Pacific Slope Railroads From 1854 to 1900 – Abdill, George B. Weekendaanbieding

It has been 64 years since old Engine No. 1 of the San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad panted in from a thirty-five mile an hour flight over the windswept sands and had its picture taken. But to untold thousands the day might have been last week. In the minds of such enthusiasts steam railroads live in lively imagination forever. After the hearty welcome of Geo. B. Abdill’s first picture history, “This Was Railroading,” the author turns to the fortunes and fates of the railroads of the Old West. Dri…