Yosemite Valley Railroad

Yosemite Valley Railroad

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Publication Date: 23rd August 2010

The Yosemite Valley Railroad was constructed as a badly needed conveyance to Yosemite Valley in the days before the automobile. Visitation to Yosemite had been small, and the federal government wished to introduce the new park system to the public. A railroad through the Merced River Canyon from Merced was the answer to the challenging terrain. Thousands of acres of virgin timber forest and other natural resources along the way supported the building and operation of this rail line. From l906 until World War II, timber, gold, barium, limestone, freight, and visitors rode the rails to Yosemite ... Read More
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The Yosemite Valley Railroad was constructed as a badly needed conveyance to Yosemite Valley in the days before the automobile. Visitation to Yosemite had been small, and the federal government wished to introduce the new park system to the public. A railroad through the Merced River Canyon from Merced was the answer to the challenging terrain. Thousands of acres of virgin timber forest and other natural resources along the way supported the building and operation of this rail line. From l906 until World War II, timber, gold, barium, limestone, freight, and visitors rode the rails to Yosemite ... Read More
Description
The Yosemite Valley Railroad was constructed as a badly needed conveyance to Yosemite Valley in the days before the automobile. Visitation to Yosemite had been small, and the federal government wished to introduce the new park system to the public. A railroad through the Merced River Canyon from Merced was the answer to the challenging terrain. Thousands of acres of virgin timber forest and other natural resources along the way supported the building and operation of this rail line. From l906 until World War II, timber, gold, barium, limestone, freight, and visitors rode the rails to Yosemite National Park on this line.
Details
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of Rail
  • Publication Date: 23rd August 2010
  • State: California
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738581118
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Author Bio
Author Leroy Radanovich, a photographer, writer, historian, and lifelong resident of Mariposa County, presents more than 200 images following the lifespan of the Yosemite Valley Railroad from his personal archives and from the collections of Gerald Williams and Eileen Milburn. Radanovich personally saw the trains in operation and has known many of the people who lived and worked in Yosemite, El Portal, and the Merced River Canyon, bringing to this volume a firsthand knowledge of the events that shaped the area.
The Yosemite Valley Railroad was constructed as a badly needed conveyance to Yosemite Valley in the days before the automobile. Visitation to Yosemite had been small, and the federal government wished to introduce the new park system to the public. A railroad through the Merced River Canyon from Merced was the answer to the challenging terrain. Thousands of acres of virgin timber forest and other natural resources along the way supported the building and operation of this rail line. From l906 until World War II, timber, gold, barium, limestone, freight, and visitors rode the rails to Yosemite National Park on this line.
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of Rail
  • Publication Date: 23rd August 2010
  • State: California
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738581118
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Author Leroy Radanovich, a photographer, writer, historian, and lifelong resident of Mariposa County, presents more than 200 images following the lifespan of the Yosemite Valley Railroad from his personal archives and from the collections of Gerald Williams and Eileen Milburn. Radanovich personally saw the trains in operation and has known many of the people who lived and worked in Yosemite, El Portal, and the Merced River Canyon, bringing to this volume a firsthand knowledge of the events that shaped the area.