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Shay engine No. 3 at the end of the Muir Woods Branch, stopped in front of the Muir Woods Inn at the edge of the canyon forest. Smoke and steam are seen rising up from the pipes sticking from the top of the smokestack are part of the mechanism of the "Porcupine" feedwater heater. Sign "Muir Woods" visible on side of open air passenger car. Notation at top of photo reads "Beautiful California, Muir Inn, Mt. Tamalpais, California. Trains of the "Crookedest Railroad in the World" climbed to the summit of Mount Tamalpais and coasted by gravity car to Muir Woods.
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