General Information

Building a Reference Library

1. Building a book and video reference library.  What books and videos that are on a "must have" list.
   

2. Here's a few book suggestions:
   

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4. All of John Signor's books; all of Joe Strapac's books; Hofsommer's  history; the Ryan & Shine books; Dick Wright's book and its essential companion, the SPH&TS book; Tom Dill's books; all of Bruce Petty's  "Steam Age Equipment" books; the SPH&TS depot volumes; and a few miscellaneous others. And if you are interested in freight cars, I have a series on that topic., Dunscomb's "Century Of Southern Pacific Steam".
   

5. Tony Thompson
   

SP/PE books on line in PDF format

For a couple of good, long reads, check out:http://www.ohiostatepress.org

- There are no direct links, but here's how to access the stories.

- On the main page, in the upper-left, click on "Series."

- In the body of the following page click on Historical Perspectives on Business Enterprise

1.       - On this page there are two stories of historical importance to those interested in the SP/PE.
   

SP Book Stores

1. The two following companies are considered reputable.
   

2.                                                                             http://www.goldenspike.us/si/stb109.html
   

3.                                                                             http://www.karensbooks.com/store/products/ProductDetail.php?ProductID=8350
   

Specific S.P. Related Books

4-10-2 Three Barrels of Steam

1. Boynton , James E.
   

2. Glenwood Publishers; 1973
   

3. 164 pages; richly illustrated black & white with one color plate at Santa Clara by Charles Givens; covers the three-cylinder 5000 class of Southern Pacific 4-10-2 steam locomotives. Has engineering drawings as well as many photos; includes fascinating information on wrecks and robberies (as late as 1929) involving these unique engines.
   

1940’s Carmans Manual

1946 Station Manual

30 Years Over Donner Pass

1. Fisher, Bill 
   

2. Trans-Anglo Books
   

4294 "Portrait of an Engine"

4449, THE QUEEN OF STEAM (SP)

    Brueckman/Moreau, 1983, 64p, Carbarn Press, HD, vg, $25.

American Car & Foundry, 1899-1999 

1. White, John
   

2. Signature Press
   

3. This huge book (10.25" x 12.5") containing over 635 pages and over 530 illustrations: prints, photos, blueprints, patent drawings, ground plans, etc. This book explains the principal types of freight cars (boxcars, reefers, flats, gondolas, hoppers) used in the US from 1830 to ca. 1910.  (photos upon request)gthomas2@wi.rr.com
   

American Railroad Freight Car

Baggage Car with Lace Curtains, A

1. Kay Fisher.
   

2. Softcover book about living on an SP MoW car from a woman's perspective.
   

Cab-Forward - The Story of S.P. Articulateds

1. Church, Robert J. 
   

2. Central Valley R.R. Pub., 1982
   

3. P.O. Box 116
   

CALIFORNIA RAILROADS 1851-1992 - Fickewirth, 1992, Golden West, 194p, HD, vg, $45.

CALIFORNIA RAILS 1950'S: A Color Pictorial

1. Dalles Gilbertson
   

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3. Excellent book. The color quality is superb. The subjects are priceless, as the color is from the era when most were shooting B&W. I would give it my highest rating for photo value. It's not a book of history per se, of course, but is superb information.
   

4. Tony Thompson
   

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6. I used a number his photos in my articles in Railroad Model Craftsman, July and Aug. 2000 and I know that Tom Dill used any number of them in his works. They also show up in a number of other books. Tony is right when he says these are fine photos so if for no other reason get the book for that reason and do a little detective on your own, it will be fun.
   

7. Rusty Ron Plies
   

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9. The book is by area. Samples: Los Angels Basin - Pacific Electric, Modoc Line, Santa Maria Valley RR, etc.
   

Central Pacific & Southern Pacific Railroads

1. Beebe, Lucius
   

Century of S.P. Steam

1. Guy L. Dunscomb
   

2. Train Shop, 1952
   

3. Santa Clara, CA
   

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5. It is actually five pages. Here is the link. I scanned them at 300dpi, so the file is 10MB.
   

6. http://www.utahrails.net/files/Century_of_SP-Steam_Addendum_1984.pdf
   

7. Don Strack
   

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9. The original is a 1963 edition. I have the full set of maps but would like to acquire the six-page "Amplifications, Additions and Corrections" that was included with later editions.
   

10. Dave Gowey
    

Chasing the S.P. in California, 1953 - 1956

1. Rod Crossley
   

1. This is a valuable collection of images from an interesting time.
   

2. Tony Thompson
   

Common Standard - Passenger Car Diagrams

1. SPH&TS
   

Common Standard - Passenger Train Cars Diagram

1. SPH&TS
   

Day Trains of the Coast Line

1. Ryan, Denis  &  Shine, Joseph
   

1. In "Day Trains of the Coast Line" they give explicit consists with car numbers up through 1948 but just generic consists after that. They give no consists for 1952-1953.
   

Daylight

1. Kenneth G. Johnsen
   

2. He also published a book on GS-class locomotives. His is a 112-page softcover volume also worth acquiring for additional photos etc. The book isn't terribly expensive and can usually be located through various used book dealers and Amazon.com
   

3. http://tinyurl.com/johnsen-daylight
   

Daylight 4449 Family Album

1. Johnsen
   

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Daylight Reflections

1. Huxtable, Nil
   

Diesels of the SP Vol. 1 Alco PA's

1. Cortani, Lloyd and Strapac
   

Freight Cars Journal No. 65", The Pullman-Standard builders photo collection, Pt 1 Cars of the D&RGW, SP and SSW

1. Kinkaid , James
   

2. 1995, 16 pages, b&w only. ISSN 0742-9355
   

The Great Yellow Fleet: A History of American Railroad Refrigerator Cars

1. John H. White
   

2. 1986 
   

3. This is a history of refrigerator cars on many railroads. The 186 pages contain 235 illustrations, 47 diagrams, 4 model plans.
   

1. The post-1920 part of that book was written by Donald Duke and it is riddled with errors, omissions, and misunderstood observations. DO NOT use it as an authority for any post-1920 information.
   

2. Tony Thompson
   

Ghost Trains of SP’s Overland Route

Historic Cars of the S.P.

Historic Southern Pacific Cars

1. Wayner
   

Historical Outline

1. SPH&TS
   

History of the Southern Pacific

    Bill Yenne

    Bonanza, 1988. 2nd Printing of this edition.

