SNRPC

The Sonoran National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as SNRPC, is a passenger railroad service that provides local- medium- and long-distance intercity service in Sonora California and United States. Founded in 1965 as a quasi-public corporation to operate rail transport in Sonora. The company receives state and federal funds. SNRCP serves all of Sonora's territory and operates in limited ways in California and the United States.

SNRCP was the first North American rail company to develop a high-speed rail program. SNRCP operates a long-distance bus service as a For-profit corporation

Private passenger service
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Formation
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The first high-speed rail line
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The 1980s and 1990s
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21st century
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Intercity bus service
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Local and regional rail service
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Intercity rail service
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High-speed rail service
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Cargo service
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Rail maintenance
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On-board services
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Routes
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Influence and legacy
SNRPC has inherited a cultural and technological heritage ranging from the first railway lines to modern times. Many railway stations have been built with different architecture schemes. To preserve this heritage, several projects have been created to safeguard the railway history of Sonora. Many initiatives have been created with the support of railway enthusiasts and people who want to relive past periods.

SNRCP Foundation


SNRCP Foundation manages the old locomotives that were in service in SNRCP and the old railway companies. This foundation manages the restoration of trains and the management of railway museums. This foundation also includes train enthusiasts and former train drivers and train controllers.

Art Deco Society
Art Deco Society is a non-profit organization tasked with safeguarding the art deco, futuristic and Streamline Moderne architectures and historical re-enactments of the Roaring Twenties. SNRCP participates in this organization safeguarding the architectural heritage of existing railway stations and collaborates in historical re-enactments by putting inoperation the trains that were in service during those years. SNRCP is viewed in a positive way in public opinion because it seeks to defend the cultural and technological heritage of Sonora. SNRCP also collaborates a few times with art deco society of California and art deco society of Los Angeles.

Merchandising
SNRCP has developed a series of personalised merchandising as postcards to the point of historic and modern rail train models. In the railway stations there are these shops where they sell these products. At Sonora International Airports there are these shops but they are considered as Duty-free shops.

Rail modelling
In the railway museums of the SNRCP there are sections where there is the presence of railway modeling. San Diego has one of the largest existing rail models in the world.