A WORKING LIST OF BOOKS AND BOOKLETS ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
Compiled by Peter J. McClosky, 1994-2011
Compiled by David A. Coscia, 2014-
I have had an all abiding, life long interest in the Southern Pacific Railroad. For many years I tried to acquire as many books about the Southern Pacific as I could. I was able to buy all of the books that came into the local hobby shops, but people have been writing about the Southern Pacific for many years, and what about all those books I knew nothing about? This compilation grew out of this desire to learn all I could about the S.P.
For others with this same interest, and with the help of Paul C. Koehler (Glendale, CA), Glenn Ames (Glendale, CA), T. Fredrick Hill (Pasadena, CA), David Coscia (Altadena, CA), and Richard Percy (Karratha, Western Australia). I have been able to compile this list of books about the SP. Additional help has come from SPH&TS members, Gene Martin (Los Gatos, CA), Jim Case (Cedar City, UT), Clint Nestell (Grass Valley, CA), John Signor (Dunsmuir, CA), Forrest R. Hedrick (Henderson, NC), David F. Myrick (Santa Barbara, CA), Dennis Hogan (Dallas, TX), Kenneth G. Keels (Austin, TX), James L. Martin (Fresno, CA), Rene Scheuerman (Spring Valley, CA), Ron Dawson (El Paso, TX), Brian Rubio (Santa Cruz, CA), Larry Mullaly (Central Point, OR), John Houlihan (Fresno, CA), Mel Brown (Austin, TX), Mike O’Brien (Pasadena, Calfornia), Joseph A. Strapac (Bellflower, CA), Charles Raub (Bakersfield, CA), Laure’l Santos (Reno, NV), Malcolm Tilling (Cambridge, England), Stefano Consentino (Milano, Italy), Michael O. Brown (Oakland, CA), Joan Condell (Dallas, TX), Tim Savaglio (Liberty Township, OH. Multiple titles.), Howard A. Drozd (Location unknown, references came through the Espee Yahoo group.), Don Damour (Lewiston, Maine), and Michael Lowe (Location unknown, the information came through email). Some of the books are about the SP exclusively, while others have a good deal of information about the SP within them.
While I have not seen all of the following books or booklets, they are known to exist. Some may have incomplete title, author, publisher, or date information. Many of these are out of print. Some of the books have library locations and call numbers listed with the citation. I hope this helps others in their quest for information about the Southern Pacific Railroad.
[Original statement by Peter McClosky, editor emeritus]
It is my intention that this compilation be considered a living document. If I have missed any important books or booklets, please contact David Coscia through the business office of the Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society.
- “2-6-0 Mogul on the Southern Pacific, The”, by Corbett, James W., Pen Pub. Co., 1953. (Booklet).
After 9 years of looking for this book, I final managed to acquire a copy of it. It is a “Railroad Photo Album (Vol. No.5)”, and has pictures of one SP Mogul and one Pacific Electric Mogul, out of 41 total pictures. It contains about a page of text on SP’s moguls. - “35 Years” by Pacific Coast Chapter, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1972.
- “50 Years of Achievement”, Reprinted from Southern Pacific Bulletin, Jan./Feb., 1950. (Booklet).
- 50 Years North American Railroads, Volume One: The Far West. Jocelyn, Don. Four Ways West. 2017.
- “100 Years of American Railroading”, by Starr, J.W., Dodd, Mead, & Company, date unknown (pre 1933).
- “1990 – 1994 Southern Pacific Locomotive Roster: Includes Active Duty and Retired Locomotives on the Southern Pacific Railroad from 1990 through 1994”, by Barnes, Richard Jr. and Tony Johnson, The Shasta Rail Group, 1995.
- “The 4300 4-8-2’s”, by Church, Robert, Central Valley Pub., 1980. revised Edition, 1996.
- “4449 Album”, edited by Nelson, R. & W. R. Grande, Pacific Northwest Chapter of N.R.H.S., 1984.
- “The 4449 Daylight Decade”, by Edmonson, Harold A, Goodheart Pub., 1991. (Booklet).
- “4449 Makes a Comeback”, by Brueckman, Henry, Henrys Photo Service, 1975. (Booklet).
- “4449 Queen of Steam”, by Brueckman, H. & Moreau, J., Carbarn Press, 1984. UB Berkeley, Bancroft HE 2971. S72 B78.
- “The A. B. Gray Report”, by Bailey, L.R., Westernlore Press, 1963.
- “A.J. Stephens and His Valve Gear.” author unknown, Railroad History No. 65, year unknown.
- “Alameda Centennial Almanac, Vol’s 1/2/3.” by, Cook, Fred S., California Traveler, Inc., 1972.
- “Album of Cars”, by Swett, Ira, Electric Railway Publications, 1965.
- “Album of Western Locomotives” by Dunscomb, Guy, Guy Dunscomb, 1950.
- “All For Nothing: The True Story of the Last Great American Train Robbery”, by Sturholm, Larry and John Howard, BLS Publishing Co. 1976.
- “Along the Rails From Lancaster to Mojave”, by Settle, Glen A., Kern – Antelope Historical Society, 1967.
- “Along the Rio Grande: Scenes on the Line of the Southern Pacific Sunset Route in West Texas”, by T.J. Anderson & Jos. Hellen, Southern Pacific, 190?.
- “Ambrose Bierce, A Biography”, by O’Connor, Richard, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1967.
- “The American 4-8-4”, by Reed, Brian, Loco Profile 20, Profile Publications Ltd., 1972.
- “American Narrow Gauge”, by Krause, John with Donald Duke, Golden West Books, 1978.
- “American Narrow Gauge Railroads”, by Hilton, George W., Stanford University Press, 1990.
- American Railroad Journal – 1966. Duke, Donald, editor. Golden West Books. 1965.
two articles (Two-Eight-Eight-Four by Roger Valentine, about SP AC-9 locomotives) and (The Single Drivered Locomotive in the West by Gerald Best, information about the C. P. Huntington and the T. D. Judah) - “The American Railroad Network: 1861-1890” by Taylor, George Rogers and Irene D. Neu, Harvard University Press, 1956.
- “American Railway Transportation”, by Johnson, Emory R., Appleton, 1903.
- “America’s Bicentennial Queen: Engine 4449 The Lone Survivor”, by Wright, Richard K., Wright Pub., 1975. Two printings, March 21, 1975 and August 4, 1975. 44 pages. Black and white only.
- “America’s Bicentennial Queen: Engine 4449 The Lone Survivor”, by Wright, Richard K., Wright Pub., 1975. Printed November 10, 1975. 52 pages. Color photographs on front and back covers.
- “America’s First Trans-Continental Railway: A Pictorial History of the Pacific Railroad”, by Cushing, Raymond & Jeffery Moreau, Pentrex, 1994.
- “America’s Railroad Stations”, by Solomon, Brian, Gramercy Books, an imprint of Random House Value Publishing, 2002.
(SP content unknown, but does include LAUPT + SP depots, Davis, Petaluma, Sacramento, Oakland 16th, Davis, and the ex NCO at Alturas. - “An analytical review of the Southern Pacific Company, including its Proprietary, Leased and Affiliated Lines, Covering the Period from January 1, 1890, to December 31, 1895.”, by Robinson, George H., Private Printing, (25 copies). Date Unknown.
- “The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California”, by Rayner, Richard, Atlas & Co. – W.W. Norton (An Enterprise Book). 2008.
- “Atlas of Railway Traffic Maps”, by Wymond, Charles E., LaSalle Extension University, 1921.
- “Arizona Train Limit Case: Southern Pacific Company v Arizona”, by Cortner, Richard C., University of Arizona Press, (circa) 1970.
- “Backwoods Railroads”, by Burkhardt, D.C. Jesse, Washington Stated University Press, 1994.
- “Baja California Railways”, by Kirchner, John A., Golden West Books, 1988.
- “Bancroft’s New Guide to the Pacific Coast”, by Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1882.
- “Bandits and the Southern Pacific”, by Glasscock, C. B., Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1929.
- “Beaumont Hill: Southern Pacific Southern California Gateway”, by Signor, John R., Golden West Books, 1990.
- “Beginnings of the Southern Pacific,The” by, Joselyn, D.J., Railroad History No.17, pp.47-54, date unknown.
- “The Big Four: The Story of Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins, and Crocker and of the Building of the Central Pacific”, by Lewis, Oscar, Alfred A Knopf, 1938.
- “The Birth of California Narrow Gauge”, by MacGregor, Bruce, Stanford University Press, 2003.
- “Bisbee, Urban Outpost on the Frontier”, by Schwantes, Carlos A., Univ. of Arizona Press, 1992.
- “Bonanza Railroads”, by Kneiss, Gilbert A., Stanford University Press, 1944.
- “Building an Octopus: Railroads and Society in the Late Nineteenth – Century Far West”, by Deverell, William, Ph.D. diss., Princeton University, 1989. (Later turned into his book, “Railroad Crossing: California and the Railroad, 1850 – 1910”).
- “Building the Pacific Railway”, by Sabin, Edwin L., J.B. Lippincott, 1919.
- “By-laws of the Mutual Relief Association, Shop No. 5, Sacramento, California, organized 1895”, author unknown, publisher unknown, cira. 1912-1913.
- Cab-forward: The Story of Southern Pacific Articulated Locomotives, by Church, Robert J., Kratville Publications, 1968.
- Cab-forward: The Story of Southern Pacific Articulated Locomotives (revised edition). Church, Robert J. Central Valley Railroad Publications, Wilton, CA. 1982.
- Cab-forward: The Story of Southern Pacific Articulated Locomotives (revised edition; limited signed edition – red boards, 282 copies, numbered 4002-4294). Church, Robert J. Central Valley Railroad Publications, Wilton, CA. 1982.
- “Cab In Front: The Half Century Story of an Unconventional Locomotive”, by Hungerford, John B., Hungerford Press, 1959. Re-printed by Pacific Fast Mail 1974. (Booklet).
- “Cajon – A Pictorial Album, San Bernardino to Victorville”, by Chard, Walker, Trans Anglo Books, 1990.
- “Cajon Rail Passage to the Pacific”, by Walker, Chard, Trans-Anglo Books, 1985.
- “California Central Coast Railways”, by Hamman, Rick, Pruett Press, 1980.
- “California: Coast Country”, by Southern Pacific Company. circa 1905.(Booklet)
- “California: For Health, Pleasure, and Profit: Why Your Should Go There”, by Passenger Dept. of the Southern Pacific Company, 1894. (Booklet?) UC Berkeley, Bancroft F866.S6305.
- “California: For Health, Pleasure, and Residence”, by Nordhoff, Charles, Harper & Brothers, 1872 (and many other editions). Reprinted in 1973 by Ten Speed Press.
- “California: For the Sportsman” author unknown (probably S.P. Co.), Southern Pacific Company, 1911 (and probably other editions) (Booklet?).
- “California In Miniature”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1903. (Booklet?).
- “The California Progressives”, by Mowry, George, Quadrangle Books, Chicago, 1951.
- “California Railroads”, by Fickewirth, Alvin A., Golden West Books, 1993.
- “California Rails: – 1950s – A Color Pictorial”, by Gilbertson, Dallas, Four Ways West, 2008.
- “California: South of Tehachapi”, by Southern Pacific Company. 1906. (Booklet)
- “California’s Electric Railways: An Illustrated Review”, by Demoro, Harre W., Interurban Press, 1986.
- “California’s Railroad Era 1850 – 1911”, by McAfee, Ward, Golden West Books, 1973.
- “Captive Mountain Waters”, by Neal, Dorothy Jensen, Texas Western Press, 1961. (History of the Tucumcari Line’s elaborate water distribution system.)
- “The Centennial History of Newark” by MacGregor, Bruce, Newark (CA?) Days Bicentennial Committee, 1976 (Booklet?).
- “The Central California Traction Company”, by Stanley, David G, & Jeffrey J. Moreau, Signature Press, 2003.
 (The Central California Traction Company became the joint property of the Western Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Santa Fe in 1928) - “The Central Pacific Railroad Across Nevada, 1868 &1997: Photographic Comparatives” Hersh, Lawrence K., publisher unknown, 2000.
- “The Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroads”, by Beebe, Lucius, Howell-North, 1963.
- “The Central Pacific Railroad and the Legend of Cape Horn. 1865-1866”, by Strobridge, Edson T., Edson T. Strobridge, San Luis Obispo CA, 2001. (An argument that CP didn’t let Chinese over the cliff in baskets to chip at rock face.)
- “The Central Pacific Railroad Company: Its Relations to the Government”, by Haymond, Creed, publisher unknown (San Francisco), 1888.
- “A Century of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives”, by Dunscomb, Guy, Guy Dunscomb 1963. (Multiple editions and multiple printings; some by Dunscomb, later editions by The Train Shop in Santa Clara, CA).
- “A Century of Transportation in Shasta County, 1821-1929” by Colby, W.H., Association for Northern California Records and Research, 1982.
- “Chapters on the History of Southern Pacific”, by Daggett, Stuart, The Ronald Press Co.,1922, Reprinted by Augustus M. Kelley, 1966.
- “Chasing the SP in California: 1953 – 1956”, Crossley, Rod, SPH&TS, 2011.
- “Chard Walker’s Cajon”, Walker, Chard L., Signature Press, 2007.
- “Charles Morgan and the Development of Southern Transportation”, by Baughman, James P., Vanderbilt University Press, 1968.
- Chicago & North Western, Milwaukee Road, Rock Island, and Union Pacific Interline Dining & Lounge Cars in Southern Pacific Passenger Trains. Cauthen, Jeffrey and Donald Munger. Union Terminal Imports. 2018.
- The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad. Chang, Gordon H. and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, editors. Stanford University Press. 2019.
- “Chinese Workers and the First Transcontinental Railroad of the United States of America”, by Yen, Tzu-Kuei, Ph.D diss, St. John’s University, 1976.
- “Chris Evans vs. the Southern Pacific”, by Fox, Stephen, Smithsonian, Vol 26, No. 2, May, 1955.
- Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. The History Company. 7 volumes. 1891-1892. [Historical character study of prominent business men west of the Rocky Mountains]
- “City of the Plain: Sacramento in the 19th Century”, by Neasham, V. Aubrey and James E. Henlet. Edited by Janice A. Woodruff, Sacramento Pioneer Foundation in cooperation with the Sacramento Historic Landmarks Commission, distributed by American West, 1969.
- “City Makers”, by Nadeau, Remi A., Doubleday & Co. 1948, and Trans Anglo Books, 1965.
- “Closing the Gap, 1890”, by Tognozzini, Wilmar N., San Luis Obisbo Historical Society, c. 1991.
- “Closing the Gap, 1891”, by Tognozzini, Wilmar N., San Luis Obisbo Historical Society, c. 1992.
- “Closing the Gap: The Coast Line and its Bridges in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties”, by Lawler, Nan, Institute for American Research (Goleta, Calif.), 1984. UC Berkeley, Bancroft & UC Santa Barbara, Main Lib. TG445 .L38 1984.
- “The Cloud Climbing Railroad”, by Neal, Dorothy Jensen, Alamagordo Printing Co., 1967.
- “Coal Town: The Life and Times of Dawson, New Mexico”, by Smith, Toby, Ancient City Press, 1993.
- “Collis Potter Huntington”, (2 volumes) by Evans, Cerinda W., Mariner’s Museum (Newport News, Va.), 1954. (First edition. (xiv), xii, 775 pp. Biblio. Index. Plus 128 plates, most from photographs. Maps.)
- “Colorado Conquest”, by Woodbury, David O., publisher unknown, 1941.
- “Come into Our Kitchen”, by Southern Pacific Company, 1927.
- “Commuter Railroads”, by Dorin, Patrick C., Bonanza Books, 1957.
- “The Complete Guide to Southern Pacific Operations in Texas”, by Bernstein, David M., David M. Bernstein, 1993.
- “Complete Roster of Heavyweight Pullman Cars, by Wayner Publications, 1985.
- “Consolidation of Railroads”, by Sabin, W. M. W., MacMillan, date unknown (pre 1933).
- “Controversial Mark Hopkins”, by Latta, Estelle, Greenberg Publishing, 1953.
- “Corsicana and the Ennis Sub.: SP/SSW in Texas”, by Olmsted, Robert P., MacMillian, 1983.
- “C.P.R.R.: The Central Pacific Railroad”, by Nordhoff, Charles, publisher unknown, 1882 (republished by Outbooks in 1976). (Booklet).
- “Crofutt’s New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide”, by Crofutt, George A., The Overland Publishing Company, 1880, 1882, & 1883.
- “Crofutt’s Transcontinental Tourists’ Guide”, by Crofutt, George A., The Native American News Company, 1871.
- “Daylight 4449 Family Album”, by Johnsen, Kenneth, Kenneth Johnsen, 1984.
- “Daylight Reflections”, by Huxtable, Nils, Steam Scenes, Pub. 1987.
- “Daylight Reflections: Vol. 1 From Daylight to Starlight”, by Huxtable, Nils, Steam Scenes, Pub. 2002.
- “The Day They Shook the Plum Tree”, by Lewis, Arthur H., Brace & World, Inc., 1963.
- “Diagrams of Common Standard Passenger Train Cars as of 1930”, by SP Lines Motive Power Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1930.
- “Diagrams of Common Standard Passenger Train Cars, Southern Pacific Electric Lines, as of 1924”, by Southern Pacific Lines, Reprinted by, SPH&TS Publications, 1995.
- “Diagrams of Common Standard Passenger Train Cars Southern Pacific Lines, as of March 1, 1933”, by Southern Pacific Lines Motive Power Dept., Reprinted by, SPH&TS Publications, 1994.
- “Diagrams of Common Standard Rail Motor Cars as of 1937”, by Southern Pacific, Southern Pacific Company, 1930, Reprinted by, SPH&TS Publications, 1996.
- “Diagrams of Common Standard T&NO Passenger Cars Southern Pacific Lines, as of 1948”, by Southern Pacific, Reprinted by, SPH&TS Publications, 1996.
- “Diagrams of Locomotives”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1953.
- “Diagrams of Locomotives: 1929 – 1953”, by Southern Pacific Company, Reprinted by Shade Tree Books. 2003.
- “Diagrams of Locomotives and Tenders”, by Southern Pacific Company, MHP, 1973.
- “Diagrams of Locomotives and Tenders: Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, 1929 – 1952”, by Southern Pacific Company, Reprinted by Shade Tree Books. 2003.
- “Diagrams of Tenders, Southern Pacific Company, as of 6-1-50”, by Southern Pacific, Southern Pacific Company, Reprinted by SPH&TS Publications, 1998.
- “Die Day in LA”, by Swett, Ira, Interurbans, 1964.
- “Diesel Locomotive Rosters: The Railroad Magazine Series of Early – Power Rosters With Information on Locomotives of 484 Roads, 1930s to 1960s”, Wayner, Robert J., Wayner Publications, date unknown (probably post 1973).
Original rosters prepared by Sy Reich of Railroad Magazine. - “Diesels of the Espee: vol. 1 Alco PA’s”, by Cortani, Roger, Gordon Lloyd Jr., & J. A. Strapac, Chatham Publishing Co., 1975.
- “Diesels Over Donner: Mountain Soul of the Southern Pacific”, by Steinheimer, R. & B. Dorn, with S. Burman, & D. Sims, 1989.
- “Dinner in the Diner”, by Hollister, Will C., Trans-Anglo Books, 1965.
- “Dinner is Served: Fine Dining Aboard the Southern Pacific”, by Loveland, Jim A., Golden West Books, 1996.
- “Domeliners”, by Dorin, Patrick C., Superior, 1973.
- “Donner Pass and Those Who Crossed It”, by Stewart, George R., California Historical Society, 1960.
- “Donner Pass: Southern Pacific’s Sierra Crossing”, by Signor, John R., Golden West Books, 1985.
- “Doodlebug Country: The Rail Motorcar on the Class 1 Railroads of the United States”, by Keilty, Edmund, Interurban Press Special No. 77, 1982.
- “Down Train From Calistoga, The” Parsons, E., Alta Napa Press, 1983.
- “Dragon’s Gate”, by Yep, Laurence, Harper Collins, 1993. (Fiction. Intended for grades 7 -10).
- “The Driving of the Gold Spike: An Authentic Pictorial History of May 10, 1869 and May 10, 1969”, by Mazer, N.H. and J. J. Stewart, publisher unknown, 1970.
