List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock

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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.

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Preserved steam locomotives

PhotographNumber/nameBuild dateBuilderClassWheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)
Disposition and LocationNotesRefs.
Gov. Stanford - No.1 @ California State Railroad Museum.jpg CP 1
Gov. Stanford
1862 Norris - 4-4-0 Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California [1] [2] [3] [4]
STE No1.png ST&E 1 1864 Norris-Lancaster - 4-4-0 Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California [5]
Jss4.jpg UP 737/SP 216 1887 Baldwin E-21 4-4-0 On static display as Southern Pacific #216
SMRR 60.jpg SA&AP 60
Texas II
1922Baldwin- 4-4-0 Stored, Gulf and Ohio Railways, Knoxville, Tennessee
Railroad and Transportation Museum, El Paso (28319850304).jpg EP&SW 1 May 1857 Breese, Kneeland, and Company - 4-4-0 Static display, El Paso, Texas
T&NO 146 S-13 0-6-0 Ogden, Utah
C.P. Huntington locomotive brighter.jpg 1
C. P. Huntington
4-2-4T Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
Southern Pacific Railway No. 8 in Carson City, Nevada - February 1975.jpg 8 4-6-0 Narrow gauge locomotive; Sparks, Nevada
Southern Pacific Engine 9.jpg 9 4-6-0 Narrow gauge locomotive; undergoing restoration; Laws, California
SP 18 at Laws.jpg 18 4-6-0 Narrow gauge locomotive; operational; Independence, California
20November 1880Baldwin-0-4-0T Narrow gauge locomotive; operational; Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
CP steam loco.jpg CP 60
Jupiter (replica)
4-4-0 Original scrapped, replica is operational, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Promontory, Utah
Leviathan 63 Train Festival 2009.jpg 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
1011920Alco2-8-2Now Valley Railroad 40. Formerly Minarets and Western 101, acquired when the SP bought the railroad. Deemed too small, later sold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive.
219 0-4-0T Static display Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
CP 233 2-6-2T Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
Steamfest07Front745A.jpg 745 Mk-5 2-8-2 Undergoing boiler inspection, Louisiana Steam Train Association, Jefferson, Louisiana
Grapevine Vintage Railroad - Southern Pacific No. 771 - July 2011.jpg 771Mk-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
SP 794 20191011 113516 (48923152681).jpg 794Mk-5 2-8-2 Static display, Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas
SP 975.jpg 975 F-1 2-10-2 Static display, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
Southern Pacific 982.jpg 982 F-1 2-10-2 Static display; Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas. Not to be confused with the Minute Maid Park ornamental train.
Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive -1215 in History Park (16889114382).jpg 1215 S-10 0-6-0 Static display, History Park at Kelley Park, San Jose, CA, owned by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation.
Southern Pacific Railway No. 1221 in Deming, New Mexico - November 1974.jpg 1221S-10 0-6-0 Deming, New Mexico
1227S-11 0-6-0 Sierra Northern Railway, Oakdale, California
Stewart Park, South Umpqua River, Roseburg - DPLA - 4470d613971b794ca6c510c0335b1967.jpg 1229S-11 0-6-0 Roseburg, Oregon
20160121 a train.jpg 1233S-10 0-6-0 Woodland, California
Southern Pacific 1237 at MSVRR, October 2021.jpg 1237 S-10 0-6-0 Static display, Salinas, California
1238S-10 0-6-0 Kingsburg Station, Kingsburg, California [6]
1251S-12 0-6-0 Stored, dismantled, awaiting funds for restoration, Virginia City, Nevada
Southern Pacific 1258 on display at Martinez station, November 2019.JPG 1258S-12 0-6-0 Martinez, California
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 1269 at the Niles Canyon Railway - May 2020 - 01.jpg 1269S-12 0-6-0 Stored, unserviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
'Travel Town Museum' 40.jpg 1273 S-12 0-6-0 Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
Monterey - Southern Pacific 1285.jpg 1285S-14 0-6-0 Monterey, California
