Wx4 Southern Pacific Pages


	Wx4 Southern Pacific Pages
		Last Update 4-7-2023 New Items Geographic Locations, incl. NWP, P&SR Right-of-way & structure drawings Collected Misc. Document PDF's Maps and Timetables Rule Books Train Orders, DTC SP Railroaders' Pages War Stories Locomotives SP steam loco appliances drawings (120 +-) Passenger Trains & Equipment Freight & M/W Miscellaneous Photos Advertisements & Misc.Documents Selected Readings on Bay Area SP

mGeographic Locations
See also: **Maps section, below and our extensive Maps & Timetables Pages Coast / Western Divisions Engineering Drawings Coast Division Misc. Photos (originally posted on 2021 front page ^4-5-2023:Coast Division Misc. Photos, Part 2 (originally posted on 2022 front page) ^{Items, 4-5-2023:}San Jose & Santa Clara Valley San Francisco San Francisco Peninsula Depot Photos Headend trip, 1972 The Last Steam-Powered Peninsula Commute (you say 1957? Wrong!) A Turntable and Its Turn-back Trains , Turn of the 20th Century Palo Alto ¹Castroville 1974 and a hyndred years earlier Monterey Branch (part of** Del Monte series) Events in Early Alameda County, CA Railroad History: CP & predecessors, 1861-1873 Niles Tower & Environs; two pages Altamont Pass, 4-6-6-2's ^4-6-2023:Fresno Yard, c1910 - B&W postcard colorized by Wx4; it turned out prety good Post-Flood on Southern Pacific at Bay Point (Port Chicago), California, 1911 Roseville Yard & RH, 1910 photo West (Sacramento) Valley Line SP Train # 308 w/ Engine #1714 at Willows, California, 1910-11: Online archaeological investigation determines the "four W's" of a classic old photo of the Hamilton City mixed The "Beets" Beat the Fog at Hamilton City: a "double-ended beet train on the branch in 1991; how it worked; bonus! - Holly Sugar ex-SP Alco S6 Donner Pass Part 1, 1975 Preamble Express, Donner Pass, 1975 Part 2, 1980 Trackside from Eugene Through the Cascades to Donner and Beyond - a Wx4 friend's photo xxxxxxxessay of his April, 1969 trip through the Cascades & Sierras (this page originally appeared in 2018, but the link to it inadvertantly never made it to this index until now. Drat.) Modoc Line: Likely Loop and Lakeview Local, 1974 Lake Railway at Lakeview, Oregon, 2012 Tule Lake, 1983xxxxx SP Northwest (N.CA & OR) Photos, Part 1 Photos, Part 2 Shasta Route Public Timetables - printable PDF's July 24, 1926 (prior to opening of Natron Cut-Off; includes system timetable; 7 PDF pgs.) May 21, 1927 (after opening of Natron Cut-Off; includes system timetable; 7 PDF pgs.) Sept. 15, 1929 (Pullman service on the new Modoc Cutoff; 8 PDF pages) July 5, 1938 (6 PDF pgs.) August, 1940 (includes system timetable; 24 PDF pgs.) A Triple Meet at Hornrook, c.1912 Brooklyn (Portland, Oregon) Roundhouse turntable replacement, 1925 - photos Canby Oregon, 1974 Oregon Short Line 4-6-0 #800 on train #20, Roseburg, Oregon, ca. 1910-1913 Oregon Short Line 4-6-0 #800 at Roseburg, Oregon, ca. 1910-1913 Nevada, Carlin & Wells Ogden,1969 (part of Mail & Express series) ^4-6-23:The Riverside Local in 1993 - photos by Steve Donaldson Tucson Division, Carrizozo Sub ^9-29-22:Jawbone Dispatching Comes to Tucumcari; many pages of illustrated war stories! new Tucumcati Yard map and employee photos Santa Rosa, N.M. Work Train (part of the above)
Northwestern Pacific / Petaluma & Santa Rosa "N.W.P. Farewell Excursion!!"; 1941 Farewell to Marin Electric Lines @ Willits, CA 1966-1970: NWP & CWRy; include photos of later Permante Local (Santa Clara Valley) power, SP nos. 2719, 2720 & 2742 photo: SP X2742W on Cordelia Hill, 1966, loco went on to a decade pulling The Permanente Local in 1970
mTrain Orders, DTC & Movement of Trains
