Talk:Central Pacific Railroad
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Bravo. This is just what I hoped for in a Central Pacific Railroad article. Unfortunately, the Union Pacific Railroad doesn't meet this standard. Just a couple of minor things. If I could source it, I'd add something about the Union Pacific using Irish immigrant labor (not Chinese, like most people think), and that railways today don't get the subsidies & general revenue spending highways do (which maybe isn't for here...), based on (I think) It's a Sprawl World. Trekphiler 07:03, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Southern Pacific
From the Article: "In 1885 the Central Pacific Railroad was leased by the Southern Pacific Railroad, though it technically remained a corporate entity until 1959 when it was formally merged into Southern Pacific. The original right of way is now part of the Union Pacific which purchased Southern Pacific in 1996."
From Southern Pacific: "September 25, 1868: The Big Four purchases the Southern Pacific. 1870: Southern Pacific and Central Pacific operations are merged. "
So which is true? Ithesu 06:57, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
- For a detailed accounting of the history of the early relationship between the CPRR and SPRR see "The Separation of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads" by Fred G. Athearn, Esq., Western Counsel, The Union Pacific Railroad Company (1922) (Centpacrr (talk) 07:21, 21 May 2008 (UTC))
- The Big Four was a group of four men who owned and managed the railroad. The combined operations means that Southern Pacific directed train dispatching and Southern Pacific crews operated the trains with Southern Pacific equipment, but the accounting remained separated for legal purposes. Slambo (Speak) 10:51, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
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- To read the full text of the 1885 lease of the CPRR to the SPRR see "Lease of Central Pacific Railroad Company to Southern Pacific Company" dated February 17, 1885 (as modified on January 1, 1888, December 7, 1893, and March 22, 1894.) Senate Document No. 61. 54th Congress, Second Session. Committee on Pacific Railroads, January 13, 1897. (Centpacrr (talk) 11:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC))
