<p>Book by Bruce A. MacGregor, Ted Benson</p>

Portrait of a Silver Lady: The Train They Called the California Zephyr

Ted Benson

Bruce A. MacGregor

Pruett Publishing Co.

<p>Feisty and independent, the South Pacific Coast Railroad seized a piece of the California frontier from the Southern Pacific, revolutionizing 19th century railroading. This narrow gauge pioneer put new towns on the Central California map -- Wrights, Glenwood, Agnew, Newark and Boulder Creek -- and helped to push northern California's expansion into the urbanized present. This book recaptures the history and struggle of the days when the shining rails between San Francisco and Santa Cruz produced a revolution in travel. Book is structured to detail the railroad's effect on each town it passed through so it is as much a history of northern California as of the railroad. Illustrated throughout with black and white and some color photos, maps, timetables, etc. 350 pages.</p>

South Pacific Coast. a Centennial

Richard Truesdale

Detailed history of the South Pacific Coast Railroad. The South Pacific Coast Railroad (SPC) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge steam railroad running between Santa Cruz, California and Alameda, with a ferry connection in Alameda to San Francisco. The railroad was created as the Santa Clara Valley Railroad, founded by local strawberry growers as a way to get their crops to market in San Francisco and provide an alternative to the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1876, James Graham Fair, a Comstock Lode silver baron, bought the line and extended it into the Santa Cruz Mountains to capture the significant lumber traffic coming out of the redwood forests. The line was later acquired by the Southern Pacific and converted to standard gauge.

Narrow Gauge Portrait: South Pacific Coast

Glenwood Publishers]

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Portrait of a Silver Lady: The Train They Called the California Zephyr

South Pacific Coast. a Centennial

Narrow Gauge Portrait: South Pacific Coast

Narrow Gauge Portrait: South Pacific Coast