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.

Preserved steam locomotives

Photograph Number/name Class Wheel arrangement
(Whyte notation)		 Disposition and Location Refs.
CP 1
Gov. Stanford 		4-4-0 Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California [1][2][3][4]
ST&E 1 4-4-0 Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California [5]
UP 737/SP 216 4-4-0 On static display as Southern Pacific #216
SA&AP 60
Texas II 		4-4-0 Stored, Gulf and Ohio Railways, Knoxville, Tennessee
EP&SW 1 4-4-0 Static display, El Paso, Texas
T&NO 146 S-13 0-6-0 Ogden, Utah
1
C. P. Huntington 		4-2-4T Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
8 4-6-0 Narrow gauge locomotive; Sparks, Nevada
9 4-6-0 Narrow gauge locomotive; Laws, California
18 4-6-0 Narrow gauge locomotive; operational; Independence, California
CP 60
Jupiter (replica) 		4-4-0 Original scrapped, replica is operational, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Promontory, Utah
CP 63
"Leviathan" (replica) 		4-4-0 Original scrapped, replica is operational, later relettered as Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331, owned by Stone Gable Estates, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
219 0-4-0T Static display Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
CP 233 2-6-2T Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
745 Mk-5 2-8-2 Operational, Louisiana Steam Train Association, Jefferson, Louisiana
771 Mk-5 2-8-2 Static display, Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
786 Mk-5 2-8-2 Undergoing restoration, Austin Steam Train Association, Austin, Texas
794 Mk-5 2-8-2 Static display, Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas
975 F-1 2-10-2 Static display, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
982 F-1 2-10-2 Static display; Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas. Not to be confused with the Minute Maid Park ornamental train.
1215 S-10 0-6-0 Static display, History Park at Kelley Park, San Jose, CA, owned by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation.
1221 S-10 0-6-0 Deming, New Mexico
1227 S-11 0-6-0 Sierra Northern Railway, Oakdale, California
1229 S-11 0-6-0 Roseburg, Oregon
1233 S-10 0-6-0 Woodland, California
1237 S-10 0-6-0 Static display, Salinas, California
1238 S-10 0-6-0 Fresno, California
1251 S-12 0-6-0 Stored, dismantled, awaiting funds for restoration, Virginia City, Nevada
1258 S-12 0-6-0 Martinez, California
1269 S-12 0-6-0 Stored, unserviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
1273 S-12 0-6-0 Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
1285 S-14 0-6-0 Monterey, California
1293 S-14 0-6-0 Tracy, California
1298 S-10 0-6-0 Santa Cruz, California
1629 M-4 2-6-0 Saugus, California
1673 M-4 2-6-0 Static display, Southern Arizona Transportation Museum (Southern Pacific Depot), Tucson, Arizona
1727 M-6 2-6-0 Static display, in Dunsmuir, California at the Dunsmuir City Park and Botanical Gardens
1744 M-6 2-6-0 The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back into operation on the Niles Canyon Railway.
1765 M-6 2-6-0 Lomita Railroad Museum, Lomita, California
1771 M-8 2-6-0 Undergoing restoration, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
1774 M-8 2-6-0 Static display, Veterans Memorial Park, Globe, Arizona
1785 M-6 2-6-0 Woodburn, Oregon
2018 T-16 4-6-0 Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
2248 T-1 4-6-0 Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
2252 T-1 4-6-0 Static display, downtown Roseville, California
2353 T-31 4-6-0 Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
2355 T-31 4-6-0 Static display, Pioneer Park, Mesa, Arizona
2467 P-8 4-6-2 Operational, but on static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento California [6]
2472 P-8 4-6-2 Undergoing boiler inspection, operated at the Niles Canyon Railway from 2008-2015, originally at Sunol, California, now at Schellville, California [7][8]
2479 P-10 4-6-2 Undergoing restoration by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, California [9][10]
2521 C-9 2-8-0 Static display, Yuma Crossing Historic State Park, Yuma, Arizona
2562 C-9 2-8-0 Static display, Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, Arizona
2579 C-9 2-8-0 Klamath Falls, Oregon Veterans Memorial Park
2706 C-8 2-8-0 Privately owned, Oakdale, California
2718 C-8 2-8-0 Alturas, California
2720 C-8 2-8-0 Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
2825 C-9 2-8-0 San Bernardino County Museum, Loma Linda, California
2852 C-10 2-8-0 Orland, California
2914 TW-8 4-8-0 Bakersfield, California
3025 A-3 4-4-2 Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
3420 C-19 2-8-0 Stored 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.
4294 AC-12 4-8-8-2 Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California.

Awaiting a possible restoration that was discussed by the CSRM themselves.

