Sierra Railway No. 3 is a 19th-century steam locomotive. Built in 1891, the locomotive returned to operation in July 2010 after a fourteen-year absence from service. It has appeared in more motion pictures, documentaries, and television productions than any other locomotive, according to the Smithsonian Institution. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture for Unforgiven in 1992, which was directed by Clint Eastwood.
About Sierra No. 3 in brief
Sierra Railway No. 3 is a 19th-century steam locomotive. Built in 1891, the locomotive returned to operation in July 2010 after a fourteen-year absence from service. The locomotive has appeared in more motion pictures, documentaries, and television productions than any other locomotive, according to the Smithsonian Institution. It was often redecorated for various movie and television appearances, one of its most famous roles being the Cannonball Hoot in the mid-1960s series Petticoat Junction. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture for Unforgiven in 1992, which was directed by Clint Eastwood. It is owned by the State of California and preserved at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California. It has 17 in × 24 in cylinders, 56-inch driving wheels and weighs 50 short tons in working order.
The 4-6-0 ten-wheeler was built by the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works of Paterson, New Jersey, and it was given Rogers construction number 4493. The P&AC went bankrupt in 1893 and its owner, Thomas S. Bullock, relocated to California bringing much of his railroad equipment. He then entered into a partnership with Prince André Poniatowski and William H. Crocker, and together in 1897 they incorporated the Sierra Railway Company of California to connect Oakdale, California with the timber producing regions of Tuolumne County and Calaveras County. It played a significant role in logging, mining and dam building operations in the Sierra foothills. Originally built to burn coal, it was converted to burn oil sometime between 1900 and 1902.
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