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The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character. It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people loved to hate.

Land use. --- Railroads. --- Railroads - California - History. --- Water resources development. --- Railroads --- Water resources development --- Land use --- Transportation Economics --- Business & Economics --- History --- Southern Pacific Railroad Company --- Southern Pacific Company --- History. --- West (U.S.) --- Economic conditions --- Environmental conditions --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Southern Pacific Lines --- SP (Southern Pacific) --- American West --- Trans-Mississippi West (U.S.) --- United States, Western --- Western States (U.S.) --- Western United States --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Pacific Mail Steamship Company --- Santa Fe Industries --- Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation --- Central Pacific Railway Company --- Oregon Eastern Railway --- Union Pacific Railroad Company --- Modoc Northern Railway Company --- Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company