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Western Pacific Passenger Depot is a former railway station in Sacramento, California, located at 19th and J Streets. [1] Opened in 1910 by the Western Pacific Railroad as part of the Feather River Route, the station would go on to serve the original California Zephyr until the service was discontinued in 1970. [2]
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The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the public transit system for San Francisco, California. Several bus, trolleybus, streetcar/light rail, and cable car routes were historically served, but have been discontinued. It began service on December 28, 1912, with two streetcar routes on Geary Boulevard and continued to expand operations.
The City of San Francisco train sets were jointly owned by the C&NW, UP and SP with the exception of the sleepers which were Pullman-owned until 1945 when two of those cars were acquired by the C&NW and a dozen by the UP. [24] [25] [26] The new train was capable of speeds up to 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) and accommodated 222 passengers. [27]
San Francisco Pacific Railroad Bond (WPRR), 1865. The Western Pacific Railroad (1862–1870) was formed in December 1862 by a group led by Timothy Dame and including Charles McLaughlin and Peter Donahue, all associated with the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad (SF&SJ), to build a railroad from San Jose north to Niles (then called Vallejo Mills), east through Niles Canyon (then called ...
31 Dec 1928 Sacramento Northern Railway, a Western Pacific Railroad subsidiary, acquires the San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad. 1930 Bridge connecting Benicia-Martinez was completed, eliminating railroad's need for railroad ferry "Solano" and "Contra Costa" between Benicia and Port Costa, California .
Amtrak President Roger Harris speaks in front of the first Amtrak Airo train car at the Siemens Mobility manufacturing facility in Sacramento on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.
ex-San Francisco and San Jose Railroad #2 San Jose became Northwestern Pacific Railroad #4 2 J.G.Downey: Booth 4-4-0 1870 14 became Northwestern Pacific Railroad #6 3 W.J.Ralston: Booth 4-4-0 1870 15 became Northwestern Pacific Railroad #7 4 Geyser: Booth 4-4-0 1873 16 scrapped 1904 5 Santa Rosa: Booth 4-4-0 1873 17 became Northwestern Pacific ...