Southern Pacific H&T Society

Hardcover, library-bound with dust jacket, 584 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., 963 photographs of which 484 are in color, with over 100 maps, numerous tables, bibliography and index.

Much has been written about the Southern Pacific Railroad. A focus of wealth, power and political control in the Golden State, Southern Pacific was on the scene, close behind the Spanish, molding and shaping the California we know today.

And nowhere is this more evident than in the San Joaquin Valley. Pioneer Central Pacific entered the valley building south out of Lathrop in the fall of 1870, reaching Tipton in the very heart of the San Joaquin Valley in late July 1872. At this point Southern Pacific continued the work. Surmounting the Tehachapi mountains, the railroad forked with one line heading to The Needles on the Colorado River, and the other to Los Angeles, which was opened for traffic in 1876.

Along the way, the railroad founded and platted many of the cities that exist today. For instance, Fresno was surveyed and staked out in May 1872 in an area where there was no habitation and "the ground was like a graveled school yard." Accumulating vast land grants in the progress, SP had land to sell and built branch lines to new and promising areas promoting the potential profits to be made to eastern farmers.

At its zenith, prior to World War II, the San Joaquin Division encompassed a little over 876 miles of first main track. This volume covers the rise and fall of this great enterprise, from its initial construction to its expansion, and sadly, its decline through 1996. While including new information, and many unpublished photographs in the mountains, it also covers in depth the vast network of secondary and branch lines once a part of the division.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 6–10
• Pioneer 1870-1900, pp. 11–50
• Expansion 1900-1930, pp. 51–168
• The Challenging Years 1930-1945, pp. 169–246
• Postwar Optimism 1945-1971, pp. 247–444
• Decline and Dismemberment 1971-1996, pp. 445–578
• Epilogue, pg. 579
• Bibliography, pg. 580
• Index, pp. 581–584

Hardcover, 8.5 x11 in. landscape with dust jacket, 206 pages and over 240 pictures, maps and documents.

The Ghost Trains of SP's Overland Route, Train Nos 21-22 – Second Section
By Randall E. Cape and Robert G. McKeen

Overshadowed on the Overland Route by the rest of Southern Pacific's passenger fleet, Nos. 21 and 22, Mail, ran between Oakland and Ogden from 1947 to 1967. Operated primarily for the United States Post Office Department and the Railway Express Agency rather than passengers, these workhorse trains conveyed vast amounts of head end traffic, quietly, efficiently - and very profitably. The Ghost Trains of SP's Overland Route provides a comprehensive review of the history, operations and makeup of these little-known trains. The book takes readers "on board" and describes activities in all of the working areas of the train - from the engine cab to the rear rider car, and everything in between.

This expanded second edition adds to the prior edition's presentation with new images, many in color, and related documents that have become available, helping fill out the story of Train Nos. 21 and 22. This Second Section - Westward takes readers on a photographic journey headed from Ogden to Oakland. Along the way, it provides new insights as it covers the trains, locations they frequented, and operations along the route. Operations at the previously under-examined SP West Oakland Mail Dock and REA Express Oakland Key Point terminal are the subject of special attention in this expanded volume.

Hardcover, 344 pages, quality bound with dust jacket, 560 photographs, 33 maps, 21 tables of data, Bibliography and Index.

While it could be argued that Sacramento, California was the point from which the vast Southern Pacific Railroad System grew, it was San Francisco which became the nucleus of wealth, power and political influence that was to become the Southern Pacific Company. Here the railroad system was planned, financed and managed.

Southern Pacific was one of the first large corporations to make San Francisco its headquarters and was for many years California's largest employer, and largest landowner - except for the federal government - in most of the states it operated in. Underscoring the city's importance, San Francisco was milepost zero in a system that identified the locations of all points on the vast Southern Pacific Railroad west of El Paso, by their distance from San Francisco.

Within the city itself, SP employed thousands of people over the years in its offices, shops, yards and on its trains, streetcars, ferries and steamships. The railroad gave unselfishly to the relief work that followed the earthquake and fire of 1906. Yet it is in San Francisco that we find the origin of the sobriquet, "the Octopus", which appeared in editorials criticizing the company's monopoly of the city's streetcar systems, long before the popular novel of the same name was published.

The opulence of its high-ranking officials added fuel to the fire. San Francisco was the only point on the former Southern Pacific system - or west of the Mississippi for that matter- that has enjoyed daily commuter rail service for nearly 160 years, mostly under SP management. And it was out of San Francisco that the last of the SP mainline steam locomotives operated.

Southern Pacific moved into what would become its final decades of activity in San Francisco with a spirit of optimism and innovation, yet railroad freight operations eventually withered under intense pressure from other forms of transportation, competition from the Port of Oakland, mergers, and the flight of rail-served industry and warehousing from the city in the face of escalating property values.

At this point, Southern Pacific's greatest asst was the critical real estate it controlled in the city, which it attempted to leverage for much-needed cash. Ultimately by 1996, and the merger with Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific for all intents and purposes had disappeared from San Francisco entirely.

