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I purchased many train and related photos at an estate sale. I have little info except dates on the backs from the early 1900s to 1950. Some are from Germany, some from the Philippines but most are from the USA and much of that from California. Rather than upload a ton of pictures one at a time, there are 426 pictures that can be seen at https://railroadhistory.shutterfly.com/ If anyone knows who the people in the pictures are, I would love to know. I have looked up the names on the back of the pictures but found no one. View full size.
Another case where the engine number tells all, this is a photo from the WP line west from Portola, about at the location of the Cresta. A rock slide on January 26, 1941 blocked the track and knocked the engine and baggage car off the track, the latter ending up in the Feather River. The engineer was injured and the baggageman presumed dead.
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