Western Pacific Employee Timetables
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This page was last updated on January 18, 2021.
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(The information shown below comes from a spreadsheet compiled by Bob Pecotich, originally dated March 10, 1998, and updated through March 4, 2008. Additonal dates were furnished by Bill Wimmer on November 21, 2014.)
(UtahRails does *not* have copies of these timetables. Please don't ask.)
(Additional information is available in Jeff Asay's "Track and Time: An Operational History of the Western Pacific Railroad through Timetables and Maps", published by Feather River Rail Society in 2006)
Construction Era (1905 to 1909)
| ETT No. |
Date | Notes | |
| Western Pacific (construction) | 1 | Nov 9, 1908 | Salt Lake City to Shafter |
| Western Pacific (construction) | 2 | Aug 2, 1909 | |
| Western Pacific (construction) | 3 | Aug 23, 1909 | First District, Salt Lake City to Wendover Second District, Wendover to Elko |
Eastern Division (1910 to 1964)
Portola, California, to Salt Lake City, Utah
- First Subdivision, Portola to Winnemucca
- Second Subdivision, Winnemucca to Elko (included paired track)
- Third Subdivision, Elko to Wendover (included paired track)
- Fourth Subdivision, Wendover to Salt Lake City
| ETT No. |
Date | Notes | |
| Eastern Division | 1 | Jan 16, 1910 | |
| Eastern Division | 2 | Jun 5, 1910 | |
| Eastern Division | 3 | Aug 22, 1910 | |
| Eastern Division | 4 | Oct 30, 1910 | |
| Eastern Division | 5 | Nov 27, 1910 | |
| Eastern Division | 6 | Jun 18, 1911 | |
| Eastern Division | 7 | Nov 12, 1911 | |
| Eastern Division | 8 | Jan 21, 1912 | |
| Eastern Division | 9 | Jun 9, 1912 | |
| Eastern Division | 10 | Apr 6, 1913 | |
| Eastern Division | SA/10 | Apr 20, 1913 | |
| Eastern Division | 11 | May 3, 1914 | |
| Eastern Division | 12 | Apr 12, 1915 | |
| Eastern Division | 13 | Dec 5, 1915 | |
| Eastern Division | 14 | Sep 24, 1916 | |
| Eastern Division (USRA) | 1 | Nov 3, 1918 | |
| Eastern Division (USRA) | 2 | Jan 5, 1919 | |
| Eastern Division (USRA) | 3 | Jan 8, 1919 | |
| Eastern Division (USRA) | 4 | Aug 3, 1919 | |
| Eastern Division | 1 | Mar 28, 1920 | |
| Eastern Division | 2 | Jul 18, 1920 | |
| Eastern Division | 3 | May 14, 1923 | |
| Eastern Division | 4 | Nov 25, 1923 | |
| Eastern Division | 5 | Aug 1, 1924 | paired track |
| Eastern Division | 6 | May 3, 1925 | |
| Eastern Division | 7 | May 24, 1925 | |
| Eastern Division | 8 | Nov 14, 1926 | |
| Eastern Division | 9 | May 8, 1927 | |
| Eastern Division | 10 | ||
| Eastern Division | 11 | May 6, 1928 | |
| Eastern Division | 11 | May 6, 1928 | |
| Eastern Division | 12 | Jun 9, 1929 | designates Roper as SLC terminus |
| Eastern Division | 13 | Nov 24, 1929 | |
| Eastern Division | 14 | Jun 1, 1930 | |
| Eastern Division | 15 | Jan 4, 1931 | |
| Eastern Division | 16 | Jun 7, 1931 | |
| Eastern Division | 17 | Sep 27, 1931 | |
| Eastern Division | 18 | Apr 24, 1932 | Shifted division boundries |
| Eastern Division | 19 | Jun 19, 1932 | |
| Eastern Division | 20 | Oct 2, 1932 | |
| Eastern Division | 21 | Nov 12, 1932 | |
| Eastern Division | 22 | May 10, 1933 | |
| Eastern Division | 23 | Nov 5, 1932 | |
| Eastern Division | 24 | Jun 17, 1934 | |
| Eastern Division | 25 | Apr 1, 1935 | |
