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    The Western Pacific Railroad (reporting mark WP) was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1903 as an attempt to break the near-monopoly...
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    railroad project, later known as the Overland Route. Over the next century, UP absorbed the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the Western Pacific Railroad,...
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    The Missouri Pacific Railroad (reporting mark MP), commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi...
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    The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a rail company chartered by U.S. Congress in 1862 to build a railroad eastwards from Sacramento, California, to...
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    The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad that...
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    Rio Grande Western Railroad (reporting mark DRGW), often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American...
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  • Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 were a series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad" (the Pacific Railroad)...
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  • The Western Pacific Railroad (1862–1870) was formed in 1862 to build a railroad from Sacramento, California, to the San Francisco Bay, the westernmost...
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    transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built...
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  • The Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) was a historic railroad company that operated in the western United States in the late 19th century. It was a federally...
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    Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, the Western Pacific Railroad, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, the St...
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  • Western Pacific may refer to: Western Pacific Airlines (1994–1998) The western Pacific Ocean Western Pacific Railroad (1903–1983) Western Pacific Railroad...
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    largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and...
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  • Pacific Railroad and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The Pacific was chartered by Missouri in 1849 to extend "from St. Louis to the western boundary...
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    route operated jointly by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad/Southern Pacific Railroad, between the eastern termini of Council...
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    (1,928 mi) "Pacific Railroad", was built by the Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad, as well as the Western Pacific Railroad (1862-1870)...
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    The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a 271-mile (436 km) mainline railroad from the ferry connections in Sausalito, California north to Eureka with a...
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    North Western (reporting mark CNW) was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated...
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    Northern Oregon Coast Range. The Portland & Western's roots are in sister company Willamette and Pacific Railroad, founded in 1993. This company was created...
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    Erie Railroad Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway (1879) Council Bluffs and St. Louis Railway (1877) Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway Great Western Railway...
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    The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States,...
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  • formerly owned and operated by Southern Pacific Railroad have been preserved in museums, on tourist railroads, and various other locations all across...
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  • at the Port of Oakland West Oakland Pacific Railroad Port of Oakland Railway (POAK) Southern California Railroad (SCRR) in Plaster City USG Corporation...
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    The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) (reporting marks CRIP, RI,...
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    history of the Union Pacific Railroad stretches from 1862 to the present. For operations of the current railroad, see Union Pacific Railroad; for the holding...
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  • Lackawanna and Western Railroad Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Denver and...
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    Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road (reporting mark MILW), was a Class I railroad that operated in the...
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    running from the railroad's headquarters in the coastal town of Fort Bragg to the interchange with the Northwestern Pacific Railroad at Willits. The CWR...
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    The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad was a U.S. railroad that owned or operated two disjointed segments, one connecting St. Louis, Missouri with Tulsa, Oklahoma...
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  • The Union Pacific heritage fleet includes commemorative and historic equipment owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. The fleet currently consists of two...
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