Narrow Gauge SOUTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD train book RR

South Pacific Coast:
An Illustrated History of the
Narrow Gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad,
1968

by
Bruce A. MacGregor

     For fifty years one of the most scenic California Railroad Routes was the Narrow Gauge South Pacific Coast, running from Santa Cruz to Alameda, with access to downtown Oakland. Built through unstable terrain, the SPC succeeded in hauling timber, farm products and mining material plus a brisk passenger business. Includes an equipment roster of Locomotives and Rolling Stock. With some information on the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and it's effect on the Railway, and schematics of both trains and stations. 

     It includes sections on: The Great Railroad Game in the Marsh; The Town that James G. Fair Built; How Hog Davis Won the Webster St. Bridge; SP - Last Line to Reach Santa Cruz; From the Lease of 1887; To the 1906 Earthquake; Roster; Index.

     The book has beige covers, measuring 8.75 by 11.25 inches; the book is beautiful with virtually no wear, minimal pencil mark to first page corner, tight binding, and like-new pages; the jacket is better-than-average with three small tears and rubbing at the top of the spine, small crease at top-left cover edge, some minimal bumping at extremities, and a few minimal scuffs. Condition overall is Very Good+.

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