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Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad: The Nevada Short Line
by Phil Serpico
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0884180174
- ISBN 13
- 9780884180173
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Omni Publications. Hardcover. New. An historical account of the iconic T&T (1907-1940), the epitome of desert railroading. This line was originally built by Francis Marion Smith of the famed Twenty Mule Team operations to haul his wealth of borax from the depths of Death Valley, California. It also served as a connecting line to the gold and silver mines of southern Nevada and in later times thrived as a shipper of talc and clay. Included in this title is information about other Death Valley railroads including the 'baby gauge' railroads at Ryan, as well as the Bullfrog Goldfield, Las Vegas & Tonopah, Tecopa, Borate & Dagget, and the Ludlow & Southern. Within the 296 pages are nearly 500 B&W photographs and illustrations, timetables and maps. 60 color pages of ephemera and a comprehensive locomotive, rolling stock and station name roster. Contents: Foreword and Acknowledgements, pp. 7-8, Smith, Borax and Friends, pp. 9-26, The Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, pp. 27-196, A Tale of Two Ryans, pp. 197-249, Appendix, pp. 250-285, Bibliography, pp. 286-288, Index, pp. 289-296. This would make a very interesting model railroad. Printed on high-quality paper stock. Omni Publications, hardcover with color jacket, 296 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., over 500 B&W and Color photographs and illustrations.
Reviews
On Mar 7 2014, a reader said:
Serpico has his weaknesses as a researcher and writer. This is certainly not a comprehensive history. But then, comprehensive rail historys have no market and Serpico would have had to self publish such an epic work. Serpico's present book abundantly overcomes its faults with excellent photos, a grand Death Valley area railroadia with tickets, forms, maps, time tables, company passes and much more. I heartily recommend this as the best T&T book ever published (despite it's faults). I purchased one of the very first copies and will buy more for family and friends. -- Art Rader, Las Vegas (Former Nevada journalist, former Nevada state legislator, BA-History, UNLV; writer of unpublished UNLV MA-History thesis on the same subject matter.)
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- Bookseller
- Arizona Hobbies LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- op173
- Title
- Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad: The Nevada Short Line
- Author
- Phil Serpico
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0884180174
- ISBN 13
- 9780884180173
- Publisher
- Omni Publications
- This edition first published
- 2013-01
- Bookseller catalogs
- Omni Publications;
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