The Pacific Coast Railway: Central California's Premier Narrow Gauge |  | Authors: Kenneth E. Westcott, Curtiss H. Johnson
Publisher: Benchmark Publications, Ltd.
Category: Book
Buy New: $64.95
New (2) Used (8) from $64.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2140158
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 296
ISBN: 0961546743
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.5209794
EAN: 9780961546748
ASIN: 0961546743
Publication Date: October 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new in publisher's wrap. This is the new 2007 printing.
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Great book!!!!! April 18, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll keep it short and sweet. This is a b-e-a-utiful book!!
For history buffs, modelers, or just good ol' train lovers!!
I hope they do print more, cuz I'm spreadin' the word about this book!
Hats off to Kenneth and Curtiss and all involved!!!
Why review an out of print book? April 10, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I not only can recommend this book, but also feel it's a shame that such a wonderful book about California's Central Coast Narrow Gauge railroad is difficult to find, let alone buy. The 2nd printing has all but been sold out, and for many modelers and train buffs alike, are missing one of the finest books on narrow gauge railroads. Please help many enthusiasts, and yourself, to obtain this book by requesting Benchmark Publications, LTD to publish a third printing. You won't be sorry!
"...the finest modeling oriented railroad book we have seen. July 5, 1999
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
"We tend to assume Benchmark will provide top quality photo reproduction, paper, print quality, page design, and typography. The book justifies that assumption. We tend to assume any book by Benchmark will include an accurate history and comprehensive photographic documentation of the railroad it covers. It does."But The Pacific Coast Railway goes beyond that. It includes what may be the most extensive collection of photos, track plans, illustrations, and structure, rolling stock, and locomotive drawings to appear in a single volume about a single railroad. The book contains most extant photos of the line and drawings of almost every siding, spur, and yard. It includes plans of nearly all of the significant PC-related structures, passenger cars, and freight cars, along with drawings of all but two locomotives. For those unfamiliar with it, the PC was a three foot gauge commom carrier running between the village of Los Olivos, California (about 60 miles north of Santa Barbara) and the wharf at San Luis Bay and an interchange with the Southern Pacific at San Luis Obispo. It began operations in 1876; the last train ran in 1940. "The Pacific Coast Railway: Central California's Premier Narrow Gauge is as fine a railroad book as you will find, bar none. It earns our highest rating. It is superb." --Finescale Railroader Magazine Feb-Mar/99
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