The Southern Pacific in Los Angeles 1873-1996

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by Larry Mullaly and Bruce Petty 8x11-Hardbound 286 pages more than 580 illustrations maps bibliography and index. "The Southern Pacific in Los Angeles" (1873-1996) is a living souvenir to the 123 years this great railroad operated in Los Angeles and Southern California. This volume covers historically and pictorially all the events that happened to the Southern Pacific over the 123 year period. It covers the early days up through the diesel era. It features the stations the yards the roundhouses the shops the freight and passenger operations the locomotives both steam and diesel which made the Southern Pacific the most powerful railroad in the Far West."