Southern Pacific Railroad

by Brian Solomon

A colorful look at the great American railroad - the Southern Pacific. The Southern Pacific Railroad is one of the most important railroads in the US. In its heyday, Southern Pacific operating revenues were overshadowed only by the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad. Southern Pacific is famous for participating in the building of the transcontinental railroad, its fleet of Daylight streamlined passenger trains, and its 200 "Cab-Forward" steam locomotives. Information-packed!

Genres: Trains, Railways

128 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published November 20, 1999

Reviews

[Terry Cornell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise look at the history of the Southern Pacific. Well researched, with many photos, several in color. The SP was the railroad I grew up with here in Southern California. So much history passed by rail through my home town. I really enjoyed the chapter on steam engines. I didn't realize the SP built so many steam locomotives in their own shops! I thought the chapter on diesel locomotives could have used more photographs highlighting the different types of engines.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Voyageur Press rarely disappoints but I was hoping for more coverage of the Sunset Route in the western deserts. There were virtually no pictures nor text of this section of the Espee.