Fascinating history of the construction, operation and ultimate demise of California's Sumpter Valley Railway, a narrow gauge railroad that served the logging industry as well as the lumber companies and gold mines of the area. Provides an excellent discussion of the array of second hand locomotives, including the Mallets, Climaxes and Heislers, used by the Sumpter Valley, the Oregon Lumber Co., the Stoddard Lumber Co., Baker White Pine Lumber Co., Cavanaugh Lumber Co., C. W. Nibley Lumber Co. and the W. H. Eccles Lumber Co. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos as well as schematic diagrams of the equipment. With locomotive rosters and maps. 128 pages with index.

Rails, Sagebrush and Pine

History

Ferrell, Mallory Hope

Americas

Golden West Books

First edition of this pictorial guide to the Gilpin Tramway, a 2 foot narrow gauge railroad which once connected the gold mines near Central City with the smelters at Black Hawk, Colorado. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos & three maps. With locomotive & equipment rosters, schematic diagrams of the Gilpin's Shay locomotives and its ore cars, list of employees, list of mines served, and bibliography. Cover painting by Howard Fogg. 112 pages with index.

The Gilpin Gold Tram: Colorado's Unique Narrow-Gauge

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Pruett

Fascinating and detailed history of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad and its spectacular lines through the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Illustrated with over 500 black and white photos as well as color paintings by Howard Fogg (cover), Mike Pearsall, Del Gerbaz, Phillip Ronfor and Richard Ward. With system map (1890) and Employee Timetable (1911) in rear pocket. 643 pages with index.

Silver San Juan: The Rio Grande Southern Railroad

Business & Money

Pruett Publishing Co.

Silver San Juan: the Rio Grande Southern Railroad

Pruett Pub. Co

Tweetsie Country: The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad by Mallory Hope Ferrell.

Tweetsie Country: The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad

Children's Books

This book tells the story of the only two-foot-gauge railroad in Colorado. This 2nd edition contains 120 historic black-and-white photographs, many of which have never before been published, three maps, sketches and scale drawings of some of the rolling stock and locomotives are also included.

Heimburger House Publishing Co.

America’s best-loved narrow gauge author concentrates on the visual aspects of the West Side Lumber Company of California in this 8½ x 11”, 312-page deluxe hardbound volume. The text, photos, maps, plans and West Side model pictures, and a complete locomotive and car roster all combine to make this a thorough, engaging book. Features nearly 700 black/white and color illustrations from Ferrell’s extensive photo collection.

West Side Pictorial

You’ll love this new oversized 9 x 12” deluxe hardbound book featuring 632 historic all black and white photographs from the author’s huge 115,000-print photography collection.
 The 372-page volume features railroads such as the Denver &amp; Rio Grande; Rio Grande Southern; Denver, South Park &amp; Pacific; Colorado &amp; Southern; Gilpin Tramway Co.; Argentine Central; Uintah Railway; Silverton Railroad; Silverton, Gladstone &amp; Northernly; Colorado Central; Florence &amp; Cripple Creek; Denver, Leadville &amp; Gunnison; Montezuma Lumber Co.; Greely, Salt Lake &amp; Pacific; Colorado &amp; Northwestern; New Mexico Lumber Co.; Pagosa Lumber Co.; Tierra Amarilla Southern Railroad; and the Boston Coal &amp; Fuel Co., among others.
 Mallory Hope Ferrell, America’s best-loved narrow gauge author, who has 17 books to his credit, has been gathering superlative railway photos for the last 50 years. In his new book, Ferrell writes about William Henry Jackson, Picture Maker of the West; about early Colorado cameramen and their struggles; the glory days of the Narrow Gauge; how photography came of age in the West; following the railfan era on the Narrow Gauge; and the Third and Fourth divisions of the Denver &amp; Rio Grande. The book focuses on narrow gauge lines in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
 Some of the more prominent photo locations in the book include Marshall Pass, Alpine Tunnel, Chalk Cliffs, Lizard Head, Georgetown Loop, Ophir Loop, Silverton Branch, Clear Creek Canyon, Trout Lake, Cerro Summit and Forks Creek.