Iron Horses to Promontory

1. Gerald M. Best
   

2. 4th printing, Feb 1976
   

Life & Times of a Locomotive Engineer

1. Carsten’s Publishing,
   

2. About an S.P. Engineer
   

Main line; Fifty Years of Railroading with the Southern Pacific

1. Ernest L. King as told to Robert E. Mahaffay
   

2. (1948)
   

Memories of the Cab-Forward

The Modoc, Southern Pacific's Back Door to Oregon

    Jack Bowden and Tom Dill

Official Pullman Standard Library - Vol. 5, S.P. PreWar Cars

1. W. David Randall & William M. Ross
   

2. Railway Prod. Classics
   

3. P.O. Box 296
   

4. Godfrey, Ill  62035
   

1. Excellent book. Both Vol. 5 (Pre-War) and Vol. 6 (Post-War) on Southern Pacific's Pullman-Standard passenger cars, along with several other volumes in the P-S, Budd & ACF passenger car series are excellent resources for both the fan and modeler. They contain numerous photos of not only the exteriors, but also include plans and photos of the lightweight streamlined cars including interiors, underframes and lots lots more. A real plus are the plans showing both sides (good for window arrangements etc.) along with top-down drawings of the interior arrangements. These also include lightweight Pullman-Standard passenger cars for Espee trains in addition to the Daylights, and include Daylight cars from all the various trainsets ever built!
   

1. Spiral bound with a hard red cover, they lie flat when opened and contain numerous foldouts. Both are long OOP but can sometimes be found on eBay or through used bookstores.
   

Official  Pullman Standard Library - Vol. 6, S.P. PostWar Cars

1. W. David Randall & William M. Ross
   

2. Railway Prod. Classics
   

1. The Official Pullman-Standard Library Volumes 6 make an excellent addition to the Southern Pacific Passenger Car book series available from the SPH&TS.
   

2. Rob Sarberenyi
   

1. They contain numerous photos of not only the exteriors, but also include plans and photos of the lightweight streamlined cars including interiors, underframes and lots lots more. A real plus are the plans showing both sides (good for window arrangements etc.) along with top-down drawings of the interior arrangements. These also include lightweight Pullman-Standard passenger cars for Espee trains in addition to the Daylights, and include Daylight cars from all the various trainsets ever built!
   

1. Spiral bound with a hard red cover, they lie flat when opened and contain numerous foldouts. Both are long OOP but can sometimes be found on eBay or through used bookstores.
   

Official Railway Equipment Register

1. NMRA
   

Official Register of Passenger Train equipment

1. #11, 26, 33
   

Pacific’s

1. Kenneth Johnsen published a fine book on Southern Pacific P-class 4-6-2 locomotives worth acquiring. The Kenneth Johnsen book covers only pretty much any thing you would want to know about the GS series locomotives.
   

2. http://tinyurl.com/johnsen-pacific
   

3. Rob Sarberenyi
   

PACIFIC 2472’s FAMILY ALBUM (SP’s Pacific Locomotives)

    Johnsen, 1990, Interurban Press, 134p, SB, vg, $25.

Pacific Fruit Express

1. Jones, B., Church, Robert J. & Thompson, T.
   

2. Central Valley R.R. Pub., 1993
   

3. P.O. Box 116
   

4. 11508 Green Rd.
   

5. Wilton, CA.  95693
   

1. To find out about the car fleet and about PFE operations, read the PFE book. 
   

Pacific Slope Railroads

1. George B. Abdill
   

2. 
   

3. There are photos of Southern Pacific of New Mexico locomotives and similar S P R R of Arizona locomotives.
   

4. Charlie
   

The Passenger Car Library, Volume 5, Santa Fe / Southern Pacific

1. W. David Randall
   

2. RPC Publications
   

3. 2002
   

The Passenger Train in the Motor Age: California's Rail and Bus Industries, 1910–1941

    Henry E. Huntington and the Creation of Southern California

Pullman Cars List, 1950

   Bob Wayner

1. Find car names (or numbers) and type, and to whom it was sold in the breakup of the Pullman fleet in 1948.
   

Pullman Technology

1. Complete erection drawings of all passenger cars built by Pullman-Standard are available from:
   

Pullman Technology

16412 Lathrop Ave.

Harvey  IL  60426

Quick Pic Book "Southern Pacific GS-6: War Baby”

Quick Pic Book "Union Pacific/Southern Pacific SD40T-2".

    Tim Mulina 2003

    58 pages of b&w detail photos of SP and UP SD40T-2s, including many close-ups.

Rails in the Shadows of Mt. Shasta

1. John Signor
   

Railroads at War (1944)

1. Farrington, S. Kip Jr.
   

Railroad Shop Practice

1. Shops photos/practices - circa 1921
   

2. There a very interesting book available on-line as a free PDF ( www.archive.org( or as an inexpensive ($30) hard-copy re-print (Lindsay Publishing, www.lindsaybks.com), entitled: "Railroad Shop Practice", by Frank A. Stanley and published in 1921. The book is a series of chapters on actual shop practices, detailing what tool/machine to use and how to set up, machine and treat just about everything that was mounted/used on a steam locomotive back in 1921. If you want to see what it was like nearly 100 years ago, this is certainly a valuable resource.
   

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4. What really makes the book interesting to an SP railfan, is that there are a number of photos/text specifically devoted to SP's shop operations and practices at Sacramento and Sparks. All good stuff for the devoted.
   

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6. Incidentally, I came across Lindsay Publishing about a month ago after having read an article in Live Steam and Outdoor Railroading. The article was a re-print on steam locomotive engineering out of one of the many books that Lindsay publishes and re-publishes. Lindsay has gotten copies of the original "International Correspondence School" texts on steam power from the 1900-1910 period and re-printed those at low, low prices (like $8/book). If you're interested in what/how people learned about the theory and practice of steam power back in the early 1900's, Lindsay's website is a very inexpensive way to go about finding out. They've got all manner of text of railroading, steam power, machine shop practices prior to CAD/CAM, injection molding, etc. - really a treasure trove of highly interesting, educational and highly useful (e.g., I'm actually making one of the plastic injection molding machines for use in turning out various detail parts for my Harriman Standard Lines layout) technical information from an earlier era. An added plus is that the owner/publisher is a true one-of-a-kind, no BS type of individual who is absolutely dedicated to providing great customer service at very reasonable prices.
   

7. Eric Berman
   

Railroad Station Planbook

1. Kalmbach Publishing
   

Rails Through the Orange Groves, Volumes I & 2

1. Stephen E. Donaldson and William A. Myers(1989, 1990)
   

2. Volume 1 covers the pioneering Orange County railroads-the Southern Pacific, the Southern California Railway (Santa Fe), and the Santa Ana & Newport-as well as covering the Pacific Electric and predecessors. Volume 2 brings the history to the present day, including the entry of the Union Pacific. Totals 238 pages with photographs and maps. Map endpapers.
   

