A Comprehensive Passenger Car and Motive Power Roster 1971-2021

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This book is an all-color pictorial covering the operations of the Southern Pacific Railroad in northern and central California, from Sacramento to the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, north to Eureka and south to San Luis Obispo. Seven chapters present stunning color photography of the diverse geography of this part of the Golden State, from redwood forests to open farmland to scenic bayside and ocean vistas to busy urban centers. While emphasis is on operations in the 1960 through 1990 timeframe, Southern Pacific Western Division includes many historic photos from the 1940s and '50s as well, some of which have not previously been published.

Southern California Railroading in the Golden Age of Kodachrome by Gordon Glattenberg, William H. Mills and Tom Gildersleeve

This book, the combined efforts of 75 photographers plus input from some of the leading historians of the railroad that "Served the South," is a division-by-division visual tour of the work-a-day Southern.  This 256-page volume, with 380 outstanding color images, and 12 detailed maps, is the most comprehensive visual history of the modern Southern ever published.  Chapter introductions provide context to better understand each geographic region's traffic base, its lines and terminals, and of course its trains.  It's all here as well, from first class freights with nearly 200 cars and midtrain power, plus the Southern Crescent, on down to the most lowly of yard switchers, local freights and mine runs.  And of note is the forward written by Mr. Wick Moorman, who started his distinguished railroad career with the Southern.