The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Tribune caption on the back, Jan. 2, 1955- "One of the first engines used on the Central Pacific Railroad, forerunner of the Southern Pacific, on display at Southern Pacific depot, Sacramento." The same information is also handwritten above the caption. Photo shows an old steam engine with its coal car. The train is on display outside the depot under a wooden canopy.
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