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Viewing Entries 1 - 20 of 34 Page  1 2 NEXT LAST » Image Title Description Object Date Accession # Location More Info Rails in the Motherlode Discussion of the railroad in connection primarily with logging in central California as the gold rush started to fade. Dust jacket created by Harlan Hiney. Maps were drawn by Donald C. De Vere. Second Printing, 1978 b&w photographs, index and an epilogue by Adolf Hungry Wolf. duplicate of CBK.1979.055.002 book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1969 2007.034.127 Rare & Fragile Books More Info Ships & Narrow Gauge Rails-Story of the Pacific Coast Company Details the development of the Pacific Coast Railway, the related steamships and the Pacific Coast Company in Washington. Includes development and declining years and information on rolling stock. b&w photographs, tables, reproductions of textual records, index book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1981 2007.034.015 Library 64-19122 More Info Last of the Great Stations, 40 yrs of the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal Includes the opening of the station, 20 years of tumult, creating the new gateway, triumph in stucco and time, under Amtrak. First printing. b&w photographs, maps, appendix with timetables book : soft cover 1979 2007.034.019 Library 79-84387 More Info Pacific Electric Pictorial, Vol. 1 Original covers inside rebind. History, almost completely in pictures. Covers the beginning, the period of adjustment and the decline and fall. Interurban transport. book : hardcover-rebound 1964 2007.034.018 LIbrary More Info Ocean Shore Railroad Vol. 15 - No. 7, Issue 151 of "The Western Railroader" Covers the railroads that served the area from San Francisco along the Pacific coasdt south to Santa Cruz. b&w photographs, maps. book : hard cover 1965 2007.034.021 Library More Info Humboldt Logging Railroads Western Railroader, Vol. 21, No.8; June 1958. Issue 224. and Vol. 24, No. 1, January 1961, Issue No. 253. Covers 5 logging railroads in Northern California. b&w photos, maps. book : hardcover, rebind 1958 2007.034.030 Library More Info California Western Railroad Western Railroader, Vol. 20, No. 8, Issue 212. The story of a small railroad in the redwoods of California which connected Fort Bragg and Willits by a tortuous 40 miles of double track. Folded map loose inside front cover. b&w photographs, maps, charts. book : hardcover, rebind 1971 2007.034.063 Library More Info Mount Lowe, The Railway in the Clouds A history of the conception and building of the railway once called the most scenic railway in the world. A short track alpine railway that constituted an engineering marvel. b&w photographs, map, index. book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1976 2007.034.078 Library TF688.M68S44 More Info Peninsula Service Western Railroader, Vol. 20, No. 9 Issue No. 213. Story of Southern Pacific Commuter Trains. From San Franciso, Oakland to south of San Jose. book : hardcover-rebind 1957 2007.034.083 Library More Info California Two Footer Western Railroader, Vol. 32. No. 11, November 1969, Issue No. 357. Covers the Guerneyville Branch of Northwestern Pacific Railroad, California. (Interurban, north of San Francisco). b&w photographs, maps. book : hardcover-rebind 1969 2007.034.097 Library More Info Crookedest Railroad in the World A history of the 30 year existence of the now vanished Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway of California. Planning, political intrigues, construction, tavers, innovations. First Printing: 1983 b&w photographs, scale drawings of rolling stock, index. book : hardcover, dustjacket in plastic cover 1983 2007.034.098 Library HE4701.U5M6 1983 More Info Orange Empire Railway Museum Discovery Book A book of activities for children related to the railway museum and its contents. book : softcover 1989 2007.037.010 PF.0188.0231 More Info Napa Valley Route Interurbans Special #47. Discusses the rail route from San Francisco north to Calistoga, California. Includes the steamer trip up San Francisco Bay, as well as the private single track, standard gauge heading through the Napa Valley. b&w photographs, maps, records, appendices including car rosters. book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover 1975 2007.034.125 Library More Info Tidewater Southern Western Railroader, Vol. 13, No. 11, September 1950; Number 131. Story of a California Railroad book : hardcover, rebind 1950 2007.034.142 Library More Info Southern California and the Pacific Electric An album history of different types of service. Includes the early days the Mt. Lowe Line and downtown Los Angeles also includes the Los Angeles subway. b&w photographs book : softcover 1980 2007.034.144 Library More Info Pacific Electric Railway History of the company that became the nation's and the worlds' largest suburban electric transportation system and that was undeniably one of the greatest factors contributing to Southern California's development. Eighth printing, January 1967. b&w photographs book : hardcover, rebind 1958 2007.034.145 Library More Info Pacific Electric in Transition, 1911 Interurbans Special 30 book : softcover 1967 2007.034.146 PF.0188.0109 More Info Cars of P. E. –Official Car Records Interurbans Special 38, Volume 22 No. 3, Autumn 1964. Periodic statements of car ownership and mechanical equipment on each class of car issued by PE since it's inception. Reproductions of the original textual records relating to the above. book : hardcover, rebind 1964 2007.034.147 Library More Info St. Joseph Valley Railway Story of a little known California Railway. Most of the information came from newspaper articles. Published as #16 by the Electric Railway Historical Society. b&w photographs, textual records, maps. book : hardcover, rebind 1955 2007.034.148 Library More Info Henry Huntington and the Pacific Electric, A Pictorial Album History of the company that once was the biggest and most picturesque electric railroad in the world. It stretched from the San Fernanco Valley to Redlands, and from the mountains to the Pacific Ocean. First edition. b&w photographs, posters, timetables. book : hardcover, dust jacket 1970 2007.034.150 Library Viewing Entries 1 - 20 of 34 Page  1 2 NEXT