Warren Blomquist locomotive fuel consumption studies collection, $f1924-1970.

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Warren Blomquist locomotive fuel consumption studies collection, $f1924-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35091547

Consists of photocopies of typescript reports and published articles on locomotive fuel consumption (1924-1970).

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7369013

University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

Blomquist, Warren.

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Historian. Researched conversion of railroad engines from coal to diesel-burning. Part of material obtained from records of Southern Pacific Railroad, San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Warren Blomquist locomotive fuel consumption studies collection, $f1924-1970. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 35091547 ...