Los Angeles Archives - Southern Pacific Railroad History Center https://splives.org/product-category/los-angeles/ Southern Pacific Lives Here Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:31:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://splives.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-removal.ai_ad91e945-9657-488b-872a-ee465a96f444-ezgif-2-26c6966d0f-32x32.png Los Angeles Archives - Southern Pacific Railroad History Center https://splives.org/product-category/los-angeles/ 32 32 227189692 Ride the Big Red Cars by Spencer Crump (W 26) https://splives.org/product/ride-the-big-red-cars-by-spencer-crump-w-26/ https://splives.org/product/ride-the-big-red-cars-by-spencer-crump-w-26/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:08:52 +0000 https://splives.org/?post_type=product&p=8901 This is the history of how Pacific Electric built Southern California. The 75,000 word text with more than 200 illustrations, maps, rosters and an index. This book was published by […]

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]]> This is the history of how Pacific Electric built Southern California. The 75,000 word text with more than 200 illustrations, maps, rosters and an index. This book was published by Trans-Anglo Books in 1962 (3rd edition -revised) and is in like-new condition with a paper jacket.

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]]> https://splives.org/product/ride-the-big-red-cars-by-spencer-crump-w-26/feed/ 0 8901 The Last of the Great Stations by Bill Bradley (W 11) https://splives.org/product/the-last-of-the-great-stations/ https://splives.org/product/the-last-of-the-great-stations/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:28:11 +0000 http://s991057502.onlinehome.us/?post_type=product&p=334 The paperbound book describes the story of the creation of the Los Angeles Union Station and the trains that served it in 109 B&W pages with timetables, maps and ephemera. […]

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]]> The paperbound book describes the story of the creation of the Los Angeles Union Station and the trains that served it in 109 B&W pages with timetables, maps and ephemera. Published by Interurban Press in 1979 this book is in very good used condition.

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]]> https://splives.org/product/the-last-of-the-great-stations/feed/ 0 334 The Southern Pacific In Los Angeles 1873-1996 by Mullaly and Petty (W 8) https://splives.org/product/the-southern-pacific-in-los-angeles-1873-1996-by-mullaly-and-petty-w/ https://splives.org/product/the-southern-pacific-in-los-angeles-1873-1996-by-mullaly-and-petty-w/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:22:22 +0000 http://s991057502.onlinehome.us/?post_type=product&p=2777 For 123 years the SP helped develop Los Angeles and the authors tell the story in 280 pages illustrated with well captioned B&W images, maps and drawings including an index, […]

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]]> For 123 years the SP helped develop Los Angeles and the authors tell the story in 280 pages illustrated with well captioned B&W images, maps and drawings including an index, chapter end notes and bibliography. The book is in like new condition published in 2002 by Golden West Books in cooperation with The Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation.

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]]> https://splives.org/product/the-southern-pacific-in-los-angeles-1873-1996-by-mullaly-and-petty-w/feed/ 0 2777 Ride the Big Red Cars by Spencer Crump (W 13) https://splives.org/product/ride-the-big-red-cars-by-spencer-crump-w/ https://splives.org/product/ride-the-big-red-cars-by-spencer-crump-w/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:21:55 +0000 http://s991057502.onlinehome.us/?post_type=product&p=2985 This is the history of how Pacific Electric built Southern California. The 75,000 word text with more than 200 illustrations, maps, rosters and an index. This book was published by […]

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]]> This is the history of how Pacific Electric built Southern California. The 75,000 word text with more than 200 illustrations, maps, rosters and an index. This book was published by Trans-Anglo Books in 1962 and is in  very good used with a paper jacket having edge wear and a few small tears.

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