| Eastern Division | 26 | Dec 12, 1936 | |
| Eastern Division | 27 | Jun 6, 1937 | |
| Eastern Division | 28 | Jul 9, 1937 | |
| Eastern Division | 29 | Sep 15, 1937 | |
| Eastern Division | 30 | Feb 6, 1938 | |
| Eastern Division | 31 | Jun 12, 1938 | |
| Eastern Division | 32 | Jun 11, 1939 | |
| Eastern Division | 33 | Jun 17, 1940 | |
| Eastern Division | 34 | Feb 2, 1941 | |
| Eastern Division | 35 | Jul 9, 1941 | |
| Eastern Division | 36 | Jul 5, 1942 | |
| Eastern Division | 37 | Feb 15, 1943 | |
| Eastern Division | 38 | Jul 1, 1945 | |
| Eastern Division | 39 | Jun 2, 1946 | |
| Eastern Division | 40 | Nov 10, 1946 | |
| Eastern Division | 41 | Jul 6, 1947 | |
| Eastern Division, Suppl. | 1 | Sep 1, 1947 | |
| Eastern Division | 42 | May 30, 1948 | |
| Eastern Division | 43 | Oct 10, 1948 | |
| Eastern Division | 44 | Mar 20, 1949 | first showing California Zephyr |
| Eastern Division | 45 | Oct 2, 1950 | |
| Eastern Division | 46 | Apr 30, 1950 | |
| Eastern Division | 47 | Apr 29, 1951 | |
| Eastern Division | 48 | Sep 30, 1951 | |
| Eastern Division | 49 | Mar 1, 1952 | |
| Eastern Division | 50 | Apr 27, 1952 | |
| Eastern Division | 51 | Sep 28, 1952 | |
| Eastern Division | 52 | Apr 26, 1953 | |
| Eastern Division | 53 | Apr 25, 1954 | |
| Eastern Division | 54 | Jan 9, 1955 | |
| Eastern Division | 55 | Apr 24, 1955 | |
| Eastern Division | 56 | Oct 30, 1955 | |
| Eastern Division | 57 | Sep 30, 1956 | |
| Eastern Division | 58 | Nov 10, 1957 | |
| Eastern Division | 59 | Sep 28, 1958 | |
| Eastern Division | 60 | Oct 25, 1959 | |
| Eastern Division | 61 | Apr 24, 1960 | |
| Eastern Division | 62 | Apr 30, 1961 | |
| Eastern Division | 63 | Oct 28, 1962 | |
| Eastern Division | 64 | Apr 26, 1964 | |
| Eastern Division | 65 | Oct 25, 1964 |
Western Division (1910 to 1964)
| ETT No. |
Date | Notes | |
| Western Division | 1 | Jan 16, 1910 | 6 pages |
| Western Division | 2 | Feb 27, 1910 | |
| Western Division | 3 | Jun 5, 1910 | |
| Western Division | 4 | Aug 22, 1910 | |
| Western Division | 5 | Oct 30, 1910 | |
| Western Division | 6 | Nov 13, 1910 | |
| Western Division | 7 | Nov 27, 1910 | |
| Western Division | 8 | Mar 29, 1911 | |
| Western Division | 9 | Jun 18, 1911 | |
| Western Division | 10 | Nov 12, 1911 | |
| Western Division | 11 | Jan 21, 1912 | |
| Western Division | 12 | Jun 9, 1912 | |
| Western Division | 13 | Apr 6, 1913 | |
| Western Division | 14 | Nov 8, 1914 | |
| Western Division | 15 | Apr 12, 1915 | |
| Western Division | 16 | Dec 5, 1915 | |
| Western Division | 17 | Sep 24, 1916 | was to be #1, per Chief Dispatcher note |
| Western Division | 1 | apparently not issued, per Asay | |
| Western Division | 2 | Feb 3, 1918 | |
| Western Division (USRA) | 1 | Nov 3, 1918 | |
| Western Division (USRA) | 2 | Jan 5, 1919 | |
| Western Division (USRA) | 3 | Jun 8, 1919 | |
| Western Division | 1 | Mar 28, 1920 | |
| Western Division | 2 | Jul 18, 1920 | |
| Western Division | 3 | May 14, 1923 | first note of San Jose branch |
| Western Division | 4 | Nov 25, 1923 | |
| Western Division | 5 | ||
| Western Division | 6 | May 3, 1925 | |
| Western Division | 7 | May 8, 1927 | |
| Western Division | 8 | Mar 4, 1928 | |
| Western Division | 9 | Jun 9, 1929 | first inclusion of Terminous Branch |
| Western Division | 10 | Nov 24, 1929 | |
