For over 40 years, the Centennial Museum had been host to a 19th Century 4-4-0 locomotive, known locally as Engine No. 1. This virtual tour takes you from the original downtown location through the 1960 move to the Centennial Museum and then to the recent removal for restoration and eventual display near Downtown El Paso's Union Depot.
Built in 1857 by the Breese & Kneeland Company, Engine No. 1 worked in Wisconsin until the Milwaukee Railroad sold it to what would soon become the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad, the E.P. & S.W.'s first train. It then ran between Bisbee and Fairbank, Arizona, until it was retired in 1903. Around 1909, Engine No. 1 was overhauled, painted, and put on display in Downtown El Paso at the intersection of Stanton and Franklin streets.
Last update: 15 Feb 2003