4/7/2024 0 Comments Sierra civil war generals 3Stanford was refurbished and in 1899 presented to Jane Lathrop Stanford (1828-1905), widow of former California Governor Leland Stanford (1824-1893). The Southern Pacific saved the historic engine from being scrapped in 1895. From 1873 until its retirement in 1895, the locomotive served as a switcher and fire engine (outfitted with a water pump and hose to extinguish small fires along the track) in the Sacramento area. It was later downgraded from mainline service. The locomotive also hauled materials for the construction of the Central Pacific over the Sierra Nevada. Stanford had the distinction of pulling the Central Pacific’s first excursion train, first revenue freight train (March 25, 1864), and first scheduled passenger train (April 15, 1864).
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