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The Headlight

The Western Pacific published a monthly employee newsletter, The Headlight. It was published from October 1941 into 1949. Click on an orange issue name to open a PDF file of that issue.

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~ 1941 ~

Guide / Cover	Issue
BUILDING THE WESTERN PACIFIC PEOPLE AND THINGS SPORTS OUR NEW ENGINES WHAT DO YOU KNOW?	1941-10
DRAFTED PEOPLE AND THINGS BUILDING THE WESTERN PACIFIC TONNAGE MANIFEST	1941-11
NEW WP BUILDING PROGRESS PEOPLE AND THINGS BUILDING THE WP FEMININE FREIGHT WORLD'S LARGEST BOMBING RANGE MORE DIESEL SWITCHERS	1941-12

~ 1942 ~

Guide / Cover	Issue
"GIVE US LIGHT" OUR AMERICAN RED CROSS PEOPLE AND THINGS HORSEPOWER VS. TRACTIVE EFFORT FEMININE FREIGHT BUILDING THE WESTERN PACIFIC	1942-01
"V" FOR VICTORY CIVILIAN DEFENSE PEOPLE AND THINGS BUILDING THE WP FEMININE FREIGHT AIR BRAKES	1942-02
Keep 'Em Rolling - But Keep It Under Your Hat There Is More To a Meal People and Things Tale Lite Feminine Freight	1942-03
San Francisco-1906-1942 The Damndest Finest Ruins People and Things Building the Western Pacific Feminine Freight	1942-04
GIVE US PLANES!	1942-05
UNITED WE STAND HELP KEEP IT SECRET!! PEOPLE AND THINGS FIGHTING MAD FEMININE FREIGHT	1942-06
WE CAN'T ALL GO RAILROADERS ALSO SERVE W.P. ADOPTS WENDOVER PEOPLE AND THINGS WHAT'S IN A NAME FEMININE FREIGHT W.P. FREIGHT HANDLING	1942-07
OUR SERVICE FLAG YOU WON'T BE CALM! PEOPLE AND THINGS WHAT'S IN A NAME FEMININE FREIGHT MRS. H.P. TYLER	1942-08
FIRST ANNIVERSARY EDITION SEPTEMBER 1942	1942-09
SMASH THE ENEMY BUY WAR BONDS	1942-10
LET'S FLY THIS FLAG - EVERYBODY AT LEAST 10% IN WAR BONDS	1942-11 (courtesy of CSRM)
One Year after Pearl Harbor they can laugh again!	1942-12

~ 1943 ~

Guide / Cover	Issue
KEEP ON BUYING WAR BONDS	1943-01
THE WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY AMERICA ROLLS ON RAILS	1943-02
Reams of pages have been written about the rugged natural beauty of The Feather River Canyon	1943-03
WILLIAMS LOOP	1943-04
FEATHER RIVER FISHING	1943-05
Another "Army" the Axis forgot...	1943-06
THE AMERICAN FLAG MAKERS OF THE FLAG	1943-07
ANNIVERSARY - First Western Pacific passenger train from Salt Lake City arrives Oakland on Monday, August 22, 1910	1943-08
GIANT WESTERN PACIFIC POWER GEARED FOR WAR	1943-09
Rugged Feather River Canyon near Pulga, as seen from Western Pacific's Exposition Flyer.	1943-10
Scene at Bieber, Ca., Tuesday, November 10, 1931: Golden Spike Driving.	1943-11
	1943-12

~ 1944 ~

Guide / Cover	Issue
THE SAGA OF THE GB & TRR	1944-01
BUYING WAR BONDS ON GUADALCANAL	1944-02
A Liberator Bomber Winging Over Wendover Field	1944-03
GUADALCANAL NATIVE CHURCH	1944-04
	1944-05
BUY ONE OF THESE BONDS TODAY	1944-06
DAWN OF D-DAY ON THE FRENCH INVASION COAST	1944-07
THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD IN ACTION	1944-08
SEPTEMBER 9th ADMISSION DAY	1944-09
GOLD HILL, UTAH OF "DEEP CREEK MEMORIES"	1944-10
	1944-11
	1944-12

~ 1945 ~

Guide / Cover	Issue
JOHN WILLIAM MACKAY 1831-1902	1945-01
Washington & Lincoln	1945-02
	1945-03
VICTORY GARDENING	1945-04
	1945-05
THOMAS MILTON SCHUMACHER DEAN OF RAILROADERS RETIRES	1945-06
Portola Railroaders Play Herlong (Ordnance Depot) on the Mile-High Diamond in the Sierra Nevada	1945-07
"SHAKE ON IT" ... Coast Guardsmen and Western Pacificers unite in the final all-out effort for decisive victory In the Pacific	1945-08
PEACE The tumult and shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!        —Rudyard Kipling.	1945-09
A Big Job for America GROWING MORE TREES	1945-10
THIS IS THE PLACE	1945-11
Christmas 1945	1945-12