see also our *Rules & Rulebooks page - muchas* SP Steam's Last Summer at Niles Tower Last SP Standard Gauge Steam Revenue Freight Train, 12-30-57 Train orders Story, including 2nd-to-last SP steam excursion Note: a more extensive index of the following can be found HERE. A Train Order Primer: many pages Direct Traffic Control Explained A Circular of the Times I: The passing of the 40 ft. boxcar A Circular of the Times II: Roseville Herder Jobs Abolished ^4-6-23:Newfangled Signals on Southern Pacific**
mSP (& some Amtrak) War Stories
Commute GP9 3187 - "A Swing and a Miss: musings about Caltrain's 1982 paint scheme, Governor Medfly & B.F. Biaggini" The Last Steam-Powered Peninsula Commute (you say 1957? Wrong!) E.O. a 'Bo? Oh No! a nostalgic, but uncomfortable, last trip to Ashland Braking in a Topsy-Turvey World Tickets...PLEASE! The Leaning Tower of Newhall A Switchman's Swan Song A Short Tale The Most Absolute of Absolute Signals Close Call at College Park Yard A Close Call at Wilmington How I Came to Embrace Direct Traffic Control How to Get By A Red Automatic Interlocking Signal Using Rule 663bs A Puzzling Day at Bayshore, featuring totally unreliable info from a switchman Lettuce Make the Best of It! GP40X's and Farm-Fresh Produce Delivery [10-2013: photo link now fixed] Take a Ride on Southern Pacific's OALAC! [Oak-SJ leg,1980]
mLocomotives
(see also: Geographic Locations, Above) Early San Francisco Bay Area Locomotive Rosters Revisited - San Francisco & Oakland, San Francisco & Alameda, San Rafael & San Quentin revised rosters plus Los Angeles & San Pedro 2nd loco origin clarification - includes extensive notes ^{SP Steam locomotive rosters for 1935 and 1942} ^4-6-2023:^{SP Steam in the Post-Season - photos of post 11-30-1956 active engines} ^{Commute engines used in freight & through passenger service, month of September, 1963}^mmmmmmmmmm^{testimony before CA PUC by SP for Commute fares incresse} *motor car madness* - a collection of material related to gas-electric motor cars, mostly SP, mostly Mckeen;^:now includes the Mckeen Motor Train! and SP Mckeen roster docs ^4-5-2023:Peninsular Railway: A Biography of a Humble Litte Line Car - log book of car #14's activities, circa WWI Operators' Manuals Instructions to Engineers on Gas-Electric Rail Motor Cars (SP manual) ---particulars of 1930 Pullman / Electromotive cars #SP3 - #SP6 1949 EMD On the Road Trouble-Shooting 1961-06 ALCO RS-32 & RSD-33 - the RSD-33 never was produced, but the ---10 SP RS-32's were a staple of Central CA locals in the 60's & 70's Steam Locomotive Blueprints - rescued by Bayshore Machinist Fred Boland - about 120! Southern Pacific's Early Remote Control Locomotive Tests, 1961-65 ^4-5-2023:Historic SP Bloody Nose diesels congregate at W. Oakland, 1959 - don't miss the details! Commute GP9 3187 - "A Swing and a Miss: musings about Caltrain's 1982 paint scheme, Governor Medfly & B.F. Biaggini" ^4-7-2023:SP Fairbanks-Morse Photo Gallery - H12's & T-M's F7A #6436 in 1968-69 FP7 #6462, system unique E7A #6003, the last one, 1968 E9A #6051 at Dunsmuir, 1990's, North Bank Fred photo GP35 #6666, The Devil's Own GP40X - photos & related stories Lettuce Make the Best of It! Take a Ride on Southern Pacific's OALAC! [Oak-SJ Leg,1980] ^4-6-2023:A hot move on the Peninsula - RS-32 fire at Mountain View, 1974 Re Railing the 3029 Krauts & Alcohaulics Alco DH-643 Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 photo: SP X2742W on Cordelia Hill, 1966, loco went on to a decade pulling The Permanente Local in 1970 SP Train # 308 w/ Engine #1714 at Willows, California, 1910-11: Online archaeological investigation determines the "where and when" of a classic old photo of the Hamilton City mixed train, as it turns out Oregon Short Line 4-6-0 #800 on train #20, Roseburg, Oregon, ca. 1910-1913 4-6-6-2's on Altamont Pass SP 4-4-0 #21 at Castroville c1875, parlor photo - bottom of