The Southern San Joaquin Valley: a Railroad History

8.5x11, cloth with dust jacket. Cloth with dust jacket, 216 pages, 8.5x11, 250+ photos, 16 pages in color, maps, diagrams. Railroad historical overview photos, maps, and text of territory from Bakersfield to Fresno · Full color Dust Jacket with painting by noted artist John Winfield · Maps by Larry Mullaly " In addition to coverage of the Southern Pacific (UP) and Santa Fe (BNSF) main and branch lines, the book covers the area in California described in the title and provides a historical overview of all of the lines between Fresno and Bakersfield from 1872 through 2008. "There are hapters, maps and photos of the Fresno Interurban Railway and the Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway. In addition a summary of other connecting and absorbed rail lines will include the Laton & Western, Kings Lakeshore Railway, Hanford & Summit Lake, Porterville Northeastern, Minkler Southern, San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railway, Visalia & Tulare Railroad, Visalia Railroad, West Isle Lines and the San Joaquin Valley Coal Mining Co. "The book provides a summary of the current privately operated spurs, sidings & short line operations in the area."