The PacificRailroadSurveys 1853 1855 A series of explorations of the American West to explore possible routes for a transcontinental railroad across North America . The expeditions included surveyors ... conducted by Lt. Robert S. Williamson and Parke. From surveys to construction The PacificRailroadSurveys provided valuable information to determining the best location of the transcontinental railroad ... Baird in United States and Mexican Boundary Survey and PacificRailroadSurveys External links ... reports from the Library of Congress and the University of Michigan Commons PacificRailroadSurveys ... Route for a Railroad From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Davis ordered Brevet Captain ... these obstacles, a developing urgency clearly indicated the need for a transcontinental railroad . On August 16, 1856, Mr. Denver of the House Select Committee on the PacificRailroad and Telegraph ... Arnold out of St. Marysville from the east. The Central PacificRailroad Central Pacific survey .... Gouverneur K. Warren . There were two Southern Pacificsurveys. One along the 35th parallel north ... efficient and cost effective route to build a transcontinental railroad . In 1862, Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act . The Union PacificRailroad Company would build the railroads west from Omaha , and the Central PacificRailroad Company would build the railroads east from Sacramento . On May ... from 1855 to 1860, the surveys contained significant material on natural history, including ..., these surveys also reported on the geology , zoology , botany , paleontology of the land as well as provided ethnographic descriptions of the Native peoples encountered during the surveys. Background ... to find potential railroad routes across the west. However, no consensus route emerged because ... to build the railroad. With government involvement, lobbyists attempted to influence the selected locations ... railroad would become a very costly endeavor. In fact, Even the least expensive proposed ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name PacificRailroad logo filename dyllyn simerl logo size system map map caption marks locale Missouri start year 1849 in rail transport 1849 ref name mopac http www.mopac.org history mp.asp MPHS Missouri PacificRailroad History Bot generated title ref end year 1872 in rail transport 1872 ref name mopac predecessor line successor line Missouri PacificRailroad , br St. Louis San Francisco Railway length hq city The PacificRailroad was a railroad based in the U.S. state of Missouri . It was a predecessor of both the Missouri PacificRailroad and St. Louis San Francisco Railway . The Pacific was chartered by Missouri in 1849 to extend from St. Louis to the western boundary of Missouri and thence to the Pacific Ocean . ref name mopac Due to a cholera epidemic in 1849 ... 1852. ref name mopac On December 9, 1852, the PacificRailroad had its inaugural run, traveling ... west of Kirkwood were completed, allowing the line to reach Pacific, Missouri Franklin . ref name mopac The Southwest Branch of the PacificRailroad was authorized in 1852 and split off as the Southwest PacificRailroad later the main line of the St. Louis San Francisco Railway in 1866. Financial difficulties meant that PacificRailroad did not reach Washington, Missouri Washington , eighteen ... Jefferson City , the state capital. ref name mopac By July 1858 the PacificRailroad reached ... accessdate 2006 04 20 DEFAULTSORT PacificRailroad Category Defunct Missouri railroads Category Defunct Kansas railroads Category Predecessors of the Missouri PacificRailroad Category Railway ... St. Louis Historic Context Transprtation Bot generated title ref The railroad purchased its first steam ..., it became the first railroad to serve Kansas City , after construction was interrupted by the American Civil War . In 1872, the PacificRailroad was reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railway by new investors after a railroad debt crisis. See also List of defunct Kansas railroads List of defunct ... more details
Oregon PacificRailroad or Oregon Pacific Railway may refer to Oregon PacificRailroad 1880 1894 , railroad from Yaquina Bay Newport to Santiam Pass Oregon PacificRailroad 1997 , shortline railroad on the east side of Portland disambiguation ... more details
Atlantic and PacificRailroad may refer to Atlantic and PacificRailroad , incorporated by the U.S. Congress in 1866 to connect Springfield, Missouri with the Pacific consisted of two separate lines in the Southwestern and Midwestern U.S. The general idea of a transcontinental railroad in the Americas Atlantic and PacificRailroad Illinois , 1865 1872, predecessor of the Milwaukee Road Atlantic and PacificRailroad Texas , incorporated by the New York state legislature in 1853 eventually became the Texas and Pacific Railway dab ... more details
Pacific Coast Railroad may refer to Pacific Coast Railway , a former narrow gauge system near San Luis Obispo, California Pacific Coast Railroad Washington , a former line near Seattle Pacific Coast Railroad tourist in Santa Margarita, California dab ... more details
