Southern Pacific's New Palmdale-Colton Cutoff Line album
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Title: Southern Pacific's New Palmdale-Colton Cutoff Line album
Dates: Aug. 16, 1967
Collection Number: MS 775
Creator/Collector:
Southern Pacific
Extent: 1 album
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: This album was prepared for the Southern Pacific Company's Board of Director's inspection trip on Aug. 16, 1967.
Language of Material: English
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Southern Pacific's New Palmdale-Colton Cutoff Line album. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Scope and Content of Collection
This album was prepared for the Southern Pacific Company's Board of Director's inspection trip on Aug. 16, 1967. It chronicles
the construction of the 78-mile line from Palmdale to Colton, California. Includes maps showing the route, photographs of
surveying, grading the right-of-way, bridge building, and track laying.
The album concludes with photographs of the dedication ceremony on July 11, 1967 and the first official train to pass over
the new line, breaking through the banner. One page shows facts and figures about the new Palmdale-Colton line.
[Album 105]