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Grand Canyon Railway Cowboys Miners Presidents & Kings By Al Richmond Soft Cover
Cowboys Miners Presidents & Kings Grand Canyon Railway By Al Richmond
Soft Cover
188 pages
Copyright 1985, 1989
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Getting Up Steam 1
Chapter 2 The Mines 23
Chapter 3 Completion and Rebuilding 39
Chapter 4 Cattle and Sheep 62
Chapter 5 Building the Grand Canyon National Park 78
Chapter 6 Logging at Apex 102
Chapter 7 Presidents, Kings and World Citizens: Passengers All 123
Chapter 8 Accidents 147
Chapter 9 Steam and Diesel: The Power 166
Chapter 10 Must All Good Things Come To An End? 194
Glossary 221
Bibliography 224
PREFACE
This is not a history of sixty four miles of track, ties and track spikes. It is a recognition of the people, events, circumstances, culture and equipment that went into the daily operation of this railroad. It became a part of a large system but was not swallowed by the system. In fact, the system was supported by the notoriety provided by this line.
Cowboys, miners, presidents and kings all were a part of this railroad. Yet these were only a few of the many kinds of people that built, worked for, worked around, worked with, depended on, rode on, or carried people and goods from point A to point B. It was alive from the start. It was alive in the hearts of the people around it. And when it shut down as a result of dwindling revenues, it never really died. It continued to live in the memories of those who were close to it.
As it is with people who lie in the sun, the railway merely slept. And now, its sleep is over. The Grand Canyon Line is awake again and writing new history. New friends and memories are being made again. This is the way it should be.
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