Owl Limited
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Historic passenger train service in California
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Inter-city rail | ||||
| Status | Discontinued | ||||
| Locale | California | ||||
| First service | December 18, 1898 (1898年12月18日) | ||||
| Last service | April 11, 1965 (1965年04月11日) | ||||
| Former operator(s) | Southern Pacific | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Termini | Oakland, California Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 25 (southbound), 26 (northbound) | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||
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The Owl Limited was an overnight passenger train of the Southern Pacific Company which ran between Oakland and Los Angeles via the Central Valley. The service was inaugurated on December 18, 1898.[1] The train was canceled after April 11, 1965, with as few as 15 passengers per day using the service.[2]
The train operated with several classes of sleeping cars, coaches, chair cars, and a diner.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Beebe, Lucius (1963). The Central Pacific & the Southern Pacific Railroads. Berkeley: Howell-North. p. 618. ISBN 9780831070342.
- ^ "Southern Pacific Cancels Owl Run, Oakland to L.A." Santa Barbara News-Press . Associated Press. April 12, 1965. p. 10. Retrieved August 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
- ^ Solomon, Brian (2005). Southern Pacific Passenger Trains. Voyageur Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9781610605076.