- “Driving the Last Spike at Promontory, 1869” California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 36, 1957.
- “Dunsmuir Centennial Book, 1886-1986” by Dunsmuir Centennial Committee, Dunsmuir Centennial Committee, 1985.
- “Early 1900’s in Port City – San Pedro, California”, by Callaway, Leon, Benchmark, 1984.
- “Early California (Northern Edition)”, by Preston, R.N., Western Guide Publishers, 1974.
- “Early California (Southern Edition)”, by Preston, R.N., Western Guide Publishers, 1974.
- “Early Call for Perishables: A Day at the Throttle”, by Murdock, Dick, May Murdock Pub., 1983. (Booklet). UC Berkeley, Bancroft W 113 195 (special request).
- “The Early History of Transportation in Oregon”, by Villard, Henry, University of Oregon Press, 1944.
- “Early Oregon” by Preston, R.N., Western Guide Publishers, 1974.
- “Early Oregon Days” by Culp, Edwin D., Caxton Printers, 1987.
- “Early Railroad Days in New Mexico”, by Tice, Henry Allen, Stagecoach Press, 1965.
- “Early Yuma” by Crowe, Rosalie, and Sidney B. Brinckerhoff, Yuma County Historical Society, 1976.
- “Economic Theory of Location of Railways”, by Wellington, A. M., Wiley & Sons, date unknown (pre 1933).
- “Eddystone 1939: Building A Southern Pacific Cab-Forward At Baldwins”, by Kranefeld, James E., in National Railway Bulletin, Volume 61, Number 4, 1996. (Booklet).
- “E. H. Harriman”, (in 2 volumes) by Kennan, George, Houghton-Mifflin, 1922.
- “E. H. Harriman: Master Railroader”, by Mercer, Lloyd C., G.K. Hall, 1985.
- “E. H. Harriman: The Little Giant of Wall Street”, by Eckenrode, H. J. and P.W. Edmunds, 1993.
- “The Electric Interurban Railways in America”, by Hilton, George W. and John F. Due, Stanford University Press, 1960.
- “Electric Railway Pioneer: Commuting on the Northwestern Pacific 1903 – 1941”, by Demoro, Harre W., Interurban Press, 1983.
- “The El Paso and Northeastern”, by Southern Pacific Company, publisher unknown, 1958.
- El Paso and Southwestern Railroad System. Glover, Vernon J. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2021.
- “Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad”, by Bain, David Haward, Penguin Press, 1999.
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Oregon Pacific. Gavin, Scott. Yaquina Pacific Railroad Historical Society. 2016.
- Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad. Karuka, Manu. University of California Press. 2019.
- “Encyclopedia of Western Railroads History: The Desert States”, by Robertson, Donald B., Caxton Printers, 1986.
- Engines and the Engineman: The Human Side of Railroading. [The story of Steve Woodson, SP Locomotive Engineer in the 1970s]. Hewitt, Ray S. Corvallis, OR. Privately printed. 1995.
- “Epic of the Overland”, by Fulton, R.L., A.M. Robertson Pub., 1924.
- “The Evergreen Fleet”, by Demoro, Harre, Golden West Books, 1971.
- “Exploration for a Railroad Route–Mississippi River to the Pacific” (Ten volume report of Army surveys done in 1853 & 1854), printed for the House of Representatives by A.O.P. Nicholson, 1955.
- “The Ferryboats of San Francisco Bay”, by Harlan, George F., Howell-North Books, date unknown (pre 1971).
- “Firing: a Passion for Steam”, by Tilcock, Darrell, Switch Stand Publications, 1993.
- “The First Railroad Through Santa Barbara and the Goleta Valley” by, Flavin, John, in Goleta Historical Notes (Goleta Valley Historical Society) Vol 2, no. 1, Spring 1987.
- “The First Transcontinental Railroad”, by Galloway, John D., Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co., 1950, re-issued by Dorset Press 1989.
- “Flanigan”, by Moody, Eric N., Lahontan Images, 1985.
- “Focus on Freight Cars: Volume One, Single Sheathed & Automoblie Cars”, by Henderson, Richard, Speedwitch Media, 2006.
This book has 14 pages (84 pages total) of SP, P.E., & T&NO Auto Box cars. Mostly images with some text. - Focus on Freight Cars, Volume 3: Refrigerator Cars. Culotta, Ted. Speedwitch Media. 2016. [Information on Pacific Fruit Express cars]
- Focus on Freight Cars, Volume 4: Steel Box Cars. Culotta, Ted. Speedwitch Media. 2016. [Information on B-50-18, and -19 classes]
- Focus on Freight Cars, Volume 5: Steel Automotive Cars. Culotta, Ted. Speedwitch Media. 2016 [Information on A-50-12 class]
- “Footprints of The Dragon: A Story of the Chinese and the Pacific Railways”, by Oakes, Vanya, John C. Winston, 1949.
- “Fresno County in the 20th Century”, by Clough, Charles, editor, Panorama West Books, 1986.
- “Fresno County: The Pioneer Years”, by Clough, Charles and William B. Secrest, Panorama West Books, 1984.
- From Main Lines to Logging Lines: West Coast Steam Railroading in the 1950s. Givens, Charles. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2017.
- “From the Crescent City to the Golden Gate, Via the Sunset Route of the Southern Pacific Company”, by Truman, Benjamin C., Liberty Printing Co., 1886.
- “From Trail to Rail: Being a History of the City of Roseville, California, 1864-1909”, by Davis, Leonard M., Leonard M. Davis, 1964. (Booklet).
- “From Zephyr to Amtrak”, compiled by Randall, David, Prototype Publications, 1972.
- “Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad”, by Blumberg, Rhonda, National Geographic Society, 1996. (Juvenile)
- “The Future of Rail Passenger Traffic in the West”, by Call, Frank Wendel, University of Nevada Press. 2000.
- “The Future of Rail Passenger Traffic in the West”, by Stanford Research Institute, Undated, but probably around 1966.
- “Gender Roles In a Cornfield Meet: A Study of Women Railroaders on The Southern Pacific”, by Niemann, Linda, University of California Santa Cruz, 1991.
- Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad. Chang, Gordon H. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2019.
- “Ghost Trains of SP’s Overland Route: Trains Nos. 21-22, Mail 1947-1967”, by Cape, Randall E. and Robert G. McKeen, Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 2006.
- “Golden Spike”, by McUtley, Robert and Francis A. Ketterson Jr., U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service (National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 40), 1969.
- “A Golden Spike”, by Harrington, Marie, San Fernando Valley Historical Society, 1976. (Booklet).
- “The Golden Spike: A Centennial Remembrance”, by American Geographical Society, American Geographical Society, 1969.
- “The Golden Spike”, Volume 10 of the University of Utah Publications of the American West, Miller, David E., editor, Utah State Historical Society, University of Utah Press, 1973.
- “The Golden Spike Album”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1969. (Booklet?).
- “Golden State Rails”, by Fox, Wesley, Wesley Fox, 1980.
- The Golden State Route – Going West on the Rock Island. Terminal Railway Association of St. Louis Historical and Technical Society. 2022
- “Goleta Depot: The History of a Rural Railroad Station”, by Combs, Gary B., Goleta Beautiful and Institute for American Reasearch, 1982.
- “Government and the Pacific Railroads”, by Haymond, Creed, (Oral argument before the select committee of the U. S. senate), H. S. Crocker & Co., 1888.
- “Government Irrigation and the Settler”, by Wells, A. J., Southern Pacific Co., 1910.
- “The Governor: The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford”, by Norman E. Tutorow, Arthur H. Clark Co., 2004.
- “The Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad”, by Williams, John Hoyt, Times Books, 1988.
- “The Great Explosion: Tragedy Stalks the Roundhouse of the Southern Pacific”, by Schmidt, F. A., privately printed, date unknown (ca 1970’s). [Explosion at the roundhouse in San Antonio, TX]
- “Great Iron Link: The Building of the Central Pacific Railroad”, by Laughlin, Rosemary, Morgan Reynolds, 1996. (Juvenile).
- “The Great Iron Trail: The Story of the First Continental Railroad”, by Howard, R.W., Bonanza Books, 1962, and G.P Putnam’s Sons, 1962.
- “The Great Persuader”, by Lavender, David, Doubleday & Co., 1970.
- “Great Salt Lake CUT – OFF”, author unknown, Southern Pacific Co., 1923. (Booklet?).
- “The Great Salt Lake Railroad Crossing For Southern Pacific Company”, by Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc., Publisher unknown, October 1957.
- “Great Train Robberies of the West”, by Block, Eugene B., Coward-McCann and Avon Paperbacks, 1959.
- “Great Yellow Fleet: A History of American Railroad Refrigerator Cars”, by White, John H., Golden West Books, 1986.
- “Growing Up With Trains: A Southern California Album”, by Steinheimer, R. and D. Sims, Interurban, 1982.
- “Growing Up With Trains II: A Northern California Album”, by Steinheimer, R. and D. Sims, Interurban, 1983.
- “Guidebook of the Western United States. Part B. The Overland Route.”, by Lee, Willis T., Ralph W. Stone, Hoyt S. Gale, and others, U.S Geological Survey Bulletin 614, Government Printing Office, 1916.
- “Guidebook of the Western United States. Part D. The Shasta Route and Coast Line.”, by Diller, J.S., and others, U.S Geological Survey Bulletin 614, Government Printing Office, 1916.
- “Guidebook of the Western United States. Part F. Southern Pacific Lines From New Orleans to Los Angeles.”, by Dartonm N.H., U.S Geological Survey Bulletin 845, Government Printing Office, 1933.
- Harriman vs. Hill: Wall Street’s Great Railroad War. Haeg, Larry. University of Minnesota Press. 2013.
- “Harry Bedwell: Last Of The Great Railroad Storytellers”, by Donovan, Jr., Frank P., Ross & Haines, Inc., 1959.
- “Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow”, by Brown, Dee, First published in 1977, republished by Simon & Schuster (a Touchstone book) in 1994.
- “Heaven In the Eye”, by Rice, Clyde, Taylor Pub., 1984.
- “Henry Huntington and the Creation of Southern California”, by Friedricks, William B., Ohio State University Press, 1992.
- “Highballing With Flimsies: Working Under Train Orders”, by Gamst, Frederick C., The Railway History Monograph Vol. 19, No. 1 & 2, 1990.
- “High Iron: A Book of Trains”, by Beebe, Lucius, D. Appleton-Century Company Inc. (and other publishers) 1938. (Lots of old SP and CP photo’s.)
- “High Iron Below Sea Level: Railroading in California’s Colorado Desert”, by Lamb, Blaine P., in Journal of the West , V. 31, p. 20-30, 1992.
- “High Road to Promontory: Building the Central Pacific Across the High Sierra”, by Kraus, George, American West Publishing, 1969.
- “The Hill”, by Rehwalt, Dan, Grizzly Press, 2003. Stories from the Southern Pacific Railroad Cascade Line.
- “Historical Outline: Southern Pacific Co.” by Bureau of News, Development Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1933, Republished by the SPH&TS, 1995.
- “Historic Southern Pacific Cars” by, Wayner, Robert, (thick, no date). (There may be other editions of this book.)
- “Historic Southern Pacific Cars” by, Wayner, Robert, (thin, no date). (There may be other editions of this book.)
- “A History of Phelps Dodge”, by Cleland, R. C., Alfred A. Knopf, 1952.
- “A History of Texas Railroads”, by Reed, S.G., St. Clair Pub., 1941.
- “History of the City of Roseville, California, 1864-1909”, by Davis, Leonard M., Leonard M. Davis, 1964.
- “The History of the Oregon and California Railroad”, by Ganoe, John T., Oregon Historical Society (in two Quarterlies), 1924. (Booklet).
- “History of the Oregon Country (Volume IV)”, by Scott, Leslie M., Riverside Press, 1924.
- “The History of Reedley’s Railroads: 1888 – 2000”, by, Bergman, John F., Reedley Historical Society, 2000.
About 1/2 SP and 1/2 SF - “The History of the Southern Pacific”, by Yenne, Bill, Bonanza Books, 1985.
- “The History of the Sunset Railway: Including the McKittrick Branch of the Southern Pacific Company”, by Bergman, John F., Kern County Historical Society, 1994.
- “Hogheads and Highballs: Railroad Lore & Humor”, by Murdock, Dick, May Murdock Pub., 1979. (Booklet).
- “Holton Interurban Railway: Hook and Eye” by Middlebrook, R.P., in R&LHS:Railroad History, 112/50-54 (history and steam roster)
- “How Congressmen are Bribed: The Colton letters declaration of Huntington that Congressmen are for Sale”, by Huntington, Collis Potter, publisher unknown, 188?. (Booklet?).
- “A Hundred Golden Hours at Sea” (possibly incomplete title), author unknown, Southern Pacific, 1907. (Booklet?). (Later editions may have been called “One Hundred Golden Hours at Sea”)
- Huntington Tracks. Smedley, Paul. Golden West Books. 2018.
- “Incline Railways of Los Angeles & Southern California.” San Marino, Calif.: Golden West Books, 1998.
Chapter 7 is on the PE Mt. Lowe incline. Other chapters cover incline railways which touched the PE, such as Angles Flight, Court Flight, Mt. Washington, etc. - “Index to Photographs of the SP Transportation Co. and Related Lines, at the Kalmback Memorial Library”, by Metcalf, Bruce, National Model Railroad Association, 1989. (Booklet).
- “Industrial Relations: Final report and Testimony Submitted to Congress by the [U.S.] Commission on Industrial Relations Created by the Act of August 23, 1912, Vol. X.” (64th Congress, First Session, Senate, Document No. 415) Washington, Government Printing Office, 1916.
- “The Interurban Era”, by Middleton, William D., Kalmbach, 1961.
- “Interurban Railways of the Bay Area”, by Trimble, Paul C., Valley Publishers, 1977.
- “Interurbans without Wires: The Rail Motorcar in the United States”, by Keilty, Edmund, Interurban Press Special No. 66, 1979.
- “Iron Horse Imperialism: The Southern Pacific of Mexico, 1880-1951”, by Lewis, Daniel, The University of Arizona Press. 2007.
- “Iron Horses to Promontory”, by Best, Gerald M., Golden West Books, 1969.
- “Iron Men and Copper Wires: A Centennial History of the Southern California Edison Company”, by Myers, William A., Trans-Anglo Books, 1983. (This book has a chapter on the California Development Co. and the Holton Inter-Urban Railway.)
- Iron Muse: Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad. Willumson, Glenn. University of California Press. 2013.
- “Iron Road to the West”, by Stover, John F., Columbia University Press, 1978.
- “Iron Trail to the Golden Spike”, by Stewart, John J., Deseret Book Co., 1969.
- “Iron Way: A Tale of the Builders of the West”, by Carr, Sarah P., McClurg & Co. 1907.
- “Jawbone: Sunset on the Lone Pine”, by Serpico, Phil, Omni Publications, 2006
- Jawbone: Sunset on the Lone Pine (revised edition – 16 page addendum). Serpico, Phil. Omni Publications. 2018.
- “Judah the Dreamer”, Introduction & restoration by, Moore, Dean, Roseville Historical Society, 1989. Originally published as ” A Practical Plan for Building the Pacific Railroad” , by Judah, T.D., Henry Polkinhorn Printer, 1857.(Booklet).
- “Kern County Centennial Almanac”, author unknown, Kern County Centennial Observance Committee, 1966.
- Krauss-Maffei: 150 years of progress through Technology, 1838-1988. Schmidt, Karl. Krauss-Maffei AG, Public Relations Department. 1988
- “Lake Tahoe, California” Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, published between 1900 & 1909. (Booklet).
- “Land Grants: Aids and Benefits to the Government and Railroads and Southern Pacific Company”, by Myrick, David F., Southern Pacific Company, 1969. (Booklet).
- The Lands of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California with General Information on the Resources of the Country through which the Railroad takes its way. H. S. Crocker & Co. San Francisco, CA. 1880.
- “The Lands of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California: Their Situation, Soil, Climate, Vegetation, Present and Prospective Values, Price, and the Terms Under Which They Are Offered For Sale”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1876(?). (Booklet?). UC Berkeley, Bancroft F866.S64 1876 & x F862.1 .S3 v.6:9.
- “The Lands of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California: With General Information on the Resources of Southern California, by Southern Pacific Company (probably Jerome Madden, the land agent of the S.P.R.R. Co.), Southern Pacific Company, c1880.
- “La Reina – Los Angeles in Three Centuries”, by Hill, Laurana L., Security Trust & Savings Bank (Los Angeles), 1929.
- “The Last Days of Mount Lowe: The World’s Wonder, Marvelous Mount Lowe”, by Charles Seims, publisher unknown, circa 1975.
- “Last Days of Southern Pacific Steam”, by Stindt, Fred, in 13 page article in Railroad History No. 149, Autumn 1983.
- “The Last of the Great Stations”, by Bradley, Bill, Interurbans, 1979.
- “Last of the Red Cars: … The Long Beach Rail Line Then – and Now, A Pictorial Reminiscence”, by Walker, Jim, Interurban, 1991.
- “Last of the Southern Pacific Type”, by Thrall, Walt, Pacific Railway Journal, 1956.
- “The Last Spike” by Warman, Cy, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906 (fiction).
- “Last Spike is Driven”, by Utah State Historical Society (Volume 37 no.1 of the Utah Historical Quarterly), Utah State Historical Society, 1969.
- A Legacy in Brick & Iron: Sacramento’s Central & Southern Pacific Railroad Shops. Mary Helmich with Kevin Bunker. FYA Publications. 2018.
- “Leland Stanford: War Governor of California, Railroad Builder and Founder of Stanford University”, by Clark, George T., Stanford University Press, 1931.
- “Leland Stanford: Man of Many Careers”, by Tutorow, Norman, Pacific Coast Publishers, 1971.
- “Life & Legend of E. H. Harriman”, by Klein, Maury, University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
- “Life and Times of the Central Pacific Railroad”, Myrick, D.F., editor, Book Club of California, 1969. (Booklet).
- “Life of Theodore D. Judah”, by Wheat, Carl I., California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. IV, No. 3, Sept. 1925. (Booklet).
- “The Light at the End and Other Railroad Stories”, by Rehwalt, Dan, Grizzly Press, 2003. [Short stories chronicling one man’s career on and off the SP]
- “Lincoln and the Railroads” by Starr, John W. Jr., Dodd Mead & Co., 1927.
- “The Lingo of the Espee”, by Oden, Charlie, (in Hoein’ the Short Rows, publication of the Texas Folklore Society), Southern Methodist Univ. Press, 1987. (booklet).
- “Locomotive Diagrams: El Paso & Southwestern”, edited by Hewes, T., Buena Vista Publishing, 1965. (Booklet).
- “Locomotive Diagrams: Northwestern Pacific”, edited by Hewes, T., Buena Vista Publishing, 1965. (Booklet).
- “Locomotive Diagrams: Southern Pacific, 1867-1899” by Hewes, Ted, Buena Vista Books, date unknown (Pre 1971).
- “Locomotives of the Southern Pacific Company”, by Best, Gerald M. & David Joslyn, in Bulletin #94 of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1956.
- “Logging Railroads of the Lincoln County National Forest, New Mexico”, by Glover, Vernon J., U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Culture Resources Management, 1984 (Booklet).
- “Lonesome Whistle: The Story of the First Transcontinental Railroad”, by Brown, Dee, Holt, Renehart, and Winston, 1980.
- Los Angeles Division. Signor, John. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2020.
- “The Los Angeles & San Pedro: First Railroad South of the Tehachapis”, by Hoyt, Franklin, California Historical Society Quarterly. Volume 32, number 4, December 1953
- “Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor Areas-Cultural Resource Survey”, by United States Army, corps of Engineers, 1978.
- “The Los Angeles Progressives: The Influence of the Southern Pacific Machine on Urban reform, 1872-1913”, by Viehe, Frederick W. III, University of California Santa Barbara, doctoral dissertation, July, 1983.
- “The Los Angeles Railway Pictorial”, by Moreau, Jeffery, Pacific Bookwork, 1964.
- “Los Angeles Railways’ Pre-Huntington Cars”, Interurbans, 1964.
- “The Los Angeles Railways Through the Years”, by Easlon, Steven L., Ealson Publications, 1973.
- “Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal” by, Graham Rolland, David Cameron, B.P. Judson, & Ralph Melching” Pacific Railroad Society, 1967.
