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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
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- Southern Pacific Ravenna, California Station
- 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.
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- Southern Pacific Roundhouses in San Francisco, California
- In 1905, Southern Pacific owned and operated two adjacent roundhouses in San Francisco. These roundhouses were subsequently replaced 1906 by the Mission Bay roundhouse in San Francisco. Courtesy David Ramsey Map Collection.
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- Southern Pacific Salinas, California Station
- A photograph of Southern Pacific Salinas, California station taken by Peter Baumhefner.
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- Southern Pacific Santa Susana, California Station
- Southern Pacific Santa Susana, California station. Photo taken by Peter Baumhefner.
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- Southern Pacific Signal Shop at San Luis Obispo, California
- This photo show a group of Southern Pacific employees at the Southern Pacific Signal Shop at San Luis Obispo, circa early 1940s.
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- Southern Pacific Snow Shed Drawings and Related Information
- 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.
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- Southern Pacific Switch Engines 2725 and 2722 at San Antonio, Texas
- Southern Pacific switch engines 2725 and 2722 at work in Southern Pacific's East Yard in San Antonio.
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- Southern Pacific Team Participating in Manufacturers Hanover Corporate Challange - August 19, 1987
- In 1987, Southern Pacific competed in a series of corporate runs with other companies with a presence in San Francisco. Personnel from almost all of the Southern Pacific departments were members of the Southern Pacific team. Not only were the races fun for the participants, but they fostered new relationships within Southern Pacific and with those who worked for other companies in San Francisco.
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- Southern Pacific Tie Gang Working with a Scarifier Inserter on the San Antonio Division
- Southern Pacific tie gang working with a scarifier inserter on the San Antonio Division. This mechanical device dramatically sped-up the removal of existing ties and insertion of new ties in their place.
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- Southern Pacific Train and Inspection Car Meet on Southern Pacific's Globe, Arizona Branch
- A local Southern Pacific train and inspection car meet on Southern Pacific's Globe Branch.
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- Southern Pacific Tweedy Yard Office
- Photograph taken by Peter Baumhefner.
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- Southern Pacific Undercutter and Its Maintenance-Of-Way Crew at Indio, California
- Maintenance of the ballast layer directly below the ties is an essential part of a healthy track structure, as ballast degrades over time and becomes increasingly fouled reducing its ability to drain, provide adequate load bearing support, and withstand vertical, lateral, and longitudinal forces. Southern Pacific used specially trained crews who operated undercutter equipment to restore ballast that had become fouled. The excavated material could either be fully discarded or screened and returned to the track, with only the finer parts of the ballast not being recycled.
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- Southern Pacific Valuation, Station, and Roundhouse Map for Dunmuir, California
- This very detailed map, circa 1917, has been shared by the Shasta Division Archives.
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- Southern Pacific Yard at Yoakum, Texas
- Depicted is the west end of the Southern Pacific yard at Yoakum, Texas.
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- Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt Station Buildings at Corsicana, Texas
- Depicted are the new station building and the former station building undergoing removal at Corsicana, Texas.
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- Southern Pacific and Tijuana & Tecate Railway Motor Cars Meet Near Redondo, Baja California, Mexico
- The Tijuana & Tecate Railway (T&T) connected the western and eastern ends of the Southern Pacific's subsidiary, the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway. The T&T's trackage and facilities were located solely in Mexico, and the T&T was a subsidiary of Southern Pacific until July 1, 1970.
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- Southern Pacific's Miller Yard at Dallas, Texas
- Southern Pacific engineering department staff engaged in an on-the-ground meeting in the vicinity of the south lead track.
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- Work Train 4085 at Shiner, Texas with Jordan Equipment Maintaining Ditching
- Work Train 4085 at Shiner, Texas with Jordan equipment maintaining ditching on Southern Pacific's right-of-way.
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