On December 2, 1865, the Southern Pacific Railroad of California was incorporated in San Francisco. The company’s first formal project was the construction of a rail line from San Francisco to San Diego. Timothy Phelps served as the first president of the Southern Pacific until 1868 when the company was purchased the Big Four (Collis Huntington, Charles Crocker, Leland Stanford, and Mark Hopkins) of the Central Pacific. The Central Pacific-Southern Pacific Railroad played a key role in not only

After an introduction and a brief history, we see the famous Southern Pacific #4449 in 1986 traveling from Portland to Los Angeles to star in the Hollywood movie, Tough Guys. From the Pentrex show "Steam Across America" https://rfd.video/SteamAcrossAmerica | Steam Giants