my ESPEE MODELERS ARCHIVE

California's Railroad to the U.S. 1861 - 1996

- Southern Pacific / Cotton Belt / T&NO-
- Maintenance of Way Equipment Index -

Maintenance of Way equipment can be considered to be any piece of equipment that is not 'Revenue' equipment; that is, it is not directly involved in carrying or hauling something for a profit. Although ultimately everything about the Railroad was used to make money.

Shop Switchers were part of the MoW pool:

• Southern Pacific 'Shop Switcher' Steam Locomotive

• Los Angeles General Shops - shop switcher

Later diesels were also used as Shop Switchers:

• TNO #11 an SW1 was transferred to the MoW pool

• as was SP SW1 #1005 as SPMW #566

• Cranes/Wreckers

• Scale Test Cars

• SPMW Tank Cars

The snowfighting equipment was probably the most well known:

• Flangers

• Rotary Snowplows

• Rotary Snowplow Snails

• Snowcats

• Jordan Spreaders

Vehicles figured prominently in SP's inventory:

• Assorted Southern Pacific MOW Vehicles

But there were many other items, some eclectic:

• Southern Pacific exFairbanks-Morse Train Master - Brake Sled Info Page

and some which are linked here, because while not officially listed as MoW equipment, they probably should have been:

• Southern Pacific Repeater Air Cars
  • Southern Pacific Repeater Air Car Detail images

• Southern Pacific Camera Car ex Krauss-Maffei ML-4000

• AAR type Detector Car and Trailer

• SP Track Geometry Car GC 1

References:

• Southern Pacific Lines Maintenance of Way Equipment by Bruce Petty