Cotton Belt Locomotives

Strapac, Joseph A.

Shade Tree Books

Southern Pacific Review 1978-79

Joseph A. Strapac

Black and white pictorial commemorating the opening of the California State Railroad Museum and the running of two steam trains up to Sacramento -- one from Union Pacific and one from Southern Pacific. 64 pages.

Western Steam Spectacular!

Southern Pacific Review 1952-82

Fascinating black and white pictorial tracing the the UP/Southern Pacific's participation in the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. Union Pacific sent the SP's famed Daylight locomotive with a full trainload of passengers on a seven week journey from Portland to New Orleans and then home to Cheyenne. This book shows everything from the tuneups and trial runs (and there were some serious problems!) to the joyful run past happy throngs. 64 pages.

New Orleans Steam Spectacular!

Fascinating history of the development of Santa Clara County and its prune and grape industry and the standard and narrow gauge railroads that served it: the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, the Santa Clara &amp; Pajaro Valley Railroad, the Western Pacific, the South Pacific Coast Railroad, the Southern Pacific, and the WP's Feather River Route. Also covered are industrial, military, and amusement railroads. With locomotive rosters. Illustrated with over 400 rare black and white photographs. Includes maps and bibliography. End papers show vintage map of the San Francisco and Santa Fe Railroad. 191 pages.

Prune Country Railroading: Steel Trails to San Jose

Norman W. Holmes

Features the all-time Steam Locomotive Roster of the Southern Pacific and its subsidiaries. Hardbound, 8.5x11, 426 pages, hundreds of photographs and illustrations, bibliography, index, builders' photos, action shots.

Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive Compendium

Science & Math

Timothy Diebert

Technology

Volume 1 in this excellent series focuses on the Southern Pacific's wide range of Fairbanks-Morse diesel locomotives. The author explains why the SP first broke with EMD to purchase the Fairbanks-Morse Train Masters and then covers road switchers, the use of Train Masters outside and inside California, and the renumbering of both the switchers and the Train Masters. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and schematic diagrams. Scarce.

Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Vol. 1: Fairbanks-Morse Locomotives

Detailed history of Southern Pacific's diesel-hydraulic locomotives -- the Krauss-Maffei locomotives (first generation cab and second generation head units) and the Alco hood units. With roster, schematic diagrams, and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos.

Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 2: Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Volume 3 in this series covers cab units built by Electro-Motive that SP used in intercity passenger service, excluding hood units that pulled commuter trains. However, F7 and FP7 units painted in "black widow" freight colors that operated in passenger service are included. The book begins with the debut of the E2A #SF-1 in 1937 and ends with the retirement in 1970-72 of SP's last EMD passenger cab units as Amtrak came into existence. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. 64 pages. Scarce.

Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 3: E-Units and Passenger Fs

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