SouthernPacicicEngine1293TakenInDrPowersParkSept2009.JPG 1293 S-14 0-6-0 Tracy, California
Southern Pacific 1298 Under the Sun.jpg 1298S-10 0-6-0 Santa Cruz, California
MOGUL 1629 LOCOMOTIVE.jpg 16291900 Schenectady Locomotive Works M-4 2-6-0 Static display, Saugus station, Saugus, California
Locomotive 1673 (Tucson, Arizona) 2.JPG 1673 M-4 2-6-0 Static display, Southern Arizona Transportation Museum (Southern Pacific Depot), Tucson, Arizona
1727 Southern Pacific 2-6-0 Dunsmuir 26-05-2017 (35336758534).jpg 1727M-6 2-6-0 Static display, in Dunsmuir, California at the Dunsmuir City Park and Botanical Gardens
WMR 1744 alongside Deer Creek Reservoir August 1982RPx - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg 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.
Panorama of Lomita Railroad Museum, May 2018.jpg 1765M-6 2-6-0 Lomita Railroad Museum, Lomita, California
1771M-8 2-6-0 Undergoing restoration, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
Globe-Steam Engine -1774 M-8 2-6-0 4'-812" from the Southern Pacific Railroad. Built-1901.jpg 1774M-8 2-6-0 Static display, Veterans Memorial Park, Globe, Arizona
SP Engine 1785 Woodburn, Oregon.JPG 1785M-62-6-0 Woodburn, Oregon
2018T-16 4-6-0 Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Grapevine Vintage Railroad - panoramio.jpg 2248July 10, 1896 Cooke Locomotive and Machine Company T-1 4-6-0 Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
2252 steam locomotive.jpg 2252March 1897 Cooke Locomotive and Machine Company T-1 4-6-0 Static display, downtown Roseville, California
Southern Pacific 2353 (4282709837).jpg 2353 T-31 4-6-0 Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
Mesa-Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) 2355 -1912-2.jpg 2355 T-31 4-6-0 Static display, Pioneer Park, Mesa, Arizona
Southern Pacific 2467.JPG 2467 March 1921Baldwin P-8 4-6-2 Static display, operable, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento California [7]
Southern Pacific Railroad 4-6-2 -2472 at Sunol California May 2009.jpg 2472 January 1921Baldwin 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 [8] [9]
SP Steam locomotive 2479.JPG 2479October 1923BaldwinP-10 4-6-2 Undergoing restoration by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, California. Since moved to Niles Canyon Railway. [10] [11]
Yuma-Yuma Quartermaster Depot-1864-4-Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive X2521-1907.jpg 2521C-9 2-8-0 Static display, Colorado River State Historic Park, Yuma, Arizona
Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. SP 2562.jpg 2562C-9 2-8-0 Static display, Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, Arizona
Klamath Blue Star Memorial Highway.jpg 2579 C-9 2-8-0 Klamath Falls, Oregon Veterans Memorial Park
Southern Pacific No. 2706.jpg 2706 1904BaldwinC-8 2-8-0 Privately owned, Colusa, California
2718 C-8 2-8-0 Alturas, California
2720C-8 2-8-0 Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
Steam Engine, S.B. County Museum, Redlands, CA 5-2012 (7210647512).jpg 2825C-9 2-8-0 San Bernardino County Museum, Loma Linda, California
Southern Pacific Locomotive 2852 at Glenn County Fairgrounds Orland, California IMG 6199.jpg 28521919Southern Pacific Shops, Sacramento, California C-10 2-8-0 Static display, Glenn County Fairgrounds, Orland, California
Kern County Museum-7.jpg 2914TW-8 4-8-0 Bakersfield, California
USA 2012 0216 - Los Angeles - Travel Town (7079680269).jpg 3025A-3 4-4-2 Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
SP 3420, 2-8-0 on display in front of El Paso, TX Union Station on March 20, 1967 (21662715744).jpg 3420C-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.
Southern Pacific Cab-First Locomotive 4294.JPG 4294 March 1944Baldwin 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. [12]
SP 4449 front.jpg 4449 May 20, 1941Lima GS-4 4-8-4 Operational, Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, Oregon [13]
SP 4460.jpg 4460 Lima GS-6 4-8-4 Static display, National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri [14]
Southern Pacific Railway No. 5021 front view - September 2013.jpg 5021 SP-2 4-10-2 Static display, Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona, California