- “Love Affair With Steam”, by Murdock, Dick, May Murdock Pub., 1985. (Booklet).
- “Lynch Ropes & Long Shots”, by Alexander, Bob, High Lonesome Books, 2006.
A history of the November, 1883, Gage, New Mexico train robbery and aftermath.
This book is about the pursuit and capture of the train robbers, rather than the railroad. - “Makin’ Tracks” by, Mayer, Lynn Rhodes and Kenneth S. Vose, Praeger Publishers, 1975.
- “Man-hunt: Bandits and the Southern Pacific”, by Glasscock, Carl B., Grosset & Dunlap, c1929. UC Berkeley, Bancroft HV6793.C2 G5 1929 & Stanford, Green HV 6452. C2 G5.
- “Mansions on Rails”, by Beebe, Lucius, Howell-North, 1959.
- “The Man Who Gave the Golden Spike”, by Lampson, Robin, The Chimes Press, 1969.
- “Maps of the Southern Pacific”, by Dunscomb, Guy and A. Rose, Printed by Rose Lithograph Co., 1949.
- “Mark Hopkins”, by Frame, Walter, No. 1 Occasional Monograph of the Sacramento Pioneer Foundation, 1969.
- “Martinez: A California Town”, author unknown, Martinez Historical Society, 1986.
- “Matches, Flumes, and Rails”, by Stephens, Kent, Trans Anglo Books, 1977.
- “McKeen Motor Car Co. Catalog of 1912” (Reprint), by McKeen Motor Car Co., Old Line Publishers, 1972.
This booklet contains a listing of the branch lines which had McKeen cars running on them. - Memories of the Cab Forwards – A Personal View. Lohse, Richard. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2013.
- “Memoirs of Henry Villard: Journalist and Financier, 1835-1900”, vol I & II, Fanny Garrison Villard, Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1904.
- “Men and Motive Power: A Story of the Southern Pacific Company”, by Noble, Mark, Pacific Railway Journal, Winter 1955-1956.
- “The Modern Railroad”, by Hungerford, Edward., McClurg & Co., 1911 (at least 4 editions).
- “The Modern Southern Pacific”, author unknown, Reprinted from Modern Railroads, August 1955. (Booklet?).
- “The Modern Way: Safety and Comfort”, by Southern Pacific Passenger Department Sunset Route, Southern Pacific Company, 19??. UC Davis, Shields HE2791.S79 MJ6 1900.
- “The Modoc: Southern Pacific’s Back Door to Oregon”, by Bowden, Jack and Tom Dill, Oso Press, 2002.
- “Moguls and Iron Men: The Story of the First Transcontinental Railroad”, McCague, James, Harper and Row, 1964.
- “A Moment in Time: Southern Pacific Lines, Cotton Belt Route (mechanical department yearbook)”, np. Southern Pacific. 1986.
- “Mountain Mainlines of the West”, by Hill, Ronald C., Colorado Railroad Museum, 1988.
- “The Mountains”, by Farrell, Jack W., and Mike Pearsall, Pacific Fast Mail, 1977.
- “Mussel Slough Episode: A Chapter in the Settlement of the San Joaquin Valley 1865 – 1880” by McKinney, William Clyde, unpublished dissertation, 1948. UC Berkeley, Bancroft m F868.S173M3.
- “Mussel Slough Incident”, by Freeze, Harold R., publisher unknown (Sacramento, Calif.), 1956.
- “The Mussel Slough Tragedy”, by Brown, J.L., Acoma Books, 1958.
- “My Trip Through Carlsbad Caverns National Park”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Date unknown (circa 19560).
- “Nameless Builders of the Transcontinental Railroad”, by Chew, William F., Self published (Trafford Publishing), 2003.
- “Napa Valley Route”, by Swett, Ira L., Interurban Press, 1975.
- “Narrow Gauge Nostalgia”, by Turner, George, J & H Publisher, 1965.
- “Narrow Gauge Portrait: South Pacific Coast”, by Macgregor, Bruce A., Glennwood, 1975.
- “Narrow Gauge Railways in America”, by Fleming, Howard, edited by Grahame Hardy and Paul Darrellme, 1949. (Reprint of an earlier work).
- “Narrow Gauge to the Redwoods: The Story of the North Pacific Coast Railway and San Francisco Bay Paddle-Wheel Ferries” by, Dickinson, A. B., R. Graves, T. Wurm, and, A. Graves, Trans-Anglo Books, 1967.
- “The New Arizona”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1911(?). (Booklet?).
- “New Mexico’s Railroads”, by Myric, David F., Colorado Railroad Museum, 1970. Republished (Updated & enlarged) by University of New Mexico, 1990.
- “New Orleans Steam Spectacular!”, by Strapac, J. A., Shade Tree Books, 1984.
- “The New Streamlined Cascade: San Francisco – Portland”, Wright Enterprises, no date, (reprinted courtesy of Southern Pacific Transportation Company).
- “New Streamlined Sunset Limited: Los Angeles – New Orleans”, by Southern Pacific, Southern Pacific Company, 1950. (Booklet?).
- “Night Freight”, by Rice, Clyde, Taylor Pub., 1987.
- “Night Trains of the Coast Route” by Ryan, Dennis, Four Ways West Publications, 1986.
- “Night Trains: The Pullman System in the Golden Years of American Rail Travel”, by Maiken, Peter T., Lakme Press, 1989.
- “Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869”, by Ambrose, Stephen E., Simon & Schuster, 2000.
The hardcover edition of this book has a large number of grievous errors. The paperback version is supposed to have corrected these. - “North American Steam Locomotives: A Photographic History”, by Cahill, Marie, and Tom DeSolski, Crescent Books, 1991.
- “Northern California Railroads: The Silver Age, vol. 1”, by Matthews, Fred, Sundance Books, 1982.
- “Northern California Railroads: The Silver Age, vol. 2”, by Matthews, Fred, Sundance Books, 1984.
- “The Northerns”, by Farrell, Jack W., and Mike Pearsall, Pacific Fast Mail, 1975.
- Northwestern Pacific In Color. Inman, Scott and Ed Mackinson. Morning Sun Books. 2019.
- Northwestern Pacific Locomotives. Strapac, Joseph. Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society. 2020.
- “Northwestern Pacific Pictorial”, by Fox, Wesley, Fox Pub., 1983.
- “Northwestern Pacific Railroad” (locomotive diagram book), by Hewes, Ted, Buena Vista Books, date unknown (pre 1971).
- “Northwestern Pacific Railroad and its Successors”, by Fox, Wesley, Fox Publications, 1994.
- “Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company: A Few Moments from History, vol. 1”, by NWPRRHS, NWPRRHS, 1994. (Booklet).
- “Northwestern Pacific Railroad Diamond Jubilee 1914-1989”, by Stindt, Fred A. & Virginia Sparks, Kaytis Publications, 1991. (Booklet).
- The Northwestern Pacific Railroad – Lifeline of the Redwood Empire: Boom and Bust, 1951-2001. Figone, Angelo. Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society. 2017.
- “The Northwestern Pacific Railroad: Redwood Empire Route”, by Stindt, Fred A., Fred A. Stindt, 1964 (and other editions).
- “The Northwestern Pacific Railroad: vol. 2”, by Stindt, Fred A., Fred A. Stindt, 1985.
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad Volume 2: Passenger and Freight Operations, Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad, Maintenance-of-Way Equipment In Color. Mackinson, Ed and Scott Inman. Morning Sun. 2022
- “#4294 Cab-In-Front Articulated Locomotive”, by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California, 1981. (Booklet).
- “The Octopus”, by Norris, Frank, first published in the U.S. by Doubleday, Page, & Co. in 1901, republished by Penguin Classics in 1986.
- “The Octopus: A History of the Construction, Conspiracies, Extortions, Robberies and Villainous Acts of the Central Pacific, Southern Pacific of Kentucky, Union Pacific, and other subsidized railroads”. by Robinson, John R., publisher unknown, (San Francisco) 1894.
- “The Octopus Speaks: The Colton Letters” ed. By Ramirez, Salvador, Tentacled Press, 1962 and 1982. UC Berkely (Bancroft), UC Davis, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irving.
- “Odyssey of Five Locomotives, 1835-1965”, by Kline, Benjamin F.G., Jr., Lancaster County Historical Society, 1966.
- “Official Explorations for Pacific Railroads 1853-1855”, by Albright, George Leslie, Univ. of California Press, 1921.
- “Official Pullman Standard Library, vol. 5, Southern Pacific Pre-War Cars, The”, by Randfall, W. David & William M. Ross, Railway Production Classics, 1989.
- “Official Pullman Standard Library, vol. 6, Southern Pacific Post-War Cars, The”, by Randfall, W. David & William M. Ross, Railway Production Classics, 1989.
- “Of Walking Beams and Paddle Wheels”, by Harland, George H. and Clement Fisher Jr., Bay Books Ltd. 1951.
- “Ogden Rails: A History of Railroading at the Crossroads of the West”, by Strack. Donald, Union Pacific Historical Society, 2005.
- “Oil Lamps & Iron Ponies”, by Shaw, Frederick, Clement Fisher Jr., and George H. Harlan, Bay Books, 1949.
- “One Hundred Years of American Railroading”, by Starr, John W. Jr., Dodd, Mead & Co. 1928.
- “On the Rails: A Woman’s Journey”, by Niemann, Linda, Cleis Press. 1997.
- “Orange Empire, California and the Fruits of Eden”, by Sackman, Douglas, University of California Press, 2005.
This book has coverage of SP’s role in the development of agriculture and the citrus industry in the early 1900’s. While the railroad is not the focus of the
book, the book provides good background material to the early history of the SP, land grant management in particular, and is a good companion to Orsi’s
recent “”Sunset Limited” work. (Comments by Tim Savaglio.) - “Oregon’s Great Train Holdup”, by Webber, Bert and Margie, Webb Research Group, 1988.
- “Our Dining Car Recipes” by Southern Pacific Company, Bay Area Electric Railway, date unknown. (Booklet?).
- “Our Friend the Passenger”, author unknown, Southern Pacific Co. , date unknown (around 1955). (Booklet?).
- “Out West on the Overland Train”, by Reinhardt, Richard, The American West Publishing Co., 1967.
- “The Overland Limited”, by Beebe, Lucius, Howell-North Books, 1963.
- Overland Route Passenger Trains 1947-1971. Strauss, Jr. John F. Four Ways West Publication. 2015.
- “The Overland Route to the Road of a Thousand Wonders”, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Passenger Departments, 1908 (Booklet?). Stanford Univ., Green Lib., 917.S727.
- “Overland Route to the Rockies”, by Fox, Wesley, Wesley Fox, 1984.
- “The Overland Trail: A Scenic Guide Book `Through the Heart of the Sierras'”, author unknown, at least two editions published by both Curt Teich (19??) and H.H. Tammen (19??).
- “Over One Hundred Years of Old Oregon City”, by Gardner, William, Clackamas County Historical Society, 1976.
- “Over the Range: A History of the Promontory Summit Route of the Pacific”, by Francaviglia, Richard V., Utah State University Press. 2008.
- “Oxcart to Airplane” (part of the series “California”), by Hunt, Rockwell D. and William Sheffield Ament, Powell Publishing Co. 1929.
- “Pacific 2472 Family Album”, by Johnson, Kenneth G., Interurban Press, 1990.
- “Pacific Fruit Express”, by Thompson, Anthony W., Robert J. Church, and Bruce H. Jones, Central Valley Railroad Publications, 1992.
- Pacific Fruit Express (limited signed edition). Thompson, Anthony W., Robert J. Church and Bruce H. Jones. Central Valley Railroad Publications. 1992.
- Pacific Fruit Express (second Edition). Thompson, Anthony W., Robert J. Church, and Bruce H. Jones. Signature Press. 2002.
- “Pacific Fruit Express, Ice Refrigerator Cars 1906-1932, Prototype Specifications – Diagrams”, compiled by Da Costa, P., Apache Press, 1978.
- “Pacific Fruit Express, Ice Refrigerator Cars 1906-1940, Photos, Specifications, Diagrams. Number 1B.” Compiled by Da Costa, P., Apache Press, 2004.
- “Pacific Railway Commission: Testimony Taken by the United States”, Government Printing Office, (Nine volumes) 1887.
- “Pacific Slope Railroads”, by Abdill, George B., Superior Publishing Co., 1959.
- “Pacific Slope Reference Library: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico”, by Southern Pacific Company. 1908.
- “The Pacific Tourist”, by Shearer, Frederick E., Bounty Books, 1884. Stanford Univ. F595.S515.
- “Pacific Tourist: Williams Illustrated Guide to Pacific Railroad and California”, by Williams, Henry T., Henry T. William, editor and Publisher, 1879.
- “Paddle Wheel Days in California”, by MacMullen, Jerry, Stanford University Press, 1944.
- “Passenger Train Consists 1923 -1973”, by Wayner, David, Wayner Publications, 1993(?).
- “The Passenger Train in the Motor Age: California’s Rail and Bus Industries, 1910-1941”, by Thompson, Gregory Lee, Ohio State University Press, 1993.
- “Peninsular Railway”, by Swett, Ira, Wheel Clicks, 1944.
- “Personnel Management on the Railroads”, by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Simmons -Boardman, date unknown (pre 1933).
- Photobobs Espee. Morris, Robert. Edited by Robert Zenk. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2018. (hardcover; limited edition signed by Morris and Zenk)
- Photobobs Espee. Morris, Robert. Edited by Robert Zenk. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2018. (softcover)
- “Pickett’s Pamphlet, on the Railway, Chinese, and Presidential Questions”, by Pickett, Charles Edward, publisher unknown, 1876. (Booklet Stanford Univ Lib. Rare Books Collection, JV6875 1853 .C45 V.3 .
- “Pictorial History of Tiburon”, by Heig, James, editor, Scottwall Associates, 1984.
- “Pioneer Arizona Railroads”, by Myrick, David, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1968. (Booklet).
- “Pioneers of Prosperity”, by Walker, David H., David H. Walker, 1895. (Note, This book is on the SF&SJV, and its history on the SP may be distorted.).
- “Point Bonita to Point Reyes:Outdoors in Marin”, by Murdoc, Dick, May/Murdoc, 1989.
- “The Politics of Business in California, 1880-1920”, by Blackford, Mansel G., Ohio State University Press, date unknown.
- “Populism, Steamboats, and the Octopus: Transportation Rates and Monopoly in California’s Wheat Regions, 1890-1896.” by, Magliari, Michael, in Pacific Historical Review, Nov. 1989.
- “Port Costa 1879 – 1941: A Saga of Sails, Sacks, and Rails”, by Murdock, Dick and Charles Endom, Murdock-Endom Publication, 1977.
- “Port Los Angeles: A Phenomenon of the Railroad Era”, by Marquez, Ernest, Golden West Books, 1975.
- “Portrait of an Engine Southern Pacific Cab Forward 4249”, by Bothhman, Joseph J., Joseph J. Bothhman, 1969.
- “Prodigal Sons: The Adventures of Christopher Evans and John Sontag”, by Smith, Wallace, California Historical Books, 1951. UC Berkeley, Bancroft F868.S173S57, UC Davis, Shields F868.S173 S5, UC Los Angeles, URL f 868 S173S6p, & UC Santa Barbara, Main Lib. F868.S173 S7 Special Coll.
- “Prologue to Reform: The California Anti-Railroad Republicans, 1899-1905”, by Hutchinson, W.H., Southern California Quarterly, Vol. XLIV, No. 3, pp. 175-218, Sept. , 1962
- “Promontory’s Locomotives”, by Best, Gerald M., Golden West Books, 1980.
- “The Proposed Central Pacific – Southern Pacific Unmerger”, by Thelen, Max, publisher unknown, 1922(?). UC Berkeley, Bancroft HE2771.C2 C3 no. 17.
- “Prototype for Modelers: Volume 1, San Diego & Arizona Railway”, by O’Herin, Charles M., Link Pin Publishing, 2006.
- “Prune Country Railroading: Steel Trails to San Jose”, by Holms, Norman W., Shade Tree Books, 1985.
- “Pullman Company List of Cars”, by Wayner Publications, 1993(?).
- “Quarter Century Traction Review”, Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, 1975.
- “Questions and Answers”, Reprint of Questions and Answers form Trainline, 1981 to 1994, & 1981 Thru 6/96 (Sixth edition) SPH&TS, 1994 & 1996.
- “Railroad Administration”, by Morris, Ray, Appleton, date unknown (pre 1933).
- “The Railroad Builders”, by Moody, John, (vol. 38 of “Chronicles of America”) Yale University Press, 1919.
- “The Railroad Commission of California — A Study in Irresponsible Government”, by Moffet, in Annals of the American Academy of Political Social Science, March 1895.
- Railroad Consolidations in Texas: 1891-1903. Sayers, Joseph. 1904. 80 pages. “Railroad Consolidation West of the Mississippi River”, by Daggett, Stuart, Univ. of California Press, 1933.
- “Railroad Crossing: California and the Railroad 1850 – 1910”, by Deverell, William, University of California Press, 1994.
- Railroad Depots – A Southern Pacific Collection. Dube, Jean-Guy Tanner. Tailwater Press. 2017.
- “Railroad Doctors, Hospitals and Associations: Pioneers in Comprehensive Low Cost Medical Care”, by Henry J. Short. Shearer/Graphic Arts, 1986.
- “Railroad Electrification – Electric Locomotive” by Manson, A.J., Simmons – Boardman, date unknown (pre 1933).
- “Railroad Finance”, by Cleveland – Powell, Appleton, date unknown (pre 1933).
- “The Railroad Land Grant Legend in American History Texts”, by Henry, Robert S., Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 1945.
- “Railroad Lands in California, Nevada, and Utah, January 1, 1875”, author unknown, publisher unknown, date unknown.
- “Railroad Logging in the Klamath Country”, by Bowden, Jack, Oso Publishing Company, 2003.
- “Railroad Organization”, by Daggett, Stuart, Hought-Mifflin, date unknown (pre 1933).
- The Railroad Photographs of Alfred A. Hart, Artist. Kibbey, Mead B. Edited by Peter E. Palmquist. California State Library Foundation. 1996.
- “Railroad Station Planbook”, by Edmondson, Harold A. and Richard V. Francaviglia, Kalmbach, 1977.
    (Has several plans of SP nature, the #22 and #23, the Watsonville modern station, and Sunnyvale commute station.) - “Railroad Stations of San Diego County, Then and Now”, by Price, James N., Price & Seiber, 1988.
- “The Railroad Story of San Diego County”, by Phillips, Irene, South Bay Press, 1956.
- “The Railroad Strike in California” author unknown, Yale Review, 1985.
- “The Railroad That Lighted Southern California”, by Johnston, Hank, Tans-Anglo Books, date unknown.
- “Railroad Traffic and Rates”, by Johnson & Heubner, Appleton, date unknown (pre 1933).
- Railroad Transportation in Texas. Potts, Charles S. Austin, TX: University of Texas. 1909. 214 pages.
- “Railroad Voices”, by Niemann, Linda and Lina Bertucci (Photographer), Stanford Univ. Press. 1998.
- “Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America”, by White, Richard, W.W. Norton Company. 2011
- “The Railroaders”, author unknown (Part of The Old West series), Time-Life Books, 1973.
- “Railroading From the Head End”, by Farrington, S. Kip, Doubleday, Dorran & Co., 1943.
- “Railroading From the Rear End”, by Farrington, S. Kip, Coward-McCann, 1946.
- “Railroading in Southern Oregon”, by Webber, Bert & Margie, Ye Galleon Press, 1985.
- “Railroading in Texas: One Man’s Memories” by Picker, Fred W., Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. 1995.
- “Railroading the Modern Way”, by Farrington, S. Kip, Coward-McCann, 1951.
- “Railroading Thorough Cajon Pass”, by Walker, Chard L., Prototype Modeler, 1978.
- “Railroading thorough the Antelope Valley”, by Serpico, Phil, Omni Publications, 2000.
- “Railroads and Land Grant Policy”, by Mercer, Lloyd J., Academic Press, NewYork, 1982.
- “Railroads and Railroad Towns in New Mexico”, author unknown, New Mexico Magazine, 1989.
- “Railroads and Water in the Arid Far West: The Southern Pacific Company as a Pioneer Water Developer”, by Orsi, Richard, in California History, Spring 1991.
