Southern Pacific RailroadCompany Papers, 1927

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Southern Pacific RailroadCompany Papers, 1927

Collection consists of an Engineers' Register for the time period of September 12-December 18, 1927. Created at the Carrizozo shops. Register contains train number, direction bound, engine number, engineer's name and fireman's name with accumulated mileage for each, time of arrival, rest since last run, and length of time for last run.

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...