Preserved steam locomotive parts

PhotographNumber/nameBuild dateBuilderClassWheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)
Surviving part and where it's currently onRefs.
4219 March 1942Baldwin AC-10 4-8-8-2 Tender, operating with CP 2816
4422 November 26, 1937Lima GS-3 4-8-4 Wheel, displayed at the RailGiants Train Museum in Pomona, California
4437 April 29, 1941Lima GS-4 4-8-4 One of its wheels on SP 4449 [15]
4443 May 15, 1941LimaGS-4 4-8-4 Pilot truck on SP 4449 [15]
4450 March 27, 1942LimaGS-4 4-8-4 Trailing truck on SP 4449 [15]

Preserved diesel locomotives

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderModelClassDisposition and LocationNotesRefs.
1000 January 1939 EMD SW1 Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California.
Southern Pacific 1006.jpg 1006 November 1939EMDSW1Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
The Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA (10143357126).jpg 1100 November 1950EMD TR6A (SW8) ES408-1Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 1218 at the Niles Canyon Railway - May 2020.jpg 1218 April 1955 ALCO S-6 AS409-1Undergoing restoration, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California [16]
1226 June 1956 ALCO S-6 Operational, Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Nevada [17]
Southern Pacific No. 1474.jpg 1474 ALCO S-4 Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
SP 1487 FM H-12-44.jpg 1487 January 1953 FM H-12-44 DS-113Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California.Replica, ex-US Army #1874 [18]
Southern Pacific 1550 2024.jpg 1550 Baldwin S-12 Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
2379 January 1956FMH-12-44FS412-4Operational, Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas [19]
-62 Class RS11 Bo-Bo diesel-electric ex-California Western.jpg 2919 April 1959ALCO RS-11 Operational, Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, CaliforniaNapa Valley no. 62
SP 2954 2024.jpg 2954 February 1961ALCO RSD-12 AS618-1Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
Ex-Southern Pacific 2958 (Currently OERM 2958).jpg 2958 February 1961ALCO RSD-12 AS618-1Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
2962 March 1961ALCO RSD-12 AS618-1Stored, Arkansas Railroad Museum, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
3634 April 1957EMDGP9EF418-7Operational, Madison Railroad in Madison, Indiana CMPA GP10 #3634
3709 August 1959EMDGP9EF418-9Undergoing operational restoration, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California [20]
4002 April 1962ALCO RS-32 AF420-1Operational, Genesee Valley Transportation, Batavia, New York
4004 April 1962ALCO RS-32 AF420-1Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California [21]
4009 April 1962ALCO RS-32 AF420-1Operational, Fillmore and Western Railway, Ventura County, California
MRHA 4079 - March 2019.jpg 4079 April 1962EMD GP20 EF420-1Operational at the Midland Railway in Baldwin City, Kansas
Ex-Southern Pacific 5100, GE switcher, at ORHC in 2013.jpg 5100 GE 70-ton GS407-1Stored, serviceable, Oregon Pacific Railroad, Milwaukie, Oregon
5103 GE 70-ton GS407-1Stored at the Sumpter Valley Railway in McEwen, OR
5119 GE 70-ton Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
RKR 6623 Southern Pacific 5208.jpg 5208 May 1949Baldwin DRS-6-6-1500 DF-101Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
5253 Baldwin AS-616 Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
5274 BaldwinAS-616Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
Southern Pacific 6051.jpg 6051 December 1954EMD E9 EP624A-1Operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 6378 at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum - November 2020 - 01.jpg 6378 July 1952EMD F7A DF-8Stored, serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California [22]
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 6380 at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum - November 2020.jpg 6380 July 1952EMDF7ADF-8Stored serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California [22]
Sacramento Southern Pacific 2467 and Southern Pacific 6402.jpg 6402 August 1952EMDF7ADF-8Stored, operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
7815 March 1978GE B30-7 GF430-2Owned by the Midwest Overland Rail Preservation Society
7863 April 1979GE B30-7 GF430-3Stored, Creede, Colorado
8007 August 1987GE B39-8 GF439-1Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon
8540 January 1979EMD SD40T-2 EF630-8Stored, Fire Training Academy San Antonio, Texas
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 9010 at the Niles Canyon Railway - June 2020 - 03.jpg 9010 March 1964 Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 DF-802Operational, based at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California