This then is the story of the rise and fall of this once great corporation in San Francisco in all of its manifestations spanning 132 years, focusing primarily on its rail operations within the San Francisco Terminal.

Contents:

• Introduction/Acknowledgements, pp. 6–11
• Pre-Fire 1864-1906, pp. 12–63
• Disaster April 14, 1906, pp. 64–75
• Expansion 1907-1930, pp. 76–154
• Late Steam Era 1930-1960, pp. 155–285
• Railroading to Real Estate 1960-1996, pp. 286–337
• Epilogue, pp. 338–339
• Bibliography, pg. 340
• Index, pp. 341–343. Features: New Hardcover John R. Signor Southern Pacific H&T Society 2023

Expand your collection of SP Trainline back-issues with Archive Volume 3: Issues 81-120! Covering Winter 1994 to Summer 2004, Archive Volume 3 is a collection of 40 issues in easy-to-use PDF format. Also included is an exhaustive index, making finding specific information quick and easy.

Available on a USB thumb drive. Features: New thumb drive various authors Southern Pacific H&TS 2025

Hardcover with dust jacket, 584 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 3 in. 1,043 photographs (about 40% color), 76 maps, Bibliography and Index.

John Signor is a great author on United States railroad subjects and combined with his illustrator skills, this is a great book to have in your library - all 6+ lbs. of it! This book is filled with so much information on Southern Pacific's Los Angeles Division.

Maps, diagrams of yards, lists of local freights, tonnage diagrams, passenger trains and schedules, through freight times and names, historical B&W photographs, Color photographs of the late steam era up the late 1980s and a short discussion of SP's electrification study and so much more! From the first stirring of a Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad locomotive in January 1869, to the merger with Union Pacific on September 11, 1996, Southern Pacific's Los Angeles Division in all of its manifestations was an engine of growth and prosperity in Southern California.

It employed many thousands over the years in its offices, shops and trains. It brought settlers west, established towns, brought war workers in and sent the troops home. Much has been written about the Southern Pacific and its subsidiaries in the Southland.

This volume was conceived to augment these works by tracing the long and involved operating history of the Southern Pacific as it first helped to create Southern California, then later adapted to cope with its explosive growth.

Accompanying the text are over 1,000 photographs-most never published, including 456 in color plus timetables and other ephemera, and 76 maps, many of which are rendered in the author's unique "bird's eye view" style.

With Los Angeles as a destination of significance from the beginning, the author has been able to draw from a wealth of historic material on the subject, preserved by the railway itself, official repositories, interested employees and other individuals which includes photographs, firsthand experiences and the day-to-day paperwork that documented how SP operated in Southern California.

Southern Pacific's Los Angeles Division is sure to find a place on the bookshelves of those interested in the SP, or the history of Southern California as a whole.

Contents:

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• Hardcover
• John R. Signor
• Southern Pacific H&T Society
• 2020

Hardcover, 480 pages, 8.5 x 10.5 in., Color photographs and illustrations.

As a result of working on numerous Southern Pacific passenger car volumes over the years, the authors discovered many interesting photographs and documents relating to the Overland Limited, San Francisco Overland Limited, and San Francisco Overland. As this is a favorite SP passenger train of the authors, we believe it will be useful to share these photos and documentary findings through this publication.

The main focus of this volume will be on the San Francisco Overland (Limited) for the years 1946 through 1963. They have included limited coverage of the predecessor trains from 1869 to 1899 and select coverage of the Overland Limited and San Francisco Overland Limited for the periods 1899 through 1945.

Also included are select photos of other Overland Route passenger trains, plus appendices of historical dates, car assignments, consists, painting guide and bibliography for more information.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Acknowledgements and Foreword, pp. 6–10
• The Early Years, 1869 to 1898, pp. 11–14
• The Wood Car Era, 1899 to 1909, pp. 15–30
• The Heavyweight Steel Car Era, 1910 to 1945, pp. 31–84
• The Post-War Era, 1946 to 1963, pp. 85–214
• The Transition of the San Francisco Overland to Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray Colors, pp. 215–242
• End of Through San Francisco-Chicago Service by the San Francisco Overland, pp. 243–363
• Other Select Overland Route Trains, pp. 364–464
• Appendix A: Significant Historical Dates for both the Overland Limited and San Franciso Overland Limited and other Overland Route Trains, pp. 465–472
• Appendix B: Various Car Assignments and Train Consists, pp. 473–475
• Appendix C: Painting of the Cars, pp. 476–477.Bibliography, pp. 478–480. Features: New Hardcover Jeffrey Alan Cauthen and Donald M. Munger Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society 2024

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This is the second title in a series of four planned Volumes on Southern Pacific's heavyweight and lightweight passenger car fleet. Heavily illustrated and complete in an 8.5 x 12 in. horizontal format and library bound this book includes 582 pages, floor plans in HO scale, over 225 color and 850 black & white images, 109 plans, plus rosters, car builders and definitions of terms, car exterior colors, train assignments, glossary, bibliography and index.

