The Silver Short Line: A History of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad

History

Ted Wurm

Harre W. Demoro

Americas

Howell-North Books

Fascinating and well-written history of the Virginia &amp; Truckee Railroad by two noted railroad authors. The authors trace the rise of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode, the subsequent construction of the V&amp;T, the years of the richest little short line in the world, the years of declining revenue, the rise of the excursion trips, the coming of Beebe and Clegg, the struggle to preserve the line and the ultimate abandonment. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of rare black and white photos, drawings and illustrations from all eras. With rosters (locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, service and maintenance of way cars), maps, timetables, list of films that used V&amp;T equipment, scale drawings for modelers, and bibliography. Decorative end papers show aerial view of Virginia City. 260 pages with index.

Business & Money

Interurban Press

This book has more than 270 illustrations including maps and timetables. The complete history of the Washington State Ferry system with each route outlined and descriptions of each vessel.

The Evergreen Fleet: A Pictorial History of Washington State Ferries

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Golden West Books

One of the first books to examine the reemergence of electric street railways in America, this pictorial focuses on the new streetcars of San Francisco, Portland, Sacramento, San Jose, and Los Angeles, showing both their historic systems (with photos from the 19th and early 20th centuries) and the new systems. With bibliography. 96 pages.

Light Rail Transit on the West Coast

Science & Math

Technology

Quadrant Press

Detailed pictorial history of the rail and ferry combinations that brought travelers to San Francisco before the bridges were built. Lavishly illustrated with pictures and maps of the Oakland wharves, the ferries, and the different railroad company facilities.

Rails to San Francisco Bay

Travel

Vernon J. Sappers

United States

THIS IS THE SECOND VOLUME IN A DETAILED HISTORY OF THE EAST BAY-SAN FRANCISCO TRAINS, FERRIES AND BUSSES. ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE THAN 200 HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS.

The Key Route, Part 2: Transbay Commuting by Train and Ferry (Interurbans Special 97)

As with all Interurban Specials, this is carefully done history with a thorough description of the PCC streetcar, showing in detail its origins, development, use across the country (and around the world), and its influence on later generations of trolleys and light rail. Includes manufacturers's rosters. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With foldout schematic diagrams attached in the rear. With bibliography and index.

An American Original: The PCC Car (Interurbans Special)

Seymour Kashin

8.5x11, cloth with dust jacket. "The Sacramento Northern Railway was one of America's great electric interurban railways, offering almost any service and experience that the traveler might desire: high-speed trains, dining and parlor cars, and local streetcars. The SN had steep grades, a tunnel, picnic grounds in a redwood grove, long trestles, bridges, a ferryboat that carried an entire train across a freshwater bay, and a spectacular ride over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. "Passenger trains of the SN were a technological wonder of the day and operated on three voltages, using trolley poles, pantographs and third-rail shoes. Automatic cab signals guided the green interurban trains over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. "From its earliest days, the SN also was a major freight carrier, using electric-powered equipment. Late at night, when passenger trains did not operate, electric freight motors hauled the agricultural products of the Sacramento Valley and the output of Bay Area factories. "Like most intercity electric railways, the SN was built by local capitalists involved in other enterprises; in this case, men who had sought riches in the reclamation projects and bountiful harvests of the Sacramento Valley, and the development of hydroelectric power. "Included here are more than 470 rare photographs, many ofthem published for the first time, as well as detailed chapters on the history, finance, rolling stock, signals, power systems and terminals. Timetables, financial and traffic data, scale drawings of rolling stock, and tickets are also included and, in one chapter, the reader takes a ride on the Sacramento Northern in the mid-1930s. Maps were drawn especially by Seattle cartographer Wayne Hom, with an endsheet map by John Signor. Altogether, this is a rich and rewarding account of railroad history and operation."

Sacramento Northern

Signature Press

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The Silver Short Line: A History of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad

The Silver Short Line: A History of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad

The Evergreen Fleet: A Pictorial History of Washington State Ferries

Light Rail Transit on the West Coast

Rails to San Francisco Bay

The Key Route, Part 2: Transbay Commuting by Train and Ferry (Interurbans Special 97)

An American Original: The PCC Car (Interurbans Special)

Sacramento Northern