‘San Francisco Overland’

‘San Francisco Overland’

By Brian Schmidt | September 16, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Steam and diesel locomotives line up in passenger station

San Francisco Overland

Future excursion locomotive UP 844, having just taken over for an SP locomotive, departs Ogden Union Station with the San Francisco Overland on June 18, 1950. The Fairbanks-Morse “Erie-built” diesels at right will follow with the Los Angeles Limited. Don Sims photo

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