My Short Line Blue Books

Last updated: 29 August, 2021 17:14

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[27.02.2023] - The Short Line Blue Book, August 1905
This Short Line Blue Book is in what I would consider to be a Good shape, but it has some issues, like; all the pages are loose as the staples had rusted away, in addition to: Hole at Staple {All pages in various size] | Discoloration around missing staples | Smudges, Smears & Spots {Here and there] | Corner Folds {Here and there]. But, still, to me this is one of the clearly better looking ones, even if it of course has what I would call the "been in use" look!

The Book consist of 92 pages including front and back page, but only 84 of them is numbered. This issue is Volume 5, Number 5 and is dated August 1, 1905. It contains pages filled with advertisements, various railroads timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info.

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly the same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads and other nice scenery items meant to showcase something.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I do find enjoyment in the fact that I am able to share it here for all to see/find. After all, these books can be hard to find, and sometimes quite expensive! This issue was among those I do luck out on though, and it did "only" cost me USD 24.43 with shipping to Norway through a friend as it was the only option I had when I got this in early December of 2020.

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[15.12.2022] - The Short Line Blue Book, April 1905
This Short Line Blue Book is in what I would consider to be a very Good shape, but it has traces of the following "issues"; Paper Tear at upper right on front cover and next page / slight Discoloration here and there / Writings in terms of lines or some sort of text on a few pages / Smudges, Smears & Spots / Wrinkled Paper. For me this is one of the clearly really better looking ones, even if it of course has what I would call the "been in use" look!

The Book consist of 76 pages including front and back page, but only 72 of them is numbered. This issue is Volume 5, Number 1 and is dated April 1, 1905. It contains pages filled with advertisements, various railroads timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info.

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly the same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads and other nice scenery items meant to showcase something.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I do find enjoyment in the fact that I am able to share it here for all to see/find. After all, these books can be hard to find, and sometimes quite expensive! This issue was among those with some cost to it, as it did cost me USD 66.42 with shipping to Norway through a friend as it turned out to be the most economical solution, bought Christmas Eve 2021.

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[17.11.2022] - The Short Line Blue Book, December 1908
This Short Line Blue Book is in what I would consider to be Good shape, but it has following "issues"; Color Missing in Spots on Cover / Wrinkled Paper / Discoloration / Smudges, Smears & Spots / Staples Rusted fully / Top Staple is putt Off-Center. For me this is one of the clearly better looking ones, even if it has what I would call the "been in use" look!

The Book consist of 68 pages including front and back page, but only 64 of them is numbered. This issue is Volume 9, Number 10 and is dated December 1908. It contains pages filled with advertisements, various railroads timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info.

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly the same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads and other nice scenery items meant to showcase something.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I do find enjoyment in the fact that I am able to share it here for all to see/find. After all, these books can be hard to find, and sometimes quite expensive! This issue though was among the quite expensive ones as it did cost me USD 81.14 with shipping to Norway through a friend as it turned out to be the most economical solution, bought early in January 2018.

-> Pieces from this book might appear in other sections of my site as text info.

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[04.08.2022] - The Short Line Blue Book, June 1912
This book is in what I would consider to be mostly an OK shape, but it has following issues; Edge Wear / Corner Folds / Color Missing in Spots on Cover / Wrinkled Paper / Smudges, Smears & Spots / Discoloration / Staple Rust, Slightly. There is also sadly a hole around the upper staple on the cover pages. It clearly has the what I would call "been in use" look!

The Book consist of 68 pages including front and back page, but only 64 of them is numbered. This issue is Volume 13, Number 6 and is dated June 1912. It contains pages filled with advertisements, various railroads timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info.

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly the same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads and other nice scenery items meant to showcase something.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I do find enjoyment in the fact that I am able to share it here for all to see/find. After all, these books can be hard to find, and sometimes quite expensive! This issue though was among the cheaper ones as it did cost me USD 37.95 with shipping to Norway through a friend as the direct cost through the eBay system was too costly, bought in middle of October 2021.

-> Pieces from this book might appear in other sections of my site as text info.

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[28.07.2022] - The Short Line Blue Book, August 1911
This Book is mostly in good shape, all pages still connected, hold together by staples that has slight evidence of rust. No tears but it has spots/stains, especially in the first part, and has what I would call "been in used" marks. Front and back cover has some small spots where the blue color is lost, some traces of corner folds and paper has extra fold at center where the staples are, and, there is slight hints of the starting of larger holes around the staples.

The Book consist of 68 pages including the front and back pages, but only 64 of them is numbered. This issue is Volume 12, Number 8, and contains pages of ads, various railroads timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info.

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is for the most part the same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads or to try showcase nice scenery among the text pieces to tell of various sights. Quality on the images are not the best due to the 'printed on paper' nature of them and the use of not the highest quality paper.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I do find enjoyment in the fact that I am able to share it here for all to see/find

-> Pieces from this book might appear in other sections of my site as text info.

