Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway write by Fred Runner. This book was released on 2009. Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "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 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Crookedest Railroad in the World write by Ted Wurm. This book was released on 1983. The Crookedest Railroad in the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Imagine 281 curves, which make 42 complete circles in 8.5 miles of track. This book, filled with 216 photos, tells the history of California's Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods railroad, known as "The Crookedest Railroad in the World."
Early Mill Valley
Early Mill Valley - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early Mill Valley write by Claudine Chalmers. This book was released on 2005. Early Mill Valley available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mill Valley rests in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, the tallest peak of the Coast Range. Ancient redwood groves cloaking the mountain's flanks and nearby canyons attracted a pioneer sawmill that gave the town its name. As the timber industry was replaced by dairies, Mill Valley became a destination for those drawn to beauty: hikers, campers, naturalists, artists, writers, and dreamers who gave the town its early bohemian atmosphere. Tamalpais Scenic Railway once ran the "crookedest railroad in the world" to the summit, where passengers exulted in the taste of salty ocean winds, rolling fog, and stunning vistas of the inner bay and ocean shores. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt reserved some of the area's majestic trees, now national parkland webbed with 200 miles of scenic trails, and named them Muir Woods for naturalist John Muir.
Sacramento Northern Railway
Sacramento Northern Railway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sacramento Northern Railway write by Paul C. Trimble. This book was released on 2005. Sacramento Northern Railway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Sacramento Northern Railway was once a critical interurban link between California's northern Central Valley communities, the state capital, and the Bay Area. Running through orchards, farmland, swamps, and cities, this electric railway began its life in 1905. Service eventually ran from Chico to Oakland, but after the Bay Bridge opened in 1939, the 186-mile route started in San Francisco's Financial District, crossed the bridge on the lower deck, ran through Contra Costa County towns like Moraga, Lafayette, and Pittsburg, across the Suisun straits on the massive rail ferry Ramon (which could hold an entire train), and into Sacramento, the halfway point. From there, the train continued through rolling hills and farms on to Marysville, and finally to Chico before making its return journey. The Sacramento Northern soldiered on until World War II, but eventually the growing car culture, along with competing diesel railroads, undid this splendid line. Interurban passenger service ended in 1941, and the various lines were gradually abandoned or dieselized. Today a 22-mile segment of the route remains in operation at the Bay Area Electric Railway Museum in Solano County.
Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument
Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument write by John Eric Auwaerter. This book was released on 2006. Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
