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Passenger Car Reference pages:

My references are limited to mainstream hobby magazines, so this listing will never be comprehensive or exhaustive.



Passenger Car Data:

SP classified passenger cars by their length, their service and by their order number. ie. 79-DL-1 - the length was of the passenger compartment only and did not include the vestibules if any or the diaphragms. The letters denoted which service they were in, ie. DL is a Dome-Lounge.

Examples:

  • ACM = Articulated Chair Car - Men
  • ACW = Articulated Chair Car - Women
  • AD = Articulated Ding Car
  • ADL = Articulated Dining-Lounge Car
  • B = Baggage Car
  • BD = Baggage-Dormitory Car
  • BP = Baggage-Postal Car
  • C = Coach Car
  • CB = Chair or Coach-Baggage Car
  • CBP = Chair-Baggage-Postal Car
  • CC = Chair Car
  • C3C = 3 Compartment Coach Car
  • IC = Interurban Coach ? more usually known as Commute Coach or more commonly known as a Sub (Suburban ?)
  • D = Dining Car
  • DL = Dome-Lounge Car
  • L = Lounge Car
  • MLC = Multi-Level-Commute Coach Car
  • P = Parlor Car
  • PR = Parlor Car
  • PRO = Parlor Observation Car
  • O = Observation Car
  • T = Tavern (Lunch-Counter) Car

Other websites dealing with SP passenger cars


Books:

  • Southern Pacific Daylight Train 98/99 - by Richard K. Wright
  • Southern Pacific Passenger Trains Volume.1 Night Trains of the Coast Route - by Ryan/Shine
  • Southern Pacific Passenger Trains Volume.2 Day Trains of the Coast Line - by Ryan/Shine
  • Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume.1 Coaches and Chair Cars - by The Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
  • Southern Pacific Passenger Cars Volume.2 Sleepers and Baggage-Dorms - by The Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
  • The Ghost Trains of Southern Pacific's Overland Route, (Train 21/22) Randall E. Cape and Robert G. McKeen
  • The Sunset Limited, Michael Jarel, Dennis Ryan and John C. Signor
  • Common Standard Passenger Car Diagram Book, Revised March 1. 1933 - by The Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
  • Southern Pacific Car Roster, JANUARY 31,1956 - by The Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
  • Common Standard T&NO Passenger Car Diagram Book-1948 - by The Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
  • Common Standard Rail Motor Cars Diagram Book-1937 - by The Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
  • Rail Passenger Service History of Pacific Electric Railway Co., NOVEMBER 1973 - by The Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
  • Commom Standard Passenger Train Cars, Southern Pacific Electric Lines, 1924 - by The Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
  • The Domeliners by Dorin
  • Commuter Railroads by Dorin
  • Passenger Train Consists 1923 -1973 - by David Wayner
  • Southern Pacific Passenger Train Consists and Cars 1955-1958 - by Harry Stegmaier
  • Complete Roster of Heavyweight Pullman Cars - by Wayner Publications
  • Historic Southern Pacific Cars - by Robert Wayner (thick, no date)
  • Historic Southern Pacific Cars - by Robert Wayner (thin, no date)
  • Official Pullman Standard Library, vol. 5, Southern Pacific Pre-War Cars - by David Randfall & Ross William
  • Official Pullman Standard Library, vol. 6, Southern Pacific Post-War Cars - by David Randfall & Ross William

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