Chevy pickup truck next to locomotive engine No. 7 and train of the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway at the summit of Mount Tamalpais
Creator
Al Graves
Contributor
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1923 1983 1997
Publication Information
Mill Valley Public Library 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
Chevy pickup truck filled with boxes or crates next to engine No. 7 and open air passenger car on the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway near the summit of Mount Tamalpais. One man is sitting in the driver's seat of the pickup truck with arm extended towards the train talking with two men standing next to the train. Another man is standing on the other side of the pickup truck. Steam is arising from the locomotive smokestack. The open air passenger railroad car is filled with passengers. The lookout tower may be seen in the background on the peak of Mount Tamalpais. Part of some other empty railroad passenger cars may be seen on the left of the photo. The Tavern fire ruins are behind the locomotive.
Railroads Railroad passenger cars Railroad locomotives Mountains Automobiles Trucks Pickup trucks Open air passenger railroad cars Mountain peaks Mountain railroads Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad Chevrolet
Place
Mount Tamalpais
Source
Selected photograph from page 86 of "The Crookedest Railroad in the World" by Ted Wurm and Al Graves Selected photograph from page 118 of "Mill Valley The Early Years" by Barry Spitz;
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