- “Railroads at War”, by Farrington, S. Kip, Coward-McCann, 1943.
- “Railroads Down the Valleys”, by Mills, Randal V., Pacific Books, 1950.
- “Railroads, Finance & Organization”, by Ripley, W.Z., Longmans, Green, date unknown (pre 1933).
- “Railroads in California and the Far West”, by Orsi, Richard J., in California History, Spring 1991.
- “Railroads of Arizona, vol. 1”, by Myric, David F., Howell-North, 1975.
- “Railroads of Arizona, vol. 2”, by Myric, David F., Howell-North, 1980.
- “Railroads of Arizona, vol. 3”, by Myric, David F., Trans-Anglo Books, 1984.
- “Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California: Vol. 1, The Northern Roads”, by Myrick, David F., Howell-North, 1962. Republished (slightly revised) by University of Nevada Press, 1992.
- “Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California: Vol. 2, The Southern Roads”, by Myrick, David F., Howell-North, 1963. Republished (slightly revised) by University of Nevada Press, 1992.
- Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, Vol. 3: More on the Northern Roads. Myrick, David F. University of Nevada Press. 2007.
- “Railroads of New Mexico”, by by Myrick, David F., Colorado Railroad Museum, 1970.
- “Railroads of San Joaquin County”, by Spencer, Horace A., Dr. Gaylord A. Nelson, 1976.
- “Railroads of the Hour”, by Farrington, S. Kip, Coward-McCann, 1958.
- “Railroads of Today”, by Farrington, S. Kip, Coward-McCann, 1949.
- “Railroads to the Rio”, by Allhands, James L., Anson Jones Press, 1960.
- “Rails Across the Ranchos”, by Nicholson, Loren, Valley Pub., 1980.
- “Rails Across the Ranchos: Centennial Edition Celebrating the Southern Pacific Railroad’s Coastline”, by Nicholson, Loren, California Heritage Publishing Associates, 1993. UC Los Angeles, URL & UC San Diego, Central TF 24.C3 N53 1993, & California State Libaray, Main Lib. F868.S18 N52 1993.
- “Rails Around the Bohemian Grove”, by Myrick, David F., Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1973.
- “Rails at the Pass of the North”, by Leonard, Edward A., Southwestern Studies, Monograph No. 63, Texas Western Press, 1981. (Booklet).
- “Rails East to Promontory”, by Raymond, Anan S., and Richard E. Fike, Bureau of Land Management, Cultural Resource Series No. 8, 1981.
- “Rails From the West: A Biography of Theodore D. Judah”, by Jones, Helen Hinckley, Golden West Books, 1969.
- “Rails in the Shadow of Mt. Shasta”, by Signor, John R., Howell-North Books, 1982.
- “Rails of the Silver Gate”, by Dodge, Richard V., Pacific Railway Journal, 1960.
- “Rails Through The Orange Groves, vol. 1”, by Donaldson and Myers, Trans-Anglo Books, 1989.
Railroad history of Orange County, Calif. - “Rails Through The Orange Groves, vol. 2”, by Donaldson and Myers, Trans-Anglo Books, 1989.
Railroad history of Orange County, Calif. - “Rails to San Francisco Bay”, by Demoro, Harre and Vernon Sappers, Quadrant Press, 1992.
- “Rails to the Minarets”, by Johnston, Hank, Trans Anglo Books, 1980.
- “Rails to the Pacific Northwest”, by Lind, Richard F., Richard F. Lind, 1964.
- “Rails West”, by Abdill, George B., Superior Publishing Co., 1965.
- “Railway Employees United: A Story of Railway Brotherhood”, by Estes, George, G. Estes, (circa) 1931. UC Berkeley, Univ. of Michigan, & Univ. of Minnesota Libraries.
- “Railway Equipment and Locomotives in the Far West”, Bulletin No. 39, Electric Railway Historical Society, 1962.
- “Railway in the Valley”, by Rather, Lois, Rather Press (only 100 printed), 1973. UC Berkeley, Bancroft x F862.95.R3, UC Davis, Shields, UC Irvine, Main Lib., & UC Santa Barbara, Main Lib. HE2771.C2 R37.
- “Railways in the United States”, by Sterne, S., Putnam’s Sons, date unknown (pre 1933).
- “RDC: The Budd Rail Diesel Car”, by Duke, Donald and Edmund Keilty, Golden West Books, 1990.
- “Recollections of a Tule Sailor”, by Leale, Capt. John, (possibly published by) George Fields, 1939. (South Pacific Coast)
- “Recollections Regarding the Oakland Reno Line”. by, Turner, Ed., in Railroad History, date unknown.
- “The Red Cars Remembered – I’ll Never Forget Those Whistles” by Matthews, Fred, Vintage Rails, Jan-Feb 1999, Issue No. 16.
Excellent review of the PE in late 1940s-early 1950s. - “Red Electrics of Portland, Oregon” by Swett, Ira, Interurbans, 1949.
- “The Red Electrics: Southern Pacific’s Oregon Interurban” by Dill, Tom & Walter R. Grande, Pacific Fast Mail, 1994.
- “Red Train Remembered”, by Ford, S., Interurban, 1980.
- “Red Trains in the East Bay: The History of the Southern Pacific Transbay Train and Ferry System”, by Ford, Robert S., Interurban Press, 1977.
- “Redwood Railways: A History of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and Predecessor Lines”, by Kneiss, Gilbert H., Howell-North Books, 1956.
- “Refinancing and Rebuilding the Central Pacific 1899-1910”, by Myrick, David F., Golden Spike Symposium, May 6-7, 1969, University of Utah, Salt Lake City., 1969. Stanford Univ., Main Lib. HE2791.C455 M9
- “Report and Recommendations on a Comprehensive Rapid Transit Plan for the City and County of Los Angeles”, Kelker, De Leuw, & Co., publisher unknown, 1925.
- “The Report on the Physical and Financial Condition of the Southern Pacific Company, and an Analysis of its Operations for the Past Five Years”, by Southern Pacific Company, White & Kemble (New York), 1902. Stanford Univ., Auxiliary Lib. HE2971.S726 T2 f.
- “Riding The Transcontinental Rails: Overland Travel On The Pacific Railroad, 1865-1881” by Cooper, Bruce C., Polyglot Press, 2004.
- “Rival Rails: The Race to Build America’s Greatest Transcontinental Railroad”, by Borneman, Walter R., Random House. 2010.
- “The Riverside and Arlington Electric Railway” (Interurbans Special No. 27), Interurbans, 1962.
- “The Road of A Thousand Wonders”, Passenger Dept. of the Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 190?. (Booklet?) Stanford Univ., Green Lib. 917.94.S727.
- “The Road of a Thousand Wonders: The Coast Line-Shasta Route of the Southern Pacific Company from Los Angeles though San Francisco, to Portland, a Journey of over One Thousand Three Hundred Miles.” Passenger Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1907.
- “Romance of the Rails” (2 vols.), by Laut, Agnes C., McBride, date unknown (pre 1933).
- Roseville’s Pacific Fruit Express From 1909 to 1996. Davis, Leonard M. Roseville Historical Society. 1997.
- “Sacramento Valley Railroad, 1856”, by Shumate, Albert, private printing (only 200 printed), 1970.
- “The Salton Sea: An Account of Harriman’s Fight the Colorado River”, by Keenan, George, Macmillian and Company, 1917.
- “The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway”, by Hedge, John W. and Geoffrey S. Dawson, AMA Graphics, 1983.
- San Diego and Arizona Eastern: Motive Power and Equipment. Scarpaci, Wayne. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2017.
- “San Diego and Arizona: The Impossible Railroad”, by Hanft, Robert M., Trans-Anglo Books, 1984.
- “San Francisco and Alameda Railroad”, by Due, John F., Pacific Railway Journal, 1956.
- “The San Francisco Bay Area”, by Scott, Mel, University of California Press, 1959.
- “San Francisco Bay Ferryboats”, by Harlan, George H., Howell-North Publishing Co., 1967.
- “The San Jose Railroads, Centennial, 1868-1968”, by McCaleb, Charles S., Foothill Junior College District, Calif., 1968.
- “San Pedro: A Pictorial History”, by Silka, Henry P., San Pedro Bay Historical Society, 1984.
- “San Ramon Branch Line of the Southern Pacific”, by Dotson, Irma M., Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 1991.
- “Santa Barbara County Railroads”, by Myrick, David F., in Noticias (publication of the Santa Barbara [CA] Historical Society) Summer/Fall 1987.
- “Santa Barbara Railroad Centennial, 1887-1987”, by Conklin, Hal, editor, Santa Barbara Renaissance Fund, 1987.
- “Santa Monica Bay: The First 100 Years”, by Basten, Fred E., Douglas-West Publications, 1974.
- “Saucelito-Sausalito”, by Hoffman, George, Woodward, 1976.
- “Scenery of the Pacific Railways and Colorado”, by Woodward, J.D., Illustrator, D. Appleton & Co., 1878.
- “Scenes On and Along the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines”, by Gardner, Ed., Ed. Gardner, 1981.
- “Science of Railways”, by Kirman, M. M., World Railway Pub. Co., date unknown (pre 1933).
- “The Separation of the Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroads: A Plain Statement of the Facts”, by Athearn, Fred G. (Attorney for the Union Pacific Railroad ) (compiled from addresses), publisher unknown (San Francisco), 1922. UC Berkeley, Bancroft HE2791.C3 A8.
- “Serving the Golden Empire Branch Line Style: A Look at Southern Pacific’s Clovis/Friant Branch”, by Morris, Joe Dale, Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society, 2002.
- “Shasta Resorts”, by Southern Pacific Company(?), Southern Pacific Company, 1905. (Booklet?).
- “Shasta Route, 1863 – 1887: The Railroad Link Between the Sacramento and the Columbia”, by Boyd, William H., Arno, 1942, Republished by Arno Press 1981. UC Berkeley, Bancroft m HE2791.S79 B7 & UC, Berkeley, Main HE279.1S75 B6.
- “Shasta Route in All its Grandeur: A Scenic Guide Book From San Francisco, California, to Portland, Oregon, on the Road of a Thousand Wonders, The”, Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1920(?). UC Berkeley, Bancroft pf F851.S53 1920, UC San Diego, Central F851 .S53 1920 (Booklet?).
- “Ships of the Redwood Coast”, by McNairn, Jerry & Jerry MacMullen, Stanford University Press, 1945.
- “Short History of American Railways”, by Thompson, Slason, Bureau of Railway News and Statistics, date unknown (pre 1933).
- “Sierra and Desert Rails: Donner, Feather River, Owens Valley and the End of Steam”, by Mathews, Fred, Xlibris Corporation, 2006.
- “Siskiyou County: A Time of Change”, by Siskiyou County Historical Society, 1976.
- “The Siskiyou Line, The: Documentary”, by Webber, Bert and Marge, Webb Research Group Publishers, 1997
- “Siskiyou Murders at Tunnel 13 – October 11, 1923 Train Robbery”, compiled by Lida Childers and Ruby Lacy, publisher unknown, 1992. (This book is a vello bound compilation from abstracts from the Ashland OR Daily Tidings Newspaper October 17, 1923 to October 5, 1927. Jackson County Oregon.)
- “A Sketch of the Life of Mark Hopkins”, by Redding, San Francisco, 1881.
- “A Sketch of the Life of Theodore D. Judah”, by Wheat, Carl I., California Historical Society Quarterly, Sept., 1925.
- “The Slim Princess: The Story of the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge”, by Hungerford, John B., Hungerford Press, 1956. (Booklet).
- “The Slim Princess Revisited at Sundown”, Appel, Richard, Single Shot Gallery, 2001. Supplement companion publication to George Turner’s Slim Rails Through The Sands. This book contains 51 individual, hand drawn maps for
driving/hiking the railroad from Keeler, California to Mound House, Nevada. - “The Slim Princess Supplement Map Guide” by Appel, Richard, Single Shot Gallery, 2005.
This book contains George Turner’s unpublished manuscripts and personal station maps drawn while researching his “Slim Rails Through the Sands”. - “Slim Rails Through the Sand: Southern Pacific’s Narrow Gauge”, by Turner, George, Trans-Anglo Books, 1964. Stanford, Green TF25.C3T8 1964b.
- “Smoke and Rat Holes: Stories of a Helper Station”, by Rehwalt, Dan, Grizzly Press, 2008.
- “Smoke in the Canyon: My Steam Days at Dunsmuir”, by Murdock, Dick, Golden West Books, 1986. UC Berkeley, Bancroft pf F869.D87 1986, UC Davis, Shields & California State Libaray, Main Lib TF25.S68 M87 1986.
- “Snowbound Streamliner: Rescuing the 1952 City of San Francisco” by Church, Rober J., Signature Press, 2000.
- “Snowplow: Clearing Mountain Rails”, by Best, Gerry, Howell-North Books, 1966.
- “Some Classic Trains”, by Dubin, Arthur D., Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1964.
- Southern California Rails, 1941-1971: Volume 1. Donat, Dick. Morning Sun Books. 2016.
- “Southern California’s First Railroad” by Robinson John W., Dawson’s Book Shop, 1978.
- “Southern California’s First Railroad: The Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad, 1869 – 1873” by Robinson John W., Omni Publications, 1978. (Same as above?)
- “Southern Pacific” (may be titled “History of the Southern Pacific”), by Yenne, Bill, Bonanza Books, 1985. UC Berkeley, Bancroft & UC Riverside, Rivera f HE2791.S794 Y46 1985.
- “Southern Pacific”, by Wilson, Neill C., McGraw-Hill, 1952. (May be titled “Southern Pacific: The Roaring Story of a Fighting Railroad”).
- “Southern Pacific 1269”, Wise Howard, Chatham Pub., 1983.
- “The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985”, by Hofsommer, Don, Texas A & M University Press, 1986. UC Berkeley, Bancroft HE2791.S72 H58, UC Berkeley, Trans HE2791.S794 H64 1986, UC, Santa Cruz, McHenry HE2791.S79 H63 1986.
- “Southern Pacific Across the Southwest”, by Fox, Wesley, Fox Pub., 1990. UC Berkeley, Bancroft TF25.S68 1990.
- The Southern Pacific Along the Pacific Coast – The Photography of Malcolm R. “Mac” Gaddis. Crossley, Rod and Joe Dale Morris. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2014
- “The Southern Pacific and Railroad Passenger Service: A Report”, by National Association of Railroad Passengers, Chicago, 1967.
- Southern Pacific & the KM Hydraulics. Zenk, Robert John. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2014
- “Southern Pacific Bay Area Steam”, by Demoro, Harre W., Harre W. Demoro, 1979.
- “Southern Pacific Car Roster as of Jan. 31, 1956”, by Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way Department, Reprinted by SPH&TS, 1991.
- “Southern Pacific – Central Pacific Dissolution Case: Address to the California Development Association, June 22, 1922” by Thelen, Max , California Development Association, 1922 (Booklet).
- “Southern Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Vol 1”, by Thompson, Anthony W., Morning Sun Books. 1999.
- “Southern Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Vol 2”, by Kinkaid, James., Morning Sun Books. 2005.
- “Southern Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Vol 3”, by Kinkaid, James., Morning Sun Books. 2006.
- “The Southern Pacific Company”, author unknown, Fortune Magazine, November, 1937.
- “Southern Pacific Company investigation of passenger service, San Francisco-Sacramento”, by Hall, Ward, California Public Utilities Commission. 1951.
- “Southern Pacific Company, Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company estimate of operations under the present and proposed fare structures” by Hopkins, T.A., California Public Utilities Commission. 1954.
- “Southern Pacific Company, Diagrams of Locomotives and Tenders, Pacific Lines”, by Wright, Richard K., editor, Wright Enterprises, 1973.
- “Southern Pacific Company: Pioneers of Progress”, by Southern Pacific Company, Strasburger & Co., 1929. Stanford, Aux. Lib. HE2791.S726 S726 S8. (Booklet?).
- “Southern Pacific Company: Pioneers of Western Progress”, by Strassbuger & Co., Strassburger & Co., 1929. Stanford, Jackson Business HE 2791.S6 S62. (Booklet?).
- “Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Compendium”, by Diebert & Strapac Shade Tree Books, 1987.
- “Southern Pacific-Cotton Belt and Affiliated Companies Freight Equipment”, by Office of VP-Traffic November 9-10, 1964, Southern Pacific, 1964. (Booklet).
- “Southern Pacific Country”, by Sims, Donald, Trans-Anglo Books, 1987.
- “Southern Pacific Daylight Locomotives”, by Church, Robert J., Signature Press, 2004. ISBN 1-930013-11-6.
- “Southern Pacific Daylights: vol. 1 Trains 98-99”, by Wright, Richard, MHP Publication, 1970, and Whistle Stop Publications 1976. UC San Diego, Central TF25.S68 W7.
- “Southern Pacific Daylight Steam Locomotives”, by Johnson, Kenneth G., Specialty Press, 2006.
- “Southern Pacific Southern Pacific Depots in California: Volume 1”, by Hayes, Stephen M., Hayes Publishing, 2011.
- “Southern Pacific Dieselization”, by Garmany, John B., Pacific Fast Mail, 1985. UC Berkeley, Bancroft TJ619.3S68 G37 1985.
- “Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Compendium: Volume 1, Pre-1965 SP Numbers T&NO and Cotton Belt Subsidiary Roads”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2004.
- “Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Compendium: Volume 2, Post – 1965 SP and Cotton Belt Numbers, Union Pacific Transition”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2007.
- “Southern Pacific Diesel Power Guide Volume 1” by Hamada , Tracy and Craig, LCW Productions. 2006.
- “Southern Pacific Equipment Circular #14, Equipment of Important Through and Local Trains (Effective June 2, 1946)”, by Southern Pacific, reprinted by Wright Enterprises, 1972.
- Southern Pacific Facilities in Color Volume 1: California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah. Morris, Timothy. Morning Sun Books. 2013.
- Southern Pacific Facilities In Color Volume 2: LAUPT to New Orleans. Bray, J. Patrick. Morning Sun Books. 2017.
- Southern Pacific 4-8-0 Locomotives. Strapac, Joseph. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2022.
- “Southern Pacific Freight Car”, by Lamprech, W.D., publisher unknown, 1966.
- Southern Pacific Freight Car Painting and Lettering Guide. Harley, Dick and Anthony W. Thompson. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2016.
- “Southern Pacific Freight Cars Today”, by Casdorph, David G., Society of Freight Car Historians”, 1994.
- “Southern Pacific Freight Cars Volume 1: Gondolas and Stock Cars”, by Thompson, Anthony W., Signature Press, 2002.
- “Southern Pacific Freight Cars Volume 2: Cabooses”, by Thompson, Anthony W., Signature Press, 2002.
- “Southern Pacific Freight Cars Volume 3: Automobile Cars and Flat Cars”, by Thompson, Anthony W., Signature Press, 2005.
- “Southern Pacific Freight Cars Volume 4: Box Cars”, by Thompson, Anthony W., Signature Press, 2008.
- “Southern Pacific Freight Cars Volume 5: Hoppers, Covered Hoppers, Tank Cars”, by Thompson, Anthony W., Signature Press, 2008.
- “The Southern Pacific Guide: Texas & Louisiana Lines”, by Bernstein, David M., David Bernstein, 1995.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 1 Fairbanks Morse Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 1992.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 2 Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 1993.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 3 E-Units and Passenger Fs”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 1993.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 4 SD 7 and SD 9 Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 1997.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 5 General Electric U-Series Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 1998.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 6 Diesels Locomotives of the Texas & New Orleans”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 7 Electro-Motive GP9 Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2000.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 8 Alco Roadswitcher Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2001.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 9 Alco PA/PB Passenger Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2002.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 10 EMD Freght F Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2003.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 11 Baldwin Switchers and Roadswitchers”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2005.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 12 EMD SD45 Locomoties”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2005.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 13 EMD Early Turbo GP Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2007.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 14 EMD SD45T-2 Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2008.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 15 EMD GP40 and GP60 Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2010.
- “Southern Pacific Historic Diesels: vol. 16 Electro-Motive Diesel Switching Locomotives”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Shade Tree Books, 2011.
- Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 17: EMD SD40 Family Locomotives. Strapac, Joseph A. Shade Tree Books. 2012.
- Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 18: Alco and GE Switchers. Strapac, Joseph A. Shade Tree Books. 2013.
- Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 19: Post 1978 General Electric and Morrison-Knudsen Locomotives. Strapac, Joseph A. Shade Tree Books. 2014.
- Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 20: Passenger Cab Units Reprise. Strapac, Joseph A. Shade Tree Books. 2015.
- Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 21: EMD Four-Motor and Six-Motor Freight Diesels. Strapac, Joseph A. Shade Tree Books. 2016.
- Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 22: Passenger Hood Unit Reprise. Strapac, Joseph A. Shade Tree Books. 2017.
- “Southern Pacific In Color”, by Sweetland, David D., Morning Sun Books, 1993.
- “Southern Pacific In Color: Volume 2, Black Daylights – Black Widows”, by Boyd, Jim., Morning Sun Books, 2002.
- “Southern Pacific In Color: Volume 3, Classic Scarlet 1958 – 1971”, by Boyd, Jim., Morning Sun Books, 2003.
- “Southern Pacific In Color: Volume 4, The Tunnel Motor Era 1971 – 1980”, by Boyd, Jim., Morning Sun Books, 2003.
- “Southern Pacific In Color: Volume 5, 1980 and Beyond: Mergers and Memories”, by Boyd, Jim., Morning Sun Books, 2004.
- “The Southern Pacific in Los Angeles: 1873 – 1996”, by Mullaly, Larry and Bruce Petty, Golden West Books and The Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation, 2002.
- The Southern Pacific in Northern California and Oregon, the Diesel Era in Color. Hornbeck, Mark. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2014
- “The Southern Pacific in Oregon”, by Dill, Tom & Ed. Austin, Pacific Fast Mail, 1987.
- Southern Pacific in the San Fernando Valley: 1876-1996. Coscia, David. Shade Tree Books. 2018.
- Southern Pacific Oregon In Color. Austin, Ed. Morning Sun Books. 2016
- “The Southern Pacific in Oregon Pictorial”, by Austin, Ed. & Tom Dill, Pacific Fast Mail, 1993.
- “Southern Pacific In the Bay Area: The San Francisco-Sacramento-Stockton Triangle”, by Drury, George H., Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1996.
- “Southern Pacific In the West Part 1: The Hard Road to Promontory”, by Fox, Wesley, Printed by Thomson Shore, 1994.
- “Southern Pacific In the West Part 2: The I-5 Corridor”, by Fox, Wesley, Fox Publications, 1996.
- “Southern Pacific in Transition”, by Shippen, Bill & J. Shine, Four Ways West 1999.
- “Southern Pacific Lines” (Trains Album of Photographs Book 11), by Kalmback Pub., Kalmback Pub., 1945.
- Southern Pacific Lines Across Texas and Louisiana, 1934-1961. Morris, Joe Dale and George Werner. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2012.
- “Southern Pacific Lines Common Standard Plans: vol. 1”, by Southern Pacific, Steam Age Equipment Company, 1992.
- “Southern Pacific Lines Common Standard Plans: vol. 2”, by Southern Pacific, Steam Age Equipment Company, 1993.
- “Southern Pacific Lines Common Standard Plans: vol. 3”, by Southern Pacific, Steam Age Equipment Company, 1994.
- “Southern Pacific Lines Common Standard Plans: vol. 4”, by Southern Pacific, Steam Age Equipment Company, 1995.
- “Southern Pacific Lines Common Standard Plans: vol. 5”, by Southern Pacific, Steam Age Equipment Company, 1997.
- “Southern Pacific Lines: Freight Car Data Volume No. 1, ” Compiled by, Wilber, Guy, Silver State Models, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific Lines: Maintenance of Way Cars 1890 – 1930 Photos – Diagrams – Specifications” by, Da Costa, P., P. Da Costa, 2000.
- “Southern Pacific Lines: Maintenance of Way Car: 1890 – 1930. Photos – Diagrams – Specifications.” Number 2. Compilied by P. Da Costa. Apache Press, 2004.
- “Southern Pacific Lines; Maintenance of Way Equipment”, by Petty, Bruce R., Steam Age Equipment Company, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific Lines Pacific Lines Stations Volume 1: Coast Division · Los Angeles Division · Portland Division”, compiled by Signor, John R., Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 1997.
- “Southern Pacific Lines Pacific Lines Stations Volume 2: Rio Grande Division · Sacramento Division · Salt Lake Division · San Joaquin Division”, compiled by Signor, John R., Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 1998.
- “Southern Pacific Lines Pacific Lines Stations Volume 3: Shasta Division · Tucson Division · Salt Lake Division · Western Division · Northwestern Pacific, San Diego & Arizona Eastern”, compiled by Signor, John R., Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 1999.
- Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots. Bender, Henry. Signature Press. 2013.
- Southern Pacific: Los Angeles to Bakersfield. Houston, David. Four Ways West. 2021.
- Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way Equipment. Harrison, Kenneth W. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2022.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual: 1966-67”, by Strapac, J. A., Chatham Pub., 1966.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual: 1967-68”, by Strapac, J. A., Chatham Pub., 1968.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual: 1968-69”, by Strapac, J. A., Chatham Pub., 1968.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual: 1970”, by Strapac, J. A., Chatham Pub., 1970.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual: 1971”, by Strapac, J. A., Chatham Pub., 1971.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual: 1972”, by Strapac, J. A., Chatham Pub., 1972.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual: 1973”, by Strapac, J. A., Chatham Pub., 1974.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual: 1974-76”, by Jewell, D. V., Chatham Pub., 1976.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual: 1977-80”, by Jewell, D. V., Chatham Pub., 1981.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Pictorial: 1987-88”, by Shine, Joseph W., Four-Ways West, 1988.
- “Southern Pacific Motive Power Annual 1995”, by Shippen, Bill, Four Ways West, 1995.
- “Southern Pacific: Myth and Reality”, by Hutchinson, W.H., in California Historical Society Quarterly, vol. XLVIII, Dec. 1969.
- “Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge”, by Ferrel, Mallory Hope, Pacific Fast Mail, 1982.
- “Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge: Locomotives and Freight Equipment. Also including the Carson & Colorado Railroad and the Nevada & California Railroad 1880 – 1960”, by Bader, Robert A. Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society. 2010.
- “Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Combine 1010: Ex-South Pacific Coast 1010 and Ex- Nevada & Californina (#)16”, by Mulina, Tim, BHI Publications, 2005. A Quick Pic Book (94 photos)
- “Southern Pacific of Mexico and the West Coast Route”, by Signor, John R. & John A. Kirchner, Golden West Books, 1987.
- Southern Pacific Official Cars – Business, Private, Instruction, Hospital, and Company Service Cars. Munger, Donald M. and Jeffrey Alan Cauthen. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2015.
- “Southern Pacific: Official Color Photography vol. 1”, by Thompson, Anthony W., Morning Sun Books, 2000.
- “Southern Pacific Oregon Division”, by Jennison, Brian & victor Neves Hundman Publishing, 1997.
- Southern Pacific Paint and Lettering Guide. Cauthen, Jeff A. and John R. Signor. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2013.
- Southern Pacific Paint and Lettering Guide: Revised Edition. Cauthen, Jeff A. and John R. Signor. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2019.
- “Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 1: Coaches and Chair Cars”, no author listed (authored by, SPH&TS Passenger Book Committee), Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 2003.
- “Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 2: Sleepers & Baggage – Dorms”, no author listed (authored by, SPH&TS Passenger Book Committee), Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 2005.
- “Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 3: Head End Equipment”, no author listed (authored by, SPH&TS Passenger Book Committee), Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 2007.
- “Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 4: Dining Service Cars”, no author listed (authored by, SPH&TS Passenger Book Committee), Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 2010
- Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume 5: Lounge, Dome & Parlor Cars. No author listed (authored by, SPH&TS Passenger Book Committee). Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2012
- “Southern Pacific Passenger Train Consists and Cars: 1955 – 1958”, by Stegmaier, Harry, TLC Publishing Inc. 2001
- “Southern Pacific Passenger Trains”, by Solomon, Brian, MBI, 2005.
- Southern Pacific Passenger Trains and Passenger Cars: A Photographic Pictorial. Munger, Donald M. and Jeffrey Alan Cauthen. Union Terminal Publications. 2021.
- “Southern Pacific Passenger Trains: Vol. 1 Nights Trains of the Coast Route”, By Ryan, Dennis & Joseph Shine, Four Ways West, 1986.
- “Southern Pacific Passenger Trains: Vol. 2 Day Trains of the Coast Line”, By Ryan, Dennis & Joseph Shine, Four Ways West, 2000.
- Southern Pacific Power in Color Volume 1: Switchers, Slugs & Passenger Hood Units. Mackinson, Ed. Morning Sun Books. 2016.
- Southern Pacific Power In Color Volume 2: Switchers, Geeps and More. Mackinson, Ed. Morning Sun Books. 2017.
- Southern Pacific Power In Color Volume 3: Six-axles, Eight-axles, and GP60s, 1971-1996. Mackinson, Ed. Morning Sun Books. 2017.
- “Southern Pacific Presents: Shasta Daylight”, Southern Pacific Corp., 1949 (Booklet?).
- “Southern Pacific Presents: Sunset Limited”, Southern Pacific Corp., 1950 (Booklet?).
- “The Southern Pacific Railroad”, by Adams, Glen Warren, publisher unknown, 1961.
- “Southern Pacific Railroad”, by Solomon, Brian, MBI Publishing Company, 1999.
- “The Southern Pacific Railroad and Settlement in Southern California”, by Parker, Edna Monch, in Pacific Historical Review, date unknown.
- “Southern Pacific Railroad Company”, author unknown, published for the company by C. P. Huntington agent and attorney, 1879. Stanford, Aux. Lib. 385.0973.S72o.
- “Southern Pacific Railroad Images Ashland Oregon”, by Dill, Tom and Larry Castle, Privately published for the 2008 “Espee in Oregon Meet”, 2008.
- “Southern Pacific Railroad in California Politics”, by Bates, Jack, unpublished dissertation, 1942.
- “The Southern Pacific Railroad: Steam Locomotives and Trains, 1936 – 1956”, by Durham, Robert K., Robert K. Durham, 1998.
- Southern Pacific Railroad via New Orleans, San Antonio, and El Paso. Argument before the Committee on Railroads of the United States Senate. March 12, 1878.
- “Southern Pacific Rails: A Motive Power Finale”, by Limas, Peter, Dave Crammer, Kevin EuDaly, Tim Johnson, and Steve Smedley, Whiteriver Productions, Inc., 1998.
- “Southern Pacific Review: 52-82”, by Strapac, J. A., Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1983. UC Berkeley, Trans TF25.S68 S77 1983.
- “Southern Pacific Review: 1977”, by Strapac, J. A., Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1978.
- “Southern Pacific Review: 1978-79”, by Strapac, J. A., Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1979.
- “Southern Pacific Review: 1980”, by Strapac, J. A., Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1981.
- “Southern Pacific Review: 1981”, by Strapac, J. A., Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1982.
- “Southern Pacific Review: 1983-85”, by Strapac, J. A., Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1986.
- “Southern Pacific Sacramento Division”, by Jennison, Brian and Victor Neves, White River Productions. 2006.
- “Southern Pacific Steam 1940 – 1957”, by Strapac, Joseph A., Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, 2011.
- “Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives”, by Duke, Donald, Golden West Books, 1962 & 1966.
- “Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives: A Pictorial Anthology of Western Railroading”, by Douglas, Jack H., publisher unknown, 1987.
- “Southern Pacific Steam Pictorial Volume 1”, by Dunscomb, Guy L., Donald K. Dunscomb,& Robert A. Pecotich, Guy L.Dunscomb, Donald K.Dunscomb, & Grant Milford, 1991. UC Berkeley, Bancroft f TJ603.D58 1991.
- “Southern Pacific Steam Pictorial Volume 2: 2900 to 5000 Series”, by Dunscomb, Guy L., Donald K. Dunscomb,& Robert A. Pecotich, Guy L.Dunscomb, Donald K.Dunscomb, 1999.
- Southern Pacific Steam Pictorial Volume 1 and Volume 2 (limited signed editions). Dunscomb, Guy L., Donald K. Dunscomb,& Robert A. Pecotich.
- “Southern Pacific Steam Switchers of the Pacific Lines”, by Deiming, Gene, Benchmark, 1987.
- Southern Pacific System Employee Timetables 1942. Bernstein, David. King Street Press. 2019.
- Southern Pacific Ten-Coupled Locomotives. Church, Robert J. Signature Press. 2013.
- Southern Pacific Western Division. Jennison, Brian and Victor Neves. White River Publications. 2019.
- Southern Pacific West Valley Line. Clegg, Adam. Self-published. 2020.
- “Southern Pacific’s 2579 and Klamath Falls, Oregon”, by Castle, Larry, and Tom Dill, Self Published, 2007.
This booklet was put together for the 2007 “Espee in Oregon” Meeting. It contains pictures of #2579 though her career, and information on the SP in Klamath Falls. - “Southern Pacific’s Blue Streak Merchandise: Six Decades of the Great American Freight Train”, by Frailey, Fred W., Kalmback Books, 1991. UC Los Angeles, URL TF 580 F73 1991.
- “Southern Pacific’s Coast Line”, by Signor, John R., Signature Press, 1995.
- “Southern Pacific’s Coast Line Pictorial”, by Thompson, Anthony W. & John R. Signor, Signature Press, 2000.
- “Southern Pacific’s Colorful Shasta Route”, by Dill, Tom, Four Ways West Publications, 1996.
- “Southern Pacific’s Computerized West Colton Classification Yard”, by SP, Southern Pacific Company, date unknown, (Booklet).
- “Southern Pacific’s First Century”, by Russell, D. J., Southern Pacific Company, 1955. (Booklet). May be the same booklet as above.
- “Southern Pacific’s Historic Overland Route: A Color Pictorial”, by Dill, Tom, Four Ways West Publications, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific’s Mountain Class MT-5 Steam Locomotives”, by Wright, Richard, MHP Publishing, 1974.
- “Southern Pacific’s New Computerized West Colton Classification Yard”, by SP, Southern Pacific Company, July 1973 (Booklet).
- “Southern Pacific’s New West Colton Classification Yard”, by SP, Southern Pacific Company, date unknown, (Booklet).
- “Southern Pacific’s Sacramento Shops: Incubator Of Innovation”, by Pecotich, Robert, A. Signature Press. 2010.
- “Southern Pacific’s Salt Lake Division”. by Siignor, John R., Signature Press, 2007.
- Southern Pacificâs San Antonio Division 1960-1996. Bernstein, David M. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2021.
- “Southern Pacific’s San Joaquin Valley Line”, by Dill, Tom, Four Ways West, 2001.
- “Southern Pacific’s Scenic Coast Line: A Color Pictorial”. by Dill, Tom, Four Ways West Publications. 2003.
- “Southern Pacific’s Slim Princess in the Sunset: 1940 – 1960”. by Morris, Joe Dale, Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society. 2008.
- “Southern Pacific’s Shasta Division: Over a Century of Railroading in the Shadow of Mt. Shasta”, by Signor, John R., Signature Press, 2000.
- “Southern Pacific’s Sunset Route: A Color Pictorial”, by Dill, Tom., Four Ways West, 2009.
- “Southern Pacific’s Western Division”, by Signor, John R., Signature Press, 2003.
- Southern Pacific – The Photography of SP Employee Bill Wolverton Volume 1 – Roseville and the Sacramento Valley, 1971-1975, featuring the last F7s. Wolverton, Bill. Morning Sun Books. 2018.
- Southern Pacific – The Photography of Bill Wolverton Vol 2: San Francisco Bay Area, 1973-81. Wolverton, Bill. Morning Sun Books. 2018.
- “Southern Pacific: The Roaring Story of a Fighting Railroad”, by Wilson, N.G. & F. J. Taylor, McGraw Hill, 1952.
- Southern Pacific: Volume One â Sacramento, CA to Sparks, NV. Houston, David. Four Ways West. 2019.
- The Southern Pacific Trackside at Transition: The Photography of Alden A. Armstrong. Armstrong, Alden. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2015.
- Southern Pacific Trackside in Northern California 1974-1996. Mackinson, Ed. Morning Sun Books, Inc. 2014.
- “Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Denver & Rio Grande Western, St. Louis Southwestern Railway — Into the ’90’s”, by Shine, Joseph W., Four-Ways West, 1991. UC Berkeley, Bancroft HE2791.S794 S52 1991.
- “Southern Pacific Unmerger: Judicial Proceedings for the Separation of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad Lines”, by Daggett, Stuart, publisher unknown (Berkeley?), 1922.
- “Southern Pacific Water Lines: Marine, Bay, & River Operations of the Southern Pacific System”, by Myrick, David F., Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2007.
- “The Southern San Joaquin Valley: A Railroad History. Fresno to Bakersfield”, by Bergman, John, Jostens Printing and Publishing Co. 2009.
- Southland: Southern California Railroading in the Golden Age of Kodachrome. Glattenberg, Gordon, William H. Mills, and Tom Gildersleeve. White River Productions. 2018.
- “South Pacific Coast: A Centennial”, by Macgregor, Bruce A. & Richard Truesdale, Pruett Pub., 1982.
- “South Pacific Coast: An Illustrated History of the Narrow Gauge South Pacific Coast Railway”, by MacGregor, Bruce A., Howell-North Books, 1968.
- “S.P. Cab-in-Fronts”, by Reed, Brian, Loco Profile 28, Profile Publications Ltd., 1972.
- SP Narrow Gauge 18 Steams Anew! Babcock, Randy. Shade Tree Books. 2019.
- “S.P.’s Commute Centennial 1864 – 1964”, author unknown, publisher unknown (probably S.P. Co), 1964(?).
- “SPSF Motive Power 1986: Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Prepare to Merge”, by Shine, Joseph W., Four-Ways West, 1986.
- SPSF Power In Color: The Railroad That Never Was. Mackinson, Ed. Morning Sun Books. 2018
- “SP’s Picnic Line…”, by Houghton, Dick, publisher unknown (Milwaukee?), 1948. UC Berkeley, Bancoft HE2791.S72 H6.
- “SP Today”, by Stephenson, Dick, Interurban Press, 1993.
- “Stations West”, by Culp, Edwin D., Caxton Printers, 1972.
- “Statistics of Railways in the United States, 1892”, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1893 and 1947 (published 1949).
- “Steam Cars to the Comstock”, by Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg, Howell-North, 1957.
- “Steam Days in Dunsmuir: featuring Dick Murdock’s Smoke in the Canyon”, by Church, Robert J., Signature Press. 2011.
- “Steam Echoes, The Railroad Photography of Glenn Beier”, by Glenn Beier, Timber Times, 2005.
(Includes SP, SP Narrow Gauge, and many more railroads.) - “Steam in the Pines: A History of the Texas State Railroad”, by Gerland, Jonathan K., East Texas Historical Association, 2005.
The Texas State Railroad was leased to the T&NO from 1921 to (SP) 1962. - “Steam Locomotive Compendium”, by Diebert T. S. & J. A. Strapac, Golden West Books, 1987.
- “Steam, Steel, and Limiteds”, by Kratville, William W., Barnhart Press, 1962.
- “Steam Towards the Sunset”, by Palmer, Lloyd M., Lincoln County Historical Society, 1982.
- “Steinbeck Country Narrow Gauge”, by Fabing, Horace W. and Rick Hamman, Pruett Publishing Co., 1985.
- “Stockton-Sunrise Port on the San Joaquin”, by Davis, Olive, Windsor Publications, Inc., 1984.
- “Stories of the Great Railroads”, by Russell, Charles E., Charles H. Kerr & Co., 1908 -1914.
- “The Story of American Railroads”, by Holbrock, Stewart H., Crown Publishers, 1947.
- “The Story of the First Transcontinental Railroad”, by Bailey, W.F., Pittsburgh Printing Co., 1906.
- “The Story of the Railroad”, by Warman, Cy D., Appleton & Co., 1916.
- “The Story of Western Railroads”, by Riegel, Robert Edgar, MacMillan Co., 1926.
- “Strategy of Great Railroads”, by Spearman, Frank H., Scribner’s Sons, 1906.
- “Streamlined Steam”, by Archer, Eric H. Archer, Quadrant Press, 1972.
- “The Streamline Era”, by Reed, Robert C., Golden West Books, 1975.
- “Steel Trails: Chasing Arizona Trains in the 1950s”, by Knoll, J. R., 2008.
About 1/3 SP, 1/3 SF, and 1/3 Logging and Copper Railroads. - “Street Railways and the Growth of Los Angeles”, by Post, Robert, Golden West Books, 1989.
- “The Structure of Transcontinental Railroad Rates”, by Daggett, Stuart and John P. Carter, University of California, 1947.
- “A Study of Cape Horn: Construction on the Central Pacific Railroad, 1865 – 1886”, by Duncan, Jack E., Jack E. Duncan, 2005.
- “Struggle of the Mussel Slough Settlers for Their Homes!”, author unknown, Delta Printing Establishment, 1880.
- “Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West 1850-1930”, by Orsi, Richard J., University of Californa Press, 2005.
- “The Sunset Limited: Southern Pacific’s Premier Train with a Southern Accent, by Jarel, Michael, Dennis Ryan, and John Signor, Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2006.
- “Sunset Route”, by Atwell, H. Wallace, Atwell & Co., 1888.
- “The Sunset Route from El Paso to Los Angeles: (The Sunset Route and Scenic Wonders of Arizona from El Paso, Texas to Los Angeles Cal. via the Southern Pacific consisting of Twenty-Five Beautiful Illustrations of the most interesting views seen along the route)” by the Southern Pacific Company, Curt Teich & Company, Inc., Chicago, 190?.
- “Sunset Route: The Centennial of its Completion”, by Werner, George, Gulf Coast Chapter-NRHS, 1983. (Booklet).
- “Tale of the Lucin: a Boat, a Railroad, and the Great Salt Lake ” by Peterson, David, Old Waterfront Pub., c 2001.
- “Tehachapi: Railroading On a Desert Mountain”, by Schmollinger, Steve, Boston Mills Press, 1993.
- “Tehachapi Southern Pacific – Santa Fe”, by Signor, John R., Golden West Books, 1983.
- “Tehachapi Today”, by Melvin, George and Katherine. Melvin Photos, 2009.
- “Ten Mile Day and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad”, by Fraser, Mary Ann,, Henry Holt and Company, 1993. (Juvenile).
- “Ten Texas Topics”, by the Passenger Dept., GH&SA Ry. and T&NO RR., 1911. (Booklet).
- “Texas & New Orleans Color Pictorial: Southern Pacific’s Texas & Louisiana Lines”, by Goen, Steve Allen, Four Ways West, 2004.
- “Texas & New Orleans: Southern Pacific’s Lines in Texas and Louisiana”, by McLeannan, A.D., Signature Press, 2008.
- “Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment”, by Zlatkovich, Charles, Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas at Austin, 1981.
- “Texas State Railroad”, by Morris, Joe Dale, Branch Line Graphics, 1979. (Booklet).
- “Then Came the Railroads: The Century From Steam to Diesel in the Southwest”, by Clark, Ira G., University of Oklahoma Press, 1958.
- “Theodore D. Judah”, by Burch, John C., publisher unknown, 1877.
- “Theodore D. Judah”, by Jones, Helen Hinckley, Golden West Books, 1969.
- “They Built the West”, by Chesney, Glenn, D., Appleton-Century Co., 1934 and/or 1943.
- “Thirty-Second Parallel Pacific Railroad”, by Huntington, Collis P., Judd & Detweiler, Printers, 1878. (Booklet?). Stanford Univ., Auxiliary Lib. 385.0972.S72p.
- “This Was Railroading”, by Abdill, George B., Superior Publishing Co., 1958.
- “Those Amazing Cab Forwards”, by Harlan, George H., George H. Harlan, 1983.
- “Those Daylight 4-8-4’s: The Story of SP GS Class Locomotives”, by Church, Robert J., Kratville Publications, 1966. UC Santa Cruz, Science TJ603.S6C 485 1976.
- “Those Pullman Blues: An Oral History of the African American Railroad Attendant”, by Perata, David D, Twayne Publishers, 1996.
- “Three Barrels of Steam: The 4-10-2”, by Boynton, James E., Glenwood Publishers, 1973.
- “Through Texas With a Camera”, by the Passenger Dept., Cotton Belt Route, Barnes Crosby Co. of Chicago., 1899 (Booklet).
- “Through Storyland to Sunset Sea”, by Kneedler, H.S., A.H. Pugh, 1896. (A journey through the Southwest on the S.P.)
- “Tickets Pease…All About California Railroads”, by Eargle, Dolan Jr., California Living Books, 1979.
- “Time of the Trolley, The”, by Middleton, William D., Kalmbach Pub. Co., 1967.
- “Today’s Southern Pacific: Serving Our Customers Better”, by Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, 1987. (Booklet?). UC Berkeley, Trans HE2791.S5 T63 1987.
- Tourists’ Illustrated Guide to the Celebrated Summer and Winter Resorts of California adjacent and upon the Lines of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads. Truman, Major Ben C. San Francisco: H. S. Crocker & Co. 1883.
- “Toward the Sunrise on `The Sunset’: The Record of a Journey in the Land of Sunshine”, by Six and a Half Tenderfeet: Written and Illustrated by All of Us Together, publisher unknown (New York), 1903. (Booklet?). UC Berkeley, F786 .O59.
- “Towns Along the Tracks: Railroad Strategy and Town Promotion in the San Joaquin Valley, California”, by Smith, Richard Harold, unpublished dissertation, 1976. UC Los Angeles, MicroServ LD 791.9 G2S657 Microfilm.
- “Tracks, Tires, and Wires”, by McCaleb, Charles, Interurban Press, 1981.
- “Trackside around Southern California, 1954 – 1963, with Dick Donat”, Donat, Dick, Morning Sun Books 2010.
About 1/3 of this book is on the Southern Pacific. - Trackside around San Francisco: 1956-1976. Jewell, Donald V. Morning Sun Books, Inc. 2014
- Trackside in California, 1964-1999, with George H. Drury. Holland, Kevin J. and Geoffrey H. Doughty. Morning Sun Books, Inc. 2014.
- Trackside in the West 1946-1959 with Vincent A. Purn and John A. Knauff. Holland, Kevin J. and Robert J. Yanosey. Morning Sun Books, Inc. 2008.
- “Tractions of the Orange Empire” (Interurbans Special No. 41), by Swett, Ira, Interurbans, 1967.
History of PE and predecessor San Bernardino Valley Traction and Redlands Central operations in San Bernardino County. - “Tragic Train: The City of San Francisco, The Development and Historic Wreck of a Streamliner”, by DeNevi, Don, Superior Pub., 1977.
- “Trail, Rails, and War: Life of G. M. Dodge”, by Perkins, J.P., Bobbs-Merrill,date unknown (pre 1933).
- The Train Stops Here: New Mexico’s Railway Legacy. Riskin, Marci L. University of New Mexico Press. 2005.
- “Trains Album of Photographs, No. 2, Far West Railroads”, by author unknown, Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1943.
- “Trains Album of Photographs, No. 7, Electric Railways”, by author unknown, Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1944.
- “Trains Album of Photographs, No. 11, Southern Pacific Lines”, by author unknown, Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1945.
- “Trains to the Russian River”, by Stindt, Fred A., Fred A. Stindt, 1974.
- “Trains, Tracks, & Trails”, by Ewing, Norris (a Sunset Book), Lane Book Company, date unknown (pre 1971).
- “The Trains We Rode Vol. II”, by Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg, Howell-North, 1966.
- “The Transcontinental Railroad”, by Streissguh, Thomas, Lucent Books Inc, 2000. (Juvenile – Part of the Building History Series.)
- “Transcontinental Railway Strategy, 1869-1893”, by Grodinsky, Julius, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1962.
- “The Transportation Frontier”, by Winther, Oscar O., Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1964.
- “Trolley Days in Pasadena” by Seims, C., Golden West Books, 1982.
While oriented toward the streetcar and interurban operations of the PE and predecessors, also has material on the steam railroads serving the Crown City. - “Trolleys to the Surf: The Story of the Los Angeles Pacific Railway”, by Myers, William A. and Ira L. Swett, Interurban Press (Interurbans Special 63), 1976.
Revision of Special 18 with some new material on this PE predecessor. - “Trolley Trails Through the West”, by Wilson, Robert S., Series of books including; Volume 3, Portland, Volume 7, Northern California, Volume 8, Southern California, & Volume 9, Maps, Wilson Brothers Publications, publication dates form 1978 to 1981.
- “T.S.C. Lowe and His Mountain Railway”, by Schell Burden, Maria, Borden Pub., 1993. (Booklet).
- “Tucson Was A Railroad Town: The Days of Steam in the Big Burg on the Main Line”, by Kalt, William D., III, VTD Rail Publishing, 2007.
- “Tunnel 13: The True Story of the DeAutremont Brothers and the Wests Last Great Train Hold Up”, by Chipman, Art, Pine Cone Publishers, 1977.
- “Twilight of the Great Trains”, by Frailey, Fred W., Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1998.
One chapter (16 pages) on SP passenger operations. - The Un-Driving of the Golden Spike. Terry, Jeff, Thornton H. Waite, and James J. Reisdorff. South Platte Press. 2013. (About the Promentory Branch and the Golden Spike National Historical Site)
- “The Union Pacific Streamliners”, by Ranks, Harold E. and William W. Kratville, Kratville Publications, 1974.
- “Uriah Lott”, by Allhands, J.L., The Naylor Co., 1949.
- “Valley Division Vignettes”, by Kreiger, J. L. Kreiger and Glen Icanberry, Valley Rail Press, 1983.
- “Vanishing Varnish”, by McLaughian, Patrick O’Shea, P.O.M. Publishing, (no date).
- “Ventura County Railroads: A Centennial History”, by Myrick, David F. In The Ventura County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1, Fall 1987.
- “Ventura County Railroads: A Centennial History”, by Myrick, David F. In The Ventura County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Nos. 2 & 3, Winter & Spring 1988.
- “The Visalia Electric Railroad: Southern Pacific’s Orange Grove Route”, by Kauke, Phillips C, Signature Press , 2004.
- “The Voice of the Mallet”, by Maples, James, Self Published, 2006.
Fictionalized first person personal (and other) stories sewn together as a novella. Based upon the authors work as a brakeman on the SP in the 1930’s and early 1940’s. - “Walkers Railroad Routes, 1853”, by Adler, Pat and Walter Wheelock, La Siesta Press, 1965.
- “Walnut Creek’s Unique Old Station…A Short, Colorful History”, by Murdock, Dick, J.D. Graphics Enterprises, 1974.
- “The War: Chronoligical History of the Conflict Between the United States and Spain”, by The Passenger Dept., Southern Pacific, Southern Pacific, 1899.
- “The Water Seekers”, Nadeau, Remi A., Doubleday, 1950.
- “Wayside Notes Along the Ogden Route”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1920. (Booklet).
- “Wayside Notes Along the Overland Route”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1930. (Booklet).
- “Wayside Notes Along the Shasta Route”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1920. (Booklet).
- “Wayside Notes on the Sunset Route”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1902, 1904, & 1909. (Booklet).
- “Western Steam Pictorial”, by Dunscomb, Guy L. and Donald K. Dumscomb, Guy L.Dunscomb and Donald K. Dumscomb, 1987.
- “Western Train Robberies”, by De Nevi, Don, Celestial Arts, 1976.
- “Western Trains”, by Steinheimer, Richard and Donald Sims, Golden West Books, 1965.
- “Westside”, by Rehwalt, Dan, Grizzly Press, 2004. A Story of the Southern Pacific, Portland Division, Westside Line.
- “The West the Railroads Made”, by Schwantes, Carlos A. and James P. Ronda, University of Washington Press. 2008.
- “Westward by Rail: The New Route to the East”, by Rae, W.F., Appleton & Co., 1871. Reprinted by Indian Head Books, 1993.
- “Wheels Rolling West”, by Styffe, David & Ted Betson, West Rails Pub., 1977 and/or 1979.
- “When Fresno Rode the Rails”, by Hamm, Edward, Jr., Interurbans Special # 73, 1979.
- “When Steam Ran in the Streets of San Francisco”, by Walter Rice & Emiliano Echeverria, pub. by Harold E. Cox, 2002.
- “When Railroads Were New”, by Carter, C.F., Henry Hold & Company, 1909.
- “Whistle in the Piney Woods: Paul Bremond and the Houston, East and West Texas Railway”, by Maxwell, Robert S., Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association, Vol. VII, No. 2, Nov. 1963. (Booklet).
- “Why Don’t Trains Fly?”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1950. (Booklet).
- “Wonderful Ways West”, by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1953(Booklet).
- “A Working List of Books and Booklets on the Southern Pacific and Related Subsidiaries” by McClosky, Peter J., SPH&TS Publications, 1994,1995, 1996, & 1998.
- “Working on El Traque: The Pacific Electric Strike of 1903”, by Wollenberg, Charles, Clio Books, date unknown. Also published by University of California Press, as part of The Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Aug., 1973), pp. 358-369.
- “A Work of Giants”, by Griswold, Wesley S., MacGraw-Hill, 1962.
- “The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft” Vol. XXIV, History of California Vol. 7, 1860- 1890, The History Company Publishers, 1890.
- “The Yellow Cars of Los Angeles”, Walker, Jim, Interurbans Publications, 1977.
- “Yosemite and the Mariposa Big Trees”, author unknown, Southern Pacific Company, 1905. (Booklet?).
- “Yosemite National Park, California”, author unknown, Southern Pacific Company, 1902 & 1905. (Booklet?).
Pacific Electric Railway Company
These publications are about the Pacific Electric or its predecessor lines
- “50th Anniversary Edition: 1902/1952”, February, 1952 edition of the Pacific Electric Magazine. (Booklet).
- “Car Diagrams & Equipment Data Passenger, Express, Locomotives Etc.: Pacific Electric RY Co., Book No. 28”, Reprint by P.E.G. Enterprises, 1999.
- “Cars of Pacific Electric vol. 1: City and Suburban Cars” (Interurbans Special No. 28), by Swett, Ira, Electric Railway Publications, 1964.
- “Cars of Pacific Electric vol. 2: Interurban and Deluxe Cars” (Interurbans Special No. 36), by Swett, Ira, Electric Railway Publications, 1965.
- “Cars of Pacific Electric vol. 3: Combos, Locomotives, and Non-Revenue Cars” (Interurbans Special No. )37, by Swett, Ira, Electric Railway Publications, 1965.
- “Disposal of the P.E. Cars”, by Swett, Ira, Interurbans, 1967.
- “From Railway to Freeway, Pacific Electric and the Motor Coach”, by Bail, Eli, Interurban Press, 1976.
Excellent history of the PE from passenger service perspective with emphasis on motor coach operations to the sale of passenger operations to Metro Coach
Lines in 1953, and final sale to Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority in 1958. - “Henry Huntington and the Pacific Electric: A Pictorial Album”, by Crump, Spencer, Trans-Anglo Books, 1978.
- “Life and Times of the Pacific Electric”, edited by Walker, Jim, Orange Empire Railway Museum, 1983.
- “Lines of the Pacific Electric”, by Sweet, Ira, Interurbans, (series of loose leaf booklets, covering all districts), 1953 to 1963. (Booklet).
- “Lines of the Pacific Electric: Northern & Eastern Districts”, Interurban Press, 1976.
- “Lines of the Pacific Electric: Southern & Western Districts”, Interurban Press, 1975.
- Lines of the Pacific Electric. Los Angeles, Calif.: Interurban Publications. Special 16. by Swett, Ira. Interurban Publications. Various dates and sections,
covering Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts and supplements. 1956-1962 (reprinted several times including a two volume set with
additional material covering the Lines of the Southern and Western Districts, published in 1975 as Special 60; and Lines of the Northern & Eastern
Districts, published in 1976 as Special 61 with added material.- Lines of PE, Special 16 – Northern District (May, 1956) pp. 1-20
- Lines of PE, Special 16 – Eastern District (December 1954), pp.
- 21-40 Lines of PE, Special 16 – Western District (December 1957), pp.
- 41-72 Lines of PE, Special 16 – Southern District (April, 1959), pp. 74-120
- Lines of PE, Special 16 Supplement One, Northern District, (April 1957), pp. 2A-2B,4A-4B, 6A-6B, 8A-8B, 10A-10B, 12A-12B, 14A-14B, 16A-16B, 18A-18B, 20A-20B
- Lines of PE, Special 16 Supplement Two, Northern District (August 1957)pp. 4C-4D, 6C-6D, 6E-6F, 10C-10D, 12C-12D
- Lines of PE, Special 16 Supplement Two, Hill St. Station and Subway Term. ( ? ), pp. 42A-42P, 66A-66B, 68A-68B
- Lines of PE, Special 16 Supplement Four, Local Lines of Pasadena, Long Beach and San Pedro (January, 1962). pp. 20D-20P (Pasadena), 121-136 (Long Beach), 137-146 (San Pedro)
- Lines of PE, Special 16 Supplement Five, Western District (November 1963)pp. 42AA-42AB, 42Q-42R, 44A-44R, 46A-46L, 48A-48D, 52A-52B, 54A-54D, 60A-60F, 62A-628, 68C-68H, and two un-numbered pages for Venice Short Line.
- Lines of PE, Special 16 Supplement Six, Southern District (1964). pp. 104A-104F, 106A-106D, 108A-108D, 110A-110B, 114A-114D
- “The Los Angeles Fender Fight in the Early 1900’s.”, by Sitton, Tom, Southern California Quarterly, Summer, 1990.
- “Los Angeles Pacific” (Int. Special 40) by, Swett, Ira L., Interurban, 1955.
Photo album on LAP. - “Los Angeles Pacific Album” by, Swett, Ira L., Interurban, 1965.
Photo album on LAP. - “Los Angeles & Redondo”, Interubans Special No. 20, 1957.
History of predecessor company running southwest out of Los Angeles to Redondo Beach via three different routes. Was split between PE and LARy in 1911 merger. - “Monograph 1: Remembrances of the Pacific Electric” by Spencer, James N., Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. 2009.
- “Monograph 2: Remembrances of the Pacific Electric” by Whitmeyer,John L., Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society, 2009..
- “Monograph 3: Last Days of Mount Lowe” by Seims, Charles, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. 2009.
- “Monograph 4: The Pacific Electric Goes to War, Volume 1, Moving the Freight” by Rasmussen, Craig and Jack Finn. Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. 2009.
- “Monograph 5: Redondo Beach and the Pacific Electric” by Peterson, Robert B. Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. 2009.
- “Monograph 6: Remembrances of the Pacific Electric” by Arnold, Bill. Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. 2009.
- “Monograph 7: Remembrances of the Pacific Electric” by Abbenseth, Walter. Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. 2009.
- “Monograph 8: Remembrances of the Pacific Electric” by Hurst, Fred. Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. 2009.
- Monograph 9: Remembrances of the Pacific Electric Railway. Weeks, Alan K. Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. 2016.
- Monograph 10: Remembrances of the Pacific Electric Railway. Laner, Harvey S. Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society. 2018.
- Mount Lowe. [Postcard Series]. Patris, Michael A. Arcadia Press. 2010.
- “Mount Lowe Pictorial”, by Moreau, Jeff., Pacific Book Works, 1964.
- “Mount Lowe Railway”, [Images of Rail] by Patris, Michael A., Arcadia Publishing 2007.
- “Mount Lowe Railway”, by Duke, Donald, Pacific Railway Journal, 1954.
- “Mount Lowe: The Railway in the Clouds”, by Seims, Charles, Golden West Books, 1967.
Devoted to history and operations of scenic Mt. Lowe Line. - “Mt. Lowe Power: The Magnificent Mountain Railway.”, by Harrigan, John P., Electric Railway Historical Association, 2000.
113 page pamphlet that covers various technical aspects of the PE Mt. Lowe Ry. Heavy engineering emphasis, but has many details not covered in other publications. - “Official Car Records Pacific Electric Railway Company”, by Swett, Ira, Electric Railway Publications, 1964.
- “Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company, & Pacific Electric in Ontario and Claremont” (Interurbans Special 48)., by Swett, Ira, Electric Railway Publications, 1969. History of predecessor company that operated in Pomona, Ontario & Claremont areas.
- “Pacific Electric”, by Duke, Donald, publisher unknown, date unknown. (The correct title of this book may be “Pacific Electric Railway: A Pictorial Album of Electric Railroading” Information on this book is seen below.)
- “Pacific Electric Album of Cars”, Interurban Press, 1965.
- “Pacific Electric All Time Roster of Cars” (Interurbans Special 13), by Swett, Ira, Interurbans, 1952.
- Pacific Electric and the Growth of the San Fernando Valley. Coscia, David A. Shade Tree Books. 2011.
