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The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton, California and runs up steep grades through redwood forests to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of 3.25 miles (5.23 kilometers).
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The Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway was a scenic tourist railway operating between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California, covering a distance of 8.19 miles (13.18 km), with a 2.88-mile (4.63 km) spur line to the Muir Woods. [1]
Its partner line, the Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, is a heritage railroad. The Beach Train uses diesel locomotives to haul vintage passenger cars over an 8-mile (13-kilometer) route between Felton, California, and Santa Cruz, California.
If you stay on board the entire 5 1/2-hour route, you'll travel through the wine country of the Hudson Valley and straddle the Hudson River, into the capital city of Albany, to the horse racing ...
Highlights: Check out Cass Scenic Railroad State Park at the trail's northern end and explore its lumber rail museum and company town. Scenic train rides are also available. Related: Spectacular ...
The Mount Lowe Railway was born from a desire of the Pasadena Pioneers to have a scenic mountain railroad to the crest of the San Gabriel Mountains. A trail had already been established to the peak of Mount Wilson, but that trip was arduous and often required more than a day to travel up and down.
A Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Co. log train climbing a steep grade near Sugar Pine, California, circa 1915. Due to the onset of the Great Depression and a lack of trees, the operation closed in 1931. But the graded right-of-way through the forest remained, enabling the Stauffer family to reconstruct a portion of the line in 1961.