Southern Pacific Railroad

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Southern Pacific Railroad was a major American railroad company that operated extensive rail networks across the western and southwestern United States from the 19th to the late 20th century.

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instanceOf railroad company
transportation company
acquisitionCompletedInYear 1996
country United States
formedBy Charles Crocker
Collis P. Huntington
Leland Stanford
Mark Hopkins
foundedAs Southern Pacific Railroad Company
hadNickname Espee
hasAbbreviation SP
headquarteredIn San Francisco, California
industry rail transport
influencedDevelopmentOf California economy
Pacific Coast ports
Southwestern United States cities
mergedWith Central Pacific Railroad (under common control)
modeOfTransport freight rail
passenger rail
operatedFromCentury 19th century
operatedInfrastructureType maintenance facilities
rail yards
railroad tracks
operatedInRegion Southwestern United States
Western United States
operatedRoute Coast Line
Golden State Route
Overland Route (in conjunction with Union Pacific)
Shasta Route
Sunset Route
operatedService Coast Daylight
Golden State (with Rock Island)
Katy connection services
Lark
San Joaquin Daylight
Shasta Daylight
Sunset Limited
operatedUntilCentury late 20th century
ownedSubsidiary Southern Pacific of Mexico (SP de México)
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
partOf Central Pacific–Southern Pacific system
playedRoleIn development of Los Angeles as a rail hub
growth of San Francisco as a major city
settlement of the American West
servedState Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Idaho
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
New Orleans connection
Oklahoma
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
usedLocomotiveType diesel-electric locomotives
steam locomotives
wasAcquiredBy Union Pacific Railroad
wasKnownFor Cajon Pass operations (via connections)
Donner Pass operations
linked to: Donner Pass

Tehachapi Pass operations
heavy mainline grades and mountain crossings
wasMajorCarrierFor agricultural products in California and the West
intermodal freight
petroleum and chemicals
wasPredecessorOf Union Pacific Railroad system in the West
wasSubjectOf antitrust and regulatory scrutiny in California

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Sunset Limited introducedBy Southern Pacific Railroad
Sunset Limited originalOperator Southern Pacific Railroad
Peninsula Commute operatedBy Southern Pacific Transportation Company
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Peninsula Commute operatedBy Southern Pacific Railroad
Peninsula Commute trackOwnerDuringService Southern Pacific Railroad
Crocker family associatedWith Southern Pacific Railroad
subject linked to: the Crocker family
Palo Alto station hasFormerOwner Southern Pacific Railroad
Class I freight railroads in the United States historicallyIncluded Southern Pacific Transportation Company
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive operator Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive introducedBy Southern Pacific Railroad mechanical department
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Leland Stanford employer Southern Pacific Railroad
Leland Stanford owned Southern Pacific Railroad
Leland Stanford boardMemberOf Southern Pacific Railroad
Sunset Route formerlyOperatedBy Southern Pacific Railroad
Sunset Route hasFormerOwner Southern Pacific Transportation Company
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Overland Route (historic) operatedBy Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad foundedAs Southern Pacific Railroad Company
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad ownedSubsidiary Southern Pacific of Mexico (SP de México)
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Peninsula rail corridor formerOwner Southern Pacific Railroad
USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design usedBy Southern Pacific Railroad
Charles Crocker employer Southern Pacific Railroad
Port Costa, California servedByRailroad Southern Pacific Railroad
Baldwin Locomotive Works servedClient Southern Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Valley Subdivision (segments) historicalOperator Southern Pacific Transportation Company
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Coast Daylight operator Southern Pacific Railroad
Coast Daylight railwayCompany Southern Pacific Railroad
Coast Daylight operatedOn Southern Pacific Coast Line
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Coast Daylight operatedBy Southern Pacific Transportation Company
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Coast Daylight category Southern Pacific Railroad passenger trains
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Coast Daylight railwayNetwork Southern Pacific system
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad acquiredBy Southern Pacific Transportation Company
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad acquired Southern Pacific Transportation Company
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad competedWith Southern Pacific Transportation Company
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway competedWith Southern Pacific Railroad
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway predecessor South Pacific Railroad
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Daggett servedByRailroad Southern Pacific Railroad
Wadsworth, Nevada servedBy Southern Pacific Railroad (historical)
subject linked to: Wadsworth
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
Niles servedByRailroad Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-9 railwayOperator Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-9 designer Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-9 operator Southern Pacific Lines
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-9 railwayCompany Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-10 operator Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-10 designer Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-10 railwayCompany Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-10 usedOnLine Southern Pacific Siskiyou and Cascade lines
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-10 operator Southern Pacific Lines
linked to: Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-4 operator Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-4 railwayLineUsedOn Southern Pacific Railroad
AC-4 designer Southern Pacific Railroad