Sierra No. 3
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Sierra No. 3, often called the "Movie Star locomotive", is a 19th-century steam locomotive owned by the State of California and preserved at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California.
Sierra Railway No. 3. hauling its first train on July 3, 2010, after its overhaul
Sierra Railway #3 on the P&AC.
No. 3's 1918 derailment that destroyed the original wooden cab.
Smokestack prop used in the locomotive explosion scene in Back to the Future Part III.
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
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Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, and its operating entity, the Sierra Railway, is known as "The Movie Railroad." Both entities are a heritage railway and are a unit of the California State Park System. Railtown 1897 is located in Jamestown, California. The entire park preserves the historic core of the original Sierra Railway of California. The railway's Jamestown locomotive and rolling stock maintenance facilities are remarkably intact and continue to function much as they have for over 100 years. The maintenance facilities are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Sierra Railway Shops Historic District.
The Sierra Railway #28 steam locomotive at Railtown 1897, in 2006
Sierra Railway machine shop. Hand car and wheel press are in foreground. Shaper and engine lathes in background. Machines are driven by an overhead, flat-belt line shaft.
Image: Sierra RR July 3 2010 042x RP Flickr drewj 1946
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