List of California railroads
Appearance
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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of California.
Common freight carriers
[edit]Freight carrier information is current since 2021[update].[1]
Name | Carrier Code | Parent company | Route miles |
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BNSF Railway | BNSF | Berkshire Hathaway | 2,114 |
Union Pacific Railroad | UPRR | 3,292 |
Name | Carrier Code | Parent company | Route miles |
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Central California Traction Company | CCT | BNSF/UPRR | 96 |
Los Angeles Junction Railway | LAJ | BNSF | 64 |
Modesto and Empire Traction Company | MET | 49 | |
Oakland Terminal Railway | OTR | BNSF/UPRR | 10 |
Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. | PHL | Anacostia Rail Holdings Company | 59 |
Quincy Railroad | QRR | 3 | |
Richmond Pacific Railroad | RPRC | 6 |
Other
[edit]- Mare Island Rail Service (MIRS) at Mare Island
- Oakland Global Rail Enterprise (OGRE) at the Port of Oakland
- Southern California Railroad (SCRR) in Plaster City
- USG Corporation (USG) in Plaster City
Passenger carriers
[edit]Intercity
[edit]- Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr, Coast Starlight, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle
- Amtrak California (CDTX): Capitol Corridor, Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquins
- California High-Speed Rail (under construction)
- Brightline West (under construction)
Commuter rail
[edit]- Altamont Corridor Express (ACE)
- Caltrain (JPBX)
- Coaster (SDNX)
- Metrolink (SCAX)
- Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)
- North Valley Rail (planned)
Local
[edit]- Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
- Los Angeles Metro Rail (LACZ)
- San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI)
- OC Streetcar (under construction)
- Sacramento RT Light Rail (SCRT)
- San Diego Trolley (SDTI)
- VTA light rail (VTA)
- Sprinter (SDNX)
Excursion
[edit]- Calico and Odessa Railroad (C&OR)
- Fillmore and Western Railway (FWRY)
- Napa Valley Wine Train (NVRR)
- Niles Canyon Railway (NCRY)
- Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad[2]
- Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line (service temporarily suspended)
- Poway-Midland Railroad
- Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad (RCBT)
- Sacramento Southern Railroad (SSRR)
- Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway (SCBG)
- Sierra Railroad (SERA)
- California Western Railroad (also known as the Skunk Train) (CWR)
- Sacramento RiverTrain (SYPD)
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM)
- Western Railway Museum
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad (YMSP)
- Yreka Western Railroad (YW)
Amusement park
[edit]Defunct railroads
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad | WP | 1895 | 1903 | Western Pacific Railway | ||
Alameda Belt Line | ABL | ATSF/ WP | 1925 | 2007 | N/A | |
Albion Railroad | 1921 | 1930 | N/A | |||
Albion River Railroad | NWP (ATSF) | 1885 | 1891 | Albion and Southeastern Railway | ||
Albion and Southeastern Railway | NWP (ATSF) | 1902 | 1905 | Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad | ||
Almaden Branch Railroad | SP | 1887 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | ||
Amador Branch Railroad | SP | 1875 | 1888 | Northern Railway | ||
Amador Central Railroad | AMC | 1908 | 1997 | Amador Foothills Railroad | ||
Amador Foothills Railroad | 1998 | 2004 | N/A | |||
Arcata and Mad River Railroad | AMR | 1881 | 1985 | Eureka Southern Railroad | ||
Arcata Transportation Company | 1875 | 1881 | Arcata and Mad River Railroad | |||
Arizona and California Railway | ATSF | 1903 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | ATSF | 1901 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | |
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad | ATSF | 1866 | 1897 | Santa Fe Pacific Railroad | ||
Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad | 1908 | 1911 | Ventura County Railway | |||
Bakersfield and Ventura Railway | 1903 | 1906 | Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad | |||
Barnwell and Searchlight Railway | ATSF | 1906 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Bay and Coast Railroad | SP | 1877 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | ||
Bay Point and Clayton Railroad | BP&C | 1906 | 1946 | U.S. Navy | ||
Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad | (?) | 1893 | 1921 | Abandoned | ||
Berkeley Branch Railroad | SP | 1876 | 1888 | Northern Railway | ||
Black Diamond Coal Mining Railroad | 1868 | 1885 | ||||
Boca and Loyalton Railroad | WP | 1900 | 1916 | Western Pacific Railroad | ||
Bodie Railway and Lumber Company | 1893 | 1906 | Mono Lake Railway and Lumber Company | |||
Bodie Railway and Lumber Company | 1881 | 1882 | Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company | |||
Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company | 1882 | 1890 | Bodie Railway and Lumber Company | |||
Bucksport and Elk River Railroad | 1884 | 1932 | Bucksport and Elk River Railway | |||
Bucksport and Elk River Railway | 1932 | 1952 | N/A | |||
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Butte County Railroad | SP | 1903 | 1915 | N/A | Leased the Chico and Northern Railroad | |
Butte and Plumas Railway | WP | 1902 | 1905 | Western Pacific Railway | ||
California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1911 | 1963 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
California Central Railroad | 1912 | 1930 | N/A | |||
California Central Railroad | SP | 1857 | 1868 | California and Oregon Railroad | ||
California Central Railway | ATSF | 1887 | 1889 | Southern California Railway | ||
California Eastern Railway | ATSF | 1895 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
California Midland Railroad | NWP (ATSF) | 1902 | 1903 | San Francisco and Northwestern Railway | ||
California and Mount Diablo Railroad | ATSF | 1880 | 1884 | California and Nevada Railroad | ||
California and Nevada Railroad | ATSF | 1884 | 1902 | Oakland and East Side Railroad | ||
California Northeastern Railway | SP | 1905 | 1911 | Oregon Eastern Railway | ||
California Northern Railroad | SP | 1860 | 1881 | Northern California Railroad | ||
California and Northern Railway | NWP (ATSF) | 1900 | 1904 | San Francisco and Northwestern Railway | ||
California Northwestern Railway | NWP (SP) | 1898 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
California and Oregon Railroad | SP | 1865 | 1870 | Central Pacific Railroad | ||
California Pacific Railroad | SP | 1865 | 1898 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
California Pacific Railroad Extension Company | SP | 1869 | 1869 | California Pacific Railroad | ||
California, Shasta and Eastern Railway | 1912 | 1927 | N/A | |||
California Southern Railroad | ATSF | 1914 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
California Southern Railroad | ATSF | 1880 | 1889 | Southern California Railway | ||
California Southern Railroad | SP | 1870 | 1870 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
California Southern Extension Railroad | ATSF | 1881 | 1882 | California Southern Railroad | ||
California Western Railroad | CWR | 1947 | 2003 | N/A | ||
California Western Railroad and Navigation Company | CWR | 1905 | 1947 | California Western Railroad | ||
Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad | CPLT | 1911 | 1986 | N/A | ||
Carrizo Gorge Railway | CZRY | 1997 | 2012 | Pacific Imperial Railroad | ||
Carson and Colorado Railroad | SP | 1881 | 1892 | Carson and Colorado Railway | ||
Carson and Colorado Railway | SP | 1892 | 1905 | Nevada and California Railway | ||
Cement, Tolenas and Tidewater Railroad | 1911 | 1930 | N/A | |||
Central California Railway | SP | 1904 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Central Pacific Railroad | SP | 1861 | 1899 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Central Pacific Railway | SP | 1899 | 1959 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
Chico and Northern Railroad | SP | 1903 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Chino Valley Railway | 1888 | 1901 | N/A | |||
Chowchilla Pacific Railway | SP | 1913 | 1924 | Visalia Electric Railroad | ||
Cloverdale and Ukiah Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1886 | 1889 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railway | ||
Coal Fields Railway | 1920 | 1935 | N/A | |||
Coast Line Railway | SP | 1905 | 1917 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Colusa Railroad | 1885 | 1886 | Colusa and Lake Railroad | |||
Colusa and Hamilton Railroad | SP | 1911 | 1917 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Colusa and Lake Railroad | 1886 | 1915 | N/A | |||
Corona and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1926 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Coronado Railroad | SP | 1886 | 1908 | San Diego Southern Railway | ||
Crescent City Railway | UP | 1906 | 1915 | Riverside, Rialto and Pacific Railroad | ||
Death Valley Railroad | 1914 | 1931 | N/A | |||
Diamond and Caldor Railway | 1904 | 1952 | N/A | |||
Eel River and Eureka Railroad | NWP (ATSF) | 1882 | 1903 | San Francisco and Northwestern Railway | ||
Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles Railway | ATSF | 1895 | 1899 | Southern California Railway | ||
Eureka and Klamath River Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1896 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
Eureka Southern Railroad | EUKA | 1984 | 1992 | North Coast Railroad | ||
Feather River Railway | 1939 | 1966 | N/A | |||
Felton and Pescadero Railroad | SP | 1883 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | ||
Ferris and Lakeview Railway | ATSF | 1898 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Fernley and Lassen Railway | SP | 1909 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Folsom and Placerville Railroad | SP | 1876 | 1877 | Sacramento and Placerville Railroad | ||
Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad | NWP (ATSF) | 1903 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
Freeport Railroad | 1863 | 1865 | N/A | |||
Fresno County Railway | ATSF | 1905 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Fullerton and Richfield Railway | ATSF | 1910 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Fulton and Guerneville Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1877 | 1877 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad | ||
Goose Lake and Southern Railway | SP | 1908 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Great Northern Railway | GN | GN | 1930 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Great Western Railway of Colorado | GWR | 1986 | 1987 | Great Western Railway of Oregon | ||
Great Western Railway of Oregon | GWR | 1987 | 1997 | Lake County Railroad | ||
Hanford and Summit Lake Railway | SP | 1910 | 1917 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Harbor Belt Line Railroad | HBL | 1929 | 1998 | Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. | ||
Hetch Hetchy Railroad | 1915 | 1949 | N/A | |||
Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valleys Railway of California | 1900 | 1943 | N/A | |||
Holton Interurban Railway | HI | SP | 1903 | 1985 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | |
Howard Terminal Railway | HT | 1917 | Part of Port of Oakland Railroad | |||
Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway | . | 1905 | 1929 | . | ||
Humboldt Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1901 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | |||
Imperial and Gulf Railway | SP | 1902 | 1905 | Inter-California Railway | ||
Indian Valley Railroad | 1916 | 1938 | N/A | |||
Indian Valley Railway | WP | 1902 | 1905 | Western Pacific Railway | ||
Inter-California Railway | SP | 1904 | 1935 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
Ione and Eastern Railroad | 1904 | 1908 | Amador Central Railroad | |||
Iron Mountain Railway | 1895 | 1927 | N/A | |||
Kings Lake Shore Railroad | 1917 | 1934 | N/A | |||
Kings River Railway | ATSF | 1909 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Klamath Lake Railroad | 1901 | 1913 | Siskiyou Electric Light and Power Company | |||
Lake County Railroad | LCR | 1997 | Still exists as a lessor of the Lake Railway | |||
Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company | SP | 1898 | 1927 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
Laton and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1910 | 1942 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Loma Prieta Railroad | SP | 1882 | 1884 | Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad | ||
Long Beach Railroad | SP | 1887 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Long Beach, Whittier and Los Angeles County Railroad | SP | 1887 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Los Angeles and Glendale Railroad | UP | 1887 | 1888 | Los Angeles and Glendale Railway | ||
Los Angeles and Glendale Railway | UP | 1888 | 1891 | Los Angeles Terminal Railway | ||
Los Angeles and Independence Railroad | SP | 1875 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Los Angeles, Pasadena and Glendale Railway | UP | 1889 | 1891 | Los Angeles Terminal Railway | ||
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | UP | 1916 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Los Angeles and San Diego Railroad | SP | 1876 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad | ATSF | 1883 | 1887 | California Central Railway | ||
Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad | SP | 1868 | 1874 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad | ATSF | 1886 | 1887 | California Central Railway | ||
Los Angeles Terminal Railway | UP | 1890 | 1901 | San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | ||
Ludlow and Southern Railway | 1902 | 1931 | N/A | |||
Marin and Napa Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1886 | 1889 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railway | ||
Marysville Railroad | SP | 1867 | 1868 | California and Oregon Railroad | ||
Marysville and Susanville Railroad | WP | 1904 | 1905 | Western Pacific Railway | ||
McCloud River Railroad | MR | 1897 | 1992 | McCloud Railway | ||
Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway | 1896 | 1913 | Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway | |||
Minarets and Western Railway | 1921 | 1932 | N/A | |||
Minkler Southern Railway | ATSF | 1913 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Modesto Interurban Railway | 1909 | 1993 | Modesto and Empire Traction Company | |||
Modesto Terminal Company | 1920 | 1938 | Modesto Interurban Railway | |||
Modoc Northern Railroad | MNRR | 2005 | 2009 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Modoc Northern Railway | SP | 1908 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Mojave Northern Railroad | 1914 | Still exists as a private carrier subsidiary of Cemex | ||||
Monterey Railroad | SP | 1880 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Monterey Extension Railroad | SP | 1888 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad | SP | 1874 | 1879 | Monterey Railroad | ||
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway | 1913 | 1930 | N/A | |||
