Short Line to Paradise The Story of the Yosemite Valley Railroad

Johnston, Hank

Verlag: Johnston & Howe, Long Beach, CA, 1962

B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The bottom edge of the front cover has discoloration where tape was removed from the edge. There is some light creasing / curling to the corners as well. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the half title page. "The Yosemite Valley Railroad (YVRR) was a short-line railroad that operated in California from 1907 to 1945, providing a new mode of travel and tourism for the region. It ran from Merced to the Yosemite National Park, but it did not extend to Yosemite Valley itself, as railroad construction was prohibited in the National Parks. [1] Tourists would disembark at the park boundary in El Portal, California and stay overnight at the Hotel Del Portal before taking a stagecoach to Yosemite Valley. The YVRR replaced the stagecoach routes that had dominated travel and tourism in the area since the mid-1870s. However, by the 1920s, the increasing popularity of automobiles had started to overtake the railroad in terms of tourist volume. By the 1940s, the completion of the Yosemite All-Year Highway and the decreased recreational passenger traffic due to World War II had all but eliminated demand for rail passenger service. " (from Wikipedia). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers A46157

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Short Line to Paradise The Story of the ...
Verlag: Johnston & Howe, Long Beach, CA
Erscheinungsdatum: 1962
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good-
Auflage: 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing.