Title:
The first train to the summit of Mount Tamalpais on August 26, 1896
Creator:
Roy D. Graves
Subject:
Railroads
Mountains
Railroad locomotives
Railroad passenger cars
Journalists
open air railroad passenger cars
Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad, the crookedest railroad in the world
Description:
Train full of journalists in open air rail cars, on opening day, first train trip up the mountain, for the the Mount Tamalpais
& Muir Woods Railroad. Locomotive is pulling train, but trains were pushed up the mountain thereafter
Publisher:
Mill Valley Public Library
Contributor:
Nancy Skinner, Ted Wurm
Date:
August 26, 1896
1954, Second revised edition 1960; 1983
Type:
image;
Format:
2 photographic prints: 20 x 13 cm. and 28 x 21.5 cm.
Identifier:
CMLPL_069
photo cabinet 2, Railroads Mill Valley, Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad
Source:
Selected photograph from page 30 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by T.G. Wurm and A.C. Graves; Selected photograph
from page 19 of “The Crookedest Railroad in the World” (1983 edition) by Ted Wurm and Al Graves
Language:
eng;
Coverage:
Mount Tamalpais
Rights:
copyrighted
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