Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1865 - 1955
Biographical / Historical
In 1955 the Southern Pacific Railroad Company merged with the Southern Pacific Company.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
E. G. Raffety Letters
Collection
Identifier: AC 557-p
Scope and Content
Two letters from E. G. Raffety concerning passenger service on the Southern Pacific Lines and oil drilling near Oscuro, NM Letter requesting continuing passenger service for Oscuro, NM from the El Paso Passenger Agent, 1926 Letter requesting assistance in securing oil drilling leases near Oscuro, NM, 1930
Dates:
1926; 1930
Howard Clinton Tibbitts Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2013-001
Abstract
The Howard Clinton Tibbitts Pictorial Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives of New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila in Mexico.
Dates:
1907-1920
Midway point on 17 Mile Drive, near Monterey, California
Item — Box: LS 71
Identifier: LS.1809 (HP.1980.38.150)
Scope and Contents
From the Class:
A lantern slide is a photographic transparency reproduced on glass and made for projection. This record is used to track lantern slides not described in another collection, no matter their content.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890-1930
New Mexico Stock Certificate Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 169-P
Scope and Content
Collection consists of stock certificates issued by various companies in New Mexico.
Dates:
n.d.
Railroad Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2001-016
Abstract
The Railroad Photograph Collection contains photographs of trains and train cars, several taken in New Mexico and Los Angeles, California. The images date back to 1904 and include several photographs and information cards about steam engines developed by Baldwin Locomotive Works. The collection also features photographs of many individual passenger cars. The majority of the collection relates to the Atchison, Topeka. and Santa Fe Railway.
Dates:
1904-1972
Southern Pacific Railroad Company register
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0176
Abstract
Created at the Carrizozo shops. Register contains train number, direction bound, engine number, engineer’s name and fireman’s name with accumulated mileage for each, time of arrival, rest since last run, and length of time for last run.
Dates:
1927
"The Ostrich" on 17 Mile Drive, near Del Monte, California
Item — Box: LS 71
Identifier: LS.1808 (HP.1980.38.149)
Scope and Contents
From the Class:
A lantern slide is a photographic transparency reproduced on glass and made for projection. This record is used to track lantern slides not described in another collection, no matter their content.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890-1930