Chris Hunter 128 pages
With one of the world's most scenic backdrops as a brilliant seascape
for passengers, the Ocean Shore Railroad skirted northern California's
coastline to service communities south of San Francisco for the first
two decades of the 20th century. As impressive as it was idealistic, the
line was held prisoner by natural forces that eventually took too much
of a toll to keep its striking route churning. Today's Highway 1 traces
the passage once paved with tracks, and points to the few remnants of
one of California's most well-known excursion lines.
