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Nor-Cal Shortline
Books & Videos

This is a quick reference listing of books and videos covering Northern California Shortlines.
Some are currently available, while others may be out of print.
If you know of any more that should be added, please email me.

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Books:

A Centennial - South Pacific Coast, Macgregor-Truesdale


Amador Central Railroad, Deborah Coleen Cook


American River Canyon, Rodi Lee & Mike Lynch
        Mountain Quarries RR


A Tale Of Two Cities And A Train, Jaunita Kennedy Browne
	Nevada County Narrow Guage


Birth Of California Narrow Guage, Bruce MacGregor
	South Pacific Coast


Bonanza Railroads, Gilbert H. Kneiss
	San Francisco & San Jose, Sacramento Vly, Nevada Co Narrow Guage, Sacramento Placer & Nevada,
 	California Central


California Central Coast Railways, Rick Hamman
	Molino Timber, Loma Prieta Lumber

 
California Heritage: A History of Northern California Lumbering, William Hutchinson
	Sierra Lumber


California's Locomotives: Shortline Steam in the Golden State, Joseph Strapac
        Many Northern California shortline rod engines covered.


California's Locomotives: ALCo and GE Shortline and Industrial Diesels, Strapac


California's Lumber Shortline Railroads, Jeff Moore


California's Tidewater Shortlines, Norman Holmes
        Tidewater Southern, CCT, STE, Oakland Terminal, Howard Terminal, ABL, State Belt


Cars Of The Sacramento Northern, Ira Swett
	Sacramento Northern


Central California Traction, Stanley-Moreau
	Central California Traction


Crookedest Railroad In The World, Wurm-Graves
	Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods


Donner Pass, John Signor
	small amount on Mountain Quarries, Birce & Smart, Towle Bros


El Dorado Narrow Guage, Mallory Hope Ferrell
	Diamond & Caldor


Empire, Francis
        Sugar Pine Ry, Empire City, Stanislaus Ry.  Standard Lumber pre Pickering


Fruit Growers Supply Company, Tim Purdy
	Fruit Growers


Hetch Hetchy And Its Dam Railroad, Ted Wurm
	Hetch Hetchy


Last Of The Three Foot Loggers, Allen Krieg
	West Side


Logging Railroads of Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, Katy Tahja


Mallets On The Mendocino Coast, Ted Wurm
	Caspar South Fork & Eastern


Matches, Flumes, and Rails, Kent Stephens
        Diamond Match, Sierra Lumber, Butte Co RR


Mt. Quarries Railroad 100 Yr Anniversary Special History Publication, Placer County Historical Foundation


Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway, Fred Runner


Napa Valley Route: Electric Trains & Steamers, Ira Swett & Harry Aitken Jr


Narrow Guage By The Crags, H.W.Trapnell
        MA Burns Lmbr, Castle Crag Lmbr


Narrow Guage Nostalgia, George Turner
	Diamond & Caldor, Merced Gold Mine, Nevada Co Narrow Guage


Narrow Guage Portrait South Pacific Coast, Bruce MacGregor


Narrow Guage Railway Scenes, Adolf Hungry Wolf
        photos of NCNG, Mich-Cal, Diamond & Caldor, West Side and many other lines


Narrow Guage To The Redwoods, Dickinson-Wurm-Graves
	North Pacific Coast


Nevada County Narrow Guage, Gerald Best
	Neveda Co Narrow Guage


Never Come Never Go, Robert Wyckoff
	Nevada Co Narrow Guage


Northern California Railroads-The Silver Age Vol 1&2, Fred Matthews
	Sacramento Northern, Modesto & Empire Traction, Tidewater Southern, Yreka Western,
	McCloud, California Western, Quincy, Feather River Ry, Pickering, West Side,
	Diamond & Caldor, Sierra and NWP


Northwestern Pacific Pictorial, Westley Fox
	NWP


Northwestern Pacific & Its Successors, Westley Fox
	NWP, Eureka Southern, California Northern, North Coast RR


Ocean Shore Railroad, Chris Hunter
	Ocean Shore


One Kids Pino Grande, Robert Ramsey
	Michigan-California Lumber


Pacific Slope Railroads, George Abdill
	San Francisco & San Jose, South Pacific Coast, California Pacific,
	Nevada Co Narrow Guage, Sacramento Valley, McCloud


Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad, John Schmale


Pine Across The Mountain, Robert M Hanft
	McCloud


Pino Grande, RS Polkinghorn
	Michigan-California Lumber, Camino Placerville & Lake Tahoe


Railroads Of Nevada County, Andrew Brandon


Railroads Of Nevada & Eastern California vol 1-3, David Myrick
	Sierra Valleys, Boca & Loyalton, Verdi Lumber, Hobart Estates,
	Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber, Lake Tahoe Ry & Transportation,
	Truckee Lumber, Clover Valley, Quincy, Fruit Growers, Red River Lmbr,
        Lassen Lumber & Box, Indian Valley, Feather River Lmbr, Feather River
        Railway, Butte & Plumas and much much more.


Railroads Of Placer County, Arthur Sommers & Roger Staub


Railroads Of The Yosemite Valley, Hank Johnston
	Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Lumber, Yosemite SugarPine Lumber, Yosemite Portland Cement


Rails Around Lake Tahoe, Ferrell


Rails Around McCloud, Jeff Moore
	McCloud


Rails In The Mother Lode, Adolf Hungry Wolf
	Sierra, West Side, Pickering, Hetch Hetchy


Rails In The Shadow Of MT Shasta, John Signor
	McCloud, Weed Lumber, Long-Bell Lumber


Rails To The Minarets, Johnston
        Sugar Pine Lumber, Minarets & Western


Red River, Robert M Hanft
	Red River Lumber, Almanor RR, Anderson & Bella Vista, Shasta Lumber


Redwood Railways, Gilbert Kneiss
	North Pacific Coast, Northwestern Pacific and all predecessors


Redwoods, Iron Horses & The Pacific, Spencer Crump
	California Western


Roaring Camp Railroads, Kifle & Goodman


Sacramento Northern, Harre Demoro


Sacramento Northern, Ira Swett
	Sac Northern and predecessors


Sacramento Northern Gallery, James Harrison
	Sac Northern


Sacramento Northern Railway, Paul Trimble
	Sac Northern and some Tidewater Southern, Central California Traction


Shortline Junction, Jack Wagner
	California Western, McCloud, Yreka Western, Quincy RR, Sierra


Shortline To Paradise, Hank Johnston
	Yosemite Valley


Sierra Railway, Dorothy Newell Deane
	Sierra, West Side, Standard Lumber


South Pacific Coast, Bruce MacGregor
	SPC


Souvenir Of A Visit to The Lake Spaulding-Drum Power Developement In The Sierra Nevada Region of California, PG & E
        PG & E railroads


SP's Shasta Division, John Signor
        McCloud, Weed Lumber, Long-Bell Lumber, Fruit Growers, LaMoine Lumber, Castle Cragg Lumber,
        Anderson & Bella Vista/California Shasta & Eastern, Iron Mountain, Sacramento Valley & Eastern,
        and so much more.


Steam Echoes, Glenn Beier
	photo album for Sierra, Pickering, West Side, Feather River Ry


Steam In The Redwoods, Sorensen-Carranao


Sugar Pine Railway Memories, Manny Marshall
	Sugar Pine, Pickering


The California Investment of The Diamond Match Company, William Hutchinson
	Diamond Match


The Last Whistle, Jack Wagner
	Ocean Shore


The Northwestern Pacific Railroad, Redwood Empire Route, Fred Stindt & Guy Dunscomb


The Northwestern Pacific Railroad Vol I & II, Fred Stindt


The Railroad That Lighted Southern California, Hank Johnston
	Big Creek, San Joaquin & Eastern, Shaver Lake


The Skunk Railroad, Spencer Crump
	Cal Western


The Slow, Tired & Easy Railroad, Olive Davis
	Stockton Terminal & Eastern

 
The State Belt, San Fracisco's Waterfront Railroad, Kaufman & Kaufman


The Sugar Pine Railway, Pam Connors/USGS
	Sugar Pine, Pickering


The Swayne Lumber Company, Beckstrom-Braun
        Swayne Lumber/Butte & Plumas


The West Branch Mill Of The Sierra Lumber Company, Andy Mark


The Whistles Blow No More, Hank Johnston
	Yosemite Lumber, Madera Sugar Pine, Sugar Pine Lumber, Minarets & Western


