Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway

Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway PDF Author: Fred Runner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
"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 PDF Author: Theodore G. Wurm
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
"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.

Early Mill Valley

Early Mill Valley PDF Author: Claudine Chalmers
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738530420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
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.

Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods

Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods PDF Author: Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad Co
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 12

Book Description
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.
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