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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the passenger train. For the Cormac McCarthy play, see <a href="The_Sunset_Limited_(play)" title="The Sunset Limited (play)">The Sunset Limited (play)</a>. For the film based on the play, see <a href="The_Sunset_Limited_(film)" title="The Sunset Limited (film)">The Sunset Limited (film)</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox" style="width:;"><caption class="infobox-title"><i>Sunset Limited</i></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">The <i>Sunset Limited</i> near <a href="Vail%2C_Arizona" title="Vail, Arizona">Vail, Arizona</a>, in 2025</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Inter-city_rail" title="Inter-city rail">Inter-city rail</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Southwestern_United_States" title="Southwestern United States">Southwestern United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First service</th><td class="infobox-data">1894<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1894</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Current operator(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Former operator(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Pacific Transportation Company">Southern Pacific</a> (1894–1971)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual ridership</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">76,937 (FY 24)</span><span class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap"> </span><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"></span></span> -0.5%</span><sup id="cite_ref-FY_Note_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY_Note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AmtrakRouteRidership_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmtrakRouteRidership-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Route</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Termini</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Los_Angeles_Union_Station" title="Los Angeles Union Station">Los Angeles</a>, California<br><a href="New_Orleans_Union_Passenger_Terminal" title="New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal">New Orleans</a>, Louisiana</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stops</th><td class="infobox-data">20</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distance travelled</th><td class="infobox-data">1,995 mi (3,211 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average journey time</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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<ul><li>45 hours, 40 minutes (eastbound)</li>

<li>46 hours, 35 minutes (westbound)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">Three round trips per week</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Train number(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1 (westbound)<br> 2 (eastbound)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">On-board services</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Travel_class" title="Travel class">Class(es)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Coach Class<br>First Class Sleeper Service</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disabled access</th><td class="infobox-data">Train lower level, all stations</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sleeping arrangements</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Roomette (2 beds)</li><li>Bedroom (2 beds)</li><li>Bedroom Suite (4 beds)</li><li>Accessible Bedroom (2 beds)</li><li>Family Bedroom (4 beds)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Catering facilities</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Superliner_(railcar)#Dining_cars" title="Superliner (railcar)">Dining car</a>, <a href="Superliner_(railcar)#Lounges" title="Superliner (railcar)">Café</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observation facilities</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Superliner_(railcar)#Lounges" title="Superliner (railcar)">Sightseer lounge car</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Baggage facilities</th><td class="infobox-data">Overhead racks, checked baggage available at selected stations</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Rolling_stock" title="Rolling stock">Rolling stock</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Superliner_(railcar)" title="Superliner (railcar)">Superliner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">

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</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operating speed</th><td class="infobox-data">44 mph (71 km/h) (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">

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</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="average speed (including stops)">avg.</span>)<br>79 mph (127 km/h) (<span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="top speed">top</span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Track owner(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">UP</a>, <a href="BNSF_Railway" title="BNSF Railway">BNSF</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="vertical-align:middle; padding:0px;"><table class="infobox collapsible collapsed" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Route map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1289106708">

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<p>The <i><b>Sunset Limited</b></i> is a <a href="Amtrak_Long_Distance" class="mw-redirect" title="Amtrak Long Distance">long-distance</a> <a href="Passenger_train" title="Passenger train">passenger train</a> run by <a href="Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>, operating on a 1,995-mile (3,211 km) route between <a href="New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> and <a href="Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. Major stops include <a href="Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a> and <a href="El_Paso" class="mw-redirect" title="El Paso">El Paso</a> in Texas, as well as <a href="Tucson" class="mw-redirect" title="Tucson">Tucson, Arizona</a>. Opening in 1894 through the <a href="Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Pacific Transportation Company">Southern Pacific Railroad</a>, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> is the oldest continuously operating <a href="Named_train" class="mw-redirect" title="Named train">named train</a> in the United States.

</p><p>With three round-trip journeys per week, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> is tied with the <a href="Cardinal_(train)" title="Cardinal (train)"><i>Cardinal</i></a> for the lowest frequency of any regularly scheduled Amtrak route. Each end-to-end journey takes about two days. West of San Antonio, the train runs combined with the <i><a href="Texas_Eagle" title="Texas Eagle">Texas Eagle</a></i>.

</p><p>From 1993 to 2005, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> operated an extended service to <a href="Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, terminating in Miami from 1993 to 1996 and in Orlando for most of 1996 through 2005, and becoming Amtrak's longest and only <a href="Transcontinental_railroad" title="Transcontinental railroad">coast-to-coast train route</a>. Major stops between New Orleans and Miami included <a href="Mobile%2C_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile</a> (<a href="Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>), Tallahassee, <a href="Jacksonville%2C_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a>, and Orlando (Florida).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the route east of New Orleans was permanently halted in the aftermath of <a href="Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>. There have been attempts to re-extend the service back to Florida but have stalled mainly due to administrative and political obstacles.<sup id="cite_ref-narprail_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-narprail-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amtrak plans to restore service from New Orleans to Mobile in the form of the <i><a href="Mardi_Gras_Service" title="Mardi Gras Service">Mardi Gras Service</a></i> in August 2025.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<th style="color:#252525;background:#FD8B43;text-align:center;padding:5px"><div style="margin-left:55px"><div style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:55px;font-size:113.63636363636%"><i>Sunset Limited</i></div></div>

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<td style="text-align:left">Lobo

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<td style="text-align:left">Small

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<td style="text-align:left">Afton

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<td class="RMr" colspan="2">Picacho

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<td class="RMr" colspan="2">Eloy

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<td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="Arcade_Depot" title="Arcade Depot">Los Angeles–Arcade</a> <div class="RMsi"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">closed</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1914</td></tr></tbody></table> </div>

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<td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="Central_Station_(Los_Angeles)" title="Central Station (Los Angeles)">Los Angeles–Central</a> <div class="RMsi"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1914 to</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1939</td></tr></tbody></table> </div>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southern_Pacific">Southern Pacific</h3></div>

