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U.S., The Sunset Limited History: From Southern Pacific’s Premier Train to Amtrak’s Stepchild

March 22, 2021 Administrator

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; March 22, 2021 The Sunset Limited, often treated as Amtrak’s “stepchild,” is…

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Posted in: Amtrak, History, Intercity Passenger Train, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Operators, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Railroad Industry Filed under: Amtrak, Argonaut, California, Central Pacific, Charles Crocker, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, City of San Francisco, Collis P Huntington, First Transcontinental Railroad Across Union States, History, Huntington, Intercity, Leland Stanford, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Mark Hopkins, New Orleans, New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, NOUPT, Passenger Food and Amenities, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Promontory Summit, Rail Passenger, Southern Pacific, Sunset Limited, The Big Four, The Overland Route, The Sunset Route, Transportation, Travel, Union Pacific, Utah, West Virginia

150 years ago, the battle for transcontinental railroads was that era’s Amazon HQ2

April 5, 2019 Administrator

By Jon Talton, The Seattle Times; April 5, 2019 This is a year of momentous anniversaries. It marks the 50th…

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Posted in: Railroad Industry Filed under: 150th Anniversay Of The Completion Of The Transcontinental Railroad, Central Pacific, Great Northern, History, Infrasructure, James J Hill, Leland Stanford, Northern Pacific, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Seattle, Tacoma, Transcontinental Railroads, Transportation, Travel, Union Pacific, Washington

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