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May 22, 2024 · The East Bay Electric Lines were a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad that operated electric interurban -type trains in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] [2] [3] Beginning in 1862, the SP and its predecessors [4] operated local steam-drawn ferry-train passenger service in the East Bay on an expanding system of lines, but ...
5 days ago · The railway, a former portion of the Southern Pacific Coast Line, connects the city of Ventura to Santa Clarita paralleling California State Route 126. Fillmore and Western Railway operates excursion service over a section of the line, though plans exist to rehabilitate tracks for Metrolink service.
May 23, 2024 · In 1988, the DRGW purchased the giant Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). The combined companies were named for the larger and wider-reaching company, the SP. Union Pacific Railroad (UP) purchased and merged the SP in 1996.
4 days ago · History: Delivered new as Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) coach #2154 for commute service on the Peninsula between San Jose and San Francisco in October 1924; Retired in 1985 and sold to the California State Railroad Museum; acquired from the CSRM in 2008 after years of damage/vandalism while stored at the ex-SP Sacramento Shop yard.
May 23, 2024 · The Big Four of the Central Pacific Railroad left a significant legacy across California. In Santa Cruz County, the initial construction of what would become the Santa Cruz Branch was delayed twice due to Leland Stanford overpromising and underdelivering. Later, in 1883, Stanford, Collis Huntington, and Charles Crocker were instrumental in ...
May 6, 2024 · In 1973 the ICC proposed restructuring the railroads of the West into four systems: Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Burlington Northern, and Santa Fe. The railroads involved in the merger case other than the two principals petitioned the ICC to dismiss the case and start over.
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