Tearing up the tracks of the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad
Creator
Roy D. Graves
Contributor
Lucretia Little
Date Created and/or Issued
1930 1954, 1960, 1983 1997
Publication Information
Mill Valley Public Library The Academy Library Guild, Fresno, California. Second Revised Edition Howell-North Books; Trans-Anglo Books Division of Interurban Press P.O. Box 6444 Glendale, CA 91205; Potrero Meadow Publishing Company, P.O Box 269, Mill Valley, CA 94942 (415) 454-2769
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Description
Workers tearing up the tacks for the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad, the crookedest railroad in the world. The photo was shot about a half mile down the grade from Summit Avenue horseshoe curve. The summit of Mount Tamalpais is visible in the background. Engine #8 is visible just ahead of the work train. Railroad tracks and ties are being loaded on a flat car.
Railroads Railroad ties Railroad tracks Employees Mountains Demolition Railroad workers Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad
Place
Mount Tamalpais
Source
Selected photograph from page 99 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by T.G. Wurm and A.C. Graves; Selected photograph from page 99 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by Ted Wurm and Al Graves; Selected photograph from page 119 of “Mill Valley The Early Years” by Barry Spitz;
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