Loading ...He wrote some 20 books on trains-his greatest work is listed below-i recently bought 3 copies on Amazon for a penny each–they are hard back
Along with Clegg, Beebe owned two private railcars, the Gold Coast and The Virginia City. The Gold Coast, Georgia Northern / Central of Georgia No. 100, was built in 1905 and is now at the California State Railroad Museum. After Beebe and Clegg purchased The Virginia City they had it refurbished and redecorated by famed Hollywood set designer Robert T. Hanley in a style known as Venetian Renaissance Baroque. Beebe in the Virginia City The Virginia City has been restored and currently operates as an excursion car.[8] Beebe and Clegg wrote about and photographed the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and worked unsuccessfully with other railroad fans to preserve it.[9] Their fame was such that they were caricatured in “Fiddletown & Copperopolis,” by Carl Fallberg.[10]
Beebe, Lucius; Charles Clegg (1965). The Trains We Rode. Volume I. Alton – New York Central. Berkeley, CA: Howell-North.
Beebe, Lucius; Charles Clegg (1966). The Trains We Rode. Volume II. Northern Pacific – Wabash. Berkeley, CA: Howell-North.