Locomotives Built
The named locomotives built by Union Iron Works were:
- "California" for the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad
- "Atlantic" for the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad
- "A. A. Sargent" for the Central Pacific Railroad
- "Mt. Diablo" for the Pittsburg Railroad
- "Boston" for the Pittsburg Railroad
- "Union" for the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad
- "Sampson" for the Pittsburg Railroad
- "D. O. Mills" (named after Darius Ogden Mills) for the Black Diamond Coal Mining Railroad (also known as the "Black Diamond Railroad")
- "Calistoga" for the California Pacific Railroad
- "Lyon" for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad
- "Ormsby" for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad
- "Storey" for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad
- "J. G. Downey" (named for John G. Downey, nineteenth-century Governor of California) for the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
- "W. C. Ralston" (named for William Chapman Ralston) for the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
- "Geyser" for the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
- "Santa Rosa" for the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
- "John D. Hall" for the Battle Mountain and Lewis Railroad
- "S. H. Harmon" for the Gualala Railroad
- "Starr Grove" for the Battle Mountain and Lewis Railroad
- "F. Camacho" for the Acajutla and Sonsonate Railroad
- "Ukiah" for the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
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