Title:
Morning train from the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway is stopped at Mesa Station about halfway to the summit of Mount
Tamalpais
Creator:
Ted Wurm
Subject:
Railroads
Railroad locomotives
Railroad passenger cars
Mountains
Mountain railroads
open air railroad passenger cars
open air gravity railroad passenger cars
mountain peaks
mountain summits
Railroad stations
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway
Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway
Description:
The morning train has arrived at Mesa Station, the Double Bow Knot, halfway to the summit of Mount Tamalpais. Here the passengers
for Muir Woods changed to gravity cars, seen on the left, to be coasted down into Muir Woods while the train continued up
the mountain. Engine No. 4, emanating steam, is at the far left of the photo near the water tank. The small tank car in
back of the engine will be filled with water and hauled to the summit by the train. The open air passenger cars are filled
with passengers. The gravity train cars to the lest of the photo are empty. The summit of Mount Tamalpais may be seen in
the background.
Publisher:
Mill Valley Public Library
Contributor:
Ted Wurm
Date:
circa 1915
1954, 1960
Type:
image;
Format:
1 photographic print: 25.5 x 19.5 cm.
Identifier:
CMLPL_111
photo cabinet 2, Railroads Mill Valley, Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad; negative 1454
Source:
Selected photograph from page 58 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by T.G. Wurm and A.C. Graves
Language:
eng;
Coverage:
Mesa Station; Double Bow Knot; Mount Tamalpais; Muir Woods
Rights:
copyrighted
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