Preserved diesel locomotive parts

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderModelClassSurviving part and where it's currently onNotesRefs.
2351 September 1952FM H-12-44 FS412-1Headlight, on the second SP 1487 (ex-US Army no. 1847), at Golden Gate Railroad Museum (GGRM) at Schellville, California First SP 1487 [23]

Preserved rebuilt diesel locomotives

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderRebuild dateModelClassDisposition and LocationNotesRefs.
SP 1423 (P1600748).jpg 1423 June 1949EMDSeptember 14, 1972 NW2E DS-109Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California Ex-SP 1335 [24]
SP 1518 20050716 Illinois Railway Museum.JPG 1518 May 1951EMDFebruary 5, 1980 SD7R EF615R-1Operational, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois EMD #990 [25] [26]
PNWR 1501, January 20, 2022, Albany, Oregon.jpg 1530 November 1952EMDApril 15, 1980 SD7R EF615R-1Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at Blackwell, Oklahoma Portland and Western 1501
1533 August 1953EMDApril 29, 1980 SD7R EF615R-1Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
Engineer checking switching locomotive at Western Pacific Railroad Museum (5358098031).jpg 2873 December 1956EMDFebruary 18. 1977 GP9R ES418R-3Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
GE U25B front2.jpg 3100 March 29, 1963 GE September 29, 1975 U25BE GF425E-1Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California [27] [28] [29]
SP 3190 at the Lenzen Roundhouse, San Jose in July 1979. (32682694640).jpg 3190 April 1955EMDAugust 22, 1977GP9REP418R-1/EF418R-6Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc.
Southern Pacific 3194.jpg 3194 May 1954EMDApril 21, 1978GP9REF418R-1/EF418R-6Stored, operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California [30]
3311 January 1955EMDMay 11, 1970GP9EEF418E-1Operational, California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California [31]
GSMR 1751 Bryson City.jpg 3312 May 1954EMDMay 14, 1970GP9EEF418E-1Operational, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina GSMR #1751
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad No. 1755 diesel-electric locomotive - July 2021 - 01.jpg 3397 April 1956EMDFebruary 1974GP9EEF418E-2Operational, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina GSMR #1755
3411 October 1954EMDJanuary 1975GP9REF418E-2Operational, California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California [31]
SP 3769.jpg 3769 January 1957EMDSeptember 1974GP9EEF418E-3On static display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah [32]
3790 January 1957EMDJune 1976GP9EEF418E-3Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc.
3804 March 1957EMDSeptember 1977GP9REF418R-3Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc.
P&w 1801 (2317274461).jpg 3855 April 1959EMDSeptember 1977GP9REF418R-4Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at South Haven, Kansas Portland and Western 1801
3859 February 1959EMDJanuary 1978GP9REF418R-4Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, OregonAERC 1750
SDA&E tracks cross the PCT SP 3873.jpg 3873 February 1959EMDJuly 1977GP9REF418CR-4Operational at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California [33]
Mount Hood Railroad Engine (Hood River County, Oregon scenic images) (hooDA0092a).jpg 3885 September 1959EMDJanuary 1978GP9REF418R-5Operational at the Mount Hood Railroad in Portland, Oregon Currently MHRR 88
4102 February 1962EMDJune 30, 1975GP20EEF420E-2On static display in Manly, Iowa [34]
4125 February 1962EMDFebruary 16, 1979GP20REF420R-2Operational, Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, Blue Ridge, Georgia
4303 April 1954EMDAugust 31, 1970 SD9E EF618E-1Stored at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely, Nevada