- “Pacific Electric Car Spotter’s Guide”, by Appel, Violet and Richard Appel, Single Shot Gallery, 2006.
A computer generated cross-indexing of the Interurbans special, Volumes I, II and III as edited and published by Ira L. Swett in 1965. - Pacific Electric Cars: A Pictorial Journey, 1911-1953. Garcia, David L. and Joseph A. Strapac. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2013.
- “Pacific Electric Corporate History 1885-1911”. Reprint of the 1914 “Official History” of the PE and its predecessor corporations, originally compiled by the railroad’s Engineering Department. Reprinted by Orange Empire Railway Museum, 1998.
- “Pacific Electric in Pomona”(Interurbans Special No. 46), by Swett, Ira, Electric Railway Publications, 1969.
History of PE operations in Pomona, which included local and interurban service, LCL and mail, but not carload freight. - “Pacific Electric in Color; Volume 1”, by Copeland, P. Allen, Morning Sun Books, Inc., 1997.
- “Pacific Electric in Color; Volume 2”, by Copeland, P. Allen, Morning Sun Books, Inc., 1999.
- “Pacific Electric in Transition 1911”, by Swett, Ira, Electric Railway Publications, 1967.
- “Pacific Electric Pictorial”, by Moreau, Jeffrey, Pacific Books, 1964.
- “Pacific Electric Railway: A Pictorial Album of Electric Railroading”, Compiled by Donald Duke, by the Pacific Railway Journal, published by Golden West Books. 1958. ISBN 87095-030-4.
- “Pacific Electric Railway Company”, by Van Norden, Rudolph W., Reprint from Journal of Electricity Power and Gas, 1912. (Booklet).
- “Pacific Electric Railway Company: A Corporate History as of June 30, 1914”, by Office of the Chief Engineer, Pacific Electric Railway, 1914.
- “Pacific Electric Railway: Volume One: The Northern Division, complied by Duke, Donald, Golden West Books, 2001.
- “Pacific Electric Railway: Volume Two: The Eastern Division, complied by Duke, Donald, Golden West Books, 2002.
- “Pacific Electric Railway: Volume Three: The Southern Division, complied by Duke, Donald, Golden West Books, 2005.
- “Pacific Electric Railway: Volume Four: The Western Division, complied by Duke, Donald, Golden West Books, 2004.
- “Pacific Electric’s Big Red Cars”, by Long, Ralphael, T.C. Phillips Publisher, 1966.
- “Pacific Electric Red Cars”, by Walker, Jim, , Arcadia Publishing, 2007.
- “Pacific Electric’s 500-Class Cars: Interurban Pioneers”, by Smatlak, John, Shade Tree Books, 2010.
- “Pacific Electric Stations”, edited by Heller, John, Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, 1998.
Coverage on each line, with maps, photos and supplementary material. - Pacific Electric Sub-stations: Volume 1. Heller, John. Electric Railway Historical Association. 2014.
- Pacific Electric Sub-stations: Volume 2. Heller, John. Electric Railway Historical Association. 2014.
- Pacific Electric Series Volume 1: To the Inland Empire. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2014.
- Pacific Electric Series Volume 2: To the Beach. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2016.
- Pacific Electric Series Volume 3: Along the Beach. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2017.
- Pacific Electric Series Volume 4: To Pasadena and Beyond. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2018.
- Pacific Electric Series Volume 5: To the Valley via Cahuenga Pass. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2019.
- Pacific Electric Series Volume 6: Back to the Inland Empire. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2020.
- Pacific Electric Series Volume 7: Los Angeles to Glendale & Burbank via Edendale. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2020.
- Pacific Electric Series Volume 8: From the Beach – Venice Short Line – Santa Monica to Los Angeles. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2021.
- “Passenger Service of the Pacific Electric” (Interurbans Special No. 21), by Veysey, Lawrence, Electric Railway Publications, 1958.
Detailed analysis of the 143 separate rail passenger services and routes operated by PE. - “PE RPO Service” by McGinnis, Jerry, In Timepoints (The Journal of the Electric Railway Historical Association), Jan-Mar, 1999.
- “PE Stations” author unknown, In Timepoints (The Journal of the Electric Railway Historical Association), Oct-Dec, 1998. (Companion issue to Pacific Electric Stations book, above.)
- “Rail Passenger Service History of Pacific Electric Railway Company”, by Karr, Randolph, publisher unknown, 1973. Republished by SPH&TS, 1995.
Unpublished manuscript reprinted Nov. 1973 by Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. Mr. Karr was the general attorney for the Southern Pacific
in Los Angeles (as was his father) and provides perspectives from the company viewpoint. - “Red Car Days: Memories of the Pacific Electric”, by Long, Raphael, Interurban Press, 1983.
- “Ride The Big Red Cars: How Trolleys Helped Build Southern California”, by Crump, Spencer, Trans-Anglo Books, 1962.
- “Ride The Big Red Cars: The Pacific Electric Story”. by Crump, Spencer, Trans-Anglo Books,. 1983 (and many earlier printings).
- “Sight-Seeing Trolley trips” (possibly incomplete title), author unknown, Pacific Electric, 1912. (Booklet?).
- “Southern California and the Pacific Electric, vol. 1”, by Howard, Danny, Daniel L. Howard, 1980.
- “The Story of Mount Lowe”, author unknown, Pacific Electric, 1918. (Booklet?).
St. Louis Southwestern
These books are specifically about the Cotton Belt or SSW.
- “80 Years of Transportation Progress: A History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway”, Anderson, Jacob E. Thesis for the degree of Master of Science from the East Texas State Teachers’ College, 1939.
Re- published by the SSW in October, 1957, edition of COTTON BELT NEWS, (Volume XIII, Number 8).
This booklet was published in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the date when the first section of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway began operations.
It presents, in concise form, the history and progressive development of the Cotton Belt. - “A Brief History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railways Lines”, by St. Louis Southwestern Public Relations Department, St. Louis Southwestern Public Relations Department, 1947 (Booklet?).
- The Cotton Belt: A High Perfomance Railway Company. Currie, Earl J. Currie. Self-published. 2011.
- Cotton Belt Engineer: The Life and Times of C. W. “Red” Standefer, 1898-1981. Cooper, Edwin C. Authorhouse. 2011.
- “Cotton Belt Locomotives”, by Strapac, J. A., Shade Tree Books, 1977. (republished by Indiana University Press in 1999)
- “Cotton Belt Memories”, by Wooldridge, P.B. Alternate Title, “Paul B. Wooldridge’s Cotton Belt Memories”. Edited by Ken Ziegenbein. Arkansas Railroad Club. 2006.
(Wooldridge worked for Cotton Belt from 1937 to 1981 as a telegrapher and agent on the Northern Division. This comb bound booklet is a compilation of the stories which appeared in the Arkansas Railroader over the years) - “Cotton Belt Route Color Pictorial”, by Goen, Steve Allen, Four Ways West Publications. 1999.
- The Cotton Belt St. Louis Southwestern Railway Hospital. Stone, Lola Maye Thaxton. Pine Bluff, Arkansas. 1989.
- Do Something-Don’t Just Sit There. McKenzie, Harold J. McKenzie. Tyler, Texas. Self-published. 1992.
- The Effects of Scale in the Railroad Industry. Healy, Kent T. Committee on Transportation. Yale University 1961.
- Historical Sketches of Early Railroading Days. Schultz, William. Jonesboro, AR. Self-published. 1961. (retired section foreman on the Cotton Belt)
- “The Little Railroad That Could, and Did!”, by McKenzie, Harold J. and Gayla Hughes Dawson, Nortex Press, 1985.
- “Mr. Mac: Keeping on the Right Track”, by McKenzie, Harold J., Nortex Press, 1985.
- My Love Affair with the Blue and Gold. Church, William. Likely self-published. Circa 1989.
- Passenger Trains of Texas – Cotton Belt. Goen, Steve Allen. Texas Zephyr Publishing Company. 2019.
- “Short History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines, A”, by Anderson, Jacob E., Cotton Belt Public Relations Dept., (circa) 1947.
- That Lonesome Whistle: the History of the Cotton Belt in Commerce. Spencer, Dr. Otha. Campbell, Texas. The Country Studio. 2007. (about Commerce, Texas)
- Two Streaks of Rust. Webb, Joe. East Prairie, MO. The East Prairie Eagle. 1983.
Autobiographical and Biographical
Books by or about employees working for the Southern Pacific
- “30 Years Over Donner”, by Fisher, Bill, Trans-Anglo Books, 1990.
- 45 Years of True Railroad Stories told by Engineer John Cockrell. Cockrell, Sheri. Self-published. 2014.
- The Accidental Rail. Simonson, Bob. Self-published. March 2013. (spiral-bound autobiography of an NWP locomotive fireman/engineer).
- “Ace Corson, Railroader: 1878-1960” by Desmond, J. Patrick, Frederick Fell Inc., 1964.
This gentleman worked on the SPdeM, SP, and helped PE build the line through Highgrove. Dates are few and far between, but generally 1900-1915 since he mentions the Colorado River floods, and the Mexican Revolution during the 1910’s.
He also ran on the Colorado & Southern so there are stories from there, too. (Thanks to David Coscia for bring this book to my attention, and for the description of it.) - “A Baggage Car With Lace Curtains”, by Fisher, Kay, B & K Fisher, 1979.
- “Bill Knapke: A Railroad Legend”, by Murdock, Dick, May – Murdock Productions, 1996. (Booklet).
- “Boomer: Railroad Memoirs”, by Niemann, Linda, University of California Press (soft cover published by Cleis Press), 1992.
- “Gandydancer’s Children: A Railroad Memoir”, by Call, Frank Wendell, University of Nevada Press 2000.
- George Who? The Story of a Common Man. Warner, George. Xlibris Corp. 2013. [Autobiography of a man who worked as a signal maintainer for SP on the Los Angeles Division]
- “Life and Times of a Locomotive Engineer”, by Steffes, Charles F., Old World Publishers, 1992. [published as a hardcover and a softcover book]
- Lingering Memories of the Iron Horse Days. Tupper, W. L. Self-published. 1979. [Autobiography of the author, SP locomotive engineer from October 1920]
- “Mainline: Fifty Years of Railroading With the Southern Pacific”, by Ernest L. King as told to Robert H. Mahaffey, Double Day, 1948.
- The Man Behind the Throttle: A Hundred Years of Railroadin’. McCalley, R. G. Mountain Home, Idaho. Pioneer Offset Printing. 1981 [Biographies of the author’s grandfather and father, locomotive engineers in Oregon]
- My Railroad Story: A 44 Year Journey. Bennett, Dean. Self-published. 2018. (autobiography by former SP dispatcher)
- Riding the Rails: Inside the Business of America’s Railroads. Krebs, Robert D. Indiana University Press. 2018. (autobiography by former SP President)
- “Semaphores & Desert Rails” by Staggs, James E., West Press, 1999.(maintenance-of-way employee on the Tucson Division)
- William “Cannonball” McGee was a locomotive fireman and engineer for the Southern Pacific.
- A Baldwin Narrow Gage Engine and Me. McGee, William “Cannonball”. Self-published. Photocopy machine. Oct 1992.
- Cannonball McGee and The Diesels. McGee, William “Cannonball”. Self-published. Photocopy machine. Oct 1992.
- The Confessions of a Railroad Engineer. McGee, William “Cannonball”. Self-published. 320 pages. Photocopy machine. 1994.
- From Section Hand to Locomotive Engineer. McGee, William “Cannonball”. Self-published. 340 pages. Photocopy machine. 1992.
- How I Fired Oil Burning Steam Locomotives. McGee, William “Cannonball”. Self-published. 28 pages. Photocopy machine. 1992.
- How the Steam Engines Ran. McGee, William “Cannonball”. Self-published. Page count unknown. Photocopy machine. 1994.
- Local Freights. McGee, William “Cannonball”. Self-published. Page count unknown. Photocopy machine. 1994.
- Steam Engines and How They Ran. McGee, William “Cannonball”. Self-published. 100 pages. Photocopy machine. 1992.
- The Mallet and I. McGee, William “Cannonball”. Self-published using a photocopy machine. Oct 1992.
Master’s Thesis
Written by an individual to obtain a Masters Degree.
- The Building of the Southern Pacific Thru Texas. Elliott, Claude. University of Texas at Austin. 1928.
- “Cascade Route of the Southern Pacific”, by Wilson, Bernice Miller, unpublished dissertation, 1930. UC Berkeley, Bancroft
- Charles Crocker. Andrew, Bunyan Hadley. University of California at Berkeley. 1941.
- An Economic Study of Railroad Passenger Service: The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads, 1950-1965. McCall, John Byron. Oklahoma State University. 1968
- The El Paso and Northeastern Railroad and its Economic Influence in New Mexico. Seligmann, Jr., Gustav Leonard. New Mexico A & M (now New Mexico State University). 1958.
- The Great Strike of 1894: The Pullman Boycott in California. Ray, William W. California State University, Hayward. 1972.
- A History of the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railway. Crampton, June Margaret. University of Southern California. 1929.
- The History of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the San Joaquin Valley. Carothers, Alice. University of Southern California. 1934.
- In Defense of Empire: The Southern Pacific versus the Texas and Pacific. De Ford, Jr., Paul Victor. University of California at Berkeley. 1948.
- The Influence of the Southern Pacific Railroad on Settlement In Southern California. Parker, Edna Monch. Mills College. 1936.
- The Land Grant To the Southern Pacific Railroad. by Froberg, John. University of California at Berkeley. 1916.
- Mark Hopkins: Inside Man of the Big Four. Cioffi, Ralph Walter. University of California at Berkeley, 1950.
- The Railroad Boom in the Los Angeles Area 1886-1890. Thompson, Rolland C. Claremont Colleges. 1942.
- “Yuma, Gateway to California: 1847 – 1877″, by Forest, Mary R.. University of California at Berkeley, 1946.”
Arcadia Publishing
This company has published thousands of small softcover photographic history books; these titles are about the Southern Pacific Company.
California
- Alameda by Rail. Ute, Grant and Bruce Singer. Arcadia Publishing. 2007
- California’s Capitol Corridor. Vurek, Matthew Gerald. Arcadia Publishing. 2016.
- Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service. McGovern, Janet. Arcadia Publishing. 2012.
- “Ferries of San Francisco Bay”, by Trimble, Paul C. with William Knorp, Arcadia Publishing, 2007.
- Lake Tahoe’s Railroads. Drew, Stephen. Arcadia Publishing. 2016.
- “Monterey’s Hotel del Monte” by Cain, Julie, Arcadia Publishing. 2005.
- Niles Canyon Railways. Luna, Henry and the Pacific Locomotive Association. Arcadia Publishing. 2005.
- “Northwestern Pacific Railroad” by Codoni, Fred, Paul C. Trimble, & Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society. Arcadia Publishing. 2006.
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad: Eureka to Willits. O’Hara, Susan J. P., Alex Service and the Fortuna Depot Museum. Arcadia Publishing. 2013.
- Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway. Schmale, John and Kristina. Arcadia Publishing. 2009.
- “Port Costa”, by Robinson, John V. and Veronica Crain, Arcadia Publishing, 2007.
- The Pullman Porters and West Oakland. Tramble, Thomas and Wilma. Arcadia Publishing. 2007.
- Railroads and Depots of Orange County. Richardson, Rob. Arcadia Publishing. 2010.
- “Railroads of Los Gatos”, by Kelly, Edward and Peggy Conaway, Arcadia Publishing, 2006.
- Railroads of Nevada County. Brandon, Andrew. Arcadia Publishing. 2018.
- Railroads of Placer County. Sommers, Arthur and Roger Staab. Arcadia Publishing. 2018.
- “Rails of California’s Central Coast”, by Rice, Walter and Emiliano Echeveria, Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
- Railways of San Francisco. Trimble, By Paul C. Arcadia Publishing. 2004.
- Sacramento Southern Railroad. Hecteman, Kevin W. Arcadia Publishing. 2009.
- Sacramento’s Southern Pacific Shops. Hecteman, Kevin W. Arcadia Publishing. 2010.
- Southern Pacific in California. Sullivan, Kerry. Arcadia Publishing. 2011.
- Southern Pacific’s Slim Princess. Brandon, Andrew. Arcadia Publishing. 2022.
- San Diego and Arizona Railway: The Impossible Railroad. By Deutsch, Ph. D., Reena. Arcadia Publishing. 2011.
- “Tehachapi”, by Gossard, Gloria Hine, Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
- “The Tiburon Peninsula”, by Fanning, Branwell, Arcadia Publishing, 2006.
Oregon
- Railroads of Hillsboro. Burkhardt, D.C. Jesse. Arcadia Publishing. 2014.
- Tragedy at Southern Oregon Tunnel 13: DeAutremonts Hold Up the Southern Pacific. Mangold, Scott. Arcadia Publishing. 2013.
- “Willamette Valley Railways”, by Thompson, Richard, Arcadia Publishing, 2008. (20 pages on the SP Red Electrics and more).
Texas
- Railroading in Ellis County. Wilson, Laurie J. and Peggy Holland Rankin. Arcadia Publishing. 2010.
- “Railroads of Western Texas”, by Braudaway, Doug, Arcadia Publishing, 2000.
- Rails around Houston. Weiskopf, Douglas L. Arcadia Publishing. 2009.
- Southern Pacific Railroad in Eastern Texas. Bernstein, David. Arcadia Publishing. 2011.
History West
Nine volume set “developed with the cooperation of the California State Railroad Museum and the Pacific Coast Chapter, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society”
- “Dot, Dot, Dot, Done”. 1981.
- “Golden State Route”. 1981.
- “Here Comes the Train!”. 1981.
- “On Memory Siding”. 1981.
- “Overland Route”. 1981.
- “People and the Railroad”. 1981.
- “Rail and Water”. 1981.
- “Shasta Route”. 1981.
- “Sunset Route”. 1981.
Monte Vista Publishing
This company has published many soft-covered volumes about the Southern Pacific Railroad. They are listed in order by volume number.
- “Southern Pacific Baldwin 2-10-2 Pictorial; Photo Album Series Volume 1, Southern Pacific Volume 1”, by Karam, Duane Jr., Monte Vista Publishing, 1998.
- “Southern Pacific Mogul 2-6-0 Pictorial: Photo Album Series Volume 2”, by Karam, Duane, Jr., Monte Vista Publishing 1998.
- “Southern Pacific Consolidation 2-8-0 Pictorial: Photo Album Series Volume 3”, Kuane, Duane Jr., Monte Vista Publishing, 1998.
- “Southern Pacific Northern 4-8-4 Pictorial: Photo Album Series Volume 4”, by Karam, Duane Jr., & Jeff Ainsworth, Monte Vista Publishing, 1998.
- “Southern Pacific Mikado 2-8-2 Pictorial: Photo Album Series Volume 5”, Kuane, Duane Jr. and Jeff Ainsworth, Monte Vista Publishing, 1998.
- “Southern Pacific Pacific 4-6-2 Pictorial; Photo Album Series Volume 6”, by Karam, Duane Jr., Monte Vista Publishing, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific AC Class Cab Forward 4-8-8-2 AC-4 #4100 – AC-6 #4150: Pictorial Photo Album Series Volume 7”, by Karam, Duane Jr. & Jeff Ainsworth, Monte Vista Publishing, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific Mountain 4-8-2 Pictorial; Photo Album Series Volume 8”, by Karam, Duane Jr., Monte Vista Publishing, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific SP 4-10-2 Pictorial: Photo Album Series Volume 9” by Karam, Duane Jr. & Jeff Ainsworth, Monte Vista Publishing, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific AC Class Cab Forward 4-8-8-2 AC-7 #4151 – AC-8 #4204: Pictorial Photo Album Series Volume 10”, by Karam, Duane Jr. & Jeff Ainsworth, Monte Vista Publishing, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific TW Class 4-8-0 Pictorial: Photo Album Series Volume 11”, by Karam, Duane Jr. & Jeff Ainsworth, Monte Vista Publishing, 1999.
- “Southern Pacific T Class 4-6-0 Pictorial T-31 #2353 to T-58 #2386: Photo Album Series Volume 12”, by Karam, Duane Jr. & Jeff Ainsworth, Monte Vista Publishing, 2000.
- “Southern Pacific AC Class Cab Forward 4-8-8-2 AC-10 #4205 – AC-1 #4294: Pictorial Photo Album Series Volume 13”, by Ainsworth, Jeff & Duane Karam, Monte Vista Publishing, 2000.
