Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1978.663.1-2

Description

Two copies of a large color photo postcard of Southern Pacific engine no. 9. The photographer was D. S. Anspach and it was published by Lyman C. Cox of Sacramento. Publisher's blurb on reverse: Southern Pacific narrow-gauge No. 9 (Baldwin #34035), with its auxiliary water car, sits quietly in the sun in Owenyo, California, on December 27, 1958. Built in 1909 for the Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad, No. 9 came to the Owens Valley line in 1928. When diesel No. 1 arrived in 1954, No. 9 was relegated to stand-by service and seldom left its track in Owenyo. In 1960, when the narrow-gauge line was abandoned, No. 9 and a string of cars were left in Laws, California, to form the nucleus of a museum.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Location

Owenyo, CA

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Anspach, D. S.

Role

Photographer

Date made

December 27, 1958