Railway Post Offices

1. Crossley, Rod
   

2. (818) 248-8323
   

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Sacramento's Shops

1. Bob Pecotich
   

2. It’s a REAL book about Sacramento Shops, likely in the vicinity of 400 pages, with serious quantities of photos and actual text.
   

3. Tony Thompson
   

Sacramento's Southern Pacific Shops

1. Arcadia Publishing
   

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3. As is typical for all Arcadia publications, lots of very nice, captioned B&W photos, but no expansive text.
   

4. Available on-line at:                                             www.arcadiapublishing.com
   

Slim Rails Through the Sand

1. Turner
   

SP along the Pacific Coast

1. Rod Crossley and Joe Dale Morris
   

2. Featuring the photography of Mac Gaddis.
   

3. 
   

4. It's sensationally good, overloaded with a feast of great pictures, with huge amounts to use for modeling purposes.
   

5. Brian Moore
   

1. The book is primarily steam and early diesel. The latest photo is from 1964. There are some terrific views in this one, with some standout goodies from around San Luis Obispo. All the subjects in Mac's photos were largely "modern" when he snapped the shutter decades ago.
   

2. John Ford
   

S. P.  Blue Streak Merchandise

1. Kalmbach Publishing
   

2. 
   

3. An awful book.
   

4. Rob Sarberenyi
   

S.P. Car Roster -1956

1. SPH&TS
   

S.P. "Circular 4, List of Officers, Agencies, Stations, Etc."

1. This book has a list of all locomotive turning facilities, by division, which includes the wyes. The standard jobs at each yard were described in a circular to help switchmen decide what jobs to bid on. Note not all Circular 4s, have the same information. Only those issued from 1941 to 1961 list locomotive turning facilities and give any information about them. The first Circular 4 was published in 1927. Before that they were published under the same title as "Form 70". All the Form 70s, include the location of turntables and wyes, but give no dimensions, etc. The Form 70s run from 1907-1926.
   

2. Wendell Huffman
   

S.P. Coast Line Trains

SP Common Standard Plans Vol. 1-5

1. Published by Bruce Petty's Steam Age Equipment Co.
   

2. 
   

3. Bruce Petty's five volumes of SP standard plans are a must for scratchbuilders. Scan the plans and convert them to HO scale (a line 20 scale feet in length is provided in many plans. Many are exactly HO scale already!
   

4. Tony Thompson
   

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6. They're worthwhile references to have for the fan and modeler alike; I recommend them highly! Although they don't contain every single CS issued by SP (only John Sweetser has a complete set, including all the revisions, carefully stored in one of his climate controlled mega-million square foot warehouses, they certainly contain many important and valuable ones.
   

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8. The CS Plans books are a little larger than an H-P flatbed scanner, so instead of scanning, They are photographed and posted images to the list's Files section in a folder named "Common Standard Plans books". Hopefully the images give viewers an idea the contents of each volume.                                                         
   

9.                                                                         http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Espee/files/
   

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11. Volume 5 also includes a set of color chips that go with page 80. In the photo, I placed the color chips in their appropriate places on that page; otherwise I keep them in the plastic sleeve they came in, rather than paste them into the book. I also photographed the cover and TOC page for the Maintenance of Way Equipment book Bruce published.
    

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13. It's been rumored Bruce Petty planned to offer a CD containing the common standard plans. Visit his website
    

14.                                                                         http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/steamage.html
    

15. Rob Sarberenyi
    

1. Bruce Petty is working on uploading his Vol. 2 thru 5 onto .pdf formats. You will find them on his home page as: New Searchlight Signals. This is the first batch, more to follow.
   

2. Tom VanWormer
   

SP Common Standard Plans Vol. 1

1. This volume covers a wide range of subjects for the Southern Pacific Lines. Paint colors for company buildings, number plates for signals, fixed signs, 100' pony turntables, highway crossing paved with plank, 50,000 wooden water tank, 65,000 wooden water tank, open deck for steel bridges, open deck pile trestle and much, much more. Soft cover.
   

SP Daylight Locomotive

1. Robert Church
   

2. two books on the Southern Pacific Daylight Locomotives.
   

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4. Dr. Church's book is of course the most complete story available on the Espee GS-class 4-8-4 locomotives. There have been a couple editions released; a 120-page edition first published in 1966 by Kratville Publications -- a second printing was released in 1976                                                               http://tinyurl.com/church-daylight
   

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6. Dr. Church revised and enlarged the book, publishing a 424-page edition through Signature Press in 2004. If you're a book collector, by all means acquire both. However, if you're primarily interested in the information contained therein, purchase the currently available 2004 edition.                     www.signaturepress.com/DL.html
   

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8. There have been TWO editions of this book by Dr. Church; the original published in 1968 by Kratville Publications
   

9. http://tinyurl.com/22p8axd
   

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11. and his Second Revised Edition published in 1982 by Central Valley Railroad Publications
    

12. http://tinyurl.com/25f52zd
    

S.P. Daylight Trains 98-99

1. Wright, Richard K. 
   

2. Wright Enterprises, 1970
   

3. Thousand Oaks, CA   or
   

4. 2285 Capurro Way
   

5. Sparks, NV  89431
   

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7. Daylight Sales sells reprints of the Daylight book. Before they reintroduced the book, it was hard to find a copy, and they could go for as much as a used car. First edition/first printing are still among the most collectable of SP books.
   

8. Arved G. Grass
   

S.P. Equipment Circular #14  (effective June 2, 1946)

1. Wright, Richard K.
   

2. Wright Enterprises,
   

3. info on 1946 Pass. Train Consists
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 1:   Fairbanks-Morse Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

1. SPHD Vol. 1 covered the Fairbanks-Morse diesels, including H12-44 end-cab switchers and H24-66 Train Masters.
   

                                                                            http://tinyurl.com/ct5yko8

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 2:   Diesel Hydraulic Locomotives (Krauss-Maffei and Alco)

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

1. SPHD Vol. 2 focused on the diesel-hydraulic locomotives, including Krauss-Maffei ML-4000s and Alco C-643DHs
   

                                                                            http://tinyurl.com/blhsgcq

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 3:   E-Units and Passenger Fs

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 4:   SD7 and SD9 Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 5:   General Electric U-Series Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

1. Modelers will find numerous photos quite helpful in their efforts, meanwhile fans will find plenty of information to educate them about Espee's GE U-series diesel fleet.
   

2. Rob Sarberenyi
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 6:   Diesels of the Texas & New Orleans

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 7:   Electro-Motive GP9 Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 8:   Alco Roadswitcher Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 9:   Alco PA/PB Passenger Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 10:   EMD Freight F Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 11:   Baldwin Diesel Locomotives

1. March 2005
   

2. ISBN # 0-930742-28-1 
   

3. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

4. Shade Tree Books, 1983
   

5. 
   

