20th Century, The Greatest Train in the World

Lucius Beebe

Howell-North Books

A nostalgic 100 year Journey through the Rocky Mountains aboard the narrow gauge railways that snaked through them.

Narrow Gauge in the Rockies

Engineering & Transportation

Charles Clegg

Transportation

Rio Grande, Mainline of the Rockies: Vol. 1

History

Americas

The glory days of railroading in the Rocky Mountain area, many narrow gauge, featuring hundreds of black and white photos, stories of construction, management, etc.

Alaskan Cookbook for Homesteader or Gourmet

Bess Anderson Cleveland

Beebe, Lucius & Charles Clegg

This is the best book about the V&amp;T RR. Good information and lots of old photos.

Steamcars to the Comstock: The Virginia & Truckee Railroad and the Carson & Colorado Railroad

A history of the Northwest Pacific Railroad and predecessor lines. Includes a map of the lines of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company and a separate map of the North Pacific Coast Railroad.

Redwood Railways: A History of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and Predecessor Lines

Kneiss, Gilbert H.

Another epic work from Beebe showcasing the luxury train cars of the day and the personages who rode them. (He himself owned two so he was the perfect author for this.) Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and schematic diagrams of the cars. Tipped in full color frontispiece of The Virginia City, one of Beebe's cars, done up in a style described as "Venetian Renaissance baroque." With Appendix of Pullman business &amp; private cars built at Pullman 1882 through 1930 as well as a list of private cars handled by the Florida East Coast Railway in 1894. 382 pages.

Mansions on Rails: The Folklore of The Private Railway Car

Beebe, Lucius

The Crookedest Railroad in the World: A History of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad of California

Wurm, Theodore G, And Alvin C. Graves

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