Title:
Gravity car headed to Muir Woods on the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad
Creator:
unknown
Subject:
Railroads
Railroad passenger cars
Forests
Mountains
gravity cars
Forest reserves
National monuments
National parks & reserves
Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad
Description:
View of gravity car #21 on the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad, the crookedest railroad in the world. Car is headed
downhill to Muir Woods. Car is filled with passengers. Each car held about 20 people. The conductor is on the far left of
the photo.
Publisher:
Mill Valley Public Library
Contributor:
Chuck Ford Photography
Date:
circa 1915
1983;
Type:
image;
Format:
1 photographic print: 21.5 x 27.5 cm.
Identifier:
CMLPL_071
photo cabinet 2, Railroads Mill Valley, Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad; negative 1452
Source:
Selected photograph from page 46 of “The Crookedest Railroad in the World” by Ted Wurm and Al Graves;
Language:
eng;
Coverage:
Mount Tamalpais; Muir Woods
Rights:
copyrighted
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