page The "roundhouse corollary" of the third law of thermodynamics: SP mountain 4315 takes a nosedive 4449 and the Freedom Train San Francisco, 1976 San Jose, 1976 Preamble Express, Donner Pass, 1975 Locomotive Ratings Coast Div. 1910 Coast Div. 1923 Western Div. 1937 Niles Sub, 1947 Alien Visitors to San Jose Part 1 Part 2 Final SP Peninsula Commute Fleet Roster - 1980 The Last Steam-Powered Peninsula Commute (you say 1957? Wrong!) Last SP Standard Gauge Steam Revenue Freight Train, 12-30-57 Train orders Story, including 2nd-to-last SP steam excursion SP locos in manufacturer's ads Baldwin VO-1000 Alco S-2 Alco S-2		steam blueprint rescued by Fred Boland (click on above for a larger image)
mPassenger Trains & Equipment
See also our Maps & Timetable Pages; Misc. Documents Page Mail & Express Coast Mail, 1964 SP & REA head end cars City of SF & Ogden Page 1 City of SF & Ogden Page 2 Coast Daylight Gallery Page 1 Page 2 Del Monte San Jose Metamorphosis The Last Saturday Misc. & Monterey Branch Timetables, Maps Ads Oregon Short Line 4-6-0 #800 on train #20, Roseburg, Oregon, ca. 1910-1913 Commute Trains Gallery 1 Gallery 2 Southern Pacific's Evening Commute "Fleet" at Third & Townsend Sts. 1969 Southern Pacific's Evening Commute "Fleet" at Visitation, 1969 SP's Commute Centennial 1864-1964 - public relations pamphlet PDF Final SP Peninsula Commute Fleet Roster - 1980 The Last Steam-Powered Peninsula Commute (you say 1957? Wrong!) 2nd-to-last SP steam excursion Commute Cars Subs, Harrimans Gallery cars Private Cars *SP 150, Sunset* Plans**
mFreight & M/W
MW equipment and folks pages, including Southern Pacific Snow Service Last SP Standard Gauge Steam Revenue Freight Train, 12-30-57 Train orders Story, including 2nd-to-last SP steam excursion The passing of the 40 ft. boxcar SP freight equipment in manufacturers' ads: 1924 Ralston Steel Car Company, stock & gondola cars Take a Ride on Southern Pacific's OALAC! [Oak-SJ leg,1980]
mSelected Readings About SP in the San Francisco Bay Area
Southern Pacific's Coast Line (1994), Southern Pacific's Coast Line Pictorial (1999) and Southern Pacific's Western Division (2003), by dedicated SP historian and man-of-many-talents John R. Signor (Signature Press, pub.); much info on Wx4 is gleaned from his writings. All are in print.
Southern Pacific Bay Area Steam, by Harre W. Demorrow (Chatham Publishing, 1979, out of print); a fine picture bookwith many early photos, including ferries and NWP. Prune Country Railroading, by ex WP Engineer Norman W. Holmes (Shade Tree Books, 1985, out of print); Wx4 depends heavily upon this excellent resource on all Santa Clara Valley railroads (excluding electric). Tracks, Tires and Wires, by Charles S. McCaleb (Inreurban Press, 1981, out of print); a thorough history of SP's Peninsular Railways interurbans in the Santa Clara Valley, plus local streetcars and bus lines. His earlier The San Jose Railroads Centennial 1868-1968 (Local History Studies, Foothill Jr, College District, 1968) is a very rare spiral-bound booklet covering the same topic. When Steam Ran in the Streets of San Francisco, by Walter Rice & Emiliano Echeverria (pub. 2002 by Harold E. Cox, 80 Virginia Terrace, Forty Fort PA 18704, in print?); a fascinating, absolute-must-have, sleeper of a book that covers the Ocean View Line, amongst many others. Peninsula Service, by Fred A. Stindt (The Wesstern Railroader, Issue No. 213, July 1957; reprinted 1967? out of print) The standard reference for vintage SP commute service info. History of the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad, by Loius Richard Miller (MA Thesis, San Mateo Jr.College, June 1941) So far, still the definitive work on the SF&SJ. Click title for online link.

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