4304 May 1954EMDSeptember 10, 1970 SD9E EF618E-1Stored in Willits, California (coordinates: 39°24'24.5"N 123°20'55.7"W)Owned by BUGX
4306 March 1954EMDSeptember 16, 1970 SD9E EF618E-1Operational at DeBruce Grain Inc.
20220421 15 Burlington Junction Rwy., Burlington, Iowa.jpg 4324 April 1954EMDDecember 22, 1970 SD9E EF618E-1Stored at the Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) in Burlington, Iowa.Owned by BUGX
4331 January 1955EMDFebruary 5, 1971 SD9E EF618E-1Operational at Pixley, California
4338 February 1955EMDMarch 12, 1971 SD9E EF618E-1Stored at Maynard, Minnesota Owned by NREX
3 Southern Pacific SD9s and Train at Elkhorn Slough -- 3 Photos (32275362974).jpg 4347 February 1955EMDApril 26, 1971 SD9E EF618E-1Stored in Schellville, California
4353 January 1956EMDJune 30, 1972 SD9E EF618E-1Stored on the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW) in Chadron, Nebraska
4371 March 1955EMDSeptember 13, 1973 SD9E EF618E-1Stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
4373 May 1955EMDOctober 31, 1973 SD9E EF618E-1Stored on the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW) in Chadron, Nebraska
BUGX 1852 at East Helena, Montana on April 5, 2024.jpg 4397 May 1955EMDJanuary 9, 1975 SD9E EF618E-1Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc.Owned by BUGX
4401 March 1956EMDJune 9, 1975 SD9E EF618E-1Stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
4404 April 1955EMDSeptember 15, 1975 SD9E EF618E-1Owned by Western Rail Inc, Airway Heights, Washington (from Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California)
4409 January 1955EMDJanuary 16, 1976 SD9E EF618E-1Operational at the Turlock and Western Railroad or at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
Nevada Northern No. 204 at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum - July 2024 - 01.jpg 4426 February 1956EMDJune 15, 1977 SD9E EF618R-1Operational at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, Ely, Nevada Nevada Northern #204
4433 April 1955EMDDecember 19, 1977 SD9E EF618R-1Donated to the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation, Portland, Oregon
4436 March 1955EMDMarch 6, 1978 SD9E EF618R-1Stored in Schellville, California
4439 May 1955EMDMarch 18, 1980 SD9E EF618R-1Operational at the Columbia Basin Railroad in Yakima, Washington
SP 4451 with the Peninsula Commute in Santa Clara, April 1979.jpg 4451 April 1954EMDFebruary 14, 1974 SD9E EF618E-2Stored in Schellville, California nicknamed "Puff"
Southern Pacific 5399 (now LLW 5399 or AERC 5399) in Albany, Oregon.jpg 5399 February 1955EMDJanuary 12, 1973 SD9E DF-122Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, OregonEx-SP #4364
SP 5472 and 5623.jpg 5472 March 1956EMDMay 27, 1977 SD9E DF-125Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, CaliforniaEx-SP #4423 [35]
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 5623 at the Niles Canyon Railway - November 2020.jpg 5623 April 1955EMDApril 15, 1977 GP9R DF-606Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, CaliforniaEx-SP #3189 [36]
6303 December 1963EMDNovember 30, 1978GP35REF425K-1Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon
Southern Pacific SD45T-2 No. 6819 locomotive - July 2012 - 01.jpg 6819 March 1972EMDAugust 24, 1987 SD45T-2R EF636R-7Operational at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
7351 May 1968EMDFebruary 13, 1981 SD40R EF630LR-2Operational at the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway in Brewster, Ohio
7362 May 1966EMDApril 10, 1981 SD40R EF630LR-2On static display at the Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte, Nebraska
SP 7457.jpg 7457 August 1966EMDSeptember 1982 SD45R EF636LR-5On static display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, UtahEx-SP 8800, the first SD45 built for SP [32]

