Image / Cape Horn SP over Narrow Gage 1 1/2 m. north of Colfax

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Title: Cape Horn SP over Narrow Gage 1 1/2 m. north of Colfax
Creator: Perkins, W. S
Date Created and/or Issued: [ca. 1880]
Publication Information: Colfax, Cal. : W.S. Perkins
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: 2009-1412.
View of Long Ravine Trestle, also known as Long Ravine Bridge, a railroad bridge north of Colfax near Cape Horn. A Southern Pacific Railroad passenger train is seen crossing the bridge while a Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad passenger train is seen crossing underneath the bridge.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photographic print ; 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.
Identifier: (C)001393357CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-6721
Language: English
Subject: Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad--Photographs
Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Photographs
Narrow gauge railroads--California--Nevada County
Railroad bridges--California--Nevada County
Railroad locomotives--California--Nevada County
Railroad passenger cars--California--Nevada County
Railroads--California--Nevada County
Trestles--California--Nevada County
Nevada County (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
Nevada County
Nevada County (Calif.)

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