<p>Before the start of <a href="Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> on May<span class="nowrap"> </span>1, 1971, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> was operated by the <a href="Southern_Pacific_Railroad" title="Southern Pacific Railroad">Southern Pacific Railroad</a>. The <i>Sunset Limited</i> is the oldest named train in the United States, operating since November 1894 along the <a href="Sunset_Route" title="Sunset Route">Sunset Route</a> (though originally named the <i>Sunset Express</i>). The Sunset Route (originating in New Orleans) is the southernmost of the three gateways to the West Coast envisioned through the <a href="Pacific_Railroad_Acts" title="Pacific Railroad Acts">Pacific Railroad Acts</a>. The other two embarked from <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> and <a href="St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>. However, the Sunset Route had two major advantages over the other two routes. It was an all-weather, year-round route that did not face the crippling snows of the Wasatch or Sierra mountain ranges to reach the Pacific Coast. Additionally, the other two routes had to assault the front range of the Rockies.

</p><p>In addition, opened 20 years before the <a href="Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a>, the Sunset Route vastly shortened the time to reach the West Coast from the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, as New Orleans was already an established seaport for Atlantic shipping lines’ passengers, seeking to reach the US interior. The Sunset Limited allowed passengers to reach the West Coast in a few days, not weeks.

</p><p>The <i>Sunset Limited</i> was Southern Pacific's premier train.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> was an all-<a href="Pullman_(car_or_coach)" title="Pullman (car or coach)">Pullman</a> train, with sleeping cars and no coaches, running from New Orleans to <a href="San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> via Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From its beginning in 1894, until streamlining in 1950, all the train's cars had 6-wheel <a href="Bogie" title="Bogie">trucks</a> and dark olive green paint, with black roofs and trucks. In the summer of 1926, it was scheduled at 71 hr 40 min New Orleans to San Francisco; it then carried a coast-to-coast sleeper from Jacksonville to Los Angeles.

</p><p>The San Francisco–Los Angeles portion of the <i>Sunset Limited</i> was cut on January 5, 1942. The cut was intended to last only several months to allow for equipment overhaul, but became permanent.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 2, 1949, the Southern Pacific introduced faster schedules on several named trains. The <i>Sunset Limited</i> was reduced to <span class="frac">49<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> hours eastbound and 48 hours westbound.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In contrast to its earliest Amtrak years,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i>Sunset Limited</i>, up to its later years, made stops not only at Phoenix, but also at <a href="Mesa%2C_Arizona" title="Mesa, Arizona">Mesa</a> and <a href="Chandler%2C_Arizona" title="Chandler, Arizona">Chandler, Arizona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Amtrak">Amtrak</h3></div>

<p><a href="Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> assumed operation of most intercity passenger train routes in the United States on May<span class="nowrap"> </span>1, 1971, including those of the Southern Pacific. Amtrak retained the <i>Sunset Limited</i> and initially left its route unchanged.

</p><p>On October<span class="nowrap"> </span>2, 1981, Amtrak began operating the Chicago-bound <i>Eagle</i> (known as the <i><a href="Texas_Eagle" title="Texas Eagle">Texas Eagle</a></i> since 1988) in conjunction with the <i>Sunset Limited</i>. The routes operate as one train between Los Angeles and <a href="San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Extension_to_Florida">Extension to Florida</h4></div>

<p>The <a href="Louisville_and_Nashville_Railroad" title="Louisville and Nashville Railroad">Louisville and Nashville Railroad</a> had operated the <i><a href="Gulf_Wind" title="Gulf Wind">Gulf Wind</a></i> between New Orleans and <a href="Jacksonville%2C_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a>, from 1949 to 1971, when Amtrak did not include the route in its initial system.<sup id="cite_ref-romance_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-romance-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The corridor saw limited service over the next two decades: from 1984 to 1985 the <i><a href="Gulf_Coast_Limited" title="Gulf Coast Limited">Gulf Coast Limited</a></i> ran between New Orleans and <a href="Mobile%2C_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>, and from 1989 to 1995 the <i><a href="Gulf_Breeze_(train)" title="Gulf Breeze (train)">Gulf Breeze</a></i> served the segment between Mobile and <a href="Atmore%2C_Alabama" title="Atmore, Alabama">Atmore, Alabama</a>.

</p><p>On April<span class="nowrap"> </span>4, 1993, Amtrak extended the <i>Sunset Limited</i> east to Miami. The train followed the former route of the <i>Gulf Wind</i> between New Orleans and Jacksonville, restoring service on that corridor, and used the route of Amtrak's <i><a href="Silver_Meteor" title="Silver Meteor">Silver Meteor</a></i> south of Jacksonville.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-romance_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-romance-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 10, 1996, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> was cut back to terminate in <a href="Sanford%2C_Florida" title="Sanford, Florida">Sanford, Florida</a>, as part of systemwide cuts. This also allowed the Superliner rolling stock to be maintained along with the <i><a href="Auto_Train" title="Auto Train">Auto Train</a></i> stock at <a href="Sanford_station_(Amtrak)" title="Sanford station (Amtrak)">Sanford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The train was re-extended to Orlando on October<span class="nowrap"> </span>26, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1990s_accidents">1990s accidents</h4></div>

<p>On September<span class="nowrap"> </span>22, 1993, the three locomotives and four of the eight cars of the eastbound <i>Sunset Limited</i> derailed and fell off a damaged bridge into water near <a href="Mobile%2C_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>. Known as the <a href="Big_Bayou_Canot_rail_accident" title="Big Bayou Canot rail accident">Big Bayou Canot rail accident</a>, the incident is Amtrak's worst <a href="Train_wreck" class="mw-redirect" title="Train wreck">train wreck</a> and resulted in 47 deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-RA_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>On October<span class="nowrap"> </span>9, 1995, in an event known as the <a href="1995_Palo_Verde%2C_Arizona%2C_derailment" title="1995 Palo Verde, Arizona, derailment">Palo Verde derailment</a>, saboteurs derailed the <i>Sunset Limited</i> near <a href="Harqua%2C_Arizona" title="Harqua, Arizona">Harqua, Arizona</a>, by removing 29 spikes from a section of track, and short-circuited the signal system to conceal the sabotage. The attack killed one person and injured dozens of others. The crime still remains unsolved.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bypassing_of_Phoenix">Bypassing of Phoenix</h4></div>

<p>On June<span class="nowrap"> </span>2, 1996, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> was rerouted to a more southerly route between <a href="Tucson%2C_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson</a>, and <a href="Yuma%2C_Arizona" title="Yuma, Arizona">Yuma, Arizona</a>, bypassing <a href="Phoenix%2C_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">Union Pacific</a>, which had acquired Southern Pacific earlier in the year, wanted to abandon a decaying portion of its <a href="Phoenix_Subdivision_(Union_Pacific_Railroad)" title="Phoenix Subdivision (Union Pacific Railroad)">Phoenix–Yuma "West Line"</a>, particularly the Roll Industrial Lead, that had previously been used to serve Phoenix, due to deteriorating track conditions and very light freight traffic. By then the <i>Sunset Limited</i> was almost the only train using the Wellton Branch, and service was slow and bumpy along this worn-out section.<sup id="cite_ref-RailPAC_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RailPAC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UP demanded that Amtrak pay for the maintenance, which they would not do.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus by June 1996, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> was bypassing Phoenix, and UP promptly put the 64-mile midsection of the Wellton Cutoff out of service. This made Phoenix one of the nation's largest cities without direct passenger service; although the designated <a href="Maricopa_station" title="Maricopa station">Phoenix-area stop</a> is in <a href="Maricopa%2C_Arizona" title="Maricopa, Arizona">Maricopa</a>, a suburban community about 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Phoenix. <a href="Amtrak_Thruway" title="Amtrak Thruway">Amtrak Thruway</a> service, run by Stagecoach Express, connects the two cities.<sup id="cite_ref-schedule_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schedule-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hurricane_Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</h4></div>

<p>On August<span class="nowrap"> </span>29, 2005, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> route was truncated east of <a href="San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, as a result of damage to trackage in the Gulf Coast area caused by <a href="Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>. In late October 2005, service was restored between San Antonio and <a href="New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, as the line through <a href="Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> had been repaired. Service east of New Orleans was suspended permanently despite <a href="CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX Transportation</a> completing repair of the track in January 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Recent_years">Recent years</h4></div>

<p>The <i>Sunset Limited</i> received a modified schedule on May<span class="nowrap"> </span>7, 2012, moving its westbound movements from New Orleans to a Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday circuit. The times allow several 7- to 12-hour rides between major-city pairs; for example, overnight between Tucson or Maricopa (for Phoenix) and Los Angeles in both directions.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>While most Amtrak trains saw service reductions in 2020–2022 due to the <a href="COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> and its existing sub-daily schedule were not affected.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Texas Eagle</i> was reduced to tri-weekly from October 2020 and May 2021, temporarily matching the <i>Sunset Limited</i>.

</p><p>On December 8, 2022, Amtrak filed a complaint with the <a href="Surface_Transportation_Board" title="Surface Transportation Board">Surface Transportation Board</a> (STB) against the <a href="Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">Union Pacific Railroad</a> alleging that the poor on-time performance of the <i>Sunset Limited</i> was due to issues that Union Pacific could avoid.<sup id="cite_ref-stbsettle_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stbsettle-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 11, 2023, the STB announced that it was opening an investigation into the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amtrak and Union Pacific settled the case in July 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-stbsettle_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stbsettle-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_expansion">Proposed expansion</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Re-extension_to_Florida">Re-extension to Florida</h3></div>

<p>As time has passed, particularly since the January 2006 completion of the rebuilding of damaged tracks east of New Orleans by their owner <a href="CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX Transportation</a>, the obstacles to restoration of the <i>Sunset Limited's</i> full route have been more managerial and political than physical. Advocates for the train's restoration have pointed to revenue figures for Amtrak's fiscal year 2004, the last full year of coast-to-coast <i>Sunset Limited</i> service. During that period, the <a href="Orlando%2C_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>–New Orleans segment accounted for 41% of the <i>Sunset's</i> revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Section 226 of the <a href="Rail_Safety_Improvement_Act_of_2008" title="Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008">Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008</a>, signed into law by President George W. Bush on October<span class="nowrap"> </span>16, 2008, gave Amtrak nine months to provide Congress with a plan for restoring service that "shall include a projected timeline for restoring such service, the costs associated with restoring such service, and any proposals for legislation necessary to support such restoration of service."<sup id="cite_ref-hr2095_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hr2095-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In January 2016, Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission announced jointly that a <a href="Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="Gulf Coast of the United States">Gulf Coast</a> <a href="Train#Passenger_trains" title="Train">passenger rail</a> inspection trip was to be made from <a href="New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> to <a href="Jacksonville%2C_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a>, with elected officials among those on board during the February 18–19 excursion. Stops were planned for all of the stations formerly part of the <i>Sunset Limited's</i> route between those two cities.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2018, the commission missed the deadline for submitting a request for service restoration along the Gulf. It said that it could not apply for the <a href="Federal_Railroad_Administration" title="Federal Railroad Administration">Federal Railroad Administration</a>'s (FRA) fiscal-year 2017 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure Safety and Improvements (CRISI) funding because Alabama and Mississippi were unwilling to assist with funds. Alabama's share would have been $5.3<span class="nowrap"> </span>million. The Louisiana governor, on the other hand, was willing to provide the funds. The three states' cooperation was needed to secure the $35.5<span class="nowrap"> </span>million in federal CRISI funds.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Gulf_Coast_service">New Gulf Coast service</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Mardi_Gras_Service" title="Mardi Gras Service">Mardi Gras Service</a></div>

