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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Generate an image of Southern Pacific Railroad (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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