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WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Donald V. Jewell - Southern Pacific 1977-1980 Motive Power Annual	Description SP Motive Power Annual for 1977-1980. Includes discussion of Foreign Road Power on the SP, Amtrak on the SP, locomotive pools, upgrading program, rosters, renumbering, retired and vanished units, switch engines, passenger units, and system uniques. Illustrated on almost every page with black and white photos. 88 pages.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Tom Dill - Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Valley Line	Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Valley Line (1950s-1960s) "See SP's last steam stronghold during the mid-1950s. Travel from Oakland to Los Angeles via Tracy, Fresno, Bakersfield and Tehachapi. Many first generation diesels as well as some early second generation units." Hardcover; 128 pages; ALL Color.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Irma Dotson - Southern Pacific's San Ramon Branch Line	Handsomely done and serious history of the Southern Pacific's San Ramon branch line. The book provides detailed information on each station and how the railroad affected the growth of the surrounding community, providing invaluable information for anyone interested in Contra Costa County history. The book also illuminates how the local farmers' original push for the line and SP's very success in hauling passengers and freight opened the area up to development that replaced agriculture with residential living which eventually killed the line. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos as well as numerous maps. Includes list of SP station agents and employees for the branch, SP alignment map and station plats, as well as a bibliography. 288 pages; index.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Jack Herris - Southern Pacific's Second-Hand Steam	Description This book is a pictorial anthology of used steam locomotives purchased by the Southern Pacific Railroad, supplemented by historical information and technical specifications. Class MM-3, B-1 and Mk-10 steam locomotives are featured. 126 pages 223 photographs.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Jack Herris - Southern Pacific's Streamlined Articulateds	Description This book features a photographic anthology of Southern Pacific’s iconic AC-9 class articulated steam locomotives. Unlike SP’s famous cab-forwards, the AC-9 class was designed for operation as coal burning engines on the Rio Grande Division. Ordered shortly after SP’s streamlined Daylight locomotives, the dozen AC-9s from Lima also featured a skyline casing and were the only semi-streamlined articulated engines ever produced. Many previously unpublished images are supplemented by historical information, technical specifications, and tender records. 174 photos and 152 pages.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Donald Sims - Southern Pacific Country	Trans-Anglo sent Don Sims out in the late 1980s to capture the Southern Pacific on the assumption that it was soon to be merged into the Santa Fe. These pictures of the SP's glorious rails through mountains, tunnels, deserts, forest and across coastlines from San Francisco to New Orleans celebrate the railroad as it was in its last heady years of independence. Massive fleets of six-axled locomotives, double-stack containers, Oregon logging trains, long drags and sugar beet trains -- they're all here. The SP disappeared into the UP a few years later but at least on these pages, the Espee rolls onward. Illustrated throughout with black and white as well as color photos. End papers show system map. 199 pages.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Richard K. Wright - Southern Pacific Daylight	Probably the most comprehensive and interesting book ever written about a single train, this book examines the Southern Pacific's "Daylight" train in every possible detail. Packed with black and white photos, you can see every part of the train as well as the stations, passengers, furnishings, etc. Over 1000 illustrations, including schematics of the equipment, maps, time tables, interior color schemes and mixing lists, rosters and consists. 656 pages.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Stephen M. Hayes - Southern Pacific Depots In California, Vol.1	Description A fascinating new hard cover book.(pictorial) with over 600 historical black and white photographs of the depots that were located on the Coast and Western Divisions of the Southern Pacific Railroad. . Includes Division maps and the end pieces also include maps drawn for the book of each division showing the locations of the photographs included. 260 pages
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Stephen M. Hayes - Southern Pacific Depots In California, Vol.2	Description Laminated hardcover, horizontal format 11x8.5", 312 glossy pages, 625+ photos, color maps, list of all stations and still-extant stations. 2012. "Following on from his highly successful book detailing the construction and history of the depots and stations along the Western Pacific route from San Francisco to Salt Lake City, the author has compiled the companion set covering Southern Pacific Depots in California. Table of Contents - Volume 2: Chapter 1. Sacramento Division; Chapter 2. Sacramento Branches; Chapter 3. Shasta Division; Chapter 4. Shasta Branches; Chapter 5. San Joaquin Division; Chapter 6. San Joaquin Branches; Chapter 7. Los Angeles Division; Chapter 8. Los Angeles Branches; Appendices: Existing Sacramento & Shasta Branches; Existing San Joaquin & Los Angeles Branches; Full List of Division Stations. Laminated hardcover horizontal format 11x8.5" 312 glossy pages 625+ photos color maps list of all stations and still-extant stations. 2012