SPH&TS, hardcover with full-color cover jacket, 464 pages, 8.5 x 12 x 3 in., color and B&W photographs, diagrams and illustrations.

Contents:
Gallery: The Liberty Bell Special, pp. 2-3,
The Mail Bag, pp. 4-5,
The White Hills Branch, pp. 6-13,
Air Brake Tests on the Siskiyou Line, pp. 14-17.,
SP's General Electric Road Power the First Wave - GE's U25B, pp. 18-36,
San Francisco Overland Photos by John C. Illman, pp. 37-47,
Gallery: Collectibles - Safety Awards, pg. 47.

Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society's Trainline Magazine Archive Volume 1: Issues 1-42 and Archive Volume 2: Issues 42-80 This two-disc set contains the first 80 issues of S•P Trainline in easy-to-use PDF format, preserving the original layouts and images.

Also included is an exhaustive index of the first 80 issues, making finding specific information quick and easy. Windows and Mac compatible. Buy these two volumes together as a bundle for a 10%savings off the retail price!

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Hardcover with jacket, 384, pages, 10.75 x 8.75 x .75 in., B&W and color photographs and illustrations.

In 1959 the Southern Pacific Railroad found itself in need of higher horsepower diesel locomotives to move their increasing freight traffic across the Sierras. As American locomotive manufactures could not meet the SP requirements the company began looking overseas.

In Munich Germany they found that Krauss Maffei, a respected locomotive builder, was producing diesel-hydraulic locomotives rated at 4000 horsepower. Southern Pacific and KM Hydraulics is the story of the building of these locomotives in Germany and of operating them in the United States. Robert J. Zenk working with KM and SP records, first-person accounts and a mechanical study of the sole surviving unit has authored an interesting history of the rise and fall of the hydraulic locomotives on the Southern Pacific.

There are detailed studies of each the 21 SP locomotives, the use of 9010 as the SP camera car and the locomotive's rebirth at the Niles Canyon Railway. This 300-page landscape book contains over 80 drawings, some 300 black/white and color photos many of which have never been published.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Cover Illustration
• Photographs, pp. 3–11
• Inception (The ML 3000 C-C Demonstrator), pp. 12–23
• Proposition (Concept for an American Diesel Hydraulic), pp. 24–33
• Constitution (Anatomy of the 1961 ML4000 C-C Prototype), pp. 34–69
• Emigration (Completion
• Testing and Delivery), pp. 70–97
• Adaptation (Adjusting to the American Landscape), pp. 98–135
• Evolution (Anatomy of the 1964 ML4000 C-C Series), pp. 136–173
• Aggregation (The Rio Grande Prototypes Go Way Out West), pp. 174–193
• Immersion (Sink or Swin for the Second Generation, 194-223
• Competition (The ALCO-MaK DH-643 and Others), pp. 224–233
• Translation (The Meter-Gauge Brazilian Series Units), pp. 234–243
• Alteration (Fixing Fixes: Series Unit Modifications), pp. 244–251
• Modernization (Two Years Old: Rebuilding New KMs), pp. 252–257
• Excursion (The Only KM Passenger Train Operation), pp. 258–263
• Termination (The Inevitable Outcome), pp. 264–275
• Transfiguration (Space Age: The 1969 Simulator Car), pp. 276–293
• Perpetuation (The Improbable Odyssey of Chassis 19106), pp. 294–309.Miniaturization (Krauss-Maffie ML 4000s in Scale), pp. 310–317
• Tabulation (Photo Roster: KKMs of the Southern Pacific), pp. 318–363
• Illustration (Drawings and Diagrams: Production and Proposals), pp. 364–335
• Conclusion (Acknowledgements and Afterthoughts), pp. 376–381
• Collation (Index of Subjects and Images), pp. 382–384. Features: New Hardcover Robert J. Zenk Southern Pacific H&T Society 2024

Hardcover, 208 pages, 8. 5 x 11 in., with over 200 B&W photographs

This title details the history of the 4-8-0 steam locomotives owned by the Southern Pacific. The SP rostered 84 engines in several classes and the various changes to them are documented throughout the book. Illustrating the text are numerous unpublished photos from the cameras of noted railroad photographers H.L.

Arey and H.H Arey as well as Robert McFarland, Bert Ward, Gerald Best and others. A chapter on tenders by Arnold S. Menke and a comprehensive roster is included, along with engine diagrams, division assignments and engine dispositions.

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Hardcover with dust jacket, 221 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., B&W photographs, illustrations and roster. The El Paso & Southwestern was the largest single corporate acquisition that the Southern Pacific ever made - a century ago, when rail mergers were popular. Even though the EP&SW corporation disappeared in 1924, its steam loco- motives became an active part of the Southern Pacific roster, a few lasting into the 1950s.