<p>On February 23, 2021, following the conclusion of one year of negotiations with CSX and <a href="Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern</a>, Amtrak officials announced that a <a href="Gulf_Coast_Limited#Planned_restoration" title="Gulf Coast Limited">new Gulf Coast corridor service</a> between New Orleans and Mobile would start as early as January 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amtrak plans to pay for repairs along the route.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 2022, with lengthy negotiations with Amtrak, Norfolk Southern, and CSX expected, the Gulf Coast service was projected to begin sometime in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in early August 2023, it was reported that an agreement between Amtrak, CSX, and the city of Mobile on the design and construction of the station there had not yet been reached, and that the service was now not expected to start until the first quarter of 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late August the working name of the train was reported to be <i>Mardi Gras Service</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of January 2025, Amtrak is planning to have service operational in June 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Restoration_of_the_Florida_Panhandle_Service">Restoration of the Florida Panhandle Service</h4></div>

<p>In terms of the rest of the route for the restoration of Florida Panhandle service, Amtrak stated that their "focus has been on restoring service from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama," and they would be "willing to explore such service [on the Florida Panhandle] with the state’s financial support."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, the <a href="Florida_Department_of_Transportation" title="Florida Department of Transportation">Florida Department of Transportation</a> stated that they would support service restoration "as long as the restored service is a <a href="Long-distance_Amtrak_routes" title="Long-distance Amtrak routes">National Network long-distance train</a> that will not require a future annual operating subsidy from state sponsors."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayors and city councils of <a href="Pensacola%2C_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola</a>, <a href="Tallahassee%2C_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee</a>, and <a href="Lake_City%2C_Florida" title="Lake City, Florida">Lake City</a> have shown much interest in resuming the service. The corridor would eventually need to be upgraded for speeds greater than 45 miles per hour (72 km/h), and some of the stations require refurbishment or replacement.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Daily_service">Daily service</h3></div>

<p>In 2009, Brian Rosenwald, a now-departed Amtrak executive, outlined ideas for a complete overhaul of the route, including daily service.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was to have the <i><a href="Texas_Eagle" title="Texas Eagle">Texas Eagle</a></i> operate over the <i>Sunset Limited's</i> route west of <a href="San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, with a stub train connecting San Antonio (with a cross-platform transfer) and <a href="New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>. The plans were halted when <a href="Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">Union Pacific</a> stated that to get a daily <i>Sunset Limited</i>, Amtrak would need to pay $750<span class="nowrap"> </span>million for infrastructure improvements.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Passenger totals would double with daily service, according to the PRIIA study that looked at <i>Texas Eagle</i>/<i>Sunset Limited</i> service. It forecast an incremental improvement of more than 100,000 passengers from the daily service, which is already running in excess of 100,000 a year.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the meantime, the Union Pacific has double-tracked much of the route with its own money. However, Amtrak still lacks the equipment and funds needed to move to daily service.

</p><p>In June 2021, Senator <a href="Jon_Tester" title="Jon Tester">Jon Tester</a> of <a href="Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a> added an amendment to the Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021 which would require the <a href="United_States_Department_of_Transportation" title="United States Department of Transportation">U.S. Department of Transportation</a> (not Amtrak itself) to evaluate daily service on all less frequent long-distance trains, meaning the <i>Sunset Limited</i> and <i><a href="Cardinal_(train)" title="Cardinal (train)">Cardinal</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill passed the <a href="United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Commerce%2C_Science%2C_and_Transportation" title="United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation">Senate Commerce Committee</a> with bipartisan support,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was later rolled into <a href="Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">President Biden's</a> <a href="Infrastructure_Investment_and_Jobs_Act" title="Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act">Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act</a> (IIJA), which Congress passed on November<span class="nowrap"> </span>5, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report is known as the <a href="Amtrak_Daily_Long-Distance_Service_Study" title="Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study">Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study</a> and must be delivered to Congress within two years.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In June 2023, Amtrak submitted an application for a federal grant to increase <i>Sunset Limited</i> service to operate daily.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Phoenix">Return to Phoenix</h3></div>

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<p>Since its Wellton branch closure, officials have intermittently considered different options for how to reopen the line and restore Sunset Limited direct passenger service to Phoenix and potentially launching intercity service to LA. In 2009, the <a href="Arizona_Department_of_Transportation" title="Arizona Department of Transportation">Arizona Department of Transportation</a> (ADOT) requested federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to help restore the Wellton Branch and bring the Sunset Limited back to Phoenix but was unsuccessful. In 2014, ADOT hired the consultants URS to do a more in-depth Wellton Branch rehabilitation study. The study was commissioned by ADOT in an effort to understand the existing condition of the Wellton Branch and to develop improvement scenarios and capital cost estimates for freight and passenger rail service between Arlington and Wellton, a distance of 90.8 miles.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that study, it was determined that light freight demand along the Wellton Branch line/Phoenix Subdivision does not warrant re-opening the Wellton Branch and that re-opening this corridor solely for passenger service is not cost effective, although if freight demand increased, phased rehabilitation made sense. It also recommended that the State seek to identify and develop freight opportunities for the Wellton Branch.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RailPAC_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RailPAC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<caption>Results of ADOT's Wellton Branch Railroad Rehabilitation Study<sup id="cite_ref-:0_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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</th>

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</th>

<th>Freight max speed

</th>

<th>Passenger max speed

</th>

<th>Total Est. Cost (millions)

</th>

<th>Avg. Cost/Route mile (millions)

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1

</td>

<td>Class 2 Track

</td>

<td>25 mph

</td>

<td>NA

</td>

<td>$165.4

</td>

<td>$1.8

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<td>2

</td>

<td>Class 3 Track

</td>

<td>40 mph

</td>

<td>60 mph

</td>

<td>$194.8

</td>

<td>$2.1

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<td>2A

</td>

<td>Class 3 w/PTC

</td>

<td>40 mph

</td>

<td>60 mph

</td>

<td>$266.0

</td>

<td>$2.9

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<td>Class 4 Track

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<td>60 mph

</td>

<td>79 mph

</td>

<td>$420.3

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<td>$4.6

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<p>Ideally, to get the line running again, Amtrak and the ADOT should work with UP to come up with a detailed capital improvement plan. Such a plan would determine exactly what projects are needed and what will they cost. The capital project plan could present an opportunity to propose rebuilding curves (with increased superelevation) and other improvements to increase train speeds. Straight sections could be feasibly improved for trains traveling faster than 100 mph.