Texas and PacificRailroad Depot may refer to Texas and PacificRailroad Depot Bunkie, Louisiana , National Register of Historic Places listings in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Texas and PacificRailroad Depot Natchitoches, Louisiana , National Register of Historic Places listings in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Texas and PacificRailroad Depot Abeline, Texas Texas and PacificRailroad Depot Bonham, Texas , National Register of Historic Places listings in Fannin County, Texas listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fannin County, Texas Texas and PacificRailroad Depot Marshall, Texas , an operational Amtrak station and Texas and Pacific Railway Museum in Marshall, Texas , which is part of the Ginocchio Historic District on the NRHP in Harrison County, Texas disambig ... more details
The Border PacificRailroad reporting mark BOP is a short line railroad headquartered in Rio Grande City, Texas , United States . BOP operates a mi to km 31.6 line from Rio Grande City to an interchange with Union Pacific via Rio Valley Switching Company at Mission, Texas . BOP traffic includes silica sand , ballast, crushed stone, asphalt , scrap paper , and feed grains. The line was opened in 1925 and became part of Missouri Pacific in 1956. Short line service started in 1984. External links http www.uprr.com customers shortline lines bop.shtml Link to Union Pacific Website with BOP Details Texas railroads DEFAULTSORT Border PacificRailroad Category Texas railroads Category Spin offs of the Union PacificRailroad Category Companies operating former Missouri PacificRailroad lines US rail company stub ... more details
For other entities named Western Pacific Western Pacific disambiguation Infobox SG rail railroad name Western PacificRailroad logo filename Western PacificRailroad logo, color.jpg logo size 151 old gauge ... PacificRailroad Union Pacific hq city San Francisco, California The Western PacificRailroad reporting ... PacificRailroad UP . It was the second railroad company to use this name. The original Western Pacific ... , and Sacramento, California . This company was absorbed into the Central PacificRailroad in 1870 ... Grande Western Railroad systems. Founded in 1903, the Western PacificRailroad was part of the Gould ... . The Western Pacific originated in 1900 as the Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad . The railroad which would become the Western Pacific was financed and built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad ... Ocean Pacific Coast . In 1909, it became the last railroad completed into California . In 1931 ... a wye railroad triangle of intersecting track . Image Western Pacific combined.png thumb 300px ... PacificRailroad . One of the more well known aspects of the Western Pacific was its operation ... its long time rival, the Southern PacificRailroad , in 1996. In July 2005, Union Pacific unveiled ... entrenched and much larger Southern PacificRailroad , the WP became a company known both for its ... Pacific s most famous and popular passenger train the railroad also operated a modest fleet of named ... date October 2009 reflist External links http www.wplives.org Western PacificRailroad Museum in Portola California http www.wprrhs.org wphistory.html Western PacificRailroad Historical Society ... California Traction Website See also California Zephyr Central PacificRailroad Southern PacificRailroad Union PacificRailroad Western Refrigerator Line Western PacificRailroad Museum Former Class I DEFAULTSORT Western PacificRailroad Category Western PacificRailroad Category Predecessors of the Union PacificRailroad Category Companies based in San Francisco, California Category Former Class ... more details
Union PacificRailroad Depot or Union PacificRailroad Complex may refer to in the United States by state then city Greeley Union PacificRailroad Depot , Greeley, Colorado, listed on the NRHP in Weld County, Colorado Union PacificRailroad Julesburg Depot , Julesburg, Colorado, National Register of Historic Places listings in Sedgwick County, listed on the NRHP in Sedgwick County, Colorado Sterling Union PacificRailroad Depot , Sterling, Colorado, National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Colorado listed on the NRHP in Logan County, Colorado Abilene Union PacificRailroad Freight Depot , Abilene, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Dickinson County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Dickinson County, Kansas Abilene Union PacificRailroad Passenger Depot , Abilene, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Dickinson County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Dickinson County, Kansas Union PacificRailroad Depot Concordia, Kansas , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cloud County, Kansas Union PacificRailroad Depot Solomon, Kansas , National Register of Historic Places listings in Dickinson County, Kansas listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dickinson County, Kansas Union PacificRailroad Passenger Depot , Topeka, Kansas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas listed on the NRHP in Shawnee County, Kansas Union PacificRailroad Depot Mammoth, Utah , National Register of Historic Places listings in Juab County, Utah listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Juab County, Utah Salt Lake Union PacificRailroad Station , Salt Lake City, Utah, listed on the NRHP in Salt Lake County, Utah Union PacificRailroad Depot Cheyenne, Wyoming , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Laramie County, Wyoming Union PacificRailroad Complex Evanston ... Register of Historic Places in Uinta County, Wyoming Union PacificRailroad Depot Rawlins, Wyoming ... more details