6. 112 pages, wraps cover (softbound) B&W photos throughout, color watercolor on cover, two color photos on rear cover, two pages of roster information. This book has numerous pictures of all the various types of SP Baldwin road and switcher locos including Cotton Belt and T&NO. The text and captions give very good descriptions of these locos.
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 12:   EMD SD45 Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

3. 
   

4. It will cover Southern Pacific's EMD SD45 fleet, including the SDP45 and SD45X units.
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 13: EMD Early Turbo GP Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

1. This volume includes the GP20, GP30, GP35 and DD35.
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 14:   EMD SD45T-2 Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

1. This book is about the SD45T-2.
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 15:   EMD GP40-GP60 Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 16:

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 17:  EMD SD40 Family Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

3. 
   

4. This book is about the SD40s, but there's a substantial amount on the SD40T-2s. It includes SD40, SD40T-2, SD40R & SD40-2M.
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 18:  Alco Locomotives and General Electric Switchers

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

3. 
   

4. Joe Strapac's upcoming Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 18. SPHD 18 covers Alco switching locomotives, i.e. the end-cab units (i.e. S-1, S-2, S-6 etc.) and GE switchers. Over 250 photos, drawings and roster information on the Alcos delivered beginning with the high hood 660s in 1939 (including an all-black demonstrator) and closing out with the “center cab” Century-415 locomotives that arrived in 1966.
   

1. GE 44-tonners and 70-tonners, both on SP and its subsidiaries, are illustrated in extensive detail. Joe does a good job explaining the whys, whens & wheres of the 44-ton units including the P&SR swaps.
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 19:  GE B- Boats

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

1. SPHD Vol. 19 will be on GE B-boats and wide-nose AC and DC locomotives (C44-9Ws and AC4400CWs). Volume 19 addresses post-1978 General Electric “B-boats,” Dash 8 and Dash 9 units, and the Safety Cab AC4400 locomotives. There is a brief chapter on the Morrison-Knudsen MK5000 project as well.
   

 

1. As usual, this book includes a chapter illustrating “graduates,” GE locomotives that have gone on to other owner/operators.
   

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3. And—since a large percentage of SP B-boats were NOT simply cut up for scrap by the UP when worn out, there is a chapter detailing their conversion to high-tech switchers. Both Green Goats and gensets were rebuilt from SP units, as well as those mysterious flat-gray radio control cars.
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 20:  Alco Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

1. SPHD Vol. 20 will feature Southern Pacific's passenger diesels. This will include not only the E-units and passenger equipped F-units, but also the Alco PAs. SPHD Vol. 20 will not be a rehash of photos from the previous editions, but rather different images. Look for
   

2. SPHD Vol. 20 sometime in 2015.
   

S.P. Historic Diesels Vol 21:  EMD SD38-2, SD39, SD70M Locomotives

1. Strapac, Joseph A.
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

1. The very last volume in Professor Strapac's series of must-have textbooks for Espee diesel fans and modelers will be 'Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 21', expected in 2016. The final volume in the SPHD series will cover SP's EMD SD38-2s, SD39s, and SD70Ms.
   

2. Rob Sarberenyi
   

S. P. in the Bay Area

S. P. Roster in ‘83

1. Wordways
   

2. P.O. Box 2592
   

3. Menlo Park, CA. 94026
   

S.P. Railroad Photos of J.R. Knoll

    J.R. Knoll

S.P. Station Books

1. Before the "List of Officers, Agencies, and Stations" appeared as Form 70 in 1907 they were simply published under that title, starting in 1874. 1896 is the first list with turntables. The generic name for the whole series is "Station Books". Those published from 1879-1884 and from 1907 through 1936 are numbered 3-10 and 31-61. With the rest of the series it is fairly difficult to know if you have them all as they were not necessarily published every year.
   

2. Wendell Huffman
   

S. P. Steam Loco Compendium , Volume 1.

1. Shade Tree Books, 1987
   

2. 
   

3. The complete roster of all steam locomotives ever used on SP and its predecessors, 1855-1962. Number-by-number detail with specifications and dispositions. This publication has been out of circulation, but I still have a few copies left WITHOUT THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET, BUT OTHERWISE NEW.
   

4. Joe Strapac
   

5. 
   

6. Also acts as the reference (roster) backup for the first eleven volumes of Historic Diesels.
   

S. P. Steam Locomotive Diagram Book

1. Wright, Richard K.
   

2. Wright Enterprises
   

S.P. Steam Loco Tenders

1. Arnold Menke
   

2. 
   

3. Not to forget is the information and photos on Espee steam loco tenders by Mr. Menke. When they're gone, this book will ever be reprinted again!                                                http://www.sphts.org/sphts_inprint_w08.pdf
   

S. P. Today (1990’s)

1. Stephenson, Dick
   

2. Pentex (800) 950-9333
   

S. P., The Story of a Fighting R.R.

1. Wilson, N. & Taylor, F.
   

2. McGraw-Hill, 1952
   

Selection of Consists

1. Wayner
   

Serving the Golden Empire - Branch Line Style

    Joe Dale Morris

    A look at SP’s Friant Branch

Smoke in the Canyon-My Steam Days in Dunsmuir 

1. Murdock, Dick
   

2. May-Murdock Publications
   

3. 90 Glenwood Ave.
   

4. Ross, CA  94957
   

5. 
   

The Southern Pacific 1901 - 1985

1. Don Hofsommer
   

2. Texas A&M University Press, 1989
   

3. 
   

Southern Pacific 1269 (0-6-0)

    Howard P. Wise

1. 
   

Southern Pacific’s 4300  4-8-2’s

    Robert J. Church

Southern Pacific Bay Area Steam

    Harre Demoro

    Chatham Publishing

1. 
   

