Author: Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic RailwayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway
Author: Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic RailwayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
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: 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.
Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tamalpais, Mount, Region (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway
Author: The Tavern of Tamalpais Via "the Crookedest Railroad in the World."
Author: Railroads
Author: Mill Valley Public Library. Lucretia H. Little History RoomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mill Valley (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Photo collection of Mill Valley's railroads in protected sleeves.
Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument
Author: John Eric AuwaerterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Early Mill Valley
Author: Claudine ChalmersPublisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531616564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Mill Valley rests in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, the tallest peak of the Coast Range. Ancient redwood groves cloaking the mountain's flanks and nearby canyons attracted a pioneer sawmill that gave the town its name. As the timber industry was replaced by dairies, Mill Valley became a destination for those drawn to beauty: hikers, campers, naturalists, artists, writers, and dreamers who gave the town its early bohemian atmosphere. Tamalpais Scenic Railway once ran the "crookedest railroad in the world" to the summit, where passengers exulted in the taste of salty ocean winds, rolling fog, and stunning vistas of the inner bay and ocean shores. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt reserved some of the area's majestic trees, now national parkland webbed with 200 miles of scenic trails, and named them Muir Woods for naturalist John Muir.
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."