Information / Data Pages

Local Documents:

• Southern Pacific Common Standard Plans

• Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes
  • Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes 1937 - 1944
  • Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes 1944 - 1946
  • Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes 1947 - 1956
  • Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes - The Daylights
  • SP/T&NO Road Switcher Tiger Stripe Paint
  • Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes - Golden State
  • Southern Pacific Halloween Paint scheme
  • Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotives Painted in the SPSF Merger Scheme
  • Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes - The Specials

• SP/SSW Special Instructions Placement of Helper Engines

• SP/SSW Air Brake Rules 1987

• Marker Light practice and Rules thereof.

• Southern Pacific Locomotive Nickname List

• EMD Loco Wheelbase and Coupled Length List

• Baldwin Diesel Switcher Summary

• SP/SSW Diesel Class Explanation

• Baldwin S-12 Summary

• HO Scale list of Diesel Locos SP never Rostered

• Jesse Koski's - SP Sugar Beet Gons

• my Selected SP Websites for you to visit

• Yearly Locomotive Rosters - my Roster Index, starts at 1966 to 1996 with gaps.

• Searchable Magazine Article Database SP/SSW/T&NO only - No D&RGW.

• Speed Lettered SP and D&RGW units, with detail variations.

• AAR Car types from Oct 1967 ORER

• AAR Car types from Oct 1989 ORER

Documents found on the Internet at large:

• Rick Blanchard's - N Scale Locos not Rostered by SP

• Rick Blanchard's - Southern Pacific Color Formulas

• David Coscia's - impressive pages of SP Data

• SP "3/4" - length domes built during 1954 and 1955

• SP single track Automatic Block Signaling, by Carsten S. Lundsten.

• Locomotive Gyrating Warning Lights by Steve King

• Railroad Airhorn Guide by Five Chime Consultants

• see W&H NARROW GAUGE LINES: Model Railroads for the rec.models.railroad Scale FAQ

• The History of Cotton Belt Railroad - by Cotton Belt Switchman, Wayne Beck.

• Rick Blanchard's - Railroad Data Index

• Rick Blanchard's - Painting and Weathering Tips Index

• Rick Blanchard's - SP narrow gauge page

• Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society

• Microscale Decals

Websites devoted to Depots - these are usually courtesy the local Chamber of Commerce, so will be of a more general nature. In some cases, RR info may be non-existant in the actual Depot itself.

• Centerville Depot website

• Texas Depot Photo Archive

• South Western & Pacific Headquarters - Depots in Texas

• Northeast Texas Depot Photo Gallery from the North Cherokee Valley HO Scale Model Railroad Club site

• Texas Depots With State Historical Markers

• Danville Depot CA. SP

• Fresno Depot CA. SP

• Lone Pine Depot from Jim Lancaster

see also Depots of the Southern Pacific System

Naturally if you know of a Resource that would be suitable for inclusion here, let me know.