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Guy L. Dunscomb - Southern Pacific Steam Pictorial	Dunscomb, Guy L., Donald K. Dunscomb and Robert A Pectich Southern Pacific Steam Pictorial volume I snd II: 1000 series to 2800 series, and 2900 Series to 5000 Series. Privately published by authors, Riverbank CA, 1991, 1999, hardcover. Oversize 17 in. oblong hardcovers. Also included a loose color print matching the illustration on vol 2 dustjacket plus a large b/w photo print.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Fred W. Frailey - Southern Pacific's Blue Streak Merchandise	The Blue Streak -- the Great American Freight Train -- holds records as the world's fastest freight train and for hauling freight for a remarkable 60 years. Tells how the Southern Pacific built and developed this extraordinarily fast freight, and the stories that surround it. By Fred W. Frailey. 8-1/2"×11-1/2"; 168 pgs.; 180 photos; 25 illus.; includes dust jacket.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Tom Dill - Southern Pacific's Colorful Shasta Route	History of the Southern Pacific Shasta Route the name for the railway line from Portland, Oregon to Sacramento, California. The line passes within view of Mount Shasta thus the namesake.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Tom Dill - Southern Pacific's Historic Overland Route -Color Pictorial-	Review Review I own and have consumed both books. The Tom Dill book, while excellent, is a photo book with excellent captions. Tom is very accurate with his work. That said, I would recommend John Signor's book for the purpose you outline. It is a complete history and description of operations on the Salt Lake Division (roughly Reno-Sparks to Ogden). Lots of text, good photos, outstanding maps. This book is a companion to Signor's Donner Pass book. It will give you many hours of reading and studying photos. I'd love to recommend both, but your limits were clearly stated. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Robert J. Church - The 4300 4-8-2's	Description Well-done history of the Southern Pacific's Mountain class which many consider the best general purpose steam locomotives of the railroad. This book provides a detailed look at the design, construction (all but two classes were built by the SP at its own Sacramento General Shops), class differences, and use throughout the system. Includes specific information on locomotive components, shoppings, maintenance, etc. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos that include rare shop scenes of the locomotives being erected as well as builder's record's photos and action shots taken on each route that show the locomotives under a variety of conditions. There are also many schematic diagrams for locomotives and tenders (including 4 oversized fold-outs that should be invaluable for modelers.) 147 pages plus the foldouts.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Lawrence K. Hersh - The Central Pacific Railroad Across Nevada	How many times have you imagined what a specific area looked like, in regards to, perhaps one hundred and thirty years ago? Specifically I wondered about the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad as it progressed across Nevada, circa 1868-1869. Selected photographs of Alfred A. Hart - those which captured the events of the period are compared with author's photos taken in 1997 at the original photo locations of Hart's.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Robert J. Church - Those Daylight 4-8-4's	Photo-illustrated endpapers and title page. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous b/w photographic reproductions, and a large folding plan, this fascinating volume is a striking pictorial history of America's most popular steam locomotives, the Southern Pacific Daylight trains. Photo-illustrated dust-jacket over decorative paper covered boards.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Donald V. Jewell - Trackside Around San Francisco 1956-1976 With Donald V. Jewell	Description A delightful two-decade long look at Southern Pacific, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and Western Pacific locomotives and operations in the Bay area. Some rarities! Table of Contents: Introduction----------pp. 4-5; Southern Pacific in SF-------------pp. 6-33; Other Rail Operations in SF----------pp. 34-42; Bayshore Yard to San Jose---------------pp. 43-60; North Bay----------pp. 61-71; Oakland----------pp. 72-98; Other Rail Operations in Oakland-----pp. 99-100; Richmond----------pp. 101-111; Streetcars in the Bay Area----pp. 112-120; Special Events----------pp. 121-128. Hardcover with jacket, 128 pages, standard portrait size, Color images with captions.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Donald V. Jewell - Trackside Around San Francisco 1956-1976 With Donald V. Jewell	A delightful two-decade long look at SP, AT&SF, and WP locomotives and operations in the Bay area. Some rarities!
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Michael C. Healy - BART	About the Author Nicknamed “Mr. BART” by his colleagues, Michael C. Healy was responsible for BART's media affairs and marketing activities from 1971—about ten months before trains started running—until his retirement in 2004. He wrote for radio and film and was the editor of the Sausalito News before taking a public relations job at the nascent transit agency. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California. John King is the San Francisco Chronicle's urban design critic. He joined the paper in 1992 and has been in his current post since 2001. His writing on architecture and urban design has been honored by groups including the California Preservation Foundation, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the California chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the American Planning Association. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2002 and 2003.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Michael C. Healy - BART	Review *Reviews* “Indispensable.” —Michael Rosen, San Francisco Chronicle “The Metro. The T. The Tube. The world's most famous subway systems are known by simple monikers, and San Francisco's BART belongs in that class. Michael C. Healy delivers a tour-de-force telling of its roots, hard-fought approval, and challenging construction that will delight fans of American urban history.” —Doug Most, author of The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway “From Emperor Norton's 1872 dream of a transbay tunnel to the BART tube opening one hundred years later, Healy explores the nuanced history of the Bay Area's subway system through the convergent lenses of social, cultural, engineering, and political forces. In this exquisitely researched work, Healy not only brings the dramatic stories of BART's development to light, but shares the fragile web of energies, power, funding, and sheer will that created this monumental system of people-moving.” —Anthea M. Hartig, executive director of the California Historical Society ✔︎ Helpful Review?
