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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.

PhotographNumber/nameBuild dateBuilderClassWheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)
Disposition and LocationNotesRefs.
CP 1
Gov. Stanford
1862Norris-4-4-0Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California[1][2][3][4]
ST&E 11864Norris-Lancaster-Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California[5]
UP 737/SP 2161887BaldwinE-21On static display as Southern Pacific #216
SA&AP 60
Texas II
1922-Stored, Gulf and Ohio Railways, Knoxville, Tennessee
EP&SW 1May 1857Breese, Kneeland, and Company-Static display, El Paso, Texas
T&NO 146S-130-6-0Ogden, Utah
1
C. P. Huntington
4-2-4TStatic display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
84-6-0Narrow gauge locomotive; Sparks, Nevada
9Narrow gauge locomotive; undergoing restoration; Laws, California
18Narrow gauge locomotive; operational; Independence, California
20November 1880Baldwin-0-4-0TNarrow gauge locomotive; operational; Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
CP 60
Jupiter (replica)
4-4-0Original scrapped, replica is operational, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Promontory, Utah
CP 63
"Leviathan" (replica)
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.
2190-4-0TStatic display Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
CP 2332-6-2TStored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
745Mk-52-8-2Undergoing boiler inspection, Louisiana Steam Train Association, Jefferson, Louisiana
771Static display, Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
786Undergoing restoration, Austin Steam Train Association, Austin, Texas
794Static display, Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas
975F-12-10-2Static display, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
982Static display; Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas. Not to be confused with the Minute Maid Park ornamental train.
1215S-100-6-0Static display, History Park at Kelley Park, San Jose, CA, owned by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation.
1221Deming, New Mexico
1227S-11Sierra Northern Railway, Oakdale, California
1229Roseburg, Oregon
1233S-10Woodland, California
1237Static display, Salinas, California
1238Kingsburg Station, Kingsburg, California[6]
1251S-12Stored, dismantled, awaiting funds for restoration, Virginia City, Nevada
1258Martinez, California
1269Stored, unserviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
1273Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
1285S-14Monterey, California
1293Tracy, California
1298S-10Santa Cruz, California
16291900Schenectady Locomotive WorksM-42-6-0Static display, Saugus station, Saugus, California
1673Static display, Southern Arizona Transportation Museum (Southern Pacific Depot), Tucson, Arizona
1727M-6Static display, in Dunsmuir, California at the Dunsmuir City Park and Botanical Gardens
1744The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back into operation on the Niles Canyon Railway.
1765Lomita Railroad Museum, Lomita, California
1771M-8Undergoing restoration, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
1774Static display, Veterans Memorial Park, Globe, Arizona
1785M-6Woodburn, Oregon
2018T-164-6-0Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
2248July 10, 1896Cooke Locomotive and Machine CompanyT-14-6-0Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
2252March 1897Static display, downtown Roseville, California
2353T-314-6-0Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
2355Static display, Pioneer Park, Mesa, Arizona
2467March 1921BaldwinP-84-6-2Static display, operable, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento California[7]
2472January 1921Undergoing boiler inspection, operated at the Niles Canyon Railway from 2008 to 2015, originally at Sunol, California, now at Schellville, California[8][9]
2479October 1923P-10Undergoing restoration by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, California. Since moved to Niles Canyon Railway.[10][11]
2521C-92-8-0Static display, Colorado River State Historic Park, Yuma, Arizona
2562Static display, Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, Arizona
2579Klamath Falls, Oregon Veterans Memorial Park
27061904BaldwinC-8Privately owned, Colusa, California
2718Alturas, California
2720Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
2825C-9San Bernardino County Museum, Loma Linda, California
Southern Pacific Locomotive 285228521919Southern Pacific Shops, Sacramento, CaliforniaC-10Static display, Glenn County Fairgrounds, Orland, California
2914TW-84-8-0Bakersfield, California
3025A-34-4-2Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
3420C-192-8-0Stored 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.
4294March 1944BaldwinAC-124-8-8-2Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California. Awaiting a possible restoration that was discussed by the CSRM themselves.[12]
4449May 20, 1941LimaGS-44-8-4Operational, Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, Oregon[13]
4460GS-6Static display, National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri[14]
5021SP-24-10-2Static display, Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona, California

