Sacramento Pacific

Sacramento Pacific is a class I railroad that operates from Portland, OR to New Orleans, LA and serves Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana.

Origin
The railroad was founded in January 2018 to take over operations in California and Oregon from the bankrupt Midwestern Pacific Holdings company. Less than a month later it created it's first subsidiary, the Fresno Interurban Railway. Soon after the railroad expanded operations on the Sunset Route into Tucson with reviving MWP's plans of rebuilding the line into Pheonix, AZ. In late April the company acquired the rest of the Sunset Route into New Orleans, LA. In early July, 2018 the railroad started service on the rebuilt line to Pheonix with the first Sunset Sprinter train operating from Yuma to Pheonix.

Partnership with Caltrans and ADOT
Sacramento Pacific operates the San Joaquin for Caltrans from Oakland - Bakersfield and occasionally leases equipment in return. Caltrans and ADOT also requested a service from Los Angeles to Yuma and Pheonix/Tucson. This started the overhaul of the Sunset Route and reopening of the abandoned Wellton Sub.

Subsidiaries
Currently Sacramento Pacific operates 8 subsidiaries (Fresno Interurban, Tidewater Southern, Sunset Railway, Monterey & Hollister, Imperial Valley & Northern, Armona & Northern, Sunset Sprinter, BUGX Lease). 6 of them were created to serve towns on branch lines. BUGX lease/DieselMotive is used to store, sell and lease other assets the railroad owns.

Motive Power
The main motive power for the railroad is currently Dash 4s, C45AHs and AC rebuilds of older GEs and EMDs on most freight trains. Commuter trains currently use Siemens SC-44s and ACS-64s with F59PHIs mixed in. Up until June 7th, 2018 geeps overhauled for commute service were used

and given their final run on an extra train running from Sacramento-Bakersfield and back on 6 lines. Long Distance/Intercity trains usually use rebuilt SD units, P42DCs, F40PH-4s and occasionally the former commuter geeps. All power that is used on the system must have cab signaling and PTC to operate as a lead unit on all lines.

Heritage Program
The Sacramento Pacific currently has 15 specially painted locomotives in predecessor, shortline and American Spirit paint GS48E 235 - Visalia Electric SD70MAC 986 - Santa Fe C44AC 1030 - Kaiser Steel C45AH 1702 - Tidewater Southern C45AH 1783 - Operation Lifesaver C45AH 1904 - Western Pacific C45AH 1771 - Southern Pacific C45AH 1776 - American Spirit C45AH 1992 - San Joaquin Valley Railroad C45AH 2049 - Kaiser Steel Emblem C45AH 2050 - Southern Pacific Emblem C45AH 2051 - Santa Fe Emblem GP45PH-4 4019 - Ventura County Railway GP45PH-4 4066 - Central California Traction GP38-4 3870 - Yreka Western

Future Plans
Sacramento Pacific currently plans to expand service into Sparks, NV and Kansas City, MO by 2019. For passenger service there are plans to replace all older equipment with SC-44s, ACS-64s and Siemens Viaggio USA railcars by 2030. By 2050 almost the entire system will be electrified.