2. This is mostly a photo reference book, although it does contain well done captions. It doesn't focus solely on the GS-class, however, there are images of the type, along with many other classes of SP steam operating in the SF Bay Area
   

3.                                                                         http://tinyurl.com/2dtvazl
   

Southern Pacific's Blue Streak Merchandise

    Frailey Fred W

    Kalmbach Books, 1991

Southern Pacific’s Coast Line

   Tony Thompson & John Signor

    Signature Press

Southern Pacific’s Coast Line Pictoral

   Tony Thompson & John Signor

    Signature Press

1. John Signor's actual e-mail address is _sstudio@snowcrest.net_
   

2. John Signor's phone number is 530-235-0261.
   

Southern Pacific in Color, Volume 1

1. Davis Sweetland
   

2. Morning Sun Books
   

Southern Pacific in Color, Volume 2,  “Black Daylights - Black Widows”

1. Boyd, Jim
   

2. Morning Sun Books
   

Southern Pacific in Color, Volume 3, “Classic Scarlet 1958 - 1971”

1. Boyd, Jim
   

2. Morning Sun Books
   

Southern Pacific in Color, Volume 4, “The Tunnel Motor Era 1971-1980"

1. Boyd, Jim
   

2. Morning Sun Books, 2003
   

3. ISBN # 1-58248-115-6
   

Southern Pacific in Color, Volume 5, “1980 - Beyond Mergers and Memories”

1. Boyd, Jim
   

2. Morning Sun Books
   

Southern Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Volume 1

1. Thompson, Anthony
   

2. Morning Sun Books
   

Southern Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Volume 2

1. James Kinkaid
   

2. 
   

3. Morning Sun Books, 2005
   

4. ISBN # 1-58248-155-5
   

5. If you're interested in examples of Southern Pacific freight equipment from the 1980s, along with earlier and later periods,
   

6. The SP Color Guide books on Freight and Passenger cars by Jim Kinkaid are very much worth acquiring! They cover much of the period after Tony's five volume book series end in ~ 1965, except for Vol. 2 on cabooses which includes ALL of Espee's cars.
   

Southern Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Volume 3

1. James Kinkaid
   

2. Morning Sun Books, 2006
   

3. ISBN # 1-58248-174- 1
   

4. If you're interested in examples of Southern Pacific freight equipment from the 1980s, along with earlier and later periods.
   

5. An invaluable source of additional info and photos!
   

6.                                                                         http://www.morningsunbooks.com/westcat2.html
   

7. Rob Sarberenyi
   

8. 
   

9. Both volumes contain full-color photos and informative photo captions helpful in identifying a wide variety of Espee rolling stock. Be advised, however, that not all examples included in the books are available in model form, nor are there photos of every type of rolling stock SP/SSW operated.
   

10. Nevertheless, the books cover a large spectrum of different cars, proving to be a valuable reference resource.
    

11. Rob Sarberenyi
    

Southern Pacific Country

1. Simms
   

2. 
   

Southern Pacific DEPOTS IN CALIFORNIA, Vol. 1

1. Stephen M. Hayes
   

2. 
   

3. The Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society is now offering the book with lots of photos. See the link on their web page.
   

4. 
   

Southern Pacific DEPOTS IN CALIFORNIA, Vol. 2

1. Stephen M. Hayes
   

2.                                                                     www.WesternPacificDepotsAndStations.com
   

3. 
   

4. The book has 312 pages with over 600 black and white photographs covering the Sacramento, Shasta, San Joaquin and Los Angeles Divisions and their branches.
   

5. 
   

Southern Pacific Diagrams of Locomotives and Tenders, Pacific Lines

1. Richard K. Wright
   

2. MHP Publications
   

3. 
   

4. That book, however, does not specifically identify tenders with locomotive classes.
   

5. 
   

Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Compendium, Vol. 1

1. Joe Strapac
   

2. Shade Tree Books
   

1. It covers pre-1965 SP numbers, T&NO & Cotton Belt Subsidiary Roads) The book describes all the pre-1965 road and yard units in 230 pages & numerous black and white photos.
   

2. Andy Jackson
   

Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Compendium, Vol. 2

1. Joe Strapac
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 2007.
   

3. 
   

4. Covers the post-1965 SP and SSW numbers as well as the Union Pacific transition. 336 pages. Black & white.
   

5. 
   

Southern Pacific Dieselization

1. John Garmany
   

2. 
   

3. This book is packed with useful data for the more modern SP diesel modeler. The book provides a comprehensive all-time SP and Cotton Belt diesel roster in the back of loaded with copious notes on each loco class. I consider this book a must-have for any SP diesel-era modeler.
   

4. John Fugate                                                 See: Model Railroad Hobbiest Aug. 2011, pg. 97  
   

5.                                                                     http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com
   

6. 
   

Southern Pacific's Eastern Lines 1946-1996

1. David M. Bernstein, (former Southern Pacific train dispatcher and officer)
   

2.                                                                     http://www.ntxnrhs.org/ntx/resources/images/ntx.nrhs.bookflyer.png
   

3. 
   

4. This 400 page book is illustrated with color and black & white photographs and numerous maps. It is the definitive guide to the operation and history of S.P. Lines in Texas and Louisiana from the end of World War II until the Union Pacific merger. This book covers the last chapter of the SP before the merger.
   

Southern Pacific Facilities in Color, Vol. 1:  California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah.

1. Timothy Morris
   

2. Morning Sun Press
   

3. 
   

4. Some of the photos are interesting, and the reproduction is decent, but don't expect to gain any accuracy from those captions.
   

5. SP DTCTR
   

6. 
   

7. 50% of the captions are incorrect – sometimes incredibly so. There are over 100 errors. It’s everything from showing a shot at the Oakland Mole and stating it’s in Portland, to calling a PA1 an F-unit, to stating the 3rd & Townsend station trackage was hemmed in by Townsend Street and Isalis Creek (Isalis Creek is south of Army Street and the trackage wasn’t even constrained by China Basin). Ever heard of the snowsheds at “Norton” (three times) or San Louis (Lois in once case) Obispo? A good out the vestibule shot of the steam powered Coast Daylight in 1954 was captioned that we are looking at an all heavyweight train. He referred to five stations in Oregon as being on the Coast Route.
   

8. Jim Gibson
   

9. 
   

Southern Pacific Freight Cars Today

1. DG Casdorph
   

2. Society of Freight Car Historians, 2nd Printing 1995
   

3. 
   

   Contains SP freight car roster information plus some b&w photos.

1. An excellent SP late-era reference. Softbound 32 pages: Glossy covers
   

2. 10pp SP SSW Alphanumeric Roster (as of Jan 1994)
   

3. 4pp   SP SSW Class Roster
   

4. 13pp B&W photos - 2 per page, including:
   

5. 
   

6. SP 243909, SP247703, SP 247976, SP 329720, SP 337864, SP 339109, SP
   

7. 513852A, SP 513852E, SP 513852D, SP 516222, SP 595587, SP 654594, SP
   

8. 656430, SP664160, SP 690291, SP 691767, SP 800056, SSW 23855, SSW
   

9. 57656, SSW 70159, SSW 77885, SSW 85668, and 4 Maxi III lettering shots.
   

10. 
    

Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Volume 1: Gondolas and Stock Cars

1. Tony Thompson
   

2. Signature Press
   

3. 
   

Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Volume 2: Cabooses

1. Tony Thompson
   

2. Signature Press
   

3. 
   

Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Volume 3: Auto and Flat Cars

1. Tony Thompson
   

2. Signature Press
   

3. 
   

Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Volume 4: Box Cars

1. Tony Thompson
   

2. Signature Press
   

Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Volume 5: Hoppers, Tank Cars

1. Tony Thompson
   

2. Signature Press
   

Southern Pacific’s Golden Empire : 1954-1958

1. Morris & Crossley
   

2. SPH&TS
   

The Southern Pacific in Los Angeles, 1873 - 1996

1. by Larry Mullaly & Bruce Petty
   

2. 
   

3. If you are looking for information on the SP in the LA Basin, this is the book you need. While John Signor covers the total divisions
   

4. radiating out from LA, Petty and Mullaly describe the extensive SP activities with the LA basin area over the life the SP until 1996. I
   

5. recommend it strongly. While produced by Donald Duke, in this volume the captions to the extensive photographs and maps are accurate. The authors are respected, knowledge SP Historians.
   

6. Tom VanWormer
   

Southern Pacific Lines, Freight Car Data, Volume 1

1. Guy Wilber
   

2.                                                     http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Espee/files/Espee%20Freight%20Car%20Data%20Book/
   

3. 
   

4. Guy's book covers a period on the Espee from roughly from 1920 to 1965. A terrific resource to have among your reference. The Christon book is absolutely invaluable for many facets of SP freight car history, but it also contains fairly many errors (or misstatements, if you will). Info in it must be double-checked to be sure. That said, I use it all the time.
   

5. Tony Thompson  
   

Southern Pacific Lines Maintenance of Way Equipment

    Bruce R. Petty

    See the Table of Contents for the kinds of MOW equipment the SP had. This book covers most of the MOW eras.

Southern Pacific Lines, Pacific Lines Stations, Vol. 1

1. SPH&TS
   

2. 
   

Southern Pacific Lines, Pacific Lines Stations, Vol. 2

1. SPH&TS
   

Southern Pacific Lines, Relief Outfits 1994

    A spiral-bound, 9 x 14, landscape format book. All evidence points to the likelihood that the book is incomplete.

Southern Pacific Lines, Standard - Design Depots

1. Henry E. Bender, Jr.
   

2. Signature Press
   

1. This 320-page book provides photographs of a great many depots, not only the numbered designs (from 1 to 26) but many others besides, such as the colonnade style, and the standard designs of several predecessor railroads.
   

Southern Pacific Lines Stations, Vol. One   Coast, Los Angeles & Portland Divisions

    John Signor

Southern Pacific Lines Stations, Vol. Two   Divisions

    John Signor

Southern Pacific Lines Stations, Vol. Three   Shasta, Tucson & Western Divisions

    John Signor

Southern Pacific Lines, Trains Album of Photographs, Number 11

Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1966-1967

    Chatham Publishing Co.

    Joseph A Strapac

Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1967-1968

    Chatham Publishing Co.

    Joseph A Strapac

Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1968-1969

    Chatham Publishing Co.

    Joseph A Strapac

Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1970

    Chatham Publishing Co.

    Joseph A Strapac

Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1971

    Chatham Publishing Co.

    Joseph A Strapac

Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1972

    Chatham Publishing Co.

    Joseph A Strapac

Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1973

    Chatham Publishing Co.

    Joseph A Strapac

Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1974-1976

    Chatham Publishing Co.

    Donald V Jewell

Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1977-1978

    Chatham Publishing Co.

    Donald V Jewell

The Southern Pacific In Oregon

    Austin Ed and Tom Dill

    Pacific Fast Mail, 1987

    Eugene yard foldout is intact and complete.

Southern Pacific-Oregon Division

1. Jennison & Neves
   

2. Hundman Publishing (Hyrail Productions)
   

3. 
   

4. 128 pgs.; hard cover color pictorial
   

Southern Pacific Painting and Lettering Guide

1. SPH&TS
   

2. Jeff Cauthen and John Signor
   

3. 
   

4. It should be a "Must Have" in the library of any SP modeler.
   

5. Jim Elliot
   

Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 1: Coaches and Chair Cars

1. SPH&TS
   

1. SP Passenger Cars Vol. 1 is a superb book and great reference for many questions.
   

2.                                                                         http://www.sphtsstore.org/servlet/the-77/Southern-Pacific-Coaches/Detail
   

3. Rob Sarberenyi
   

Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 2: Sleepers and Baggage-Dorms

1. SPH&TS
   

Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 3: Head End Cars

1. SPH&TS
   

Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 4: Dining Service Cars

1. SPH&TS
   

Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 5: Lounge, Dome & Parlor Cars

1. SPH&TS
   

Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 6: Official Cars

1. SPH&TS
   

Southern Pacific Passenger Trains, Vol. 1, Night Trains of the Coast Line

1. Ryan and Shine
   

2. Train Consists for various dates are in the back of the book.
   

3. 
   

Southern Pacific Passenger Trains, Vol. 2, Day Trains of the Coast Line

1. Ryan and Shine
   

Southern Pacific Passenger Train Consists 1955-1958

1. Harry Stegmaier.
   

2. 2001
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 1, 2-10-2 Baldwin

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 2, 2-6-0 Mogul

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 3, 2-8-0 Consolidation

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 5, 2-8-2  Mikado

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 6, 4-6-2 Pacific

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 8, 4-8-2 Mountains

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 10, 4-8-8-4, AC-7 to AC-8

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 12, T-31 4-6-0

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 14, 0-6-0

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 16, 2-8-0, C-1 to C-9

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 18, F- Class 2-10-2

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 19, Misc. Articulated

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 21, C- Class 2-8-0

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 22, S- Class 0-6-0

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 25, GS- Class 4-8-4

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 26, C- Class 2-8-0

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 28, MT- Class 4-8-2

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Photo Album Series Volume 34, SP Type 4-10-2

1. Monte Vista Publishing
   

Southern Pacific Railroad Colorful History

1. Brian Solomon
   

2. MBI Publishing, 1999
   

3. 
   

4. It's pretty well done. Brian Solomon is a good author and fairly knowledgeable about the SP. Brian knows Espee's Peninsula service were called "commutes", but probably could have avoided referring to the Suburban coaches as "Harriman-era", since this tends to confuse Espee neophytes, not to mention the cars arrived years *after* the Harriman-era had ended. That said, it's possible the caption was altered, as were some sections of Solomon's book on SP Passenger Trains, where an editor changed Brian's references from "commutes" to "commuter".
   

5. 
   

6. Photo selection is good, including both steam and diesel eras, representing photos from nearly all parts of the system. Still, it's nowhere near as awful as book on the SP Blue Streak Merchandise.
   

