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

History

Ted Wurm

Harre W. Demoro

Americas

Howell-North Books

Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods: The Story of the North Pacific Coast-Railroad and San Francisco Bay Paddle Wheel Ferries

Al Graves

A. Bray Dickinson

Roy Graves

Business & Money

Trans-Anglo Books

<p>Some mighty impressive statistics back up the claim of the Mt. Tamalpais &amp; Muir Woods Railway. Imagine 281 curves, which made 42 complete circles in 8.5 miles of track! Add to that a 7 percent maximum grade, a fleet of Shay and Heisler geared steam locomotives, and dozens of little 'Gravity Cars' which glided all the way from the Summit Tavern of Mt. Tamalpais to verdant Muir Woods, and you have a most unusual, and very spectacular mountain railroad - almost within sight of San Francisco. Contains 132 pages and 216 photographs, 3 maps, and 16 scale drawings of locomotives and cars for modelers.</p>

Crookedest Railroad in the World: California's Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad

<p>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.</p>

Interurban Press

On the rough and rocky Redwood Coast of California lies the tiny settlement of Caspar, 125 nautical miles north of San Francisco and about five miles south of Fort Bragg. Operating from 1861 until 1955, the Caspar Lumber Company's mill at Caspar was supplied with timber for 75 of those years by the company's own private railroad. Originally known as the Jughandle Railroad, the standard-gauge line twice changed its name during its existence-first to Caspar & Hare Creek Railroad, later Caspar, South Fork & Eastern Railroad-and operated a fascinating array of motive power over the lightest of rail, crossing streams on tall timber trestles, to bring in virgin redwood logs from the forest. The Caspar Lumber Company also operated a fleet of coastal schooners, both sail and steam, to carry lumber from the "doghole" landing at Caspar to San Francisco and elsewhere. This facet of the operation makes for a fascinating story in itself. The railroad and the mill are now memories, but author Ted Wurm brings them back to life in this volume. Along with a detailed and lively history of the operation, the reader will find maps, bibliography and index, and the model builder will delight in scale drawings of a variety of the locomotives, cars and structures.

Mallets on the Mendocino Coast: Casper Lumber Company Railroads and Steamships

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