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Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods by Dicksinson + others w/ dust jacket
Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods by A. Bray Dickinson The story of the North Pacific Coast Railroad and San Francisco Bay Paddle-wheel Ferries. Featuring the photo collection of Roy D Graves. Edited with added material by Ted Wurm and Alvin Graves
Hard cover with dust jacket Dust jacket has damage
Copyright 1981 Second edition, fourth printing
168 pgs
Bibliography, Index
more than 200 illustrations, complete rosters, 15 scale plans for the modeler, 15 maps and yard layouts.
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
Pioneer Steamers and the First Railroad
CHAPTER TWO
"Saucelito" Is Born
CHAPTER THREE
San Rafael & San Quentin Railroad
CHAPTER FOUR
Railroad to the Redwoods
CHAPTER FIVE
The Rival: Sonoma & Marin Railroad
CHAPTER SIX
Building the North Pacific Coast
CHAPTER SEVEN
Early Operations
CHAPTER EIGHT
On to the Russian River
CHAPTER NINE
The Accent Was on Luxury
CHAPTER TEN
Debts and Other Problems
CHAPTER ELEVEN
A Period of Rebuilding
CHAPTER TWELVE
Disaster Strikes!
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Railroading in the Gay Nineties
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Mill Valley Branch
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Trying Times
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The Austin Creek Tragedy
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Last Years as the N.P.C.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Birth of the North Shore Railroad
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Death Rides the Narrow Gauge
CHAPTER TWENTY
The Northwestern Pacific Takes Control
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
End of the Narrow Gauge
CHAPTER NOTES
EPILOGUE: End of an Era
ROSTER OF EQUIPMENT
APPENDIX A: Roy D. Graves
APPENDIX B: A Trip Over the NG
APPENDIX C: Notes from H. C. Graves __
APPENDIX D Then and Now
APPENDIX E: The Abandonment Fight
EQUIPMENT DRAWINGS AND PLANS __
UNUSUAL FEEDERS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
The Story of the North Pacific Coast Railroad and San Francisco Bay Paddle-wheel Ferries.
MORE THAN 200 ILLUSTRATIONS COMPLETE EQUIPMENT ROSTERS
15 SCALE PLANS FOR THE MODELER 15 MAPS AND YARD LAYOUTS
This book, filled with rare nostalgic photos and informative prose, covers the lifetime of California's fascinating narrow gauge North Pacific Coast railroad and its paddlewheel ferry line which once upon a time carried thousands of San Franciscans north across the bay to Marin and Sonoma counties. The rail line linked Sausalito, San Rafael, Mill Valley, and ultimately reached the glorious Russian River "vacationland" country so famous for its redwoods.
Beginning in 1876, the railroad brought millions of board feet of redwood lumber from the virgin forests and thousands of carloads of farm products to a bustling San Francisco. The narrow-gauge route was perhaps the most scenic of any in the country. It wound through miles of unmatched redwood forests which blocked out the sun overhead; it forged through the mountains by means of marvelous tunnels, and it was pelted by the salt spray of the rugged sea coast.
The North Pacific Coast Railroad was no "dinky" narrow gauge. It boasted well-maintained equipment of the latest style, from speedy paddlewheel ferries to the largest narrow-gauge steam locomotive of the time. It ran excellent commuter service; it advertised the finest hunting and fishing areas along its tracks, and it made available to the residents of the Bay Area the finest of resorts throughout the 1890's and early 1900's.
Yet, this well-researched history - done by an expert - will show the reader an almost endless parade of train wrecks, boat accidents and other excitements which make the book read like an imaginative novel!
Here is the whole story of the North Pacific Coast Railroad, which became the North Shore and was partially electrified, and was later a part of the Northwestern Pacific - the story of the building of it, the areas and peoples served, the locomotives and cars, the ferry boats and the car ferries, the grand hullaballoo and the gradual decline, and finally the end of the line.
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