The Union Pacific West Line is a commuter rail line operated by Metra in the Chicago metropolitan area. The line runs from the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago to Elburn, Illinois. Un
A Metra train east of Elmhurst station
The Overland Route was a train route operated jointly by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad/Southern Pacific Railroad, between the eastern termini of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and
Union Pacific West Line
…operated by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) under a purchase-of-service agreement. UP continues to own the tracks and manage dispatching as part of its Geneva Subdivision. The line was previously owned and operated by the Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW), until it merged with UP in 1995. Metra does not refer to its…
The Overland Limited leaving 16th Street station (Oakland), in 1906
Display ads for the CPRR and UPRR the week the rails were joined on May 10, 1869
The Overland's SF ticket office at the Palace Hotel
Donner Lake (left) and the now abandoned original CPRR (later SPRR) Track #1 grade over Donner Pass