John Signor Archives - Southern Pacific Railroad History Center https://splives.org/product-category/john-signor/ Southern Pacific Lives Here Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:45:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://splives.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-removal.ai_ad91e945-9657-488b-872a-ee465a96f444-ezgif-2-26c6966d0f-32x32.png John Signor Archives - Southern Pacific Railroad History Center https://splives.org/product-category/john-signor/ 32 32 227189692 Donner Pass Southern Pacific’s Sierra Crossing by John Signor W26 https://splives.org/product/donner-pass-southern-pacifics-sierra-crossing-by-john-signor-ni/ https://splives.org/product/donner-pass-southern-pacifics-sierra-crossing-by-john-signor-ni/#respond Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:17:23 +0000 https://splives.org/?post_type=product&p=9926 Southern Pacific’s Sierra Crossing John R. Signor 8½x11 – Hardbound, 290 pages, 492 illustrations, maps, profiles, bibliography, and index. This volume presents all you ever wanted to know about Southern […]

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]]> Southern Pacific’s Sierra Crossing John R. Signor 8½x11 – Hardbound, 290 pages, 492 illustrations, maps, profiles, bibliography, and index. This volume presents all you ever wanted to know about Southern Pacific’s rail passage over California’s Donner Pass. At the summit, over 90 feet of snow falls annually. Everything about the Sierra crossing was monumental: the grade, the locomotives required to lift the trains over the Sierra, the helper locomotives, the tonnage handled, and those unique snowsheds that protected the tracks from the record snowfall and rock slides.

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Golden West Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 1985
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages

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]]> https://splives.org/product/donner-pass-southern-pacifics-sierra-crossing-by-john-signor-ni/feed/ 0 9926 Southern Pacific’s Coast Line Pictorial by Thompson and Signor (W3A, 4 and 41) https://splives.org/product/southern-pacifics-coast-line-2/ https://splives.org/product/southern-pacifics-coast-line-2/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:28:21 +0000 http://s991057502.onlinehome.us/?post_type=product&p=361 By John R. Signor. Published in 1994 by Signature Press. Hardcover and in mint condition.

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]]> With in 296 pages and 600 images, 140 in color, this pictorial portraits the emergence of the Southern Pacific in the 2oth century and includes photos from the Southern Pacific. The volume is fully indexed and has a bibliography. Published by Signature Press in 2000, this volume and jacket are in like new condition.

Locator Boxes 3A, 4 and 41

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]]> https://splives.org/product/southern-pacifics-coast-line-2/feed/ 0 361 The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company by John Signor (JD) https://splives.org/product/the-los-angeles-and-salt-lake-railroad-company-ups-historic-salt-lake-route-l/ https://splives.org/product/the-los-angeles-and-salt-lake-railroad-company-ups-historic-salt-lake-route-l/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:28:20 +0000 http://s991057502.onlinehome.us/?post_type=product&p=360 By John R. Signor. Published in 1988 by Golden West Publications. Hardcover, in very good condition, and out of print.

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]]> This is the complete history of the LA&SL that became part of the Union Pacific Railroad with B&W images and maps, an index, and a bibliography in 256 pages. Published by Golden West Books in 1988, this volume is in good used condition. The book has a sound binding, the jacket has no damage except for some fading along spine.

Locator box JD

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]]> https://splives.org/product/the-los-angeles-and-salt-lake-railroad-company-ups-historic-salt-lake-route-l/feed/ 0 360 Southern Pacific’s Coast Line by John Signor (W 13, 19) https://splives.org/product/southern-pacifics-coast-line/ https://splives.org/product/southern-pacifics-coast-line/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:27:54 +0000 http://s991057502.onlinehome.us/?post_type=product&p=281 By John R. Signor. Published in 1994 by Signature Press. Hardcover and in mint condition.

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]]> Signor covers the complete history of this historic Southern Pacific route in 313 pages, over 500 photos including over 30 in color, exquisite maps and diagrams, schedules and ephemera. There is even a listing of every station along the route and its history. Published by the Signature Press in 1994, this volume is new.

Locator box 13; box 18A and box 19 with 12 new

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