Southern Pacific Railroad

A Southern Pacific Transportation Company (sigla de marca: SP), primeiramente Southern Pacific Railroad (1865-1885) e Southern Pacific Company (1885-1969), foi uma ferrovia estadunidense.

Nota: "Southern Pacific" é redirecionado para esta página. Se procura o grupo musical homônimo, consulte Southern Pacific (banda)
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Info/Ferrovia
Predefinição:Info/Ferrovia
SP 8033, uma GE Dash 8-39B. 6 de outubro de 1992
Informações principais
Sigla ou acrônimo SP
Área de operação Arizona, Califórnia, Louisiana, Nevada, Novo México, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa e Illinois
Tempo de operação 1865–1996
Sede San Francisco, Califórnia
Ferrovia(s) antecessora(s)
Ferrovia(s) sucessora(s)
Union Pacific
Especificações da ferrovia
Bitola 1.435 mm e 914 mm
Diagrama e/ou Mapa da ferrovia
Mapa da Rede


A ferrovia foi fundada como uma companhia holding em 1865, formando parte do império da Central Pacific Railroad.

Trens de passageiros

Até 1 de maio de 1971, a Southern Pacific operou vários trens de passageiros:

  • 49er
  • Argonaut
  • Arizona Limited (operado em conjunto com a Rock Island Railroad)
  • Beaver
  • Californian
  • Cascade Limited
  • Challenger (operado em conjunto com a Chicago and North Western Railway e a Union Pacific Railroad)
  • City of San Francisco (operado em conjunto com a Chicago and North Western Railway e a Union Pacific Railroad)
  • Coast Daylight
  • Coast Mail
  • Coaster
  • Del Monte
  • Fast Mail
  • Golden Rocket (proposto, era para ter sido operado em conjunto com a Rock Island Railroad)
  • Golden State (operado em conjunto com a Rock Island Railroad)
  • Grand Canyon
  • Klamath
  • Lark
  • Oregonian
  • Overland Flyer
  • Owl
  • Pacific Limited
  • Peninsula Commute (operado até 1985, atualmente Caltrain)
  • Rogue River
  • Sacramento Daylight
  • San Joaquin Daylight
  • Senator
  • Shasta Daylight
  • Shasta Express
  • Shasta Limited
  • Shasta Limited De Luxe
  • Sunbeam
  • Sunset Limited
  • Tehachapi
  • West Coast

Locomotivas usadas para o serviço de passageiros

Locomotivas a vapor

  • 2-8-0 Consolidation
  • 2-8-2 Mikado
  • 4-4-2 Atlantic
  • 4-6-2 Pacific - ver SP 2472
  • 4-8-2 Mountain
  • 4-8-4 Golden State/General Service - ver SP 4449

Locomotivas a diesel

  • ALCO PA
  • EMD E2
  • EMD E7
  • EMD E8
  • EMD E9 - ver SP 6051
  • EMD FP7
  • FM H-24-66 "Train Master"
  • EMD GP7
  • EMD GP9 - ver SP 5623
  • EMD SD7
  • EMD SD9 - ver SP 4450
  • GE P30CH
  • EMD SDP45
  • EMD GP40P-2

Locomotivas preservadas

Existem muitas locomotivas da Southern Pacific que foram doadas para parques e museus, ou continuam operando em ferrovias turísticas. Algumas das mais notáveis são as seguintes:

SP 1518 no Museu Ferroviário de Illinois. Julho de 2005
  • 4294 (AC-12, 4-8-8-2), localizada no Museu Ferroviário Estadual da Califórnia, em Sacramento
  • 4449 (GS-4, 4-8-4), localizada na rotunda Brooklyn, em Portland, Oregon (aparece no filme Tough Guys de 1986).
  • 2472 (P-8, 4-6-2), pertencente e operada pelo Museu Ferroviário Golden Gate, Redwood City, Califórnia
  • 2467 (P-8, 4-6-2), emprestada ao Museu Ferroviário Estadual da Califórnia
  • 745 (Mk-5, 2-8-2), pertencente ao Louisiana Rail Heritage Trust, operada pela Associação de Trens a Vapor da Louisiana, e situada em Jefferon
  • 1518 (EMD SD7), localizada no Museu Ferroviário de Illinois
  • 4450 (EMD SD9), localizada no Museu Ferroviário da Western Pacific, em Portola, Califórnia

