ed, and three years which the Indians reached the Mississippi River. By later there were forty-two miles of connecting lines. point for the pioneers and immigrants who were seek- journeying up the river and its south branch, a port- In February of 1852 the city was connected with the ing to better… … This huge Baldwin freight engine, weighing 300 tons, was built for the Southern Pacific Railroad. It is capable of hauling at 10 miles an hour a train of 169 cars weighing, with load, 72 tons each. The train, weighing 10,000 tons, would reach for over a mile or, say, from City Hall Square to the…
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