Post Cards Related to the Yosemite Valley Railroad
= Sights Along the Line and the Merced Canyon =
#21 on Bear Creek bridge at Merced Published: Merced Drug Co.
East bound Engine number 21 crossing the Bear Creek bridge, Merced.
#20 at North Fork? with very early coaches Publisher: Chas. Weidner
"A New way to Yosemite Valley."
Locomotive number 20 heads a string of 'old' open vestibule coaches.
Cohens photo of #22 in the Merced Canyon Publisher: Edward H. Mitchell
There were several versions of this card. Some were without the smoke, some with "sunrise" added, and one with an additional coach air-brushed onto the train. The original photo was snapped by Edgar Cohen.
Train of gravel Publisher: Newman Post Card Co.
The Merced River at Merced Falls. At this point the river makes its exit from the Canyon walls to the plains just crossed, and here the rail road enters the Canyon which it follows to the Yosemite National Park Line.
post card - below El Portal
Publisher: unknown
Railroad below El Portal



SPRR - Merced Canyon
Publisher: unknown
Beautiful California, Merced Canon, Yosemite Valley.
(On the road of a thousand wonders)
YVRR log train
Publisher: unknown
Looking back at a train load of logs from the tender of a locomotive.
YVRR passenger train
Publisher: Merced Drug Co.
Passenger Train
Box Canyon low level view
Published: Edward H. Mitchell
Box Canon, Yosemite Valley Railroad, California
YVRR Box Canyon
Published: Phostint Card
Box Canyon of the Merced River, Enroute to Yosemite Valley, Calif.
(mailed 1910)
Chinquapin Hood
Published: ??; Collection of: Jack Burgess
Chickquapin? Chinquapin Hood from Ferguson Mine
on the Yosemite Valley R.R.



Ned's Gulch
Published: Newman Post Card Co.
The Merced River has its source in the perpetual snows of the high Sierras, forms two of the beautiful falls of Yosemite, flows through the floor of the Valley, enters the Canyon by a series of cascades taking on new life and vigor and rushing over rocks and rapids between its mountain walls.
Freight Train
Published: Newman Post Card Co.
Box Canyon of the Merced. Here the river finds its way through a narrow channel worn through the solid rock one hundred feet below.
Train at Shepards Point
Publisher:Newman post Card Co.
The Merced River has its source in the perpetual snows of the high Sierras, forms two of the beautiful falls of Yosemite, flows through the floor of the valley, enters the Canyon by a series of cascades taking on new life and vigor and rushing over rocks and rapids between its mountain walls.
Rear of #330 with passengers
Publisher: Pacific Novelty Co.
Beautiful California. Merced Canon, Observation Car Yosemite Valley R.R.
(On the road of a thousand wonders.)