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Michael C. Healy - BART	In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider's account of the rapid transit system's inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, “warts and all.” Written with a master storyteller's homey wit and sharp attention to detail, Healy recreates the politically fraught venture to bring a new kind of public transit to the West Coast. What emerges is a sense of the individuals who made (and make) BART happen. From tales of staying up until 3:00 a.m. with Bill Stokes and Jack Everson to hear the election results for the rapid transit vote or weathering scandals, strikes, and growing pains, this look behind the scenes of an iconic, seemingly monolithic structure reveals people at their most human—and determined to change the status quo.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Donald Duke - Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay (Volume Two)	About the Author The name of the author and compiler of this book is well known in the blue book of railroad historians. Donald Duke established Golden West Books in 1960 to publish his own works, but eventually published the work of other authors as well. To date, his patient research and editing have enriched more than 140 hardbound titles. He was a youth when his family moved to Alhambra, while awaiting construction of their new home in San Marino. The Alhambra home was next to the tracks of Pacific Electric's San Bernardino Line, and there his interest in interurbans was born. The new San Marino home was located two blocks from PE's Monrovia-Glendora Line. Duke attended Colorado College, in the heart of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad's narrow gauge country. He remained in Colorado for two years after his graduation, working as a commercial photographer. He is well known for the razor-sharp photographed produced by his 4Ã—5 Super-D Graflex. Besides publishing his own books, he has written numerous historical articles, frequently focused on railroads. He was literary editor for his Kappa Sigma fraternity for 20 years, and was editor of the Los Angeles Corral of Westerners Branding Iron for two periods of time totaling 15 years. He is a past director of the Southern California chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and was a founding member of the chapter. He is a member of the Lexington Group of Railroad Historians, and belongs to many railroad historical societies. For Donald Duke, photography, writing, publishing, interurban railroading and western history all go hand in hand as rewarding professional pursuits and personal interests.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Stephen M. Hayes - Key System Articulated Cars	Key System Articulated Cars by Stephen M Hayes Copyright 2016 Spiral Bound 229 pages TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Key Route Evolution-----3 Key Articulated Unit #650 at the Pier Terminal, 1932-----5 Key Type 650, 1937-----6-7 Photograph of wreck-----8 Development of the Articulated Cars--9 Bibliography-----12 Prior to the Bay Bridge Operations----13 Last Day Before Bay Bridge Operations Commenced, January 14, 1939-----15 Inside the Train Shed at the Key Pier, 1938-----16 Key Pier Terminal, 1938-----17 Key Pier Terminal, January 1939-----18 A Line Map of 105th Avenue & East 14th Street-----22 Fairfax Station on old SP Bancroft Line-----28 B Line from Popular Street East on 22nd to Grand Avenue to Underhills--46 Key Unit 181 climbs hill east of Grand Lake-----48 C Line route shown on Key System Map-----60 E Line ran out 55th Street to Claremont Ave. Map-----80 F Line Map-----94 G Line off Sacramento St to Westbrae via Key Route Blvd. Map-----122 H Line was the Berkeley-Sacramento St Line-----124 The K Line-----151 Shipyard Railway-Emeryville to Richmond. Map-----153 The Key System Shipyard Railway--154 Golden Gate International Exposition Trains-----172. A complete pictorial history of the little-known but fascinating Key System, a series of passenger lines serving Oakland, nearby cities, and across the bay into San Francisco. Starting prior to the opening of the Bay Bridge, and covering the entire period through closure in the 1950s, this volume contains many never-before-published photographs, packed with items of interest. All lines forming the Key System are covered, with route maps and details of operations, plus the Shipyard Railway, the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition trains, maintenance cars, and other topics. Also contains a full reprint of 40-page bulletin published by the General Railway Signal Company in 1939: Railway Signaling on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Paul Bignardi - A Fleet History Of The San Francisco Municipal Railway	A Fleet History of the San Francisco Municipal Railway is a book that lists every transit vehicle that has been used in regular Muni service since 1912. The format includes a listing of key data for each vehicle, such as size, passenger capacity, manufacturer /cost and years of service, a short summary of the service history of the vehicle, and a photo (if available). All four modes are covered: rail (streetcar and LRV), bus, trolley bus and cable car, with one section covering each mode. Two additional sections include information on all Muni operations facilities, and a figures and graphics section. The figures and graphics section includes information on the four modes of transit, plus information on historical data in the areas of ridership, fares, farebox recovery, logo and agency structure and leadership. A short summary history section precedes the fleet history sections, and a photo credits table is included along with the blbilograpy. The completed document represents the first compilation of many of these pieces of information in almost 40 years. With over 200 pages and over 400 photographs, it is an excellent reference and history book both for experts and for people with a casus interest in the history of San Francisco Municipal Railway.