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Title: Virginia and Truckee Railroad's Locomotive No. 13
Date Created and/or Issued: 2000
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 in circa 2000 is the Virginia and Truckee Railroad's locomotive number 13, also known as "Empire." Built in 1873 and retired in 1922, the Empire was repurposed as a switcher for a spell, but has been on display at the California State Railroad Museum since 1981.
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC623
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/1399
Subject: California State Parks
Exhibits
Museums and Galleries
Railroad Locomotives
Railroad, Central Pacific
Railroad, Southern Pacific

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