California State Railroad Museum - III

Yesterday, we saw the outside of the 4294 and today we see in the inside of the cab. This steam engine runs on oil. the engineer sits on the left and the fireman sit on the right. the knobs on the right are used by the fireman to control the boiler flame and keep things moving. The firebox is where you see the orange light low and in the center.

This is the Southern Pacific Railroad No. 1 C.P. Huntington.

This diminutive steam locomotive was built for the Central Pacific Railroad by Danforth, Cooke & Company of Paterson, New Jersey in 1863. Shipped from New York around Cape Horn, it arrived in San Francisco, March 19, 1864, on board the “Mary Robinson.”

And before we left, I got a shot of the 4294 from the side so you can see just how large and complex this engine really is. It really dwarfs the small C.P. Huntington sitting nearby.