</p><p>New higher Class 5 speed track than the FRA Class 4 track proposed by ‘Scenario 3’ in the 2014 ADOT study is possible. There is no technical reason to limit the Wellton Branch to Class 4. A staged plan for double-tracking the line is also needed, starting with upgrades to existing sidings. If UP needs to continue storing more railcars in the area, then additional sidings can be built for that purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-RailPAC_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RailPAC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In February 2023, the FRA indicated that it was studying a re-route of the <i>Sunset Limited</i> from Maricopa back to Phoenix as part of the <a href="Amtrak_Daily_Long-Distance_Service_Study" title="Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study">Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study</a> ordered by the IIJA. The move would revert a 1996 route change that cut direct service to Arizona's most populous metropolitan area, with stops at <a href="Union_Station_(Phoenix%2C_Arizona)" title="Union Station (Phoenix, Arizona)">Phoenix</a>, <a href="Tempe_station_(Arizona)" title="Tempe station (Arizona)">Tempe</a>, and <a href="Coolidge_station" title="Coolidge station">Coolidge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In June 2023, Amtrak submitted an application to the FRA seeking funding for a project to return <i>Sunset Limited</i> service to Phoenix, paired with increasing the route's frequency to once-daily service.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_52-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In December 2023, as a part of the <a href="Corridor_Identification_and_Development_Program" title="Corridor Identification and Development Program">Corridor Identification and Development Program</a>, the Federal Government awarded a $500,000 grant to the State of Arizona to study <a href="Phoenix%E2%80%93Tucson_passenger_rail" title="Phoenix–Tucson passenger rail">Phoenix–Tucson passenger rail</a>. The new rail line plan would send trains from Tucson to the far East Valley, through downtown and on to the West Valley, before reconnecting to UP's mainline in <a href="Wellton%2C_Arizona" title="Wellton, Arizona">Wellton</a>, near Yuma. Part of this route would include trackage needed for the <i>Sunset Limited's</i> return to Phoenix service.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operation">Operation</h2></div>

<p>As of 2024, a typical <i>Sunset Limited</i> train has one or two <a href="GE_Genesis#P42DC" title="GE Genesis">GE P42DC</a> locomotives, a <a href="Viewliner" title="Viewliner">Viewliner</a> II baggage car, a <a href="Superliner_(railcar)" title="Superliner (railcar)">Superliner</a> sleeper, a Superliner diner, a Superliner Sightseer Lounge, a Superliner coach, and a Superliner coach/baggage car. West of San Antonio, the train has an additional sleeper and coach that operate as Los Angeles–Chicago through cars via the <i>Texas Eagle</i>. Amtrak plans to eventually re-add a Superliner transition sleeper to the train.<sup id="cite_ref-2024capacity_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024capacity-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>As with other long-distance routes, Amtrak plans to replace the P42DCs with <a href="Siemens_ALC-42" class="mw-redirect" title="Siemens ALC-42">Siemens ALC-42</a> locomotives by 2027, and the Superliner cars with <a href="Viewliner#Future_cars" title="Viewliner">new long-distance cars</a> by 2032.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Route">Route</h3></div>

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<p>For most of its existence, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> route was owned by the <a href="Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Pacific Transportation Company">Southern Pacific Railroad</a>. The name <i>Sunset Limited</i> traces its origins to the <a href="Buffalo_Bayou%2C_Brazos_and_Colorado_Railway" title="Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway">Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway</a>, a Southern Pacific subsidiary which was known as the <i>Sunset Route</i> as early as 1874.

</p><p>Most of the current route from New Orleans westward is now owned by the <a href="Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">Union Pacific Railroad</a>, which acquired Southern Pacific in 1996. However, the route within Louisiana and some of Texas was partially sold to <a href="BNSF_Railway" title="BNSF Railway">BNSF Railway</a><sup id="cite_ref-STB2014_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STB2014-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1995 in return for BNSF not objecting to the UP-SP merger.

</p><p>On the portion of the route east of New Orleans, service was suspended after <a href="Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>. Those tracks, between New Orleans and Florida, include parts of the <a href="Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad" title="Atlantic Coast Line Railroad">Atlantic Coast Line Railroad</a>, the <a href="Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad" title="Seaboard Air Line Railroad">Seaboard Air Line Railroad</a>, and the <a href="Louisville_and_Nashville_Railroad" title="Louisville and Nashville Railroad">Louisville and Nashville Railroad</a>—all now merged into <a href="CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX Transportation</a>. Currently, the segment of the former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad between DeLand and Orlando is owned by Orlando's commuter service <a href="SunRail" title="SunRail">SunRail</a>, and the segment of track from Pensacola to Baldwin is now owned by the <a href="Florida_Gulf_%26_Atlantic_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad">Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad</a>.

</p><p>The train uses the following route segments, identified here by the names of their original owners:

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<th class="unsortable">Route

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<th>Original owner

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<th>Current owner

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<tr>

<td>New Orleans–<a href="Lafayette%2C_Louisiana" title="Lafayette, Louisiana">Lafayette, Louisiana</a></td>

<td>Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company (SP)</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Lafayette–<a href="Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana">Lake Charles, Louisiana</a></td>

<td rowspan="2">Louisiana Western Railroad (SP)

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<tr>

<td>Lake Charles–<a href="Orange%2C_Texas" title="Orange, Texas">Orange, Texas</a></td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Orange–<a href="Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td>

<td><a href="Texas_and_New_Orleans_Railroad" title="Texas and New Orleans Railroad">Texas and New Orleans Railroad</a> (SP)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="Beaumont%2C_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>-Houston, Texas</td>

<td><a href="Beaumont%2C_Sour_Lake_and_Western_Railway" title="Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway">Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway</a> (<a href="Missouri_Pacific_Railroad" title="Missouri Pacific Railroad">MP</a>)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Houston–<a href="El_Paso%2C_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso, Texas</a></td>

