This book is filled with rare photographs of the line from the 1890s to the 1990s, mostly from the collection of California State Parks, which cooperated with completion of this book. Steph...view moreThis book is filled with rare photographs of the line from the 1890s to the 1990s, mostly from the collection of California State Parks, which cooperated with completion of this book. Stephen D. Mikesell, a consulting historian and historic preservationist, has uncovered hundreds of historic images of the Sierra Railway and its Mother Lode setting sure to excite the imagination of the railfan, the historic preservationist, and the lover of California's Gold Country.view less