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Title: The "Empire"
Date Created and/or Issued: 1975
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: Shown is the "Empire," circa 1975. Starting out numbered 13, this locomotive had its number changed several times due to superstition. Shortly after it was built in 1873, the number was altered to 15. It was renumbered again to 501 in 1924. By 1938, the Pacific Coast Chapter of Railway and Locomotive Historical Society acquired the engine for preservation purposes.
Type: image
Identifier: http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/2666
Subject: Train Stations
Railroads
Museums and Galleries
Railroad Locomotives
Automobiles

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