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Author | : Kevin W. Hecteman |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738580524 |
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In 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad was founded and began building eastward from Sacramento as part of the transcontinental railroad. This required a shop capable of keeping the railroad's equipment in running order. So in 1867, in the swamps just north of town, the Sacramento shops were born. For well more than a century, this massive complex kept the Central Pacific and its corporate successor, the Southern Pacific, operating smoothly. For many decades, the shops were the largest employer in the Sacramento area, employing carpenters, painters, draftsmen, boilermakers, electricians, clerks, upholsterers, and others. The shops' forces designed, built, and maintained locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and other railroading equipment. The complex closed in 1999. Most of the area, popularly known as the Railyards, is set for redevelopment. The California State Railroad Museum handles maintenance and restoration of its collection in two of the shops buildings and plans to develop a Railroad Technology Museum on the site.
Author | : Robert A. Pecotich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : 9781930013285 |
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Author | : Sacramento County Historical Society |
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Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Railroad repair shops |
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Total Pages | : 734 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Mary Amanda Helmich |
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Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9780578405100 |
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Total Pages | : 724 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Kerry Sullivan |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780738582078 |
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The Southern Pacific Railroad is California's railroad. As the Central Pacific, it bored and blasted its way east from Sacramento, across the towering High Sierra, meeting with the Union Pacific at Promontory, Utah, completing the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, and profoundly changing the growing United States. By the early 20th century, the Southern Pacific was a rail colossus, stretching from San Francisco Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. Yet the Southern Pacific remained essentially Californian. Its rail lines gave muscle to the lovely California coast, the fertile San Joaquin and Imperial Valleys, and the timber industry of the north coast. Yet for all its might and majesty, for many Californians the Southern Pacific was a smaller, more intimate part of the fabric of their daily lives.
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Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2006-06-21 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1439631123 |
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The discovery of gold launched an unprecedented rush of humanity to Californias Sierra foothills. Many of those miners and minerals flowed as naturally as the waterways into a settlement that grew where the American and Sacramento Rivers meet. The Sacramento River, the main traffic artery between the mines and San Francisco Bay, was soon flanked by a burgeoning Embarcadero and commercial district that became Sacramento City in 1849. Paddlewheel riverboats, like the New World, carried goods, passengers, and great wealth. Besting all jealous rivals, Sacramento became the state capital, and a wealthy merchants residence was transformed into the governors mansion. Today downtown and Old Sacramento, a 28-acre state historic district, are thriving, graced by such treasures as the restored State Capitol Building, the art deco Tower Bridge, and scores of historic structures and attractions like the Leland Stanford Mansion and the California State Railroad Museum.
Author | : Stephen Nemeth |
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Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2019-02-15 |
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ISBN | : 9780578414850 |
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The railroad facility in Sacramento for the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads existed for nearly 130 years. Originally, it was the western terminus of the transcontinental railroad. It grew to be one of the largest employers in the west and was the western hub for making and distributing most equipment used throughout the system.