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.
This more than 300-page document consists of four parts. Part one consists of a reprint of the "Trainmen's Agreement," which became effective December 16, 1939. Part two consists of the "Mileage and Hourly Limitation Agreement" and the "National Consolidated Vacation Agreement." Part three provides copies of "Memorandums of Agreement," "Interpretation Settlements," and "Letters of Understanding." Part four lists "Local Agreements" for Southern Pacific divisions and seniority districts. Subsequent supplementary documents are also included. This document was reprinted on March 1, 1951.
Southern Pacific Directory of Forest Products, Pulp and Paper Industries served by Southern Pacific and Short Line Connections in Oregon (In the Territory North of Klamath Falls and Siskiyou).
A photograph of Southern Pacific Ravenna, California station by Peter Baumhefner. The station closed prior to 1965, and the photograph shows it in the process of being dismantled.
Southern Pacific snow shed drawings and related information for the construction of Southern Pacific's snow sheds in the Central Sierra in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are changes to certain of the specifications after inspection of construction of the snow sheds. The original designs, field inspections, and modifications were conducted by Southern Pacific engineering staff headquartered at Sacramento, California.