Alamosa, Salida & the Valley Line (Narrow Gauge Collection) - Hardcover

Dorman, Richard L. (compiled By)

 
9780961665654: Alamosa, Salida & the Valley Line (Narrow Gauge Collection)

Synopsis

Volume 4 in Richard Dorman's authoritative pictorial history of the Rio Grande Southern. This volume surveys, with rare photos, the explosive growth in the Alamosa and Salida area. The chapters cover north from Antonito to Alamosa, the shops, passenger and freight equipment, and yard facilities of Alamosa (the Fourth Division), the La Veta Pass, the Crede branch, the Valley Line, Salida (including the roundhouse), Monarch Turn, Marshall Pass, Canon City and Florence, the Calumet branch, and work equipment at Salida. Illustrated throughout with black and white and some color photos. With maps. 223 pages. Oversized (12"x9").

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