Sunset Route

This article is about the modern transcontinental railroad. For the historical rail line, see Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway.

Sunset Route
Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 7277 leads between a wind farm and desert land outside the town of Cabazon in Riverside County, California (2013)
Overview
Owner	Union Pacific Railroad
Locale	Southwestern and Southeastern United States
Termini	Los Angeles, California New Orleans, Louisiana
Connecting lines	Yuma Subdivision Gila Subdivision Lordsburg Subdivision Valentine Subdivision Sanderson Subdivision Del Rio Subdivision Glidden Subdivision Houston Subdivision Lafayette Subdivision Terminal Subdivision
Service
Type	Freight rail Inter-city rail
Operators	Union Pacific Railroad Amtrak BNSF Railway
History
Opened	5 February 1883 (1883-02-05)
Technical
Line length	760 mi (1,220 km)
Number of tracks	1–2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Train protection system	PTC

The Sunset Route is a main line of the Union Pacific Railroad running between Southern California and New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the southernmost railway that connects the central United States to the U.S. Pacific Coast.