Southern Pacific Company, Sacramento Shops - CPRR
In 2001 the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) began a two year documentation project at the Southern Pacific’s (SP) Sacramento Shops, a railroad maintenance and repair facility built by the Central Pacific Railway (CP) in the …
Sacramento's Southern Pacific Shops - California State Railroad …
In 1867, in the swamps just north of town, the Sacramento shops were born. For many decades, the complex was the largest employer in the Sacramento area, employing carpenters, painters, draftsmen, boilermakers, electricians, clerks, upholsterers, and others.
Trip to the former Southern Pacific Sacramento Shops 6/11/2022 - TrainWeb
Central Coast is again pleased to offer a rare guided tour of the former Southern Pacific Sacramento Railroad Shops. This will take place on Saturday June 11, 2022 at 11:30 am. The Sacramento Shops were constructed beginning in the late 1800's.
Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, 111 I Street, Sacramento ...
- Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life and built new ones as late as 1937.
Southern Pacific's Sacramento Shops: Incubator of Innovation
2010年1月1日 · "The largest and oldest of SP's General Shops, Sacramento built or rebuilt hundreds of steam and diesel locomotives, and thousands of freight and passenger cars, along with extensive work on passenger and official cars, in its history from 1868 to 1990.
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Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Erecting Shop, 111 I Street ...
- Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life and built new ones as late as 1937. The Library of Congress does not own rights to material in its collections.
Southern Pacific Railroad's Sacramento Shops Oral History Project
1996年10月14日 · This collection is composed of audio and video tapes and transcripts of interviews with twenty individuals who worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) at its Sacramento Shops in Sacramento, California between 1918 to 1987.
Behind the Scenes Tour - TrainWeb
During the 1880s the Central Pacific Railroad was leased to the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the Sacramento Shops became the SP's general shops for the next century and a quarter. The shops were gradually enlarged until they became the largest railroad shops, and, in fact, the largest metal and woodworking plant west of St. Louis.
Sacramento's Southern Pacific Shops - Google Books
For many decades, the shops were the largest employer in the Sacramento area, employing carpenters, painters, draftsmen, boilermakers, electricians, clerks, upholsterers, and others. The...
Southern Pacific Shops — Calisphere
SERIES. View of the Southern Pacific Railroad shops in downtown Sacramento. Crowd of workers pose in v-formation for "S.P. War Service Day."