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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All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
Southern Pacific Railroad canonical 76
Southern Pacific Transportation Company 13
Southern Pacific 4

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad company ⓘ
transportation company ⓘ
acquisitionCompletedInYear 1996 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedBy Charles Crocker ⓘ
Collis P. Huntington ⓘ
Leland Stanford ⓘ
Mark Hopkins ⓘ
foundedAs Southern Pacific Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Pacific Railroad Company
hadNickname Espee ⓘ
hasAbbreviation SP ⓘ
headquarteredIn San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California
industry rail transport ⓘ
influencedDevelopmentOf California economy ⓘ
West Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Coast ports

southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern United States cities
mergedWith Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern United States

western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
operatedRoute Coast Line ⓘ
Golden State Route ⓘ
Union Pacific mainline routes ⓘ
surface form: Overland Route (in conjunction with Union Pacific)

Shasta Route ⓘ
Sunset Route ⓘ
operatedService Coast Daylight ⓘ
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Golden State (with Rock Island)

Katy connection services ⓘ
Lark ⓘ
San Joaquin Daylight ⓘ
Shasta Daylight ⓘ
Sunset Limited ⓘ
operatedUntilCentury late 20th century ⓘ
ownedSubsidiary Southern Pacific Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Pacific of Mexico (SP de México)

St. Louis–San Francisco Railway ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis Southwestern Railway

Texas and New Orleans Railroad ⓘ
partOf Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
surface form: 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, United States ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 mainline routes ⓘ
surface form: Union Pacific Railroad system in the West
wasSubjectOf antitrust and regulatory scrutiny in California ⓘ

Referenced by (124)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sunset Limited → introducedBy → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Sunset Limited → originalOperator → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Peninsula Commute → operatedBy → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Peninsula Commute → operatedBy → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Peninsula Commute → trackOwnerDuringService → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
the Crocker family → associatedWith → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Crocker family
Palo Alto station → hasFormerOwner → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Class I freight railroads in the United States → historicallyIncluded → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive → operator → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive → introducedBy → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Railroad mechanical department
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 Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Overland Route (historic) → operatedBy → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Southern Pacific Railroad → foundedAs → Southern Pacific Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Railroad → ownedSubsidiary → Southern Pacific Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific of Mexico (SP de México)
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 Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Coast Daylight → operator → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Coast Daylight → railwayCompany → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Coast Daylight → operatedOn → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Coast Line
Coast Daylight → operatedBy → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Coast Daylight → category → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Railroad passenger trains
Coast Daylight → railwayNetwork → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific system
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad → acquiredBy → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad → acquired → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Western Pacific Railroad → competedWith → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway → competedWith → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway → predecessor → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Pacific Railroad
Daggett → servedByRailroad → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Wadsworth → servedBy → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Wadsworth, Nevada
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Railroad (historical)
Niles → servedByRailroad → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
AC-9 → railwayOperator → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
AC-9 → designer → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
AC-9 → operator → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Lines
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 Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Siskiyou and Cascade lines
AC-10 → operator → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific Lines
AC-4 → operator → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
AC-4 → railwayLineUsedOn → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
AC-4 → designer → Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