The Yreka Western Railroad, Kent Stephens
	Yreka Western


Thunder In The Mountains, Hank Johnston
	Madera Sugar Pine


Towle Brothers, Roger Staab


Trains To The Russian River, Fred Stindt
	North Pacific Coast, Northwestern Pacific


Trains To Yosemite, Jack Burgess
	Yosemite Valley


West Side-Narrow Guage In The Sierra, Mallory Hope Ferrell
	West Side Lumber


West Side Pictorial, Mallory Hope Ferrell
	West Side Lumber


When Steam Was King, Gerald French
	Sierra, Pickering, West Side, Empire City, Stanislaus Ry


Western Steam Pictorial, Dunscomb & Dunscomb
	Arcata & Mad River, Fruit Growers Supply, Lassen Lmbr & Box, McCloud, Modesto & Empire Traction
        Nevada Co Narrow Gauge, NWP, Pacific Lmbr, Pickering, Red River Lmbr, San Joaquin & Eastern, Sierra
        Swayne and much much more.


Yreka Western Railroad, Matt Starman & Tim Stricker




Videos:

America's Historic Steam Railroads: Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Guage Railroad, Goldhill Home Media


A Rough Cut Life: Logging Railroad Stories, Catenary Productions
      	West Side, Pickering, Diamond & Caldor, Hammond Lmbr


California Narrow Gauge, Morrison & MacGregor
         NPC and SPC


California Northern, Pentrex


California Northern vols 1-3, Bates Publishing


California Western Railroad, Pentrex


California's Baldwin Diesels, Pentrex
	Amador Central, Sierra


California's North Coast Logging Railroads, Catenary Productions
	Caspar South Fork & Eastern, Hammond, Pacific Lmbr, Arcata & Mad River, NWP, more


Caltrain: Destination San Francisco, Pentrex


Camino Quality-The Story Of Michigan-California Lumber, Take One Productions


Electric Rails Around The Bay, Charles Smiley Presents
	Sacramento Northern and others


From The Redwoods To The Boardwalk, Railway Productions
	Roaring Camp & Big Trees, Santa Cruz Big Trees & Pacific


Gears In The Woods, Sunday River Productions
	Feather River, McCloud, West Side, Pickering and others


Great Shortlines West,Charles Smiley Presents
        CORP, CCT, Amador Central, STE, Trona, MET and others


Heislers Shays & Other Teakettles, A & R Productions
	some West Side, Mt Tamalpais & Muir Woods


Last Run Of The Amador Central, Machines Of Iron


Logging In The Sierra, Pentrex
	West Side, Pickering


McCloud Railway, Machines Of Iron


McCloud River, Pentrex


McCloud 1994-1995 Freight Operations, Bates Publishing


McCloud Excursion Train, Bates Publishing


McCloud Shasta Sunset Dinner Train, Bates Publishing


McCloud Steam Returns To The McCloud, Bates Publishing


Napa Valley Wine Train, Pentrex


Narrow Guage Logging Railroads Of El Dorado County, Catenary Productions
	Diamond & Caldor, Michigan-California Lumber


Nevada County Narrow Gauge, Nevada County Historical Society-Video Division


North Coast Daylight, Bates Publishing
	Eureka Southern


Northwestern Pacific vol1, Machines Of Iron


Pickering's Sugar Pine, Pentrex


Pickering's sugar Pine, Catenary Productions


Rails To The Redwood Empire, Catenary Productions
	NWP, California Western


Sacramento Northern Railway in 1940, Catenary Productions


Sierra Railroad In Steam, Catenary Productions


Sierra Railroad, Machines of Iron


Sierra Railway, Greg Scholl Productions


Sierra Shortlines Vol 1 & 2, Catenary Productions
	Sierra, Yosemite Lmbr, Yosemite Valley, Amador Central, Hetch Hetchy, NCNG


The Feather River & Hillcrest, Sunday River Productions
	Feather River Ry


The Complete Sierra, Sunday River Productions
	Sierra, Yosemite Valley, Hetch Hetchy


The Complete West Side, sunday River Productions


The Sierra Railroad, Green Frog Productions


The Sierra Railroad, Machines Of Iron


Today's Northwestern Pacific, Pentrex


West Side, Pentrex


West Side, Catenary Productions


Willits To Eureka, DF & Associates
	California Western, Eureka Southern


Yolo Shortline, Machines Of Iron

 

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