7. 
   

8. MBI's current SP book is softcover. MBI is "updating" their Southern Pacific volume, which will essentially be an all new book containing new photos. Purchase the new SP book once it's been released.
   

9. Rob Sarberenyi
   

SOUTHERN PACIFIC REVIEW

1. Pacific Coast R&LHS / Shade Tree Books:
   

2. 1952-1982       Strapac, 128p, SB, vg,
   

3. Even without a table of contents this book has numerous pictures of the steam and diesels locomotives operated on the SP during the years covered including the "Slim Princess narrow gauge.
   

1. 1977                Strapac, 112p, SB, vg,
   

2. 1978-79           Strapac, 128p, SB, vg,
   

3. 1980                Strapac, 128p, SB, vg,
   

4. 1981                Strapac, 128p, SB, vg,
   

5. 1983-1985       Strapac, 128p, SB, vg,
   

Southern Pacific, The Roaring Story of a Fighting Railroad

    Wilson Neill C. and Frank J. Taylor

    McGraw-Hill Book co Inc., 1952

Southern Pacific-Sacramento Division

1. Jennison & Neves
   

2. White River Productions (Hyrail Productions
   

3. 
   

4. 144 pgs.; hard cover color pictorial
   

Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Valley Line

    Henry Stegmaier

Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Valley Line

    Tom Dill

Southern Pacific Santa Fe Motive Power

    Four Ways West Publications

    Joseph W Shine

Southern Pacific Scenic Coast Line

1. Tom Dill
   

2. 
   

3. It includes info on more than just the Coast Line. Lots of good pictures with a lot of steam. There is a short section on the Western Division from the mole down to San Jose. There is another short section on the line to Santa Cruz but that is part of the Coast Division. If you are looking for a lot of modern diesels this is not the book for you. It covers post WWII into the mid '60s with most emphasis on the steam days.
   

1. It covers Oakland to San Jose on the Western Division, the Coast Division (San Francisco - San Jose - Santa Barbara), and the Santa Barbara to Los Angeles portion of the Los Angeles Division. As always, there are great photographs and descriptions.
   

2. Mark Pierce
   

Southern Pacific's Shasta Division Over a Century of Railroading in the Shadow of Mt. Shasta

    Signor John R

    Signature Press, 2000

Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives

1. Duke
   

    2nd ed.(1962)/1st print, Golden West

Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Compendium

1. Tim Diebert and Joe Strapac
   

2. Shade Tree Books, 1988
   

3. 426 pages, 200 photos, hardcover.
   

1. Book on SP Steam and SP unit history. The complete roster of all steam locomotives ever used on SP and its predecessors, 1855-1962. Number-by-number detail with specifications and dispositions. This publication has been out of circulation.
   

2. Joe Strapac
   

3. 
   

4. It is an attempt to catalogue all the known steam locomotives operated by SP including subsidiaries and SP in Mexico. The book lists all road numbers for a given class, builder, year built and final disposition.
   

5. 
   

6. The SP Steam Compendium is mostly a roster book, not as much on specific in-depth details on the locos or service. Nevertheless, the Steam Compendium is a good book to own.
   

7.                                                                         http://tinyurl.com/2axd2t4
   

SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM PICTORIAL, Vol 1

1. Dunscomb/Pecotich: 1991, 154p, HD large format, vg;
   

2. 
   

3. SP Steam Pictorial Vols. 1 & 2 are absolutely superb and a must have for all Espee steam locomotive fans and modelers! The photo reproduction quality is first-rate! In fact, the book's large size allows many images to be published larger than they would have been otherwise, excellent for viewing details etc! Vol. 1 is long OOP, though you can find copies here and there on eBay, Amazon.com., ABEbooks.com etc.
   

4. 
   

SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM PICTORIAL, Vol 2

1. Dunscomb/Pecotich: 1999, 170p, HD
   

2. 
   

3. The SPH&TS has a limited supply of Vol. 2 available, but don't wait too long to order yours. 
   

4. Rob Sarberenyi
   

SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM SWITCHERS OF THE PACIFIC LINES

1. Gene Deimling
   

2. 1987
   

3. Benchmark Pub.,
   

4. 96p, SB, vg,
   

Southern Pacific Ten Coupled Locomotives

1. Signature Press
   

   Robert Church

Southern Pacific Historical Society Tender Diagram Book

1. This is a far better and more complete compendium of tender diagrams than Wright's book. If you don't have a resource on tenders, this is the one to get.
   

2. Tony Thompson
   

Southern Pacific in Transition

1. Bill Shippen and Joe Shine
   

2. Four Ways West Publications
   

3. 1999
   

4. ISBN #1-88561426-8
   

                            http://www.fourwayswest.com/sptrans.html

SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN THE WEST

1. Fox
   

2. 1994, Fox Pub.,
   

3. 80p, HD
   

4. 
   

Southern Pacific Water Lines Marine, Bay & River Operations of the Southern Pacific System.

    Myrick David F

    Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 2007

Sunset Limited: Southern Pacific Premier Train with a Southern Accent

    SPH&TS

Sunset Limited The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the America West

    Orsi Richard J

    Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005

Tehachapi

1. John R. Signor
   

2. 1983
   

Tehachapi-Railroading on a Desert Mountain

1. Steve Schmollinger
   

2. Boston Mills Press
   

3. 
   

4. hard cover; 160 pgs.; color pictorial
   

The Last Days of Steam

1. McNeel, Robert B.
   

2. Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly
   

3. Vol. XXV, no. 1  Fall 1979
   

Those Cab Forwards

1. Church, Robert J.
   

2. Central Valley R. R. Publishing
   

3. P.O. Box 116
   

4. Wilton, CA. 95693
   

Those Daylights

1. Church, Robert  J.
   

Trains Album of Railroad Photographs Number 11 - Southern Pacific Lines

    Kalmbach Publishing, 1945

    20 pages of which 19 are 14 X 10 1/4 inches oblong B&W photographs no text or other photos on verso therefore suitable for

        framing.

Working Bibliography of the S.P. and Related Railroads

1. SPH&TS
   

Specific Pacific Electric Related Books

1. California’s Locomotives II
   

2. Joseph A. Strapac
   

3. 
   

4. 144 pages, softcover; 282 black-and-white photos. Full-color cover.
   

5. 
   

6. Deals with shortline/industrial diesels around California. SP coverage is limited to 44-tonners working for the Pacific Electric, PFE, Petaluma & Santa Rosa and Visalia Electric, plus numerous Alco S-6 “graduates.”
   

Pacific Electric in Color, Vol. 1

1. Copeland, P. Allen
   

2. Morning Sun Books Inc.
   

3. 11 Sussex Ct.
   