[11]
4449 GS-4 4-8-4 Operational, Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, Oregon [12]
4460 GS-6 4-8-4 Static display, National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri [13]
5021 SP-2 4-10-2 Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona, California

Preserved diesel locomotives

Photograph Number Builder Model Disposition and Location Notes Refs.
1000 EMD SW1 Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California.
1006 EMD SW1 Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
1059 ALCO S-6 Operational, Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Nevada[14]
1100 EMD TR6A (SW8) Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
1218 ALCO S-6 Undergoing restoration, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
1423 EMD NW2 Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
1474 ALCO S-4 Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
1487 FM H-12-44 Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California. Ex-US Army #1874
1518 EMD SD7/SD7R Operational, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois EMD #990 [15][16]
1530 EMD SD7/SD7R Awaiting arrival at Dieselmotive Company, Inc. Portland and Western #1501
1550 Baldwin S-12 Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
2873 EMD GP9/GP9R Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
2954 ALCO RSD-12 Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
2958 ALCO RSD-12 Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
3100 GE U25B/U25BE Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California [17][18][19]
3194 EMD GP9 Stored, operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
3709 EMD GP9 Undergoing operational restoration, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
3769 EMD GP9 Static display, Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah
3873 EMD GP9 Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
4404 EMD SD9/SD9E Owned by Western Rail Inc, Airway Heights, Washington (from Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California)
4426 EMD SD9/SD9E Operational, Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, Nevada Nevada Northern #204
4451 EMD SD9/SD9E Stored, Schellville, California EMD SD9E nicknamed "Puff"
5100 GE 70-ton Stored, serviceable, Oregon Pacific Railroad, Milwaukie, Oregon
5119 GE 70-ton Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
5208 Baldwin DRS-6-6-1500 Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
5253 Baldwin AS-616 Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
5274 Baldwin AS-616 Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
5399 EMD SD9/SD9E Operational, Albany and Eastern Railroad, Lebanon, Oregon
5472 EMD SD9/SD9E Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California Ex-SP #4423
5623 EMD GP9 Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
6051 EMD E9 Operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
6378 EMD F7A Stored, serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
6380 EMD F7A Stored serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
6402 EMD F7A Stored, operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
6819 EMD SD45T-2 Stored, operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
7207 EMD GP20 Operational, Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, Blue Ridge, Georgia
7304 ALCO RS-32 Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
7457 EMD SD45/SD45R Static display, Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah Ex-SP 8800
7863 GE B30-7 Stored, Creede, Colorado
9010 Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 Operational, based at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California

Preserved passenger cars

Number/Name Builder Type Disposition References
109 Pullman business car Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
121 Pullman business car/observation car Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
122 Sacramento Barney & Smith business car/observation car Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
127 Pullman business car/observation car Undergoing restoration; Elmendorf Heritage and Railroad Museum, Elmendorf, Texas.
141 Pullman business car/observation car In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
219 Pullman-Standard instruction car Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
290 Budd diner Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
291 Budd lounge Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
293 Pullman business car/coach In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
401 Carter Brothers baggage-coach Static display; Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California
1949 Pullman "Harriman" coach In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
1975 Pullman all day lunch car In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
2085–2159 Pullman suburban coach Of the 75 built for service on the Peninsula Commute, 27 were operable in 1980 and 10 were considered suitable for parts only.[20] After leaving commute service in 1985, most are now in service or in storage at various railroad museums/tourist lines, including:
2127 Pullman suburban coach Undergoing restoration; Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, Tillamook, Oregon
2360 Pullman coach Stored, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
2373 Pullman coach Available for lease as GOLDEN SHORE from American Rail Excursions[28]
2377 GOLDEN ORE Budd coach In use as 2095 ANASAZI at Grand Canyon Railway [29]
2378 GOLDEN SAND Budd coach Available for lease as GOLDEN SAND from Mid America Railcar Leasing [30]
2397 Shasta Springs Pullman coach Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum
2445-2446 Pullman articulated coach Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum
2473-2474 Pullman articulated coach Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
2979 Pullman lounge car Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca
2981 Overland Trail Pullman-Standard Club/Lounge w/barbershop In service; owned by Bill Hatrick; located at the Western Maryland Scenic as of October 2022
3300 Pullman-Standard Chair/Baggage Combine Stored, private owner; Beaverton, Oregon
3700, 3701, 3702, 3703, 3707, 3708 Pullman-Standard Gallery 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 Pullman-Standard Gallery Converted to "Ultra Dome" cars and in service with Princess Tours. [31][32]
4300 St. Louis Car Company postal storage Former SP horse car 7241 located at Arizona Railway Museum [33]
5045 Pullman baggage/RPO car Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
5131 Standard Steel Car baggage/RPO car Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
6235 Pullman baggage car Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
10040 Pullman dining car Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
10277-10278-10279 Pullman triple articulated diner car Located in Grapevine, TX; owned by the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, stored near Grapevine depot
10280-10281-10282 Pullman triple articulated diner car Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca.
10402 GOLDEN TRENCHER Pullman Standard hamburger grill Located at Union Depot Railway Museum [34]

Preserved freight cars

Number Builder Type Disposition
132 Narrow gauge boxcar Static display; Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California
188 Narrow gauge stock car Static display; Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California
5335 boxcar Storage; Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, unknown location within Oregon
SSW 23908 boxcar Display; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA

