Southern Pacific Donner Pass line

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The Southern Pacific Donner Pass line is a historic and treacherous trans-Sierra Nevada railroad route in California, renowned for its steep grades, heavy snowfall, and vital role in westward rail transportation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain railroad
railway line
builtBy Central Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED
connects Reno, Nevada NERFINISHED
Roseville, California NERFINISHED
constructionDifficulty tunnels blasted through granite
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED
engineeringSignificance major 19th-century mountain railroad engineering project
gauge standard gauge
gradeType mountain grade
hasFeature high elevation
sharp curves
hasStructure Summit Tunnel (Tunnel 6) NERFINISHED
multiple snow sheds
hasSummit Donner Summit area NERFINISHED
hasWeatherChallenge avalanches
hasWeatherChallenge blizzards
heritage considered a historic railroad route in the American West
historicalOperator Central Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED
Southern Pacific Transportation Company NERFINISHED
historicalRole key route for westward rail transportation
vital route for transcontinental rail traffic
importance primary rail crossing of the central Sierra Nevada for over a century
knownFor heavy snowfall
snow sheds
steep grades
treacherous operating conditions
laterOwnedBy Southern Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED
Union Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED
openedAsPartOf First Transcontinental Railroad NERFINISHED
openedYear 1860s
operatedBy Southern Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED
Union Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED
parallelTo Interstate 80 in parts
partOf Overland Route NERFINISHED
partOfNetwork Union Pacific Railroad network NERFINISHED
passesNear Donner Lake NERFINISHED
Truckee, California NERFINISHED
region Northern California
safetyConcern derailment risk due to snow and ice
servedBy historic transcontinental passenger trains
status active mainline (with some segments downgraded or bypassed)
traverses Donner Pass NERFINISHED
usedFor freight transport
passenger transport

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AC-12 notableRoute Southern Pacific Donner Pass line
Summit Tunnel in the Sierra Nevada associatedWith Southern Pacific Donner Pass line
this entity surface form: Donner Pass railroad route
San Francisco Overland Limited operatedOn Southern Pacific Donner Pass line
this entity surface form: Southern Pacific main line between Ogden and San Francisco