Al Sanford's Western Pacific Railroad photo album

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2020


Descriptive Summary

Title: Al Sanford's Western Pacific Railroad photo album
Dates: 1938-1954
Collection Number: MS 838
Creator/Collector: Sanford, Al
Extent: .33 linear feet
Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Contains photographs of Western Pacific employees and accidents.
Language of Material: English

Access

Open for research

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

Al Sanford's Western Pacific Railroad photo album. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Acquisition Information

Gift of Virgil Staff, 2004

Scope and Content of Collection

This album consists of photographs of people working for the Western Pacific. There are lots of wrecks shown in this album and some pages have the year stated. Wrecks include: the wreck of Western Pacific train number 2 "The Scenic Limited" at the west end of Oroville, Nov. 30, 1938, wreck in Mar. 1946 between Virgilia and Rich Bar, CA, in Apr. 5, 1943 a wreck near Mile Post 230 at McLean, CA, and one at Merlin on Jan. 26, 1941. There are also a few pages of photos of a rail enthusiast trip on the Western Pacific from October 9th and 10th, 1954. [Album 141]