Object Details
Author
Unknown
Subject
American Locomotive Company
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
Railroad Hall (NMHT)
Pacific Railroad Company
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
For other images of the Pacific Railroad car arriving at NMHT, see Negatives SA1289 or 2004-10283, MAH-49366, and SA-911. For similar images of the Southern Railroad car arriving at NMHT see Negatives SIA2009-2174 and SA-912. A list of hand written captions to the pictures can also be found in this folder.
Summary
While the building is still under construction, the 1401, a 280-ton Pacific-type passenger steam locomotive, has been moved just inside the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, and is being supported by wooden ties. The locomotive was built in 1926 by the Richmond, Virginia, works of the American Locomotive Company. The railroad car was too large to move into the building after it was completed and so was moved prior to completion of the exterior walls.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder 9A
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1961
Standard number
SIA2010-0464 and SA-911
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Photographic print
Object
Event
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Object; Medium: Photographic print Number of Images: 1;
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Trains
Construction
Moving of artifacts
Transportation
Railroads--Trains
Steam locomotives
Workmen
Construction workers
Locomotives
Museum buildings
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Record ID
siris_sic_7539