Question about Union Iron Works Locomotives
The A.A. Sargent #7 of the Central Pacific RR, which was acquired from the Sacramento Valley Railroad was built by Union Iron Works aka Booth. What was the name of the locomotive when Sacramento Valley acquired it and what was the second one to be named that the Central Pacific RR canceled?
—Edward
Union Iron Works building locos for SF&SJ and Sac Valley - Mining & Scientific Press Aug 5, 1865, p 71.
Click for a better reading copy without the OCR spelling errors.
CP loco AA Sargent - Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 30, Number 4571, 15 November 1865.
CP 7 AA Sargent expected - Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 30, Number 4594, 12 December 1865.
CP 7 AA Sargent Arrived in Sacto - Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 30, Number 4596, 14 December 1865.
CP 7 AA Sargent & CP 3 CP Huntington - Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 30, Number 4597, 15 December 1865.
Sacramento Union, Vol 14, No 152, 16 Feb 1882 - THE PLACERVILLE RAILROAD HARDSHIP.
Newspaper Clippings Courtesy of Kyle Wyatt.
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 9:01 PM
4 Comments:
From: "Chris Graves" caliron@att.net
It is my understanding that the SVRR ordered two locomotives from Booth in July, 1865. Stanford and his associates bought the SVRR in August, 1865, and the order for the second locomotive was cancelled. The locomotive that arrived in Sacramento on December 12, 1865 was already sold to the CPRR where it became the A.A. Sargent. I don't believe it was ever assigned a name by the SVRR.
—G J Chris Graves, Newcastle, Cal.
From: "Kyle Wyatt" kylekwyatt@gmail.com
I don't know if the Sacramento Valley had ever decided on a name for the locomotive before they were acquired by the owners of the Central Pacific – and the locomotive transferred to the Central Pacific as the AA Sargent.
The second Sac Valley loco was cancelled by the Central Pacific, although some work had already been started by Booth. Later, in 1882 under Prescott, Scott & Company, work was restarted on the locomotive for the Placerville & Sacramento, although it is not clear if it was ever finished.
—Kyle
From: "Kyle Wyatt" kylekwyatt@gmail.com
I note the Mining & Scientific Press has an engraving of the first Union Iron works locomotive in their October 16, 1869 issue.
—Kyle
From: "Wendell Huffman" wendellhuffman@hotmail.com
The SVRR never acquired the Booth locomotive. The order was diverted to the CPRR between the time it was placed by the SVRR and the time it was delivered. It was merely a coincidence that the Booth locomotive would have been the no. 7 on the SVRR as it turned out to be on the CPRR. Given that the SVRR never named their no. 6, it is entirely possible that they would not have named the no. 7, had they actually received and owned it.
Where do you find the information that the CPRR cancelled the order for a second Booth?
—Wendell Huffman
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