Southern Pacific Railroad

Southern Pacific Transportation Company

  • American

Notable Position Person From To
President 1885-1890, Chairmen of Executive Committee 18901893 Leland Stanford 1868 1893
President 1890-1900 Collis P Huntington 1868 1900
President E H Harriman 1901 1909
Labor Contractor, foreman and employment agent of all Chinese On, Wang (Louis, Ah)
Legal counsel, San Francisco Edgar Whitney Stow
Engineer, Chief Engineer 1900-1921 William Hood (engineer) 1868 1921
Draftsman Albert Sutton 1885 1888
Junior Draftsman, Chief Architect 1924 John H Christie 1904 1947
Architect William F Meaney
Civil Engineer John D Isaacs
Architect Cyril H Wakefield
Themes with Southern Pacific Railroad

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Depot New Iberia
Architect Ashland Depot Hotel, South Wing Ashland
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station and Freight House Springfield
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot Brownsville
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station San Antonio, TX
Architect Southern Pacific Depot Historic District San Antonio, TX
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Depot Safford
Architect Wabuska Railroad Station Carson City
Architect I Street Bridge West Sacramento
Architect I Street Bridge Sacramento
Owner Southern Pacific Train Depot Santa Barbara
Architect Medford Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot Medford
Architect Colfax Passenger Depot Colfax, CA
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Coach Car-SP X7 Yuma, AZ
Architect Goleta Depot Goleta
Architect Danville Southern Pacific Railroad Depot Danville
Architect Saint Helena Southern Pacific Railroad Depot St Helena, CA
Architect Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive 745 Garyville
Architect Tehachapi Railroad Depot Tehachapi
Architect Union Street Railroad Bridge and Trestle Salem
Architect Southern Pacific Passenger Depot Eugene
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Bayshore Roundhouse Brisbane
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Whittier Whittier
Architect Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot Fernley
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Section Superintendent House Folsom
1882/00/00 The Southern Pacific Railroad constructs a water settling reservoir (remnant) on a hill (c 310 Jones Street) west of the Madison Avenue railroad tracks to store Colorado River water and allow the mud to settle to the bottom. Owner Pivot Point Yuma, AZ
1886/00/00 A Southern Pacific Railroad Depot is built at 1300 Mission Street in San Miguel, California. The Carpenter Gothic style structure was razed in 1979. Architect
1888/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Depot San Carlos
1889/00/00 Southern Pacific Passenger Depot is built 1889 Developer Southern Pacific Passenger Depot Fresno
1889/00/00 A new Southern Pacific Depot, a polychromed brick building with a Richardsonian roof, is erected to replace the original station built in 1874. By 1892, J H Tolfeww will own a restaurant in the east end of the complex. Owner Southern Pacific Railroad Depot East Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA
1891/00/00 Southern Pacific Freight Depot (lost) is built of redwood shiplap at 420 S main Street in Yuma, Arizona. The Stick-Eastlake structure was destroyed in an arson fire 27 March 2024. Architect Pivot Point Yuma, AZ
1892/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Depot Chico
1900/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No 1673 Tucson
1901/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Railway Workshops, Sacramento Sacramento
1902/00/00 Owner Lebanon Southern Pacific Railroad Depot Lebanon
1904/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Railroad: Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off Trestle Ogden
1904/00/00 The Southern Pacific Railroad builds a shop complex at 599 Nugget Ave in Sparks, Nevada. The SP razed most of the structures after the yards closed. The last railroad building was demolished in January 2025 to make room for Union Pacific RR truck parking. Owner
1905/00/00 The Arizona Eastern is leased by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Arizona Eastern will be merged into the SP system in 1924. Owner Salt River Southern Pacific RR Bridge Tempe
1906/00/00 The Southern Pacific builds a train depot near the Mexican border between Grand and Morley Avenues in Nogales, Arizona. This building and the Southern Pacific Company Freight Depot on 120 Court appear to both have been lost. Owner
1906/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No SP 2562 and Tender No 8365 Chandler
1907/00/00 The steel framed, brick curtain walled Flood Building survives both the 1906 earthquake and great fire. The building is restored and opens in 1907. The Southern Pacific Railroad maintain its headquarters in the Flood Building from 1907 until 1917. Headquarters Flood Building San Francisco Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
1907/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Depot Millbrae, CA
1908/00/00 The Southern Pacific Hospital with its own Powerhouse opens in San Francisco for SP railroad related patients. It is the headquarters of the SP Hospital Department and by far the largest of all eighteen company hospital service areas. Owner Southern Pacific Company Hospital Historic District San Francisco
1910/00/00 Owner Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad Depot - Corvallis Corvallis, OR
1910/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Railroad Depot Nacogdoches
1912/00/00 Southern Pacific enlarges the water system, constructing a concrete dam. Razed in the 1960s when the Exchange Pkwy is constructed, foundation of water tower remain. Owner Allen Water Station Allen, TX
1914/00/00 Designed by the Architectural Bureau of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad Station is built in the Mission Revival style. Architect Southern Pacific Railroad Station Davis
1918/00/00 Architect Salem Southern Pacific Railroad Station Salem
1924/00/00 Built as the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot Owner Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot Glendale, CA
1925/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Railroad Company's Sacramento Depot Sacramento
1926/00/00 Rock Island-Southern Pacific Railway Depot in Tucumcari is built Owner Rock Island-Southern Pacific Passenger Depot Tucumcari
1926/00/00 The Southern Pacific builds a new railroad depot at 291 Gila St in Yuma, Arizona. The Spanish Colonial Revival-style building was razed in the summer of 1994 after a fire devastated the structure in May 1993. Owner
1926/00/00 The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot is completed in Reno, Nevada. The Meditenranean Revival style depot was designed by Southern Pacific architects and built by Ryberg-Sorenson, Inc, a constructing firm from Salt Lake City, Utah. Owner Reno Southern Pacific Railroad Depot Reno, NV
1934/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Building San Francisco
1935/00/00 Owner Southern Pacific Depot San Jose
1938/11/00 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (Southern Pacific RR) host a banquet at Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield, CA. Organization Noriega Hotel Bakersfield, CA
1940/00/00 The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Casa Grande, Arizona, is dedicated at 201 W Main Street. Designed by William Meaney, the Art Deco Pueblo Style building decorated with ornamental polychrome cement burned down in 2009. Owner
1940/10/22 The cornerstone is laid for Palo Alto Southern Pacific Station Owner Palo Alto Southern Pacific Railroad Depot Palo Alto
1942/07/00 In the first seven days of July, the Southern Pacific railroad removes 123 miles of line between Corinne and Lucin and donates the rails, spikes and tie plates to the war effort. Owner Transcontinental Railroad Grade Corinne
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