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A locomotive engineer's album: the saga of steam engines in America - Abdill, George B.
The glory days of American steam locomotives are displayed in this gallery of historic black & white photos, collected by former Southern Pacific locomotive engineer George B. Abdill. These several dozen photos portray power units, railroad people, and the sights to be seen along the trackage.
Record Type: Library
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Cart - 1972-0056-0011
Wooden cart; small but vary heavy; board seat; open back; for either a single draft horse of ox; two spoked wheels; box probably "Brewster" green; appears to be a composite vehicle with the box being removable, attached by bolts; box frame extends only from square metal axle forward; frame and hubs faded red. "W.A. Cox" inscribed on left front outside vertical piece of wood. One right side panel, three lines: Top line, in white "C.H.C." Middle l...
Record Type: Object
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Every wheel that turns : spinning true tales of California rails - Edmisten, Donald D.
Engaging true life stories of life on the railroads in California. Includes brief visits to the Eel River Route, the Carlotta Daylight, the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Railroad, the Ringling Brothers circus trains, the Northwestern Pacific at night, and a trip on the El Cajon Flyer. The author was a rail inspector.
Record Type: Library
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Mack : driven for a century - Heilig, John
" 'Built like a Mack truck' has long been part of the American vernacular, and Mack's Bulldog trademark is an internationally recognized symbol of quality and toughness. This is the fascinating story of how a late- 1800s wagon-maker became one of today's premier heavy-truck manufacturers. At the dawn of the 20th Century, countless automobile 'manufacturer'" were springing up around America, mostly from backyard garages. But relatively few buil...
Record Type: Library
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Northwestern Pacific Railroad - Codoni, Fred
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad -- the Redwood Empire Route -- once stretched its shining track from Humboldt Bay to San Francisco Bay. Created by the amalgamation of 42 different companies, the North Coast railroad network ranged from the Sonoma Prismoidal, an early wooden monorail, to broad-gauge logging lines built to be hauled by horses. In between were the two-foot Sonoma Magnesite Railroad, the narrow-gauge North Pacific Coast, and standa...
Record Type: Library
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South Pacific Coast; an illustrated history of the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad - MacGregor, Bruce A.
A history of the South Pacific Coast Railroad, a narrow gauge steam railroad running between Santa Cruz and Alameda, California with a ferry connection in Alameda to San Francisco. Built by James G. Fair who made his fortune on the Comstock Lode, the railroad was a gamble that paid off well. This book describes the origins, construction and operation of the railroad, its clashes with the Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific, its positive econ...
Record Type: Library
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The log of Apollo : Joseph Perkins Beach's journal of the voyage of the ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco, 1849 - Beach, Joseph Perkins
First edition, limited to 550 copies printed by The Arion Press. As the son of the ship owner, supercargo and captain's clerk, Beach was in an advantageous position to be privy to many of the ship's activities. His comprehensive journal, published here for the first time, is accompanied by descriptions of Beach's career both before and after this trip. This is the first definitive biography of a member of the "Gold Rush Fleet."
Record Type: Library
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Wagon - 1972-0056-0004
Mud Wagon. Tall; box-like frame; concave upholstered top with no curtains or sides; three seats, the middle one upholstered and sits on the box with its sides on the outside of the box (not connected); an upturned front with a baggage compartment under the driver's seat; the back of the driver's seat is padded; rear slatted baggage carrier; thourough- wooden wheels. There are two pieces of decorated wood attached to iron rods that are attached t...
Record Type: Object
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Wagon - 1972-0056-0005
Mud Wagon. Tall; box-like body with four elliptical leaf springs; open sides; the remains of a fringe around the roof; three seats, all forward facing, for nine passengers; baggage carrier at rear with leather buckles for straps to secure baggage; flat wooden roof with iron support straps on wooden uprights and torn interior leather lining; roof baggage rail with front passenger rail but no heel rail; three reaches; right hand brake with wood and...
Record Type: Object
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Wagon - 1972-0056-0006
Spring Wagon. Narrow, rectangular box with black leather covered dash( which has on hole in top corners for the hand holds) and black upholstered seat back (seat has a trap for storage under top). There are metal rod arm rests, a step on the right brake shoe, a metal brake bar and a foot brake. The wheels are 2-piece bentwood construction with Sarven hubs. There are 2 reaches and elliptical leaf springs in the front and rear; the rear have two sp...
Record Type: Object
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Wagon - 1972-0056-0007
Mud Wagon. Tall; box-like frame with wooden back and roof and the remains of roll-down canvas sides, roof is built to overhang he rear baggage compartment which is made of redwood and suspended from chains (one is a recent repair): an iron rail goes around the top with space for passengers; the driver's seat is higher than the interior seats and has decorative wooden spindles behind it, between it and the passenger section; there is a wooden heel...
Record Type: Object
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Wagon - 1972-0056-0012
Mud Wagon. Tall; box-like frame; open sides with canvas curtains: four wooden spoke wheels: Sarven hubs with sandboxes on all four wheels; front and rear elliptical leaf springs and axle side leaf springs, plus front and rear coiled springs with leather straps to control range of spring; wooden slat roof, canvas covered with iron rod sun shade frame over driver's seat; driver's seat padding (back) shredded, with horse-hair showling; brackets for ...
Record Type: Object
