Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods: The Story of the North Pacific Coast-Railroad and San Francisco Bay Paddle Wheel Ferries

Ted Wurm

Al Graves

A. Bray Dickinson

Roy Graves

Business & Money

Trans-Anglo Books

The story of the North Pacific Coast Rwy, later part of the Northwestern Pacific Rwy. Narrow gauge it may have been but the well-maintained railroad carried redwood and tourists, sightseers and commuters from San Francisco Bay to the Russian River. The speedy paddle-wheel ferries filled in any gaps. Includes rosters, equipment plans, maps, and b/w pictures on almost every page of the men who built the railroad and the equipment that carried the cargo.  168 pages.

Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods: The Story of the North Pacific Coast Railway and San Francisco Bay Paddle-Wheel Ferries

Ted Wrum

<p>Some mighty impressive statistics back up the claim of the Mt. Tamalpais &amp; Muir Woods Railway. Imagine 281 curves, which made 42 complete circles in 8.5 miles of track! Add to that a 7 percent maximum grade, a fleet of Shay and Heisler geared steam locomotives, and dozens of little 'Gravity Cars' which glided all the way from the Summit Tavern of Mt. Tamalpais to verdant Muir Woods, and you have a most unusual, and very spectacular mountain railroad - almost within sight of San Francisco. Contains 132 pages and 216 photographs, 3 maps, and 16 scale drawings of locomotives and cars for modelers.</p>

Crookedest Railroad in the World: California's Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad

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