Saturday, June 18, 2005

Surviving engines built by the Central Pacific

"State officials want to hear from the public on which Virginia & Truckee Railroad locomotive should be displayed in Virginia City. ... the "Dayton" was built at the Central Pacific Engine Works in Sacramento and first operated on the legendary V&T line in 1873, traveling regularly to Virginia City. ... it’s one of only two surviving engines built by the Central Pacific."

RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, there are 4 surviving Central Pacific locomotives. The California State Railway Museum owns the other 3: CP No.1, "Governor Stanford", a 4-4-0, CP No.3, "C.P.Huntington", a 4-2-4t, and CP No.233, a 2-6-2t

7/17/2007 7:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The article is referring to V&T locomotives built by the CPRR.

7/18/2007 9:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Also see: Nevada Appeal article by Rich Moreno – California State Railroad Museum offers lots of historic Nevada rolling stock:

V&T locomotive No. 12, "Genoa," 1873.
V&T combination car No. 16.

North Pacific Coast Railroad locomotive No. 12, the "Sonoma," 1876.
Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad combination car.
Nevada Central Railroad passenger car "the Silver State."

V&T locomotive No. 13, "Empire," 1873.

V&T locomotive No. 21, the J. W. Bowker, 1875.

Nevada Central Railway Coach No. 3 (Silver State), 1881.

Georgia Northern Railroad Private Car No. 100, "The Gold Coast," previously owned by writers Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg.

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