S-P Trainline

A Publication of the
Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society

Contents for Issues 1-90



  • Issue 90

SP Official Cars Rebuilt From Pullman Observations (Donald Munger)
Southern Pacific Operations in El Paso (John R. Signor)
El Paso Union Depot
Rare Moments (E.J. Gaede, as told to Tom Dill)
Southern Pacific Gallery
Modeling the Espee (Tony Thompson)
The Mail Bag
SP Modeler's Corner -- SD9E Equipped with Icicle Breakers (Dave Maffei)


  • Issue 89

A Study in SP Mountain Operations, Donner Pass in 1953 (Duncan Still)
A Study in Cab-Forward Performance (Duncan Still)
Southern Pacific Fire Trains (Arnold Menke and John Signor)
Modeling the Espee (Tony Thompson)
Oakland Convention Highlights
Southern Pacific Modeling Gallery
Espee Book Shelf
The Mail Bag
The Main Line


  • Issue 88

Fresno Memories (George Thursby)
Calwa Tower (SP Trainline Staff)
Tulare as a Division Point (John Bergman)
25 ft. Square Train Order Office at Famoso (SP Trainline Staff)
Growing Up With Steam in Fresno 1941-1952 (Bruce Heard)
Espee’s Little Giant (Joe Dale Morris)
Modeling the Espee (Tony Thompson)
The Mail Bag
The Main Line


  • Issue 87

The Suntan Special (John Signor)
Santa Cruz in the ‘Forties (Jim Vail)
Facelift for Old Ladies (Tom Dill)
Next Time, Try the Train (John Signor and Steve Peery)
SPH&TS Celebrates 25 Years of Growth (SP Trainline Staff)
Modeling the Espee (Tony Thompson)
The Mail Bag
The Main Line
SP Product Reviews


  • Issue 86

Espee and the Holiday Mail (John Signor)
SP Early Oil Tank Cars (Ed Workman)
Fuel Oil on Locomotives Built 1901-1911 (Arnold Menke)
A Norden Adventure in 1961 (“Photo Bob” Morris)
2005 Convention Highlights (Mike O’Brien)
Southern Pacific Modeling Gallery (SP Trainline Staff)
Modeling the Espee (Tony Thompson)
The Mail Bag


  • Issue 85

A Krauss-Maffei Postscript (SP Trainline Staff)
The Great Transformation: Coal to Oil on the Southern Pacific (Arnold Menke and Larry Mullaly)
Modeling the Espee (Tony Thompson)
The Mail Bag
The Main Line


  • Issue 84

Espee’s First C.T.C. (David Bernstein)
Espee’s Cloudcroft Branch (Vernon J. Glover with contributions by Fred M. Springer)
Photographing the Last SP Steam (Bob Trennert)
From the Mechanical Department (Steve Peery)
Modeling the Espee (Tony Thompson)
The Mail Bag
The Main Line
SP Product Reviews


  • Issue 83

Incident at Salida (Gary B. Jones)
Project 5021 (Bob Trennert)
Espee in the Movies--Union Depot (Les Hammer)
Steam's Last Gasp (Tom Dill)
The Ferrocarril de Nacozari: Southern Pacific's Mexican Orphan (John Kirchner)
SP Product Reviews
Modeling the Espee (Tony Thompson)
Mail Bag

The Main Line


  • Issue 82

Texas A&M University and the T&NO (Joel Rosenbaum)
2004 SPH&TS Annual Convention Highlights
Railroading Through Cemeteries (Frank L. Maffei, assisted by Henry E, Bender Jr.)
One Day in 1937 (Jack Bowden)
From the Mechanical Department (Steve Peery)
SP Product Reviews
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 81

Espee Mainline Steam Operations Yuma to El Paso (A. D. McLennan)
Stockton & Copperopolis Locomotive Roster (Don Ball)
Copper Box Cars (Anthony Thompson)
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 80

Southern Pacific Electrification 1962 - 1972 (John R. Signor)
Southern Pacific’s E7s and How to Model Them (Patrick Bray)
A New Look - SP’s Brief Fling With Speed Lettering (John R. Signor)
Automatic Signals at Tehama (L. V. Parle)
From the Mechanical Department (Steve Peery)
The Motorman’s Chair (James C. Strong)
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 79

