Guide to the James "Jim" Roy Efaw Papers MS 927
Library & Archives staff
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
2023
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: James "Jim" Roy Efaw papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS 927
Physical Description:
.75 Linear Feet
1 record carton
Date (inclusive): 1920- Jun. 26, 1988
Date (bulk): 1945-1976
Abstract: Papers and photographs document the career of Southern Pacific fireman, road foreman, and trainmaster James "Jim" R. Efaw
in the 1940s to 1980s.
Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collections Center: I2.212.V4
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jackie Grebitus, daughter of Jim, 2022.
These papers have been arranged into 2 series:
Series 1: Papers
Series 2: Photographs
James Roy Efaw was an engineman, fireman, trainmaster and road foreman for the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Southern
Pacific Transporation Company in Roseville, California, Tucumcari, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. He began as an engineman
and fireman in Sacramento, and Roseville, California. He was in the Army Air Force in 1946. On August 31, 1972, Jim Efaw was
appointed the acting trainmaster for Roseville and in December, was appointed trainmaster. On January 15, 1976, he was appointed
road foreman of engines at Del Rio, San Antonio Division.
Jim had a daughter, Jackie and a wife, Edna.
[Identification of item], James Roy Efaw Papers, MS 927, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento,
California.
Papers and photographs document the career of Southern Pacific fireman, road foreman, and trainmaster James "Jim" R. Efaw
in the 1940s to 1980s. There is a union membership card, dues receipts,and union rates of enginemen and firemen in 1952 he
collected as part of his membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen early in his career, an annual
pass, business cards, correspondence, time books, trip log books, earning receipts, promotion announcements, and emergency
contacts for safety issues at work. Also included an excursion ticket for Cumbes & Toltec Railroad and a thank you letter
from the city of El Paso, Texas for his assistance with railroad equipment during a celebration in 1981.
Photographs contain black and white and color snapshots of the Efaw family, including one of a young Jim taken in the 1920s
with his mother, and of Jim Efaw with his daughter Jackie and his wife Edna. Photographs taken of Jim while at work and at
his retirement party are also included in a portrait file. There are a series of black and white photographs removed from
an album, and these show the Sierra Nevada range conditions in the summer of 1949 and the winter of 1952. Loose photographs
document the aftermath of various accidents and track damage in California, New Mexico, and Texas. There are a few photographs
of the damage of the Roseville train bomb explosion of April 1973.
Two videotapes produced by the Southern Pacific Transporation Company, "EP&Southwestern Vaughn to Carrizozo", parts 1 and
33 have been removed from the collection and added to the CSRM videotape collection.
The following publications have been removed from the collection and are filed in the CSRM Library catalog:
Southern Pacific. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (PACIFIC LINES) RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT 1930.
Filed: Box 515 ID 15164
Southern Pacific. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING CARE AND OPERATION OF AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL
APARATUS 1945. Filed: Box 515 ID 15163
Southern Pacific Company. AIR BRAKE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING TRAIN HANDLING, OPERATION AND TESTS OF AIR BRAKE AND
AIR SIGNAL APPARATUS Southern Pacific, Sep. 1, 1944. 88 pages Filed: SMCC Box 961 Folder 5 ID 18850
Southern Pacific Transportation Company. HOURS OF SERVICE ACT FOR INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE OF EMPLOYES Southern Pacific,
Aug. 1, 1973. 15 pages Filed: SMCC Box 961 Folder 6 ID 18851
Southern Pacific Transportation Company. INSTRUCTIONS TO TRAIN DISPATCHERS AND OPERATORS IN CONNECTION WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT Southern Pacific, Aug. 1, 1969 (reprinted Feb. 1, 1972). 56 pages Filed: SMCC Box 961
Folder 7 ID 18852
Southern Pacific Transportation Company. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING EMPLOYES IN TRAIN ENGINE AND YARD SERVICE Southern
Pacific, Mar. 1, 1975. 28 pages Filed: SMCC Box 961 Folder 8 ID 18854
Southern Pacific Transportation Company. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING EMPLOYES IN TRAIN ENGINE AND YARD SERVICE Southern
Pacific, Sep. 1967. 16 pages Filed: SMCC Box 961 Folder 8 ID 18853
Southern Pacific Transportation Company. SAFETY OBSERVATION RULES : TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, OPERATING MECHANICAL EMPLOYES
AND SYSTEM MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT, MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND STRUCTURES DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PURCHASING AND MATERIALS
Southern Pacific, Jun. 1, 1973. 16 pages Filed: SMCC Box 961 Folder 9 ID 18855
Southern Pacific Transportation Company. TRAIN HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS Southern Pacific, Mar. 1, 1972. 68 pages. 2 pull
out diagrams. Filed: SMCC Box 961 Folder 4 ID 18849
The following artifacts have been separated from the James Roy Efaw Papers and are cataloged in The Museum System (TMS):
1 piece of shrapnel from Roseville bomb explosion," Apr. 1973
1 shadow box containing pins for Southern Pacific, Operation Lifesaver, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen,Rock
Island, St. Louis Southwestern and the California State Railroad Museum
18 tie pins: 1 for J.R. Efaw, Rock Island, Southern Pacific, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Union Pacific and illustrated with
locomotive images
1 paperweight "Southern Pacific since 1869"
1 zippo lighter "San Antonio Division, top hand," 1970
1 box of railroad nails
1 toy steam train
1 model of SP locomotive 4272
2 belt buckles "4449" and "1881-1981 El Paso: Crossroads of the Southern Pacific"
1 lock "S.P. Co"
2 keychains "Certainteed" and "Southern Pacific: Progress through safety, Tucson Division"
1 button "SP is my railroad"
1 lot SP buttons"
3 pins, 2 SP, 1 Rock Island
2 medallions, "Southern Pacific lines" and "Oregon Paciifc & Eastern
Copyright has been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. Permission for publication must be submitted in writing
to the CSRM Library amp; Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Transportation Department