Missouri PacificRailroad Depot may refer to any of following former and active train stations previously used by the Missouri PacificRailroad , many of which are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places NRHP by state then city Missouri Pacific Depot Altus , Altus, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri PacificRailroad Depot Arkadelphia , Arkadelphia, AR, listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri Pacific Depot Atkins , Atkins, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri Pacific Depot Bald Knob, Arkansas , List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri PacificRailroad Depot Camden , Camden, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri Pacific Depot Clarksville , Clarksville, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri Pacific Depot Earle, Arkansas , List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri PacificRailroad Depot Gurdon , Gurdon, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri PacificRailroad Depot Hope , Hope, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri PacificRailroad Depot Hot Springs , Hot Springs, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri PacificRailroad Depot Malvern , Malvern, AR, listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri PacificRailroad Depot McGehee , McGehee, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri Pacific Depot Newport , Newport, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri Pacific Depot Ozark , Ozark, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri Pacific Depot Prescott, Arkansas , List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri Pacific Depot Russellville , Russellville, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri PacificRailroad Depot Sylamore, Arkansas , List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Missouri Pacific Depot Walnut Ridge , Walnut Ridge, AR, listed on the NRHP in Arkansas ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox SG rail railroad name Chicago Central and PacificRailroad system map Chicago Central and Illinois Central route map 1996.png map size 200 map caption Combined system map of Chicago Central red and Illinois Central Railroad Illinois Central railroads in 1996. marks CC locale Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota , Nebraska start year 1985 hq city Waterloo, IA The Chicago Central and PacificRailroad Reporting mark CC was a Class II railroad operating on the former Illinois Central Railroad IC mainline between Chicago, Illinois , Albert Lea, Minnesota , Omaha, Nebraska , and Sioux City, Iowa . The railroad was formed as a spinoff from the IC, with operations beginning on December 24, 1985. The IC repurchased the railroad in 1996 and operated it as a subsidiary until the IC itself was purchased by Canadian National Railway CN . The company continues to exist as a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Corporation . Image CCP 2008 19930000 IL.jpg thumb 300px left A Chicago Central train passes westbound through northern Illinois in 1993 . File CCP RR sign.jpg thumb left Old Chicago, Central and Pacific Railway sign still hangs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Regional railroads DEFAULTSORT Chicago Central PacificRailroad Category Former regional railroads in the United States Category Railway companies established in 1985 Category Illinois railroads Category Iowa railroads Category Nebraska railroads Category Predecessors of the Illinois Central Railroad Category Canadian National Railway subsidiaries Category Spin offs of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Category Companies operating former Illinois Central Railroad lines Category Companies operating former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and PacificRailroad lines north of Cedar Rapids Category Companies operating former Chicago and North Western Transportation Company lines branch to Ida Grove and ex M&StL to Geneva US rail stub ... more details
