Replicas Union Pacific No. 119

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union pacific 119 in golden spike reenactment @ chicago railroad fair. union pacific 119 engine chicago, burlington, , quincy railroad s locomotive no. 35.


as case jupiter, union pacific had begun acknowledge 119 s historical significance after scrapped. in 1948, reenactment of golden spike ceremony staged @ chicago railroad fair. event, chicago, burlington, , quincy railroad s locomotive number 35 cosmetically altered resemble 119, , engine s pilot met of jupiter, represented stand-in.



the omaha zoo railroad s replica of no. 119.


in 1968, union pacific sponsored construction of omaha zoo railroad in henry doorly zoo, including narrow gauge replica of 119, built crown metal products.


the first transcontinental railroad, national park service s golden spike site @ promontory, utah, had exhibited representations of 119 , jupiter on portion of restored trackage original ceremony held. in instance, 119 portrayed virginia , truckee railroad s dayton locomotive, (which ironic because dayton built central pacific railroad s shops in sacramento) , displayed here until , jupiter, portrayed railroad s inyo locomotive, sold state of nevada in 1974.


in 1975, national park service embarked on project reproduce union pacific no. 119 , central pacific jupiter appeared in 1869. initially, park service had approached walt disney studios, had built 2 steam engines scratch disneyland park s railroad, project. disney declined, recommended chadwell o connor s firm, o connor engineering laboratories in costa mesa, ca, task. noted railroad historian , steam engine owner gerald m. best served engineering consultant park service project. on 700 detailed engineering drawings recreated, based entirely on photographs taken of engines during ceremony, original drawings had not been preserved. disney animator , steam engine owner ward kimball did color matching , original artwork jupiter , no. 119.








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