SP

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SP is the common abbreviation for the Southern Pacific Railroad, a major historic American railroad that operated extensively in the western United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SP canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation SP ⓘ
acquired Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
acquisitionCompletedBy Union Pacific Corporation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Southern Pacific ⓘ
Southern Pacific Company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
formedBy Charles Crocker ⓘ
Collis P. Huntington ⓘ
Leland Stanford ⓘ
Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Mark Hopkins
headquartersLocation San Francisco, California ⓘ
historicalSignificance influential in agriculture and mining transport in the western United States ⓘ
major role in economic development of the American West ⓘ
industry rail transportation ⓘ
knownFor freight transportation ⓘ
passenger train service ⓘ
transcontinental rail service ⓘ
majorHub El Paso, Texas ⓘ
linked to: El Paso

Houston, Texas ⓘ
Los Angeles, California ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans

Oakland, California ⓘ
linked to: Oakland

Portland, Oregon ⓘ
mergedWith Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
notableFreightService bulk commodities transport ⓘ
intermodal freight ⓘ
notableLocomotiveClass AC-9 articulated steam locomotives ⓘ
Cab-forward steam locomotives ⓘ
GS-4 4-8-4 steam locomotives ⓘ
notablePassengerTrain Coast Daylight ⓘ
Daylight ⓘ
Golden State (joint with Rock Island) ⓘ
Lark ⓘ
San Joaquin Daylight ⓘ
Sunset Limited ⓘ
operated Coast Line (California) ⓘ
linked to: Coast Line

Cotton Belt Route (through St. Louis Southwestern Railway) ⓘ
Overland Route (in conjunction with Union Pacific Railroad) ⓘ
Shasta Route ⓘ
Sunset Route ⓘ
operatedInRegion Western United States ⓘ
operatedInState Arizona ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ
California ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
owned Northwestern Pacific Railroad (jointly at times) ⓘ
Pacific Electric Railway (controlling interest) ⓘ
St. Louis Southwestern Railway ⓘ
Texas and New Orleans Railroad ⓘ
partOf Central Pacific–Southern Pacific system ⓘ
servedPort Port of Houston ⓘ
Port of Los Angeles ⓘ
Port of New Orleans ⓘ
Port of Oakland ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
successor Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
usedMotivePowerType diesel-electric locomotives ⓘ
electric locomotives (on subsidiary lines) ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ

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Southern Pacific Railroad → abbreviation → SP ⓘ
subject linked to: SP