Refimprove date September 2009 Infobox SG rail railroad name Western PacificRailroad Museum logo filename ... NV 2004 WPRRHS Convention e.jpg image caption Western PacificRailroad WP EMD FP7 FP7 Western Pacific 805 A 805 A from the Western PacificRailroad Museum, on display in Sparks, Nevada in 2004. This locomotive ... of the Western PacificRailroad and is operated by the Feather River Rail Society reporting mark ... September 2009 ref , founded in 1983. ref citeweb title Western PacificRailroad Historical ... to the Western PacificRailroad Museum at Portola accessdate 2010 06 22 url http wplives.org visitthewprm.html ref Overview Image FRRSWPlogos.jpg thumb left Logos of the Western PacificRailroad and the Feather River Rail Society, operators of the Western PacificRailroad Museum. Museum collection ... steam locomotive ref citeweb title Western PacificRailroad Museum at Portola Locomotive Roster ... name steam citeweb title Western PacificRailroad Museum Steam Department accessdate 2010 06 22 url ... http zephyrproject.com WP 805A wp 805a.html ref Southern Pacific 4450 Southern PacificRailroad s SP ... attractions The 7 Wonders of the Western PacificRailroad World highlight seven key railfan ning locations on the Feather River Route of the Western PacificRailroad in the Feather River Canyon crossing ... PacificRailroad Museum is its nationally known Run A Locomotive RAL program. Except for winter ... official Western PacificRailroad Museum website http wprrsteam.blogspot.com The WP 165 Restoration ... Photographs from the Western PacificRailroad Museum. http www.railpictures.net showphotos.php?location Portola 20Railroad 20Museum RailPictures.Net PRM &ndash More Western PacificRailroad Museum photographs. Under the Portola name Western PacificRailroad Plumas County, California collapse state ... PacificRailroad Museum Category Railroad museums in California Category Western PacificRailroad Category ... start year start date 1984 end year Present hq city Portola, California The Western Pacific ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Puget Sound and PacificRailroad marks PSAP locale Washington U.S. state Washington start year 1997 hq city Elma, Washington Elma length convert 177 mi km ref name trains mag The Puget Sound and PacificRailroad reporting mark PSAP is headquartered in Elma, Washington . The company began operations on August 30, 1997, when the line was purchased from the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway BNSF by the ParkSierra Railgroup. The ParkSierra Railgroup was purchased in January 2002 by RailAmerica . ref name trains mag The PS&P Interchange freight rail interchanges with BNSF and Union PacificRailroad near Centralia, Washington . From there, the line reaches west to Grays Harbor, Washington , and Northeast to Bangor, Washington , a total of nearly convert 80 mi . Much of the line was originally constructed by the Puget Sound & Grays Harbor Railroad in 1890. The Northern Pacific Railway purchased this line from Summit, Washington , to Montesano, Washington Montesano shortly after the PS&GH started operations. The NP then completed a line from Centralia to Elma and from Montesano to Grays Harbor bringing rail service to Grays Harbor in 1892. The railroad s main commodities are timber products, as well as chemicals. The PSAP hauled around 26,000 carloads in 2008. ref name trains mag cite journal date June 2010 title RailAmerica s Empire journal Trains Magazine publisher Kalmbach Publishing ref References reflist http www.cs.utk.edu davison psp A fan site External links http www.railamerica.com RailAmerica s Home Page Washington U.S. state railroads DEFAULTSORT Puget Sound PacificRailroad Category Washington state railroads Category Railway companies ... operating former Northern Pacific Railway lines Category Companies operating former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and PacificRailroad lines Chehalis Curtis US rail company stub de Puget Sound and PacificRailroad ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name California PacificRailroad logo filename logo size old gauge marks locale Vallejo Sacramento Napa Calistoga Davis Marysville successor line Southern PacificRailroad start year 1865 end year 1876 hq city San Francisco, California The California PacificRailroad Company was incorporated in 1865 at San Francisco, California as the California Pacific Rail Road Company . It was renamed the California PacificRailroad Extension Company in the spring of 1869, then renamed the California PacificRailroad later that same year. The railroad was constructed just months prior to the completion of the Central PacificRailroad Central Pacific Union Pacific First Transcontinental ... of convert 140 mi km . That line was constructed by Leland Stanford s Central PacificRailroad subsidiary the Western PacificRailroad 1862 1870 Western PacificRailroad of 1862 . The route over Altamont Pass was completed in 1869. This railroad is not the same as the Western PacificRailroad of 1916 ... PacificRailroad Company . January 15, 1870 construction completed Washington, California Sacramento and railroad ceases to be operated by builder, D.C. Haskin. Operation by California Pacific begins. July 1871 Central Pacific offer to buy railroad but offer is rejected. Central Pacific announces ... difficulties caused by the flooding of December 1871, is sold to the Central PacificRailroad ... PacificRailroad. SP also acquires the Northern Railway , a subsidiary paper railroad of the SP. 1888 listed in ICC reports as a non operating subsidiary of Southern PacificRailroad. April 14, 1898 the railroad is sold to the Southern PacificRailroad. The Southern PacificRailroad Southern ..., the California PacificRailroad. Other Cal P lines Napa Valley Railroad California Pacific ... to Woodland was later operated by the Southern PacificRailroad Southern Pacific and currently by the California ... PacificRailroad Category Defunct California railroads Category Predecessors of the Southern Pacific ... more details
