Mountain Railroads

Mountain Railroads

By Sammi DiVito | November 5, 2018

| Last updated on January 10, 2023


Also in this issue:

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 16
SP’s Tehachapi Pass and Cuesta Grade

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 28
Milwaukee’s Pacific Extension; NP’s Mullan Pass

Tennessee Narrow Gauge, pg. 30
4-percent grades, 32-degree curves, and trim 4-6-0s on the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 36
Maine Central in Crawford Notch

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 38
Milwaukee’s Pacific Extension; NP’s Mullan Pass

Tennessee Narrow Gauge, pg. 50
4-percent grades, 32-degree curves, and trim 4-6-0s on the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 52
Maine Central in Crawford Notch

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 58
Western Maryland; Western Pacific

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 70
GN’s Cascade catenary; D&RGW’s Royal Gorge

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 78
Sacramento Northern in the Oakland Hills

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 96
Erie in western New York; Lackawanna in the Poconos

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 108
N&W’s Blue Ridge Grade

Mountain Railroads in Photos, pg. 122
CN in the Rockies

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