Clipping about Southern Pacific Locomotive No. 1227, 1958

Name/Title

Clipping about Southern Pacific Locomotive No. 1227, 1958

Entry/Object ID

2013.28.2

Description

ACC. NO. 13.28.2 SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION DATE OR PERIOD: 1958 OBJECT: CLIPPING, ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION: AN ILLUSTRATED CLIPPING AND TEXTS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER; THE ARTICLE IS TITLED, "RAILROADED TO HEAVEN," BY GEORGE NELSON, AN OAKLAND TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER. SIZE: L 12-1/2" X W 11" HISTORY OF OBJECT: AN ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE DISCUSSING THE MOVE OF LOCOMOTIVE NO. 1227, SOUTHERN PACIFIC, FROM OAKLAND TO WASHINGTON PARK IN ALAMEDA. THE TRAIN WAS DISPLAYED IN THE PARK AND WAS LATER MOVED TO OAKLAND. DONOR: MR. ALLEN FISHER CATALOGED: MAY 4, 2013