. The Street railway journal . SINGLE-TRACK CONTACT-RAIL INSULATOR. TIE SPLIT OFF,BUT BLOCK AND TREE-NAIL UNINJURED Valley Junction. Mill Valley, familiarly termed The LittleSwitzerland in the guide books, is the lower terminus of thebroad-gage scenic steam railway that runs to the summit ofMt. Tamalpais, one of the most popular resorts in the vicinity. SINGLE-TRACK CONSTRUCTION, FENCED IN THROUGH STREETSIN SAN RAFAEL of San Francisco. The mountain is only 2592 ft. high, but onclear days its summit affords an excellent panoramic view ofSan Francisco Bay, the bay cities and the Pacific Ocean. E
. The Street railway journal . SINGLE-TRACK CONTACT-RAIL INSULATOR. TIE SPLIT OFF,BUT BLOCK AND TREE-NAIL UNINJURED Valley Junction. Mill Valley, familiarly termed The LittleSwitzerland in the guide books, is the lower terminus of thebroad-gage scenic steam railway that runs to the summit ofMt. Tamalpais, one of the most popular resorts in the vicinity. SINGLE-TRACK CONSTRUCTION, FENCED IN THROUGH STREETSIN SAN RAFAEL of San Francisco. The mountain is only 2592 ft. high, but onclear days its summit affords an excellent panoramic view ofSan Francisco Bay, the bay cities and the Pacific Ocean. Everymountain scenic railroad lays claim to some distinctive featureof construction, and the Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais ScenicRailway, in accordance with this fashion, is known as thecrookedest railroad in the world. This will be readily ap- January 2, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 7 predated after a glance at the view presented herewith. Theroad has an average grade of about 5 per cent, and in its 8 1-5miles it has 277 curves, at one point the track paralleling itselffive times, and being called the Double P>ow Knot. The railroad is owned by a separate corporation, and is to standard gage on 8-ft. x 6-in. x 8-in. redwood ties, spaced 2 to center. To accommodate the narrow-gage steamtrains which run from Sausalito
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