Furthermore, the lines of the former EP&SW (from Tucson to El Paso to Tucumcari) were operated with coal fuel, requiring distinctive service facilities and specialized locomotive tenders.While Vernon Glover's El Paso & Southwestern Railroad System explains the history of the railroad from its beginnings until 1924, this new book (effectively a second volume) carries forward the story of EP&SW's steam locomotives taken over by the SP, continuing through their final revenue service in 1959.There's more to the story though: the Southern Pacific chose to continue coal-fired locomotive operation in the former EP&SW territory, converting many of its own 2-10-2 locomotives from oil fuel to coal, then purchasing new coal-fuel 2-8-8-4 locomotives, and finally buying secondhand 2-8-4s from the Boston & Maine in the days before dieselization.With 221 pages and 250 pictures, maps and drawings, this new book takes the EP&SW locomotive story from its earliest days through the SP takeover, comprehensively illustrating the EP&SW fleet as it served the SP for nearly thirty years, all the way to final dieselization and beyond to preservation efforts on the three surviving steam engines.

The story of Southern Pacific steam locomotives is now more nearly complete!

Contents:

• Early Locomotives, pp. 8–41
• Decapods
• Moguls and Shays, pp. 42–53,0-6-0 and 0-8-0 Locomotives, pp. 54–75,4-6-0 Locomotives, pp. 76–93,2-6-2 Locomotives,, pp. 94–103,4-6-2 Locomotives, pp. 104–127,2-8-0 Locomotives, pp. 128–175,2-8-2 Locomotives, pp. 176–195,4-8-2 Locomotives, pp. 196–203
• Coal Burning Southern Pacific Locomotives, pp. 204–221. Features: New Hardcover Joseph A. Strapc Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society 2024

All three volumes show photographs of selected stations along with annotated information from SP Form 70, Officers, Agencies and Stations. This information includes the class of freight station (amount of freight that may be received or delivered), Elevation in feet above Sea Level, Stock Yards and Kind of Agency (Freight, Ticket, Express).

Southern Pacific H&TS, softcover, 84 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .25 in., 209 B&W photographs, three maps. Indexed.

Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in., landscape format with dust jacket, 496 pages. With color photographs throughout. Includes CD-ROM with all available roster information for SP and subsidiaries. More than twenty years in the making, Kenneth Harrison documents more than fifty thousand maintenance of way cars and equipment with over 1,200 photographs, hundreds never before published.

Subsidiary lines covered include the T&NO (and predecessors), Cotton Belt, SD&AE, SP de Mexico, NWP and Pacific Electric. Equipment coverage is broken down into the following groups: flangers, spreaders, snowplows, wrecking (relief) cranes, relief outfits, pile drivers, shovels, ditchers, boarding cars, roadway water cars, roadway box, roadway flats, roadway ballast, test and supply cars, shop switchers and many system oddities.

Also included is a CD-ROM with all available roster information for all subsidiary lines.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 3–11
• Flangers, pp. 12–35
• Jordan (and other) Spreaders, pp. 36–67
• Snowplows (Rotaries and Other Breeds), pp. 68–101
• Wrecking (Relief) Cranes, pp. 102–145
• Relief Outfits, pp. 146–153
• Pile Drivers
• Shovels and Ditchers, pp. 154–183
• Boarding Cars, pp. 184–257
• Roadway Water Cars, pp. 258–283
• Roadway Box Cars, pp. 284–291
• Roadway Flats, pp. 292–311
• Roadway Ballast, pp. 312–319
• Tool
• Scale Test
• Supply and Other Miscellaneous Cars, pp. 320–345
• Shop Switchers, pp. 346–359
• Texas and New Orleans Lines (and Predecessors), pp. 360–391
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway ("Cotton Belt"), pp. 392–405
• San Diego and Arizona (Eastern) Railway, pp. 406–419
• Southern Pacific of Mexico, pp. 420–429
• Northwestern Pacific, pp. 430–439
• Pacific Electric "Service" Equipment, pp. 440–455
• Western Union Telegraph Co. Equipment on the Southern Pacific, pp. 456–463
• Relief Outfits as of 1994, pp. 464–473
• Store Department Supply Train, pp. 474–475
• Rail Detector Cars, pp. 476–483
• Non-SP MW in SP Operation, pp. 484–487
• Off-Rail Equipment, pp. 488–496
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Heavily illustrated and complete, it covers the production, service history and modifications to wood, heavyweight and lightweight head end equipment assigned to, or owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Contents: Ch. 1: Associated (Harriman) Lines Common Standard 60' and 40' Steel Postal Cars, pp. 30–83,Ch. 2: SP Common Standard 60' Steel Postal & Postal-Storage Cars, Development and Production 1914-1941, pp. 84–99,Ch. 3: Common Standard 60' Steel Postal-Baggage Cars, Development & Production 1912-1921, pp. 100–121,Ch. 4: Common Standard 69' Steel Postal-Baggage Cars, Development & Production 1911-1914, pp. 122–137,Ch. 5: SP Common Standard 69' Steel Postal-Baggage Cars, Development & Production 1916-1918, pp. 138–149,Ch. 6: SP Common Standard 70 Steel Postal-Baggage Cars, Development & Production 1921-1928, pp. 150–189,Ch. 7.

