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 utilizing the service.[2]
The train operated with several classes of sleeping cars, coaches, chair cars, and a diner.[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Solomon, Brian (2005). Southern Pacific Passenger Trains. Voyageur Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9781610605076.
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