词条 | Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad |
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logo_filename=| railroad_name=Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad| logo_size=| image = Mixed passenger and freight train from the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad makes its way across the Bear River bridge in 1895. Searls Library.jpg| caption = Mixed passenger and freight train on the Bear River bridge in 1895| locale=Northern California| start_year=1876| end_year=1942| successor_line=Abandoned| gauge={{RailGauge|3ft|lk=on}}| hq_city=Grass Valley, California| }}{{Routemap |navbar=asd |navbar pos=2 |title=Route |map= KBHFa~~ Colfax HST~~Oilville HST~~Smith Flat BS2+l\\BS2+r Chicago Park (after 1908)! !BHF\\BHF~~You Bet Colemans! !BHF\\BHF~~Chicago Park (before 1908) BS2l\\BS2r HST~~Storm's Picnic Grounds BHF~~Buena Vista HST~~Hatton BHF~~Cedar Kress BHF~~Grass Valley HST~~District Fair Grounds HST~~Glenbrook HST~~Town Talk HST~~Gold Flat KBHFe~~Nevada City }} The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad (NCNGRR) (nickname: Never Come, Never Go) was located in Northern California's Nevada County and Placer County, where it connected with the Central Pacific Railroad.[1] The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Company incorporated on April 4, 1874,[2] and was headquartered in Grass Valley, California. After two years of construction, passenger and commercial rail services began in 1876 and continued until 1943. The {{convert|22.53|mi|km|abbr=on}} line ran from Colfax, north through Grass Valley to Nevada City. At one time, the railroad was notable for having the highest railroad bridge in California, the Bear River Bridge, built in 1908.[3] HistoryThe need for rail service in the semi-mountainous and wooded area of Grass Valley and Nevada City was precipitated by mining operations subsequent to the California Gold Rush. In addition, timber operators wanted to make their land accessible to the Southern Pacific Company in Colfax. On March 20, 1874, the California legislature and Governor Newton Booth approved the right to build and operate a {{RailGauge|3ft|lk=on}} narrow gauge from Colfax, through Grass Valley, to Nevada City.[4] On June 20, an Act of Congress granted the railroad right of way through public lands.[5] J. H. Bates estimated that construction and equipment would total $411,132. Only one bid came in and it was for $500,000, signed by M. F. Beatty; he received a lump sum of $500,000. Construction began January 1875.[6] Turton & Knox were subcontracted for earthwork. John Flint Kidder was the chief engineer. Within two months, 600 men were employed in the railroad's construction.[7] Construction included two bridges, two tunnels,[8] and five trestles. After leaving the Colfax depot, the road headed north, parallel with the Central Pacific Railroad, then crossed Bear River, and into Nevada County. One of the first stations was at the town of You Bet, which serviced the Goodwin Drift Gravel Mine.[7] The road proceeded into Chicago Park, a fruit and grape growers colony,[8] and then continued into Grass Valley. All cars and locomotives had Westinghouse railway brakes, and cars used for passenger service had Miller Platform couplers. As the first contractor, Beatty, was unable to complete the project, a second, J. K. Bynre,[9] was brought in; construction was completed in the spring of 1876. The inaugural train, from Colfax to Grass Valley, ran on April 11 and by May 20, the first train reached Nevada City.[10] The company's first President was John C. Coleman, president of the North Star Mine. Kidder, the builder, decided to settle down in Grass Valley, becoming the General Superintendent,[11] and in 1884, became the second president. Upon his death in 1901, Kidder's widow, Sarah, took over, becoming the first female railroad president in the world.[12] In September 1907, a {{convert|3.56|mi|km|abbr=on}} "cut-off", at a cost of $132,285 was built,[13] bettering the grade.[14] The following year, construction was completed on the Bear River Bridge. By 1912, the NCNGRR was running three mixed trains daily, each way, between Nevada City and Colfax, while a fourth mixed train ran daily, each way, between Grass Valley and Colfax. Sarah Kidder sold her interests in 1913 and retired to San Francisco. In 1926, Earl Taylor and his associates purchased the railroad for $1. With the outbreak of World War II, they sold it in 1942 for $251,000 to Dulian Steel Products Company and the last train to run over the line was on May 29.[15] Each combination coach had a small iron safe in the baggage compartment.[16] Though $200,000,000 in gold was hauled out of Nevada County by the NCNGRR during its operation, there was never an attempted robbery.[8] Statistics
LocomotivesNCNGRR used eight Baldwin Locomotive Works built locomotive engines. These included: [19]
The company's other engines included:[19]
