SP Train

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.

HERE'S THE NEWS!

SP Passenger Series Volume 4: Dining Cars

Volume four of our acclaimed passenger car series has now been printed and is streaking across the Pacific Ocean at about 35 knots. We hope to have it for sale in our Company Store around September 10. We have a member's pre-sale in progress right now, so if you are a member, be sure to take advantage the special pricing. If you are not a member, consider joining to get the book at the member's price and it will be like joining the Society for 50% off. Member pre-sale ends September 1st!

Check out our newest webstore offering. We contracted with SmugMug, a photo hosting site, to display and offer for sale prints from our photo collections. We have in the past few weeks set up the Harold F. Stewart collection on this site. We intend to add more collections to this site as soon as we can can scan them and post them to the site.

Check out the Photographs; our website will redirect you to our SmugMug site. Move the mouse over each thumbnail to display the locomotive number or a brief description. Clicking on the thumbnail will bring up a larger view of the photo. Follow the SmugMug buttons to order a reprint. Don't worry, the watermark is removed from the actual print you receive.

As if that weren't enough, we're heading into our busiest month of the year. Our Convention is just around the corner at the end of September. Sacramento is our venue this year and Convention Chair Dave Stanley has a knock out line up of presentations and activities slated for our Convention Attendees. Check out the Convention section for more information, download a registration form, and make plans to join us in Sacramento.