Name/Title
Railroad History 'South Pacific Coast', by Bruce A. MacGregor, 1968Entry/Object ID
2012.2.1Description
ACC. NO. 12.2.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION, RAILROADS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1968
OBJECT: BOOK
DESCRIPTION: A HARDBOUND BOOK WITH ORIGINAL DUST COVER, WHICH HAS A REPRODUCED ILLUSTRATION OF A STEAM TRAIN ENGINE AND THE CAPTION, "SOUTH PACIFIC COAST." BOOK WAS PUBLISHED BY HOWELL-NORTH BOOKS, BERKELEY, CA, 1968, BRUCE A. MACGREGOR.
SIZE: L 11-1/4" X W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE NARROW GAUGE SOUTH PACIFIC RAILROAD, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF SENATOR JAMES G. FAIR. THE TRAIN'S ROUTE BEGAN AT A MOLE IN THE WEST END OF ALAMEDA; ITS TERMINUS WAS SANTA CRUZ AND WAS LATER ABSORBED BY THE SOUTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD.
DONOR: ESTATE OF THE LATE EDWARD FOWLER.
CATALOGED: JANUARY 7, 2012
