The Oregonian railway [electronic resource] / Ed Austin.

Author
Austin, Ed. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, c2014.
Description
1 online resource (127 p.) : chiefly ill., maps

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  • Images of rail
  • Images of America
Summary note
To those with an interest in railroad history in the United States, mention of the words "narrow gauge" may bring to mind the extensive three-foot-gauge railroads of Colorado and Utah or perhaps the famous two-foot-gauge lines in Maine. However, few would think first of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Nonetheless, between 1877 and 1893, an extensive narrow-gauge railroad developed in Oregon--one that had aspirations of crossing the Cascade Mountains and connecting with the Central Pacific Railroad, thus giving Oregon its first access to the transcontinental railroad system. It is this railroad system, from its inception in 1877 to the present day, that Ed Austin explores herein.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 127).
Other title(s)
Images of America: a history of American life in images and texts.
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