Construction locomotive being moved up Main Street in Susanville (1913)

Photograph of Star Construction Company's steam locomotive being moved up Main Street in Susanville, California prior to the construction of the railroad toward Westwood Junction; the offices of the Lassen Advocate can be seen in the background; two boys with bicycles are in the foreground; this photo documents the movement of equipment for the construction of the railroad through the Susan River Canyon to the west of town; temporary track panels in use; the locomotives both moved onto the section of track closest to their goal, the direction of progress being uncertain in this photo, and then the vacated section of track was moved around and temporarily attached to the "front" of the occupied section; in this fashion, the locomotives move gradually toward their goal, one section at a time; Fernley Branch of the Salt Lake Division of the Southern Pacific; photographic print