Little Trains to Faraway Places

Contents

. vi . contents • 9 steaming through the harz mountains (1994) 105 10 new trains, old boats in switzerland (1994) 113 11 gauge chaos down under (1996) 119 1      acknowledgments . ix     introduction: the lure of the narrow gauge 1 switzerland’s leisurely expresses (1977) 9 2 narrow and northerly: the white pass & yukon (1978) 21 3 magic at morro grande (1984) 33 4 wales: really narrow (1987) 43 5 the old patagonian express (1988) 57 6 rio turbo, coal hauler (1988) 69 7 switchbacks on the devil’s nose (1989) 81 8 the silverton (1991) 95 Book 1.indb 6 2/16/10 8:47:25 AM . vii . 12 plowing into the past (1997) 131 13 through mallorca’s mountains (1998) 145 14 a railway reborn (2000) 151 15 where narrow gauge Is standard (2000) 165 16 near, yet so distant (2001) 183 17 railway brigadoon (2003) 191        bibliography . 205         index . 207 Book 1.indb 7 2/16/10 8:47:26 AM Union Limited on the Porterville Branch in South Africa. Book 1.indb 8 2/16/10 8:47:28 AM ...