Southern Pacific Railroad

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railroad company transportation company

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 → 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 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Overland Route (historic) → Peninsula Commute ("Southern Pacific Transportation Company") → Peninsula Commute →	operatedBy
Palo Alto station → Sunset Route ("Southern Pacific Transportation Company") →	hasFormerOwner
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive ("Southern Pacific Railroad mechanical department") → Sunset Limited →	introducedBy
Crocker family →	associatedWith
Leland Stanford →	boardMemberOf
Leland Stanford →	employer
Sunset Route →	formerlyOperatedBy
Peninsula rail corridor →	formerOwner
Southern Pacific Railroad ("Southern Pacific Railroad Company") →	foundedAs
Class I freight railroads in the United States ("Southern Pacific Transportation Company") →	historicallyIncluded
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive →	operator
Sunset Limited →	originalOperator
Leland Stanford →	owned
Southern Pacific Railroad ("Southern Pacific of Mexico (SP de México)") →	ownedSubsidiary
Peninsula Commute →	trackOwnerDuringService