Title:
Chevy pickup truck next to locomotive engine No. 7 and train of the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway at the summit
of Mount Tamalpais
Creator:
Al Graves
Subject:
Railroads
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad locomotives
Mountains
Automobiles
Trucks
pickup trucks
open air passenger railroad cars
mountain peaks
Mountain railroads
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad
Chevrolet
Description:
Chevy pickup truck filled with boxes or crates next to engine No. 7 and open air passenger car on the Mount Tamalpais and
Muir Woods Railway near the summit of Mount Tamalpais. One man is sitting in the driver's seat of the pickup truck with arm
extended towards the train talking with two men standing next to the train. Another man is standing on the other side of
the pickup truck. Steam is arising from the locomotive smokestack. The open air passenger railroad car is filled with passengers.
The lookout tower may be seen in the background on the peak of Mount Tamalpais. Part of some other empty railroad passenger
cars may be seen on the left of the photo. The Tavern fire ruins are behind the locomotive.
Publisher:
Mill Valley Public Library
Contributor:
unknown
Date:
circa 1923
1983; 1997;
Type:
image;
Format:
1 photographic print: 25 x 20.5 cm.
Identifier:
CMLPL_199
photo cabinet 2, Railroads Mill Valley, Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad; negative 2019
Source:
Selected photograph from page 86 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by Ted Wurm and Al Graves Selected photograph
from page 118 of "Mill Valley The Early Years" by Barry Spitz;
Language:
eng;
Coverage:
Mount Tamalpais
Rights:
copyrighted
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