[PDF] Rails In The Shadow Of Mt Shasta eBook

Author : Joaquin Miller
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 29,52 MB
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752435933

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Reproduction of the original: Shadows of Shasta by Joaquin Miller

Author : Jeff Moore
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 42,80 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738555645

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California's northeastern corner is dominated by the 14,162-foot-tall presence of Mount Shasta. On the southeastern flank of the great mountain lies the picturesque town of McCloud. The McCloud River Railroad established its operational headquarters in the town in 1897. The next seven decades saw the railroad and the affiliated McCloud River Lumber Company carve hundreds of miles of railroad into the pine forests and lava beds east of McCloud, eventually reaching as far as Lookout to the east and the Burney Basin to the south. The McCloud River Railroad eked out a living hauling lumber, diatomaceous earth, and occasional tourists until 1992, when the new McCloud Railway Company purchased the property. In 1996, the new owners launched the Shasta Sunset Dinner Train to supplement the declining freight business. Economic conditions forced the railroad to abandon the entire railway east of McCloud in 2006, but the dinner train has kept rolling, keeping the rails west of McCloud shiny.

Author : Donovan L. Hofsommer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781603441278

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Don Hofsommer chronicles the twentieth-century history of a transportation giant. Here is a story of divestiture and merger, Sunset Route, and Prosperity Special. " . . . a treasure house of information about the Southern Pacific Company . . . . This book is a joy to read."--Richard C. Overton, from the Foreword

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0760347360

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This richly illustrated encyclopedia of classic and contemporary railroads features histories of 101 U.S. and Canadian railroads past and present. It is the go-to resource for railfans of all stripes.

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 31,49 MB
Release : 2013-10-20
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1610589106

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The history of railroading in North America is as much a story of boardroom intrigue as it is a story of the brute force that stamped thousands of miles of train track across a rugged continent. Today’s nine U.S. and Canadian Class I railroads are the result of well over a century of convoluted bankruptcies, mergers, acquisitions, and expansions. North American Railroad Family Trees marks the first time in book form that this major aspect of railroad history has been presented in a clear, graphic format, helping the railfan make sense of the many smaller train lines that shaped North American rail as it is today. In these pages, renowned rail author Brian Solomon takes a visual and chronological approach, presenting 50 “family trees” in the style of human lineages. The story begins with the railroads of the “Golden Age” (1890–1930), continuing through the second wave of consolidations between the World Wars, the merger mania of the 1950s through the 1970s, the creation of major passenger networks, and the megamergers of the last three decades that have left railroading close to its current incarnation. Solomon even offers a selection of maps tracing the evolution of the North American rail system and diagrams proposing what-if scenarios for the industry’s future. Including chapter-by-chapter narrative overviews of key eras, along with a selection of rare photography and period advertising to lend historical context, North American Railroad Family Trees provides an unprecedented retrospective of the continent’s iconic rail network.