Southern Pacifi c Historic Diesels, Volume 20:
Passenger Cab Units Reprise
by Joseph A. Strapac, published by Shade Tree Books
www.shadetreebooks.biz
Joseph Strapac’s efforts in docu- menting Southern Pacific (SP) mo- tive power must make fans of other railroads jealous. Shade Tree Books’ Southern Pacific Historical Diesels series is also likely responsible for re- cruiting many new SP fans. Now enjoy- ing its 20th volume, Strapac returns to SP and its subsidiary roads, updating passenger car diesels.
The first volume presenting SP’s pas- senger cab diesels came out in 1992. This new, 176-page revised and updat- ed softcover guide features 342 photos, a complete subject roster, a timeline of important events, and a mountain of facts and data. A dozen chapters take the reader from SP’s initial passenger cab diesel experience in partnership with Chicago & North Western and Union Pacific operating The City of San Francisco to final FP7 purchases. While there are more Electro-Motive Division
(EMD) models on SP’s roster, the famous Daylight-painted Alco PA diesels appear on the cover, which totaled 66 mem- bers of SP’s passenger diesel fleet at one time.
Select volumes in this se- ries are often hard to come by, so many will welcome this new printing. Owners of those past passenger cab diesel editions (Volumes 3 and 9) will dis- cover new material and photos not found in the two previous efforts. I own both early vol- umes and wondered if I need- ed this new edition. I bought it at first simply to keep a com- plete collection. In compar- ing the three books, there is much to recommend in buy- ing this latest release, even if you have the original volumes. At present, Shade Tree Books plans two more volumes in its Southern Pacific Historic Diesels series with a hood-unit passenger diesel vol- ume coming for the 22nd installment. Volume 20’s color section presents 32
excellent images spanning the range of the book’s survey period. Southern Pa- cific Historic Diesels Volume 20 retails for $38.95. — TONY COOK
Outstanding Recent Books About the SP!
Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Volume 4 (revised), Anthony W. Thompson This limited reprint is part of a series on freight cars of the Southern Pacific: gondolas and stock cars (Vol. 1), cabooses (Vol. 2), automobile and flat cars (Vol. 3, temporarily out of stock), box cars (Vol. 4), and hoppers, covered hoppers and tank cars (Vol. 5). Volume 4 (revised): 504 pages, 862 photos, 94 drawings, bibliography, index. Price: $70
Southern Pacific Ten-Coupled Locomotives, Robert J. Church
Locomotives ranging from 4-10-0 El Gobernador of the 19th century, through 2-10-0 and 2-10-2 to 4-10-2, are shown with extensive photos and drawings. Complete cov- erage of both history and operations is presented, throughout the SP system. 534 pages, 795 photos, 107 maps and graphics, rosters, bibliography, index. Price: $85
Southern Pacific’s Sacramento Shops (reprinted), Robert A. Pecotich One of the greatest and most productive railroad shops in North America, SP’s Sacra- mento Shops built and rebuilt locomotives and freight cars, from 1868 to 1990. 496 pages, over 600 photos, 21 maps and drawings, bibliography, index. Price: $85
Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots, Henry E. Bender Jr.
Hundreds of SP depots, built to a small number of standard designs, and some non- standard depots, are described and illustrated with extensive photos and drawings. 320 pages, 437 photos, 46 drawings, bibliography, index. Price: $70
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