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Southern Pacific Railroad was created in 1865.
Southern Pacific Railroad ended in 1955.
Lebanon Southern Pacific Railroad Depot was created in 1908.
Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot was created in 1888.
in 1978 Southern Pacific Communications launched the Southern Pacific Railroad Intercontinental Network of Telecommunications (SPRINT)
Union Pacific and Central Pacific (became Southern Pacific).
The Southern Pacific Railroad was taken over by the Union Pacific Railroad/Corporation in 1996 and now trades under the ticker symbol UNP on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Stanford co-founded the Central Pacific Railroad on June 28, 1861. He also, with his partners, acquired control of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1868.
Union Pacific Railroad built the line westward and the Central Pacific Railroad built the line eastward. The first transcontinental railroad basically connected the east and the west of the United States. Central Pacific Railroad merged with Southern Pacific in 1885 and then Union Pacific bought Southern Pacific in 1996. Union Pacific still operates much of the rail from Central Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad.
Eight Class I railroads currently operate in the United States:AmtrakBNSF RailwayCanadian National RailwayCanadian Pacific RailwayCSX TransportationKansas City Southern RailwayNorfolk Southern RailwayUnion Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific Railroad dominated politics in California and other southwestern states for decades. Muckraking novelist Frank Norris's book The Octopuspaints a vivid picture of the railroad's power.