{"id":7549,"date":"2024-03-07T03:26:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T03:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2024-05-30T06:05:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T06:05:21","slug":"southern-pacific-railroad-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/southern-pacific-railroad-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Pacific Railroad Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mojavedesert.net\/mining-history\/overview\/07.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;Railroad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7551\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a mining-history&nbsp;\u203a overview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>. The&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;began construction at Mojave in February 1882 of a new line to Needles, on the Colorado River. The destination was&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mojavedesert.net\/railroads\/southern-pacific-railroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;Railroad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7552\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a railroads&nbsp;\u203a southern-pacific-railroad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historic RR Chronology &#8230; That railroad was never built, but the&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;constructed a line through the desert in 1882-83 from Mojave to Needles,&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mojavedesert.net\/railroads\/railroads-021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;and later Santa Fe transcontinental route<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7553\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a railroads&nbsp;\u203a railroads-021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In taking over this&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;line, especially the part between Needles and Barstow, the Santa Fe System achieved ownership of a transcontinental&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7554\" style=\"width:106px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-3.jpg 164w, https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-3-160x300.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 85vw, 164px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mojavedesert.net\/railroads\/jawbone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;Railroad &#8211; Jawbone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a railroads&nbsp;\u203a jawbone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jawbone branch of the&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;Railroad of the Mojave Desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digital-desert.com\/lancaster-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lancaster California<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7555\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>digital-desert.com&nbsp;\u203a lancaster-ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lancaster, California. The Beginning. The&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;Railroad built a line from San Francisco to Los Angeles which was completed in 1876. Along the line&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mojavedesert.net\/railroads\/chronology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chronology\/Timeline of Railroads of the Mojave Desert<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7556\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a railroads&nbsp;\u203a chronology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mojave Desert Historic Railroad Chronology \u00b7 1876 &#8211; 1915 \u00b7 1881&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Mojave &#8211; Calico Station (Daggett) \u00b7 1883 Atlantic &amp; Pacific builds to Kingman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mojavedesert.net\/railroads\/california-southern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California&nbsp;<strong>Southern<\/strong>&nbsp;Railway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7557\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a railroads&nbsp;\u203a california-southern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes asnd links regarding the California&nbsp;<strong>Southern<\/strong>&nbsp;Railway in the Cajon Pass to Barstow in 1887 &#8211; Mojave Desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mojavedesert.net\/railroads\/railroad-history03.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Railroads in the Mojave (San Bernardino County)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7558\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a railroads&nbsp;\u203a railroad-history03<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The First Railroads. The&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific<\/strong>. The first western railroad project was put forth in 1835, when a line starting from Lake Michigan and extending&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7559\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mojavedesert.net\/railroads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Railroads of the Mojave Desert<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a railroads<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlantic &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Pacific<\/strong>&nbsp;Railroad \u00b7 Bullfrog Goldfield \u00b7 Barnwell Searchlight \u00b7 California Eastern Railroad\/Railway \u00b7 California&nbsp;<strong>Southern<\/strong>&nbsp;Railway \u00b7 Carson and Colorado&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"181\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7560\" style=\"width:135px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mojavedesert.net\/railroads\/carson-and-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carson &amp; Colorado Railroad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a railroads&nbsp;\u203a carson-and-colorado<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&nbsp;<strong>Southern Pacific&#8217;s<\/strong>&nbsp;narrow gauge subsidiary, the Nevada and California Railroad. &#8230; In the early 20th century, it o<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Pacific&nbsp;Railroad mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a mining-history&nbsp;\u203a overview The&nbsp;Southern Pacific. The&nbsp;Southern Pacific&nbsp;began construction at Mojave in February 1882 of a new line to Needles, on the Colorado River. The destination was&nbsp;&#8230; Southern Pacific&nbsp;Railroad mojavedesert.net&nbsp;\u203a railroads&nbsp;\u203a southern-pacific-railroad Historic RR Chronology &#8230; That railroad was never built, but the&nbsp;Southern Pacific&nbsp;constructed a line through the desert in 1882-83 from Mojave to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/southern-pacific-railroad-pages\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Southern Pacific Railroad Pages&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,406],"tags":[248,854,859,850,856,857,849,852,570,764,13,860,33,851,858,853,787,855],"class_list":["post-7549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-trails-trains","tag-barstow","tag-california-railroads","tag-chronology-of-railroads","tag-construction","tag-desert-railroads","tag-gold-rush","tag-historic-railroads","tag-jawbone-branch","tag-lancaster","tag-mining-history","tag-mojave-desert","tag-mojave-desert-railroads","tag-needles","tag-railroad-chronology","tag-railroad-expansion","tag-santa-fe-system","tag-southern-pacific-railroad","tag-transportation-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7549"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7908,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7549\/revisions\/7908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}