Motor No. 1 "Black Maria" on a Muir Woods shuttle or work train assignment and Engine No. 5 with train on the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway at Mesa Station taking on water before resuming its uphill push at the Double Bow-Knot, half way up Mount Tamalpais
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circa 1906 1983
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Mill Valley Public Library Trans-Anglo Books Division of Interurban Press P.O. Box 6444 Glendale, CA 91205
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At the left of the photo, Motor No. 1 "Black Maria", probably on a Muir Woods shuttle or work train assignment, is drawing up one 4-wheel track car and pushing a primitive gravity car with back to back seating. In the center of the photo, Engine No. 5 with train of two open air passenger railroad cars, takes on water before resuming its push uphill at Mesa Station on Double Bow Knot on half way up Mount Tamalpais. The engine is emitting steam. The water tower may be seen in the background. Two railroad workers are sitting on Motor No. 1. Passengers may be seen on the train. One person is standing in the shrubbery in the foreground. The peak of Mount Tamalpais may be seen in the background.
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