Central Pacific Railroad

The Central Pacific Railroad, (later to become the Southern Pacific Railroad), was planned by Theodore Judah and financed mostly through the efforts of "The Big Four" (who also called themselves, The Associates), who were Sacramento, California businessmen Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins. It was created to build the First Transcontinental Railroad. Alfred A. Hart was the official photographer of the CPRR construction.

Related Topics:
Southern Pacific Railroad - Theodore Judah - The Big Four - Sacramento, California - Leland Stanford - Collis Huntington - Charles Crocker - Mark Hopkins - First Transcontinental Railroad - Alfred A. Hart

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A replica of the Sacramento, California Central Pacific Railroad passenger station is part of the California State Railroad Museum, located in the Old Sacramento State Historic Park. The company's first two locomotives, the "Governor Stanford," and "C.P. Huntington", are also both housed at the same museum.

Related Topics:
Sacramento, California - California State Railroad Museum - Old Sacramento State Historic Park

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Nearly all of the company's early correspondence is preserved at Syracuse University as part of the Huntington papers collection, released on microfilm (133 reels). The following libraries have this microfilm: University of Arizona at Tucson; Virginia Commonwealth University at Richmond.

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Additional collections of manuscript letters are held at Stanford University and the Mariner's Museum at Newport News, Virginia.

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