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Title: The Governor Stanford Locomotive
Date Created and/or Issued: 1990
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Postcards
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: Resting in the California State Railroad Museum at 111 I Street in circa 1990 is the Central Pacific Railroad's "Governor Stanford" locomotive, also known as Number One. The Exhibit simulates the locomotive's role in aiding the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. In the background is faux granite, meant to be a section of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC622
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/1398
Subject: Museums and Galleries
Exhibits
Railroad Locomotives
California State Parks
Railroad, Central Pacific

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