Preserved rebuilt diesel locomotive parts

PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderRebuild dateModelClassSurviving part and where it's currently onNotesRefs.
4405 April 1955EMDSeptember 30, 1975 SD9E EF618E-1Nose/Front hood, displayed at the Astoria Riverfront Trolley Barn in Astoria, Oregon. (Coordinates: 46°11'08.4"N 123°51'32.5"W)

Preserved passenger cars

PhotographNumber/NameBuilderTypeClassDispositionReferences
109 Pullman business car -Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
121Pullmanbusiness car/observation car-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
122 SacramentoBarney & Smithbusiness car/observation car-Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
127Pullmanbusiness car/observation car-Undergoing restoration; Elmendorf Heritage and Railroad Museum, Elmendorf, Texas.
141Pullmanbusiness car/observation car-In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
219 Pullman-Standard instruction car-Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
California State Railroad Museum Southern Pacific car, May 2006.jpg 290 Budd diner-Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
Southern Pacific Train at Old Sacramento - September 2023.jpg 291 Budd lounge-Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
293Pullmanbusiness car/coach -In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
401 Carter Brothers baggage-coach-Static display; Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California
1949Pullman"Harriman" coach-In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 1975 at the Niles Canyon Railway - November 2020.jpg 1975Pullmanall day lunch car-In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
Abandoned SP Passenger Railcars along a siding (5358171243).jpg 2085–2159Pullmansuburban coach-Of the 75 built for service on the Peninsula Commute, 27 were operable in 1980 and 10 were considered suitable for parts only. After leaving commute service in 1985, most are now in service or in storage at various railroad museums/tourist lines, including: [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44]
Passenger Car (21949843036).jpg 2127Pullmansuburban coach-Undergoing restoration; Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, Tillamook, Oregon
2360Pullmancoach-Stored, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
2373Pullmancoach-Available for lease as GOLDEN SHORE from American Rail Excursions [45]
2377 GOLDEN OREBuddcoach-In use as 2095 ANASAZI at Grand Canyon Railway [46]
2378 GOLDEN SANDBuddcoach-Available for lease as GOLDEN SAND from Mid America Railcar Leasing [47]
2397 Shasta SpringsPullmancoach-Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum
2445-2446Pullmanarticulated coach-Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 2474 at the Niles Canyon Railway - October 2020.jpg 2473-2474Pullman articulated coach-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
2979Pullman lounge car -Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca
2981 Overland TrailPullman-StandardClub/Lounge w/barbershop-In service; owned by Bill Hatrick; located at the Western Maryland Scenic as of October 2022
3300Pullman-StandardChair/Baggage Combine-Stored, private owner; Beaverton, Oregon
3700, 3701, 3702, 3703, 3707, 3708Pullman-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, 3745Pullman-Standard Gallery -Converted to "Ultra Dome" cars and in service with Princess Tours. [48] [49]
Chandler-Arizona Railway Museum-Southern Pacific Horse Car-1937.JPG 4300St. Louis Car Companypostal storage-Former SP horse car 7241 located at Arizona Railway Museum [50]
5045Pullmanbaggage/RPO car-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
5131 Standard Steel Car baggage/RPO car70-BP-30-1Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
6235Pullmanbaggage car-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
10040Pullman dining car -Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
10277-10278-10279Pullmantriple articulated diner car-Located in Grapevine, TX; owned by the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, stored near Grapevine depot
10280-10281-10282Pullmantriple articulated diner car-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
10402 GOLDEN TRENCHERPullman Standardhamburger grill-Located at Union Depot Railway Museum [51]

Preserved freight cars

PhotographNumberBuilderTypeDisposition
132 Narrow gauge boxcar Static display; Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California
188 Narrow gauge stock car Static display; Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California
5335 boxcar Storage; Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, unknown location within Oregon
SSW 23908 boxcar Display; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA

