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Hetch Hetchy and its Dam Railroad

Wurm, Ted

Howell-North

First edition (Trans-Anglo Books) of this classic book describing the Caspar Lumber Co.'s railroad in fascinating detail. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos of the locomotives in action as well as the ships. On the rough and rocky Redwood Coast of California lies the tiny settlement of Caspar, 125 nautical miles north of San Francisco and about five miles south of Fort Bragg. Operating from 1861 until 1955, the Caspar Lumber Company's mill at Caspar was supplied with timber for 75 of those years by the company's own private railroad. Originally known as the Jughandle Railroad (which ran on wooden rails), the standard-gauge line twice changed its name during its existence-first to the Caspar &amp; Hare Creek Railroad and later to the South Fork &amp; Eastern Railroad-and operated a fascinating array of motive power over the lightest of rail, crossing streams on tall timber trestles, to bring in virgin redwood logs from the forest. The Caspar Lumber Company also operated a fleet of coastal schooners, both sail and steam, to carry lumber from the "doghole" landing at Caspar to San Francisco and elsewhere. This facet of the operation makes for a fascinating story in itself. The railroad and the mill are now memories, but author Ted Wurm brings them back to life in this volume. With schematic diagrams of the locomotives and trestles that should delight any modeler. With foldout map of the railroad and bibliography. 136 pages with index.

Mallets on the Mendocino Coast: Caspar Lumber Company Railroads and Steamships

Travel

Trans-Anglo Books

A reprint of the Howell-North edition (1973). It records the building of the dam that impounds water for San Francisco, and the construction of the railroad and its contribution. The text and photos raise this much above the parochial appeal of the usual train book. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy Railroad

Business & Money

Mallets on the Mendocino Coast: Casper Lumber Company Railroads and Steamships

Colorado Rail Annual No. 18. Fascinating collection of articles: Ted Wurms' 1939 trip to look at the narrow gauge railways of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and California; chasing steam trains and narrow gauge locomotives across the Rockies in 1940-41; and detailed recollections of traveling as an aide to senior Santa Fe personnel from 1919-22. Illustrated throughout with black and white (and a few color) photos and maps. 221 pages.

Railroading in the Rockies a Half Century Ago, Colorado Rail Annual No. 18

Mahoney, Edward

Naxwell, John W. R.

Reference

Colorado Railroad Museum

Born in 1869 and destined to become a vital cog in the Winning of the West, the Virginia &amp; Truckee railroad was built, owned and operated by some of the most powerful men in America. D. O. Mills, William Ralston and William Sharon, through the Bank of California, controlled the major mines and mills of the Comstock Lode. This great western short line, outfitted with the finest locomotives and passenger cars transporting potentates of the financial world, operated with a degree of style and grace worthy of being called The Richest Railroad in the World. By the 1930s the once-richest railroad was barely hanging on. In 1938 the line from Virginia to Carson was abandoned. Twelve years later the rest of the tracks were ripped up. But the glamour of oldtime railroading cannot be driven out of the heart and soul of the west. Railroad enthusiast Bob Gray understood this and knew that the Virginia &amp; Truckee had the history, location and the unchanged scenery to fulfill a longing for oldtime atmosphere as no other rail line could. Starting in 1968 Bob Gray brought about the amazing resurrection of the old V&amp;T Railroad, and the fascinating story of how he accomplished that is told in word and picture in this book.

Rebirth of the Virginia & Truckee R.R.: Amazing Revival of a Steam Railroad

May-Murdock Publishing

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