List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock
A large quantity of rolling stock formerly owned and operated by Southern Pacific Railroad have been preserved in museums, on tourist railroads, and various other locations all across North America .
Photograph
Number/name
Class
Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation )
Disposition and Location
Refs.
CP 1Gov. Stanford
4-4-0
Static display, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California
[2] [3] [4]
ST&E 1
4-4-0
Static display, Travel Town Museum , Los Angeles, California
[5]
UP 737/SP 216
4-4-0
On static display as Southern Pacific #216
SA&AP 60Texas II
4-4-0
Stored, Gulf and Ohio Railways , Knoxville, Tennessee
EP&SW 1
4-4-0
Static display, El Paso, Texas
T&NO 146
S-13
0-6-0
Ogden, Utah
1C. P. Huntington
4-2-4T
Static display, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California
8
4-6-0
Narrow gauge locomotive; Sparks, Nevada
9
4-6-0
Narrow gauge locomotive; undergoing restoration; Laws, California
18
4-6-0
Narrow gauge locomotive; operational; Independence, California
CP 60Jupiter (replica)
4-4-0
Original scrapped, replica is operational, Golden Spike National Historic Site , Promontory, Utah
CP 63 "Leviathan" (replica)
4-4-0
Original scrapped, replica is operational, later relettered as Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331, owned by Stone Gable Estates, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
219
0-4-0T
Static display Travel Town Museum , Los Angeles, California
CP 233
2-6-2T
Stored, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California
745
Mk-5
2-8-2
Operational, Louisiana Steam Train Association, Jefferson, Louisiana
771
Mk-5
2-8-2
Static display, Grapevine Vintage Railroad , Grapevine, Texas
786
Mk-5
2-8-2
Undergoing restoration, Austin Steam Train Association, Austin, Texas
794
Mk-5
2-8-2
Static display, Sunset Station , San Antonio, Texas
975
F-1
2-10-2
Static display, Illinois Railway Museum , Union, Illinois
982
F-1
2-10-2
Static display; Minute Maid Park , Houston, Texas . Not to be confused with the Minute Maid Park ornamental train.
1215
S-10
0-6-0
Static display, History Park at Kelley Park , San Jose, CA , owned by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation .
1221
S-10
0-6-0
Deming, New Mexico
1227
S-11
0-6-0
Sierra Northern Railway , Oakdale, California
1229
S-11
0-6-0
Roseburg, Oregon
1233
S-10
0-6-0
Woodland, California
1237
S-10
0-6-0
Static display, Salinas, California
1238
S-10
0-6-0
Fresno, California
1251
S-12
0-6-0
Stored, dismantled, awaiting funds for restoration, Virginia City, Nevada
1258
S-12
0-6-0
Martinez, California
1269
S-12
0-6-0
Stored, unserviceable, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, California
1273
S-12
0-6-0
Static display, Travel Town Museum , Los Angeles, California
1285
S-14
0-6-0
Monterey, California
1293
S-14
0-6-0
Tracy, California
1298
S-10
0-6-0
Santa Cruz, California
1629
M-4
2-6-0
Saugus, California
1673
M-4
2-6-0
Static display, Southern Arizona Transportation Museum (Southern Pacific Depot), Tucson, Arizona
1727
M-6
2-6-0
Static display, in Dunsmuir, California at the Dunsmuir City Park and Botanical Gardens
1744
M-6
2-6-0
The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back into operation on the Niles Canyon Railway .
