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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
The Independent
Author: Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway
Author: Fred RunnerPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
"A hundred years ago, high on the summit of Mount Tamalpais, stood a grand lodge with a breathtaking view. For 33 years, elegantly dressed men and women came to visit on the gritty steam trains of a famous twisting railroad known affectionately as the Crookedest Railroad in the World. They could dine, dance, and spend the night, and in the morning coast down the mountain in a gravity car. The Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway had 281 curves in 8 1/5 miles. It had a branch into Muir Woods. It was built by business-minded conservationists in seven months in 1896 and climbed from a depot on the dirt streets of Mill Valley through a redwood forest and on to the rocky summit one-half mile above San Francisco Bay"--P. [4] of cover.
The Crookedest Railroad in the World
Author: Ted WurmPublisher: Gem Guides Book Company
ISBN: 9780870460630
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Imagine 281 curves, which make 42 complete circles in 8.5 miles of track. This book, filled with 216 photos, tells the history of California's Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods railroad, known as "The Crookedest Railroad in the World."
The Independent
Author: William LivingstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Locomotive Engineers Journal
Author: Sunset
Author: The Crookedest Railroad in the World
Author: Theodore G. WurmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
"Here is a readable history of the railway's 30 years of existence -- its planning and construction, branch lines, methods of operation. Read about how it pioneered in novel equipment, watering wheels, heating feedwater in the stack, and being one of the first to use oil burning locomotives exclusively"-- book jacket.
Railway and Marine News
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Category : Freight and freightage
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
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