Title:
Motor No. 1 "Black Maria" on a Muir Woods shuttle or work train assignment and Engine No. 5 with train on the Mount Tamalpais
and Muir Woods Railway at Mesa Station taking on water before resuming its uphill push at the Double Bow-Knot, half way up
Mount Tamalpais
Creator:
unknown
Subject:
Railroads
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad locomotives
Mountains
gravity railroad cars
open air passenger railroad cars
Railroad stations
railroad work trains
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway
Description:
At the left of the photo, Motor No. 1 "Black Maria", probably on a Muir Woods shuttle or work train assignment, is drawing
up one 4-wheel track car and pushing a primitive gravity car with back to back seating. In the center of the photo, Engine
No. 5 with train of two open air passenger railroad cars, takes on water before resuming its push uphill at Mesa Station on
Double Bow Knot on half way up Mount Tamalpais. The engine is emitting steam. The water tower may be seen in the background.
Two railroad workers are sitting on Motor No. 1. Passengers may be seen on the train. One person is standing in the shrubbery
in the foreground. The peak of Mount Tamalpais may be seen in the background.
Publisher:
Mill Valley Public Library
Contributor:
unknown
Date:
circa 1906
1983
Type:
image;
Format:
1 photographic print: 26.5 x 8.5 cm.
Identifier:
CMLPL_158
photo cabinet 2, Railroads Mill Valley, Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad; negative 249
Source:
Selected photograph from page 51 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by Ted Wurm and Al Graves
Language:
eng;
Coverage:
Mount Tamalpais; Double Bow Knot; Mesa Station
Rights:
copyrighted
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