Central Pacific R.R. No.237, "El Gobernador," meaning "The Governor" in Spanish, was the heaviest and most powerful engine in ...
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Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection
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BANC PIC 1905.17500.84:254--ALB
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The Bancroft Library
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Full title: Central Pacific R.R. No.237, "El Gobernador," meaning "The Governor" in Spanish, was the heaviest and most powerful engine in the world in the 1880's. It was built by the C.P.R.R. in their shops at Sacramento, Calif., and was 65 feet, 5 inches long; each of the ten driving wheels were 57 inches in diameter; cylinders 21 x 36 inches long; and it weighed 73 tons. The engine was so big that it could not take siding switches so held the main line against all trains. It had to be turned on wyes most places as the turntables were too small. It was used for pusher service on the Tehachapi Pass for some time but had a short life, from 1884 to 1893, when it was dismantled. [Duplicate of 84:258.]
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