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Louis L. Janes was the initial impetus behind creating a railroad at Mount Tamalpais.[11] Janes was the resident director of the Tamalpais Land & Water Co. and first town clerk of Mill Valley.[12] Sidney B. Cushing, president of the San Rafael Gas & Electric Co., was chosen as President of the corporation.[13] It was initially named the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway due to the fact the Muir Woods branch had not yet been planned. Funding came from several sources, provided to the
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The railroad became famous for its gravity cars, four-wheel coasters that took advantage of the steep, relentless grade, were first introduced in 1902.[22] Gravity cars had an operator known as a gravityman who sat in the front right seat (on most cars) and operated two brake levers that pressed heavy duty brake shoes against the car's wheels. Gravitymen had strict orders to obey a 12 mile-per-hour speed limit as they glided down Mt. Tamalpais to either Muir Woods or into Mill Valley. "Gravities
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it was a place where trains met a horse-drawn stagecoach from Willow Camp (Stinson Beach.) Importantly, it was hospitality for visitors at the westernmost point of the railroad (hence the name.)
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The last cabin (Honeymoon) was built by Dr Washington Dodge of San Francisco
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