1929 Nat’l Railways of Mexico Report w/ Maps – One-of-a-Kind Museum Artifact

This isn’t something you come across. It’s something that finds its way to the right hands once in a lifetime.
Commissioned by Coverdale & Colpitts, Consulting Engineers of New York, and delivered just before the 1929 crash, this report captures the complete operational and structural picture of the National Railways of Mexico as of December 31, 1928. The decisions this document supported shaped a nation’s infrastructure, and rippled across international borders.
• Full system analysis: financials, structure, condition, forward-looking strategy
• Intact fold-out maps: clean, detailed, and spanning U.S.–Mexico routes
• Original gilt-lettered binding with presence
• Made for power—not public consumption
This was not meant to be shelved. It was meant to be used by people making big decisions, and now, it stands as a singular surviving record of that moment.
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🔍 Condition
The exterior shows visible wear, including a bite at the lower edge. It doesn’t affect the strength of the piece. The maps are clean. The binding holds. Every page of data is there. Every number, every route, every inch of purpose remains.
This isn’t pristine. It’s authentic. The kind of artifact a museum places behind glass because it’s real.
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⚡ For Collectors and Curators
There is only one. You know this already. This doesn’t resurface in a year, or ten. It lives once in private hands, then disappears forever into a collection that rarely opens its doors. If you’re curating history, this is it.
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Let’s be clear, with this level of rarity and intact content, even with shelf wear, this is a $10,000 artifact all day. The only reason it’s not priced there is the corner damage. That’s it. Everything that matters is here. And once it’s gone, it’s gone.
You don’t get a second shot at a piece like this.