SACRAMENTO NORTHERN ON-LINE
SN 146, the only of the line's 44-ton GE diesels to survive, rests in Carbarn 3
at the Western Railway Museum. The locomotive will eventually be restored to
operating condition using parts salvaged from recently scrapped sister 145.
Garth Groff photo.
NEW FOR DECEMBER 2011
SACRAMENTO NORTHERN ON-LINE FEATURES
- SACRAMENTO NORTHERN HISTORY
- SURVIVING SACRAMENTO NORTHERN EQUIPMENT
- ELECTRICITY SOLVES TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM Read how the Northern Electric blew its own horn, circa 1908.
- SACRAMENTO NORTHERN MEMORIES, a tale of youthful adventures by Robert A. Campbell, Sr.
- CHICO IN THE EARLY DIESEL DAYS A personal memoir by Allen Wood.
- SN OPERATING RULES THROUGH THE OAKLAND HILLS by Robert A. Campbell, Sr.
- SN BALDWIN STEEPLE CABS 440-442 AND 660-661
- RIDING THE SIX-FIFTY-FOUR WITH LES PAUL, still more reminiscences by Robert A. Campbell, Sr.
- THE GREAT LISBON TRESTLE COLLAPSE OF 1951
- DEADHEAD TRAINS TO AND FROM SAN FRANCISCO
- PASSENGER TRAILERS ON THE SACRAMENTO NORTHERN
- STORY OF COMBINE 1005, LAST OF HER CLASS
- RESTORATION OF HALL SCOTT MOTOR 1020
- SN PARLOR CARS
- BIRNEY STREETCARS ON THE SACRAMENTO NORTHERN
- SUBURBAN SERVICE FROM SACRAMENTO
- BLACK WIDOWS OF THE SACRAMENTO NORTHERN by Robert A. Campbell, Sr.
- OSCAR'S ENGINES, THE LOCOMOTIVES OF THE OA&E, a personal memoir by Robert A. Campbell, Sr.
- BOX MOTORS, THE SN'S FORGOTTEN STEPCHILDREN
- NEW 82-TON LOCOMOTIVE OF THE NORTHERN ELECTRIC RAILWAY Adapted from an article by J. Paulding Edwards.
- SN'S GENERAL ELECTRIC STEEPLE CAB LOCOMOTIVES
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC RY'S HOME-BUILT FLAT MOTORS
- SN'S BOOMER ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES
- STANDARD, AND NON-STANDARD SN TRUCKS
- BART "RIBBON" RAIL TRAINS ON THE SN by Robert A. Campbell, Sr.
- U.S. STEEL AND THE "SN DETOUR"
- ALL-TIME DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE ROSTER
- REQUIEM FOR SACRAMENTO NORTHERN 145 A sad end for the last SN 44-tonner in revenue service.
- SN 44-TON DIESEL NUMBER BOXES
- A NORTHERN ELECTRIC MYSTERY: THE HICKS ROAD BOXCARS
- 40' WOODEN BOXCARS ON THE SN
- MODERN FREIGHT CARS OF THE SN
- SACRAMENTO NORTHERN CABOOSE OVERVIEW
- SACRAMENTO NORTHERN MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY CARS
- OAKLAND'S 40TH & SHAFTER YARD
- RETURN OF THE RIO LINDA DEPOT
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC'S STONE DEPOTS
- HAVENS, SN'S VITAL MIDDLE OF NOWHERE With assistance from Rob Zeman and Bob Campbell.
- ALL ABOUT THE CONCORD SUBSTATION by Robert A. Campbell, Sr.
- SUBSTATIONS OF THE SACRAMENTO NORTHERN
- OA&E FLAG STOP STATIONS
- SACRAMENTO'S UNION TRACTION DEPOT
- CAR FERRY RAMON AND THE SUISUN BAY CROSSING
- THE WALWOOD BRANCH by Robert A. Campbell, Sr.
- THE WOODLAND BRANCH, AN SN SUCCESS STORY
- DON OLSEN'S PRIZE-WINNING PARLOR CAR
- MUSEUMS WITH SACRAMENTO NORTHERN MATERIALS
- SACRAMENTO NORTHERN BOOKS AND ARTICLES
- GUIDE TO SN MODELS IN HO AND OTHER SCALES
Special thanks to the many contributors who have offered corrections and additional information to improve SN On-line: Thom Anderson, Josh Apte, Drew Atcheson, Steve Bechtold, Christa Beebout, Henry Bender, Thomas Beutel, Rick Borgwardt, William Brandt, Frank Brehm, William Burg, Robert Burrowes, Sandy Burton, Biff Byrum, Robert Campbell, Robert Codeglia, Mike Collins, Roger Colton, Ron Dieffenbacher, Loren Dunlap, Jim Eager, Mark Effle, David Epling, Dallas Gilbertson, Jim Harrison, Ken Harrison, Ken Harstine, Richard Hendrickson, Peter Hinckley, George Huckabee, Tom Irion, Ed Kaminski, Duane Karam, Roger Kirkpatrick, Don Marenzi, Jimmy Matta, George McKenzie, Jim Middleton, Ted Miles, Jim Moore, Bart Nadeau, Andrew Phillips, Don Olsen, Justin Rowe, Terry Schmidt, Bill Shippen, Andy Sperandeo, Terry Stefani, Kent Stephens, Scott Trostel, Eugene Vicknair, Grant Vogel, Eugene Volz, Robyn Watkins, Roy Weil, Will Whittaker, Guy C. Wilber, Jeffrey Williams, Douglas F. Wilkinson, Brian Witt, Allen Wood, Kyle Williams Wyatt, Ina Young, Richard Young, and Robert Zeman. My thanks to you all, and apologies to anyone whose name I have forgotten to include here.
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