Title:
Gravity cars from the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway coasting down from Mount Tamalpais
Creator:
William Hamilton;
Subject:
Railroads
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad passengers
open air gravity railroad passenger cars
gravity railroad cars
Mountains
Mountain railroads
Forests
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway
The Crookedest Railroad in the World
Description:
Two gravity cars loaded with passengers are seen coasting through the forest on the way down from Mount Tamalpais. The passengers
look well dressed. There is no identification or number on the front of the first gravity car.
Publisher:
Mill Valley Public Library
Contributor:
unknown
Date:
circa 1915
1954; 1960
Type:
image;
Format:
1 photographic print: 12.5 x 18 cm.
Identifier:
CMLPL_144
photo cabinet 2, Railroads Mill Valley, Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad; negative 1467
Source:
Selected photograph from page 52 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by T.G. Wurm and A.C. Graves;
Language:
eng;
Coverage:
Mount Tamalpais;
Rights:
copyrighted
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