Talk:Mount Lowe Railway

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This article has been completely rewritten and will undergo a series of inline references in an attempt to attain Feature Article nomination.----Magi Media 06:28, 7 October 2006 (UTC)Magi Media

[edit] O.M. & M. R. R.

As it appears at the upper end of the Mount Lowe Railway on the following map:

What was that?

Peter Horn 13:46, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I overlooked the OMMRR in my article, but it's not really part of the MLR. The OM&M (one man and a mule) was a small tourist attraction started by a man who had taken up a sort of residency at the Tavern. He used the OMM as a means of income to pay for his stay. He suffered from tuberculosis and the drier California climate of the time was a place for more ailing people to come.

Mr. Z., short for Zetterwall, laid one mile of rickety track along four major peaks, they all had names like John Muir Peak and Observation Peak, and his mule Herbert would push a two side-seater cart with passengers, maybe a dozen or so, down and back on the tracks from Inspiration Point. The story is on my website book, Man, Mountain, and Monument, Chapter 16. [1]--Magi Media 14:42, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More photos available at LAPL website

I've been looking for Altadena photos, and I noticed the LA Public Library's excellent photo collection has many free-PD photos of this railway system. Feel free to mine it. --Bobak 21:03, 8 December 2006 (UTC)