<td><a href="Buffalo_Bayou%2C_Brazos_and_Colorado_Railway" title="Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway">Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway</a> (SP)

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<td>El Paso–<a href="Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="California" title="California">California</a></td>

<td><a href="Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Pacific Transportation Company">Southern Pacific Railroad</a>

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<th>Station

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<td rowspan="5"><a href="Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>

</td>

<td><a href="New_Orleans%2C_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans</a>

</td>

<td><a href="New_Orleans_Union_Passenger_Terminal" title="New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal">New Orleans</a>

</td>

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<td><a href="Schriever%2C_Louisiana" title="Schriever, Louisiana">Schriever</a>

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<td><a href="Schriever_station" title="Schriever station">Schriever</a>

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<td>

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<td><a href="New_Iberia%2C_Louisiana" title="New Iberia, Louisiana">New Iberia</a>

</td>

<td><a href="New_Iberia_station" title="New Iberia station">New Iberia</a>

</td>

<td>

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<td><a href="Lafayette%2C_Louisiana" title="Lafayette, Louisiana">Lafayette</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Lafayette_station_(Louisiana)" title="Lafayette station (Louisiana)">Lafayette</a>

</td>

<td>

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<td><a href="Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana">Lake Charles</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Lake_Charles_station" title="Lake Charles station">Lake Charles</a>

</td>

<td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bus transport"></span></span> <a href="Lake_Charles_Transit" title="Lake Charles Transit">Lake Charles Transit</a>

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<td rowspan="7"><a href="Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Beaumont%2C_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Beaumont_station" title="Beaumont station">Beaumont</a>

</td>

<td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bus transport"></span></span> <a href="Beaumont_Municipal_Transit_System" title="Beaumont Municipal Transit System">Beaumont Municipal Transit System</a>

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<tr>

<td><a href="Houston%2C_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Houston_station_(Texas)" title="Houston station (Texas)">Houston</a>

</td>

<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Amtrak_Thruway" title="Amtrak Thruway"></a></span> <a href="Amtrak_Thruway" title="Amtrak Thruway">Amtrak Thruway</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Greyhound_Lines" title="Greyhound Lines"></a></span> <a href="Greyhound_Lines" title="Greyhound Lines">Greyhound Lines</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Houston_Metro" title="Houston Metro"></a></span> <a href="Houston_Metro" title="Houston Metro">METRO Bus</a></li></ul></div>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><a href="San_Antonio%2C_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio, Texas">San Antonio</a>

</td>

<td><a href="San_Antonio_station_(Texas)" title="San Antonio station (Texas)">San Antonio</a>

</td>

<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Amtrak" title="Amtrak"></a></span> <a href="Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>: <i><a href="Texas_Eagle" title="Texas Eagle">Texas Eagle</a></i></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Amtrak_Thruway" title="Amtrak Thruway"></a></span> <a href="Amtrak_Thruway" title="Amtrak Thruway">Amtrak Thruway</a></li></ul></div>

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<td><a href="Sanderson%2C_Texas" title="Sanderson, Texas">Sanderson</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Sanderson_station" title="Sanderson station">Sanderson</a>

</td>

<td>

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<tr>

<td><a href="Alpine%2C_Texas" title="Alpine, Texas">Alpine</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Alpine_station" title="Alpine station">Alpine</a>

</td>

<td>

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</td>

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</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2"><a href="New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Deming%2C_New_Mexico" title="Deming, New Mexico">Deming</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Deming_station" title="Deming station">Deming</a>

</td>

<td>

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<td><a href="Lordsburg%2C_New_Mexico" title="Lordsburg, New Mexico">Lordsburg</a>

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<td><a href="Tucson%2C_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson</a>

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<td><a href="Tucson_station" title="Tucson station">Tucson</a>

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<td><a href="Maricopa%2C_Arizona" title="Maricopa, Arizona">Maricopa</a>

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<td><a href="Maricopa_station" title="Maricopa station">Maricopa</a>

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<td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Amtrak_Thruway" title="Amtrak Thruway"></a></span> <a href="Amtrak_Thruway" title="Amtrak Thruway">Amtrak Thruway</a>

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<td><a href="Palm_Springs%2C_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs</a>

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<td><a href="Palm_Springs_station" title="Palm Springs station">Palm Springs</a>

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<td><a href="Ontario%2C_California" title="Ontario, California">Ontario</a>

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<td><a href="Ontario_station_(Amtrak)" title="Ontario station (Amtrak)">Ontario</a>

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<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Amtrak_Thruway" title="Amtrak Thruway"></a></span> <a href="Amtrak_Thruway" title="Amtrak Thruway">Amtrak Thruway</a>: 19</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bus transport"></span></span> <a href="Omnitrans" title="Omnitrans">Omnitrans</a></li></ul></div>

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<td><a href="Pomona%2C_California" title="Pomona, California">Pomona</a>

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<td><a href="Pomona%E2%80%93Downtown_station" title="Pomona–Downtown station">Pomona</a>

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<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Metrolink_(California)" title="Metrolink (California)"></a></span> <a href="Metrolink_(California)" title="Metrolink (California)">Metrolink</a>: <span style="color:inherit;background-color:#682e85;border:.075em solid #682e85;padding:0 .3em"><a href="Riverside_Line" title="Riverside Line"><span style="color:white;font-weight:bold;font-size:inherit;white-space:nowrap">Riverside</span></a></span></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bus transport"></span></span> <a href="Foothill_Transit" title="Foothill Transit">Foothill Transit</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bus transport"></span></span> <a href="Omnitrans" title="Omnitrans">Omnitrans</a></li></ul></div>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ridership">Ridership</h2></div>

<p>Along with the <a href="Cardinal_(train)" title="Cardinal (train)"><i>Cardinal</i></a>, the <i>Sunset Limited</i> is one of Amtrak's two long-distance services which operate thrice weekly.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, it carried the third-fewest passengers of any Amtrak train in <a href="Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">fiscal year</a> 2019 (92,827, a 4.4% decrease over FY2018). It had a total revenue of <a href="US_dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="US dollar">$</a>10,769,179 in 2016, marking a 7.5% decrease over FY2015.<sup id="cite_ref-FY16_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY16-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"></span></span><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>20.4%

