Logging Railroads of Humboldt and Mendocino Counties

Logging Railroads of Humboldt and Mendocino CountiesLocomotive steam whistles echo no more in the forests of the north California coast. A century ago, Humboldt and Mendocino Counties had more than 40 railroads bringing logs out of the forest to mills at the water s edge. Only one single railroad ever connected to the outside world, and it too is gone. One railroad survives as the Skunk Train in Mendocino County, and it carries tourists today instead of lumber. Redwood and tan oak bark were the two

Locomotive steam whistles echo no more in the forests of the north California coast. A century ago, Humboldt and Mendocino Counties had more than 40 railroads bringing logs out of the forest to mills at the water s edge. Only one single railroad ever connected to the outside world, and it too is gone. One railroad survives as the Skunk Train in Mendocino County, and it carries tourists today instead of lumber. Redwood and tan oak bark were the two products moved by rail, and very little else was hauled other than lumberjacks and an occasional picnic excursion for loggers families. Economic depressions and the advent of trucking saw railroads vanish like a puff of steam from the landscape."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 01/28/2013
ISBN: 9780738596211
Pages: 127
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d