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Union Depot (El Paso) / 31.75722°N 106.49583°W / 31.75722; -106.49583. El Paso Union Depot is an Amtrak train station in El Paso, Texas, served by the Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited. The station was designed by architect Daniel Burnham, [3] who also designed Washington D.C. Union Station. It was built between 1905 and 1906 and was ...
Introduced in 1894 by the Southern Pacific Railroad, it is the oldest continuously operating named train in the United States. With three round trips per week, the Sunset Limited is tied with the Cardinal for the lowest frequency of any regularly-scheduled Amtrak route. Each end-to-end journey takes about two days.
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway: Eastern Railway of New Mexico: ATSF: 1902 1912 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: El Paso and Northeastern Railway: SP: 1897 1937 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad: El Paso and Rock Island Railway: SP: 1900 1955 Southern Pacific Company: El Paso and Southwestern Company: SP: 1908 1924 El Paso and ...
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad; El Paso and Northeastern Railway; Oregon. Oregon and California Railroad 1869–1927 Oregon Central Railroad 1867–1870; Portland Traction Company, owned jointly with Union Pacific Railroad and operated independently 1962–1989 Portland, Oregon to Oregon City, Oregon and Boring, Oregon; Texas
May 2, 1872 - an Act of Congress changes the name to Texas and Pacific Railway Company. June 12, 1873 - Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company purchased. July 1, 1873 - First rail line opened between Longview, Texas, and Dallas, Texas. December 28, 1873 - Rail line from Marshall, Texas, to Texarkana, Texas, placed in service.
4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Sunset Route is a main line of the Union Pacific Railroad running between Southern California and New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] The name traces its origins to the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway, a Southern Pacific Railroad subsidiary which was known as the Sunset Route as early as ...
Union Pacific Railroad. UP 2723 leading a train eastbound near inland California. The Union Pacific Railroad ( reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.
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.