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Western Pacific Railroad

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170: 558: 676: 688: 524: 700: 139: 1165: 719: 38: 148: 520:. In December 1953, the Railroad retired its last steam locomotive from revenue service. At the end of 1970, WP operated 1,187 miles (1,910 km) of road and 1,980 miles (3,190 km) of track, not including its Sacramento Northern and Tidewater Southern subsidiaries. 428:, a company in the Gould system, which had lost access to California due to the attempted acquisition of the Southern Pacific Railroad by the Rio Grande's main rival, the Union Pacific Railroad. The Western Pacific Railway acquired the 447:
on untreated ties, with no tie plates except on curves over one degree; in 1935 more than half of the main line still had its original rail, most of it having carried 150 million gross tons.
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After the Union Pacific Corporation purchased the Western Pacific in 1982, the WP became part of a combined Union Pacific rail system: the Union Pacific Railroad, the
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meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger-only railroads with no freight component.
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and began construction on what became known as the Feather River Route. Completed in 1909, it was the last major rail line connected to California. After
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was the famous Western Pacific passenger train but the railroad had a few others:
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The second company to use the "western pacific" appellation was the
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was established in 1862 to build the westernmost portion of the
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defaulted on mortgage bonds, its assets were sold in 1916 to
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Robert G. "Mike" Flannery (January 1, 1973 to June 9, 1982)
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in northern California. This route, today part of BNSF's
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In 1931 Western Pacific opened a main line north from the
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List of preserved Western Pacific Railroad rolling stock
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with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the
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Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola California
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Myron M. Christy (June 30, 1965 to November 30, 1970)
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Robert C. Marquis (June 9, 1982 to January 11, 1983)
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Harry M. Adams (March 30, 1927 to December 31, 1931)
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Frederic B. Whitman (July 1, 1949 to June 30, 1965)
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Harry A. Mitchell (January 1, 1949 to July 1, 1949)
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Walter J. Bartnett (March 3, 1903 to June 23, 1905)
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Construction was financed by the 13: 1032:Preserved Equipment and Structures 833:. Superior Publishing. p. 76. 539:, in a Western Pacific influenced 485:Western Pacific (WP) operated the 27:Western Pacific Railroad (1862–70) 14: 2709: 892: 2663:Companies based in San Francisco 1163: 998:California State Railroad Museum 717: 698: 686: 674: 430:Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad 365:and it was soon merged into the 137: 36: 1018:Western Pacific Railroad Museum 867:"Presidents of Western Pacific" 741:Western Pacific Railroad Museum 434:Western Pacific Railway Company 406:Western Pacific Railway Company 383:first transcontinental railroad 158:Map of the Western Pacific and 47:needs additional citations for 23:first transcontinental railroad 21:For the company that built the 1008:Pacific Locomotive Association 859: 837: 822: 790: 476:triangle of intersecting track 1: 1013:San Francisco Maritime Museum 752: 612: 422:Gould transcontinental system 160:Denver and Rio Grande Western 152: 2668:Defunct California railroads 7: 977:Central California Traction 710: 510:Central California Traction 502:Sacramento Northern Railway 482:and had to be reorganized. 244:; 42 years ago 10: 2714: 1003:Feather River Rail Society 667: 545: 506:Tidewater Southern Railway 372: 71:"Western Pacific Railroad" 20: 2619: 2593: 1998: 1365: 1358: 1324: 1287: 1220: 1213: 1161: 1127: 1031: 990: 954: 943: 746:Western Refrigerator Line 533:Missouri Pacific Railroad 363:Union Pacific Corporation 340:for rail traffic between 330:Southern Pacific Railroad 271: 266: 256: 238: 228: 218: 208: 198: 193: 167: 145: 136: 2673:Defunct Nevada railroads 2643:Western Pacific Railroad 1120:Western Pacific Railroad 991:Museums with WP holdings 936:Western Pacific Railroad 847:. Union Pacific Railroad 416:track connection to the 399:Central Pacific Railroad 311:Western Pacific Railroad 443:The original line used 2678:Defunct Utah railroads 1023:Western Railway Museum 810:: 309. August 31, 1940 568: 528: 514:Indian Valley Railroad 500:. 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Denver and Rio Grande Western

EMD FP7
California Zephyr
Altamont Pass
Oakland, California
George Jay Gould
Reporting mark
Western United States
Union Pacific Railroad
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standard gauge
reporting mark
Class I railroad
United States

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