Schedules dated november 16, 1889, no longer listed the name central pacific. The southern pacific was the final unit in ups heritage series of locomotives, and was inspired by the railroad s famous daylight trains, often referred to as the most beautiful trains in the world. Up for auction is the book southern pacific railroad by brian solomon. This book shows the trend toward merger with the santa fe rather than the final outcome. The vaunted southern pacific name carries a complex history although its immediate heritage can be traced back to the transcontinental railroad s completion. Corporation and mighty developer of the great southwest and especially california, have fallen so fast. Southern pacific railroad in eastern texas on apple books.
However, operating in the shadow of giants like the southern pacific, santa fe and the union pacific, the relatively young wp had to work that much harder to survive. Although gregory thompsons book is about passenger trains and buses in california prior to the second world war, his study really is an analysis of the management of three of americas most venerable and visible corporations. For sale and shipped to the lower 48 united states only. Beaumont hill sps southern california gateway 1990. Trains magazine offers railroad news, railroad industry insight, commentary on todays freight railroads, passenger service amtrak, locomotive technology, railroad preservation and history, railfan opportunities tourist railroads, fan trips, and great railroad photography. The level of detail about the southern pacific railroad shops also makes this an excellent reference book and insures its place on the list of important books on railroad history. Central pacific railroad photographic history museum. The program features transportation historian don hofsommer, author of the southern pacific railroad, 19011985.
Although the railroad got off to a good start, a team of magnates, socalled the big four. Sacramento historic southern pacific railroad shops. After completing the central pacific from california to utah in 1869, they started the. This is a great book for people would like historical adventures, especially if you are interested in the history of southern oregon and the railroad in the 1920s. Southern pacific the photography of sp employee bill wolverton vol. Then, in 1906, feeling the need to expand, the southern pacific railroad moved its facilities to roseville where it remains and is still the largest rail yard on the west coast. Southern pacific railroad genealogy familysearch wiki. In the l940s and 1950s, southern pacific was at its zenith, envied by the transportation world for its plant, equipment and strategic dominance of the golden west. Sacramento historic southern pacific railroad shops brought. It was greatly overshadowed by neighboring rocklin, where the southern pacific railroad maintained its roundhouse facilities. For the main page, see southern pacific transportation company. The northern pacific railroad, the sioux, and the panic of 1873 by m. The mighty southern pacific, which controlled the new line from the outset, built south from sacramento along the eastern bank of the sacramento river into the deltas rich farmland area. The western pacific railroad was not the largest of the western classone railroads.
Morning sun southern railway in color vol 2,3, lanierreisweber, hc. It also acquired a reputation, especially in california, as a railroad that people loved to hate. Welcome to the railroad commissary online railroad book catalog. The book will be entertaining to both the casual history reader and hardcore railroad aficionado. The railroad companies subcategory includes not only past and present railroads, but also railroad supplier companies such as car builders and. Brian solomon is one of todays most accomplished railway historians.
Page 115 an act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from lake superior to puget sound, on the pacific coast, by the northern route. The history of the southern pacific hardcover december 2, 1987 by bill yeene author 5. This book presents the complete history of all southern pacific locomotives with ten drivers, the heavy duty workhorse engines found on the railroads entire. However, this particular book in the series lacks a map of the entire southern pacific railway system at its height. It wasnt formed until 1906, with completion in 1909. The southern pacific traces its roots back to the 1860s. Southern pacific railroad, one of the great american railroad systems, established in 1861 by the big four of western railroad buildingcollis p. Download sacramento southern railroad books, the sacramento southern railroad was born into a famous railroad family and a busy railroad town in july 1903. Learn about the triumph and decline of a transportation icon with dr.
Central pacific railroad company was leased to southern pacific company on april 1, 1885, and appeared in the first icc 63088 as a nonoperating subsidiary with 1,356 miles owned. He has authored more than thirty books about railroads and locomotive. These books are the truly basic items for your railroading library. The southern pacific railroad was founded in 1865 by a group of businessmen led by timothy phelps.
It would later operate thousands of miles of track and the telegraph. Southern pacific lines across texas and louisiana 19341961. Pdf download sacramento southern railroad full books. Railroad and train collecting books including history of. Southern pacific railroad company history, southern pacific railroad company, railroads united states history, railroads, united states publisher new york. How could the southern pacific railroad, once the third largest u. The original company was called southern pacific railroad, the second was called. The southern pacific railroad combined with other railroads was part of the second, third, and fourth railroads to offer transcontinental service in the united states and canada. This book, written by brian solomon, is like the others in the railroad color history series. Southern pacific also played an important role in developing the ports of beaumont, galveston, houston, and corpus christi. Solomons book tells the history of the southern pacific railroad with a wealth of pictureslargely color pictures.
Southern pacific in the san fernando valley 18761996. Southern pacific in california by kerry sullivan arcadia. The library welcomes reasonable requests for information. Following the purchase, the southern pacific merged the central pacific. This volume traces the long and colorful history of the southern pacific railroad through nevada and utah, starting with the pioneer central pacific in the 1860s, and continuing on with the vibrant harriman years after 1900, through depression and war, and on into the modern era. Add to cart southern pacifics san joaquin valley line color. This magisterial history tells the full story of the southern pacific for the first time, shattering myths. Founded in 1984, the union pacific historical society uphs is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the history of the union pacific railroad from its beginning in 1862 to the operation as it is today. Any history of the coast line is also in part a history of california, for the railroad and its territory were and are inextricably joined. We appreciate the opportunity to publicize their wonderful work. Southern pacific railroad book by brian solomon history ebay.
