Name/Title
Model Train of Encinal Avenue narrow gauge train, 1899Entry/Object ID
1975.13.1Description
ACC. NO. 75.13.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1899
OBJECT: MODEL TRAIN
DESCRIPTION: MODEL TRAIN ENGINE WITH COAL CAR. BODY OF ENGINE PAINTED BLACK WITH RED WHEELS, TRIM OF GOLD. COAL CAR, WITH LARGE INITIALS T. B. R. R. TRAIN MOUNTED ON TRACK 44 "LONG, BY 7" WIDE.
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THIS BEAUTIFUL HAND BUILT TRAIN IS A REPLICA OF THE NARROW GAUGE TRAIN THAT RAN ON ENCINAL AVENUE FROM ALAMEDA TO BOULDER CREEK (SANTA CRUZ). IT CONSISTS OF A METAL TRAIN AND COAL CAR ON A SET OF TRACKS ABOUT 12 INCHES TALL AND ABOUT 4 FEET LONG. IT WAS DONATED BY WILLIAM AND MARGARET BENNETT OF DIAMOND SPRINGS, CALIF. MARGARET IS THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE WULZEN, WHO BUILT THE ENGINE. MR. GEORGE WULZEN WAS BORN IN ALAMEDA, MAY 28, 1873. HE MARRIED IN 1898 AT ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC CHURCH. TWIN SONS WERE BORN IN 1899. THIS IS WHEN GEORGE WULZEN BUILT THE TRAIN IN HONOR OF THE SONS. BOTH TWINS ARE DEAD. MARGARET DIED ON MAY 26, 1975 BUT WANTED THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HAVE THE TRAIN. T.B.R.R., MEANS TWIN BROTHERS RAILROAD.
ACQUIRED FROM: MR. & MRS. WILLIAM BENNETT
DATE: APRIL 19, 1975
