Kyle's Corner.

Occasionally we stumble upon an article, letter or other anecdote of interest to share with our visitors and other narrow gauge fans. If this is your first visit, Kyle's Corner has been aptly named after our good friend and occasional contributor: Kyle Wyatt, Curator of Technology at the California State Railroad Museum. Below you'll find this months entry and the previous entries below that.

Current Entry:

Illustration of Baldwin "Style 37" Locomotive Paint by David Fletcher.
Style 37 was used on Baldwin Locomotive Works "Delaware", one of their locomotives built for operation around the Phildelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876.

Archive:

The Home Of The Redwood
A Souvenir of the Lumber Industry of California.
By Redwood Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1897.

Informative book covering the Redwood industry in California, numerous photographs of mills, technique and railroads.

D.O. Mills Is Here On An Annual Visit.
Article mentions Mills' visit to the San Francisco area and erroniously mentions sale of Virginia and Truckee to the Southern Pacific. Rather, the Virginia and Truckee's 3' gauge Carson & Colorado was sold to the Southern Pacific.
San Francisco Daily Call.
March 18th, 1900

This Woman Is A Railroad President And The Railroad Earns A Dividend.
Article on Sarah Kidder, President of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge.
St. Paul Globe.
April 9th, 1905


Mono Railway (Early Monorail).
Daily Alta California.
April 5th, 1908.






Oregon's First Narrow Gauge Locomotive.
Daily Alta California.
November 11th, 1871.




Editors Note: The second locomotive mentioned in this article for the Seattle Coal Company is rumored to still exist, at the bottom of Lake Washington.
In January 1875, the sternwheeler Chehalis was rounding the northwest point of Mercer Island when a gale blowing from the south tipped the barge it was towing and sent 18 cars plunging into the lake.
They remain where they sank, well preserved in 200 feet of water, many of them upright and still carrying their cargoes of coal.



Report To The Section Boss, North Pacific Coast Railroad.
October 23rd, 1893
Richard J. (Dick) Lucas Collection.