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Pages in category "Passenger trains of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Sacramento Daylight was a named passenger train operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad, part of the family of "Daylights" which included the San Joaquin Daylight, Shasta Daylight, Coast Daylight, and Sunbeam. It carried train numbers 53 and 54.
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company was acquired in 1996 by the Union Pacific Corporation and merged with their Union Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific legacy founded hospitals in San Francisco, Tucson, and Houston. In the 1970s, it also founded a telecommunications network with a state-of-the-art microwave and fiber optic backbone.
The Oregonian was a passenger train of the Southern Pacific on its route between Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon.The Southern Pacific started the train in 1918. The Oregonian was initially given numbers 53 and 54, but was renumbered 13 and 14 from April 27, 1927, to May 1, 19
At first the train had a $3.00 extra fare and numbers 17 and 18. [1] This train would survive the depression through consolidations and a change of numbers (19 and 20). The extra fare was dropped. With the better economy Southern Pacific re-equipped the Cascade and by 1937 it was an all-Pullman train with numbers 23 and 24 and a schedule under ...
The San Joaquin Daylight was a Southern Pacific passenger train (train numbers 51 and 52) inaugurated between Los Angeles and San Francisco's Oakland Pier by way of the San Joaquin Valley and Tehachapi Pass on July 4, 1941. Travel times were between 12 hours (1970 [1]) and 14 hours (1944 [2]). It operated until the advent of Amtrak in 1971.
A 1966 study by the Stanford Research Institute found that it cost the Southern Pacific $18.41 to transport a passenger on the Coast Daylight between Los Angeles and San Francisco (equivalent to $173 in 2023), roughly twice that of air or bus service. Reasons given included the labor-intensiveness of rail service, and the fact that a single ...
The Coaster was a passenger train of the Southern Pacific on its coast route between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. Service began on December 6, 1901, as daylight coach trains number 1 and 2 called the Coast Line Limited. These trains were renumbered 21 and 22 on November 15, 1902, and renamed the Coaster on February 28, 1906 ...