Southern Pacific Films: special SP rail lines!

A never before seen chapter of our DVD "SP when". Incredible views of inside a real lumber mill that make all those special lumber loads and the things that made SP Great. These are Visions You Can No longer see today. Look for this DVD at www.cspmovies.com
Vintage SP diesel action in the Siskiyous, Donner, Shasta, Bay Area, Stockton, Sacramento, Roseville, Fresno Line, S.F. Bay, NWP and San Jose. One of the featured themes is lumber on the NWP branchline and the huge “lash-ups” of SD9s hauling heavy trains of finished lumber and other wood products. The SP’s North Western Pacific was one of the longest and most productive of traffic at one time.
Also, FM trainmasters on the “commutes” of San Francisco!
Lots of early EMD, Baldwin, GE and ALCO power. This SP video will wear you out with great action and fun!
Early EMD Power
ALCO Diesels
Baldwin Diesels
GE U-boats
Syskiyou Line
NWP Line
Bay Area
Donner
Stockton
Sacramento
San Jose

[@macmedic892]

The dates on this video are really helpful, particularly when the narrator says something happened a quarter-century ago, then you realize it’s been another quarter-century since then.

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

"Changing the crew on the roll"; never gonna see that again.

[@hartmutlorentzen9659]

Great video as always, thanks for sharing, from Germany

[@bobpaulino4714]

Wie gehen Sie?

[@gmck91204]

Beautiful depiction! I’m old enough to remember seeing a steam engine-led NWP passenger train leave the San Rafael station heading north one evening in 1955. A great railroad! Too bad the Eel River problems made it too expensive to maintain.

[@paulcastillo1310]

I have this DVD and my favorite

[@bruceflaws3213]

It’s Schellville. Near Sonoma, CA.

[@NorthriverRR]

As a young kid living on the NWP's 'North End' (North of Willits) during the late 1970s and early 1980's, it was common to see two or more caboose on a train, as seen briefly in part of this DVD, but to this day I still am not sure of why?

[@brianbooher7318]

Jus like any empty rolingstock they have to take them wheir their needed.samething woth locomotives occasionally you will see the head end of a locomotve have 15vor 20 locomotives they are not using that much power on head end they jus have a bunch of locomotives on one end of system an have to take them back to other end system same with caboose

[@brentmiller3951]

My dad worked for SP and sometimes they would move crews that way for maintenance

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Those guys cannot do that with a caboose 2day like that