Printing a train going off the rails for the anniversary of the 1st train ride in CA (Aug. 17, 1855)

On August 17, 1855, Locomotive No. 1, known as the “Sacramento” belonging to the Sacramento Valley Railroad Company, and two open rail cars filled with 200 passengers made a trial run on a new railroad line from the foot of R Street heading east until 17th Street. Hundreds of spectators were in attendance to witness what is considered to be the first railroad train ride in California. Two days later, C.K. Garrison, the president of the railroad company, held a more exclusive run for investors. The Sacramento Valley Railroad reached Brighton (just south of Sacramento State) by the middle of September 1855 and reached Folsom on February 22, 1856. Today, the Gold Line Light Rail route of Sacramento Regional Transit parallels much of this route from Midtown Sacramento to Folsom. In honor of today, Jared discussed the train ride while letterpress printing a cut of a train going off the rails that we have in our print shop exhibit. This cut of a locomotive was printed in black rubber base ink and was printed using our Washington hand press. #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #railroad #locomotive #train #trains #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #asmr #printing #youtubeshorts #youtube #shorts #short #shortvideo #oldsacramento

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