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The Southern Pacific Railroad was replaced by the Southern Pacific Company and assumed the railroad operations of the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1929, Southern Pacific/Texas and New Orleans operated 13,848 route-miles not including Cotton Belt, whose purchase of the Golden State Route circa 1980 nearly doubled its size to 3,085 miles (4,965 ...
The Southern Pacific narrow-gauge system was a network of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad lines operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) in the western United States. It consisted of two lines acquired in the early 20th century, running from western Nevada into eastern California and southern Oregon.
Western Narrow Gauge Railway: 1870 1875 Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway: Wichita Falls Railway: MKT: 1894 1969 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad: Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas: MKT: 1906 1923 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad: Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway: CB&Q: 1903 1942 N/A Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth ...
Southern Pacific Company Steam Locomotive Conpendium. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 0-930742-12-5. Schreyer, George (1999). "The Southern Pacific Narrow gauge" Boyd, Ken (2018). Historic North American Locomotives: An Illustrated Journey (E-book). Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 9781627005098 – via Google Books.
Carson & Colorado would become part of the Southern Pacific in 1900, and narrow gauge would be operated as the Keeler Branch by the company until being fully abandoned in 1960. [ 36 ] California's independent 3 ft ( 914 mm ) lines included the Pacific Coast Railway serving the Santa Maria Valley, the North Pacific Coast Railroad and South ...
Operational, and currently (in 2022) the largest operating narrow gauge engine in the Western hemisphere. CO-10 Rio Grande No. 318: 2-8-0 narrow-gauge 1896-built Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO: Sister to Rio Grande 315. CO-11 Rio Grande No. 346 (aka Denver & Rio Grande RR 406) Steam 2-8-0 "Consolidation" narrow-gauge 1881 built
The railroad traces its roots back to the Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Gauge Railroad, a narrow-gauge railroad established in 1875. In 1883, the line was extended over the Rio Grande and the Mexico–United States border. The railroad was purchased by the Mexican government in 1900, which controlled the railroad until 1982 when it ...
Southern Pacific system as of 1918 Captions read: 1) Southern Pacific docks at Galveston, Texas, 2) Grain carriers and ships at Galveston, 3) Unloading sugar at New Orleans, 4) Southern Pacific docks at New York City, 5) The Southern Pacific steamer Creole, 6) The S.S. Momus entering New York Bay, 7) West end of the docks at Galveston Passenger ...