LC control no. | n 85266213 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Southern Pacific Railroad Company |
See also | Mergee: Modoc Northern Railway Company Mergee: Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company Product of a merger: Southern Pacific Company |
Biography/History note | In 1955 the Southern Pacific Railroad Company merged with the Southern Pacific Company. |
Beginning date | 1865 |
Ending date | 1955 |
Found in | Hofsommer, 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) <http://stereograph.org/Museum/Encyclopedia.html> |