Central/Southern Pacific Lists of Agencies, Stations, etc.
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date posted
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PDF files as indicated = 
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11-1-21
6-23-20
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Equipment, various railroads
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date posted
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PDF files as indicated = 
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Operators' Manuals
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6-23-20
7-22-19
7-22-19
7-22-19
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Equipment Blueprints and Drawings
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6-22-21
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Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Blueprints - large collection rescued by
mmmBayshore-Machinist Fred Boland, courtesy of son, Fred Boland
SP #150 Sunset Plans - chairman of the board's private car
1941 Southern Pacific Lines Diagrams of Tenders; 80 pages 
mmmHaving trouble sorting out a 98-SC-5 from a 98-SC-6? No more! |
Rosters
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6-22-21
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SP Steam Rosters, 1935 and 1942 - part of Fred Boland's Blueprints
Final SP Peninsula Commute Fleet Roster - 1980
August 8, 1912 Rock Island steam locomotive roster - company-generated
mmmtypewritten document
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------------------------SP Locomotive Ratings (from employee timetables)
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6-22-21
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How to Operate an SP Steam Locomotive Booster, 1946
- courtesy Charles Peartree
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Consists; Waybills
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6-22-21
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1976-04-12 SP train OAWCY conductor's paperwork - When SP began using computers to generate train paperwork, conductors received a consist printout on a dot matrix printed, continuous sheet form wrapped around a set of IBM punch cards, one card for each car. I found the example here in a caboose tool bin, about two years after the fact. What it was doing there, I could not fathom - EO |
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-Rules for loading freight cars
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5-10-19
6-22-21
5-10-19
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1896-10-01 Louisville & Nashville 
1917 Master Car Builders loading rules 
1960-02-01 Association of American Railroads
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Technical
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8-31-19
7-26-19
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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
Service 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
ca.1938 Southern Pacific Train Primer, A Little Book About Our Locomotives mmmand What the Signs and Signals Mean 
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Other
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A Circular of the Times, I - The passing of the 40 ft. boxcar
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Way-Out-There Other
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6-22-21
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Helixtram revised page, with a new full PDF of this transformative document
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SP Passenger Train Docs
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date posted
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PDF files as indicated = 
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6-22-21
5-29-20
5-29-20
5-29-20
9-18-21
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-- Chicago Great Western, assorted docs
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date posted
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Wx4 friend Ryan Heath has kindly forwarded these scans of company documents, some of which date back to the early years of the 20th Century. These are very representative of the types found on large railroads.
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1889-09-01 General Rules & Regulations, Chicago St. Paul & Kansas City
xxxx Railway - Although the Standard Code was then becoming popular,
xxxx this Chicago Great Western predecessor elected to go its own way
xxxx with this book.
Application for employment, page 1
Application for employment, page 2
Bad Order tag
Carmen's "Car [inspection] Certificate"
"This Car Contains Charcoal Heater" warning
Conductor's Register Ticket for movement with train orders
Form 31 blank train order
"Card Bill for Movement of Empty Cars"
Letterhead, Office of General Storekeeper, Corn Belt herald
Letterhead, Patrick H. Joyce and Luther M. Walter, Trustees
Notepad with Lucky Strike herald
Waybill, early
Waybill, late
United States Railroad Administration / CGW envelope
"Eggs, Handle with Care" placard
Chicago Great Western 1936-09-01 system PTT - Wx4
Chicago Great Western 1948-09-05 public timetable - WX4
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Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Blueprints
Odds & Ends
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date posted
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PDF files as indicated = 
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6-22-21
9-24-19
6-22-21
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Advertising
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date posted
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PDF files as indicated = 
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Newspapers & Magazines
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SP locos in manufacturers' ads
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"
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6-22-21
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6-22-21 6-22-21
12-27-19
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8-30-19
7-31-19
6-22-21
6-22-21
6-22-21
8-5-21
6-22-21
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6-22-21
6-22-21
6-1-19
6-22-21
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1897-98 A Winter in California 47 page advertising booklet ; for high-end
mmmBoston clients; several excursions via SP and/or AT&SF; Hawaii option
1915 Official Miniature View Book, Panama Pacific Int'l. Exposition 
1915 UP California and the Expositions, Yellowstone Nat'l. Park 
1916 Along the Columbia - beautiful SP&S oversize booklet about Astoria -
xxxxFt. Stevens - Seaside lines 
1917 CWR&N "Through the Redwoods, Camping Hunting Fishing" brochure 
1920 SP Geat Salt Lake Cut-off brochure 
1923-02-26 Wayside Notes Along the Shasta Route
1923-03-21 SP Outing Resorts in California and Southern Oregon,
mmmbooklet 
1927-06-15 Wayside Notes, Overland Route, Lake Tahoe Line 
1929ca Mauch Chunk Switchback Ry brochure: "Oldest Railroad in America"
1936-02-02 Pacific Electric Mt. Lowe promo brochure w/ public TT
1936 Trans-Siberian Express brochure from Intourist, plus 1951 East German xxxRailways timetable from the CIA, includes Wx4 commentary. 
1936-12-28 SP Meet the Californian - new economy train 
1938-02-15 SP Californian brochure 
1938, circa Southern Pacific Train Primer - a railfan's delight! 
1949 The Railroad Hour - ABC (later NBC) radio program brochure 
1950, circa SP / Nde M Side Trips to Mexico City brochure 
1952-04 SP Golden State brochure - some Madison Ave. guy old SP the bill
xxxxof goods on this one: awful graphics 
1955, circa Ferry Riders sightseeing pamphlet - SP PR department 
1958-04-27 Your San Joaquin Daylight Trip - SP PR department 
SP's Commute Centennial, 1864-1964 - SP PR department 
Yellowstone Park RR ads, brochures (page)
1970, ca Chihuahua Pacific Copper Canyon brochure in English, featuring
xxxxFiat? railcars 
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Advertising with Wx4 Commentary
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1950's Now! Railroading by Radar + Wx4 commentary
Silly Johnny is Dead!, 2 pages of RR ads and Wx4 commentary: cynical
xxxxhumor not recommended for non-railroaders
Romance of the Rails (page)
Milwaukee Road Xmas Vignette
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SP Tickets, Fares
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date posted
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PDF files as indicated = 
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Dining Car Menus
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date posted
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