Mill Valley Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad Double Bow Knot
Creator
A.C. Graves-Pennington Collection
Contributor
A.C. Graves-Pennington Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900 1983 1987 1954, Second Revised Edition 1960
Publication Information
Mill Valley Public Library The Academy Library Guild, Fresno, California. Second Revised Edition by Howell-North Books; Trans-Anglo Books Division of Interurban Press P.O. Box 6444 Glendale, CA 91205; Scottwall Associates, 95 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
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Description
Aerial view of the tracks of the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad, the crookedest railroad in the world. Photo shows the double bow knot configuration that allowed the train to wend up the mountain. Tiburon, Belvedere and Angel Island can be seen in the background.
Selected photograph from page 59 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by T.G. Wurm and A.C. Graves; Selected photograph from page 18 of “The Crookedest Railroad in the World” by Ted Wurm and Al Graves; Selected photograph from page 193 of “Mount Tamalpais A History” by Lincoln Fairley
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