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The mining in the areas covered in this volume-the East Central Cascade Mountains and the Wenatchee Mountains-played out much more successfully than their western counterparts and until fairly recently even saw commercial mining on a huge scale. An d yes, for each of those big strikes there are hundreds of smaller mines, everything from little glory holes to small working mines that actually showed their owners a profit. Plus, the mining activity in these areas predates the
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Bill Keublers carefully researched work on the Northern Pacifics luxurious named
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Noted authors Tom Dill and Jack Bowden give a historical look at SPs shortcut from the Overland line to Oregon; the Modoc Line. This tortuous line, with its horseshoe curves, three-percent grades and helper districts made it a favorite with the rai lfans, but its remote northeast California location made it difficult to visit. This book is a must for SP modelers and fans as it covers an often overlooked, but spectacular area of the railroad. Hardbound, 352
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It's hard to imagine an area better suited for railroad logging than the park-like pine forests of south-central Oregon, a gently rolling country where railroads could be built with a minimum of cost. During the first half of the 20th century more than two dozen rail lines were pushed into the forests of Klamath, Deschutes, Lake and Jackson Counties. For over 90 years, companies like Algoma, Pelican Bay, Lamm, Ewana Box, Shaw-Bertram, Kesterson, Wheeler-Olmstead,
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A collection of over 400 photographs taken by various photographers of a variety of different railroad
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