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Title
[Southern Pacific Railroad Sacramento Shops complex: exterior view of buildings with steam locomotives]
Date
1917
Description
1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Subject(s)
Summary
Southern Pacific steam locomotives Nos. 1 "C. P. Huntington" and No. 2839 posed in front of the north side of the Office Building. Bay 25, at the southwest corner of the Machine Shops, is to left. The Machine Shop bays were numbered north to south. The "C. P. Huntington" is now on display at the California State Railroad Museum. Class C steam locomotive No. 2839 was built at the Sacramento Shops and placed into service on August 31, 1917. It was scrapped in Sacramento on December 19, 1952. The print is dated August 13, 1917.
Owning
Institution
California State Railroad Museum Library
Copyright
© CSRM Library
Filing
Location
SACRAMENTO SHOPS ALBUMS
Other
Formats
CSRM Negative 23362
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