Early San Francisco Bay Area Locomotive Rosters Reshuffled
sources & notes

(from http://cprr.org/) no report of the grand opening in either the Daily Alta California or Sacramento Daily Union
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non-payment by SF&A for two Vulcan locos

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(from cprr.org) SP got Atherton wrong
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details make report credible
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(from Kyle Wyatt, CSRM) likely the Mastick, because the Alameda went to the
San Rafael & San Quentin

Above: Contradictory reporting demonstrates *the* problem in a nutshell.

SF&O: 1st new car since opening

likely the Alameda
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(from Kyle Wyatt, CSRM) unless the SF&A possessed a heretofore unknown locomotive, this loco must be their second Vulcan 2-2-0

(from Kyle Wyatt, CSRM) What source confirmes that this is the Alameda? NPC converted SR&SQ from standard gauge to narrow gauge on 4-10-1875 (http://www.sfgenealogy.com/marin/history/rrtimeline.htm); loco sat around for nearly 6 years; or intermediate owner?

Vulcan production

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(from page 75)

(from cprr.org) SP apparently basically depended upon the Past & Present book (immediately above) for this info, but unknown why it associated Liberty with the first loco

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(above) Liberty used in CP's first experiment with trans-Bay car ferry

(right column) Given the comparitively extensive coverage of the Liberty's construction, it is curious that so many historians, particularly Best (who scoured local newspapers for info), continued to rely on SP's version as gospel.

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Cal-P Marysville may have been first 'main-line' loco to use coal in CA; Liberty may have been first CA 'main-line' loco to be constructed as a coal burner.
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(from Kyle Wyatt, CSRM)
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locomotive Oakland

(from Kyle Wyatt, CSRM) Was Cohen just blowing smoke about a loco in reaction to complaints about his steam car, or was this the Oakland?
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