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Title: SP SP 9210E at Sandy Fork Creek, Texas
Date: 1978 - 08 - 19

Title: Setting Molds for a Boutet Weld on Mainline Track East of Ferrum, California
Date: 1976 - 06

Title: Loading a Derailed Boxcar at Flatonia, Texas
Date: 1974
Description: 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.

Title: SP 9210E at Sandy Fork Creek, Texas
Date: 1978 - 08 - 19

Title: SP 3198E ENHOY at College Station, Texas
Date: 1978 - 03 - 03

Title: SP 3334 at Victoria, Texas
Date: 1976 - 12 - 21

Title: Amtrak Train Operating Over Newly Installed Crossing Diamonds at Tower 105 in San Antonio, Texas
Date: 1974, 1975
Description: 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.

Title: Abandonment of Southern Pacific Trackage Between Quinif, Texas and Rosebud, Texas
Date: 1978-07-19
Description: 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.

Title: Southern Pacific Tweedy Yard Office
Date: 1975
Description: Photograph taken by Peter Baumhefner.

Title: Southern Pacific Train and Inspection Car Meet on Southern Pacific's Globe, Arizona Branch
Date: 1974
Description: A local Southern Pacific train and inspection car meet on Southern Pacific's Globe Branch.

Title: Southern Pacific Undercutter and Its Maintenance-Of-Way Crew at Indio, California
Date: 1978 - 10
Description: 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.

Title: Southern Pacific Tie Gang Working with a Scarifier Inserter on the San Antonio Division
Date: 1975 - 03
Description: 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.

Title: Southern Pacific Roundhouse in Bakersfield, California
Date: 1970

Title: Southern Pacific Employees and Work Train at Canoga Park, California Spraying Water on Southern Pacific's Right-Of-Way
Date: 1977 - 02

Title: Southern Pacific Employees Maintaining the Mainline East of Oceano, California
Date: 1976 - 03

Title: Southern Pacific Employee Maintaining the Main Line at Sudden, California
Date: 1975

Title: Work Train SP 6589 on Southern Pacific's Clifton Branch on the Tucscon Division.
Date: 1973 or 1974

Title: Work Train SP 3302 West of Langtry, Texas
Date: 1975 - 02

Title: Track panels being unloaded from SPMW5846 near Waelder, Texas
Date: 1974 - 12

Title: Work Train 4085 at Shiner, Texas with Jordan Equipment Maintaining Ditching
Date: 1974
Description: Work Train 4085 at Shiner, Texas with Jordan equipment maintaining ditching on Southern Pacific's right-of-way.

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