Yreka Western Railroad

2011

Author: Matt Starman

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

ISBN: 0738574309

Category: Transportation

Page: 132

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The city of Yreka was determined to have a railroad. When the Southern Pacific Railroad decided in 1883 to bypass Yreka, the citizens constructed their own railroad known as the Yreka Railroad Company. This railroad managed to eke out a living over the next few decades. In the 1930s, the railroad was reincorporated as the Yreka Western Railroad. By the mid-1930s, the railroad went bankrupt and was forced into receivership, and a new manager was put in charge. Through perseverance of the new manager, the railroad began to grow and prosper. By the late 1970s, the railroad once again started to decline, but as in the past, it managed to hold on. In 1986, the railroad started an excursion train known as the "Blue Goose," and steam locomotive No. 19 was added in 1989. Throughout all the hardships, the railroad still continues today and has been given the nickname "the Little Railroad that Refuses to Die."

Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History

1986

Author: Donald B. Robertson

Publisher: Caxton Press

ISBN: 0870043854

Category: Railroads

Page: 380

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This book includes 368 pages of maps, photographs and technical data on the history of railroading in California. There are detailed reports on dates of operation, mergers, miles of track, maximum grade, gauge and rail weight. It also includes the histories of thousands of locomotives.

Mid-Sized and Manageable Track Plans

2003

Author: Iain Rice

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.

ISBN: 0890246238

Category: Crafts & Hobbies

Page: 94

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Use modules, linked dioramas, and stacking concepts to fit a model railroad into a small sapce. Color plans, layout specifications, and prototype background included. By Iain Rice.

The Yreka Western Railroad

1992

Author: Kent Stephens

Publisher:

ISBN: LCCN:93194550

Category: Railroads

Page: 23

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Yreka Western Railroad

1960

Author: Stanley T. Borden

Publisher:

ISBN: OCLC:58880181

Category: Railroads

Page: 16

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Interstate Commerce Commission Reports

1969

Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

Publisher:

ISBN: UOM:39015024019666

Category: Interstate commerce

Page: 1124

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The Western Railroader, for the Western Railroad Fan

1971

Author:

Publisher:

ISBN: UCSC:32106005455578

Category: Railfans

Page:

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American Shortline Railway Guide

1996

Author: Edward A. Lewis

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.

ISBN: 0890242909

Category: Railroads

Page: 372

View: 978

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This edition lists nearly 600 shortline and regional railroads in the United States and Canada. Includes the history, radio frequency, locomotive roster and other information for each line as well as diesel profiles and a listing of past shortlines.