War Emergency Caboose Review (Robert Smaus)
Southern Pacific’s 4-8-0s (A. D. McLennan)
Southern Pacific’s Unique Concrete Phone Booths - An SP Distinctive Fondly Remembered (Frank Scheer)
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 78

Tulare Tower in the Spring of 1947 - photos by John Howard Webber, from the Chard Walker Collection
SP Lines Passenger Shed-Storerooms (Henry E. Bender, Jr.)
A Night to Remember - firing on No. 75 (E.J. "Ed" Gaede)
SP Dining Car Recipes
Mountain Mallet Convention Report
The Main Line (news of interest to SP fans)
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 77

Sacramento General Shops-A Brief History (Robert A. Pecotich) (33 pages)
Southern Pacific Gallery (Sacramento General Shops)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 76

Train Nos. 39 and 40, the Imperial (Pat Bray)
The Roundhouse at Colton (John Signor)
East is East and West is West (on train numbering) (Tommy Johnson)
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
Modeling the SP FP7 (Tony Quilici)
Southern Pacific Gallery (the Imperial)
SP Product Review-the Walthers 4-4-2 and 6-6-4 (Don Munger)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 75

The ICTF-Southern Pacific's Container Crossroads (John Signor)
The Kruschchev State Department Special (John Signor)
SP's Doublestack Pioneer (John Signor)
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
Espee and the Movies (Tony Johnson and John Signor)
Southern Pacific Gallery
Mail Bag


  • Issue 74

SDP45s (Joe Strapac)
Notes on Modeling the SDP45 (Richard Percy)
The OWL (Sheldon King)
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
SP Gallery
The Main Line column Lafayette, Louisiana Depot Rebuilt, William Hood Honored
Mail Bag


  • Issue 73

Salt Lake Division Main Line The Steam Years, 1904-1956) (A.D. McLennan)
SPH&TS to Release First Volume in Passenger Car Series A selection of drawings and color/b&w photos
A Tribute to James Lusk An unheralded photographer of SP steam locomotives (R.E. Lohse)
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
Cane Train Louisiana sugar operations on the T&NO (John R. Signor)
The Main Line column (Whittier depot and Brooklyn Roundhouse preservation efforts)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 72

Forty Minutes at Lathrop (Mike Jarel, photos by Robert Hale)
Summers in Yorktown, Texas (Joe McMillan)
The Hito Underpass (Frank Sheer)
Modeling the Espee (Anthony Thompson)
The Main Line column (First passenger train over the Natron Cut-off)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 71 

When the Diesels Came (Bill Pirie)
Pacific Electric Freight Operations (P. Allen Copeland)
The Palmdale Cutoff (John Edwards)
Modeling SP Tank Cars (Anthony Thompson)
The Main Line column (about Tucson Engineering)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 70 

Mojave-The Way it Was (Vincent C. Cipolla)
Southern Pacific Lines Passenger Shelter Sheds (Henry E. Bender Jr.)
Mojave Timeline (John Sweetser)
Bakersfield 2001 (Convention report)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 69 

Sugar Beets and the Southern Pacific (Patrick Bray, beet car information from Tony Thompson)
The Wreck of the Ft. Worth Local (John R. Percival)
U25Bs (Rich Sievers)
A Case of Identity (John Signor)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag
The Main Line column (about SP "Villages" and "Latino SP Laborer Honored")


  • Issue 68 

Chatsworth Memories (R.G. Barton)
System Uniques (Barry Adico)
A Tale of Three Boxcars (Tony Thompson)
The Ups and Downs of Baggage Handling (W.G. Anderson)
Where Did I Get That Dirty Hat? (Tehachapi earthquake) (James C. Strong)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag
The Main Line column (about Carl Rogoza and Dick Buike)


  • Issue 67 

Ennis in the 'Forties (Ralph Essary)
Glendale Depot (Les Hammer)
PE Branch Line Orphan (John R. Signor)
Remembering the Big Red Cars (Jeffrey Moreau)
Pacific Electric RPO Service 1900-1950 (Rod Crossley)
Chronology of Pacific Lines Double Track Installations
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag.


  • Issue 66 

Victoria Division's Steam Era - Part Two (A.D. McLennan)
Three Decades of Southern Pacific F Units (Joe Strapac)
Notes on Modeling Espee F Units (Anthony Thompson)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson).
Mail Bag.