SP Rebuilt or Reconfigured Steel Postal-Baggage Cars, pp. 190–207,Ch. 8: Associated (Harriman) Lines Common Standard 60' Baggage Cars, Development & Production pp. 208–259,Ch. 9: SP Common Standard 60' Baggage Cars, Development & Production 1906-1915, pp. 260–278,Ch. 10: SP Common Standard 70' Steel Baggage and Baggage Automobile Cars, Development & Production 1918-1930, pp. 278–327,Ch. 11: SP Common Standard 70' and 80' Steel Baggage-Horse Cars, Development & Production 1924-1927, pp. 328–351,Ch. 12: SP 80' Baggage-Horse Cars Rebuilt for Other Service, pp. 352–261,Ch. 13: SP Heavyweight Baggage and Baggage Express Cars Converted and Renumbered from Other Cars and Car Types, pp. 362–383,Ch. 14: SP 40' Wood Tea and Silk Cars, pp. 384–389,Ch. 15: Former El Paso & Southwestern Cars, pp. 390–401,Ch. 16: St.

Louis Southwestern Postal-Baggage & Baggage, pp. 402–409,Ch. 17: Heavyweight Cars Owned by Other Carriers and Used in Jointly-Operated Trains, pp. 410–421,Ch. 18: SP 40' Express Box Cars & PFE Express Refrigerators, Development & Production 1946-1965, pp. 422–439,Ch. 19: SP Lightweight Baggage Cars, Development & Production 1946-1965, pp. 440–467,Ch. 20: SP Post-War Postal-Baggage Cars, Development & Production, 1946-1965, pp. 468–511,Ch. 21: Lightweight Cars Owned by Other Carriers and Used in Jointly-Operation Trains, pp. 512–522,Appendix, pp. 523–533,Foreign Road Gallery, pp. 534–547,Bibliography, pp. 548–551,Glossary of Terms, pp. 552–558,Index, pp. 559–564, SPH&TS, hard bound with jacket, 564 pages, 8.5 x 12 x 2.5 in., 182 color and 825 black & white images, 97 plans, Rosters, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography and Index.

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Hardcover with dust jacket, 216 pages, standard landscape format 11 x 8.

5 x .75 in., over 330 photographs, maps and diagrams. This long-awaited title lives up to the expectations. The EP&SW along with its parent, Phelps-Dodge Corporation, spurred the growth of Arizona and New Mexico beginning with copper mining and smelting and later coal mining and timber harvesting. The author, Vernon J.

Glover, I consider 'Mr. New Mexico Railroads' as he has collected much information regarding the state over the years. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, copper was a growth industry in the United States. The rapid growth of copper production and the surrounding towns in southeastern Arizona made it clear that wagon freight to and from main line railheads was no longer a sufficient means of transportation - there was a need for more direct rail connections to the eastern markets.

Fruitless discussions with the Southern Pacific led to building the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad, an independent railroad, to El Paso, Texas, financed entirely from cash reserves of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company. In the meantime, the El Paso & Northeastern, a line not affiliated with either railroad, was building northward from El Paso, up through the Territory of New Mexico, creating new towns as it went along the way.

In 1905, the two railroads were joined and their operations merged as rapidly as possible. The EP&SW story is told in three parts: first, the origins of the western part of the system, second, connecting El Paso with the coal mines of Dawson, New Mexico, and third, the merger of the eastern and western lines in 1905 into a unified system.

Throughout its story, strong personalities influenced the activities of the system: James Douglas of the Copper Queen at Bisbee, Arizona, Charles Bishop Eddy and John Arthur Eddy, guiding the EP&NE, Attorney William Ashton Hawkins who, along with Douglas, influenced the merged EP&SW system until its sale to the Southern Pacific in 1924.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 5–10
• Land
• Minerals
• Mines and Railroads, pp. 11–28
• A New Railroad to El Paso, pp. 29–58
• El Paso & Northeastern System, pp. 59–86
• EP&NE Operations and Merger with EP&SW, pp. 87–106
• Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railway, pp. 107–136
• EP&SW Eastern Division Improvements, pp. 137–162
• Years of Growth, pp. 163–198
• The SP Years - An Epilogue, pp. 199–208
• Appendices: Locomotive Rosters
• Notes, pp. 209–212
• Index, pp. 213–216

Contents:
Gallery: LAUPT in 1958, pp. 2-3,
The Mail Bag, pp. 4-5,
The San Jose Roundhouse, pp. 6-17,
From the Archives: Salt Lake Division Assignment Clerks/Telegraphers, pp. 18-27,
Gallery: Steam Generators, pg. 28,
Southern Pacific Co. and SUNSET magazine, pp. 29-32,
Bad Day at Clotho (grade crossing derailment), pg. 33,
SP No. 1, C.P. Huntington, photos, blueprint diagams, lettering, pp. 34-47.

Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society, hardcover with jacket, 254 pages, 9 x 11.5 x.75 in., B&W photographs, roster, index.

