Welcome to the
Southern Pacific Historical
& Technical Society

We are dedicated to preserving and disseminating the historical record of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its affiliates. We support railfanning, industrial archeology and accurate scale modeling of this great pioneer railroad of the western United States.

Everyone is welcome to join the Society and share member benefits, which include the excellent quarterly journal TRAINLINE, an informative quarterly newsletter, an exciting annual convention, and the opportunity to serve other dedicated Southern Pacific fans and modelers.

Baywindow Mercantile features books published by the Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society with titles from their acclaimed Passenger Car Series. Topics include Headend Cars, Baggage Cars, Railway Post Office Cars, Baggage Dormitory Cars, Chair Cars, Coaches, and Sleeping Cars. Also featured are single topic books that trace the history of the Slim Princess - Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge through the Owens Valley, Mail Trains of the Overland Route - the Ghost Trains, The Sunset Limited across the Sunset Route, and our Maritime Waterlines Book that chronicles the Morgan Lines, Ferry Boats, the Netherlands Route and Riverboats.

HERE'S THE NEWS!

We have finally received our reprints of the first 41 issues of our Trainline Magazine. Most of these have been out of inventory for years. Ernie Towler, last year's recipient of the Guy Dunscomb Award, was our first Trainline editor and these first 41 issues represent the "Ernie Towler Years" from the fall of 1984 to the fall of 1994. John Signor took over as editor of the magazine with issue number 42. The price per issue has increased over the original price to cover the cost of scanning and reprinting, but we have tried to hold it as low as possible. There are a few issues that were never depleted, so those will remain as originals — not reprints and will be offered at the original price.

There are a handful of issues 42 to 103 which have also been depleted over the years and that will be our next project, to reprint those for which we have no inventory. Look for these to appear sometime in the next six months.

Just go to the company store tab and click on "online ordering". That will take you to our Baywindow Mercantile store and then click on Trainline Reprints. As always, members receive a 10 percent discount on all Baywindow Mercantile sales. Members can find their discount password on the mast-head of their latest newsletter. Just enter the password in the box for promotion code on the first page of checkout.