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Niles Canyon Railways by Henry Luna and The Pacific Locomotive Association (2005, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-100738529834
ISBN-139780738529837
eBay Product ID (ePID)45330713
Product Key Features
Book TitleNiles Canyon Railways
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Railroads / History, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Railroads / Pictorial
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, Photography, History
AuthorHenry Luna, The Pacific Locomotive Association
Book SeriesImages of Rail Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-920898
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal385.09794/65
SynopsisAll aboard for this photographic journey through the unique railroad history of Niles Canyon, near the city of Fremont. The melodic wail of the steam whistle first echoed off these canyon walls in 1866 when the Western Pacific Railroad laid track into Niles as part of a planned route from San Jose to Sacramento. That was three years before the transcontinental route from Sacramento to Omaha was completed in May 1869. Four months after the driving of the Golden Spike that joined the eastern and western United States by rail, the connecting route from Sacramento to Oakland through Niles Canyon was finished the very last leg of a rail route that truly joined the Atlantic to the Pacific waters for the first time.", All aboard for this photographic journey through the unique railroad history of Niles Canyon, near the city of Fremont. The melodic wail of the steam whistle first echoed off these canyon walls in 1866 when the Western Pacific Railroad laid track into Niles as part of a planned route from San Jose to Sacramento. That was three years before the transcontinental route from Sacramento to Omaha was completed in May 1869. Four months after the driving of the Golden Spike that joined the eastern and western United States by rail, the connecting route from Sacramento to Oakland through Niles Canyon was finished--the very last leg of a rail route that truly joined the Atlantic to the Pacific waters for the first time., All aboard for this photographic journey through the unique railroad history of Niles Canyon, near the city of Fremont. The melodic wail of the steam whistle first echoed off these canyon walls in 1866 when the Western Pacific Railroad laid track into Niles as part of a planned route from San Jose to Sacramento. That was three years before the tran
LC Classification NumberTF24.C3L86 2005
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