Preserved cabooses

PhotographNumberBuilderTypeDispositionReferences
1337Bay window cabooseDisplay; C30-6 type; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
Southern Pacific Railroad Caboose No. 1886 at the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum - April 2024.jpg 1886Bay window cabooseRestoration completed 9/16/16, static display at SLORRM, San Luis Obispo, CA
4706Bay window cabooseOperational; C50-9 type; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
Cabooses on the loose, San Francisco yard (42004553005).jpg 4727, 4736 Caboose Renumbered to JPBX 598, 599 and in annual Holiday Train service for Caltrain [52]

Preserved maintenance of way equipment

PhotographNumberBuilderTypeDisposition
Southern Pacific MOW 205.jpg SPMW 205 ALCO-Cooke Rotary snowplowStatic display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
20120220 Steam Rotary Snowblower at Train Mountain.JPG SPMW 206ALCO-CookeRotary snowplowStatic display Train Mountain Railroad Chiloquin, Oregon
The Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, CA (10143399703).jpg SPMW 208 Rotary snowplow and power snailOperational; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
Southern Pacific Rotary Snowplow MOW 211.jpg SPMW 211Rotary snowplowStatic Display, Roseville, California
SPMW 8209EMDSnowplow (originally F7B #6151C)Undergoing cosmetic restoration at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas
Southern Pacific Rotary Snowplow MOW 8221.jpg SPMW 8221Rotary snowplow and power snailOperational; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
SPMW 328 Snow Flanger Static display; Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, Antique Powerland, Brooks, Oregon

Formerly preserved, scrapped

Steam locomotives

PhotographNumberBuilderBuild dateWhyteClassLast LocationScrappedCause of scrappingNotesRefs
743SP's Algiers Shops1921 2-8-2 MK-5Girard Park in Lafayette, Louisiana 1970Environmental deterioration
1294 Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) April 1924 0-6-0 S-14 San Francisco Zoo 1987Environmental deterioration

Diesel locomotives

PhotographNumberBuilderBuild dateModelClassLast seenScrappedCause of scrappingNotesRefs
1303 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) June 1949 EMD NW2/EMD NW2RES410E-1 Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas 2012Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008
2872 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) April 1959 EMD GP9/EMD GP9R ES418R-4 North Coast Railroad's "Balloon track" in Eureka, California 2024Poor condition [53]
3779 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) March 1957 EMD GP9/EMD GP9E EF418E-3 North Coast Railroad's "Balloon track" in Eureka, California 2024Poor condition [53]
3857 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) April 1959 EMD GP9/EMD GP9E EF418R-4 North Coast Railroad's "Balloon track" in Eureka, California 2024Poor condition [53]
Dakota Southern 4427 at Chamberlain, South Dakota.png 4427 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) April 1955 EMD SD9/EMD SD9E EF618R-1Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC) in Chamberlain, South Dakota 2023Dakota Southern #4427
Around Southern Pacific's San Francisco Terminal in March 1985 -- 9 Photos (30665551270).jpg 4450 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) April 1954 EMD SD9/EMD SD9E EF618E-2 Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California August 20th, 2013Poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers.Nicknamed "Huff" [54]
5239 Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) September 1950 Baldwin AS-616 DF-112 Tigard, Oregon November 2009Poor conditionO&NW #2 [55]
6309 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) October 1950 EMD F7A DF-6 Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas 2011Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008Texas Limited #200
6379 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) July 1952 EMD F7A DF-8 Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas 2011Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008Texas Limited #100
7498 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) June 1967 EMD SD45/EMD SD45R EF632LR-1/EF632LR-2 Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad September 2012Buffalo and Pittsburgh #463
7525 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) March 1969 EMD SD45/EMD SD45R EF632LR-1/EF632LR-2 Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad November 2011Poor mechanical shapeReading Blue Mountain and Northern #3200

