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Author : Donald Ray Floyd
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Role of Narrow-gauge Railroads in California's Transportation Network written by Donald Ray Floyd and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald R. Floyd
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)
Download or read book California Narrow Gauge written by Donald R. Floyd and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Barton Turner
Publisher : Oso Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781931064026
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)
Download or read book California High Country Narrow Gauge Railroads written by George Barton Turner and published by Oso Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : California Central Narrow Gauge Railroad Company
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)
Download or read book California Central Narrow Gauge Railroad Company Transit Notes for the Red Bluffs Division written by California Central Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce A. MacGregor
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ISBN 13 : 9780804735506
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Birth of California Narrow Gauge written by Bruce A. MacGregor and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-awaited study, the magnum opus of a leading railroad historian, describes the conception, construction, and early operation of the first narrow gauge railroads in northern California. It is lavishly illustrated by some 600 photographs and drawings, almost three-quarters of which have never before been published. The topic is approached through an unusual lens: the history of the relatively small but extraordinarily inventive contracting and engineering firm of the brothers Thomas and Martin Carter. The Carters were able to reduce the cost and complexity of light railroad construction to the point where local narrow gauge lines could initially compete with the state’s notorious railroad monopolies. Pioneering a mobile manufacturing operation that could supply locally funded short lines with rolling stock (which traditionally came from East Coast manufacturers), the Carter Brothers began with a line to serve Salinas Valley wheat farmers, desperate to achieve an independent means for conveying their crops to the wharf in Monterey. The narrow gauge railroad that resulted was an act of political and economic defiance, but ultimately a hopeless assault on the "Octopus"—the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads. Rallying around the example set in Monterey, a narrow gauge movement in California flourished in the mid-1870s, with the rapid launching of five more companies—the North Pacific Coast, the Santa Cruz Railroad, the Santa Cruz & Felton, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge, and the South Pacific Coast—all of which drew on the Carter Brothers for manufacturing and engineering. Soon, Thomas and Martin Carter were not only selling railroad supplies and engineering to all six short lines, but had won management positions with the strongest, the South Pacific Coast. Until personal and financial disaster overtook them in 1880, the Carters were at the forefront of not just a new business, but a new technology.
Author : George Barton Turner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book Narrow Gauge Nostalgia written by George Barton Turner and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. R. Griswold
Publisher : American Traveler Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558381216
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railroads of California written by P. R. Griswold and published by American Traveler Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California offers travellers a gold mine of railroad points of interest. California has it all: narrow gauge, logging railroads, cable cars, trolleys, interurbans, light rail, main line limiteds, model railroads, historic depots, museums, tourist railroads, and mountain passes. California railroads began in the dark days of the Civil War. Californians have developed numerous railroad museums and tourist railroads that recall the state's wonderful railroad history, making this a true rail fans paradise.
Author : Arthur Sommers and Roger Staab
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467127647
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railroads of Placer County written by Arthur Sommers and Roger Staab and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though small in geographic size, Placer County is large in its rich history of railroading in California. This book covers 14 different railroads that did or still do exist in some association with Placer County. There were narrow-gauge and standard-gauge, long transcontinental, and short point-to-point railroads. Some railroads were fully contained within the county, and others just touched the county. Some railroads were short-lived operations, while others operated for decades. One railroad still functions today, undiminished after 150 years in service. This book is more than just a collection of photographs of locomotives; it provides the reader with a visual history of various aspects of the many railroads operating in Placer County over the years.
Author : Walter Rice
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738555911
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)
Download or read book Rails of California's Central Coast written by Walter Rice and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity is the prime characteristic of the California Central Coast's many rail operations. Readers will be attracted by the varying scope of Central Coast--Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo Counties--rail systems. They range from local horsecar services and the narrow-gauge electrified plant railroad that served the Santa Cruz Cement Company at Davenport to the Southern Pacific Railroad's Coast Line and its engineering marvel Cuesta Grade, highlighted by the world-famous horseshoe curve. Local streetcar systems and long-ceased regional railroads are part of the area's rail legacy. Rare historic images blended with contemporary photography chronicle the region's railways from times past to the present.
Author : Kenneth E. Westcott
Publisher : Benchmark Publications, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780961546748
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Pacific Coast Railway written by Kenneth E. Westcott and published by Benchmark Publications, Limited. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
