Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway
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| Management number | 231601765 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $8.60 | Model Number | 231601765 | ||
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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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 153163835X |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1531638351 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Arcadia Publishing Library Editions |
| Dimensions | 6.69 x 0.38 x 9.61 inches |
| Item Weight | 14.6 ounces |
| Print length | 130 pages |
| Publication date | December 31, 2008 |
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