  • Issue 65 

Victoria Division's Steam Era - Part One (A.D. McLennan)
Southern Pacific Lines Telegraph Offices (Henry E. Bender, Jr,)
Wood Chip Cars (Anthony Thompson)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson).
Mail Bag.


  • Issue 64 

Busy Kirk (Jack Bowden).
Dynamometer Car 137 (John Signor and Steve Peery).
SP's ALCo Century-630 Locomotives (Joseph Strapac).
Condensed Perishable, Merchandise and Manifest Train Schedule No. 17 (Files).
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson).
Mail Bag.


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Southern Pacific's Three-Cylinder 4-10-2s (A.D. McLennan).
Southern Pacific's 1960 Winter Olympics Specials (John Signor).
Memorandum on Major Passenger Train Accidents (San Francisco, CA, March 31, 1958).
Notable Southern Pacific Freight Cars (Files).
The Patriarch of SP Clocks(Files).
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson).
Mail Bag.


  • Issue 62

The 72' Harriman Chair Cars(Don Munger).
Dunsmuir Diesel Facility (John Signor, with drawings by Matt Zebrowski)
Rhythms of an Earlier Day LA Industrial District Switching in 1918(Larry Mullaly)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 61

The Shasta Daylight - From Sweetheart of the Northwest to Unwanted Child (Jim Lancaster).
Railway Post Office Cars of the Shasta Route (Jim Lancaster)
Iced and Airless at Cascade Summit (Steve Woodson as told to R. Storla Hewitt)
Mr. Russell takes a trip on No. 10 (Richard Tower Collection)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 60 

Pacific Lines Gas-Electric Cars (Phillips C. Kauke).
Skeletons (Bill Pirie)
Log Reload (Tom Dill)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 59

The Streamlined Golden State (Dennis Ryan and Mike Jarel).
N.B. This article is 37 pages long and constitutes most of this issue
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 58  

Down at the roundhouse: Southern Pacific Engine Service int he Age of Steam (Larry Mullaly)
The Remarkable Oliver Millet (Elmer Lagoria)
SP 2946, the Oliver Millet (Don Munger)
Modoc Line Memories (Joe Rychetnik)
Southern Pacific Lines Standard Depots, Part 2 (Henry E. Bender, Jr.)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 57 

Southern Pacific Lines Standard Depots, Part 1 (Henry E. Bender, Jr.)
The Life-Like Proto 2000 GP20
The Army Cars-SP Baggage Dormitory Cars 3401-3405 (Donald M. Munger and Robert J. Macdonald)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 56 

Tucson:Arizona Division Point Bustles with Activity in the Fifties (John Signor and Robert Knoll)
Southern Pacific Operations in Arizona's Copper Circle (Anthony W. Thompson)
List of Station Buildings, Water & Fuel Stations, December 31, 1882 (David F. Myrick)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)
Mail Bag


  • Issue 55 

SP in the Bayous: T&NO's Lafayette Division in the Forties and Fifties (A. D. McLennan)
Locomotive Assignments, March 31, 1949 (Gordon Y. Mills)
SP Memories (various authors)
Authority (William E. "Cannonball" McGee)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)


  • Issue 54 

The Lightweight Cascade, Two Decades of Operations and Consists (Jim Lancaster)
Cascade Club (Mike Jarel)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)


  • Issue 53 

SP Operations out of Santa Barbara in the 1940s (A.D. McLennan)
Ventura Subdivision Stations
The Art of Ernie Towler (Fred Hill)
Eucalyptus, A Coast Line Tradition (John R. Signor)
How the Mighty Have Fallen: Legendary General Office is Up for Sale (John R. Signor)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson) Ventura Convention Report
Mail Bag and Pacific Electric book review
Mail Bag


  • Issue 52 

Farewell to SP Tower 3; End of an Era at Flatonia, Texas (Robert J. Macdonald)
The Tauchs of Flatonia, a Railroad Family (Robert J. Macdonald)
SP and the Straits of Carquinez; A Brief History of Port Costa and the Martinez Bridge (John R. Signor)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)


  • Issue 51 

Tracy, a True Railroad Town (David J. Welch)
Dieselizing the San Joaquin Daylight (Michael Jarel)
The LifeLike SD9 (Anthony Thompson)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Anthony Thompson)