Preserved steam locomotive parts

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PhotographNumber/nameBuild dateBuilderClassWheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)
Surviving part and where it's currently onRefs.
4219March 1942BaldwinAC-104-8-8-2Tender, operating with CP 2816
4422November 26, 1937LimaGS-34-8-4Wheel, displayed at the RailGiants Train Museum in Pomona, California
4437April 29, 1941GS-4One of its wheels on SP 4449[15]
4443May 15, 1941Pilot truck on SP 4449[15]
4450March 27, 1942Trailing truck on SP 4449[15]
PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderModelClassDisposition and LocationNotesRefs.
1000January 1939EMDSW1ES406-1Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California.
1006November 1939SW1ES406-2Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
1100November 1950TR6A (SW8)ES408-1Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
1201May 1955ALCOS-6AS409-1Operational, National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WisconsinGB&W 106
1218April 1955Undergoing restoration, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California[16]
1226June 1956AS409-3Operational, Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Nevada[17]
1474S-4Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
1487January 1953FMH-12-44DS-113Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California.Replica, ex-US Army #1874[18]
1550BaldwinS-12Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
2379January 1956FMH-12-44FS412-4Operational, Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas[19]
2919April 1959ALCORS-11Operational, Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, CaliforniaNapa Valley no. 62
2954February 1961ALCORSD-12AS618-1Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
2958Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
2962March 1961Stored, Arkansas Railroad Museum, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
3634April 1957EMDGP9EF418-7Operational, Madison Railroad in Madison, IndianaCMPA GP10 #3634
3709August 1959EF418-9Undergoing operational restoration, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California[20]
4002April 1962ALCORS-32AF420-1Operational, Genesee Valley Transportation, Batavia, New York
4004Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California[21]
4009Operational, Fillmore and Western Railway, Ventura County, California
4079April 1962EMDGP20EF420-1Operational at the Midland Railway in Baldwin City, Kansas
5100GE70-tonGS407-1Stored, serviceable, Oregon Pacific Railroad, Milwaukie, Oregon
5103Stored at the Sumpter Valley Railway in McEwen, OR
5119Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
5208May 1949BaldwinDRS-6-6-1500DF-101Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
5253AS-616Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
5274
6051December 1954EMDE9EP624A-1Operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
6378July 1952F7ADF-8Stored, serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California[22]
6380July 1952[22]
6402August 1952Stored, operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
6443February 1953EF415A-11Operational, Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, TexasCurrently Santa Fe 315
7815March 1978GEB30-7GF430-2Owned by the Midwest Overland Rail Preservation Society
7863April 1979GF430-3Stored, Creede, Colorado
8007August 1987B39-8GF439-1Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon
8540January 1979EMDSD40T-2EF630-8Stored, Fire Training Academy San Antonio, Texas
9010March 1964Krauss-MaffeiML-4000DF-802Operational, based at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California

Preserved diesel locomotive parts

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

Preserved rebuilt diesel locomotives

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PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderRebuild dateModelClassDisposition and LocationNotesRefs.
1423June 1949EMDSeptember 14, 1972NW2EDS-109Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CaliforniaEx-SP 1335[24]
1518May 1951February 5, 1980SD7REF615R-1Operational, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IllinoisEMD #990[25][26]
1530November 1952April 15, 1980Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at Blackwell, OklahomaPortland and Western 1501
1533August 1953April 29, 1980Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
2873December 1956February 18. 1977GP9RES418R-3Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
3100March 29, 1963GESeptember 29, 1975U25BEGF425E-1Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California[27][28][29]
3190April 1955EMDAugust 22, 1977GP9REP418R-1/EF418R-6Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc.
3191May 1954October 21, 1977Operational, West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC), Elkins, West Virginia
3194April 21, 1978Stored, operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California[30]
3311January 1955May 11, 1970GP9EEF418E-1Operational, California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California[31]
3312May 1954May 14, 1970Operational, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North CarolinaGSMR #1751
3397April 1956February 1974EF418E-2Operational, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North CarolinaGSMR #1755
3411October 1954January 1975Operational, California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California[31]
3769January 1957September 1974EF418E-3On static display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah[32]
3790January 1957June 1976Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at West Burlington, Iowa
3804March 1957September 1977EF418R-3Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc.
3843February 1959December 1976EF418E-4Operational, Indiana Railroad Museum in French Lick, Indiana[33]
3855April 1959September 1977GP9REF418R-4Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at South Haven, KansasPortland and Western 1801
3859February 1959January 1978Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, OregonAERC 1750
3873February 1959July 1977EF418CR-4Operational at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California[34]
3885September 1959January 1978EF418R-5Operational at the Mount Hood Railroad in Portland, OregonCurrently MHRR 88
4102February 1962June 30, 1975GP20EEF420E-2On static display in Manly, Iowa[35]
4125February 1962February 16, 1979GP20REF420R-2Operational, Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, Blue Ridge, Georgia
4304May 1954September 10, 1970SD9EEF618E-1Stored in Willits, California (coordinates: 39°24'24.5"N 123°20'55.7"W)Owned by BUGX
4306March 1954September 16, 1970Operational at DeBruce Grain Inc.
4324April 1954December 22, 1970Stored at the Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) in Burlington, Iowa.Owned by BUGX
4331January 1955February 5, 1971Operational at Pixley, California
4347February 1955April 26, 1971Stored in Schellville, California
4353January 1956June 30, 1972Stored on the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW) in Chadron, Nebraska
4371March 1955September 13, 1973Stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
4373May 1955October 31, 1973Stored on the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW) in Chadron, Nebraska
4397January 9, 1975Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at West Burlington, Iowa
4401March 1956June 9, 1975Stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
4404April 1955September 15, 1975Stored on the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) in Usk, Washington
4409January 1955January 16, 1976Operational at the Turlock and Western Railroad or at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
4426February 1956June 15, 1977EF618R-1Operational at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, Ely, NevadaNevada Northern #250
4433April 1955December 19, 1977Donated to the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation, Portland, Oregon
4436March 1955March 6, 1978Stored in Schellville, California
4439May 1955March 18, 1980Operational at the Columbia Basin Railroad in Yakima, Washington
4451April 1954February 14, 1974EF618E-2Stored in Schellville, Californianicknamed "Puff"
5399February 1955January 12, 1973DF-122Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, OregonEx-SP #4364
5472March 1956May 27, 1977DF-125Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, CaliforniaEx-SP #4423[36]
5623April 1955April 15, 1977GP9RDF-606Ex-SP #3189[37]
6303December 1963November 30, 1978GP35REF425K-1Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon
6819March 1972August 24, 1987SD45T-2REF636R-7Operational at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
7351May 1968February 13, 1981SD40REF630LR-2Operational at the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway in Brewster, OhioCurrently Wheeling and Lake Erie 6984
7362May 1966April 10, 1981On static display at the Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte, Nebraska
7457August 1966September 1982SD45REF636LR-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

