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Southern Pacific Rails a Motive Power Finaleby Limas Crammer Euduly Johnson SMed
Southern Pacific Rails a Motive Power Finale by Peter Limas, Dave Crammer, Kevin EuDaly, Tim Johnson, Steve Smedley
Hard Cover
160 pages
Copyright 1998
CONTENTS
The Golden State6
A Decade of New Power30
The SPCSL54
Huntington Beach70
ICTF76
Merger82
Farwell, Friendly92
Locomotive Roster 99
Dispositions138
Roster at a Glance160
INTRODUCTION
This book documents the various operations, physical plant, and locomotives of the Southern Pacific, and presents other interesting facts in the context of the present as well as the past. This work covers segments of the railroad which have previously been overlooked. Though the Southern Pacific has become well-known by such locations as Cajon Pass, Donner Pass, Tennessee Pass, and the route through the Tehachapi Mountains, for the most part this book will shy away from those popular areas.
There are many hidden gems which can be discussed at length in chapters of future works. Those popular locations will eventually see some print in future issues as they are intermixed with many lessor known locations.
With the takeover of the beloved "Friendly," it will become increasingly important to shoot various trains, units, and structures before they are UP-ized in the coming years. The change over process that will take place across the system should be documented. In other words put everything on film; it's gonna be worth something in a few years. Historical aspects are believed to be the primary key to these books.
This book covers some parts of the Southern Pacific, the Golden State Route, the SPCSL, a day at ICTF, and a local operating on the Huntington Beach branch. There are the traditional chapters such as the merger with the Union Pacific and the locomotive
acquisitions from 1986 to present. The roster was fairly simple to organize but the retirements were difficult to piece together. The Southern Pacific was and is notorious for issuing disposition dates when it was convenient for a clerk or lessor. In many cases dates were obviously wrong, resulting in a generalization for the given locomotive.
The Southern Pacific was and is many things to many people. It has had a number of personalities. Consider northern California, where six- and seven-unit lashups of SD7's and SD9's put forth a monstrous crawling effort regularly on the tremendous grades north of Willits. This is an entirely different SP from the high-speed routes across the desert southwest and on the rebuilt ex-Rock Island Golden State.
With a route-map that stretched from Los Angeles and Portland east to Chicago and New Orleans, the "Friendly" covered vast quantities of real estate. Among the well-known personalities of the SP are the battles with snow over Donner Pass, monstrous drag freights with a long string of locomotives up front, and their common black paint scheme - the one where everything is obliterated by soot.
Rather less well known is SP's extensive branch line operations, the Blue Streak at speed, and a first-class operation on the Golden State. For most of us, their entrance into Chicago happened without any fanfare, and all of a sudden they were a contender in Chicago - Southwest traffic. With the Golden State, trackage rights across Missouri, and the Southern Pacific Chicago St. Louis Corporation (SPCSL), the "Friendly" was suddenly a strong Midwest carrier. Add to that more recent trackage rights over the Santa Fe and the SP was in perfect position - so good the UP couldn't resist.
Anyone wanting to contribute to future works can write to White River Productions or you can request my address to discuss ideas on future works. Constructive criticism is very welcomed in order to perfect future books. One has to remember it takes present input to get good documentation in the future! This effort basically presents the SP as it was before Uncle Pete began its influence. So with that, enjoy reading and viewing the Southern Pacific as it was before the Union Pacific changed everything.
-Peter N. Limas, November, 1997
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