Where can I find technical drawings giving exact dimensions of locomotive engines?
Dimensioned drawings of the CPRR Jupiter and UPRR #119 (the two locomotives photographed head to head at the Joining of the Rails) can be found in: Best, Gerald M. Iron Horses to Promontory. Golden West Books, San Marino, Calif., 1969. (See pages 156-161.) Copies of this book are readily available. (No original plans for the Jupiter survive; plans were recreated from photographs when a replica was built for the Golden Spike National Historic Site.) b) “UP Locomotive #119 & CP #60, Jupiter at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869.” by Roy E. Appleman, 1966. c) A drawing of the Central Pacific Railroad’s Jupiter engine is also shown in: Mayer, Lynn Rhodes and Vose, Kenneth E. Makin’ Tracks: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad in the Pictures and Words of the Men Who Were There. New York, Praeger, 1975. (See pages 182-183.) d) For Jupiter & #119 colors, see Jim Wilke’s drawings, and Bob Luce’s photographs of brass models. e) Links to sources of locomotive plans and drawings (the we
