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Little Railways of the World By Frederic Shaw with Dust Jacket
Little Railways of the World By Frederic Shaw
270 pages, 14 area maps and 9 equipment drawings, 225 unusually fine photographs.
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
261 pages
Copyright 1958 SECOND PRINTING SMALL tear in the dust jacket near By
CONTENTS
SMOKE RINGS ix
I PULLMANS AND PRINCES 1
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway
II EXPOSITION PIKE 19
Overfair Ry. Panama-Pacific-International Exposition
III STEAM TRAILS OF AFRICA 33
The Otavi Mining and Railway Company
IV CRANBERRY PATCH EMPIRE 51
The Edaville Railroad
V MAGIC KINGDOM OF THE RAILS 63
Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad
VI LITTLE CENTENARIAN 75
Festiniog Railway
VII BELLES AT WISCONSIN DELLS 93
Riverside and Great Northern Railway
VIII HEDGEROWS AND IRON HORSES 105
The Talyllyn Railway
IX POCONO IN DAIRYLAND 123
Centerville and Southwestern Railroad
X STEAMBOAT ON SHORE 131
Shanghai-Woosung Railway
XI WORKSHOP FOR RAIL FANS 143
Wabash, Frisco and Pacific Railroad
XII CUMBERLAND CLIMBER 153
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
XIII AN INDIAN VALLEY LINE 165
William Willock's "Indian Valley Railroad"
XIV MIXED CONSIST 173
Gilpin Railroad-Silver City, Pinos Altos and Mogol-lon Railroad-Thespian's Pike (William Gillette's private railroad )-Mount Gretna Narrow Gauge Railroad-House of David Railroad
XV THE BROTHERS CAGNEY 187
XVI BAY AREA STEAM BANTAMS 201
Fleishhacker Zoo Railroad, San Francisco-Tilden, South Gate and Pacific Railroad, Berkeley-Oakland Narrow Gauge Railroad
XVII SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST209
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway-Vale of Rheidol Ry.
XVIII FOOTPLATES AND FANCIES 219
The Byron Railroad-Wildcat Railroad-Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Railway - The Lancaster & Chester Park RR
XIX HIMALAYAN SWITCHBACK 231
Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway
XX MINIATURE GALLERY 241
Albert S. Campbell - Wenman J. Bassett-Lowke - Henry Greenly-P. S. Sturtevant-E. O. Thornton - Robert H. Butler-Albert J. Wagner-Ken S. Williams
BILL OF LADING 259
BIBLIOGRAPHY 261
Pullmans and Princes, Exposition pike, steam trails of Africa, Cranberry patch empire, magic Kingdom of the rails, Little Centenarian, Belles at Wisconsin Dells, hedgerows and Iron Horses The Talyllyn Ry, Pocono in Dairyland, steamboat on shore, workshop for rail fans, Cumberland climber, more.
Those of us who regret the passing of the Age of Steam will take heart at the durable nature of some of the world's miniature railways. In the United States particularly, the small steam locomotives are often our only reminder that once their big prototypes were a commonplace on the railroads of the nation. In many foreign lands, the miniature steam locomotive has had a better chance of survival; but they disappear one by one until only a few are left, preserved in the case of Britain by Railway Societies and others. These reawaken our interest in the part the steam engine once played in the world of commerce and in our daily lives.
Going on a train journey was always an adventure. And in the world today there are still a few miniature railways, whether they be common carriers, private lines or recreational projects, where the more leisurely pleasures of going on a train journey can still be experienced.
In the belief that there must be many people who would like to share with me over half a century of travel, both actual and armchair, on some of these outstanding miniature railways of the world, I have set down in the following pages the story of the roads themselves and the men who had much to do with them.
Frederic SHAW has achieved an entirely new approach to the subject of railroading. Ile presents these tiny railway lines with explanations for their being and fine descriptions of their locale.
The reader necessarily feels himself a passenger, and in his mind can roll off such a tongue twister as Aberffrwd with the ease of a constant traveler on the Vale of Rheidol Railway of Wales. Adventurous readers will delight in the stories of the Otavi Railway in Africa, of the Darjeeling- Himalayan Railway in India, and of the Shanghai - Woosung Railway which the Chinese called their "Steamboat on Shore".
The author has such affection for the little railways and such great esteem for their builders, that he has included, of course, passages of tribute to the pioneers of this field. The reader with nostalgic leanings will appreciate his chapter about the Cagney brothers. Many of the early Cagney engines are in use today in amusement parks throughout the country.
Little Railways of the World also offers generous tidbits of information for model fanciers, along with fine equipment drawings. In 'Workshop for Rail Fans" it is shown how a railroad fiend can methodically become more so by "taking the course".
Primarily, the book shows that the little railways, though of endearing site, have the same struggle for existence as did their larger prototypes. But as survivors of the age of steam they are available for our enjoyment in the here and now.
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