Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway

Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway
Author: Fred Runner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738559421

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"A hundred years ago, high on the summit of Mount Tamalpais, stood a grand lodge with a breathtaking view. For 33 years, elegantly dressed men and women came to visit on the gritty steam trains of a famous twisting railroad known affectionately as the Crookedest Railroad in the World. They could dine, dance, and spend the night, and in the morning coast down the mountain in a gravity car. The Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway had 281 curves in 8 1/5 miles. It had a branch into Muir Woods. It was built by business-minded conservationists in seven months in 1896 and climbed from a depot on the dirt streets of Mill Valley through a redwood forest and on to the rocky summit one-half mile above San Francisco Bay"--P. [4] of cover.

The Crookedest Railroad in the World

The Crookedest Railroad in the World
Author: Theodore G. Wurm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1960
Genre: Railroads
ISBN:

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"Here is a readable history of the railway's 30 years of existence -- its planning and construction, branch lines, methods of operation. Read about how it pioneered in novel equipment, watering wheels, heating feedwater in the stack, and being one of the first to use oil burning locomotives exclusively"-- book jacket.

Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods

Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods
Author: Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad Co
Publisher:
Total Pages: 12
Release:
Genre: Railroads
ISBN:

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This is a fold out postcard with a panoramic view of the Bay on one side with a title over the illustration: Panoramic view of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, showing the beautiful island dotted Bay and the world-renowned Golden Gate in the distance. Also includes individual pictures of San Francisco on the verso side of the postcard.

A Trip Over the Crookedest Railroad in the World

A Trip Over the Crookedest Railroad in the World
Author: Frederick Francis Runyon
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1907
Genre: Mill Valley (Calif.)
ISBN:

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Mailer souvenir depicting photographs along the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway (previously known as the Tamalpais Scenic Railroad) route. Includes a brief history of the service from boarding the ferry to traveling on the railroad.