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Western Pacific Railroad
The
Western Pacific Railroad
was a
Class I
railroad
in the
United States
. It was formed in 1903 as an attempt to break the near-monopoly the
Southern Pacific Railroad
had on rail service into northern California. WP's
Feather River Route
directly competed with SP's portion of the
Overland Route
for rail traffic between
Salt Lake City
/
Ogden, Utah
and
Oakland, California
for nearly 80 years. In 1983 the Western Pacific was acquired by the
Union Pacific Railroad
. The Western Pacific was one of the original operators of the
California Zephyr
.
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