Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway (Images of Rail)
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| Management number | 233531108 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$6.36 | Model Number | 233531108 | ||
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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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0738559423 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0738559421 |
| Edition | Illustrated |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
| Dimensions | 6.5 x 0.31 x 9.25 inches |
| Item Weight | 13.6 ounces |
| Print length | 128 pages |
| Publication date | December 31, 2009 |
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