- “Southern Pacific S Class 0-6-0 Pictorial S-12 #1247 to S-10 #1299: Photo Album Series Volume 14”, by Ainsworth, Jeff and Duane Karam, Jr., Monte Vista Publishing, 2000.
- “Southern Pacific AC Class MC Class 2-8-8-2 Cab Forward Pictorial: Photo Album Series Volume 15”, by Ainsworth Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2000.
- “Southern Pacific C Class 2-8-0 C-1 #2500 to C-9 #2549 Consolidation Pictorial: Photo Album Series Volume 16”, by Ainsworth, Jeff , Monte Vista Publishing, 2001.
- “Southern Pacific T-23, T-28 Class 4-6-0 Pictorial. SP T-23 #2302 to SP T-28 #2352 / T &NO T-28 #389-699: Photo Album Series Volume 17”, by Karam, Duane Jr. & Jeff Ainsworth, Monte Vista Publishing, 2001.
- “Southern Pacific F Class 2-10-2 Pictorial: Photo Album Series Volume 18”, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2001.
- “Southern Pacific Misc. Mallets & Articulateds: AC-9 Class 2-8-8-4, MM-2, AM-4 Class4-6-6-6-2, MM-1, MM-3 Class 2-6-6-2 Pictorial”, Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 19, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2002.
- “Southern Pacific Steam Motive Power Pictorial, Los Angeles Division”, by Ainsworth, Jeff. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 20, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, (2002 or 2003).
- “Southern Pacific C Class 2-8-0 C-9 #2550 to C-3 #2611 T&NO C-9 #808 – 838 Consolidation Pictorial: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 21”, by Ainsworth, Jeff , Monte Vista Publishing, 2003.
- “Southern Pacific S Class 0-6-0 Pictorial S-8 #1193 to S-10 #1246 T&NO #92 to 166: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 22”, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2003.
- “Southern Pacific Cab Forward 4-8-8-2 AC-4 class #4101 up through AC-6 class #4150 Pictorial”. by Ainsworth, Jeff. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 23, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2003.
- “Southern Pacific Steam Motive Power Pictorial, Coast Division”. by Ainsworth, Jeff. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 24, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, (2003 or 2003).
- “Southern Pacific GS Class 4-8-4 Northern Pictorial T&NO GS-1 #700 – 705 SP GS-1 #4400 to GS-4 #4449: Photo Album Series Volume 25”, byAinsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2004.
- Southern Pacific C-Class 2-8-0 Consolidation C-8 #2612 to C-8 #2702 and TNO C-9 #800 to #844: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 26. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2004
- “Southern Pacific AC-1 to AC-3 Class 2-8-8-2, AC-4 to AC- 12 Class 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward Pictorial”. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 27, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2004.
- “Southern Pacific MK Class 4-8-2 Pictorial; Photo Album Series Volume 28”, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2005.
- “Southern Pacific MK Class 4-8-2 Mikado Pictorial SP #3201 to #3323 T&NO #754 to #791: Photo Album Series Volume 29”, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2005.
- “Southern Pacific GS Class 4-8-4 Pictorial T&NO GS-1 #706 – 708 SP GS-4 #4449 to GS-4 – #4488; Photo Album Series Volume 30”, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2005.
- “Southern Pacific C Class 2-8-0 Consolidation Pictorial”: SP C-8 #2703 – #2763 T&NO C-9 #818 & #822″: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 31″, by Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing, 2005.
- “Southern Pacific AC-1 to AC-3 Class 2-8-8-2, AC-4 to AC- 12 Class 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward Pictorial”. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 32, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2006.
- Southern Pacific M-Class 2-6-0: Southern Pacific Steam Series Pictorial Volume 33. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2007.
- “Southern Pacific SP Type 4-10-2 Pictorial: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 34” by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Publishing, 2007.
- Southern Pacific P-Class 4-6-2 Pictorial – P-1 #2400 to P-5 #2444 and P-5 #600 to P-6 #612: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 35. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2008.
- Southern Pacific P-Class 4-6-2 Pictorial – P-5 #2447 to P-12 #3128 and P-6 #614 to P-14 #652: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 36. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2010.
- Southern Pacific Steam Coast Line Pictorial – Los Angeles to Watsonville Junction: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 37. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. Unknown.
- Southern Pacific’s El Paso Route Pictorial – Los Angeles to El Paso, Texas: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 38. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. Unknown.
- Southern Pacific’s Golden State Route Pictorial – Tucumcari, New Mexico to Los Angeles: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 39. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. Unknown.
- Southern Pacific’s California Coast Line Pictorial – Watsonville Junction to Los Angeles: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 40. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. Unknown.
- Southern Pacific around the San Francisco Bay Pictorial – San Jose, The Peninsula, The North & East Bay: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 41. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. Unknown.
- Southern Pacific’s East Texas-Louisiana Line Pictorial – Houston and New Orleans: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 42. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2014.
- Southern Pacific’s Majestic Coast Line Pictorical – Los Angeles to Santa Cruz: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 43. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2018.
- Southern Pacific’s Western Oregon Lines Pictorial – Portland, OR to Dunsmuir, CA: Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 44. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2018.
- Southern Pacific’s Southern Siskiyou Line Pictorial. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 45. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2021.
- Southern Pacific’s Central Cascade Line Pictorial. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 46. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2021.
- Southern Pacific’s Western Sunset Route Pictorial. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 47. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2021.
- Southern Pacific’s Scenic Santa Cruz Route Pictorial. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 48. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2021.
- Southern Pacific’s Picturesque Coast Line – San Francisco to Los Angeles. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 49. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2022.
- Southern Pacific’s Central Cascade Line – Roseville, CA. to Klamath Falls, OR. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 50. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2022.
- Southern Pacific’s Western Oregon Lines Two Pictorial: Tillamook to Coos Bay via Salem and Eugene. Southern Pacific Steam Series Volume 51. Ainsworth, Jeff. Monte Vista Publishing. 2022.
- “Steam Over Donner: A Chronological Pictorial History of Southern Pacific’s Donner Pass”, by Still, Duncan, Monte Vista Publishing, 2007.
- “Steam Through Tehachapi: Los Angeles to Woodford. San Joaquin Division Series, Volume One”, by Ainsworth, Jeff, Monte Vista Pubishing. 2008.
Southern Pacific Cyclopedia
- Southern Pacific’s Second-Hand Steam – MM-3, B-1, Mk-10, Mk-11, Southern Pacific Cyclopedia Volume 1. Herris, Jack, and Scott Inman. Aeronaut Books. 2018.
- Southern Pacific’s Streamlined Articulateds: The Iconic AC-9 Class, Southern Pacific Cyclopeida Volume 2. Herris, Jack, and Scott Inman. Aeronaut Books. 2019.
- Hometown Rails: Stories of the Friendly Southern Pacific’s Los Angeles Division, Southern Pacific Cyclopedia Volume 3. Crothers, Tim. Aeronaut Books. 2020.
- Southern Pacific’s Second-Hand Steam GS-7 | GS-8 | C-11 | C-12: Southern Pacific Cyclopedia Volume 4. Herris, Jack and Scott Inman. Aeronaut Books. 2021.
- Chinese Workers on the First Transcontinental Railroad, Southern Pacific Cyclopedia Vol. 5. Anderson, David N. Aeronaut Books. 2022.
- Cab Forward 4294: Southern Pacific Railroad’s Signature Locomotive. Anderson, David N., Vincent C. Cipolla, and Russell M. H. O’Day. Aeronaut Books. 2018.
The Western Railroader
- “Albion Branch”, by Borden, Stanley T., The Western Railroader, 1961.
- “The Big Red Cars”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 199, Vol. 19 No. 7 May 1956.
- “Butte County R.R. and Southern Pacific Sterling City Branch”, by Stephens, Kent, The Western Railroader, 1963. (Booklet).
- “Carson & Colorado Railroad”, by Due, John F., The Western Railroader, 1959 (Enlarged edition of issues 235 & 255).
- The Guerneville Branch. Western Railroader. December 1955, Issue 194.
- “History and Rosters of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and Predecessor Lines”, by Borden, Stanley, The Western Railroader, Vol 12, No 6, issue 115, April, 1949.
- “Interurban Lines Northwestern Pacific: Illustrated History of Electric Train Service in Marin County”, by Seivers, Walt, in The Western Railroader, Vol. 17. No. 10, August, 1954. (Booklet).
- “IER Pictorial”, by Tom Gray and Francis A. Guido, in The Western Railroader, issue 318, Vol. 29, No. 7, July, 1966.
- (The Western Railroader, issues 199 and 318, were combined to form a special reprint with a red cover. Date unknown.)
- “Nevada-California-Oregon Railway” Myrick, David. In The Western Railroader, Volume 18, Number 8, Issue 188. June, 1955. This was the SP narrow gage predecessor to the SP Modoc Line.
- “New Almaden Branch”, Parmelee, Robert, The Western Railroader, Sept. 1976.
- “North Pacific Coast Railroad”, by Sievers, Wald, The Western Railroader, October, 1966.
- “The North Shore Railroad: The Route Via the Sausalito Ferry”, by Sievers, Walt, The Western Railroader, v. 30, no. 2, issue 324, Feb. 1967.
- “Northwestern Pacific Narrow Gauge”, by Stindt, Fred A.,The Western Railroader, December, 1968.
- “Northwestern Pacific R.R.: Narrow Gauge Cars”, by Stindt, Fred A.,The Western Railroader, v. 32, no. 7, issue 353, July 1969.
This issue is comprised of a complete roster of NWP narrow gauge cars. - “Northwestern Pacific Narrow Gauge, Second Section, Locomotives”, by Stindt, Fred A., The Western Railroader, v. 32, no.3 issue 349, March. 1969.
- “Oregon and California Railroad: Early Days of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the State of Oregon”, by Myrick, David F., in The Western Railroader, San Mateo California, 1956.
- “Peninsula Service: The Story of Southern Pacific Commuter Trains”, by Stindt, Fred A., The Western Railroader, Issue 213, Vol. 20 No. 9, July, 1957. (Booklet).
- “Petaluma & Santa Rosa Electric Railroad” by Borden, Stanley, T., in The Western Railroader, April, 1960. (Booklet).
- “Porterville and Northeastern, Southern Pacific Success Branch.” San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 221, v. 21, no. 5, March 1958.
- “Railroads of the Valley of the Moon: Sonoma Valley Prismodial Railway, Sonoma Valley Railroad, Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad”, by Sievers, Wald and Robert D. Parmelee, in The Western Railroader, 1959-63.
- “Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad, Southern Pacific Sonoma Valley Branch”, by Parmelee, Robert D., in The Western Railroader, 1963.
- “Somoma Valley Railroad”, by Parmelee, Robert, The Western Railroader, v. 25, no. 9 issue 273, Oct. 1962.
- “Southern Pacific 1890 Coast Line Timetable”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 162, v. 16, no. 6, April 1953.
- “Southern Pacific 3500-Series Locomotives 2-8-4’s”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 125, v. 13, no. 5, March 1950.
- “Southern Pacific 4400 Series Locomotives 4-8-4’s”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 187, v. 18, no. 7, May 1955.
- “Southern Pacific Buttonwood Branch”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 250, v. 23, no. 10, October 1960.
- “Southern Pacific Cab-In Front Engines-Sacramento Shop”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 153, v. 15, no. 9, July 1952.
- “Southern Pacific Electric Roster”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 37, v. 4, no. 3, February 1941.
- “Southern Pacific Imperial Valley Rescue”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 237, v. 22, no. 9, July 1959.
- “Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Pictorial”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 255, v. 24, no. 3, March 1961.
- “Southern Pacific Official Division Maps Reduced”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 191, v. 18, no. 11 September 1955.
- “Southern Pacific Oroville Branch, California-Northern”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 269, v. 25, no. 5, May 1962.
- “Southern Pacific Sacramento Shops”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 91, v. 10, no. 4, March 1947.
- “Southern Pacific ‘Snow on the Hill'”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 116, v. 12, no. 7, May 1949.
- “Southern Pacific Steam Motive Power List”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 168, v. 16, no. 12, October 1953.
- “Southern Pacific ‘Suntan Special'”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 129, v. 13, no. 9, July 1950.
- “Southern Pacific ‘The Big Red Cars’ – Electric”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 113, v. 12, no. 4, February 1949.
- “Southern Pacific vs Snow”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 12, v. 1, no. 12, October 1938.
- “Southern Pacific’s Benecia Bridge”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 245, v. 23, no. 5, May 1960.
- “Southern Pacific’s East Bay Steam Suburban Service”, by Parkinson, Robert, in The Western Railroader Booklet 392, no date.
- “Southern Pacific’s El Paso Southwestern Locomotives”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 149, v. 15, no. 5, March 1952.
- “Southern Pacific’s First All-Steel Coach”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 138, v. 14, no. 6, April 1951.
- “Southern Pacific’s New Dayline Streamliners”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 18, v. 2, no. 6, April 1939.
- “Southern Pacific’s Open Observation Cars”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 141, v. 14, no. 9, July 1951.
- “Southern Pacific’s Peninsula Commute Service Special”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 213, v. 20, no. 9, July 1957.
- “Southern Pacific’s Success Branch, Porterville Northeastern.”, by Barton, R. G., in The Western Railroader, 1958.
- “South Pacific Coast”, Parmelee, Robert, The Western Railroader, Aug. 1957.
- “S.P. Locomotive Notes”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader, issue 15, v. 2, no. 3, January 1939.
- “Visalia Electric Railroad”, author unknown, in The Western Railroader Vol. 236., Date unknown.
Brochures and booklets issued by the railroad
The railroads published information to attract settlers, to attract tourists, and to provide public relations material to promote the railroad. This section is a list of these publications.
- A Description of Western Texas. Whilldin, M. Published by GH&SA. 1876. “Are They Talking About You?”, author unknown, Southern Pacific Public Relations Department, date unknown (around 1950). (Booklet?).
- “Christmas Week Storm Disaster on the Southern Pacific and Northwestern Pacific”, Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, Feb. 1965. (Booklet)
- “Corporate History of the Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Railway as of June 30, 1918”, by Public Relations Office, SP Public Relations Office Houston, date unknown.
- Dining Car Department – St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Texarkana, Texas,compiled June 1932 reissued May 1943 by A. M. Campbell, Superintendent
- “Directory of Hotels, Boarding Houses, and Resorts on or Reached by the Lines of the Southern Pacific in California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico”, by Passenger Dept., Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1903. (Booklet?).
- Eden: an Excursion from New Orleans to the Pacific by Rail through Texas and Mexico via Star & Crescent and Sunset Route. Peirce, Jr. T. W. 1882.
- “Facts About the Southern Pacific”, by Southern Pacific Public Relations Department, Southern Pacific Company, 1952. (Booklet).
- “Facts About the Southern Pacific: The Friendly Railroad”, by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1946. (Booklet).
- “First in the West”, by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., 1955. (Booklet).
- “History of the Southern Pacific Lines in Texas”, by Mayo, H.M., Public Relations Office Houston, not dated (Booklet?).
- “Locomotives of the Southern Pacific: For Rail Fans & Model Builders” by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, (un-dated, steam to diesel transition era. Early 1950’s). (Booklet).
- Louisiana and Texas for the Winter Tourist Season, 1911-1912. SP Company. “The Modern Southern Pacific: Dynamic Lifeline of the Golden Empire”, by Southern Pacific Public Relation Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1970(?)
- The New Arizona. A. J. Wells. Passenger Dept. San Francisco, CA. 1907
- “Priority Special”, by Bedwell, Harry Chester (Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept.), Southern Pacific Company, 1945. (Booklet).
- “Railroad Lore: From & About ‘The Friendly Railroad’, Southern Pacific’ Route’s Serving the Golden Empire”, by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, (un-dated, steam to diesel transition era). (Booklet).
- “Re-driving of the Golden Spike, June 16, 1965 – South Fork, California: Northwestern Pacific Rail Service Restored After 1964 Flood Damage”, by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1965. (Booklet).
- “Seventy Five Years of Progress: Historic Sketch of the Southern Pacific”, by Heath, Erle, Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Reprinted from Southern Pacific Bulletin, 1945. (Booklet?)
- “Southern Pacific & Sacramento Celebrate Central Pacific’s Centennial”, by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1963(?). (Booklet).
- “Southern Pacific’s First Century”, by Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company, 1955. (Booklet).
- “Southern Pacific Train Primer”, by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1939. (Booklet).
- “Souvenir Portfolio”, Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Late 1950’s. (Booklet).
- “This is Southern Pacific”, author unknown, Public Relations Department, Southern Pacific Transportation Co., Special editions of the SP Bulletin, June 1967 & December 1973. (Booklet).
- Success with Poultry in California. SP. 1914.
- “This is the Pacific Electric”, Pacific Electric Public Relations Department, Pacific Electric, 1944, 1945, & 1952. (Booklet).
- “This is the Pacific Electric: Golden Jubilee 1902 / 1952”, Pacific Electric Public Relations Department, Pacific Electric, 1952. (Booklet).
- Walnut Growing in Oregon. Jacob Calvin Cooper. Passenger Dept. 1910
- Wayside Notes of the Sunset Route. SP. 1908.
- “Welcome to the Southern Pacific”, by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1943. (Booklet).
- “Who Calls the Call Boy? …Or What Makes a Train Run”, by Southern Pacific Public Relations Dept., Southern Pacific Company, 1952. (Booklet).
- Winter in New Orleans, 1904. SP Company
Other Resources
The Southern Pacific issued rule books for their employees many times: included below are the rule books of which I am aware.
- General Code of Operating Rules:
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- Oct. 25, 1985, (1st. edition) & Oct. 29, 1989 (2nd edition).
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- Maintenance of Way Department – Rules and Instruction:
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- Operating Department Rules and Regulations:
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- July 1, 1892*, Jan. 1, 1896*, June 15, 1903*, & 1905..
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- Southern Pacific Company Rules and Regulations for the Maintenance of Way and Structures:
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- Texas & Louisiana, Jan. 1, 1923.
- Pacific Lines, Jan. 1, 1923.
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- Transportation Department – Rules and Regulations:
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- Aug. 1, 1907*, Aug. 31, 1913 (reprint of 1907 issue with revisions), Aug.1, 1916, 1919 (a 1907 reprint with revisions to 8/31/13 except that is a USRA edition), Jan. 1, 1923*, June 15, 1930*, (revised Apr. 1, 1942), Feb. 15, 1943*, Mar. 1, 1947 (reprint of 1943 book), Dec. 1, 1950*, July 1, 1960*, Jan.1, 1969*, Oct. 31, 1976* (major revisions on June 1, 1978, Oct. 26, 1980, & Oct. 30, 1983). (Issues marked with an asterisk [*] are located in the California State Railroad Museum library in Sacramento, California.)
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- The Southern Pacific issued book(let)s for their employees:
- Revised Classification of Locomotives. March 1, 1943. Revised periodically, now in loose-leaf form.
- Student Course in Railroading. by Athearn, Fred G., Dec. 1912. (old course).
- Student Course in Railroading. Anon, Dec. 1912. (new course).
- “The Collis P. Huntington Papers 1856 -1901”. The original papers are located at Syracuse University, 1979.
They have been microfilmed by Microfilming Corporation of America, and are on 115 reels. UC Irvine,
Main Lib. Microfilm M 000334 Micro. - The Railroad History Index: 1921 – 2004 (published by the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.)
is a compressive listing of all articles written in both R&LHS Bulletin and Railroad History . A surprising
number of articles are on the Southern Pacific, its subsidiaries, and predecessors.
Significant Archival Collections
- California State Archives. Sacramento, California.
- California State Railroad Museum Library. Sacramento, California.
- William R. Hogarty Memorial Library. Rohnert Park, California – archive of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society.
- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. San Marino, California – library contains information on American and foreign railroads.
- Online Archive of California – able to search collections throughout California.
- Orange Empire Railway Museum. Perris, California – archive contains information about Pacific Electric Railway, Southern Pacific, and other railroads.
- Sherman Library & Gardens. Corona Del Mar, California – archive of the Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society.
- Green Library. Stanford University. Palo Alto, California – library has a large collection of Southern Pacific documents
- Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley – library has a large Southern Pacific photograph collection
- University Library. University of Texas El Paso – library contains the records of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Rio Grande Division.