Southern California's history and economic development were closely aligned with the Pacific Electric Railway, organized 1901-1902 by Henry Huntington and carried on by a new corporation after 1911 of the same name, owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad.

This book addresses the period from 1911 to 1953 of the "new" Pacific Electric Railway that operated electric-powered passenger and freight trains in southern California. The co-authors had access to extensive photograph files illustrating Pacific Electric cars and their operating environment and selected the best for use in this book.

Two major goals of this book is to illustrate all of the major classes of cars and locomotives operated by the Pacific Electric after 1911 and to provide detailed, informative picture captions that can both stand on their own and also provide the seeds for future research.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 1–23
• Deluxe Cars and Wood City Cars, pp. 24–41
• Early Steel City Cars, pp. 42–55
• 500 Class Suburban Cars, pp. 56–63
• 600 Class Steel City Cars, pp. 64–81
• 800 Class Wood Interurban Cars, pp. 82–89
• 950 Class Wood Interurban Cars, pp. 90–97
• 1000 Class Wood Interurban Cars, pp. 98–109
• 1100 Class Steel Interurban Cars, pp. 110–117
• 1200 Class Steel Interurban Cars, pp. 118–137
• 1300 Class Combination Cars (Wood and Steel), pp. 138–147
• 138-147
• 1400 Class Box-Motor and RPO Cars (Wood and Steel), pp. 148–165
• 1500-1600 Class Power Cars and Locomotives (Wood and Steel), pp. 166–189
• 1700 Class Service Cars, pp. 190–201
• 300 Class "Blimp" Interurban Cars, pp. 202–211
• 400 Class "Blimp" Interurban Cars, pp. 212–223
• 450 Class "Blimp" Interuban Cars, pp. 224–229
• 496 Class "Blimp" Combination Cars, pp. 230–235
• 5000 Class PCC Suburban Cars, pp. 236–244
• Index, pp. 245–254.

This is a pictorial with over 400 roster and action photographs of SP Pacific Lines steam during World War II and the dozen years afterward as the roster declined. Almost all of the pictures show engines at work or at least ready to run.

There is a condensed roster and some text, but the main effort was to present caption information that would explain what is going on in the picture - not just what and when, but why. Photographic examples are included of almost every class of Pacific Lines steam engine that operated in this time span, with chapters on each wheel arrangement.

Many of the images were made from negatives that are sixty or even seventy years old, and yet the photograph reproduction is quite good.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 2–15
• Switchers: 0-6-0 and 0-8-0, pp. 16–27
• Moguls: 2-6-0, pp. 28–41
• Ten-Wheelers: 4-6-0, pp. 42–57
• Pacific and Atlantic: 4-6-2 and 4-4-2, pp. 58–81
• Consolidations: 2-8-0, pp. 82–101
• Twelve-Wheelers: 4-8-0, pp. 102–109
• Mikados: 2-8-2, pp. 110–127
• Berkshires: 2-8-4, pp. 128–133
• Decapods: 2-10-2, pp. 134–145
• Articulated and Mallet: 2-6-6-2, 4-6-6-2, 2-8-8-2 and 2-8-8-4, pp. 146–159
• Articulated Consolidation: 4-8-8-2, pp. 160–177
• Mountains: 4-8-2, pp. 178–189
• General Service: 4-8-4, pp. 190–209
• Southern Pacific: 4-10-2, pp. 210–215
• Narrow Gauge, Shop Switcher and 4-4-0, pp. 216–224. Southern Pacific H&TS, 224 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1 in., B&W photographs and roster.

This title is published by Shade Tree Books but apparently the Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society is selling the first copies. This is both an historical account with many Black and White photographs and a pictorial with many large Black and White and Color photographs.

All eras of the Southern Pacific are presented in color: steam locomotives, early diesels, later diesels, MetroLink, and Consolidated Rock Products which is part of the Other Railroads in the Valley chapter.

There are some track diagrams, depot plans (though very small, each one fills a page), and tables of customers and other data. Overall this is a very detailed work. Located north of the Los Angeles basin, the San Fernando Valley was home to a portion of both the San Joaquin main line and the Coast main line, and the entire Burbank Branch.

The author traces the history of Southern Pacific in the area from the 1850s when it just an idea, the construction of both main lines and the branch line, the operational history of the railroad, and the end of the Southern Pacific in 1996.

Iconic locations such as Glendale station, Burbank Junction, and the three tunnels in Chatsworth through Santa Susana Pass were the stomping grounds of both famous and unknown photographers. Many of the photographs are published for the first time.

The steam era covers little 4-4-0s to massive cab-forwards. The diesel era covers the freight and passenger locomotives that dieselized the railroad to the end of the Southern Pacific with SD70Ms and AC4400s.

