Exterior view of Western Refrigerator Line refrigerator car 7001. This print is most likely a builder's photograph of car as it came out of the shops in January of 1923. The Western Pacific Railroad set up the Western Refrigerator Line effective January 1, 1923 to operate a new fleet of refrigerator cars; however, the WP reached an agreement with the Pacific Fruit Express, and the cars never operated in revenue service under the WRL name. The cars were changed to PFE lettering upon arrival in Roseville. Search for PFE refrigerator car 50187 to see the PFE and WP lettering scheme.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print; 8-3/8 x 12-7/8 in.
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Employees at an unidentified station that offered not only American Express but also Western Union Telegraph services.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print mounted on 9-7/8 x 11-7/8 in. board; 6 x 8-1/4 in.
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West Oakland yard crew with Southern Pacific steam locomotive 307 and freight car lettered: California Fast Freight Line. The Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific joined in 1885 to form the California Fast Freight Line to guarantee the swift shipment of fruit across the Overland Route. Ice blocks were placed at each end of the ventilated box cars to cool the car's contents.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print mounted on 9-7/8 x 13-3/4 in. board; 7 x 9-3/4 in.
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Crowd gathers at Sacramento station to celebrate the inauguation of Western Pacific's regularly scheduled passenger service between San Francisco and Salt Lake City, August 20-22, 1910.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print; 4-1/2 x 11-1/2 in.
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Crowd gathering at WP's Sacramento station to celebrate of the inauguaration of regularly scheduled passenger service between San Francisco and Salt Lake City, August 20-22, 1910.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print; 4-1/2 x 10-1/2 in.
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Crowd gathers at Sacramento station to celebrate the inauguration of Western Pacific's regularly scheduled passenger service between San Francisco and Salt Lake City, August 20-22, 1910.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print; 4-1/2 x 11-1/8 in.
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Exterior side view of CCT 50 foot electric car 201 built in 1906. The Central California Traction Company provided service between Sacramento and Stockton.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print mounted on 12 x 14-7/8 in. board; 7-7/8 x 9-3/4 in.
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3,000 copies of Southern Pacific poster A 183 were issued September 23, 1930 to advertise connections to the Railway Express Agency services.
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Original measurements: 1 poster; 23 x 16 in.
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Covers of a Southern Pacific promotional brochure (A 203, issued April 20, 1909) that illustrates and describes camping opportunites at choice resorts served by the railroad. Cover art is by William H. Bull.
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Original measurements: 1 pamphlet (24 p.); 9 x 8 in. unfolded
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A Paul Bunyan Prosperity Special of 171 cars loaded with lumber from the
Red River Lumber Company, posed on the outskirts of Westwood, was put
together in conjunction with the opening of the WP's Inland Gateway on
November 10, 1931. Motive power was provided by WP steam locomotive No.
334, now on display at the Western Railway Museum, and two other steam
locomotives. The Inland Gateway, also known as the Northern California
Extension, refers to the joint effort of WP and the Great Northern to
create a route between Northern California to Southern Oregon.
Photograph by Eastman Studio, Susanville.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print; 8 x 19-3/4 in.
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Exterior view of the Central Pacific hospital in Sacramento built in the early 1870s for the exclusive use of railroad employees.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print on 15-3/4 x 19 in. board; 13-1/2 x 17 in.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print on 15-3/4 x 19 in. board; 13-1/2 x 17 in.
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The Passenger Department of Southern Pacific issued 3,000 copies of this poster (A-1) advertising the publication of a 160-page promotional pamphlet "California for the Sportsman." The artist is Randal William Borough.
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Original measurements: 1 poster; 32 x 20 in.
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This diminutive steam locomotive was built for the Central Pacific Railroad by Danforth, Cooke and Company of Paterson, New Jersey in 1863. Shipped from New York around Cape Horn, it arrived in San Francisco March 19, 1864. The C.P. Huntington (No. 3 of the Central Pacific Railroad) was used in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.� In 1871 it was transferred to the newly organized Southern Pacific Railroad and renumbered No. 1. From 1894 on the C. P. Huntington became a symbol of Southern Pacific and was widely known from its many appearances in station openings and other railroad-related celebrations. Southern Pacific donated the engine to the State of California in 1964. It is now on display at the California State Railroad Museum.
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Original measurements: 1 color negative
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Thomas Hill's large oil painting (157-1/4 x 85-1/4 in.) of "The Driving of the Last Spike" is on display at the California State Railroad Museum. It is an imagined recreation of the ceremony held May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, to celebrate the completion of the transcontinental railroad, when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad tracks were joined. Hill began the painting in 1877 at the request of Leland Stanford, who later refused to pay for the commission.
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Original measurements: 1 color transparency; 4 x 5 in.
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Original measurements: 1 color transparency; 4 x 5 in.
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Exterior end view of Fruit Growers Express refrigerator car 35832, on display at the California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento. Refrigerator cars made California fruits and vegetables available from coast to coast, transforming the state's economy. Thousands of iced refrigerator cars were built until the 1950s when mechanically cooled cars gradually replaced them. A typical steel-frame, wood-sheathed car of the 1920s and 1930s, No. 35832 (outshopped in 1924) carried perishable cargo throughout the country for nearly 40 years.
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Original measurements: 1 color transparency; 2 x 2 in.
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Exterior side and end view of a SP standard stock car (Class S 40 9), outshopped May 1924. Stock cars were used for the transportation of livestock, equipped with a roof, slatted sides and side doors, single or double deck, and frequently with feed and water troughs.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print; 7-1/4 x 9-3/8 in.
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Blue line on white paper drawing of a Farm Crossing Gate (Southern Pacific drawing number MW 541). Search the California State Railroad Museum's extensive collection of technical drawings at the Museum's website, www.californiastaterailroadmuseum.org.
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Original measurements: 1 technical drawing; 7 x 13-3/4 in.
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Exterior side view of Southern Pacific of Mexico stock car 76701 photographed in Los Angeles. The car was built by the American Car & Foundry Company, outshopped in May of 1900. SPNM merged into SP in 1902. Stock cars were used for the transportation of livestock, equipped with a roof, slatted sides and side doors, single or double deck, and frequently with feed and water troughs.
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Original measurements: 1 photographic print; 3 x 4-7/8 in.
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