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Description
Includes images from the 1938 snow season in the Sierras with the railraod using rotary snow plows and hand digging out of the snow. Locations include Emigrant Gap, Crystal Lake, Yuba Pass, Cisco, Butte Canyon, Soda Springs, Norden, and Truckee.
Type
text
Format
Original Photograph Album
Extent
13 x 10 1/2 in. 44 Pages of 44
Identifier
cscrm_000527 Album 58 ark:/13960/t07x6hb45
Subject
Railroad trains Railroads Snow Removal Railroad snowplows Railroads--Snow protection and removal Southern Pacific Company
Place
Emigrant Gap (Calif.) Crystal Lake (Calif.) Truckee (Calif.) Soda Springs (Calif.) Yuba Pass (Calif.) Cisco (Calif.) Butte Canyon (Calif.) Norden (Calif.)
Provenance
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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