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The intriguing story of the four short-line railroads that operated in the Merced River Canyon and served the logging and cement industries that once operated in the Yosemite Valley as well as bringing tourists to the National Park. The railroads (the Yosemite Valley Railroad, the Yosemite Lumber Co., the Yosemite Portland Cement Corp., and the Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Co. opened up the country, provided thousands of jobs, and demonstrated the ingenuity of engineers and lumberjacks alike when faced with some of the most challenging territory in the country. Illustrated throughout with over 400 black and white photos and drawings as well as several maps (including a two-page spread on the end papers showing all four railroads ). 206 pages.