Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
... What happened to Gov. Stanford's private car? I saw the the Nevada State Railroad museum has a CPRR private car but it is not the "Stanford."
—Gene Luevano, Cerritos, CA
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 8:55 PM
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From: "Chris Graves" caliron@cwnet.com
It burned June 27, 1911 in Amole, Arizona. See The Governor, Leland Stanford, page 1002.
—gjg
From: KyleWyatt@aol.com
To elaborate a bit more on Chris' info ... Jane Stanford sold the car to a private owner in Nevada shortly after 1900 (this from memory). Around 1910 the Southern Pacific purchased it back and converted it into a Division Superintendent's car, assigned to the Tucson Division. The superintendent's kid stored some 4th of July fireworks in the car, and they went off on a hot summer day, destroying the car.
—Kyle
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