyer would essentially be the "emergency reserve holder"), but if some other museum or archive can make a convincing case that they can use such a set, "pitches" may be considered. (The word to me from BSM officials is that the National Capital Trolley Museum does not want it.)

Please reply to me by PM or e-mail through the links above with offers of interest, and I'll forward the offers to the MRHL committee.