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Grant Ute - San Francisco's Municipal Railway Muni	Celebrating Muni's centennial, coauthors Grant Ute, Philip Hoffman, Cameron Beach, Bob Townley, and Walter Vielbaum have scoured private collections as well as the archives of the Municipal Railway, Bay Area Electric Railroad Association, Market Street Railway, and San Francisco's Public Library for the best images to bring you the fascinating history of the grand civic experiment that is San Francisco's Municipal Railway. Hop aboard and trace Muni's construction, expansion, operations, competitors, labor issues, and finances through two world wars to chronicle the growth of the "people's railroad" into America's seventh-largest public transit system.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Charles Smallwood - The Cable Car Book	Book tells the history of the cable car in the San Francisco Bay area. From the beginnings of the concept by Andrew Hallidie through the cable car companies and their various lines, the history has many illustrations. Appendices.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Dick Stephenson - The Surfliners 50 Years Of The San Diegan	Many cities can boast a railroad heritage, but few can claim a present-day railroad revival. San Diego is thus exceptional. This volume assays differing chapters of this renewal. Dick Stephenson has been photographing the Santa Fe Railway Company’s “Surf Line” between Los Angeles and San Diego for some time and focuses on the last fifty years during which streamlined “San Diegan” passenger trains have linked the two cities in under three hours’ time. As a work of history, the book is deficient; the author seems to assume a readership of railfans who are already familiar with the railroad and the line. For example, the 19th century origins of rail service to San Diego are sketched so thinly as to be incomprehensible. Timetables list trains as traveling either eastbound or westbound, although their actual compass bearings are north and south; not until well into the narrative is this mystery clarified. The historic wreck of Santa Fe RDCs (self-propelled rail diesel cars) is mentioned but never described. Several uncommon abbreviations are not spelled out nor technical innovations explained. A list of privately owned passenger cars which have operated on the line has no significance when only their numbers are given and past or present owners remain unnamed. On the positive side, The Surfliners is well illustrated, over half the text and pictures covering the period since 1971 when Amtrak took over passenger operations. Ridership and train frequency have grown tremendously since then, Stephenson notes, making the Surf Line a phenomenal success in contemporary American railroading.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Robert C. DelGrosso - Railfan's Guide To Stampede And Steven's Passes	This online guide is my effort to share the knowledge I've acquired from over 35 years of railfanning in the Stevens Pass area. This guide will provide you the info needed to stake out prime train viewing locations. Inspiration for this effort comes from many sources including Hugh Ramsey, who in 1975 introduced me to the area, and from Robert C. Del Grosso whose two books (both out of print)"A Railfan's Guide to Stevens Pass" and "Railfan's Guide to Stampede and Stevens Passes" were a source of valuable information and enjoyment. I have tried to provide as accurate info as I can. Please send me any corrections. Be careful. Highway 2 is a notoriously dangerous road with lots of hills, curves and limited sight distances. Use your head when near railroad property and rights-of-way. Railroad security personnel are not very tolerant of property destruction and unsafe acts. Security cameras have been installed at some locations. If you are stopped by BNSF special agents, here is what to do. Observe highways speed limits as driving safely will still allow you to follow trains between locations without endangering others. Be patient, This is mountain railroading. The trains are big, slow and may be few and far between with rare exceptions. Weekends seem best for daylight action as weekdays are often dedicated to MOW activities. The use of a scanner will enhance your experience but radio communication in the mountains is "spotty" at best. When you do spot a train you will usually be rewarded with lots of head end power straining up the grade with mid-train and pusher helpers. Take the time to observe and absorb the beauty of your surroundings. Take a friend or a significant other as you will have plenty of time to talk and possibly solve world hunger. Most importantly, have FUN!. The worst day train chasing is better than any day at work.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Jeff Wilson - Great Northern Railway In The Pacific Northwest	In landscape configuration (11"×8.5"), this volume presents some 100 fine b&w photos of Great Northern's most photogenic territory. Wilson covers the cusp between steam and diesel. Annotation by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
WPLives 30th Jul 2021		Book Byron D. Olsen - Great Northern Railway, 1945-1970 (Volume 1)	About the Author Byron Olsen worked as an attorney for Great Northern from 1967 until the merger with Burlington Northern in 1970. Many of the photos in this book were being discarded, when they were discovered, and saved, by Byron. Mr. Olsen has published numerous books for Enthusiast Books.

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