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Description
Named after Collis P. Huntington was the "C.P. Huntington" locomotive, here pictured. This photograph is labeled as follows: "Southern Pacific R.R. of California No. 1. - Original Central Pacific No. 3 - Cylinders 11 x15 - Dia. Of Drivers 54" - Weight on Drivers 8500 lbs. - Weight on Trucks 20500 lbs. - Total weight 39000 lbs. - Built by Danforth Cooke & Co Patterson, NJ - Shipped around the 'Horn' on the sailing vessel 'Success.' - went into service on the Central Pacific R.R. at Sacramento in April of 1864, the year this photograph was taken. This engine also ran on the California Street Cable Railroad in San Francisco."
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