# Southern Pacific Railroad

    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:
* 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

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.