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Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket

Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket


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Matches Flumes and Rails by Kent Stephens Diamond Match Co w/ dust jacket
 
Matches, Flumes, and Rails by Kent Stephens
The Diamond Match Co in the High Sierra
Hard Cover w/Dust jacket   Library tag on the first page, dust jacket has tears and wear.  
176 pages
Copyright MCMLXXVII 1976  FIRST EDITION
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments Page 7
CHAPTER ONE                                                                                                                                                                                                    Gold and Lumbering Page 9
CHAPTER TWO                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Newcomer to the SierraPage 21
CHAPTER THREE                                                                                                                                                                                        Development of the California Property Page 27
CHAPTER FOUR                                                                                                                                                                               Expansion Page 45
CHAPTER FIVE                                                                                                                                                                                               In the Red Page 53
CHAPTER SIX                                                                                                                                                                    
Under the Slow Bell Page 59
CHAPTER SEVEN                                                                                                                                      
End of an Era Page 69
CHAPTER EIGHT                                                                                                                                
Devils and Angels Page 79
CHAPTER NINE                                                                                                                                    
The Butte County Railroad  Page 85
CHAPTER TEN                                                                                                                                   
Meter Gauge Logging Page 103
CHAPTER ELEVEN                                                                                                                                      
Rails through the Pines Page 119
CHAPTER TWELVE                                                                                                                               
Plant Railroads  Page 145
ROSTERS Page 151
BIBLIOGRAPHYPage 173
INDEX     Page 174
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
One of America's most unusual logging and railroad operations began in the late 1800s and continued until recent years in the rugged, beautiful High Sierra country north of Sacramento in an area near Chico. The Diamond Match Co. used not only standard-gauge but also narrow-gauge lines to reach secluded forest preserves.
This volume, with a text supplemented by rare photos, maps, and other illustrations, tells that fascinating story of logging eventually blended with a pioneering environmental program designed to protect the Sierra.
The country is rugged, distinguished by steep mountains and deep valleys. Each year the tracks went deeper into the lush forest in the search for timber. Before the rails, flumes of unusual and spectacular design also were used to carry lumber from the mills to the valley areas. The mighty operation at one time even included a cable incline to move timber over rugged terrain.
While Diamond has been famous for its matches (and indeed, a match factory was an important part of the California operation), much of the timber went to build the stately homes of San Francisco. It also went to yards which provided lumber for many uses.
Part of the project became the Butte County Railroad, which carried not only timber but passengers to Chico. This line was consolidated into the Southern Pacific and operated until 1974.
Matches, Flumes, and Rails is a handsome volume which fills a variety of interests: the rail fan, history buff, environmentalist, model builder, and aficionado of the High Sierra.
In text and photos, the book tells how the railroad was built and how geared locomotives struggled to carry timber over steep grades. It also recalls how trainmen risked their lives trying to control runaways, the glory of the "fun" days of long ago when the railroad carried happy excursionists, and explains how the line became a legend among Sierra buffs and rail fans.

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