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PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderRebuild dateModelClassSurviving part and where it's currently onNotesRefs.
4405April 1955EMDSeptember 30, 1975SD9EEF618E-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

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PhotographNumber/NameBuilderTypeClassDispositionReferences
109Pullmanbusiness car-Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
121business car/observation car-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
122 SacramentoBarney & Smith-Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
127Pullman-Undergoing restoration; Elmendorf Heritage and Railroad Museum, Elmendorf, Texas.
141-In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
219Pullman-Standardinstruction car-Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
290Budddiner-
291lounge-
293Pullmanbusiness car/coach-In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
401Carter Brothersbaggage-coach-Static display; Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California
1949Pullman"Harriman" coach-In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
1975all day lunch car-
2085–2159suburban 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:[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
2127suburban coach-Undergoing restoration; Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, Tillamook, Oregon
2360coach-Stored, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
2373-Available for lease as GOLDEN SHORE from American Rail Excursions[46]
2377 GOLDEN OREBudd-In use as 2095 ANASAZI at Grand Canyon Railway[47]
2378 GOLDEN SAND-Available for lease as GOLDEN SAND from Mid America Railcar Leasing[48]
2397 Shasta SpringsPullman-Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum
2445-2446articulated coach-
2473–2474articulated coach-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
2979lounge 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
3300-Stored, private owner; Beaverton, Oregon
3700, 3701, 3702, 3703, 3707, 3708Gallery-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-Converted to "Ultra Dome" cars and in service with Princess Tours.[49][50]
4300St. Louis Car Companypostal storage-Former SP horse car 7241 located at Arizona Railway Museum[51]
5045Pullmanbaggage/RPO car-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
5131Standard Steel Car70-BP-30-1
6235Pullmanbaggage car-
10040dining car-
10277-10278-10279triple articulated diner car-Located in Grapevine, TX; owned by the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, stored near Grapevine depot
10280–10281–10282-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
10402 GOLDEN TRENCHERPullman Standardhamburger grill-Located at Union Depot Railway Museum[52]

Preserved freight cars

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

Preserved cabooses

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PhotographNumberBuilderTypeDispositionReferences
1337Bay window cabooseDisplay; C30-6 type; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
1886Restoration completed 9/16/16, static display at SLORRM, San Luis Obispo, CA
4706Operational; C50-9 type; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
4770Display, Miller Park, Bloomington, Illinois
4727, 4736CabooseRenumbered to JPBX 598, 599 and in annual Holiday Train service for Caltrain[53]

