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The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a 183-mile (295 km) electric interurban railway that connected Chico in northern California with Oakland via the state capital, Sacramento. In its operation it ran directly on the streets of Oakland, Sacramento, Yuba City , Chico, and Woodland .
These included Sacramento Northern 62, a Birney street car built in 1920. The car ran local service in Chico, California until 1947 and had the last 5-cent fare in the State of California. A number of passenger and work cars were obtained when the Key System abandoned operation of its last rail line across the Bay Bridge in 1958.
The first ever built steeple cab [2] was a 30-ton model built by General Electric (GE) in 1894. It was used in a textile mill in Taftville, Connecticut till the mill closed in 1964. [3] This was only the second electric locomotive built by GE and it is preserved as a static display in the Connecticut Trolley Museum. [4] [5]
Baldwin-Westinghouse steeple cab electric locomotives operating as Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR) 50 and 54 in Mason City, Iowa, in 2009. Examples served with the Oshawa Electric Railway in Oshawa, Ontario. These were delivered in the 1920s to provide freight service within the city, serving mainly the General Motors plant. [10]
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The cruise itself features cuisine native to Northern California, morning yoga sessions and special wine presentations. How much is it? The cruise costs roughly $6,000 per person.
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.
The Shoe Fire in Shasta County is the largest active wildfire in the region.