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Southern Pacific Railroad History Center Collection
Documents, photos, maps, drawings, and other paper ephemera and media related to the history of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and its predecessor and affiliated companies.
John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library
draggable directories
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- 14 city of San Francisco train handouts to passengers issued between 1944-1963
- 14 cards issued by the Southern Pacific and Milwaukee Road promoting onboard services and connections. Cards were printed between 1944 and 1963.
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- 1960 Condensed Track Profiles for Southern Pacific's Pacific Lines and Certain Subsidiary Companies
- 1960 condensed track profiles for Southern Pacific's Pacific Lines and San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway, Northwestern Pacific Railroad, Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad, Nacozari Railroad, and Pacific Electric Railway.
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- 57 FT. Articulated Diner Floor Plan 10020
- Floor plan of a 57 foot articulated dining car.
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- 83 Foot Diner Floor Plan 10002
- Drawing of the floor plan of 83 Foot long dining car.
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- 83 Foot Diner Floor Plan 10023
- Floor plan for 83 Foot long dining car.
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- 83 Foot Lounge Floor Plan 2904
- Floor plan drawing of SP Lounge Cars 2981 to 2986.
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- 83 Foot Lounge Floor Plan 2905
- Floor plan of an 83 Foot long lounge car for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
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- Abandonment of Southern Pacific Trackage Between Quinif, Texas and Rosebud, Texas
- Abandonment of Southern Pacific trackage between Quinif, Texas (Milepost 119.7) and Rosebud, Texas (Milepost 133.7) on Southern Pacific's former Cameron to Waco, Texas branch line. This abandonment was authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission on July 19, 1978.
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- Administrative and management documents on automat car services
- Details of automat operation, crew assignments, rev/cost 1965-1970.
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- Advertisement for Cascade train service
- New, faster, all-streamlined Cascade, schedule, cut-away folded car. Undated Cascade advert.
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- Agreement with Automatic Retailers of America
- Contract 9/8/1961 for food dispensers maintenance and food to be dispensed. Automat car provision contract; internal file.
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- Alan Laird and Bill Fowler Conversation, May 2021
- This video is a conversation between Alan Laird and Bill Fowler. They discuss the life of Levy Laird, a remarkable African-American who was a cook on the Southern Pacific passenger trains for more than thirty years. Alan Laird tells a poignant story about his father, Levy Laird, whose ancestors were enslaved persons in Louisiana and his (Levy's) journey from rural Louisiana to become a respected member of the African-American community of Oakland, California.
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- Arrangements for special passenger train movements 1958
- Mail grams and memos concerning requests by clubs for excursions; internal files 1957-1958.
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- Authority for expenditure, Central Pacific Railroad
- Central Pacific files 1950-1951 concerning rail installation; Authority for Expenditure for rail installation, inventory for heat treated rail, various telegrams, hand-written notes
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- Berkeley city attorney report on SP operations
- Report on the operation of the Southern Pacific Co in the city of Berkeley, 1945; legal information
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- Bow View of the Ferry Eureka
- Bow on photograph of the ferryboat Eureka making a crossing.
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- Brochure for the Overland Limited 1930
- 1930 Overland Limited brochure. Barber shop, men's lounge, list of SP representatives
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- Cascade promotional brochures
- Color brochures promoting Cascade 1938-1950
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- Cascades services discontinuance
- Internal memos on schedules, revenues, and costs through 1965
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- Central Pacific Station List, 1879
- The 1879 Central Pacific station list included divisions, subsidiary companies, and steamers.
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- City of San Francisco original articulated M-10004 1936 train set
- Brochure issue in 1936 featuring M-10004 articulated Pullman-built city of San Francisco. Brochure has a floor plan in small format.
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- Color drift control sample of exterior colors for the city of San Francisco, 1944
- Bowles Printing Corporation color drift sample with exterior Harbor Mist Gray, Striping Scarlet, Armour Yellow, Black. Color should be kept in envelope when not being used for comparison. In an envelope with data.
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- Coloring book for the Overland route
- Contains Overland route railroad logos and photos, early 1950s.
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- Commercial response to the termination of Pullman company sleeping car business 1969-1970
- Southern Pacific sleeping car files 1969-1970; Western Carriers meeting in Chicago to discuss sleeping car operations after end of Pullman Co., internal SP sleeping car disposition correspondence.
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