page_title: Jupiter (locomotive)
section_title: Other historic Jupiter locomotives
hierarchical_section_title: Jupiter (locomotive) / Other historic Jupiter locomotives
caption_attribution_description: English: Leviathan 4-4-0 Steam Locomotive No.63 at its debut at Train Festival 2009 in Owosso, Michigan. This train is a replica of the original Leviathan that was built in 1868. The train was built from scratch by Mr. Dave Kloke, unlike the original, this replica burns oil instead of wood to generate steam.
context_page_description: The Jupiter was a 4-4-0 steam locomotive owned by the Central Pacific Railroad. It made history when it joined the Union Pacific No. 119 at Promontory Summit, Utah, during the Golden Spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.
  The Jupiter was built in September 1868 by the Schenectady Locomotive Works of New York, along with three other engines, numbered 61, 62, and 63, named the Storm, Whirlwind, and Leviathan, respectively. These were then dismantled and sailed to San Francisco, California, loaded onto a river barge, and sent to the Central Pacific headquarters in Sacramento. After reassembly they were commissioned into service on March 20, 1869.
context_section_description: Jupiter was known as "King of Gods" or "God of Sky", and it was common for railroads of the 1800s to name engines after this and other mythological legends to invoke awe and wonder.  Thus, there have been many engines named "Jupiter" by their respective railroads that, apart from the name, had little else in common with the engine of Golden Spike fame.  One such engine is Santa Cruz Railroad no. 3, also named Jupiter. This engine, owned by the Smithsonian Museum, is also a wood-burning 4-4-0.  However, this engine was built for narrow-gauge track, unlike the broader standard gauge of the trains at the Golden Spike ceremony.
  In 2009, Kloke Locomotive Works built a full-size replica of one of the Jupiter's sibling engines, the Leviathan, no. 63, which is operational.
caption: The replica of Jupiter's sister engine, Leviathan, (C.P. no. 63) operating at the 2009 Train Festival
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