Preserved maintenance of way equipment

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PhotographNumberBuilderTypeDisposition
Southern Pacific MOW 205 Rotary Snow PlowSPMW 205ALCO-CookeRotary snowplowStatic display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
20120220 Steam Rotary Snowblower at Train MountainSPMW 206Static display Train Mountain Railroad Chiloquin, Oregon
SPMW 208Rotary snowplow and power snailOperational; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
Southern Pacific Rotary Snowplow MOW 211SPMW 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 at Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CaliforniaSPMW 8221Rotary snowplow and power snailOperational; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
SPMW 328Snow FlangerStatic display; Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, Antique Powerland, Brooks, Oregon

Formerly preserved, scrapped

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Each locomotive is listed by scrap date

Steam locomotives

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NumberBuilderBuild dateWhyteClassLast LocationScrappedCause of scrappingNotesRefs
743SP's Algiers Shops19212-8-2MK-5Girard Park in Lafayette, Louisiana1970Environmental deterioration
1294Lima Locomotive Works (LLW)April 19240-6-0S-14San Francisco Zoo1987

Diesel locomotives

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NumberBuilderBuild dateModelClassLast seenScrappedCause of scrappingNotesRefs
5239Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)September 1950AS-616DF-112Tigard, OregonNovember 2009Poor conditionO&NW #2[54]
6309Electro-Motive Division (EMD)October 1950F7ADF-6Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, TexasJune 1, 2011Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008Texas Limited #200
6379July 1952DF-8Texas Limited #100
1113March 1953SW8ES408-2Yreka, CaliforniaJune 12, 2010Poor condition and bad crankshaft

Rebuilt diesel locomotives

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PhotographNumberBuilderBuild dateRebuild dateModelClassLast seenScrappedCause of scrappingNotesRefs
4303Electro-Motive Division (EMD)April 1954August 31, 1970SD9EEF618E-1Stored at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely, Nevada2011Cannibalized for spare parts for #4426 (now NNRY #250)
7525March 1969October 1984SD45REF632LR-1/EF632LR-2Reading Blue Mountain and Northern RailroadNovember 2011Poor mechanical shapeReading Blue Mountain and Northern #3200
1303June 1949April 8, 1971NW2RES410E-1Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas2012Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008
3400May 1956May 1, 1974GP9EEF418E-2LaHarpe, IllinoisJanuary 31, 2012Poor condition
SSW 3809March 1975March 1975EF418CE-3
4450April 1954November 23, 1973SD9EEF618E-2Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CaliforniaAugust 20, 2013Poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers.Nicknamed "Huff"[55]
4427April 1955June 9, 1977EF618R-1Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC) in Chamberlain, South DakotaDecember 2023-Dakota Southern #4427
2872April 1959April 1977GP9RES418R-4North Coast Railroad's "Balloon track" in Eureka, CaliforniaSeptember 2024Poor condition[56]
3779March 1957September 1975GP9EEF418E-3
3857April 1959October 1977EF418R-4

Notes

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  4. ^ "Locomotive Collection". California Department of Parks and Recreation. State of California. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  5. ^ Hilton, George W. & Due, John Fitzgerald (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 413. OCLC 237973.
  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.
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  14. ^ "Southern Pacific Railroad #4460". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  15. ^ a b c Johnsen (2006), p. 54.
  16. ^ "Southern Pacific #1218". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "California Western Railroad". Central Coast Chapter NRHS. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  32. ^ a b "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. ^ "ENGINE #465 | French Lick Scenic Railway". frenchlickscenicrailway.org. 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  34. ^ "Southern Pacific #3873". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  35. ^ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 1994. p. 12.
  36. ^ "Southern Pacific #5472". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  37. ^ "Southern Pacific #5623". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  38. ^ "Southern Pacific's Final Peninsula Commute Fleet Roster". Southern Pacific. 1980. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  39. ^ "Train Equipment". Xanterra/Grand Canyon Railway. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  40. ^ "Southern Pacific Coaches Nos. 2097, 2143 & 2156". Golden Gate Railroad Museum. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  41. ^ "Collection". Niles Canyon Railway. 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  42. ^ "Historic Rolling Stock". Railtown 1897 State Historic Park. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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  44. ^ "Our Collection: Logging & Other Railroad Rolling Stock". Timber Heritage Association. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  45. ^ "Southern Pacific". Orange Empire Railway Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  46. ^ "American Rail Excursions GOLDEN SHORE". American Rail Excursions. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  47. ^ "Grand Canyon Railway Train Equipment". Grand Canyon Railway. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  48. ^ "Mid America Railcar Leasing Coaches". Mid America Railcar Leasing. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  49. ^ Combs, John (21 May 2016). "Princess Rail Cars". Alaska Rails. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  50. ^ Moore, Jody (2005). "Princess Tours 2005 car refitting, part 1". TrainWeb. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  51. ^ "Arizona Railway Museum Equipment Roster". Arizona Railway Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  52. ^ "Union Depot Railway Museum". Mendota Museum and Historical Society. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  53. ^ "Southern Pacific Rolling Stock Photographic Roster, 4700–4799". RR Picture Archives. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  54. ^ Moore & Monger (2013), p. 116
  55. ^ Vicknair, Eugene (2013-06-02). "FRRS BoD Mtg Report 02-09-13 Surplus Property Locomotives" (PDF). Feather River Rail Society. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  56. ^ "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.