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<td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"></span></span><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>11.8%

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<td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"></span></span><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4.0%

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</th>

<td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"></span></span><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>6.0%

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</th>

<td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"></span></span><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>2.6%

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</th>

<td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"></span></span><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7.6%

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<td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"></span></span><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7.5%

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.progressiverailroading.com/amtrak/news/Southern-states-miss-funding-deadline-to-restore-Amtraks-Gulf-Coast-service--54959">"Southern states miss funding deadline to restore Amtrak's Gulf Coast service"</a>. <i>Progressive Railroading</i>. June 22, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 10,</span> 2018</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFHofsummer2009" class="citation book cs1">Hofsummer, Don L. (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BsRvIUwLwFwC"><i>The Southern Pacific, 1901–1985</i></a>. <a href="Texas_A%26M_University_Press" title="Texas A&M University Press">Texas A&M University Press</a>. p. 170. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9781603441278</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>

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<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFLambert2012" class="citation news cs1">Lambert, Anthony (December 21, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/journeysbyrail/9760524/The-Sunset-Limited-Great-Train-Journeys.html">"The Ghan: Great Train Journeys"</a>. <i><a href="The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 24,</span> 2013</span>.</cite></li>

<li>Schafer, Mike; "Amtrak's atlas", <i><a href="Trains_(magazine)" title="Trains (magazine)">Trains</a></i>; June 1991</li>

<li>Johnston, Bob; "Getting Ready for the Sunset", <i>Trains</i>; March 1993</li>

<li>Johnston, Bob; "At last, a transcontinental passenger train", <i>Trains</i>; July 1993</li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFOrsi2007" class="citation book cs1">Orsi, Richard J. (2007). <i>Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930</i> (1st ed.). <a href="University_of_California_Press" title="University of California Press">University of California Press</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-520-25164-9</bdi>.</cite></li></ul>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>

<li id="cite_note-FY_Note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FY_Note_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Amtrak's Fiscal Year (FY) runs from October 1 of the prior year to September 30 of the named year.</span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sunset_Limited" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:Sunset Limited">Sunset Limited</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amtrak.com/routes/sunset-limited-train.html"><i>Sunset Limited</i> – Amtrak</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><i><a href="California_Zephyr" title="California Zephyr">California Zephyr</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Coast_Starlight" title="Coast Starlight">Coast Starlight</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Empire_Builder" title="Empire Builder">Empire Builder</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Southwest_Chief" title="Southwest Chief">Southwest Chief</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Texas_Eagle" title="Texas Eagle">Texas Eagle</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#DEEEF8; color:black;">East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Auto_Train" title="Auto Train">Auto Train</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Cardinal_(train)" title="Cardinal (train)">Cardinal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="City_of_New_Orleans_(train)" title="City of New Orleans (train)">City of New Orleans</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Crescent_(train)" title="Crescent (train)">Crescent</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Floridian_(train)" title="Floridian (train)">Floridian</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Lake_Shore_Limited" title="Lake Shore Limited">Lake Shore Limited</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Palmetto_(train)" title="Palmetto (train)">Palmetto</a></i></li></ul>

</div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Silver_Service18" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Silver_Service" title="Silver Service">Silver Service</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Silver_Meteor" title="Silver Meteor">Silver Meteor</a></i></li></ul>

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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#DBE0E4; color:black;">Corridor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#DEEEF8; color:black;">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Amtrak_Cascades" title="Amtrak Cascades">Amtrak <i>Cascades</i></a></li>

<li><i><a href="Heartland_Flyer" title="Heartland Flyer">Heartland Flyer</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Winter_Park_Express" title="Winter Park Express">Winter Park Express</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(seasonal)</span></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Amtrak_California" title="Amtrak California">Amtrak California</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Capitol_Corridor" title="Capitol Corridor">Capitol Corridor</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Pacific_Surfliner" title="Pacific Surfliner">Pacific Surfliner</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="San_Joaquins" title="San Joaquins">San Joaquins</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#DEEEF8; color:black;"><a href="Amtrak_Midwest" title="Amtrak Midwest">Midwest</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Borealis_(train)" title="Borealis (train)">Borealis</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Hiawatha_(Amtrak_train)" title="Hiawatha (Amtrak train)">Hiawatha</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Missouri_River_Runner" title="Missouri River Runner">Missouri River Runner</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Illinois_Service" title="Illinois Service">Illinois Service</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Illini_and_Saluki" title="Illini and Saluki"><i>Illini</i> and <i>Saluki</i></a></li>

<li><a href="Illinois_Zephyr_and_Carl_Sandburg" title="Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg"><i>Illinois Zephyr</i> and <i>Carl Sandburg</i></a></li>

<li><i><a href="Lincoln_Service" title="Lincoln Service">Lincoln Service</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Michigan_Services" title="Michigan Services">Michigan Services</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Blue_Water_(train)" title="Blue Water (train)">Blue Water</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Pere_Marquette_(Amtrak_train)" title="Pere Marquette (Amtrak train)">Pere Marquette</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Wolverine_(train)" title="Wolverine (train)">Wolverine</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#DEEEF8; color:black;">East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Downeaster_(train)" title="Downeaster (train)">Downeaster</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Mardi_Gras_Service" title="Mardi Gras Service">Mardi Gras Service</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(planned for 2025)</span></li></ul>

</div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Northeast_Corridor" title="Northeast Corridor">Northeast Corridor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Acela" title="Acela">Acela</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Northeast_Regional" title="Northeast Regional">Northeast Regional</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Amtrak_Virginia" title="Amtrak Virginia">Amtrak Virginia</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="New_Haven%E2%80%93Springfield_Line" title="New Haven–Springfield Line">Knowledge Corridor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Amtrak_Hartford_Line" title="Amtrak Hartford Line"><i>Hartford Line</i></a></li>

