#THOMAS THE TRAIN ENGINE TOYS MOVIE#

In 1964, Southern Pacific donated the engine to the State of California. 1955 Southern Pacific Centennial Celebration.1939 Opening of the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (last time it was steamed up and operated under its own power) and New York World's Fair.1930 Opening of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge.1926 Dedication of the new Sacramento depot.

#THOMAS THE TRAIN ENGINE TOYS MOVIE#

1924 Filming the movie The Iron Horse by Director John Ford.1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.1894 California Mid-Winter International Exposition.1892 California State Fair display by Southern Pacific.Huntington became a symbol of Southern Pacific and was widely known from its many appearances in station openings and other railroad-related celebrations. Huntington finished its working career as a weed burner, clearing the track in the 1890s, and was officially retired in 1900.ДЇrom 1894 on, the C. The locomotive was involved in a head-on collision in 1872 that nearly destroyed it, but was rebuilt in 1875 at the Southern Pacific San Francisco Shops. It pulled local passenger trains on the Southern Pacific line between San Francisco, San Jose and Hollister, and was also used on maintenance and construction trains. In February 1871 it was transferred to the newly reorganized Southern Pacific Railroad and renumbered No. 3 of the Central Pacific) was used in the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Stanford occupies a prominent place in the MuseumвЂ™s Sierra Scene diorama, a short distance from where it began its life under steam on the banks of the Sacramento River. After careful research, it was therefore decided to refinish the locomotive to its 1899 appearance, the year it was presented to Stanford University. Reconstruction to its 1860s appearance would literally have destroyed the existing locomotive and resulted in a replica. The locomotive was also painted numerous times. Stanford aged, parts were replaced or exchanged among similar Central Pacific or Southern Pacific locomotives. Stanford, form the nucleus of the California State Railroad Museum collection.ДЄs the Gov. In May, 1963, the locomotive was loaned to the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society for inclusion in its historic railroad equipment collection. She, in turn, donated the engine to Leland Stanford Junior University, where it was placed on display until 1963. Stanford was refurbished and in 1899 presented to Jane Lathrop Stanford (1828-1905), widow of former California Governor Leland Stanford (1824-1893). The Southern Pacific saved the historic engine from being scrapped in 1895. From 1873 until its retirement in 1895, the locomotive served as a switcher and fire engine (outfitted with a water pump and hose to extinguish small fires along the track) in the Sacramento area. It was later downgraded from mainline service. The locomotive also hauled materials for the construction of the Central Pacific over the Sierra Nevada. Stanford had the distinction of pulling the Central PacificвЂ™s first excursion train, first revenue freight train (March 25, 1864), and first scheduled passenger train (April 15, 1864).

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