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SPRHC Photographs
Photographs from the Southern Pacific Railroad History Center Collection.
John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library
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- 10,000th New Car Built at Southern Pacific's Sacramento, California Shops
- A photograph of the 10,000th railroad car built at Southern Pacific's shop in Sacramento, California.
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- Amtrak Train Operating Over Newly Installed Crossing Diamonds at Tower 105 in San Antonio, Texas
- A photograph of an Amtrak train operating over newly installed crossing diamonds at Tower 105 in San Antonio, Texas. Southern Pacific's construction crew is waiting in the clear so it can return to work after the train has passed through the area. The photograph was taken by Mike McGinley.
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- Backshops Demolishment Fire at Bakersfield, California
- A photograph of backshops demolishment fire in Bakersfield, California, taken in 1970 by Tom Bethune.
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- Burro Crane Being Used to Offload Ties at Spofford, Texas
- A photograph of a burro crane offloading ties on a train track in Spofford, Texas taken by Mike McGinley.
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- Caboose SP 690 at Burlingame, California
- A photograph of the Southern Pacific wooden cupola caboose SP 690 in Burlingame, California. The photograph shows the newly painted caboose with orange ends.
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- Emergency Repair of Mainline Track with a Sun Kink at Luling, Texas
- Southern Pacific employees, rail, and equipment have been transported to the site of the sun kink so that repairs can be quickly effected.
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- Loading a Derailed Boxcar at Flatonia, Texas
- This photograph depicts an aspect of the activity conducted by Southern Pacific employees and contractors after the derailment of a Southern Pacific train. The reopening of a mainline or branch mainline was paramount after such an event.
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- Meet of SP 7133 and SP 6842 at Bedford Park, Illinois
- Two SPSLC trains meet on trackage owned by the Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) in Bedford Park, Illinois on July 31, 1992. As Southern Pacific owned less than 2,000 feet of trackage in the greater Chicago area, it elected to use the BRC as its terminal in Chicago. The BRC also provided a number of services for Southern Pacific such as cleaning and servicing locomotives and performing air brake tests.
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- Northwestern Pacific Railroad Train Crew Performing Switching Duties at Petaluma, Californa
- The Northwestern Pacific train is operating over former Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad trackage in Petaluma, California.
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- Paving Being Installed in the Street Area of a Former Railroad Crossing in Claremont, California
- Paving being installed in the street area of a former railroad crossing in Claremont, California incident to the abandonment of a portion of a former Pacific Electric Railway mainline.
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- Rehabilitation of a Southern Pacific Lead Track at Sherman, Texas
- This was an ongoing project, and the debris captured in the photograph would be removed when the work was completed.
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- Removal of the Former Southern Pacific Hempstead - Austin Branch Line East of Giddings, Texas
- Removal of track, other track material, and ties from the former Southern Pacific Hempstead - Austin branch line at east of Giddings, Texas.
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- Removal of the Former Southern Pacific Hempstead - Austin Branch Line at Brenham, Texas
- Removal of track, other track material, and ties from the former Southern Pacific Hempstead - Austin branch line at Brenham, Texas.
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