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[COLORADO RAILROADS]. MCMECHEN, Edgar Carlisle (1884-1953). The Moffat Tunnel of Colorado. An Epic of Empire. Denver: The Wahlgreen Publishing Company, 1927. 4to. Illustrated. 2 volumes. 283; [281] pp. Publisher’s deluxe binding of full black pebbled morocco, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges stained dark brown, publisher’s stiff paper dust jackets (minor occasional rubbing to binding, bookplates on rps; jackets a bit toned with some occasional marginal tears). Fine. DE LUXE EDITION, #17 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (no edition statement of number of copies printed). The best history about the construction of this railroad tunnel through the Continental Divide in Colorado.