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Rails to the Minarets Story of Sugar Pine Lumber Company By Hank Johnston DJ
Rails to the Minarets Story of Sugar Pine Lumber Company By Hank Johnston
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
Copyright 1980 FIRST edition 128 Pages More than 180 illustrations, including photographs, maps, and drawings. Indexed.
Contents
INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
I. BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY 9
II. THE GREAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT 15
The Minarets and Western Railway 20
The Sugar Pine Lumber Company Railroad 32
Central Camp 41
III. A BIG SHOW WHILE IT LASTED 51
The Mountain Logging Operations 59
Railroads in the Woods 83
IV. MANY DOLLARS BUT LITTLE SENSE 97
LOCOMOTIVE ROSTERS 118
INDEX 127
Here is the fascinating story of the Sugar Pine Lumber Company of Fresno, California, and its Minarets and Western Railway so famous for its role in Sierra Nevada logging history. Packed with more than 180 illustrations, this book will appeal to historians, railfans, modelers, and general readers everywhere.
Printed on fine quality paper using 150-line halftones, it is well researched, fully documented, and contains an extensive index. Some of the finest photographs of Sierra logging ever taken are presented in large-format style, along with candid portraits that reveal the arduous life of the workaday lumberjack during the glory days of steam. In addition, a series of comprehensive drawings and maps delineates the intricacies of high-lead logging as well as identifying the exact areas involved.
This is, in short, an unusual book that captures the grace and power of mountain railroad logging in an earlier, more romantic time. A time when rugged men worked over difficult terrain using a combination of brute strength and electric machinery that was unique to the American lumbering scene.
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