On Monday, July 3, the Carson and Colorado Railway and the Eastern California Museum will host the Slim Princess Engine 18 Silver Spike Celebration. The day-long event will celebrate the recent relocation of the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Locomotive #18, the Slim Princess, to the museum grounds. The locomotive will be steamed up and run […]
Slim Princess Locomotive Moves to New Home at the Eastern California Museum By Jon Klusmire – Eastern California Museum The Slim Princess locomotive was on the road, and the sight of a full-size steam locomotive rolling down US 395 drew quite a crowd. The fully refurbished narrow-gauge locomotive was loaded on a semi-truck trailer on […]
Letter of Appreciation from the Carson and Colorado Railway The Carson and Colorado Railway (CCR) is excited to announce that through the unbelievable support of our members we were not only able to match the $20,000 offered through a grant by the Narrow Gauge Preservation Foundation for work on the historic Slim Princess locomotive, we […]
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