Owl Limited

The Owl Limited was an overnight passenger train of the Southern Pacific Company which ran between Oakland and Los Angeles via the Central Valley. The service was inaugurated on December 18, 1898.^[1] The train was canceled after April 11, 1965, with as few as 15 passengers per day utilizing the service.^[2]

Owl Limited

Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	California
First service	December 18, 1898 (December 18, 1898)
Last service	April 11, 1965 (April 11, 1965)
Former operator(s)	Southern Pacific
Route
Termini	Oakland, California Los Angeles, California
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	25 (southbound), 26 (northbound)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map v t e Legend San Francisco bus over Bay Bridge San Francisco Ferry Oakland Pier Oakland 16th Street Berkeley Martinez Richmond Crocket Port Costa Pittsburg Brentwood Tracy Patterson Newman Gustine Los Banos Dos Palos Firebaugh Mendota Kerman Fresno Selma Tulare Delano Bakersfield Caliente Tehachapi Loop Mojave Lancaster Palmdale Saugus San Fernando Burbank Glendale Los Angeles–Union Station Los Angeles–Central Station 1914–1939 Arcade Depot closed 1914

The train operated with several classes of sleeping cars, coaches, chair cars, and a diner.^[3]

References

1. Beebe, Lucius (1963). The Central Pacific & the Southern Pacific Railroads. Berkeley: Howell-North. p. 618. ISBN 9780831070342.
2. "Southern Pacific Cancels Owl Run, Oakland to L.A." Santa Barbara News-Press. Associated Press. April 12, 1965. p. 10. Retrieved August 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.  
3. Solomon, Brian (2005). Southern Pacific Passenger Trains. Voyageur Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9781610605076.