  • Issue 50 

Ore Only, Return to Ferrum - a look at SP's iron ore train (J. Pat Bray)
A Wild Night on the Ore - A true tale of the rails (I. Fuller Cinders)
The Export Ore on the PE - a personal view (Albert Novak)
Hito Hill (Bill Pirie)
SP's Combination Depot No. 22 - an expanded review (Staff)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)


  • Issue 49 

The Mail Bag Letters from Members
President's Message and Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)
The Sunbeam-T&NO's "Baby Daylight" (James F. Crowe)
The Sunbeam Cars (Don Munger)
SP-izing a Cantilever Signal Bridge (Bruce Petty)
Remembrances of a Fighting Railroad (Richard Steinheimer)
Espee Pacific Primer - An Abbreviated Class History (A.D. McLennan)


  • Issue 48 

The Mail Bag Letters from Members
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
SP's Budd Car (Don Munger)
LA Passenger Pool Assignments (Joe Strapac)
The Wreck at Tortuga (Russell Bates)
SP's Oldest Line (Russell Straw
ACs vs. ACs (Jeff Ainsworth)


  • Issue 47 

The Mail Bag Letters from Members
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
The Automat Buffet Cars (Donald M. Munger)
SP's West Texas Mountain Division (John R. Signor)


  • Issue 46

The Mail Bag Letters from Members
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
The Porter's Lark (David D. Perata)
Mississippi River Transfer (R.C. Watkins)
Bringing in the Daylight (Pierce J. Mullaly)
Pacific Motor Trucking - Part 3 (Tony Thompson)


  • Issue 45

The Mail Bag Letters from Members
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
The Streamliner, SP 1938 and 1941 COSF (Donald M. Munger)
Tragedy at Harney (John R. Signor)
Mr. Russell Was Not Amused The Case of the Modernized Heavyweight Chair Cars (Mike Jarel)
The Holdup of Train No. 36 Elvas Tower
SPH&TS Contributing Members as of July 1, 1995


  • Issue 44

The Mail Bag Letters from Members
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
Pacific Motor Trucking - Part 2 (Anthony W. Thompson)
35 Over Tehachapi (John Parker)
Passenger Train Service (Bruce Petty)
The Toldeo Hauler (Tom Dill)
Toldeo Branch Memories (John E. Davis)
Book Review (Mike Furtney)


  • Issue 43

The Mail Bag Letters from Members
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
Pacific Motor Trucking - Part 1 (Anthony W. Thompson)
SP Station Carrizozo, New Mexico
SP Steam Operations El Paso to Tucumcari (A.D. McLennan)
Book Review


  • Issue 42

A message from the President (Tony Thompson)
YUMA (Michael Jarel)
Four Room Dwelling (Bruce R. Petty)
For Official Use Only (John R. Signor)
The Central Pacific's Rolling Stock from the California Central


  • Issue 41 

Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
Scenes from the Hill (Ernie Towler)
A DAYLIGHT you didn't expect to see (Kenneth G. Johnsen)
A Hot Time in the Old Town (Bill Pirie)
SP'S Back Up Malleys (Bob Turner)
NWP Nostalgia (Tom Dill)
Railroad and the Yuba Railroad (Wendell W. Huffman)
What's New On The SP Roster (SPH&TS files)


  • Issue 40 

Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
THE "ROGUE RIVER" (Tom Dill)
Locomotive Airhorns of the Southern Pacific and Subsidiaries (Carl Rogoza)
Steam Finale on the Ferrocarril del Pacifico (Ron Kuykendall)
Golconda - A very special place (John A. Elliott)
Caliente Helper Station (John Sweetser)
Los Angeles Taylor yard locomotive wash rack (Mike Jarel)
McKittrick McKeen's (John F. Bergman)


  • Issue 39

GS-1 REVIEW (Guy Dunscomb)
A Collection of Enginehouses and Roundhouses - Part 2 (Guy Dunscomb)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
Drumhead-Tailsignes of the Southern Pacific (J. Cauthen, S. Perry, W. Whittaker & F. Hill)


  • Issue 38

Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
Steam Over The Siskiyous (Tom Dill)
SP 72 Ft. Steel Harriman Coach Baggage Cars Class 72-CB-2 As Converted to Coaches and Chair Cars (Donald Munger)
Trainline Author Index (Joseph A. Strapac)
Southern Pacific Lines -Los Angeles Division Assigned Locomotives 1/31/23 & 1/1/31 (Robert E. Smith & Joseph A. Strapac)
Southern Pacific Car Roster part 11 (Fred Hill from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 37

Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
The Nevada Physical Facilities of the Transcontinental Central and Southern Pacific Railroads Part 3 (Donald Storm)
Freight Car Lettering (Tony Thompson)
Sunset Railway (Stan Kistler)
Sun and Darkness in the Siskiyous (Tommy Thompson)
Southern Pacific Car Roster part 10 (Fred Hill from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 36

Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
Behind The Scenes SP Passenger Service Part 2 (Mike Jarel)
PE PCC's-Last Run (Alan Boucher)
A Night's Work (Bill Pirie)
The Nevada Physical Facilities of the Transcontinental Central and Southern Pacific Railroads Part 2 (Donald Storm)
SP Dome Lounge Cars Class 79-DL-1 83-DL-2 (Donald M. Munger)


  • Issue 35 

Behind The Scenes SP Passenger Service Part 1 (Mike Jarel)
The 2-8-0's A consolidation pictorial (Alan Aske)
Southern Pacific Passenger Trains by number (Fred Hill)
Proposed freight station LaBolsa (Jim Downard collection)


  • Issue 34 

Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
Railroading-SP Style (A Fred Matthews Pictorial)
San Joaquin Twilight (Michael Jarel)
Bibliography of the Southern Pacific (Southern Pacific Public Relations, Sept. 1964)
The Nevada Physical Facilities of the Transcontinental Central and Southern Pacific Railroads Part 1 (Donald Storm)
SP Car Roster, Part 9 (Fred Hill from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 33 

Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
August 1953 - T&NO (Ed Workman)
Southern Pacific Passenger Trains by name (Fred Hill)
SP TW-8 (Bill Gruner)
Train Movements - 1940's (C.E. Shifley)
SP Car Roster, Part 8 (Fred Hill, from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 32 

Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
Coos Bay "Hauler" (Tom Dill)
The Daylight Connection Fred Matthews photos (Jim Lancaster)
A Collection of Enginehouses and Roundhouses (Guy Dunscomb)
SP Car Roster, Part 7 (Fred Hill, from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 31 

SP and related railroads NMRA bulletin subjects (Gordon Y. Mills)
Last Train Across the Plain-Steam across Santa Ana Plain-(Steve Donaldson)
Steel Harriman Official Cars-SP 60O1 (Donald M. Munger)
First Daylight Dining Cars-77D10 (Donald M. Munger)
Modeling the Southern Pacific (Tony Thompson)
SP Car Roster, Part 6 (Fred Hill, from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 30 

A Day in the life of a hill engineer-Remotes on Tehachapi (Vince Cipolla)
SP Class M6 and M8 Moguls (Frank Scheer)
Rescue of the 1785 (Frank Scheer)
My affair with the 1785 (John E. Shaw)
Car Roster M of W-Part 5-Jan 56 (Fred Hill from David Garcia Collection)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)


  • Issue 29 

Two S12 Baldwins to Orange Empire Rwy. Museum (Daryl Knapp)
Crossing the Brazos at Richmond (George C. Werner)
Saugus and the "Owl" (Mike Jarel)
Firing on Train 2/671 (Thomas F. Trautt)
SP Diesel Locomotive Chronology, Pacific Lines (1940s 56) (Tony Thompson)
Notices of takeover of EP&SW by SP-1924 (Gene P. Schaeffer Collection)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)


  • Issue 28

Scenic Oregon SP Style-1988 (John Mosbarger)
SP's Ventura Subdivision, September 1941 (A. D. McLennan)
ICTF 1985-89 (David C. Crammer and Bob Green)
The lost 4102s (1928) (T. R. Clute)
Upgrading the 5000s (T. R. Clute)
Southern Pacific's Coos Bay "Owl"1940 53 (Tom Dill)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)
SP Car Roster, Pt. 4 MofW-Jan. 56 (Fred Hill from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 27 

AC Power 1940s-50s (Duncan Still)
SP Heavyweight Sleeper Roster (John Carroll)
SP Stories 1930s-50s (Tyrone Marcucci)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)
SP Car Roster, Pt. 3 MofW-Jan. 56 (Fred Hill, from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 26

Mission Road Coach Yard, Part II-1950s-89 (Mike Jarel)
Tillamook Branch Pictorial 1920s-59 (Tom Dill)
New Boy on the Block-1988 (Robert MacDonald)
A view of Kingsburg-1989 (Mike Anderson)
SP Western Division, November 1909 (Anthony Johnson)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)


  • Issue 25

Mission Road Coach Yard, Part I 1937-50s (Mike Jarel)
Feedwater Heaters on Consolidations-1928 (Duncan Still)
Adventures in the Donner Summit Snowsheds-1946 (Bob Shedd)
A "Breather" to do the job (Paul Mardian)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)
SP Car Roster, Pt. 2 MofW-Jan. 56 (Fred Hill, from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 24

The Bowman DitcherSpreader-1910 (John Shaw)
Northern Nevada Pictorial 1985-86 (Tyron Marcucci)
Sacramento Shops 1863-1990 (Reprint from Sacramento Valley Hist. Railways)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)
SP Car Roster, Pt. 1 MofW-Jan. 56 (Fred Hill, from David Garcia Collection)


  • Issue 23

Three SP Harriman Style Cars 1906-52 (Ken Harrison)
AC9 Builders Photos-1939 (Ed Workman, Joe Strapac)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)
P8 Pacific Photos 1921 (Joe Strapac Collection)
WWII Air Raid/Blackout Operating Instructions 1944 (Joe Strapac Collection)
Common Standards CTC Limit Signs; Trestle Bracing; Speed Signs


  • Issue 22

San Luis Obispo Pictorial 1962 (Ed Workman)
SP Heavyweight BaggageMail Cars 521719 and 504445 (Jim Lancaster)
Common Standards Roadway Signs; Station Layouts; Distance Warning and Stop Signs; Park Fence


  • Issue 21 

Gerber Pictorial 1949-53 (Alan Aske)
Golden State Route Passenger Train Consists 1946-60 (Jim Lancaster)
Texas & New Orleans Passenger Train Operations 1947-71 (Jim Lancaster)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)
Auburn Centennial Train 1988 (Robert Foley)
Breakfast Menu for 1959 Khrushchev Special Train (Eugene S. Martin)
Maintenance of Way Equipment Photos 1971-88 (Eugene S. Martin)
Common Standards Signal Protection Plates; Stock Pen Chutes; Hose Reel and Shelf


  • Issue 20 

The SP in 1950; Locomotives & Passenger Trains (Jim Lancaster)
1950 SP Pacific Lines Heavyweight Passenger Car Roster (Joe Shine)
Photographing Steam on the SP in the Summer of 1950 (Jeremy Taylor)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)
1937 Aerial View of Bakersfield Roundhouse and Yards
Common Standards Paint Colors; Buildings/Fences; Station Signs; Tool House


  • Issue 19 

SP Passenger Train Photos 1932-50 (Jim Scott Collection)
"Daylight" Painted Work Train Photos 1987 (Joe Strapac)
Sixteen SP Business Car Photos 1962-75 (John LaRue Collection)
Modeling the SP (Tony Thompson)
Common Standards Train Bulletin Boards; Station Signals; Facing Point Lock


  • Issue 18

SP Rolling Stock & Equipment Photos II 1912-40s (Phil DaCosta)
AC9 2884s II 1936-55 (Donald Duke)
Friendship Train Rolls-1948 (Reprint from SP Bulletin)
Friendship Train Schedule (Dennis Beeghly)
Camera Car Photo Section 1953-86
Common Standards Embankment for Signal Foundation


  • Issue 17 

SP Rolling Stock & Equipment Photos I 1916-40s (Phil DaCosta)
AC9 2-8-8-4s I 1936-55 (Donald Duke)
Common Standards Highway Crossing Signs & Wig Wags


  • Issue 16

Roseville Pictorial II 1949-58 (Alan Aske)
Los Alamitos Branch 1896-1928 (Steve Donaldson)
Coast Mail Train 1956 (Reprint from SP Bulletin)
Common Standards Overhead Impaired Clearance Indicator