References

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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.

    PhotographNumber/nameBuild dateBuilderClassWheel arrangement
    (Whyte notation)
    Disposition and LocationNotesRefs.
    CP 1
    Gov. Stanford
    1862Norris-4-4-0Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California[1][2][3][4]
    ST&E 11864Norris-Lancaster-Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California[5]
    UP 737/SP 2161887BaldwinE-21On static display as Southern Pacific #216
    SA&AP 60
    Texas II
    1922-Stored, Gulf and Ohio Railways, Knoxville, Tennessee
    EP&SW 1May 1857Breese, Kneeland, and Company-Static display, El Paso, Texas
    T&NO 146S-130-6-0Ogden, Utah
    1
    C. P. Huntington
    4-2-4TStatic display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
    84-6-0Narrow gauge locomotive; Sparks, Nevada
    9Narrow gauge locomotive; undergoing restoration; Laws, California
    18Narrow gauge locomotive; operational; Independence, California
    20November 1880Baldwin-0-4-0TNarrow gauge locomotive; operational; Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
    CP 60
    Jupiter (replica)
    4-4-0Original scrapped, replica is operational, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Promontory, Utah
    CP 63
    "Leviathan" (replica)
    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.
    2190-4-0TStatic display Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
    CP 2332-6-2TStored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
    745Mk-52-8-2Undergoing boiler inspection, Louisiana Steam Train Association, Jefferson, Louisiana
    771Static display, Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
    786Undergoing restoration, Austin Steam Train Association, Austin, Texas
    794Static display, Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas
    975F-12-10-2Static display, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
    982Static display; Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas. Not to be confused with the Minute Maid Park ornamental train.
    1215S-100-6-0Static display, History Park at Kelley Park, San Jose, CA, owned by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation.
    1221Deming, New Mexico
    1227S-11Sierra Northern Railway, Oakdale, California
    1229Roseburg, Oregon
    1233S-10Woodland, California
    1237Static display, Salinas, California
    1238Kingsburg Station, Kingsburg, California[6]
    1251S-12Stored, dismantled, awaiting funds for restoration, Virginia City, Nevada
    1258Martinez, California
    1269Stored, unserviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
    1273Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
    1285S-14Monterey, California
    1293Tracy, California
    1298S-10Santa Cruz, California
    16291900Schenectady Locomotive WorksM-42-6-0Static display, Saugus station, Saugus, California
    1673Static display, Southern Arizona Transportation Museum (Southern Pacific Depot), Tucson, Arizona
    1727M-6Static display, in Dunsmuir, California at the Dunsmuir City Park and Botanical Gardens
    1744The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back into operation on the Niles Canyon Railway.
    1765Lomita Railroad Museum, Lomita, California
    1771M-8Undergoing restoration, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
    1774Static display, Veterans Memorial Park, Globe, Arizona
    1785M-6Woodburn, Oregon
    2018T-164-6-0Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
    2248July 10, 1896Cooke Locomotive and Machine CompanyT-14-6-0Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
    2252March 1897Static display, downtown Roseville, California
    2353T-314-6-0Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
    2355Static display, Pioneer Park, Mesa, Arizona
    2467March 1921BaldwinP-84-6-2Static display, operable, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento California[7]
    2472January 1921Undergoing boiler inspection, operated at the Niles Canyon Railway from 2008 to 2015, originally at Sunol, California, now at Schellville, California[8][9]
    2479October 1923P-10Undergoing restoration by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, California. Since moved to Niles Canyon Railway.[10][11]
    2521C-92-8-0Static display, Colorado River State Historic Park, Yuma, Arizona
    2562Static display, Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, Arizona
    2579Klamath Falls, Oregon Veterans Memorial Park
    27061904BaldwinC-8Privately owned, Colusa, California