| Western Division | 11 | Jun 1, 1930 | |
| Western Division | 12 | Jan 4, 1931 | new Oakland-Reno passenger train. No. 5-6 |
| Western Division | 13 | Jun 7, 1931 | |
| Western Division | 14 | Aug 30, 1931 | |
| Western Division | 14-A | Nov 3, 1931 | (Northern California Extension) |
| Western Division | 15 | ||
| Western Division | 16 | Apr 24, 1932 | shifted division boundaries |
| Western Division | 17 | ||
| Western Division | 18 | Oct 2, 1932 | |
| Western Division | 19 | Nov 12, 1932 | |
| Western Division | 20 | May 10, 1933 | |
| Western Division | 21 | ||
| Western Division | 22 | Jun 17, 1934 | |
| Western Division | 23 | Apr 1, 1935 | |
| Western Division | 24 | Jun 12, 1938 | |
| Western Division | 25 | Jun 11, 1939 | |
| Western Division | 26 | Jun 17, 1940 | |
| Western Division | 27 | Feb 2, 1941 | |
| Western Division | 28 | Jul 5, 1942 | |
| Western Division | 29 | Feb 15, 1943 | |
| Western Division | 30 | Jan 17, 1944 | |
| Western Division | 31 | Mar 4, 1945 | |
| Western Division | 32 | Jul 1, 1945 | |
| Western Division | 33 | Jun 2, 1946 | |
| Western Division | 34 | Jun 1, 1947 | first foldover |
| Western Division | 35 | Jul 6, 1947 | |
| Western Division | 36 | May 30, 1948 | Royal Gorge to SLC; #39-40 speedup |
| Western Division | 37 | Oct 10, 1948 | |
| Western Division | 38 | Mar 20, 1949 | first showing California Zephyr |
| Western Division | 39 | Apr 29, 1951 | |
| Western Division | 40 | Mar 1, 1952 | |
| Western Division | 41 | Apr 25, 1954 | |
| Western Division | 42 | Apr 24, 1955 | |
| Western Division | 43 | Sep 30, 1956 | |
| Western Division | 44 | Nov 10, 1957 | |
| Western Division | 45 | Sep 28, 1958 | |
| Western Division | 46 | Oct 25, 1959 | |
| Western Division | 47 | Apr 30, 1961 | |
| Western Division | 48 | Oct 28, 1962 | |
| Western Division | 49 | Apr 26, 1964 |
Consolidated, Eastern and Western Divisions (1964 to 1982)
| ETT No. |
Date | Notes | |
| (consolidated WP) | 1 | May 2, 1965 | Published with associated Special Instructions |
| (consolidated WP) | 2 | Jun 1, 1967 |
Districts
| ETT No. |
Date | Notes | |
| Salt Lake District | 1 | Jul 19, 1970 | Winnemucca- Salt Lake City |
| Sierra District | 1 | Jul 19, 1970 | Oroville-Winnemucca |
| Valley District | 1 | Jul 19, 1970 | Oakland-Oroville |
Consolidated, Eastern and Western Divisions
| ETT No. |
Date | Notes | |
| Consolidated Western & Eastern Divisions | 1 | Jun 11, 1972 | |
| 2 | (Timetable No. 2 was not issued) | ||
| WP, SN, Tidewater Southern | 3 | Jul 28, 1974 | |
| WP, SN, Tidewater Southern | 4 | Apr 25, 1976 | |
| WP, SN, Tidewater Southern | 5 | Apr 30, 1978 | |
| WP, SN, Tidewater Southern | 6 | Apr 27, 1980 | |
| WP, SN, Tidewater Southern | 7 | Apr 26, 1981 | |
| WP, SN, Tidewater Southern | 8 | Oct 25, 1981 | |
| WP, SN, Tidewater Southern | 9 | Apr 25, 1982 | |
| WP, SN, Tidewater Southern | 10 | Oct 31, 1982 |
(The last WP timetable was No. 10, issued on October 31, 1982; UP control of WP was granted on December 22, 1982, with an effective date of January 1, 1983; the two were formally merged on June 17, 1987.)
Union Pacific
Union Pacific System Timetable No. 7, dated July 17, 1983 (WP added as Western District)
UP-WP Merger Timeline
Timeline of the merger of Western Pacific and Union Pacific
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