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| Last updated on August 8, 2025
Southern Pacific’s narrow-gauge line in the vast Owens Valley of California was known as the “Slim Princess.” Here a single freight car separates engine from caboose near Zurich (Big Pine) in July 1959.
William H. Mills photo
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Make that two votes for the auxillary water car, fine view though of a “slim princess caboose hop”
Great photo. I believe the freight car in the photo is not a revenue move but rather an auxillary water tank car.