Enjoy this little trip back to yesterday! Also, if you ever feel for donate something to help me funding this site, you find a PayPal button under the Help Me Section...
[29.08.2021] - The Short Line Blue Book, April 1902
This book is in mostly good shape. There are some paper missing to a couple of pages due to a corner gone missing, some discoloration/staining and bits of small pieces of paper along the edges gone missing. There are paper missing around the stables so for the moment it is loose papers only. This is Volume 2, Number 1, and contains 84 pages, including cover, of ads, timetables, images and text, for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads and other nice scenery items.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I love that I am able to share it here for all to see/find :-) After all, these books can be quite hard to find, and sometime quite expensive... This one cost me USD 81.75 back in June 2014 for instance!

Enjoy this little trip back to yesterday!
[29.01.2018] - The Short Line Blue Book, December 1911
This Book is mostly in good shape, all pages still connected, hold together by staples that is somewhat rusted. Some tears, folds, been in used marks. There are a couple of handwritten dates in it for trips taken by whoever had this book originally, some corner folds and paper may look wrinkled. Also, there is starting to be a larger hole around one of the staples.

The Book consist of 68 pages including front and back page, but only 64 of them is numbered. This issue is Volume 12, Number 12, and contains pages of ads, various railroads timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info.

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads and other nice scenery items.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I love that I am able to share it here for all to see/find Pieces from this book might appear in other sections of my site as text info.

Enjoy this little trip back to yesterday! Also, if you ever feel for donate something to help me funding this site, you find a PayPal button under the Help Me Section...
[18.07.2017] - The Short Line Blue Book, August 1905 (No Cover)
This book is in sort of a good shape, but it do lacks the outer Blueish cover which all the Blue Books has. Also, the "new" front and back paper which is present has nearly come apart from the rest of the page with quite some tearing and some missing paper pieces, rest of the 80 pages is good; but has the "been in use" look with issues like; Paper Tear | Edge Wear | Smudges, Smears & Spots | Discoloration | Slightly Staple Rust | Thin Paper cause Bleeding from backside. This issue is the Volume 5, Number 5 and is dated August 1, 1905. It contains 84 numbered pages of ads, various railroads timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info.

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly the same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads and other nice scenery items meant to showcase something.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I do find enjoyment in the fact that I am able to share it here for all to see/find. After all, these books can be hard to find, and sometimes quite expensive! This issue was among those around the "not so costly" mark, but it did cost me USD 46.33 with shipping to Norway when I won this in an eBay listing January 2015.

-> Pieces from this book might appear in other sections of my site as text info.

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[22.05.2016] - The Short Line Blue Book, July 1902
This book is in what I would consider to be a great shape. But, it has its "been in use" marks, the front cover has some slight lighter discoloration along the top edge. Some pages also has some grayish smudges/discolorations, and there are some extra folds or sort of crack in the paper on a tiny few pages. There are also some of the later pages that has started to crack at the fold in the bottom, but this is clearly among the better looking ones!

This issue of the Short Line Blue Book is Volume 2, Number 4, and contains 100 pages with the covers, with numbering from page 4 till page 98. The pages are filled with various text pieces, small news items, humor type of text, and of course ads, timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads, but also used in text to try showcase other nice scenery items. Sadly the quality of the views is bad due to the paper and size which is rather small for the most part.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I do find enjoyment in the fact that I am able to share it here for all to see/find. After all, these books can be quite hard to find, and expensive, for instance, this issue here did cost me a whopping USD 127.50 + shipping on eBay back in late January 2013, and I had lost another copy of this issue for a even higher cost in May 2009...

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[10.07.2013] - The Short Line Blue Book, April 1906
This book is in what I would consider to be a great shape. But, it has its "been in use" marks, the front cover has discoloration where another item has laid on it making a slightly angled and lighter rectangle appear over most of the front. Some pages seems to have a crack in the paper, but it might also be a sort of fold. There are some tiny spots here and there with discolorations, but this is among the better looking ones!

This issue of the Short Line Blue Book is Volume 6, Number 1, and contains 72 pages with the covers, of which 68 are numbered pages of ads, timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads, but also used in text to try showcase other nice scenery items.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I do find enjoyment in the fact that I am able to share it here for all to see/find

-> Pieces from this book might appear in other sections of my site as text info.

Enjoy this little trip back to yesterday! Also, if you ever feel for donate something to help me funding this site, you find a PayPal button under the Help Me Section...
[06.06.2013] - The Short Line Blue Book, February 1913
This book is in what I would consider to be a good shape. But, it has its "been in use" marks, the front cover has cracks in the paper, some tiny spots has lost its Bluish color, there are folding marks, some spots of discolorations here and there.

This issue of the Short Line Blue Book is Volume 14, Number 2, and contains 68 pages with the covers, of which 64 are numbered pages of ads, timetables, images and text for not only the Short Line, but most of the larger area extending to all of Colorado for some pieces of info

The views are mostly from along the Short Line trip, and is mostly same used over and over in the various issues of the Short Line Blue Book, but there are other views to, mostly from ads, but also used in text to try showcase other nice scenery items.

I hope you enjoy sort of reading this book by browsing these images, as I do find enjoyment in the fact that I am able to share it here for all to see/find

-> Pieces from this book might appear in other sections of my site as text info.

Enjoy this little trip back to yesterday! Also, if you ever feel for donate something to help me funding this site, you find a PayPal button under the Help Me Section...