How the names of companies may be used is generally a matter of trademark law rather than copyright law. If the artwork draws on another creative work that uses the company name (here, Western Pacific Railroad), there could be a copyright issue. If the artist cannot afford to speak with an intellectual-property attorney (who should be familiar with both copyright and trademark law), the artist could check with the bar association for his or her state and ask whether there is a chapter of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in the state. There is a potentially helpful listing at http://www.vlany.org/legalservices/vladirectory.php .
Western Pacific Railroad was created in 1916.
Western Pacific Railroad ended in 1987.
Western Pacific Railroad Museum was created in 1984.
The address of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum In Portola is: 700 Western Pacific Way, Portola, CA 96122
Central Pacific Railroad.
The web address of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum In Portola is: http://www.wplives.org
The phone number of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum In Portola is: 530-832-4131.
The Transcontinental Railroad began in San Francisco, California and ended in Council Bluff, Iowa. Three private railroad companies joined forces to make it happen. They were the Western Pacific Railroad, the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads.
The Union Pacific Railroad and The Central Pacific Railroad Companies were formed to build the railroad. Many of the CPR workers working east from California were Chinese-Americans and many of the UPR workers building west from Nebraska were Irish immigrants.
The Central Pacific Railroad of California built the western part and the Union Pacific RR built the eastern portion,. They met at Promontary Summitt , Utah .
The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a transportation means built from California to Utah between 1863 and 1869. The CPRR was the western part of North America's First Transcontinental Railroad. The CPRR's tracks met with Union Pacific tracks in Promontory, northern Utah, on May 10, 1869.