Originally posted by electro-ortcele [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Gluefinger Member sinceJuly 2002 484 posts Posted by Gluefinger on Friday, November 4, 2005 5:21 PM http://www.railsandtrails.com/SP/SP75YearsProgress/ has a relatively modern map- it's the newest I could find...but most railroads did not significantly expand in the second half of the 20th Century anyway. Reply dldance Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Near Promentory UT 1,590 posts Posted by dldance on Friday, November 4, 2005 11:03 PM my photos turned out to be Santa Fe maps - not SP dd Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Friday, November 4, 2005 11:27 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Gluefinger http://www.railsandtrails.com/SP/SP75YearsProgress/ has a relatively modern map- it's the newest I could find...but most railroads did not significantly expand in the second half of the 20th Century anyway. SP did the opposite, selling or abandoning many branch lines and a few secondary lines. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply joesap1 Member sinceNovember 2003 From: Tulsa, OK 140 posts Posted by joesap1 on Friday, November 4, 2005 11:35 PM I am suffering from a brain fade at the moment because I have some copies of the maps that are in that famous book about the history of the Southern Pacific, but I can't remember the author's name. Anyway, go to your public library and they will have this book locked up in the reference section. You can get it out long enough to zerox the maps. Help me here, please. What was that author's name? He wrote many railroad history books. Joe Sapwater Reply nanaimo73 Member sinceApril 2005 From: Nanaimo BC Canada 4,117 posts Posted by nanaimo73 on Saturday, November 5, 2005 1:09 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by joesap1 Help me here, please. What was that author's name? He wrote many railroad history books. Be carefull what you ask for.[:D] http://www.sphts.org/Resources/spbooks.html Dale Reply joesap1 Member sinceNovember 2003 From: Tulsa, OK 140 posts Posted by joesap1 on Saturday, November 5, 2005 2:09 PM Dear nanaimo, Thanks for the link! That was quite a list, but would you believe(a la Get Smart) that the book on the history of the SP was not listed. Good news though, I ran across the author's name: Lucius Beebe. He also wrote many books on the Colorado narrow gauge. That long list also had the name of one book I highly recommend as outstanding railroad reading. It is called - Mainline: 50 Years of Railroading with the Southern Pacific by Ernest L. King. I found a copy of this book in my local library, but it is also available from Barnes and Noble in their used and rare book section. One last note... I remember a story Beebe tells about the Sunset Limited. A passenger gets aboard at New Orleans heading west. The next morning he gets up and asks the porter what state he is in. "Texas, sir." came the reply. The day and night passes and the gentleman asks the porter the following morning the same question and gets the same answer. On the morning of the third day the passenger asks the porter again expecting a different response. "We're still in Texas, sir" the porter replied. Those were the days. I hope electro can find a copy of Beebe's out-of-print book. Joe Sapwater Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Gluefinger http://www.railsandtrails.com/SP/SP75YearsProgress/ has a relatively modern map- it's the newest I could find...but most railroads did not significantly expand in the second half of the 20th Century anyway.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by joesap1 Help me here, please. What was that author's name? He wrote many railroad history books.
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