Niles Canyon Railways (Images of Rail)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.14 (510 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738529834 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Read the Book, Go Visit the Railway When the original Transcontinental railway was built (which runs right in front of my house), it wasn't really quite transcontinental. It stopped at Sacramento, California. From there passengers and freight had to transfer to riverboats to get the rest of the way to San Francisco.The route between Sacramento and San Francisco was completed just after the Golden Spike was driven and ran south from Sacramento to Tracy and then west over Altamont Pass through Niles Canyon to the town of Niles. From there it tied into other railroads that provide. Not my cup of tea. OZ Has Spoken! Unless you want to read about current rail history groups and organizations, this is not the book for you. I was expecting a book that could explain the development of the railways in the Niles and Niles Canyon area. Only minimal reference and historical development are included. Operational history of the railroads is nearly absent. This is a good book for those interested in rail preservation and current Niles Canyon area railfan projects.
About the Author The association has gathered over 200 images and provides learned commentary to document the canyon’s historic railways, the famous bandits and silent-era movie stars who once roamed there, and the unusual assortment of trains that makes up the present Niles Canyon Railway.
The association has gathered over 200 images and provides learned commentary to document the canyon’s historic railways, the famous bandits and silent-era movie stars who once roamed there, and the unusual assortment of trains that makes up the present Niles Canyon Railway.
The melodic wail of the steam whistle first echoed off these canyon walls in 1866 when the Western Pacific Railroad laid track into Niles as part of a planned route from San Jose to Sacramento. That was three years before the transcontinental route from Sacramento to Omaha was completed in May 1869. Four months after the driving of the Golden Spike that joined the eastern and western United States by rail, the connecting route from Sacramento to Oakland through Niles Canyon was finishedthe very last leg of a rail route that truly joined the Atlantic to the Pacific waters for the first time.. All aboard for this photographic journey through the unique railroad history of Niles Canyon, near the city of Fremont