1765
M-6
2-6-0
Lomita Railroad Museum , Lomita, California
1771
M-8
2-6-0
Undergoing restoration, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California
1774
M-8
2-6-0
Static display, Veterans Memorial Park, Globe, Arizona
1785
M-6
2-6-0
Woodburn, Oregon
2018
T-16
4-6-0
Los Mochis, Sinaloa , Mexico
2248
T-1
4-6-0
Grapevine Vintage Railroad , Grapevine, Texas
2252
T-1
4-6-0
Static display, downtown Roseville, California
2353
T-31
4-6-0
Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum , Campo, California
2355
T-31
4-6-0
Static display, Pioneer Park, Mesa, Arizona
2467
P-8
4-6-2
Operational, but on static display, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento California
[6]
2472
P-8
4-6-2
Undergoing boiler inspection, operated at the Niles Canyon Railway from 2008-2015, originally at Sunol, California, now at Schellville, California
[7] [8]
2479
P-10
4-6-2
Undergoing restoration by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation , Santa Clara County Fairgrounds , San Jose, California
[9] [10]
2521
C-9
2-8-0
Static display, Yuma Crossing Historic State Park , Yuma, Arizona
2562
C-9
2-8-0
Static display, Arizona Railway Museum , Chandler, Arizona
2579
C-9
2-8-0
Klamath Falls, Oregon Veterans Memorial Park
2706
C-8
2-8-0
Privately owned, Oakdale, California
2718
C-8
2-8-0
Alturas, California
2720
C-8
2-8-0
Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum , Campo, California
2825
C-9
2-8-0
San Bernardino County Museum , Loma Linda, California
2852
C-10
2-8-0
Orland, California
2914
TW-8
4-8-0
Bakersfield, California
3025
A-3
4-4-2
Static display, Travel Town Museum , Los Angeles, California
3420
C-19
2-8-0
Stored at Phelps Dodge copper refinery, El Paso, Texas . Last run 1986. Needs boiler work to be FRA legal for running. Owned by El Paso Historic Board.
4294
AC-12
4-8-8-2
Static display, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California.
Awaiting a possible restoration that was discussed by the CSRM themselves.
[11]
4449
GS-4
4-8-4
Operational, Oregon Rail Heritage Center , Portland, Oregon
[12]
4460
GS-6
4-8-4
Static display, National Museum of Transportation , St. Louis, Missouri
[13]
5021
SP-2
4-10-2
Los Angeles County Fairgrounds , Pomona, California
Photograph
Number
Builder
Model
Disposition and Location
Notes
Refs.
1000
EMD
SW1
Stored, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California.
1006
EMD
SW1
Operational, Southern California Railway Museum , Perris, California
1059
ALCO
S-6
Operational, Virginia and Truckee Railroad , Nevada[14]
1100
EMD
TR6A (SW8)
Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum , Portola, California
1218
ALCO
S-6
Undergoing restoration, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, California
1423
EMD
NW2
Operational, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, California
1474
ALCO
S-4
Operational, Southern California Railway Museum , Perris, California
1487
FM
H-12-44
Operational, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, California.
Ex-US Army #1874
1518
EMD
SD7 /SD7R
Operational, Illinois Railway Museum , Union, Illinois
EMD #990
[15] [16]
1530
EMD
SD7 /SD7R
Awaiting arrival at Dieselmotive Company, Inc.
Portland and Western #1501
1550
Baldwin
S-12
Stored, Southern California Railway Museum , Perris, California
2873
EMD
GP9 /GP9R
Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum , Portola, California
2954
ALCO
RSD-12
Stored, Southern California Railway Museum , Perris, California
2958
ALCO
RSD-12
Operational, Southern California Railway Museum , Perris, California
3100
GE
U25B /U25BE
Operational, Southern California Railway Museum , Perris, California
[17] [18] [19]
3194
EMD
GP9
Stored, operational, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, California
3709
EMD
GP9
Undergoing operational restoration, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association , Campo, California
3769
EMD
GP9
Static display, Utah State Railroad Museum , Ogden, Utah
3873
EMD
GP9
Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association , Campo, California
4404
EMD
SD9 /SD9E
Owned by Western Rail Inc, Airway Heights, Washington (from Western Pacific Railroad Museum , Portola, California)
4426
EMD
SD9 /SD9E
Operational, Nevada Northern Railway , Ely, Nevada
Nevada Northern #204
4451
EMD
SD9 /SD9E
Stored, Schellville, California
EMD SD9E nicknamed "Puff"
5100
GE
70-ton
Stored, serviceable, Oregon Pacific Railroad , Milwaukie, Oregon
5119
GE
70-ton
Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association , Campo, California
5208
Baldwin
DRS-6-6-1500
Stored, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California
5253
Baldwin
AS-616
Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum , Portola, California
5274
Baldwin
AS-616
Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum , Portola, California
5399
EMD
SD9 /SD9E
Operational, Albany and Eastern Railroad , Lebanon, Oregon
5472
EMD
SD9 /SD9E
Operational, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, California
Ex-SP #4423
5623
EMD
GP9
Operational, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, California
6051
EMD
E9
Operational, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California
6378
EMD
F7A
Stored, serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, California
6380
EMD
F7A
Stored serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, California
6402
EMD
F7A
Stored, operational, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California
6819
EMD
SD45T-2
Stored, operational, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, California
7207
EMD
GP20
Operational, Blue Ridge Scenic Railway , Blue Ridge, Georgia
7304
ALCO
RS-32
Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association , Campo, California
7457
EMD
SD45 /SD45R
Static display, Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah
Ex-SP 8800
7863
GE
B30-7
Stored, Creede, Colorado
9010
Krauss-Maffei
ML-4000
Operational, based at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California
Photograph
Number/Name
Builder
Type
Disposition
References
109
Pullman
business car
Stored, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, Ca.
