The Southern Pacific Roundhouse was demolished in the 1950s as diesel locomotives replaced steam and is, today, vanished from Victoria. The intersection of Cameron and Juan Linn streets, ...

The last of Southern Pacific’s steam locomotives pulled out of the roundhouse in September 1956, to mark the end of a busy life for the old structure which first began welcoming tired old ...

Recent construction near West Grand Avenue and North Second Street in Grover Beach unearthed soil that had enough contamination for neighbors to smell. In 1988, the Southern Pacific roundhouse ...

Recent construction near West Grand Avenue and North Second Street in Grover Beach unearthed soil that had enough contamination for neighbors to smell. In 1988, the Southern Pacific roundhouse ...

I was wondering if you might do an article about the Southern Pacific roundhouse disaster of March 18, 1912, when a train's boiler exploded and caused more than 20 deaths.

Early in the morning of March 18, 1912, outside the Southern Pacific roundhouse in the 1200 block of North Hackberry Street, workers were following orders to fire up locomotive No. 704, an engine ...

The 10-wheeler was one of the last steam engines to operate on the Southern Pacific line and was retired in 1954. Attached to the engine are two historic Southern Pacific train cars, including a 1911 ...

The railroad is now owned by Union Pacific. The roundhouse was flattened shortly after the end of the steam era in 1956 , but the turntable had not yet been demolished, and the rail bed was black ...