Preserved cabooses

Image Number Builder Type Disposition References
1337 Bay window caboose Display; C30-6 type; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
1889 Bay window caboose Restoration completed 9/16/16, static display at SLORRM, San Luis Obispo, CA
4706 Bay window caboose Operational; C50-9 type; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
4727, 4736 Caboose Renumbered to JPBX 598, 599 and in annual Holiday Train service for Caltrain [35]

Preserved maintenance of way equipment

Number Builder Type Disposition
SPMW 208 and SPMW 8221 Rotary snowplow and power snail Operational; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
SPMW 328 Snow Flanger Static display; Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, Antique Powerland, Brooks, Oregon

Formerly preserved, scrapped

Steam locomotives

Photograph Number Builder Build date Whyte Locomotive class Last Location Scrapped Cause of scrapping Notes Refs
743 SP's Algiers Shops 1921 2-8-2 MK-5 Girard Park inLafayette, Louisiana 1970 Environmental deterioration
1294 Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) April 1924 0-6-0 S-14 San Francisco Zoo 1987 Environmental deterioration

Diesel locomotives

Photograph Number Builder Build date Model Last Location Scrapped Cause of scrapping Notes Refs
5239 Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) September 1950 Baldwin AS-616 Tigard, Oregon November 2009 Poor condition O&NW #2 [36]
6309 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) October 1950 EMD F7A Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas 2011 Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 Texas Limited #200
6379 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) July 1952 EMD F7A Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas 2011 Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 Texas Limited #100
7525 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) March 1969 EMD SD45/EMD SD45R Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad November 2011 Poor mechanical shape Reading Blue Mountain and Northern #3200
1303 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) June 1949 EMD NW2/EMD NW2R Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas 2012 Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008
7498 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) June 1967 EMD SD45/EMD SD45R Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad September 2012 Buffalo and Pittsburgh #463
4450 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) April 1954 EMD SD9/EMD SD9E Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California August 2013 Poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers. Nicknamed "Huff" [37]

Notes

  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 F. (2000) [1960]. The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 413. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.
  6. ^ "Southern Pacific #2467". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  7. ^ "Southern Pacific 4-6-2 2472 to Lead Excursions For First Time Since 2015". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. August 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Southern Pacific 2472 Excursion Canceled". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. August 24, 2022.
  9. ^ "SP 4-6-2, Roundhouse to Move to Niles Canyon". 5 July 2021.
  10. ^ "California Trolley and Railroad Corporation".
  11. ^ Haas, Ben (2022-05-19). "SP #4294, The Last Cab Forward | Steam Giants". Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  12. ^ Scott, Robert W. (January 9, 2023). "Portland day-trip rail experience". Trains. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  13. ^ "Southern Pacific Railroad #4460". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  14. ^ Lustig, David (February 16, 2022). "News photos: Nevada museum picks up former Fillmore & Western equipment". Trains. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  15. ^ "IRM Roster - Southern Pacific 1518". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  16. ^ Alberston, Bob. (1996). "EMD SD7-SP 1518, A precursor to all engines on rails today". Railfan & Railroad. Vol. 15. p. 50.
  17. ^ "Former SP "Snowflake"". Railfan & Railroad. 7. Carstens Publications: 30. 1988 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ "Collections: Southern Pacific". Orange Empire Railway Museum. 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "Southern Pacific's Final Peninsula Commute Fleet Roster". Southern Pacific. 1980. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  21. ^ "Train Equipment". Xanterra/Grand Canyon Railway. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  22. ^ "Southern Pacific Coaches Nos. 2097, 2143 & 2156". Golden Gate Railroad Museum. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  23. ^ "Collection". Niles Canyon Railway. 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  24. ^ "Historic Rolling Stock". Railtown 1897 State Historic Park. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  25. ^ "Mainline Railroad Cars". Western Railway Museum. 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  26. ^ "Our Collection: Logging & Other Railroad Rolling Stock". Timber Heritage Association. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  27. ^ "Southern Pacific". Orange Empire Railway Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  28. ^ "American Rail Excursions GOLDEN SHORE". American Rail Excursions. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  29. ^ "Grand Canyon Railway Train Equipment". Grand Canyon Railway. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  30. ^ "Mid America Railcar Leasing Coaches". Mid America Railcar Leasing. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  31. ^ Combs, John (21 May 2016). "Princess Rail Cars". Alaska Rails. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  32. ^ Moore, Jody (2005). "Princess Tours 2005 car refitting, part 1". TrainWeb. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  33. ^ "Arizona Railway Museum Equipment Roster". Arizona Railway Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  34. ^ "Union Depot Railway Museum". Mendota Museum and Historical Society. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  35. ^ "Southern Pacific Rolling Stock Photographic Roster, 4700–4799". RR Picture Archives. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  36. ^ Moore & Monger (2013), p. 116
  37. ^ Vicknair, Eugene (2013-06-02). "FRRS BoD Mtg Report 02-09-13 Surplus Property Locomotives" (PDF). Feather River Rail Society. Retrieved 2023-10-30.

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