Photo of the Week: 3/9/2012

Today we have another reader-submitted photo, from the California State Railroad Museum. I saw this museum from the train one morning on my July trip, but unfortunately I had not planned any time in Sacramento, so I was not able to visit the museum. I had heard of it before, and I would love to go out there and visit the place. This photo was taken by Todd Evans, one of our readers, and he also wrote this caption for the photo:

In storage at the California State Railroad Museum shops. Parts of this building was originally built in 1869. The same year as the completion of the transcontinental railroad. For many years it was the home of the SP shops.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe No. 347C GM-EMD 1949 F-7A
Gift to the museum in March 1986 by AT&SF Ry.

Repainted Super Chief warbonnet colors. Operable.

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