Nota: "Southern Pacific" é redirecionado para esta página. Se procura o grupo musical homônimo, consulte Southern Pacific (banda)
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.
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:
thumb|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
Serviço de balsas thumb|right|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
Categoria:Empresas ferroviárias extintas dos Estados Unidos Categoria:Empresas extintas em 1996