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Title
Electric railway locomotive and tank car
Creator
Unknown
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Car numbered 201, an electric railway locomotive of the "work motor" variety, most likely home-built. Note the trolley pole on its roof to collect one field of current and resistor grids underneath its frame near center. Southern Pacific tank car numbered 58203 parked on tracks. Its light colored tank indicates it was in kerosene- or gasoline-haul service.
Type
image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
25F15CE6-2304-43E8-ACD3-386248484400
2014-68-18
Subject
Transportation
Railroads (LCSH)
Railroad tank cars
Railroad cars
Southern Pacific Railroad Company (LCSH)

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