The california state railroad museum library became the recipient of a large portion of the official records of the southern pacific. Tulares history southern pacific births a new city by linda ruminer had it not been for the southern pacific railroad, there might never have been a tulare. The southern pacific of mexico, 18801951 hb like new. Southern pacific railroad, one of the great american railroad systems, established in 1861 by the big four of western railroad building collis p.
More than just a railroad, the southern pacific was an empire. When the central pacific cp and union pacific met on may 10, 1869 at promontory summit, utah the west was opened to new means of economic development and settlement, enabling travelers. Southern pacific train videos railroad books for sale. The history of the union pacific railroad stretches from 1862 to the present. Southern pacific railroad american company britannica. From austere western roots, it grew into a farflung railroad of some 17,000 route miles anchored in san francisco but stretching from portland, oregon, to the gulf of mexico. As the central pacific, it bored and blasted its way east from sacramento, across the towering high sierra, meeting with the union pacific at promontory, utah, completing the transcontinental railroad in 1869, and profoundly changing the growing united states. The southern pacific railroad was a major transportation force in northern california and regions of western oregon from its construction beginning in the 1870s. The history of the southern pacific by bill yenne brompton books corp, 1985, railroad depots of southewest ohio by mark j. Learn more about railroad history with this selection of books available in the museum store. The story of how steel rails transformed an isolated ranching and agricultural center into the west. By 1900, the southern pacific system was a major railroad system incorporating many smaller companies, such as the texas and new orleans railroad and morgans louisiana and texas railroad.
The level of detail about the southern pacific railroad shops also makes this an excellent reference book and insures its place on the list of important books on railroad history in sacramento. New complete, downloadable trainline index, issues 17. Arizona hobbies selection of railroad books is divided into three main subcategories to help the customer see all titles available for a specific railroad company, geographic location or subject. The publication of this historical sketch of the development of southern pacific seems particularly appropriate at this time when the railroad s organization has added, in terms of achievement, another outstanding chapter to the history of the road. Settlers were attracted to nearby communities because the railroads provided access to markets. Anschutz controlled the road for 8 years, 19881996, managing to sell off another 1. The tulare area was mostly a barren stretch of land, with only a few hardy settlers, when the central pacific and southern pacific joined forces to construct a rail line through the san.
The email address for the library is csrmlibrary at. Southern pacific freight car painting and lettering guide. Hofsommer discusses the triumph and decline the premiere railroad and discuss some. The system was operated by various companies under the names southern pacific railroad, southern pacific company and southern pacific. Being fascinated by the history of the southern pacific railroad for a great number of years.
It was believed the giant system could raise profits through capacity reductions and more fluid, pointtopoint operations. Southern pacific railroad article about southern pacific. Discover the 20th century history of a transportation icon, the southern pacific railroad, this november 9th, 3pm at the allen public library. The history of the southern pacific stretches from 1865 to 1998. Oct 15, 2012 when it was first coined, the spr stood for southern pacific railroad. After completing the central pacific from california to utah in 1869, they started the southern pacific as a branch line into southern california. The publication of this historical sketch of the development of southern pacific seems particularly appropriate at this time when the railroad s organization has added, in terms of achievement, another outstanding chapter to the history of the road in taking over the office of president on december 11, 1941, four days after the japanese attack on. In 1862, the central pacific and the union pacific railroad companies began building a transcontinental railroad that would link the united states from east to west. In 1883 southern pacific s own tracks connected new orleans, louisiana, to california. I was able to buy all of the books that came into the local hobby shops, but people have been writing about the southern pacific for many years, and what about all those books i knew nothing about. The history of the southern pacific yeene, bill on. Southern pacific was written at a time of merger mania in railroads, just before consolidation with union pacific. Union pacific rail road, union pacific railway, union pacific railroad mark i, and union pacific railroad. The original southern pacific, southern pacific railroad, was founded as a land holding company in 1865, later acquiring in 1885 the central pacific railroad through leasing.
Chapters on the history of the southern pacific stuart. History of the southern pacific railroad november 9, 20. Scott mangold covers the personal background of the brothers deautremont as they plan to rob the southern pacific passenger train at tunnel, killing four people in the process and. I have had an all abiding, life long interest in the southern pacific railroad. This illustrated history traces that development and rise to transportation stalwart beginning.
Signor, well known for his six previous books on western railroad topics and on southern pacific in particular, has included all these aspects of the coast line in this new book. Jan 16, 2019 the book will be entertaining to both the casual history reader and hardcore railroad aficionado. The southern pacific was represented by three railroads. The railroad commissary bookshelf we specialize in outofprint and hardtofind used rr books. When the central pacific cp and union pacific met on may 10, 1869 at promontory summit, utah the west was opened to new means of economic development and settlement. The southern pacific reporting mark sp or espee from the railroad initials sp was an american class i railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated in the western united states. Rail passenger service history pacific electric railway co. Southern pacific railroad book by brian solomon history. For operations of the current railroad, see union pacific railroad.
Why the southern pacific failed texas transportation museum. Huntington, leland stanford, mark hopkins, and charles crocker. Srha does not have any southern railway employee records in our archives. Hofsommer discusses the triumph and decline the premiere railroad and discuss some of its popular routes. The southern pacific railroad is californias railroad. The author wrote only one volume on southern pacifics famous coast daylight, the passenger train th. The big four was the name popularly given to the famous and influential businessmen, philanthropists and railroad tycoons who built the central pacific railroad, c. Railroad retirement board, which you can contact at 844 north rush, chicago, il 60611 312 7514500, or on the web at the u. For many years i tried to acquire as many books about the southern pacific as i could. This book is a photographic record of southern pacific in eastern texas during the 50year period following world war ii to the 1996 merger with the union pacific railroad.
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