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The Jupiter (officially known as Central Pacific Railroad #60) was a 4-4-0 steam locomotive owned by the Central Pacific Railroad. It made history when it joined the Union Pacific No. 119 at Promontory Summit , Utah, during the golden spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
No. 119 was assigned to the Union Pacific Railroad's Utah Division, carrying trains between Rawlins, Wyoming and Ogden, Utah, [2] and was stationed in the latter when a call for a replacement engine came from vice-president Thomas C. Durant, to take him to Promontory Ridge, Utah Territory, for the Golden Spike ceremony celebrating the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
People buried in cemeteries in the state ... 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. Burials in California by cemetery (51 C) ... in the San Francisco Bay Area (6 C)
Kubinec's funeral will be held at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo at 2 p.m. Friday following a dignified transfer from Allen and Dahl funeral home at 12:50 p.m.
Southern Pacific 4294 is a class "AC-12" 4-8-8-2 cab-forward–type steam locomotive that was owned and operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1944 and was used hauling SP's trains over the Sierra Nevada, often working on Donner Pass in California.
UP 2010: a GE ES44AC locomotive that was painted to honor the Boy Scouts of America's 100th Anniversary. The locomotive has since been repainted in standard Union Pacific livery, but retains its original number. UP 3300: an EMD SD40-2 locomotive that was painted in a red, white and blue paint scheme to publicize the 1994 United Way campaign ...
Camp Young was the 3rd Armored Division main maneuvers area in training for tank warfare. Camp Young was active during the war and closed in 1944. War Department ordered Patton in March 1942 to create a desert training center in California. The goal was to prepare troops to battle North Africa to fight the Afrikakorps and Italian forces.
180-year-old locomotive could be buried under Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn