Important subsidiary and affiliated companies operating on pacific lines before the end of 1929 to carry on specialized phases of the railroads varied transportation services, were. Surviving equipment of southern pacific and its subsidiary. Southern pacific the photography of sp employee bill wolverton vol. The southern pacific company name became available and a new southern pacific company was. Pcm southern pacific daylight cars consist information. If you want a book for sp passenger train research this is not it. However, if you only know the car number, the book lacks a listing by car numbers, which would enable you to find the class to which it belongs. The all time roster of locomotives 27 in total is worthy of a study in and of itself and therefore is not included on this page. The most popular southern pacific ho scale model train passenger cars brands include concor, broadway limited imports, bachmann, walthers mainline, and rapido trains inc. Southern pacific lines coast line division the route of.
Southern pacific passenger cars meet your next favorite book. For the main page, see southern pacific transportation company. He was an avid railroad historian and photography and traveled throughout the western united states. Sp budd 10 rmt 6 dbr on rear end of the southern crescent. Southern pacific in the san fernando valley 18761996. The fifth and final volume of the southern pacific heavyweight and lightweight passenger car fleet.
Diagrams common standard passenger train cars southern pacific lines, as of march 1, 1933 this excellent book contains diagrams of the wood and heavyweight cars up to that time. North east rails sp 9043 as overland rail travel corp. Chicago milwaukee st paul railway 1908 ledger okoboji iowa car service record. The postworld war ii years witnessed one final golden age of streamliners on the southern pacific and the industry in general.
Hobbylinc carries 72 southern pacific ho scale model train passenger cars at discounts up to 70%. Originally posted on 17 jan 2003 this site is best viewed with 1024 x 768 resolution or greater. The name trains weve all known and loved, most with sleek streamlined equipment such as popular vista dome cars, appeared in the 1930s and lasted into the early 1970s. All aboard for walthersmainline ho scale passenger cars. Seventyfive years of progress the southern pacific.
Southern pacific lines coast line division the route of the. Amtrak ran the cars with the kitchen at the rear, but photographic evidence indicates that the sp at least initially ran them with the kitchen in the. Southern pacific ho scale model train passenger cars. Lounge, dome and parlor cars this is the fifth and final volume on the southern pacifics heavyweight and lightweight passenger car fleet. Beside the san joaquin daylight, sps domes saw service on the shasta daylight and, later, the coast daylight.
The book goes into exquisite detail about the history and service life of most of the sps passenger cars. Harold stewart started working for the pacific electric railway before wwii and continued working on the line as it was bought by the southern pacific and the union pacific untill 2002. Heavily illustrated and complete, it covers the production, service history and modifications to wood, heavyweight, and lightweight sleepers and baggagedorms assigned to, or owned by espee. Southern pacific passenger car finder this index covers volumes 1 through 5 of the societys southern pacific passenger car series. Buy products related to southern pacific railroad products and see what customers. Sptc, sptco and spt was established in 1969 and absorbed the southern pacific company, the southern pacific transportation company becomes the last incarnation of the southern pacific railroad. Gilbert had just what they were looking for in the gilbert streamline passenger cars that were included in the northern pacific and southern pacific sets. See our complete train passenger car roster, including southern pacific clover colony, southern railway 3158, and retired lookout mountain incline car. The most popular southern pacific ho scale model train passenger cars brands include broadway limited imports, concor, bachmann, rapido trains inc. Welcome to the passenger car photo index, the best resource on the web for finding north american railroad passenger car photos because of my own interests in passenger trains and their equipment i began compiling this index one.