Notable passengersThere were several notable passengers, including presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt, singer Emma Nevada, and Britain's Prince Albert.[20] Historic recognitionIn the centennial year after the railroad began operations, E Clampus Vitus erected a historical marker in Colfax at {{coord|39|6.011|N|120|57.159|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad}} near the old NCNGRR depot, the southern end of the line.[12] The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum was created in recent years near the northern end of the line in Nevada City. References1. ^Decisions (1914), p. 554 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad}}2. ^{{cite book |last=Commissioners of Transportation, California |title=Report of the Board of commissioners of transportation, to the Legislature ...: December 1877 |publisher=F.P. Thompson Supt. State Printing |location=Sacramento |year=1877 |edition=Digitized Feb 14, 2009 |pages=415 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V5g_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA415&dq=%22Nevada+County+Narrow+Gauge+Railroad%22}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ncngrrmuseum.org/pb/wp_f6df8ec3.html?0.107599639521748 |title=NCNGRR |publisher=ncngrrmuseum.org |accessdate=2009-05-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727113700/http://www.ncngrrmuseum.org/pb/wp_f6df8ec3.html?0.107599639521748 |archivedate=2011-07-27 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite book |others=California Public Utilities Commission |title=Decisions |publisher=Railroad Commission of the State of California |year=1914 |edition=4 |pages=552 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F002AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA551&dq=%22Nevada+County+Narrow+Gauge+Railroad%22}} 5. ^{{cite book |others=United States Public Land Commission |title=Laws of the United States of a local or temporary character, and exhibiting the entire legislation of Congress upon which the public land titles in each state and territory have depended: December 1, 1880. Embracing, also a digest of all Indian treaties affecting the titles to public lands|editor=Alexander Thompson Britton |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1881 |volume=Digitized Oct 24, 2007 |pages=1075 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t7lNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1075&dq=%22Nevada+county+narrow%22}} 6. ^{{cite book |publisher=California Legislature |year=1891 |volume=3 |pages=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-yaI-Qaf5cC&pg=PT302&dq=%22Nevada+county+narrow%22 |title=Journal: Appendix. Reports}} 7. ^{{cite journal |year=1893 |journal=California Journal of Mines and Geology |title=California journal of mines and geology |publisher=California State Mining Bureau |series=Digitized |volume=Dec 18, 2008 |pages=317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XHOAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA317&dq=%22Nevada+county+narrow%22}} 8. ^{{cite book |title=Biennial report ... |publisher=State Board of Horticulture |year=1892 |edition=Digitized Jul 11, 2007 |pages=398 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MT84AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA398&dq=%22Nevada+County+Narrow+Gauge+Railroad%22}} 9. ^Kneiss (1946), p. 146 10. ^1 Decisions (1914), p. 553 11. ^Kneiss (1946), p. 152 12. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=14438|title=Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 1876–1942, Placer County Terminus |last=Whittle |first=Syd |date=December 15, 2008 |publisher=hmdb.org |accessdate=2009-05-24}} 13. ^Decisions (1914), p. 553, 556 14. ^{{cite book |title=Locomotive Firemen's Magazine |publisher=Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen |year=1909 |edition=Digitized Mar 5, 2008 |volume=46 |pages=821 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3QWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA821&dq=NCNGRR}} 15. ^1 {{cite book |last=Kneiss |first=Gilbert H. |title=Bonanza Railroads |publisher=Stanford Univ. Press |year=1946 |pages=170 |isbn=0-8047-2413-X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7FWrAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA170&dq=%22nevada+county+narrow+gauge%22+taylor+1942}} 16. ^{{cite book |last=Brower |first=Maria E. |title=Gold Rush Towns of Nevada County|publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2006 |pages=40 |isbn=0-7385-4692-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKBh_CIbMLQC&pg=PA40&dq=%22NCNGRR%22+gold}} 17. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/illustratednarro00baldrich/illustratednarro00baldrich_djvu.txt|title=A catalog for narrow gauge locomotives |year=1885 |publisher=J. B. LIPPINGOTT |pages=10 |accessdate=2009-05-24}} 18. ^Decisions (1914), p. 552 19. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.ncngrrmuseum.org/pb/wp_cb8f30ef.html?0.5623664287157739 |title=Engines of the NCNGRR, 1875–1942 |publisher=ncngrrmuseum.org |accessdate=2009-05-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727114136/http://www.ncngrrmuseum.org/pb/wp_cb8f30ef.html?0.5623664287157739 |archivedate=2011-07-27 |df= }} 20. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.ncgold.com/goldrushtown/ncngrr1.html |title=Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, Transportation In Nevada County |publisher=ncgold.com |accessdate=2009-05-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130208133948/http://www.ncgold.com/goldrushtown/ncngrr1.html |archivedate=2013-02-08 |df= }} 14 : History of Nevada County, California|History of Placer County, California|Railway companies established in 1874|Railway companies disestablished in 1943|Railway lines opened in 1876|3 ft gauge railways in the United States|Defunct California railroads|Narrow gauge railroads in California|Transportation in Nevada County, California|Transportation in Placer County, California|Colfax, California|Grass Valley, California|Nevada City, California|1874 establishments in California |
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