Narrow Gauge on the Net



Tourist railroads
Carson & Colorado Railway
Nevada-California-Oregon Railway
Eureka & Palisade Railroad
Lake Tahoe Railways
Narrow Gauge Maps
Links To Other Places







The Central Pacific & The Southern Pacific Railroads. Lucius Beebe. Howell-North Books, 1963. 631 pages.

Narrow Gauge Nostalgia. George Turner. Trans Anglo Books. 1971. 160pages.

Narrow Gauge Railways in America. Grahame Hardy and Paul Darrell, editors. G.H. Hardy Books, 1949. 101 pages.

Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California. David F. Myrick. University of Nevada Press, 1992. 2 Volumes. 933 pages.

Slim Rails Through the Sand. George Turner. Trans-Anglo Books, 1964. 104 pages.

Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge. Mallory Hope Ferrel. Pacific Fast Mail, 1982. 272 pages.

Steamcars to the Comstock. Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg. Howell-North Books, 1957. 108 pages.



The line of the Carson and Colorado in the years 1880-1900.

Map of the original Carson and Colorado Railroad.


Museums


Laws Railroad Museum. Laws, California. 93514 A small museum built around the old Laws depot. A locomotive, Southern Pacific NG 4-6-0 #9 rolling stock and much railroad equipment. Phone (619) 873-5950.

Nevada State Railroad Museum. Carson City, Nevada 89701. Mainly devoted to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, but many artifacts of other Nevada railroads. Phone (702) 687-6953.

California State Railroad Museum. Old Sacramento, Sacramento, California 95814. One of the world's great RR Museums. It has a couple of the original C&C freight cars in the collection. Phone (619) 448-4466.

Ardenwood Historic Farm. Fremont. California 94538. This park contains some railroad artifacts from the South Pacific Coast Railroad and Carter Brothers Car Shops. A Combine from the C&C is included. N&C boxcars(3) and a N&C caboose round out the collection. Phone (510) 796-0663.

Travel Town. Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California. A collection of locomotives and rolling stock that includes a bunch of Southern Pacific narrow gauge cars. Phone (213) 662-5874.

Mt. Montgomery Pass in later times.
Mt. Montgomery Pass in later times.

Former Florence & Cripple Creek and N-C-O Ry. locomotive operating on the S.P.N.G.
Former Florence & Cripple Creek and N-C-O locomotive ended up on the S.P. Narrow Gauge. No. 22 gets some attention in 1938. Moody Railroad Photos.