Where can I get more information on Southern Pacific narrow gauge?

[Train 284]

Where can I get more information on Southern Pacific narrow gauge? I just read a part in a book about it and was wondering if there are any sites on the interent giving more information on this unigue line?

[chad thomas]

THE book on this line (ex Carson & Colorado) and the rest of the railroads of that area is David Myrick's Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California. It's a 2 part book (one covers the northern area and the other covers the south). I think it was first published in 1962. It is still available I'm sure.

I don't know of anything on the net off hand.

[chad thomas]

I did a quick search and found this:

http://www.jcrawfordsbooks.com/si/18816.html

[chad thomas]

This is the lowest price I found for the Myrick books:

http://www.aaronsbooks.com/cgi-bin/abc455/MASTER024996I.html

Also you might check out this site:

http://www.thesierraweb.com/bishop/laws/

This is the museum town of Laws, on the C&C (SP). They have a great bookstore and I'm sure they would carry any book available that covers that line. I think I bought my RRs of Nevada and Eastern Cal southern roads book there.

[DSchmitt]

The dinifitive book is Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge by Mallery Hope Ferrell, publised by Pacific Fast Mail in 1982.

Amazon.com has two ussed copies listed

[DanRaitz]

There is an SP narrow gauge group on Yahoo
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/-spng-/
There are a lot of knowledgable people are that will answer any question that you might have.
Dan