Notes

  1. Boyd (2018), p. 1862.
  2. "Exhibits - Central Pacific Railroad No. 1 Gov. Stanford". California State Railroad Museum. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. "The Transcontinental Railroad: Transforming California and the Nation" (PDF). National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Education Programs. p. 7. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  4. "Locomotive Collection". California Department of Parks and Recreation. State of California. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  5. 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.
  6. "SP steam engine, long displayed in Fresno, Calif., to be relocated". Trains. 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  7. "Southern Pacific #2467". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  8. "Southern Pacific 4-6-2 2472 to Lead Excursions For First Time Since 2015". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. August 8, 2022.
  9. "Southern Pacific 2472 Excursion Canceled". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. August 24, 2022.
  10. "SP 4-6-2, Roundhouse to Move to Niles Canyon". 5 July 2021.
  11. "California Trolley and Railroad Corporation".
  12. Haas, Ben (2022-05-19). "SP #4294, The Last Cab Forward | Steam Giants" . Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  13. Scott, Robert W. (January 9, 2023). "Portland day-trip rail experience". Trains . Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  14. "Southern Pacific Railroad #4460". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  15. 1 2 3 Johnsen (2006) , p. 54.
  16. "Southern Pacific #1218". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  17. Lustig, David (February 16, 2022). "News photos: Nevada museum picks up former Fillmore & Western equipment". Trains. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  18. "SP 1487 - GGRM: Collection". www.ggrm.org. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  19. "Fairbanks-Morse H12-44". Museum of the American Railroad. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  20. "Southern Pacific #3709". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  21. "Southern Pacific #7304 - RS-32 (DL-721)". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  22. 1 2 "SP 6378 & 6380". www.ggrm.org. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  23. SP Trainline. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 2005. p. 6.
  24. "Southern Pacific #1423". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  25. "IRM Roster - Southern Pacific 1518". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  26. Alberston, Bob. (1996). "EMD SD7-SP 1518, A precursor to all engines on rails today". Railfan & Railroad. Vol. 15. p. 50.
  27. "Former SP "Snowflake"". Railfan & Railroad. 7. Carstens Publications: 30. 1988 via Google Books.
  28. "Collections: Southern Pacific". Orange Empire Railway Museum. 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  29. 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.
  30. "Southern Pacific 3194". www.ggrm.org. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  31. 1 2 "California Western Railroad". Central Coast Chapter NRHS. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  32. 1 2 "Rolling Stock of the Utah State Railroad Museum: SP 3769: GP9". Utah State Railroad Museum: Spencer S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Rail Center. Ogden, Utah: Ogden Union Station. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  33. "Southern Pacific #3873". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  34. Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 1994. p. 12.
  35. "Southern Pacific #5472". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  36. "Southern Pacific #5623". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  37. "Southern Pacific's Final Peninsula Commute Fleet Roster". Southern Pacific. 1980. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  38. "Train Equipment". Xanterra/Grand Canyon Railway. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  39. "Southern Pacific Coaches Nos. 2097, 2143 & 2156". Golden Gate Railroad Museum. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  40. "Collection". Niles Canyon Railway. 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  41. "Historic Rolling Stock". Railtown 1897 State Historic Park. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  42. "Mainline Railroad Cars". Western Railway Museum. 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  43. "Our Collection: Logging & Other Railroad Rolling Stock". Timber Heritage Association. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  44. "Southern Pacific". Orange Empire Railway Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  45. "American Rail Excursions GOLDEN SHORE". American Rail Excursions. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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  47. "Mid America Railcar Leasing Coaches". Mid America Railcar Leasing. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  48. Combs, John (21 May 2016). "Princess Rail Cars". Alaska Rails. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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  50. "Arizona Railway Museum Equipment Roster". Arizona Railway Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  51. "Union Depot Railway Museum". Mendota Museum and Historical Society. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  52. "Southern Pacific Rolling Stock Photographic Roster, 4700–4799". RR Picture Archives. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  53. 1 2 3 "Twenty-Six Years After They Were Stranded There By Floods, The Balloon Track's Zombie Trains Are Finally Moving Out -- Mostly in Pieces". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
  54. Vicknair, Eugene (2013-06-02). "FRRS BoD Mtg Report 02-09-13 Surplus Property Locomotives" (PDF). Feather River Rail Society . Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  55. Moore & Monger (2013) , p. 116

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