Hardcover; Hardcover in clear plastic dust jacket. Color photo illustrated boards noticeably rubbed at lower edges. Text pages are clean. Large fold out map in rear pocket is in nice condition. Clear plastic cover is intact, light rubbing and soil. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; B/w,color Phot; 4TO.

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Title: THE RAINBOW ROUTE AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE SILVERTON RAILROAD, SILVERTON NORTHERN RAILROAD SILVERTON, GLADSTONE & NORTHERLY
Publisher: Sundance Publications
Publication Date: 1979
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0913582123
ISBN 13: 9780913582121
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: Fourth Printing.
Condition: Very Good-
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-

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Handsomely done history of the Silverton Railroad, the Silverton Northern Railroad, and the Silverton, Gladstone and Northern Railroad. Provides a fascinating and detailed look at how Otto Mears and Charles Wingate Gibbs built the railroads in the face of natural obstacles and financial troubles, kept the lines running despite government interference, and provided jobs and transportation for the mines and hundreds of thousands of residents for decades. The history of the entire San Juan mining region (from the stagecoach era on) is woven into the narrative so that the railroads are looked at in the context of their crucial importance to the mines and to the growing communities that included women and children. Illustrated throughout with a mix of vintage black and white photos (many by William H. Jackson; the one of Otto Mears and Chief Ouray of the Utes is amazing) and full color modern era photos. Includes detailed schematic scale drawings of locomotives and rolling stock which shoul

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