<li><i><a href="Valley_Flyer" title="Valley Flyer">Valley Flyer</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Vermonter_(train)" title="Vermonter (train)">Vermonter</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Empire_Corridor" title="Empire Corridor">Empire Corridor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Adirondack_(train)" title="Adirondack (train)">Adirondack</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Berkshire_Flyer" title="Berkshire Flyer">Berkshire Flyer</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(seasonal)</span></li>

<li><i><a href="Empire_Service" title="Empire Service">Empire Service</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Ethan_Allen_Express" title="Ethan Allen Express">Ethan Allen Express</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Maple_Leaf_(train)" title="Maple Leaf (train)">Maple Leaf</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(with <a href="Via_Rail" title="Via Rail">Via Rail Canada</a>)</span></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Keystone_Corridor" title="Keystone Corridor">Keystone Corridor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Keystone_Service" title="Keystone Service">Keystone Service</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Pennsylvanian_(train)" title="Pennsylvanian (train)">Pennsylvanian</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="NC_By_Train" title="NC By Train">NC By Train</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Carolinian_(train)" title="Carolinian (train)">Carolinian</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Piedmont_(train)" title="Piedmont (train)">Piedmont</a></i></li></ul>

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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Passenger_trains_of_the_Southern_Pacific335" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="color:black; background:#FD8B43;"><div id="Passenger_trains_of_the_Southern_Pacific335" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Passenger trains of the <a href="Southern_Pacific_Railroad" title="Southern Pacific Railroad"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Southern Pacific</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:white; background:#cb1a22;">Named trains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><i><a href="Acadian_(train)" title="Acadian (train)">Acadian</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Apache_(train)" title="Apache (train)">Apache</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Argonaut_(train)" title="Argonaut (train)">Argonaut</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Arizona_Limited" title="Arizona Limited">Arizona Limited</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Beaver_(train)" title="Beaver (train)">Beaver</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Californian_(train)" title="Californian (train)">Californian</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Cascade_(train)" title="Cascade (train)">Cascade</a></i></li>

<li><i>Coast Mail</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Coaster_(Southern_Pacific_Railroad_train)" title="Coaster (Southern Pacific Railroad train)">Coaster</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Coos_Bay_Limited" title="Coos Bay Limited">Coos Bay Limited</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Del_Monte_(train)" title="Del Monte (train)">Del Monte</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Coste%C3%B1o_(train)" title="Costeño (train)">El Costeño</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Southern_Pacific_Railroad_of_Mexico#Passenger_operations" title="Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico">El Yaqui</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Golden_Rocket_(train)" title="Golden Rocket (train)">Golden Rocket</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Golden_State_(train)" title="Golden State (train)">Golden State</a></i></li>

<li><i>Grand Canyon</i></li>

<li><i>Hustler</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Imperial_(SP_train)" title="Imperial (SP train)">Imperial</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Klamath_(train)" title="Klamath (train)"> Klamath</a></i></li>

<li><i>Newsboy</i></li>

<li><i>Oil Fields Flyer</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Oregon_%26_California_Express" title="Oregon & California Express">Oregon & California Express</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Oregonian_(train)" title="Oregonian (train)">Oregonian</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Owl_Limited" title="Owl Limited">Owl Limited</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Peninsula_Commute" title="Peninsula Commute">Peninsula Commute</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Rogue_River_(train)" title="Rogue River (train)">Rogue River</a></i></li>

<li><i>San Jose Limited</i></li>

<li><i>Seashore Express</i></li>

<li><i>Senator</i></li>

<li><i>Shasta Express</i></li>

<li><i>Shasta Limited</i></li>

<li><i>Shasta Limited De Luxe</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Shore_Line_Limited" title="Shore Line Limited">Shore Line Limited</a></i></li>

<li><i>Starlight</i></li>

<li><i>Statesman</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Sunbeam_(passenger_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunbeam (passenger train)">Sunbeam</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Suntan_Special" title="Suntan Special">Suntan Special</a></i></li>

<li><i>Tehachapi</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Tonopah_and_Goldfield_Railroad#Connecting_Southern_Pacific_trains" title="Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad">Tonopah Express</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="West_Coast_(train)" title="West Coast (train)">West Coast</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:white; background:#cb1a22;">Daylights</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Coast_Daylight" title="Coast Daylight">Coast Daylight</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Coast_Daylight" title="Coast Daylight">Daylight Limited</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Coast_Daylight" title="Coast Daylight">Morning Daylight</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Coast_Daylight" title="Coast Daylight">Noon Daylight</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Sacramento_Daylight" title="Sacramento Daylight">Sacramento Daylight</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="San_Joaquin_Daylight" title="San Joaquin Daylight">San Joaquin Daylight</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Shasta_Daylight" title="Shasta Daylight">Shasta Daylight</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:white; background:#cb1a22;"><a href="Overland_Route_(Union_Pacific_Railroad)" title="Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad)"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Overland Route</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Challenger_(train)" title="Challenger (train)">Challenger</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="City_of_San_Francisco_(train)" title="City of San Francisco (train)">City of San Francisco</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="San_Francisco_Challenger" title="San Francisco Challenger">San Francisco Challenger</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Overland_Limited_(UP_train)" title="Overland Limited (UP train)">San Francisco Overland</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Pacific_Limited" title="Pacific Limited">Pacific Limited</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Gold_Coast_(train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Coast (train)">Gold Coast</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Saint_Louis_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Louis Express">Saint Louis Express</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:white; background:#cb1a22;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="East_Bay_Electric_Lines" title="East Bay Electric Lines">East Bay Electric Lines</a></li>

<li><a href="Pacific_Electric" title="Pacific Electric">Pacific Electric</a></li>

<li><a href="Peninsular_Railway_(California)" title="Peninsular Railway (California)">Peninsular Railway</a></li>

<li><a href="Southern_Pacific_Red_Electric_Lines" title="Southern Pacific Red Electric Lines">Red Electric Lines</a></li></ul>

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