121
Pullman
business car/observation car
Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
122 Sacramento
Barney & Smith
business car/observation car
Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
127
Pullman
business car/observation car
Undergoing restoration; Elmendorf Heritage and Railroad Museum, Elmendorf, Texas .
141
Pullman
business car/observation car
In service; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
219
Pullman-Standard
instruction car
Stored, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, Ca.
290
Budd
diner
Stored, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, Ca.
291
Budd
lounge
Stored, California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento, Ca.
293
Pullman
business car/coach
In service; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
401
Carter Brothers
baggage-coach
Static display; Laws Railroad Museum , Laws, California
1949
Pullman
"Harriman" coach
In service; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
1975
Pullman
all day lunch car
In service; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
2085–2159
Pullman
suburban coach
Of the 75 built for service on the Peninsula Commute , 27 were operable in 1980 and 10 were considered suitable for parts only.[20] After leaving commute service in 1985, most are now in service or in storage at various railroad museums/tourist lines, including:
2127
Pullman
suburban coach
Undergoing restoration; Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad , Tillamook, Oregon
2360
Pullman
coach
Stored, Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
2373
Pullman
coach
Available for lease as GOLDEN SHORE from American Rail Excursions [28]
2377 GOLDEN ORE
Budd
coach
In use as 2095 ANASAZI at Grand Canyon Railway
[29]
2378 GOLDEN SAND
Budd
coach
Available for lease as GOLDEN SAND from Mid America Railcar Leasing
[30]
2397 Shasta Springs
Pullman
coach
Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum
2445-2446
Pullman
articulated coach
Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum
2473-2474
Pullman
articulated coach
Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
2979
Pullman
lounge car
Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca
2981 Overland Trail
Pullman-Standard
Club/Lounge w/barbershop
In service; owned by Bill Hatrick; located at the Western Maryland Scenic as of October 2022
3300
Pullman-Standard
Chair/Baggage Combine
Stored, private owner; Beaverton, Oregon
3700, 3701, 3702, 3703, 3707, 3708
Pullman-Standard
Gallery
Sold to Transcisco Tours in 1985 and operated on that line; later sold to BNSF and in service as business cars #40 Fox River (ex-SP 3703), #41 Flathead River (ex-SP 3701), #44 Colorado River (ex-SP 3708), and #45 Powder River (ex-SP 3707). Two were rebuilt from business cars to track geometry cars: #80 (renumbered from #43) Rio Grande River (ex-SP 3700) and #87 (renumbered from #42) Skagit River (ex-SP 3702).
3734, 3740, 3744, 3745
Pullman-Standard
Gallery
Converted to "Ultra Dome " cars and in service with Princess Tours .
[31] [32]
4300
St. Louis Car Company
postal storage
Former SP horse car 7241 located at Arizona Railway Museum
[33]
5045
Pullman
baggage/RPO car
Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
5131
Standard Steel Car
baggage/RPO car
Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
6235
Pullman
baggage car
Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
10040
Pullman
dining car
Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
10277-10278-10279
Pullman
triple articulated diner car
Located in Grapevine, TX; owned by the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, stored near Grapevine depot
10280-10281-10282
Pullman
triple articulated diner car
Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway , Sunol, Ca.
