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Southern Pacific Company Equipment Circular No 14 1946 Reprint
Southern Pacific Company Equipment Circular No 14 effective June 2 1946 REPRINTED by special permission
Soft Cover
171 pages
Copyright 1972
CONTENTS
Introduction and Acknowledgment4
Instructions6
Dining Car Service8
Observation and Lounge Car9
Parlor, Reserved Seat and Abbreviations11
OVERLAND ROUTE
Trains 21-22(Pacific Limited)12
Train 1/22(Advance Pacific Limited)16
Trains 23-24(San Francisco Challenger)17
Train 3/24-22(Pacific Limited)25
Trains 25-26(Fast Mail and Passenger)28
Trains 27-28(San Francisco Overland Limited)30
Trains 101-102(City of San Francisco)36
SHASTA ROUTE
Trains 11-12(Cascade)48
Trains 13-14(Beaver)54
Trains 17-18(Oregonian)60
Trains 19-20(Klamath)65
Trains 59-60(West Coast)70
Trains 327-328(Shasta)80
Trains 329-330(Rogue River)81
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY LINE
Trains 51-52(San Joaquin Daylight)85
Trains 53-54(Sacramento Daylight)85
Trains 55-56(Tehachapi)92
Trains 57-58(Owl)94
COAST LINE
Trains 69-70(Coaster)98
Trains 71-72(Passenger)102
Train (Advance Lark)104
Trains 75-76(Lark)108
Trains 77-78(Del Monte)114
Trains 96-97(Noon Daylight)116
Trains 98-99(Morning Daylight)121
SUNSET ROUTE
Trains 1-2(Sunset Limited)127
Trains 5-6(Argonaut)134
GOLDEN STATE ROUTE
Trains 3-4(Golden State Limited)141
Trains 43-44(Californian)148
Trains 47-48(Mail and Express)157
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC
Trains 3-4(Passenger)159
SAN DIEGO AND ARIZONA EASTERN
Trains 362-363(Passenger)161
SOUTHERN PACIFIC OF MEXICO
Trains 9-10(El Costeno)163
Trains 11-12(Passenger)167
INTRODUCTION
Most people take the daily routine of passenger train operation for granted, never really knowing more than - one buys a ticket and rides a train. That was really the easiest part for railroads, for it was the end product. The hardest part was to coordinate equipment and reservations through the individual departments concerned, as well as other railroads and the Pullman Company. To do this monumental task a railroad had to have a set of procedures or standards that would govern the daily operation of passenger trains and on which everyone involved could rely.
Southern Pacific's Equipment Circular was such a document. Known as the "Bible", it guided the overall operation and handling of passenger trains and through cars on their system. This was used by everybody who had anything to do with passenger trains. For instance, coach-yard personnel would use this for making up their daily trains. It told them what type of cars to use, where to place them in the consist and what loading numbers to apply. If a certain type of car in train assignment was out of service or not available, it was the duty of these people to immediately inform the Passenger Traffic Department of the situation so corrective action could be taken. The Traffic Manager would in turn notify, either by telephone or wire, all Ticket Agents that there was a change in train "x's" makeup. This was a must, for if these people were not informed they would sell space which was not available and create a multitude of problems and a lot of angry passengers.
This Circular was also used by the Dining Car Department and gave them the means to estimate how many passengers would be on any given train and how many days it would be enroute so they could supply crews and stock food accordingly on their Diners, Coffee Shop and Lounge Cars.
The Passenger Traffic, Motive Power and Operating Departments used this in making up engine and train crews, schedules and supplying motive power. The Pullman Company used this in supplying the various types of Sleepers and crews as requested.
Station Masters and Train Agents used this as a guide to locate trains on tracks sufficient to handle their size, also to spot cars that were to be added to arriving trains. This also told them where to break up the train or remove cars.
Of course, this was used by every Ticket Agent as their authority to sell and assign space. It told them what space to sell and what to do with unsold space.
This Equipment Circular gave everybody a total picture of the number of engines, cars and trains in operation and their consist on any given day.
This will enlighten many to some of the complexities involved in the day-to-day operation of passenger trains.
For the historian, this publication will be of great value in supplying background information on procedures used in the sale and assignment of space on passenger trains and a behind the scene look at the operation.
For rail buffs it will bring back many good memories of the once famous "name trains" that graced our land and allow many to identify equipment in their photo collections.
Model railroaders now have a "Bible" for passenger train operation. This text contains the information necessary to make up exact consists. It also gives a host of other items like train and car identification, Diner, Lounge and Parlor car operation, terminal points, types of equipment, return assignment numbers, car capacity, ownership and through train assignment to other railroads. This gives a model railroader an excellent opportunity to operate passenger trains to the zenith of prototype standards.
Finally, this is a basic research tool and will allow many to gain in their knowledge and we are all indebted to Southern Pacific for making this volume possible.
Richard K. Wright Oakhurst, California 1972
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