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Red del Sothern Pacific. El Ferrocarril Southern Pacific (siglas: SP) fue un ferrocarril de los Estados Unidos. Fue fundado como una compañía terrateniente en 1865, dentro del consorcio ferroviario Central Pacific.
Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The Southern Pacific ( reporting mark SP) (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States.
Train Pride. Our Heritage. Southern Pacific Railroad. Founded in 1865 by a group of businessmen in San Francisco, the Southern Pacific was created as a rail line from San Francisco to San Diego. By 1883, the line extended all the way to New Orleans.
Origins. Southern Pacific routes on the Pacific Coast, 1885. A Southern Pacific train at Los Angeles' Arcade Depot, 1891. The Southern Pacific depot located in Burlingame, California, ca 1900; completed in 1894 and still in use, it was the first permanent Southern Pacific structure to be constructed in the Mission Revival Style.
The story of the Southern Pacific is a legacy rich with economic, transportation, political, legal, and engineering influence in America west of the Mississippi River.
Our mission is to provide a digital presentation of the history of the Southern Pacific System from the creation of its first predecessor company in 1853 until its merger with Union Pacific in 1996, through a comprehensive, searchable website.
Origins. One of the original ancestor-railroads of SP, the Galveston and Red River Railway (GRR), was chartered on 11 March 1848, by Ebenezer Allen, although the company did not become active until 1852, after a series of meetings at Chappell Hill, Texas, and Houston, Texas.