Welcome to the
Southern Pacific Historical
& Technical Society

We are dedicated to preserving and disseminating the historical record of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its affiliates. We support railfanning, industrial archeology and accurate scale modeling of this great pioneer railroad of the western United States.

Everyone is welcome to join the Society and share member benefits, which include the excellent quarterly journal TRAINLINE, an informative quarterly newsletter, an exciting annual convention, and the opportunity to serve other dedicated Southern Pacific fans and modelers.

Baywindow Mercantile features books published by the Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society with titles from their acclaimed Passenger Car Series. Topics include Headend Cars, Baggage Cars, Railway Post Office Cars, Baggage Dormitory Cars, Chair Cars, Coaches, and Sleeping Cars. Also featured are single topic books that trace the history of the Slim Princess - Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge through the Owens Valley, Mail Trains of the Overland Route - the Ghost Trains, The Sunset Limited across the Sunset Route, and our Maritime Waterlines Book that chronicles the Morgan Lines, Ferry Boats, the Netherlands Route and Riverboats.

BREAKING NEWS

The big news around here is that we have reprinted the Slim Princess in the Sunset, 1940-1960, by member author Joe Dale Morris. We sold out of the first printing last June. Demand for more was immediate so we arranged for a second printing that was delivered just this last month. We have already shipped out half of the new run to our network of dealers around the country and now the remainder of our new copies is available on our website. Just go to the company store tab and click on "online ordering". That will take you to our Baywindow Mercantile store. As always, members receive a 10 percent discount on all Baywindow Mercantile sales. Members can find their discount password on the mast-head of their latest newsletter. Just enter the password in the box for promotion code on the first page of checkout.