Dirigentes da companhia

Presidentes
  • Timothy Guy Phelps (1865-1868)
  • Charles Crocker (1868-1885)
  • Leland Stanford (1885-1890)
  • Collis P. Huntington (1890-1900)
  • Charles Melville Hays (1900-1901)
  • E. H. Harriman (1901-1909)
  • Robert S. Lovett (1909-1911)
  • William Sproule (1911-1918)
  • Julius Krutschnitt (1918-1920)
  • William Sproule (1920-1928)
  • Paul Shoup (1929-1932)
  • Angus Daniel McDonald (1932-1941)
  • Armand Mercier (1941-1951)
  • Donald J. Russell (1952-1964)
  • Benjamin Biaggini (1964-1976)
  • Denman McNear (1976-1979)
  • Alan Furth (1979-1982)
  • Robert Krebs (1982-1983)
  • D. M. "Mike" Mohan (1984-1996)

Presidentes do Comitê Executivo
  • Leland Stanford (1890-1893)
  • (vacante 1893-1909)
  • Robert S. Lovett (1909-1913)
  • Julius Krutschnitt (1913-1925)
  • Henry deForest (1925-1928)
  • Hale Holden (1928-1932)

Presidentes do Conselho de Diretores
  • Henry deForest (1929-1932)
  • Hale Holden (1932-1939)
  • (posição inexistente 1939-1964)
  • Donald Russell (1964-1972)
  • (vacante 1972-1976)
  • Benjamin Biaggini (1976-1983)

Ferrovias predecessoras e subsidiárias

Arizona
  • Arizona Eastern Railroad 1910-1955
    • Arizona Eastern Railroad Company of New Mexico 1904-1910
    • Arizona and Colorado Railroad 1902-1910
    • Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway 1894-1910 depois AZER
    • Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad (de 1907) 1908-1910
      • Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Railroad 1895-1908
        • Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad (de 1886) 1887-1895
          • Arizona Central Railroad 1881-1887
        • Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa Railway 1894-1895
    • Arizona and Colorado Railroad Company of New Mexico 1904-1910
  • El Paso and Southwestern Railroad
    • Arizona and New Mexico Railway 1883-1935
      • Clifton and Southern Pacific Railway 1883
      • Clifton and Lordsburg Railway
    • Arizona and South Eastern Rail Road 1888-1902
    • Mexico and Colorado Railroad 1908-1910
    • Southwestern Railroad of Arizona 1900-1901
    • Southwestern Railroad of New Mexico 1901-1902
  • New Mexico and Arizona Railroad 1882-1897
  • Phoenix and Eastern Railroad 1903-1934
  • Tucson and Nogales Railroad 1910-1934
    • Twin Buttes Railroad 1906-1929

México
  • Southern Pacific of Mexico

Califórnia
  • California Pacific Railroad
  • Central Pacific Railroad
  • Northern Railway
  • Northwestern Pacific Railroad
  • Sacramento Southern Railroad
  • San Diego and Arizona Railway
  • San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
  • West Side and Mendocino Railroad (Willows - Fruto)
  • San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road
  • South Pacific Coast Railroad
  • Oregon and California Railroad
  • Visalia Electric
  • Western Pacific Railroad (1862 - San Jose à Sacramento)

Texas
  • Austin and Northwestern Railroad
  • Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
  • Houston and Texas Central Railroad
  • San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway
  • Texas and New Orleans Railroad

Ferrovias sucessoras

Arizona
  • Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER)
  • San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad (SPSR)
    • San Pedro and Southwestern Railway (SWKR)

Califórnia
  • California Northern Railroad
  • Eureka Southern Railroad
  • Napa Valley Wine Train
  • Niles Canyon Railway
  • North Coast Railroad
  • San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
  • San Joaquin Valley Railroad
G. W. & C. B. Colton, Map Showing the Line of the True Southern Pacific Railway, circa 1881

Serviço de balsas
A balsa Bay City da Southern Pacific Company

A Central Pacific Railroad (e posteriormente a Southern Pacific) manteve e operou um serviço de balsas (ferry boats) que conectou Oakland com San Francisco pela água.

Ligações externas
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