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Southern Pacific Railroad Company

LC control no.n 85266213
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Corporate name headingSouthern Pacific Railroad Company
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See alsoMergee: Modoc Northern Railway Company
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Mergee: Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company
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Product of a merger: Southern Pacific Company
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Biography/History noteIn 1955 the Southern Pacific Railroad Company merged with the Southern Pacific Company.
Beginning date1865
Ending date1955
Found inHofsommer, D.L. The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985, c1986: CIP galley (in 1955 the Southern Pacific Railroad Company merged with the Southern Pacific Company)
McLennan, A.D. Texas & New Orleans Railroad, 2008: front flap (Texas & New Orleans; merged with Southern Pacific in 1961)
Wikipedia, Dec. 3, 2010 (Texas and New Orleans Railroad; former railroad in Texas and Louisiana; at one point largest railroad in Texas, with 3713 miles of trackage in 1934; by 1961 only had 3385 miles remaining when it merged with parent company Southern Pacific)
stereograph.org, viewed 07-30-02 (Modoc Northern Railway Company incorporated July 23, 1908; merged into the Southern Pacific Company on June 30, 1959)
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