Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway

A hundred years ago, high on the summit of Mount Tamalpais, stood a grand lodge with a breathtaking view. For 33 years, elegantly dressed men and women came to visit on the gritty steam trains of a famous twisting railroad known affectionately as the Crookedest Railroad in the World. They could dine, dance, and spend the night, and in the morning coast down the mountain in a gravity car. The Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway had 281 curves in 8 1/5 miles. It had a branch into Muir Woods. It was built by business-minded conservationists in seven months in 1896 and climbed from a depot on the dirt streets of Mill Valley through a redwood forest and on to the rocky summit one-half mile above San Francisco Bay.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 12/31/2009
ISBN: 9780738559421
Pages: 127
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.52w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Scitech Book News 12/01/2010 pg. 152