The Orland, Newville and PacificRailroad is a RailGauge 15 rail gauge gauge railroad ref name railserve cite web url http www.railserve.com Models Live Steam Clubs North America title Live Steam Clubs & Railroads of all Scale & Gauge publisher Railserve.com accessdate March 14, 2010 ref built to a scale of 5 to the foot. It is located in Orland, California , on the Glenn County Fairgrounds located on East Yolo Street. As of 2008, it has been operating at the same location for 15 years. See also List of heritage railways References Reflist External links http www.orland ca.com Clubs Railroad railroad.html Railroad s website http onprailroad.tripod.com Official Website 15 inch gauge railways coord missing California DEFAULTSORT Orland, Newville And PacificRailroad Category Transportation in Glenn County, California Category Miniature railways Category Visitor attractions in Glenn County, California ... more details
for the much earlier railroad of the same name Oregon PacificRailroad 1880 1894 Infobox SG rail railroad name Oregon PacificRailroad logo filename logo size 126 marks OPR locale Oregon , United States start year 1997 hq city Portland, Oregon Oregon PacificRailroad reporting mark OPR is a short line railroad operating two disconnected routes one in southeast Portland, Oregon and the former Southern PacificRailroad Southern Pacific Molalla Branch between Canby, Oregon Canby and Liberal, Oregon . Image EPTC 901 Canby2.jpg thumb left 250px Oregon Pacific 901, an EMD SW8 parked in the American Steel ... was originally known as the Molalla Western Railroad, but after a few years both railroads were combined under the Oregon PacificRailroad banner. Today, the Oregon Pacific continues to operate ... 1949 Southern PacificRailroad Southern Pacific Stored out of service. Currently painted in Southern ... DEFAULTSORT Oregon PacificRailroad 1997 Category Oregon railroads Category Companies operating former ... the rights to salvage the remnants of the Portland Traction Company s remaining freight railroad between Portland and Boring, Oregon. The Portland Terminal Railroad was once an interurban railroad but was owned 50 50 by the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads since the mid 1950s to handle ... to housing. Some of the last shipments along the railroad was TriMet s first light rail cars ... railroad company and ran trains from OMSI to Portland s Sellwood neighborhood. The train itself was modest ... and a converted former logging railroad caboose. While the excursion trains eventually stopped running, the Oregon PacificRailroad continues to host special excursion trains featuring the popular Holiday Express trains featuring the Southern Pacific 4449 and Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700 restored steam locomotives. In 1993, the Oregon Pacific expanded its operations by leasing the Southern Pacific ... to the Portland Milwaukie Line 101 GE GE 80 ton switcher 80 ton 1956 Pacific Lumber Company Stored ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Missouri PacificRailroad logo filename Missouri Pacific Herald.png logo ... Railroad successor line Union PacificRailroad Union Pacific hq city St. Louis, Missouri The Missouri PacificRailroad reporting mark MP , also known as the MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United ... and Pacific Railway TP , Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad C&EI , St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico ... AS . On January 8, 1980, the Missouri PacificRailroad was purchased by the Union PacificRailroad .... Louis, Missouri , ground breaking for the PacificRailroad marked the beginning of what would later be known as the Missouri PacificRailroad. The first section of track was completed in 1852. In 1865 ... was interrupted by the American Civil War . In 1872, the PacificRailroad was reorganized as the Missouri Pacific Railway by new investors after a railroad debt crisis. Because of corporate ties extending back to the PacificRailroad, Missouri Pacific at one time advertised itself as being The First Railroad West of the Mississippi . From 1879, Missouri Pacific was under the control of highly successful ... control of the company after it declared bankruptcy in 1915. ref name UP Chron Union PacificRailroad ... as the Missouri PacificRailroad . Missouri Pacific later acquired or gained a controlling ... locomotives, more locomotives and operated more track than partner Union PacificRailroad . On December 22, 1982, the Missouri Pacific merged with Union Pacific and Western PacificRailroad companies ... , the Scenic Limited operated over the Western PacificRailroad. A second premier train, the Sunshine ... volume, becoming the signature train of the Missouri PacificRailroad. An advertising slogan in 1933 ... System Former Class I DEFAULTSORT Missouri PacificRailroad Category Missouri PacificRailroad Category Companies based in St. Louis, Missouri Category Predecessors of the Union PacificRailroad Category ... companies disestablished in 1997 de Missouri PacificRailroad fr Missouri PacificRailroad nl Missouri ... more details
