Western Pacific Railroad Co. - Specimen Railway Stock Certificate

Specimen Stock printed by Security Banknote Company. The Western Pacific Railroad, identified by the reporting mark WP, was a Class I railroad in the United States. Established in 1903, it aimed to challenge the Southern Pacific Railroad's near-monopoly on rail services to northern California. The Feather River Route of WP directly contended with the Southern Pacific's segment of the Overland Route for rail traffic between Salt Lake City/Ogden, Utah, and Oakland, California, for almost 80 years. Additionally, the Western Pacific was one of the initial operators of the California Zephyr passenger service. In 1982, the railroad was acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation and subsequently merged into the Union Pacific Railroad.