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This long-awaited study, the magnum opus of a leading railroad historian, describes the conception, construction, and early operation of the first narrow gauge railroads in northern California. It is lavishly illustrated by some 600 photographs and drawings, almost three-quarters of which have never before been published. The topic is approached through an unusual lens: the history of the relatively small but extraordinarily inventive contracting and engineering firm of the brothers Thomas and Martin Carter. The Carters were able to reduce the cost and complexity of light railroad construction to the point where local narrow gauge lines could initially compete with the state's notorious railroad monopolies. Pioneering a mobile manufacturing operation that could supply locally funded short lines with rolling stock (which traditionally came from East Coast manufacturers), the Carter Brothers began with a line to serve Salinas Valley wheat farmers, desperate to achieve an independent means for conveying their crops to the wharf in Monterey. The narrow gauge railroad that resulted was an act of political and economic defiance, but ultimately a hopeless assault on the "Octopus"--the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads. Rallying around the example set in Monterey, a narrow gauge movement in California flourished in the mid-1870s, with the rapid launching of five more companies--the North Pacific Coast, the Santa Cruz Railroad, the Santa Cruz & Felton, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge, and the South Pacific Coast--all of which drew on the Carter Brothers for manufacturing and engineering. Soon. Thomas and Martin Carter were not only selling railroad supplies and engineering to all sixshort lines, but had won management positions with the strongest, the South Pacific Coast. Until personal and financial disaster overtook them in 1880, the Carters were at the forefront of not just a new business, but a new technology.

This is the first comprehensive, extensively illustrated account of the growth and decline of American narrow gauge railroading, a singular and still not fully understood episode in the history of American transportation.

Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow-Gauge Railroad - The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow-Gauge Railroad is a narrow gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton and up steep grades to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of about 2.5 miles.

Mount Gretna Narrow Gauge Railway - The Mount Gretna Narrow Gauge Railway was a 2 foot narrow gauge tourist railroad in the state of Pennsylvania that operated between 1889 and 1916. It was built by the Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad, who earlier had established a station and picnic ground at Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad - The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is a narrow gauge heritage railway running between Durango and Silverton, both of which are in the U.S.

Narrow gauge - Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) where the distance between the two parallel rails constituting the railway track (the track gauge) is less than the 1435 mm (4 ft 8.5 in) of standard-gauge railroads.

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