Chapter One --The Last Years of Steam ----------------------------------------9
Chapter Two --The South End ------------------------------------------------------18
Chapter Three --The Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad -----------------64
Chapter Four --The North End -------------------------------------------------------72
Chapter Five --The Post-Southern Pacific Era ------------------------------103
Eureka Southern Railroad -------------------------------------------------103
California Northern Railroad ---------------------------------------------106
North Coast Railroad / "New" Northwestern Pacific ---------108
Rail-Ways, Incorporated -----------------------------------------------------113
Current "Northwestern Pacific" ------------------------------------------113
Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit -------------------------------------115
Chapter Six --Connecting Railroads ---------------------------------------116
Arcata & Mad River Railroad ----------------------------------------------116
California Western Railroad -----------------------------------------------118
Hammond Lumber Company ---------------------------------------------124
The Pacific Lumber Company --------------------------------------------125
Book Cover Image: On February 23, 1950, SP #3236 leads its train around the wye at Ignacio, bound for the Southern Pacific connection at Schellville. 2-8-2s such as this were the biggest steam power to see use on the NWP. (Bob Searle, WRM)