Talk:Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway

In response to my talk page inquiry
I recieved a message on my talk page asking me, as the initial author, placed a deletion tag. Here is my reason: The main reference is not at my house; i.e. I go to a friend's house to write it. And at the rate which we visit, and the rate people are contibuting to the article itself, it appears the article will never get completed.--Archeopteryx (talk) 00:18, 9 November 2008 (UTC)


 * What's the hurry? The article is already useful in its present state. I agree that more info would be welcome but don't feel time pressure. It is not unusual for an article to develop slowly or not at all for a long time, and then someone comes along who has the motivation and knowledge to flesh it out. --CodeGeneratR (talk) 04:06, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Present rails near east peak
I was up on Mt Tam today for the first time and noticed a shed, a set of rails, and a platform. Anyone know what it is? --CodeGeneratR (talk) 04:06, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * According to what I know, they took up all, if not 99% of the rails. But they still have they platform, as my friend says he saw it. Sorry, but all I can suspect of what you saw are just remaints of the scraping.--DocDeel516 discuss 05:57, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There was maybe 30 ft of rails by the platform. All of it looks pretty new BTW. Here is a link to my photo of the location:
 * http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr73/tracktango/p1030981.jpg --CodeGeneratR (talk) 06:01, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Shay Locomotive C/N 498
I believe some of the information on this railway's first locomotive is incorrect. This locomotive was built in 1896, so it couldn't have been displayed at the 1893 exposition. Shay locomotive C/N 450 was displayed at the exposition before delivery to Barre and Chelsea Railroad. Robert Dollar owned several lumber companies, and the first locomotive on this railway was destined for his Usal Lumber Company on Usal Creek rather than his Russian River sawmill. While awaiting delivery of locomotives on order C/N 498 was used briefly on this railway prior to being loaded aboard a lumber schooner for delivery to Usal. The Usal Lumber Company railroad was dismantled after the sawmill burned in 1902. This locomotive went to Washington, another locomotive went to Glenblair, California, and the rails went to Big River (California). The story is explained in more detail with references at the Usal Creek article. In the absence of objections, I propose to correct this article.Thewellman (talk) 00:26, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * DoneThewellman (talk) 17:19, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Concur. From the photos in The Crookedest Railroad in the World: An Illustrated History of the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway (Berkeley, CA, USA:  Howell-North, 1954), Lima Machine Works Serial No. 498 ran on the Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Ry. in her trade-show livery during her brief service on the line; from a Google search of "1897 exposition," it appears that 498 was built as a demonstration locomotive for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, one of many trade shows in the contiguous States that year.  B. C. Schmerker (talk) 05:01, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

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