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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
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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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