    2718Alturas, California
    2720Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
    2825C-9San Bernardino County Museum, Loma Linda, California
    Southern Pacific Locomotive 285228521919Southern Pacific Shops, Sacramento, CaliforniaC-10Static display, Glenn County Fairgrounds, Orland, California
    2914TW-84-8-0Bakersfield, California
    3025A-34-4-2Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
    3420C-192-8-0Stored 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.
    4294March 1944BaldwinAC-124-8-8-2Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California. Awaiting a possible restoration that was discussed by the CSRM themselves.[12]
    4449May 20, 1941LimaGS-44-8-4Operational, Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, Oregon[13]
    4460GS-6Static display, National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri[14]
    5021SP-24-10-2Static 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.
    4219March 1942BaldwinAC-104-8-8-2Tender, operating with CP 2816
    4422November 26, 1937LimaGS-34-8-4Wheel, displayed at the RailGiants Train Museum in Pomona, California
    4437April 29, 1941GS-4One of its wheels on SP 4449[15]
    4443May 15, 1941Pilot truck on SP 4449[15]
    4450March 27, 1942Trailing truck on SP 4449[15]
    PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderModelClassDisposition and LocationNotesRefs.
    1000January 1939EMDSW1ES406-1Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California.
    1006November 1939SW1ES406-2Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
    1100November 1950TR6A (SW8)ES408-1Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
    1201May 1955ALCOS-6AS409-1Operational, National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WisconsinGB&W 106
    1218April 1955Undergoing restoration, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California[16]
    1226June 1956AS409-3Operational, Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Nevada[17]
    1474S-4Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
    1487January 1953FMH-12-44DS-113Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California.Replica, ex-US Army #1874[18]
    1550BaldwinS-12Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
    2379January 1956FMH-12-44FS412-4Operational, Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas[19]
    2919April 1959ALCORS-11Operational, Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, CaliforniaNapa Valley no. 62
    2954February 1961ALCORSD-12AS618-1Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
    2958Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
    2962March 1961Stored, Arkansas Railroad Museum, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
    3634April 1957EMDGP9EF418-7Operational, Madison Railroad in Madison, IndianaCMPA GP10 #3634
    3709August 1959EF418-9Undergoing operational restoration, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California[20]
    4002April 1962ALCORS-32AF420-1Operational, Genesee Valley Transportation, Batavia, New York
    4004Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California[21]
    4009Operational, Fillmore and Western Railway, Ventura County, California
    4079April 1962EMDGP20EF420-1Operational at the Midland Railway in Baldwin City, Kansas
    5100GE70-tonGS407-1Stored, serviceable, Oregon Pacific Railroad, Milwaukie, Oregon
    5103Stored at the Sumpter Valley Railway in McEwen, OR
    5119Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
    5208May 1949BaldwinDRS-6-6-1500DF-101Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
    5253AS-616Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
    5274
    6051December 1954EMDE9EP624A-1Operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
    6378July 1952F7ADF-8Stored, serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California[22]
    6380July 1952[22]
    6402August 1952Stored, operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
    6443February 1953EF415A-11Operational, Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, TexasCurrently Santa Fe 315
    7815March 1978GEB30-7GF430-2Owned by the Midwest Overland Rail Preservation Society
    7863April 1979GF430-3Stored, Creede, Colorado
    8007August 1987B39-8GF439-1Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon
    8540January 1979EMDSD40T-2EF630-8Stored, Fire Training Academy San Antonio, Texas
    9010March 1964Krauss-MaffeiML-4000DF-802Operational, based at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California