The Southern PacificRailroad of Mexico reporting mark SPM ref Railway Equipment and Publication Company , http books.google.com books?id 1A3WAAAAMAAJ&pg PT536 The Official Railway Equipment Register , June 1917, p. 663 ref was a railroad subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company in Mexico , operating from Nogales, Sonora , to Mazatl n, Sinaloa . The Sonora Railway Company began construction in 1880 and opened a link to Nogales in 1882 it was a subsidiary of the American Sante Fe line and was subsidized by the Mexican government. The Southern Pacific bought the Sonora Railway Company in 1898 and operated it as the Southern Pacific of Mexico until 1951. File Southern Pacific Company system map 1918 .svg thumb right Southern Pacific Transportation Company Southern Pacific Company system in 1918 The main line ran 260 miles from the Sonoran town of Nogales, just across the border from Arizona, to the city of Guadalajara , stopping at several northwestern cities and port towns along the way. Owned by the Southern Pacific Company, which operated a highly profitable railroad system north of the border, the SP de Mex transported millions of passengers as well as millions of tons of freight over the years, both within Mexico and across its northern border. Lewis 2007 reports it rarely turned ..., CA http www.jstor.org stable 1007297 online review Robert A. Trennert, Jr., The Southern PacificRailroad of Mexico, The Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 35, No. 3 Aug., 1966 , pp. 265 284 ... PacificRailroad Of Mexico Category Defunct railway companies of Mexico Category Southern PacificRailroad Mexico Mexico rail stub ... imperialism that kept the company committed to the railroad long after it ceased to make business ... Pacific of Mexico, 1880 1951 isbn 0816526044 unused data publisher University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ cite book author Signor, John R. and Kirchner, John year 1987 title The Southern Pacific ... more details
The Pacific Coast Railroad is a RailGauge 36 narrow gauge railway narrow gauge tourist railroad located at the Santa Margarita Ranch in Santa Margarita, California . Established in 2000 by San Luis Obispo entrepreneur Rob Rossi, it sees only limited public operation. Phase 1 consisted of a mi to km 1.5 abbr yes loop around the most historic part of the ranch. The railroad currently operates three steam locomotives built between 1897 and 1968, and four of the original Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad Retlaw One coaches. One of them, the 2 Roger Linn , was used in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TV show. Other equipment includes an ex International Railways of Central America caboose and business car Cuscatlan and several ex Denver & Rio Grande freight cars. External links http pcrailroad.wordpress.com Pacific Coast Railroad blog coord missing California DEFAULTSORT Pacific Coast Railroad tourist Category Heritage railroads in California Category Visitor attractions in San Luis Obispo County, California Category Transportation in San Luis Obispo County, California US rail stub ... more details
Cleanup date May 2007 Infobox SG rail railroad name Central PacificRailroad locale Sacramento, CA Ogden, Utah start year 1863 end year April 1, 1885 but continued as an Southern PacificRailroad SP leased ... CPRR.jpg thumb 240px Trestle, Central PacificRailroad, c.1869. Photo Carleton Watkins Image The Last ... PacificRailroad CPRR is the former name of the railroad network built between California and Utah , USA ... PacificRailroad . Many 19th century national proposals to build a transcontinental railroad ..., Stuart 1908 . Railroad Reorganization Union Pacific, Harvard Economic Studies , p. 256. ref ... Planned by Theodore Judah , the Central PacificRailroad was authorized by Congress in 1862. It was financed and built through The Big Four Central PacificRailroad The Big Four who called themselves ... such laborers employed by the Central PacificRailroad representing 90 percent of the entire work ... spike , connecting the western railroad to the Union PacificRailroad at Promontory, Utah , was hammered ... long sea voyages and lengthy, hazardous travel by wagon trains. In 1885 the Central PacificRailroad ... Pacific Railway . The original right of way is now controlled by the Union PacificRailroad Union ... Government Bonds authorized by Sec. 5 of the Pacific Railway Acts PacificRailroad Act of 1862 . They were ... of the Sierra Nevada Mountains . http www.cprr.org Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1862 05 Sec ... mountain ranges. http www.cprr.org Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1862 11 The U.S. Government Bonds ... by the company as and when they became due. Sec. 10 of the 1864 amending PacificRailroad ... Bonds. http www.cprr.org Museum PacificRailroad Acts.html 1864 10 Local and state governments ... section measuring convert 0.2 mi m by convert 10 mi km . http www.cprr.org Museum PacificRailroad ... Act. File San Francisco PacificRailroad Bond WPRR 1865.jpg thumb left An 1865 San Francisco PacificRailroad Bond approved in 1863 but delayed for two years by the opposition of the San Francisco ... more details
