Little Railways of the World

Frederic Shaw

Howell-North

The Last of Steam

Collias, Joe G.

This is an intimate history of a vigorous, well-known shortline. It has been continuously in operation since 1896, and now, although dieselized, still maintains some steam motive power for peak loads, railfan trips and numerous movie appearances. Necessarily, this story covers the mining and lumbering history of Tuolumne and Calaveras counties, because these industries were responsible for the railroad's growth. Many private railroads branched from the Sierra, so they too became part of this story. Included are the Empire City Railway, Hetch Hetchy Railroad, Pickering Lumber Corp., West Side Lumber Co., Yosemite Short Line and many others. There is a wealth of photographic material, most of which has never been in print before. Endless hours were spent in rescuing old and faded pictures too rare and too good to be left out. Dorothy Newell Dean was in a unique position to write this book. Her father was the engineer who built the road, and her brother and husband were connecrted with it in other capacities. Mrs. Dean lived in the area and watched sections being built, knew the old timers to whom she could turn for pictures and records often hidden in attic trunks. "Sierra Railway" successfully recreates the atmosphere that distinguishes this line - it's a definitive history of an ambitious, far-sighted, likable railroad which traversed an area of vital historical interest.

Sierra Railway

Dorothy Newell Deane

Dustjacket tattered, torn, and missing small pieces.

Railroads In the Woods

Vernon Goe

John T. Labbe

OUR COPY HAS THE SAME DUST JACKET AS STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. FORMER SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK WITH USUAL STAMPS AND MARKINGS. DUST JACKET PRESENT AND INTACT WITH SOME DISCOLORATION AND WEAR. PAGES SHOW MINOR TANNING, AND THERE IS A MUSTY ODOR. GREAT READING COPY! COVERS AND INSIDE COVERS MAY HAVE TAPE RESIDUE.

Rodeo;: Standard guide to the cowboy sport,

Robertson, Mary S

As monument to the glory days of sail, the Star of India, when her restoration is complete, will be available to public view. San Diego is her final berth, and fittingly so, since that port has ever been maritime minded, her citizens eager to preserve the romantic past. Built for the colonial trade and christened Euterpe, she was launched at Ramsey, Isle of Man, in 1863. She is afloat today because she was constructed of iron, and so has withstood a century of varied weather and climate. She ran the easting down with her 'tweendecks jammed with seasick emigrants. She was in a collision in Glasgow and another in Freemantle. She was frozen into the ice of the Bering Sea, and she has been ashore in the Hawaiian Islands and at the mouth of the Nushagak River. Under Hawaiian registry, she was in the lumber trade, under the Alaska Packers she worked the fisheries until 1923. But the story of her retirement years rims the gamut of excitement-she travel to Skid Row and back constantly inciting adventure. The Author, who has been a sort of ship's husband throughout this time, has reconstructed from her log books her vigorous life history which you will find completely enjoyable reading.

Star of India: The Log of an Iron Ship

MacMullen, Jerry

Kayaks to the Arctic

Sports & Outdoors

Nickerson, Elinor B.

Water Sports

Handsome and engaging look at Mexico's railroads in the mid 20th century: covers the Mexican National Railway, the Interoceanic Railway, the Mexican Southern Railway Ltd., the Hidalgo & Northeastern, regional narrow gauge branches of the Mexican Railway and those in Yucatan, the principle narrow gauge shortlines and the principal narrow gauge industrials. Illustrated throughout with crisp black and white (and a few color) photos. With rosters and maps. End papers show Mexican rail map. 180 pages with index.

Mexican Narrow Gauge

Best, Gerald M.

The history of the narrow gauge railroads--the Canajoharie &amp; Catskill Railroad, the Catskill Mountain Railway, the Catskill &amp; Tannersville Railway and the Otis Elevating Railway that steamed through the Catskill Mountains.

Rip Van Winkle railroads;: Canajoharie & Catskill R.R., Catskill Mountain Ry., Otis Elevating Ry., Catskill & Tannersville Ry.,

Engineering & Transportation

Helmer, William F.

Transportation

This book tells the story of the only railroad to penetrate the vast Uintah Basin of western Colorado and eastern Utah. The line was built almost exclusively to carry gilsonite, the glassy black asphaltum found nowhere else in the world. The Uintah had specially built equipment -- precursors of the Mallets -- which makes its story extremely interesting for a road of such moderate length. This book includes 290 illustrations.

Uintah Railway: The Gilsonite Route

Bender, Henry E. Jr.

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