The Southern Pacific Railroad once dominated life in the Western United States — including Ventura County — and today, the legacy of this historically mighty institution lives on in an exhibit that ...

When discussing the history of railroading in the Tehachapi area, there is little doubt that the star of the show for rail ...

The first attempt to finance a line from San Francisco to San Jose failed due to a financial depression in 1855. Another attempt was made a few years later, however, and after an initial bond-raising ...

In May of 1983, Victoria Preservation Inc. learned that the Southern Pacific Transportation Co. had plans to demolish the 95-year-old Southern Pacific Railroad Depot. In that year, the first letter ...

I am a graduate of Napa High, class of '59, and Napa County has been a part of my family history for years. My father started working for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1916, and was the SP signal ...

The old Gerber schoolhouse where Carolyn Schedler attended grammar school is gone, replaced by a new one on the west side of the town. But now her husband, the Rev. Walt Schedler, is giving that ...