SN On-line was created as a meeting place and reference for fans of the Sacramento Northern Railway, once one of America's greatest electrified railroads. Unlike many other railroad companies, the SN currently has no historical society dedicated exclusively to preserving and sharing its history. Information about the line is scattered between a number of archives and museums. Nor has there ever been a definitive book on the SN's history, although it has been covered in many lesser works and articles.
These pages are an attempt to redress some of these problems and to begin exchanging information between SN fans. Currently these pages include a brief history of the SN, an annotated bibliography of SN books and articles, addresses and links to museums and archives which hold SN material, a list of surviving SN equipment, notes on modeling the SN in HO and other scales and much more. More features and photos are added with each update.
Time and distance have removed me from the SN I once knew and loved, so additions and corrections are always welcome and will be incorporated during sporadic updates.
SACRAMENTO'S UNION TRACTION DEPOT The station shared by the SNRR, SF-S and CCT. New facts and photo.
GUIDE TO MODELING SN EQUIPMENT IN HO AND OTHER SCALES New N-scale 44-ton GE diesel announced!
Here are your editor's picks and pans for accurate HO scale models that most closely match Western Pacific prototypes. The list includes only prototypes in service between 1950 and 1958. Included are comments on decals and modifications.
I regret that spambot harvesting forced me to remove the direct e-mail link and deformat the address. Sorry, but you will have to enter the address manually and change "at" to "@".
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, 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.
The facts presented in SN On-line are in the public domain, or were gleaned from published sources cited on our bibliography page under fair use doctrines. However, the design of these pages and presentation of this material is Copyright 2008 by Garth G. Groff. This is the editor's personal web site and is not considered the intellectual property of its host server's owner, the University of Virginia. All photographs are from the editor's personal collection unless otherwise noted. All other photos are used with the permission of the photographer or current collection owner. If you want to reuse any material from SN On-line, please ask first. With the exception of loaned photos, you will find me very accommodating.