~ 1946 ~

Guide / Cover	Issue
	1946-01
WESTERN PACIFIC'S NEW DIVISION HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AT SACRAMENTO	1946-02
DIAMOND HEAD - WAIKIKI BEACH	1946-03
WP FREIGHT - DIESEL POWERED EASTBOUND IN FEATHER RIVER CANYON	1946-04
NATIONAL TRIBUTE GROVE OF LIVING REDWOODS	1946-05
HALF DOME YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK	1946-06
SHRINERS ON DRESS PARADE AT FRESNO SAN FRANCISCO 'S ISLAM TEMPLE BAND	1946-07
Western Pacific Family Gathers to Honor Retiring General Office Employees and Officers	1946-08
LASSEN NATIONAL PARK IN JULY	1946-09
WESTERN PACIFIC, JR. BUILT AND OPERATED BY BETH AND PAUL RUSSELL IN ELKO, NEVADA, CITY PARK	1946-10
INTAKE DAM AND FISH LADDER FEATHER RIVER CANYON	1946-11
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL	1946-12

~ 1947 ~

Guide / Cover	Issue
	1947-01
SEA GULL MONUMENT - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH	1947-02
CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE CAR A SAN FRANCISCO TRADITION	1947-03
MORMON TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE TEMPLE SQUARE SALT LAKE CITY UTAH	1947-04
MIRROR LAKE AND BECKWOURTH PEAK - NEAR PORTOLA RIDERS AND HORSES FROM WALTON'S GRIZZLY LODGE CAMP FOR BOYS	1947-05
LOOKING TOWARD LASSEN PEAK, CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE MAGNIFICENT NATIONAL FOREST	1947-06
AT THE 1947 "HELLDORADO" ... LAS VEGAS, NEVADA	1947-07
VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE RAILWAY MORNING MIXED TRAIN BETWEEN RENO AND MINDEN	1947-08
BRITISHER JOHN COBB IN HIS RAILTON MOBIL SPECIAL FOR SPEED RUNS ON UTAH'S BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS	1947-09
TOOELE VALLEY RAILWAY ENGINE NO. 12 WORKING BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND TOOELE, UTAH	1947-10
WESTERN PACIFIC WELCOMES ARMEA ... AMERICAN RAILWAY MAGAZINE EDITORS' ASSOCIATION, TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR ITS 1947 CONVENTION	1947-11
LELAND STANFORD UNIVERSITY CHAPEL PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR	1947-12

~ 1948 ~

Guide / Cover	Issue
THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR	1948-01
Western Pacific Engine 406 Heading West Out of Wendover, Utah, with Fast Manifest Freight No. 61	1948-02
THE FREEDOM TRAIN America's :traveling shrine" on its 33,000-mile tour of the nation. MARINES ON GUARD DUTY Among the numerous priceless documents of American History on exhibit are the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.	1948-03
SAN FRANCISCO'S BAY BRIDGE TERMINAL WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD GENERAL OFFICES ARE A FEW HUNDRED FEET UP MISSION STREET (EXTREME UPPER RIGHT)	1948-04
Looking Across Lake Merritt Oakland, California	1948-05
Night view of the great San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, with San Francisco in the background. This bridge links Oakland and other East Bay communities with San Francisco, while the Golden Gate Bridge, containing the world's longest suspension span of 4,200 feet, links San Francisco with the Marin County communities to the north—Sausalito, San Rafael, Mill Valley, etc.	1948-06
... and please make people careful, amen Remember - Only you can PREVENT FOREST FIRES!	1948-07
Flash Photo at Big Basin, California, by John haler, Western Pacific fireman	1948-08
THUNDERSTORM IN THE SIERRA NEVADA	1948-09
THE MURPHY WINDMILL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK, SAN FRANCISCO	1948-10
THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO "GATEWAY TO THE ORIENT" Projected World Trade Center Will Be Located in Area Adjacent to Ferry Building (Tower on Waterfront Just North of Bridge)	1948-11
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year	1948-12

~ 1949 ~

Guide / Cover	Issue
	1949-01
COIT TOWER AND TELEGRAPH HILL, SAN FRANCISCO Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill overlooking the harbor of San Francisco. The hill was named in the Gold Rush days when a semaphore on its crest was used to signal to the town below the approach of vessels through the Golden Gate. When the arms were straight out the people knew that a steamer was coming with East Coast mail. This always created a virtual holiday. Many writers, musicians and artists live on the hill. Their homes range from modest cottages to swank apartment houses. Surrounding the hill is the Latin quarter, where live Italian, French, Basque, and Spanish-speaking peoples. Alcatraz Island, a Federal Prison, is seen to the left.	1949-02
Eleanor Parker, Warner Brothers' Star, christens the California Zephyr as California's Lt. Governor Goodwin J. Knight assists and Western Pacific's president Harry A. Mitchell stands by.	1949-03-04