Created/Submitted by Harold Myers:
Will one of our parks or the median be used to commemorate the history of National City? This video is about a proposal to restore a railroad car even though it never ran as scheduled train in Coronado. The railcar was part of the National City & Otay Railway and not part of the Coronado Railroad Company. The twin to this railcar has been restored and is in National City. The issue could be before the City Council by December 16, 2014. This video is best watched full screen to view the photos. You can hit “pause” to read the newsprint.
Partial list of sources I researched. Perhaps others will expand on my research. You may have to paste some of the links.
Books
Rails of the Silver Gate by Richard Dodge (1960) – Coronado and San Diego Public libraries have copies.
eResources
San Diego Union Tribune and Evening Tribune Historical Newspapers – from the Coronado Library
California Digital Newspaper Collection (Tent City Daily Program) http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=CDP&ai=…
Cal Digital Library (Route Map) – http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6j49r8p2/?query=coronado%20ra…
Cal Digital Library (Photos) – http://content.cdlib.org/search?facet=type-tab&relation=calisph…
Library of Congress Historic American Newspapers – http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=Calif…
Street Railway Journal – https://archive.org/stream/streetrailwayjo231904newy/streetrailwayj…
The Official Railway Equipment Register – http://books.google.com/books?id=ZOk4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3&dq=%22…
Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: California – http://books.google.com/books?id=-aWhRfr3rdkC&pg=PA115&lpg=…
Early National City History – https://books.google.com/books?id=h1MkECvAB3EC&pg=PA94&lpg=…
Dates researched – 1885 – 1910 – The Coronado and the NC&O railroads originated in 1886 and dissolved when they were both merged into the SD Southern Railroad 7/1/1908
