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Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society

Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society

Dedicated to preserving & disseminating the historical record of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Supporters of railfanning, archeology & scale modeling of this great pioneer railroad

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Resources

NEW — Complete, DOWNLOADABLE TRAINLINE INDEX, issues 1-161. Click here!

Official Records of the Southern Pacific Railroad

The California State Railroad Museum Library became the recipient of a large portion of the official records of the Southern Pacific. The Library welcomes reasonable requests for information. The email address for the Library is csrmlibrary AT csrmf.org. We appreciate the opportunity to publicize their wonderful work.

Southern Pacific Passenger Car Finder

This index covers Volumes 1 through 5 of the Society’s Southern Pacific Passenger Car series. It may be used as a finding index to locate a specific car and the particular volume of the series in which that car is discussed. Prepared by John Carrol, Jeff Cauthen and Jack Herris.

DOWNLOAD INDEX FILES (PDF format):
1-499 | 500-999 | 1000-2000 | 2000-2499 | 2500-2999 | 3000-3999 | 4000-4999
5000-5999 | 6000-6999 | 7000-7999 | 8000-8999 | 9000-9999 | 10000-10999

Rulebook of the Southern Pacific Railroad

Selected pages from the 1960 SP Rulebook. Learn the correct terminology, see signal indications and their names, learn the difference between train indicator lamps and markers and see how they were used.

SPH&TS Online Resources

Member websites, topical resources and related materials.

Working List of Books & Booklets on the SP & Related Subsidiaries (pdf)

A compilation of essentially every book and booklet about the SP and its related subsidiaries. Listed alphabetically by title.

SP Railroad Web Resources Page

This site has hundreds of SP links, organized by the following categories: Historical Societies, Large and Important SP Websites, Bibliographies and Online Books, Online Personal Stories, Cabooses, Ferries and Transfer boats, Freight Cars, Locomotives, Passenger Cars, Online Image Sites, Online and “Brick and Mortar” Museums, Pacific Electric, Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge, Southern Pacific Structures and Stations, Miscellaneous, Modeling, Railcams on Ex-Southern Pacific Lines.

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