Californias Lumber Shortline Railroads

Author : Jeff Moore
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634990073
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California's Lumber Shortline Railroads written by Jeff Moore and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California's sawmill and railroad industries grew up together, each at least partially depending upon the other for survival. However, not all of the Golden State's sawmills lay upon the routes of mainline railroads, resulting in the development of a number of shortline railroads connecting remote sawmills with the nation's rail network. In addition to serving the lumber industry, these shortlines often became economic lifelines to other industries in rural parts of the state. Many of these railroads also carried passengers, either as part of their common carrier service in the early years and/or as tourists in recent decades. This book seeks to tell the stories of and relate the important historical roles these small carriers played, long lasting companies such as the Almanor, Amador Central, Arcata & Mad River, California Western, Camino Placerville & Lake Tahoe, McCloud River, Quincy, Sierra, and Yreka Western, along with younger start-ups such as the Eureka Southern, North Coast, Great Western, Modoc Northern, Lake County, Lake Railway, and others.

Author : Pamela A. Conners
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sugar Pine Railway written by Pamela A. Conners and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Stephen Polkinghorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780870460692
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pino Grande written by Robert Stephen Polkinghorn and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Stephen Polkinghorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pino Grande; Logging Railroads of the Michigan-California Lumber Company written by Robert Stephen Polkinghorn and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeff Moore
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634990103
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eastern Oregon Shortline Railroads written by Jeff Moore and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains is a raw and inhospitable land, largely the product of recent volcanic activity. Railroad builders constructed a couple mainlines skirting the edges of the region and some branch lines into agricultural communities, but found very little else to attract their interest. Over time, however, a small collection of interesting shortline railroads built or bought rail lines, either in conjunction with the developing timber industry in the Blue, Ochoco, and Wallowa mountains or to connect a few existing communities with the mainline that bypassed the town. This book tells the stories of these small railroads and the roles they played in the development and economies of the region; covered railroads includes the Big Creek & Telocaset; City of Prineville; Condon, Kinzua & Southern; Idaho, Northern & Pacific; Klamath Northern; Oregon & Northwestern; Oregon, California & Eastern; Oregon Eastern Division of the Wyoming/Colorado; Sumpter Valley; Union Railroad of Oregon; Wallowa Union; and others.

Author : David F. Myrick
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874170168
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California written by David F. Myrick and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valuable as these volumes are in relation to railroad operations in Nevada and California, their usefulness as authoritative reference sources embraces a much broader scope. Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California is as much a history of the region as it is a study of the railroads. The principal mines and mills and their production are scrupulously detailed, together with the personalities who created them. The final volume in the complete history of Nevada and Eastern California railroads David Myrick's monumental railroad histories have become essential reference works for railroaders, historians, and hobbyists. Volume III contains additional information about the northern roads, including some not covered in previous volumes, and about developments since the publication of the first two volumes in the railroads of the region. It provides new facts gleaned from the correspondence of Collis P. Huntington, one of the builders of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. It also covers roads connected with the lumber industry and the construction of electric power plants, and Southern Pacific branch lines, including some that never advanced beyond surveys.

Author : Jack Russell Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Short Line Junction written by Jack Russell Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of seven of the most picturesque little railroads in California and Nevada.

Author : Kramer A. Adams
Publisher : Seattle : Superior Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logging Railroads of the West written by Kramer A. Adams and published by Seattle : Superior Publishing Company. This book was released on 1961 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers logging railroad history in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevaha, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico from the 1860's through the 1950's.

Author : Rick Hamman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California Central Coast Railways written by Rick Hamman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William N. Roy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963469502
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book LaMoine Lumber and Trading Co. written by William N. Roy and published by . This book was released on 1992-06-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of one of northern California's most interesting, and least remembered, logging railroad operations. From 1900 to 1922 the La Moine Lumber & Trading Co. operated one of Shasta County's largest sawmills, cutting premium grade Ponderosa, white pine and Sugar Pine into "box shook" for California fruit growers."