The South Pacific Coast Railroad was a RailGauge 36 narrow gauge railway narrow gauge steam railroad ... to San Francisco, California San Francisco . The railroad was created as the Santa Clara Valley Railroad, founded by local strawberry growers as a way to get their crops to market in San Francisco and provide an alternative to the Southern PacificRailroad . In 1876, James Graham Fair , a Comstock ... by the Southern PacificRailroad Southern Pacific and 1906 the gauge was standardized. Some ... http www.sfmuseum.org 1906 sprr.html 1906 Southern PacificRailroad Earthquake Operations Bot generated ..., California is operated by the Union PacificRailroad . Between Newark, California and San Jose ... by the Union PacificRailroad . The right of way is shared with a light rail line opened ... Books year 1974 isbn 0 87046 016 1 reflist DEFAULTSORT South Pacific Coast Railroad Category Three foot gauge railways Category Predecessors of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company Category History ... gauge railroad, the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company . ref Robertson, Donald B., Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History , Vol. III, at page 222, Caxton Printers, Caldwell, ID ISBN 0 8700 4366 8 ref Others ran on the former Carson and Colorado Railroad . ref Turner 1974 p.46 ref In later years ... of 1940, and the line was abandoned the same year. Under contract to Southern Pacific, the F.A. Christie railroad salvage firm removed the track and trestles and, when this was completed in April ... the Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway , primarily a tourist operation but also carries lumber. See also Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company http www.vaughns 1 pagers.com history santa cruz rail tunnels.htm Old Santa Cruz, CA Railroad Tunnels South Pacific Coast Railroad http www.wmsb.net southpacificcoastrailroad.html References cite book title South Pacific Coast author MacGregor, Bruce A. publisher Howell North Books year 1968 ... more details
The Idaho Northern and PacificRailroad reporting mark INPR is a small railroad that runs in Southwest Idaho and Northeastern Oregon in the United States . It operates about 210 miles of former Union Pacific branch lines and is currently a subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Company . As of 2006, the INPR operates three separate sections of rail, one running from La Grande, Oregon to Elgin, Oregon , connecting at Elgin with another former UP rail line now owned by Wallowa County, Oregon Wallowa County which continues to Joseph, Oregon . The other two are in Idaho, a portion of the former Union Pacific Boise Cut off route from Nampa, Idaho Nampa to Boise, Idaho Boise and the other section is one of the most scenic stretches of Union Pacific route, running from Payette, Idaho Payette through Emmett, Idaho Emmett and then into the Canyon of the Payette River on a northerly route to Cascade, Idaho Cascade . This line historically continued on to the former logging community McCall, Idaho McCall . As of 2006, INPR operates tourist trains and river and rail trips in the Payette Canyon that allow riders to ride a train in one direction and return by rafting river raft on the water of the North Fork of the Payette River. Both the Oregon portion and the Payette River line were historically built as logging and lumbering lines with large Boise Cascade mills located in nearby communities ... www.rgpc.com inprgeneralinformation.htm INPR information from Rio Grande Pacific Corporation Idaho railroads Oregon railroads DEFAULTSORT Idaho Northern PacificRailroad Category Idaho railroads Category ... PacificRailroad Category Companies operating former Union PacificRailroad lines US rail company ... connection with Union Pacific at Nampa and to serve the industrial areas in East Boise with rail service. Idaho Northern and Pacific s offices are located in Emmett. References Ehernberger, James L. And Francis G. Gschwind. Smoke Down the Canyons, Union Pacific Idaho Division . 1966 External links ... more details
The Sioux City and PacificRailroad was a railroad in the U.S. state s of Iowa and Nebraska . Built as a connection from Sioux City, IA Sioux City to the Union PacificRailroad at Fremont, NE Fremont , it became ... Bluffs, September 2003 ref History The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 defined a network of branches that would begin at the Missouri River and join the main line of the Union PacificRailroad in or near ... Union PacificRailroad Blair Bridge opened in late 1883, replacing the car ferry across the Missouri ... trackside References reflist DEFAULTSORT Sioux City PacificRailroad Category Defunct Iowa railroads ... of the Union Pacific UP . The east west portion from Fremont to Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley ... 1862 07 01 ref but an 1864 amendment released the UP from this obligation, allowing any railroad arriving at Sioux City from the east, or any newly incorporated railroad, to construct the line and gain the associated land grant s. ref USStatute 38 216 13 356 1864 07 02 ref The Sioux City and PacificRailroad was organized for this purpose in August 1864, and soon came under common ownership with the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad , a land grant company, leased by the Chicago and North ... 