4. Edison, N.J.  08820
   

The Pacific Electric (San Bernardino Line, Etc...)

1. Donald Duke
   

2. 
   

3. There’s a set of four books by Donald Duke on the Pacific Electric - covering the North, East, South, and West respectively.
   

4. 
   

5. In Volume 2 (on the east), there's a six-page section on the Southern Pacific's use of the Pacific Electric's San Bernardino line to help handle traffic surges between Los Angeles and Colton during the Second World War. With smaller locomotives (eg: 2-6-0s and 2-8-0s) accompanied by a PE freight motor (required because the detection circuit for the wig-wag crossing signals required a trolley pole). There are several good photos, and a mention of an article on this in the May 1946 issue of Trains magazine.
   

6. Trevor
   

7. 
   

Pacific Electric and the Growth of the San Fernando Valley

1. SPH&TS
   

2. 
   

3. The hardcover book has 240 pages including 16 pages of color images. The 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.
   

4. 
   

5. It is currently available at several hobby shops and 2 well-known book stores on the internet that specialize in railroad books  If they don't have it or don't know about it, please have them contact me.
   

6. David Coscia
   

7. 
   

8. This book belongs in every Southern Pacific and Pacific Electric collector's collection. Book is hard cover with a very nice color dust jacket by artist Larry Fisher. Book is well worth the price of $65.00. Look for it to appear on the SPH&TS web site.
   

9. Paul C. Koehler
   

Pacific Electric Cars, a Pictorial Journey, 1911-1953

Books Relating to the S.P.

ALCO Reference #1

    Bob Lijestrand

Boomer Railroad Memoirs

    Niemann Linda

    Indiana University Press, 2011

1. How many female brakemen do you know that write about the SP from El Paso to Vaughn, New Mexico? Here's the only one I've ever read. And now with this edition an introduction by Leslie Marmon Silko from Laguna, New Mexico.
   

2. Bob Anderson
   

East of Eden

1. John Steinbeck
   

EMD's SD45

    Hundman Publishing

FREIGHT CARS JOURNAL

1. This was published between 1983 and 2002. There is a lot of good information, with drawings and photographs, in this publication.
   

2.  
   

3. Scanned copies are available on-line at:            http://dgcasdor.ipower.com/dgcasdorph/id10.html
   

4. An index is available at:                                    http://home.wtal.de/gueterwagen/fcj-cont.htm
   

5.                                                                         http://dgcasdor.ipower.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/fcj_10.pdf
   

The Great Persuader

    Lavender David

    Doubleday & Co, 1970

    A major biography of the greatest of all the railroad moguls.

Guidebook of the Western United States Part F Southern Pacific Lines New Orleans to Los Angeles.

    Darton N.H.

    USGS,Dept. of Interior, 1933

    Includes 29 geologic and topographic map sheets depicting the route from New Orleans to Los Angeles. Scale approx. 8 miles to

        one inch.

HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF LOS ANGELES

1. http://www.latimemachines.com/new_page_8.htm
   

2. The History of Los Angeles would never be complete without a study of its historic buildings. This is not an attempt to make a comprehensive list of all historic buildings in Los Angeles. That goes way beyond the scope of this website (and my personal abilities!).  Despite this site being principally about restaurants and bars, for some reason this page gets the most traffic! These are my favorite places or the places I find most interesting (or to be honest, in some cases I just happened to drive by them). Obviously, any place that is not open to the public, do not trespass, disturb residents, etc. Always seek out the appropriate authorities for permission to enter.
   

3. 
   

4. NOTE:  For a somewhat expanded version of this page (now two pages actually - A-K and L-Z) with improved pictures you can go to my new website. Ignore the rest of the pages (except Movie Palaces, Vegas Neon day and night and Dallas/Ft. Worth) as these are not finished yet. Be sure to click on the thumbnail (small pictures) to expand them or you are missing out!  Make sure to go to the bottom of the page and use the hyperlink to Historic Buildings L-Z (on the new website) when you are done with the first page.
   

Illustrated Treasury of the American Locomotive Company

1. O.M. Kerr
   

The Last of the Great Stations: 40 years of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal

1. Bill Bradley
   

2. Interurbans Special #72,  1979
   

3. 
   

4. Free book download: Available for download in PDF format at:
   

                                                    http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/unionstation/1979_bradley_last_of_the_great_stations.pdf

Lompoc & Cuyama R,R, 1888 to 1950 

1. Thompson, Anthony
   

2. Cobblestone Press 1987
   

3. connects with S.P. (*see RMC 6/90, pg. 64)
   

New Orleans Steam Spectacular

    Joseph Strapac

Octopus, The

1. Norris, Frank
   

The Official Railway Equipment Register

    NMRA

1. Best bet for freight car rosters, on all of the US railroads in interchange service, is to pick up an Official Railway Equipment Register for the year you are interested. Some years are available digitally, on CD. It’s an invaluable tool in developing a representative roster.
   

Pullman Company List of Cars, 1950

    Bob Wayner

1. Find car names (or numbers) and type, and to whom it was sold in the breakup of the Pullman fleet in 1948.
   

Purchasing The Puritan Ice Companies

1. David Petry
   

2. 3463 State Street, #448
   

3. Santa Barbara, CA 93105
   

4. e-mail dlpetry@gmail.com
   

5. 
   

6. $14.99 plus sales tax ($1.16 in Santa Barbara County, or $16.15). Shipping in the US is $4.
   

7. The book can also be purchased from The History Press, Amazon and local bookstores in the Central Coast area.
   

Railroad Voices

    Niemann Linda

    Stanford University Press, 1998.

Ranch Papers, The

1. Wheelright, Jane Hollister
   

Trolleys to the Surf: The Story of the Los Angeles Pacific Railway

1. William Myers and Ira Swett.
   

UP in the Los Angeles Basin

1. Jeff Asay
   

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3. The new book on the UP in LA is a great book, 496 pages of great maps, photos and text. The production values are terrific as would be expected from Signature Press and John and Jonathan Signor. The book provides the history of the SP,LA&SL, later UP, in Los Angeles.  It details the creation of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and provides information as to why SP was where it  was and why UP ended up where it did.  This book along with "The Southern Pacific in Los Angeles" by Larry Mullaly and Bruce Petty presents a great history to those of us interested in LA railroads.
   

4. Jeff Cauthen
   

Vanishing Markers

1. Fisher, Ralph E.
   

2. Stephen Green Press
   

Where the Light Turns Gold

1. To understand the Surf area, you need to know the Santa Ynez Valley story. One excellent source is this book by Joanne Rife (fresno, 1977), an outstanding little book.
   

2. Tony Thompson
   

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