Built with smaller ho layouts in mind, each car is the correct 85 long, but designed for easy operation on 18 radius curves. This is consistent from what ive read at another web site. Southern pacific passenger trains volume two day trains of the coast line. Whether its a classic diesel streamliner, a modern business train or contemporary fan trip consist, walthersmainline has the passenger cars you need. Volume 5 will cover all the lounge cars, dome cars and. It is a detailed history of dining car service aboard the southern pacific from the. The blurb for that set says it has completely redrawn artwork from rr blueprints, of the lark medallion. As part of southern pacifics passenger retrenchment, the train would be cut back to a houstonnew orleans run in 1958 and discontinued altogether in 1963. Southern pacifics 34length domes streamliner memories. The history of the southern pacific stretches from 1865 to 1998. By david randall and william ross full of official pullman company photos and drawings of passenger equipment. Prepared by john carrol, jeff cauthen and jack herris. A detailed and complete history of the freight and passenger cars of the.
Great deals on southern pacific ho scale model railroad passenger cars. The concorrapido models thus more closely resemble the pullman cnw gallery cars of 195870, which had 8 pairs of windows per side see my streamlined smoothside car web page. As passenger train travel grew in the early 1900s wood passenger cars gave way to heavyweight steel cars as basic as coaches and as elaborate as parlorloungeobservation cars. The first volume in the series is specifically on coaches and chair cars. The southern pacific transportation company initials. Noted rail artist john signor has created for the book the painting shown here, depicting a southern pacific yard scene containing the subjects of this series of books. Southern pacific ho scale model railroad passenger cars for.
Jun 20, 2014 the present post takes up the express box cars. Prior to 1959, mantuatyco had produced aluminum passenger cars but was attempting to transition to more modern plastic cars. Well into the 1950s, the southern pacific operated an extensive fleet of colorful. Heavily illustrated and complete, included in this book. Types and purpose traveling by train dates back to the genesis of railroads when these fledgling operations were still finding their way in a young america. The system was operated by various companies under the names southern pacific railroad, southern pacific company and southern pacific transportation company the original southern pacific began in. As previously mentioned the railroad spent lavishly during this time upgrading its fleet purchasing new lightweight cars from pullmanstandard, diesels from electromotive and alco, and launching new trains including the shasta daylight and the starlight. Southern methodist university degolyer library sp 9043 ps lw 10 rmt 6 dbr. The publication of this historical sketch of the development of southern pacific seems particularly appropriate at this time when the railroads 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 pearl harbor. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. This index covers volumes 1 through 5 of the societys southern pacific passenger car series.
The southern pacific gallery cars of the 1968 order from pullman standard had 10 pairs of windows per side with the end window being halfsize. Southern pacific operated a lot of passenger trains in the 1950s. This site is a list of all the known diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, maintenance of way equipment, and narrow gauge cars which have been acquired by museums or private parties. Southern pacific ho scale model railroad passenger cars. Rail passenger service history pacific electric railway co. Southern pacific lines across texas and louisiana 19341961.
The system was operated by various companies under the names southern pacific railroad, southern pacific company and southern pacific transportation. Also depicted are sp uniforms, dinnerware, stations and terminals, and interior views of cars. It may be used as a finding index to locate a specific car and the particular volume of the series in which that car is discussed. Routledge, 1999, points out the very first passenger cars. Most of the changes from the 1936 timetable to this one from 1954 have to do with streamlining of former heavyweight trains click image to download a 31. Coaches and chair cars hardcover january 1, 2005 by richard k.
Walthers new heavyweight passenger cars painted two tone grey. As john stovers book, the routledge historical atlas of the american railroads new york. Home southern pacific rollingstock types passenger cars southern pacific rolling stock photographic roster reporting marks. Train passenger cars roster tennessee valley railroad. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Find out when each was built, and some interesting facts about these cars. The southern pacific was represented by three railroads. Welcome to the passenger car photo index, the best resource on the web for finding north american railroad passenger car photos. The original company was called southern pacific railroad, the second was called. If you get any sp daylight book, this is the daylight book you want. Southern pacific ads emphasized the cathedrallike lounge rather than the dome. This book provides a coverage that every railroad enthusiast, and of course southern pacific fans in particular, will enjoy. Southern pacific freight car painting and lettering guide. Surviving equipment of southern pacific and its subsidiary lines.
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