Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way

The original Southern Pacific began in 1865 as a land holding company. The last incarnation of the Southern Pacific, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, was founded in 1969 and assumed control of the Southern Pacific system. The Southern Pacific Transportation Company was acquired in 1996 by the Union Pacific Corporation and merged with their Union Pacific Railroad.

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The purpose of H.R. 1658 is to validate the conveyance of 
two parcels of land, which were originally part of a public 
land grant to the Central Pacific Railroad Company for the 
first transcontinental railroad in 1862.The purpose of H.R. 1658 is to validate the conveyance of two parcels of land, which were originally part of a public land grant to the Central Pacific Railroad Company for the first transcontinental railroad in 1862.