  • Issue 15 

Roseville Pictorial I 1949-58 (Alan Aske)
SSW's ex-CRIP Snowplows 1980-86 (John Shaw)
Early TOFC Photos-1953 (Joe Strapac Collection)


  • Issue 14 

SSW/SP American Flyer Cars II 1937-64 (Jim Lancaster)
SP in Action NorthSouth Photo Album 1930s-50s (Jim Scott Collection)
Camera Car Photo Section 1937-42
Common Standards Safety Lock


  • Issue 13

SP 1171 to California RR Museum 1984 (Bob Church)
San Luis Obispo Pictorial II 1953-56 (Rod Crossley)
Train Primer 1950s (Reprint of SP Brochure)
L. A., Map V 1919 (Joe Strapac Collection)
Steam Operated, Diesel Fueled Relief Crane List/Photos 1943-56 (Joe Strapac)


  • Issue 12

SSW/SP American Flyer Cars I 1937-64 (Jim Lancaster)
San Luis Obispo Pictorial I 1946-56 (Rod Crossley)
L. A. Map IV 1919 (Joe Strapac Collection)


  • Issue 11 

El Paso Pictorial 1947-52 (Gordon Mott)
Depot Photos 1975 N. Metcalf (Ernie Towler Collection)
Camera Car Photo Section 1962-85


  • Issue 10 

Ocean Wharf and Depot at Newport Beach 1888-1939 (Steve Donaldson)
Lost Steam Locomotive; 1880, 1985 (Joe Strapac)
L. A. Map III 1919 (Joe Strapac Collection)
Camera Car Photo Section 1945-53


  • Issue 9 

Steam Locomotive Air Conditioning 1941-52 (Arnold Menke & Lewis Harris)
Steam Locomotive Tender List 1949 (Joe Strapac)
Maintenance of Way Photos 1968-69 (Gene Martin)
The Friendly Rattlesnake-1940s (Bill Fisher)
T&NO Lightweight Passenger Car Roster (Joe Strapac)
L.A. Map II 1919 (Joe Strapac Collection)


  • Issue 8 

SD&AE Steam Locomotives III 1907-51 (Allen Copeland & Joe Strapac)
Through Carriso Gorge, SD&AE III 1957 (Reprint from SP Bulletin)
Train Number Indicators 1909 (Joe Strapac Collection)
L.A. Map I 1919 (Joe Strapac Collection)
Camera Car Photo Section 1944-1981; SP Steam on Display-1984


  • Issue 7 

SD&AE Steam Locomotives II 1907-57 (Allen Copeland & Joe Strapac)
Under Two Flags, SD&AE II 1957 (Reprint from SP Bulletin)
Steam Loco Tenders in Maintenance of Way Service 1975-80 (Arnold Menke)
Toledo Hauler 1984 (Lee Temple)
Case of the Missing Maintainer-1943 (Bill Fisher)


  • Issue 6 

SD&AE Steam Locomotives I 1907-51 (Allen Copeland & Joe Strapac)
Impossible Railroad, SD&AE I 1907-57 (Reprint from SP Bulletin)
Railroading Under the Roof 1921 (Reprint from Scientific American)


  • Issue 5 

Outfit Cars 1940-83 (Bill Fisher)
Night Call on the Hill 1960 (Bill Fisher)
San Joaquin Division 1895-1983 (Marvin Cole)
Questions and Answers* (Don Meline)


  • Issue 4 

SPECIAL ISSUE: The Berkshires 1945-51 (Bob Church, Joe Strapac, Arnold Menke & Al Phelps)


  • Issue 3 

SW1 Switchers 1939-81 (Richard Fischer)
Locomotive turning facilities list 1883-1947 (Dennis Beeghly)
Questions and Answers (Don Meline)


  • Issue 2 

Steel Caboose Roster II 1959-80 (Joe Strapac)
PFE Roster 1900-71 (Don Meline)
Loner on the Hill 1951 (Ernie Towler)
Questions and Answers (Don Meline)


  • Issue 1 

Steel Caboose Roster I 1937-67 (Joe Strapac)
Horse Express and Baggage Mail Cars 1936-71 (Steve Peery & Joe Shine)
Daylight painted steam locomotive photos 1937-71 (Joe Shine & Don Meline)
Questions and Answers (Don Meline)
Pocket Roster Books (Don Meline)


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