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Description
Photograph of a half-tone print of an open-air railroad car and engine between Wilmington and Long Beach, 1887. The Wilmington & Long Beach Rapid Transit Railroad -- built by Judge Widney -- connected Long Beach (Willmore) with Southern Pacific lines in Wilmington. It was called the G.O.P.R.R. (get out and push railroad) since passengers often had to push the train over a hill. The passenger car behind it, in which several people are visible as well as their luggage, was once an old horse-drawn trolley car. Several passengers sit in the shade of an awning over the wooden car. The engineer leans out over the sidewall of his small engine. A plank walkway flanks the train to its left and the train is on an incline. Part of a building can be seen in the background to the right. Photoprint reads: "American Colony built rail line from Souther Pacific to the town sitte. Called the G.O.P.R.R. (get out and push railroad) since passengers had to push the train over a hill. The passenger car was an old horse car in disguise. The G.O.P. connected Willmore City with 'the whole railway system of the United States'".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. photographic prints photographs
Railroads Street-railroads Transportation--Railroads--Southern California--Los Angeles County Transportation--Rail--Street Railroads--General (Misc. cars) Wilmington and Long Beach Railroad Widney, Judge Railroad features
Time Period
1887
Place
California Los Angeles USA Wilmington Long Beach
Source
1-32-; 1-119-12 [Microfiche number] 4781; 7090 [Accession number] CHS-4781; CHS-7090 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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