One chapter is dedicated to other railroads in the valley including Amtrak, Metrolink, quarry railroads and two monorails. Included are thirty-two pages of full-color photography from Daylight locomotives to the last days of scarlet and gray.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 6–13
• 1850-1876, pp. 14–31
• 1876-1893, pp. 32–61
• 1894-1910, pp. 62–95
• 1911-1919, pp. 96–127
• 1920-1945, pp. 128–181
• 1946-1959, pp. 182–221
• 1960-1971, pp. 222–271
• 1971-1996, pp. 272–301
• Other Railroads in the Valley, pp. 302–329
• Anecdotes, pp. 331–351
• Railroading in Color Photography, pp. 352–383
• Appendix A: Stations, pp. 384–403
• Appendix B: Depots, pp. 404–421
• Appendix C: Special Instructions, pp. 422–425
• Appendix D: Passenger Train Service Detail, pp. 426–433
• End Notes, pp. 434–445
• Bibliography, pp. 446–450
• Glossary, pp. 451–453
• Index, pp. 454–480. Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society, 480 pages, 11 x 9 x.75 in., Black and White and Color Photographs and illustrations.

Shade Tree Books and Southern Pacific H&TS, hardcover with jacket, 240 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in.

, B&W and Color photographs and illustrations.This book covers the men behind the line, the early history, the demise, and a chapter on its freight history including the 'island' at San Fernando.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Bibliography and Glossary, pp. 4–9
• Titans, pp. 10–15
• Wheat Field, pp. 16–23
• Arrival, pp. 24–37
• Onward, pp. 38–51
• December 1911 to December 1937, pp. 52–83
• Motor Coaches, pp. 84–95
• January 1938 to December 1948, pp. 96–131
• Demise, pp. 132–161
• Freight Service, pp. 162–189
• Epilogue, pp. 190–193
• Views Along the Line, pp. 194–220
• Anecdotes and Stories, pp. 221–224
• Color Photography and the PE, pp. 225–240

SPH&TS, hardcover with jacket, 576 pages, 8.5 x 12 x 3 in., B&W and Color photographs, 970 images, 142 plans, rosters, Bibliography, Glossary, Index.

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Contents:

• Acknowledgements, Introduction, pp. 4–27
• Ch. 1: Predecessor Non-Common Standard SP and UP Wood Dinning Cars, 1889-1909, pp. 28–91
• Ch. 2: Associated (Harriman) Lines Common Standard Wood Dining Cars, 1909-1910, pp. 92–107
• Ch. 3: Associated (Harriman) Lines Common Standard Steel Dining Cars, 1912-1914,pp. 108–123
• Ch. 4: Southern Pacific Common Standard Steel Dining Cars, 1919-1930, pp. 124–207
• Ch. 5: Southern Pacific Common Standard Dining Cars, 1937-1950, pp. 208–253
• Ch. 6: Southern Pacific Jointly Owned Articulated Dining Cars, 1936-1941, pp. 254–279
• Ch. 7: Southern Pacific Common Standard Articulated Dining Cars, 1939-1949, pp. 280–337
• Ch. 8: Predecessor and Southern Pacific Cafe Lounge Observation Cars, 1906-1937, pp. 338–371
• Ch. 9: SP Tavern, Diner-Lounge, Coffee Shop Cars, 1937-1950, pp. 372–439
• Ch. 10: Southern Pacific Heavyweight Hamburger Grill Cars, pp. 440–469
• Ch. 11: Southern Pacific Automats, pp. 470–509
• Ch. 12: Southern Pacific Economy Food Service Equipment, pp. 510–521
• Ch. 13: St. Louis Southwestern Food and Lounge Service Cars, pp. 522–537
• Ch. 14: El Paso & Southwestern Dining Cars, pp. 538–547
• Ch. 15: Sud-Pacifico de Mexico Food and Lounge Service Cars, pp. 548–563
• Passenger Car Committee, p. 564
• Glossary of Terms, pp. 565–566
• Bibliography, pp. 567–569
• Index, pp. 570–576.

Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society, hardcover with jacket, 192 pages, 11 x 8.5 x.5 in., full Color photographs and illustrations, Appendix.

SP Modelers, this book is for you! There are many illustrations in color to get your models as accurate as they can be. This guide has been designed as a companion to the Southern Pacific Painting and Lettering Guide for locomotive and passenger cars published by the SPH&TS in 2013.

This title illustrates how Southern Pacific (and subsidiaries) owned freight cars were painted and lettered over the years, as well as Pacific Motor Trucking equipment used in TOFC (Trailer-on-Flatcar) service and rail cars from wholly-owned rail car leasing companies Evergreen and Golden West.

Extensive coverage of painting and lettering practices for Pacific Fruit Express equipment is also included. Coverage begins with the emergence of Common Standard practices in the 1880s (1906 for PFE) and continues through 1996.

