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The Eureka & Palisade Biggest Little Railroad in the World 2019 1st Ed - $69 (Folsom)
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By Gregory J Maxwell. 8.5x11", 450 photos and illustrations, 41 maps, 18 equipment drawings, rosters. 2019. "This new book tells the story of the narrow gauge Eureka & Palisade and its successor, the Eureka Nevada. Persevering through floods, fires, and the ebb and flow of the mining industry it served, the E&P was born in the bonanza era of Nevada mining and ran until the Great Depression and declining metal prices shut it down. Before that end, it hauled millions in gold, silver, and lead through the sagebrush covered hills of Nevada, cementing its place in the annals of great narrow gauge railroads. "The E&P used everything from brand new, ornately-painted Victorian era locomotives and cars, to a motley collection of secondhand, thirdhand, and homebuilt equipment to soldier on in the 1920s and ’30s. The saga of the E&P is told in exquisite detail these 10 chapters of comprehensive text. Contents Part The Eureka & Palisade Chapter Pittsburgh of the West, 1864-1873 Chapter A Magnificent Enterprise, 1873-1876 Chapter The “Three By Three,” 1876-1881 Chapter Hard Times and Mixed Trains, 1882-1902 Chapter High Water, 1902-1910 Part The Eureka Nevada Railway Chapter The John Sexton Years, 1912-1925 Chapter As Rich as Old Croesus, The Rise and Fall of the Eureka Smelting Company, 1917-1927 Chapter The Last Go–Around, 1927-1938 Chapter Timetables, Operations on the Narrow Gauge, 1874-1938 Chapter Mileposts, a Gazetteer of the Eureka & Palisade Appendices Locomotives Motorcars Passenger Cars Freight Cars Work & Company Cars Equipment Drawings Employees Map Index Index Bibliography
Great book for understanding the history of mining and railroads. Meticulously detailed with many photographs, maps and design plans. Entertaining read for anyone interested in history of mining and railroads. Detailed history of a narrow gauge railway.