10402 GOLDEN TRENCHER
Pullman Standard
hamburger grill
Located at Union Depot Railway Museum
[34]
Steam locomotives
Diesel locomotives
Notes
^ "Exhibits - Central Pacific Railroad No. 1 Gov. Stanford" . California State Railroad Museum . Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
^ "The Transcontinental Railroad: Transforming California and the Nation" (PDF) . National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Education Programs. p. 7. Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
^ "Locomotive Collection" . California Department of Parks and Recreation . State of California. Retrieved August 29, 2020 .
^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000) [1960]. The Electric Interurban Railways in America . Stanford, California : Stanford University Press . p. 413. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3 .
^ "Southern Pacific #2467" . Niles Canyon Railway . Retrieved 2022-07-26 .
^ "Southern Pacific 4-6-2 2472 to Lead Excursions For First Time Since 2015" . Railfan & Railroad Magazine. August 8, 2022.
^ "Southern Pacific 2472 Excursion Canceled" . Railfan & Railroad Magazine. August 24, 2022.
^ "SP 4-6-2, Roundhouse to Move to Niles Canyon" . 5 July 2021.
^ "California Trolley and Railroad Corporation" .
^ Haas, Ben (2022-05-19). "SP #4294, The Last Cab Forward | Steam Giants" . Retrieved 2023-10-17 .
^ Scott, Robert W. (January 9, 2023). "Portland day-trip rail experience" . Trains . Retrieved 2023-01-17 .
^ "Southern Pacific Railroad #4460" . National Museum of Transportation . Retrieved 2023-10-17 .
^ Lustig, David (February 16, 2022). "News photos: Nevada museum picks up former Fillmore & Western equipment" . Trains . Retrieved 16 February 2022 .
^ "IRM Roster - Southern Pacific 1518" . Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2008-06-27 .
^ Alberston, Bob. (1996). "EMD SD7-SP 1518, A precursor to all engines on rails today" . Railfan & Railroad . Vol. 15. p. 50.
^ "Former SP "Snowflake" " . Railfan & Railroad . 7 . Carstens Publications: 30. 1988 – via Google Books.
^ "Collections: Southern Pacific" . Orange Empire Railway Museum . 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
^ Solomon, Biran (2014). GE and EMD Locomotives: The Illustrated History . Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7603-4612-9 – via Google Books.
^ "Southern Pacific's Final Peninsula Commute Fleet Roster" . Southern Pacific. 1980. Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
^ "Train Equipment" . Xanterra/Grand Canyon Railway. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
^ "Southern Pacific Coaches Nos. 2097, 2143 & 2156" . Golden Gate Railroad Museum. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
^ "Collection" . Niles Canyon Railway. 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
^ "Historic Rolling Stock" . Railtown 1897 State Historic Park. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
^ "Mainline Railroad Cars" . Western Railway Museum. 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
^ "Our Collection: Logging & Other Railroad Rolling Stock" . Timber Heritage Association. Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
^ "Southern Pacific" . Orange Empire Railway Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ "American Rail Excursions GOLDEN SHORE" . American Rail Excursions. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018 .
^ "Grand Canyon Railway Train Equipment" . Grand Canyon Railway. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018 .
^ "Mid America Railcar Leasing Coaches" . Mid America Railcar Leasing. Retrieved 10 April 2018 .
^ Combs, John (21 May 2016). "Princess Rail Cars" . Alaska Rails. Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
^ Moore, Jody (2005). "Princess Tours 2005 car refitting, part 1" . TrainWeb . Retrieved 25 April 2017 .
^ "Arizona Railway Museum Equipment Roster" . Arizona Railway Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2018 .
^ "Union Depot Railway Museum" . Mendota Museum and Historical Society. Retrieved 10 April 2018 .
^ "Southern Pacific Rolling Stock Photographic Roster, 4700–4799" . RR Picture Archives. Retrieved 2 July 2018 .
^ Vicknair, Eugene (2013-06-02). "FRRS BoD Mtg Report 02-09-13 Surplus Property Locomotives" (PDF) . Feather River Rail Society . Retrieved 2023-10-30 .
^ Moore & Monger (2013) , p. 116
References
Preserved steam engines Preserved diesel engines Formerly preserved, scrapped