All information in this volume is based on official SP and Pacific Fruit Express, car and locomotive builder documents, plans and drawings. This book will be useful as a tool for historians and modelers.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements, pp. 5–8
• Overview of Freight Car Painting and Lettering, pp. 9–11
• System Painting and Lettering Prior to 1909, pp. 12–19
• Harriman Era Painting and Lettering 1909-1917, p. 20
• SP System Painting and Lettering 1917-1921, pp. 21–29
• SP System Painting and Lettering 1921-1946, pp. 30–39
• SP System Painting and Lettering 1946-1955, pp. 40–51
• SP System Painting and Lettering Transition Era 1955-1958, pp. 52–63
• Early SP TOFC Painting and Lettering 1958-1961, pp. 64–76
• SP System Painting and Lettering 1958-1985, pp. 77–99
• SP System Painting and Lettering 1986-1996, pp. 100–108
• Pacific Fruit Express Painting and Lettering, pp. 109–188
• Appendix (SP Reporting Marks, Reweigh Station Codes, etc.), pp. 189–192.

Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, hardcover with jacket, 528 pages, 414 B&W and 176 Color photographs.

Authors Munger and Cauthen, with many credits to their names in all matters regarding Southern Pacific passenger equipment, have combined efforts once again in this massive Volume which details the history of Southern Pacific and its Subsidiaries' (both Pacific Lines and Texas & Louisiana Lines) Official Cars, as well as Sud Pacifico de Mexico Official Cars and those of the St.

Louis-Southwestern Railway and Pacific Electric Railway. Since many of these cars were renamed and/or renumbered - often many times - a Name and Numbering Aid is included to guide the reader to a specific car of interest.

An additional chapter covers Southern Pacific Company Service Cars. 590 photographs - 176 of them in color - and 110 plans, Rosters, Appendix, Color Gallery, Bibliography, Glossary of Terms and Index. A Must Have for the Southern Pacific historian and modeler! Hardcover.

Contents:

• Introduction, Acknowledgements, pp. 8–11
• Name and Number Finding Aid, pp. 12–16
• Southern Pacific and Subsidiaries (Pacific Lines) Official Cars, pp. 17–328
• Southern Pacific and Subsidiaries (Texas & Louisiana Lines) Official Cars, pp. 329–378
• Sud Pacifico de Mexico Official Cars, pp. 379–386
• St. Louis-Southwestern Railway Official Cars, pp. 387–410
• Pacific Electric Railway Official Cars, pp 411-416
• Southern Pacific Company Service Cars, pp. 417–430
• Appendix A: Select Official Cars Equipment Details, pp. 431–448
• Appendix B: Official Car Interiors, pp. 449–456
• Appendix C: Miscellaneous Cars, Photographs and Plans, pp. 457–460
• Appendix D: San Marino, The Rest of the Story, pp. 461–463
• Southern Pacific Official Car Gallery, pp. 464–507
• The Society's SP Official Car Working Group Patrons, p. 508
• Bibliography, pp. 509–513
• Glossary of Terms, pp. 514–517
• Index, pp. 518–528.

Hardcover, signed by both authors, pages, 10.5 x 8.5 in., 40 Color photos and 170 B&W photos.

Photography by Robert Morris, Narrated by Bob Zenk. Covers over 35 years of the Southern Pacific operations from the 1960s to 1990s in outstanding photographs.

The San Antonio Division stretches 1,289 miles from Glidden to El Paso, Texas, and southward to the Rio Grande Valley. This territory encompasses the vast expanse of western Texas, the ports of Corpus Christi and Brownsville, the rich agricultural lands of southern Texas and the urban centers of San Antonio and El Paso.

While focusing on the final four decades prior to Southern Pacific's merger with the Union Pacific Railroad in 1996, Southern Pacific's San Antonio Division: 1960-1996 also contains detailed history of the companies and lines constituting the San Antonio Division.

For continuity, the small portions which constituted the Austin and the Houston Division in 1960 have been included. The author worked in SP's Operating Department from 1979 until 1994 and was granted access to company files, records and internal memoranda.

This book is a very detailed and well researched insight into the operation of the San Antonio Division. Included are 480 photographs, many depicted in full page size, 25 maps and 24 detailed yard and terminal diagrams.

This is the first comprehensive book published on the San Antonio Division and will appeal to anyone interested in the history and operations of the Southern Pacific. Two future companion volumes are planned, the first covering the Dallas and Austin Divisions, the second covering the Houston and Lafayette Divisions.

Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 600 pages, 11 x 8? X 2 in., library bound with dust jacket, 480 photographs, 25 maps, 24 yard and terminal diagrams.

Contents:

• New
• Hardcover
• David M. Bernstein
• Southern Pacific H&T Society

SPH&TS, hardcover with jacket, 132 pages, 8.5 x 12 x.75 in., richly illustrated with photographs, maps and period ephemera, 40 in color and 150 in black & white.

An overview of the history, operations, legend and lore of SP's various steamship, ferry and river operations including the Morgan Line to New York, Louisiana and California ferry and riverboat operations and SP's various construction 'navies'.

Contents:

• Southern Pacific At Sea (Morgan Steamship, etc.), pp. 9–48
• Texas and Louisiana Bay & River Operations, pp. 49–58
• California Bay & River Operations, pp. 59–104
• Miscellaneous Operations (incl. Great Salt Lake), pp. 105–114
• Appendix, pp. 115–124
• Bibliography, p. 125
• Index, p. 126-132.