Author: Kevin W. Hecteman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738580524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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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
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ISBN: 9781930013285
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Author: Kerry Sullivan
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738582078
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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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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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Author: American Vocational Association
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Category : Vocational education
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Author: Pacific Coast Railway Club
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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