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Nostalgia & History > Building the SP History: Your stories?Date: 12/02/21 10:13 Building the SP History: Your stories? Author: railstiesballast The newly launched Southern Pacific Railroad History Center has begun several parallel activities that should be of interest to all who have an interest in SP. You may go to www.splives.org to download the current issue of the SPRHC Bulletin for more information. Below is a small sample of our photo library.
We are seeking first-person stories and/or interviews from SP employees and those who did business with the Espee. Dozens, if not hundreds, of the stories about the working life on the SP that I read here on TO would be wonderful additions to the SPRHC’s project. If you want your “war stories” to become part of the recorded SP history so they live on, consider submitting what you remember. Contributors are the data for this project, and researchers and historians will come along later to preserve what we have to say for future publications and exhibits at the History Center’s future museum and its continually developing website. Contributions of SP documents, photos and videos of the SP, etc. are also being sought to add to the History Center’s growing collections. The vision of the SPRHS is to include the whole breadth of the SP’s linked history as it impacted and was impacted by the economy and society of the 14 states through which it ran. While you will see some “eye candy” photos of passenger trains and classic motive power, we are also making sure that the voices of all the employees and crafts in throughout the SP System is part of the record. If you wish to be a part of this endeavor, please contact the History Center at [url=file:///C:/Users/Mike/Documents/My%20Documents/MEM%20Personal%20Writings/Railroad%20Writing/SPRHC%20Positions/splives@splives.org]splives@splives.org[/url]. The Photos: SP Switch Crew, East Yard, San Antonio Texas, 1946 Photo courtesy John Stein 10,000th car built at Sacramento General Shops, 10/20/54, SP Photo CIBAT11 X8007W Last SP WB on Coast set to depart Los Angeles, Conductor R.P. Smith (L) and Engineer Bob McCarthy (R) Bob McCarthy Photo Date: 12/02/21 11:11 Re: Building the SP History: Your stories? Author: DynamicBrake Thanks for sharing a little history of the Friendly. Do you have a date for the last shot?
Kent in CArmel Valley Date: 12/02/21 12:09 Re: Building the SP History: Your stories? Author: tighttrains Thank you for sharing this post Mike, and I appreciate you spreading the word about the Southern Pacific Railroad History Center, our goals to build a first-class museum to memorialize the Grand Ole Southern Pacific, and the opportunity for everyone to join us as a member. Joining is simple and easy by going to JOIN | SPRHC (splives.org). Once you become a registered member of the site, you can download the inaugural edition of The Southern Pacific Experience, the quarterly periodical of the SPRHC. The first issue is 53 pages of high-resolution content with a feature article on the Houston Grand Central Station and its passenger operations. There is also a story about "Big Charlie" Babers and his career, a modeling article, facts and figures, and a section called "Focal Point" sharing excellent photography of the SP.
Scott Inman Sacramento, CA Date: 12/02/21 12:23 Re: Building the SP History: Your stories? Author: WAF So Scott, you make a donation and you become a member, correct? Are you sending out passwords or setting something up to access your magazine for those who have become members?
Date: 12/02/21 13:16 Re: Building the SP History: Your stories? Author: cewherry DynamicBrake Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- Do you have a date for the last > shot? 9/11/96 Date: 12/02/21 18:37 Re: Building the SP History: Your stories? Author: railstiesballast I was told that Mr. Krebs is already active in the SPRHC and we appreciate that.
His contribution is one valuable first-person account, but the history is made by brakemen, clerks, yardmasters, welders, track inspectors, and dozens of other crafts. Each individual knows more about their own work than anyone else on the planet; therefore their stories are all valuable. |