Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Roger Levenson's Southern Pacific equipment photograph albums
MS 762
No online items
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Roger Levenson's Southern Pacific equipment photograph albums
Dates: Circa 1936-1945, 1980-1989
Collection Number: MS 762
Creator/Collector:
Southern Pacific Company
Extent: 3 albums
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Photograph albums include images taken in Norden and Colfax of Southern Pacific equipment and structures and photograph of
the Henry E. Huntington Private car.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff
to arrange for access.
Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Roger Levenson's Southern Pacific equipment photograph albums. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Scope and Content of Collection
Album 151 includes photographs of SP steam locomotives and trains. Subjects include SP Cab Forwards, snowsheds, and trains
on the Donner Pass. Locations include Norden, Los Angeles, and El Portal. There are photographs of Trona Railway locomotives,
with one displaying the logo "The Three Elephant Route."
Album 152 includes detailed photographs taken of trains and facilities in and around Colfax, California and of the towns of
Colfax and Norden.
Album 153 is about the Henry E. Huntington Private car, a railroad business car that was owned by various railroads and then
sold to private parties. It consists of photographs and newspaper articles. The material in this album is primarily related
to the ownership of the car by Philip Hirsh Goldman of Goleta, a friend of Mr. Levenson.