Miscellaneous Railway Documents

Correspondence: wx4org@yahoo.com mmmmmmlast update 9/24/19

7-22-19

This section is a catch-basin for railroad-related documents that do not fall into the other categories listed at far right. Some are stand-alone, while others are contained within various Wx4 pages.

Wx4 Card Catalogue (main index)

Other Railway Documents on Wx4:

Historical Maps & Timetables Index Page

Railroad & Industry Rules

Southern Pacific right-of
--- way & structure drawings

Equipment
date posted	PDF files as indicated =
Operators' Manuals
7-22-19 7-22-19 7-22-19	Instructions to Engineers on Gas-Electric Rail Motor Cars (SP manual) ---particulars of 1930 Pullman / Electromotive cars #SP3 - #SP6 1949 EMD On the Road Trouble-Shooting 1961-06 ALCO RS-32 & RSD-33 - the RSD-33 never was produced, but the ---10 SP RS-32's were a staple of Central CA locals in the 60's & 70's
Blueprints
	Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Blueprints - rescued by Bayshore ---Machinist Fred Boland, courtesy of son, Fred Boland SP #150 Sunset Plans - chairman of the board's private car
Rosters
	SP Steam Rosters, 1935 and 1942 - part of Fred Boland's Blueprints Final SP Peninsula Commute Fleet Roster - 1980
------------------------SP Locomotive Ratings (from employee timetables)
	Coast Div. 1910 Coast Div. 1923 Western Div. 1937 Western Div., Niles Sub, 1947
Technical
8-31-19 7-26-19	Results of Comparative Demonstration for Determining the Distinctive Features of Standard and Improved Air Brake Equipment for Freight and Passenger Cars: Conducted Jointly by Southern Pacific Company, Pacific ---System, and the Westinghouse Air Brake Co (1908) - Google Books link Servive Test of Cross Ties - This obscure report is dated ~ January, 1916 by the only reference to it on the Internet. Southern Pacific's Early Remote Control Locomotive Tests - 1960-70's Bay Area Rapid Transit simulator training Helixtram (page) ca.1938 Southern Pacific Train Primer, A Little Book About Our Locomotives mmmand What the Signs and Signals Mean
Other
	A Circular of the Times, I - The passing of the 40 ft. boxcar

Professional Concerns
date posted	PDF files as indicated =
SP Employees
	Rosters & Time Books - (page)
Accidents
	Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention: 1906; lengthy & ---reasonably even-handed look What Causes Railway Accidents: 1905 claptrap mostly blaming ---employees & passengers Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention: 1906 more even-handed ---look, ironically published by the Association of Railway Claims Agents.
Other
	A Circular of the Times II: SP Roseville Herder Jobs Abolished Railroading Without Merit(s): A look at "brownies", aka "demerits" (page) CalTrak E-Z guide to speed signals (page)

Odds & Ends
date posted	PDF files as indicated =
9-24-19	1947 Quiz on Railroads and Railroading, 450 Questions and Answers by mmm the Association of American Railroads - an 84 page gold mine of mmmdata about railroading of the time and previous - contributed by a mmmfriend of Wx4

Advertising
date posted	PDF files as indicated =
Newspapers & Magazines
	SP locos in manufacturers' ads Baldwin VO-1000 Alco S-2 Alco S-2 Past Less Traveled advertising section (page bottom) 1903 Golden State, Cosmopolitan, three color 1924 Ralston Steel Car Company, stock & gondola cars Monterey Branch Timetables, Maps Ads Market Street Cable Railway / Park and Ocean Railroad (1889 SP timetable) Santa Clara & San Jose Electric Ry., 1904 Sunset Magazine Ad Overland Limited 1915 color SP Morgan Hill 1901 "Colonist" tickets promotion 1937 Coast Daylight, Saturday Evening Post, color 1944 Coast Daylight from the Saturday Evening Post, a color beauty! 1951 Golden State, color 1951 City of SF, color 1951 Sunset Limited, color 1954 Coast Daylight, b&w 1954 City of SF, with 'populated' "SP"
Brochures
10-7-18 7-22-19 7-22-19 8-30-19 7-31-19 6-1-19	1906 D&RG Around the Circle tour - 32 pages 1915 Official Miniature View Book, Panama Pacific Int'l. Exposition 1915 UP California and the Expositions, Yellowstone Nat'l. Park 1936-02-02 Pacific Electric Mt. Lowe promo brochure w/ public TT 1936 Trans-Siberian Express brochure from Intourist, 1951 East German Railways timetable from the CIA, plus commentary. SP's Commute Centennial, 1864-1964 - PR brochure Yellowstone RR ads, brochures (page)
Advertising with Commentary
	1950's Now! Railroading by Radar + Wx4 commentary Silly Johnny is Dead!, 2 pages of RR ads and Wx4 commentary: not for the ---weak of humor Romance of the Rails (page) Milwaukee Road Xmas Vignette

SP Tickets, Fares
date posted	PDF files as indicated =
	City of San Francisco Tickets, July 3, 1969 Del Monte Ticket, April 25, 1971 Commute Conductor's Fare Chart, 1977 Southern Pacific, Caltrans / Caltrain Tickets from the 1980's

Dining Car Menus
date posted	PDF files as indicated =
	1959 SP Nikita Kruschev special train - lunch menu 1960-09-07 Kennedy - SP campaign train menu Lancaster & Chester 1953 dining menu: very un-PC in today's terms