Lee Street Locale engine No. 6 and train at the Mill Valley Depot
Creator
Roy D. Graves collection
Contributor
Lucretia Little
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1906 1954 1960 1983
Publication Information
Mill Valley Public Library The Academy Library Guild, Fresno, California. Second Revised Edition by Howell-North Books, 1050 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94710; Trans-Anglo Books Division of Interurban Press P.O. Box 6444 Glendale, CA 91205
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Description
Lee Street Local engine No. 6 and train at the Mill Valley Depot. This small train carried commuters and shoppers up Corte Madera Creek to Lee Street. The fare was five cents. Engineer Bonner Whitcomb, left, and 17 year old conductor Cliff Graves, with dog Spot, pose beside their "dinky".
Railroads Railroad locomotives Railroad passenger cars Railroad stations Open air passenger railroad cars Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway Bonner Whitcomb Cliff Graves
Place
Mill Valley (Calif.)
Source
Selected photograph from page 63 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by T.G. Wurm and A.C. Graves Selected photograph from page 49 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by Ted Wurm and Al Graves
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