MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02194cam a22003617a 4500
001 2008922703
003 DLC
005 20130518082226.0
008 080208s2009 scuab b 000 0 eng d
010 $a 2008922703
020 $a9780738559421 (pbk.)
020 $a0738559423 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn298843659
040 $aJRG$cJRG$dJRS$dCUV$dBTCTA$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
043 $an-us-ca
050 00 $aTF24.C3$bR86 2009
082 04 $a385.0979462$222
082 04 $a979.462
100 1 $aRunner, Fred.
245 10 $aMount Tamalpais scenic railway /$cFred Runner.
260 $aCharleston, SC :$bArcadia Pub.,$cc2009.
300 $a127 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aImages of rail
500 $aCaptioned photographs.
505 0 $aWhen steam climbed the mountain -- People make a railroad -- Marsh, Lee Street, and the Local -- Bridge 7 and beyond -- The double bow knot -- On to West Point -- The summit -- Rails to Muir Woods -- Burned and scrapped -- Epilogue.
520 $a"A hundred years ago, high on the summit of Mount Tamalpais, stood a grand lodge with a breathtaking view. For 33 years, elegantly dressed men and women came to visit on the gritty steam trains of a famous twisting railroad known affectionately as the Crookedest Railroad in the World. They could dine, dance, and spend the night, and in the morning coast down the mountain in a gravity car. The Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway had 281 curves in 8 1/5 miles. It had a branch into Muir Woods. It was built by business-minded conservationists in seven months in 1896 and climbed from a depot on the dirt streets of Mill Valley through a redwood forest and on to the rocky summit one-half mile above San Francisco Bay"--P. [4] of cover.
610 20 $aMt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad Co.
650 0 $aScenic railways$zCalifornia$zMarin County$vPictorial works.
651 0 $aMuir Woods National Monument (Calif.)$vPictorial works.
830 0 $aImages of rail.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008922703-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008922703-d.html