1867. To build the portion in Nebraska, the Northern Nebraska Air Line Railroad was incorporated in June 1867 and merged into the Sioux City and Pacific in September 1868. ref name ICC Interstate Commerce ... City and Pacific in July 1871 , where the Sioux City and Pacific, funded by the Cedar Rapids ... 1870 until July 1884, the Sioux City and Pacific operated the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad , which continued northwest from Fremont into northwestern Nebraska. The Illinois Central Railroad subsidiary Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad opened the first eastern connection to Sioux ... River and the connecting Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad , which had jointly purchased the Sioux City and Pacific in 1880. Operations remained separate until August 1901, when the C&NW leased and soon ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Richmond PacificRailroad logo filename logo size old gauge marks RPRC locale Richmond, California start year July 1950 as Parr Terminal Railroad end year Present hq city Richmond, California website http www.levinterminal.com Pages.aspx Rail Services levinterminal.com Pages.aspx Rail Services The Richmond PacificRailroad Reporting mark RPRC is a terminal railroad owned by the Levin Richmond Terminal Corporation . The RPRC operates on convert 2.5 mi km of track in the shipping terminal and wharves at Richmond, California . The RPRC also interchanges with the Union Pacific UP and BNSF Railway BNSF . The shipping tariff is a flat rate of 210 per car or 310 per hazardous material car. The railroad operates two shifts, between 6 a.m. 10 p.m. The railroad switches about 3,250 cars per year. The RPRC was formerly known as the Parr Terminal Railroad Reporting mark PRT . Image Richmond PacificRailroad RPRC Switcher 1268.JPG thumb 300px right RPRC 1268 performing switching operations. History The PRT was incorporated in July 1950 as a Train station Terminus stations terminal railroad to take over the private railroad of Parr Richmond Industrial Corporation . In 1911, Terminal 1 was constructed as the primary port of the Port of Richmond, CA Port of Richmond . In the 1930s the City of Richmond entered an agreement with the Parr Company to operate the terminal. The terminal area was primarily used to unload oil crude from ship to storage tanks that supplied the local oil refineries . It also was used to transfer ship cargo to rail cars. The terminal was used as a ferry terminal prior to the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge . During World War II the U.S. ... accessdate December 6, 2005 Further reading List of California railroads Pacific Rail News , May 1996 issue. California railroads DEFAULTSORT Richmond PacificRailroad Category Switching and terminal ... isbn 0 89024 290 9 cite book author Walker, Mike title Steam Powered Video s Comprehensive Railroad ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge nrhp type image Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge Torrance .jpg caption location Torrance Boulevard and Bow Street br Torrance, California Torrance , California lat degrees 33 lat minutes 50 lat seconds 15 lat direction N long degrees 118 long minutes 18 long seconds 39 long direction W coord parameters region US CA type landmark locmapin Los Angeles area built 1913 architect Irving Gill br Pacific Electric Railway architecture Modernism Modern Movement br Other added July 13, 1989 governing body Local refnum 89000854 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref The Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge or Southern PacificRailroad Bridge is a historic double tracked arch bridge located in Torrance, California USA, spanning Torrance Boulevard at Bow Street, a short distance west of Western Avenue Los Angeles Western Avenue . It was once part of the north south Torrance to San Pedro, California San Pedro spur line of the Pacific Electric Railway , that agency s first interurban line to San Pedro. ref http www.erha.org pesspt.htm History of the Torrance San ... in use for local runs by the Union PacificRailroad . ref http www.abandonedrailroads.com ca sp torrance ..., the Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge has become a symbol of the city as part of the Torrance ..., California References Reflist External links http www.archiplanet.org wiki Pacific Electric Railroad ... Register of Historic Places Category Torrance, California simple Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge ... States Steel by running up and over that railroad s east west Torrance local line in much the same ... pacific electric torrance map.asp Maps showing the PE lines in the area, including the one ... too are the Pacific Electric s Torrance shops at the western branch of the split, now the site of an industrial ... pacific electric torrance viaduct.asp Modern photos of the bridge including the tracks at Reprise.com National Register of Historic Places Category Pacific Electric Railway Category Modernist architecture ... more details
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