California Zephyr FP7 A-B-B-B Oroville to Quincy Junction
The Western Pacific was built by The Rio Grande as It’s Western Gateway or Western Extention. The Western Pacific Connected with The Rio Grande in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Western Pacific terminated in Oakland, CA.
A competitive rail route across the California Sierras was the dream of a young Scotch surveyor, Arthur W. Keddie, in the late 1860s. While exploring for a new mountain wagon road through the valley of the Feather River—so named because of the floating feathers from wild pigeons. Keddie found a potential rail route of low grade which crossed the mountains via Beckwourth Pass, a crossing more than 2000 feet lower than Donner Pass to the south. Efforts to utilize this favorable route failed until the beginning of the twentieth century, largely because of the opposition of the Central Pacific.
E. H. Harriman, who controlled the Union Pacific, gained control of the Southern Pacific (formerly Central Pacific) after C. P. Huntington died in 1900. In 1901 George Gould added the Denver and Rio Grande to the other rail properties inherited from his father, financier Jay Gould. The Gould system now stretched from Buffalo, New York, to Ogden, Utah, and southwest from Chicago to El Paso and New Orleans. Harriman closed the Utah Gateway to his rival and the Denver and Rio Grande had no western connection to the Pacific Coast. Gould was thus forced to seek a way to extend his own line. Building The Western Pacific from the ground up was the solution to the problem posed by Harriman.
The California Zephyr was an Express Transcontinental Passenger Train Using The Assets Of 3 Class 1 Railroads In The United States. It Comprised Of The CB&Q (The Burlington), The DRGW (Rio Grande), And WP (Western Pacific) Railroads. Service Was Highly Competitive With The Services At The Time Being Provided By The Southern Pacific, And The Union Pacific, Respectively. It Ran Between Oakland, CA And Chicago, Ill.
Today you take an Eastbound California Zephyr Crack Express Passenger Train, going to Quincy Junction, CA from Oroville, CA. You will be relieved in Quincy Junction.
Requires Feather River Canyon, Soldier Summit, And Western Pacific FP7 California Zephyr Add Ons.
Take The California Zephyr From Oroville To Quincy Junction. Remember to press (TAB) If you encounter any red signals..
For The People Of Oroville.
