Table of Contents

1. The Yankee Princess: Virginia & Truckee Railroad  3
2. Murder at Boulder Creek  33
3. Short Line to Paradise 55
4. Robert Louis Stevenson: Riding the Rails for Love  85
5. The Great Verdi Train Robbery  109
6. Curse on the City of San Francisco 125
7. McGlashan's Midnight Ride & Vision for Winter Sports 143Cape Horn Caper: California's First Train Heist — Almost!  173
8. Stephanie Taylor — An Artist's Profile 191

Index  197

Book Order Information 208