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Title: First Engine Operated Over Central Pacific R.R. Out of Sacramento, Cal
Date Created and/or Issued: 1940
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: Built on the East Coast, shipped around the Horn and assembled locally in 1863, the Collis P. Huntington was Engine #3 for the Central Pacific Railroad and made its first run from Sacramento in April of 1864. When the Central Pacific was purchased by the Southern Pacific in February of 1871 it became Engine #1 and was used on shorter runs. The locomotive was rebuilt in 1873 and a new boiler built by the Southern Pacific shops added in 1888.
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC615
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/1389
Subject: Railroad Locomotives
Railroad, Central Pacific
Railroad Shops and Yards

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