    Preserved diesel locomotive parts

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

    Preserved rebuilt diesel locomotives

    PhotographNumberBuild dateBuilderRebuild dateModelClassDisposition and LocationNotesRefs.
    1423June 1949EMDSeptember 14, 1972NW2EDS-109Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CaliforniaEx-SP 1335[24]
    1518May 1951February 5, 1980SD7REF615R-1Operational, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IllinoisEMD #990[25][26]
    1530November 1952April 15, 1980Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at Blackwell, OklahomaPortland and Western 1501
    1533August 1953April 29, 1980Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
    2873December 1956February 18. 1977GP9RES418R-3Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
    3100March 29, 1963GESeptember 29, 1975U25BEGF425E-1Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California[27][28][29]
    3190April 1955EMDAugust 22, 1977GP9REP418R-1/EF418R-6Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc.
    3191May 1954October 21, 1977Operational, West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC), Elkins, West Virginia
    3194April 21, 1978Stored, operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California[30]
    3311January 1955May 11, 1970GP9EEF418E-1Operational, California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California[31]
    3312May 1954May 14, 1970Operational, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North CarolinaGSMR #1751
    3397April 1956February 1974EF418E-2Operational, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North CarolinaGSMR #1755
    3411October 1954January 1975Operational, California Western Railroad, Mendocino County, California[31]
    3769January 1957September 1974EF418E-3On static display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah[32]
    3790January 1957June 1976Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at West Burlington, Iowa
    3804March 1957September 1977EF418R-3Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc.
    3843February 1959December 1976EF418E-4Operational, Indiana Railroad Museum in French Lick, Indiana[33]
    3855April 1959September 1977GP9REF418R-4Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at South Haven, KansasPortland and Western 1801
    3859February 1959January 1978Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, OregonAERC 1750
    3873February 1959July 1977EF418CR-4Operational at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California[34]
    3885September 1959January 1978EF418R-5Operational at the Mount Hood Railroad in Portland, OregonCurrently MHRR 88
    4102February 1962June 30, 1975GP20EEF420E-2On static display in Manly, Iowa[35]
    4125February 1962February 16, 1979GP20REF420R-2Operational, Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, Blue Ridge, Georgia
    4304May 1954September 10, 1970SD9EEF618E-1Stored in Willits, California (coordinates: 39°24'24.5"N 123°20'55.7"W)Owned by BUGX
    4306March 1954September 16, 1970Operational at DeBruce Grain Inc.
    4324April 1954December 22, 1970Stored at the Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) in Burlington, Iowa.Owned by BUGX
    4331January 1955February 5, 1971Operational at Pixley, California
    4347February 1955April 26, 1971Stored in Schellville, California
    4353January 1956June 30, 1972Stored on the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW) in Chadron, Nebraska
    4371March 1955September 13, 1973Stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
    4373May 1955October 31, 1973Stored on the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW) in Chadron, Nebraska
    4397January 9, 1975Under ownership of Dieselmotive Company, Inc., stored at West Burlington, Iowa
    4401March 1956June 9, 1975Stored at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
    4404April 1955September 15, 1975Stored on the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) in Usk, Washington
    4409January 1955January 16, 1976Operational at the Turlock and Western Railroad or at Chemurgic in Turlock, California
    4426February 1956June 15, 1977EF618R-1Operational at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, Ely, NevadaNevada Northern #250
    4433April 1955December 19, 1977Donated to the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation, Portland, Oregon
    4436March 1955March 6, 1978Stored in Schellville, California
    4439May 1955March 18, 1980Operational at the Columbia Basin Railroad in Yakima, Washington
    4451April 1954February 14, 1974EF618E-2Stored in Schellville, Californianicknamed "Puff"
    5399February 1955January 12, 1973DF-122Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, OregonEx-SP #4364
    5472March 1956May 27, 1977DF-125Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, CaliforniaEx-SP #4423[36]
    5623April 1955April 15, 1977GP9RDF-606Ex-SP #3189[37]
    6303December 1963November 30, 1978GP35REF425K-1Operational at the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon
    6819March 1972August 24, 1987SD45T-2REF636R-7Operational at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
    7351May 1968February 13, 1981SD40REF630LR-2Operational at the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway in Brewster, OhioCurrently Wheeling and Lake Erie 6984
    7362May 1966April 10, 1981On static display at the Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte, Nebraska
    7457August 1966September 1982SD45REF636LR-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.
    4405April 1955EMDSeptember 30, 1975SD9EEF618E-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
    109Pullmanbusiness car-Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
    121business car/observation car-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
    122 SacramentoBarney & Smith-Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
    127Pullman-Undergoing restoration; Elmendorf Heritage and Railroad Museum, Elmendorf, Texas.
    141-In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
    219Pullman-Standardinstruction car-Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
    290Budddiner-
    291lounge-
    293Pullmanbusiness car/coach-In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
    401Carter Brothersbaggage-coach-Static display; Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California
    1949Pullman"Harriman" coach-In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
    1975all day lunch car-
    2085–2159suburban 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:[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
    2127suburban coach-Undergoing restoration; Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, Tillamook, Oregon
    2360coach-Stored, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
    2373-Available for lease as GOLDEN SHORE from American Rail Excursions[46]
    2377 GOLDEN OREBudd-In use as 2095 ANASAZI at Grand Canyon Railway[47]
    2378 GOLDEN SAND-Available for lease as GOLDEN SAND from Mid America Railcar Leasing[48]
    2397 Shasta SpringsPullman-Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum
    2445-2446articulated coach-
    2473–2474articulated coach-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
    2979lounge 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
    3300-Stored, private owner; Beaverton, Oregon
    3700, 3701, 3702, 3703, 3707, 3708Gallery-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-Converted to "Ultra Dome" cars and in service with Princess Tours.[49][50]
    4300St. Louis Car Companypostal storage-Former SP horse car 7241 located at Arizona Railway Museum[51]
    5045Pullmanbaggage/RPO car-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
    5131Standard Steel Car70-BP-30-1
    6235Pullmanbaggage car-
    10040dining car-
    10277-10278-10279triple articulated diner car-Located in Grapevine, TX; owned by the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, stored near Grapevine depot
    10280–10281–10282-Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
    10402 GOLDEN TRENCHERPullman Standardhamburger grill-Located at Union Depot Railway Museum[52]