Narrow Gauge Country 1870-1970

This deluxe narrow gauge volume traces the amazing story of this three-foot-gauge railroad that ran through the heart of the great American Basin. Built to carry the commerce of rich silver and gold strikes, the Nevada Central struggled against tremendous odds for six decades. Often called “a line in the sand,” the 93-mile-long rail route ran between Battle Mountain, where it connected with the Central Pacific, in a southwesterly direction to Austin, Nevada. Most of the rail was 35# iron; the struggling railroad line crossed 66 timber trestles between its end points. The railroad began construction in 1879 to help open up the vast and virtually unpopulated area of the Silver State. Running through some of the most barren and remote high desert sagebrush and mountain country in the West, the Nevada Central rolled down through the years with much of its original equipment, mainly because it could never afford to purchase anything newer. The line was finally abandoned in December of 1937 and was sold for scrap the next year. The narrow gauge equipment that forms a major part of the California State Railroad Museum collection came from the Nevada Central. In 1938, the late Disney artist Ward Kimball purchased the Nevada Central’s 1881-built #2 Mogul for $400. The former Sidney Dillon was transported to the orange grove where Ward and his wife, Betty, were building a new home. The locomotive joined a former Carson &amp; Colorado coach, and Ward’s railroad collection started to grow.
 For author Ferrell, a former combat fighter pilot, this is his 20th book about railroads. He has been called the best-loved narrow gauge railroad author in the United States. The Virginia native has authored hundreds of railroad articles and won dozens of awards with his exquisite models. Ferrell’s picture collections of railroads and the Old West number well over 150,000 prints. Ferrell says his research on his latest book included “mixing with cowboys, sheepmen, ranchers and thirsty miners at Austin’s (Nevada) Golden Club Saloon, and listening to their stories of the real Old West.”

Nevada Central: Sagebrush Narrow Gauge

It is the last of its breed east of the Rockies and the oldest narrow gauge railroad in the nation. Built in the early 1870s, the East Broad Top hauled iron, coal, ore, minerals and passengers for over 83 years. The three-foot-gauge trackage twisted along a picturesque 32-mile route connecting Mount Union, Orbisonia and Robertsdale in remote and beautiful south-central Pennsylvania.
 The "Eastie" earned its keep until the end of regular operations in the autumn of 1956. With the closing of the last Rockhill Coal Company mine, the EBT quietly closed its doors. It had outlived hundreds of its slim gauge counterparts across the country. The EBT connected isolated communities with the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad in Mount Union. It was here that the "narrow railroad" interchanged with the "Standard Railroad of the World," using unique three-rail trackage and its own engines equipped with dual couplers.
 When the EBT stopped hauling coal in the late 50s, it was not torn up. While waiting for scrap prices to rise, owner Nick Kovalchick and his family became interested in preserving the line. A group of Orbisonia citizens, who wanted to celebrate the settlement's bicentennial, approached the Kovalchick Salvage Company in 1960 about the possibility of reopening a portion of the line. EBT's Operating Vice President C. Roy Wilburn was still on the payroll and, after much hard work and hard cash, the EBT reopened on August 13, 1960 for tourist service over a short section of trackage that ran north out of Orbisonia. Now, the rest is history.
 The EBT is unique and colorful in many ways. No where else can steam locomotives be found operating over original tracks with their three-way stub switches positioned by Harp switchstands. The Orbisonia shop complex, built after the 1882 fire, is one of the most outstanding examples of steam-powered, beltdriven machinery in America.
 Along the old line, the rails and bridges are still in place, tunnels wait in empty silence, cars are scattered about the Mount Union yards, and a standard gauge switcher still waits in the old, two-stall enginehouse for the restoration of the entire railroad.
 The EBT stands today as it did yesterday, unique in the field of historic, authentic narrow gauge railroading in the East.

Colorful East Broad Top

Heimburger House Pub. Co

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Rails, Sagebrush and Pine

The Gilpin Gold Tram: Colorado's Unique Narrow-Gauge

Silver San Juan: The Rio Grande Southern Railroad

Silver San Juan: the Rio Grande Southern Railroad

Tweetsie Country: The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad

The Gilpin Gold Tram: Colorado's Unique Narrow-Gauge

West Side Pictorial

Narrow Gauge Country 1870-1970

Nevada Central: Sagebrush Narrow Gauge

Colorful East Broad Top