    Preserved freight cars

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

    Preserved cabooses

    PhotographNumberBuilderTypeDispositionReferences
    1337Bay window cabooseDisplay; C30-6 type; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
    1886Restoration completed 9/16/16, static display at SLORRM, San Luis Obispo, CA
    4706Operational; C50-9 type; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
    4770Display, Miller Park, Bloomington, Illinois
    4727, 4736CabooseRenumbered to JPBX 598, 599 and in annual Holiday Train service for Caltrain[53]

    Preserved maintenance of way equipment

    PhotographNumberBuilderTypeDisposition
    Southern Pacific MOW 205 Rotary Snow PlowSPMW 205ALCO-CookeRotary snowplowStatic display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
    20120220 Steam Rotary Snowblower at Train MountainSPMW 206Static display Train Mountain Railroad Chiloquin, Oregon
    SPMW 208Rotary snowplow and power snailOperational; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
    Southern Pacific Rotary Snowplow MOW 211SPMW 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 at Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CaliforniaSPMW 8221Rotary snowplow and power snailOperational; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
    SPMW 328Snow FlangerStatic display; Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, Antique Powerland, Brooks, Oregon

    Formerly preserved, scrapped

    Each locomotive is listed by scrap date

    Steam locomotives

    NumberBuilderBuild dateWhyteClassLast LocationScrappedCause of scrappingNotesRefs
    743SP's Algiers Shops19212-8-2MK-5Girard Park in Lafayette, Louisiana1970Environmental deterioration
    1294Lima Locomotive Works (LLW)April 19240-6-0S-14San Francisco Zoo1987

    Diesel locomotives

    NumberBuilderBuild dateModelClassLast seenScrappedCause of scrappingNotesRefs
    5239Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)September 1950AS-616DF-112Tigard, OregonNovember 2009Poor conditionO&NW #2[54]
    6309Electro-Motive Division (EMD)October 1950F7ADF-6Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, TexasJune 1, 2011Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008Texas Limited #200
    6379July 1952DF-8Texas Limited #100
    1113March 1953SW8ES408-2Yreka, CaliforniaJune 12, 2010Poor condition and bad crankshaft

    Rebuilt diesel locomotives

    PhotographNumberBuilderBuild dateRebuild dateModelClassLast seenScrappedCause of scrappingNotesRefs
    4303Electro-Motive Division (EMD)April 1954August 31, 1970SD9EEF618E-1Stored at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely, Nevada2011Cannibalized for spare parts for #4426 (now NNRY #250)
    7525March 1969October 1984SD45REF632LR-1/EF632LR-2Reading Blue Mountain and Northern RailroadNovember 2011Poor mechanical shapeReading Blue Mountain and Northern #3200
    1303June 1949April 8, 1971NW2RES410E-1Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas2012Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008
    3400May 1956May 1, 1974GP9EEF418E-2LaHarpe, IllinoisJanuary 31, 2012Poor condition
    SSW 3809March 1975March 1975EF418CE-3
    4450April 1954November 23, 1973SD9EEF618E-2Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CaliforniaAugust 20, 2013Poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers.Nicknamed "Huff"[55]
    4427April 1955June 9, 1977EF618R-1Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC) in Chamberlain, South DakotaDecember 2023-Dakota Southern #4427
    2872April 1959April 1977GP9RES418R-4North Coast Railroad's "Balloon track" in Eureka, CaliforniaSeptember 2024Poor condition[56]
    3779March 1957September 1975GP9EEF418E-3
    3857April 1959October 1977EF418R-4

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    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 Fitzgerald (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 413. OCLC 237973.
    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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "California Western Railroad". Central Coast Chapter NRHS. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
    32. ^ a b "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. ^ "ENGINE #465 | French Lick Scenic Railway". frenchlickscenicrailway.org. 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
    34. ^ "Southern Pacific #3873". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
    35. ^ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 1994. p. 12.
    36. ^ "Southern Pacific #5472". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
    37. ^ "Southern Pacific #5623". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
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    • Diebert, Timothy S. & Strapac, Joseph A. (1987). Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5.
    • Schreyer, George (1999). "The Southern Pacific Narrow gauge". Retrieved April 3, 2006.
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    • Moore, Jeff; Monger, Wayne I. (2013). Oregon & Northwestern Railroad. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. ISBN 9781439644249.
    • Boyd, Ken (2018). Historic North American Locomotives: An Illustrated Journey (E-book). Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 9781627005098 – via Google Books.
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