Napa Valley Railroad | SP | 1864 | 1869 | California Pacific Railroad Extension Company | ||
National City and Otay Railway | SP | 1887 | 1908 | San Diego Southern Railway | ||
Nevada and California Railway | SP | 1905 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Nevada and California Railroad | SP | 1884 | 1893 | Nevada–California–Oregon Railway | ||
Nevada–California–Oregon Railway | SP | 1888 | 1945 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad | 1874 | 1943 | N/A | |||
Nevada and Oregon Railroad | SP | 1881 | 1884 | Nevada and California Railroad | ||
Nevada Southern Railway | ATSF | 1892 | 1895 | California Eastern Railway | ||
Newport Wharf and Lumber Company | SP | 1889 | 1893 | Santa Ana and Newport Railway | ||
North Coast Railroad | NCRR | 1992 | 1996 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
North Pacific Coast Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1871 | 1902 | North Shore Railroad | ||
North Pacific Coast Railroad Extension Company | NWP (SP) | 1882 | 1885 | North Pacific Coast Railroad | ||
North Shore Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1902 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
North Western Railroad of California | NWP (SP) | 1885 | 1892 | North Pacific Coast Railroad | ||
Northern Railway | SP | 1871 | 1898 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Northern California Railroad | SP | 1884 | 1889 | Northern California Railway | ||
Northern California Railway | SP | 1888 | 1898 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Northwestern Pacific Railroad | NWP | 1996 | 2001 | Northwestern Pacific Railway | ||
Northwestern Pacific Railroad | NWP | NWP | 1907 | 1992 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | |
Northwestern Pacific Railway | NWP | 2001 | 2001 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
Northwestern Pacific Railway | NWP | 1906 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
Oakdale Western Railway | ATSF | 1904 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Oakland and East Side Railroad | ATSF | 1902 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Oakland Terminal Railroad | ATSF/ WP | 1935 | 1943 | Oakland Terminal Railway | ||
Oakland Township Railroad | SP | 1881 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | ||
Ocean Shore Railroad | 1911 | 1920 | N/A | |||
Ocean Shore Railway | 1905 | 1911 | Ocean Shore Railroad | |||
Oregon Eastern Railway | SP | 1911 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Oregon and Eureka Railroad | 1903 | 1911 | N/A | Leased the Eureka and Klamath River Railroad and Humboldt Railroad | ||
Otay Railway | SP | 1887 | 1888 | National City and Otay Railway | ||
Outer Harbor Terminal Railway | 1927 | 1955 | N/A | |||
Pacific Coast Railroad | 1882 | 1882 | Pacific Coast Railway | |||
Pacific Coast Railway | 1882 | 1941 | N/A | All PCRY right of way in Santa Maria Valley absorbed by competitor Santa Maria Valley Railroad | ||
Pacific Electric Railway | PE | SP | 1901 | 1965 | Southern Pacific Company | Electric until 1961 |
Pacific Southwestern Railroad | SP | 1922 | 1924 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad | SP | 1884 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Pajaro Valley Railroad | 1890 | 1897 | Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad | |||
Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad | 1897 | 1928 | N/A | |||
Pajaro Extension Railway | 1897 | 1897 | Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad | |||
Palmdale Railroad | 1888 | 1893 | N/A | |||
Parr Terminal Railroad | PRT | 1950 | 2002 | Richmond Pacific Railroad | ||
Pasadena Railway | UP | 1887 | 1892 | Los Angeles Terminal Railway | ||
Patterson and Western Railroad | 1915 | 1921 | N/A | |||
Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railway | 1904 | 1911 | Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad | |||
Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad | SP | 1862 | 1869 | Sacramento and Placerville Railroad | ||
Port Railroads, Inc. | PRI | 1973 | 1996 | San Joaquin Valley Railroad | ||
Porterville Northeastern Railway | SP | 1910 | 1934 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
Quincy and Eastern Railroad | 1908 | 1909 | Quincy Western Railway | |||
Quincy Western Railway | 1909 | 1917 | Quincy Railroad | |||
Ramona and San Bernardino Railroad | SP | 1888 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Randsburg Railway | ATSF | 1897 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Redondo Beach Railway | ATSF | 1888 | 1889 | Southern California Railway | ||
Richmond Belt Railway | ATSF / SP | 1902 | 1932 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Southern Pacific Company | ||
Riverside, Rialto and Pacific Railroad | UP | 1915 | 1917 | Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | ||
Riverside, Santa Ana and Los Angeles Railway | ATSF | 1885 | 1887 | California Central Railway | ||
Sacramento Northern Railway | SN | WP | 1921 | 1987 | Western Pacific Railroad | Electric until 1946 |
Sacramento and Oakland Railway | WP | 1903 | 1903 | Western Pacific Railway | ||
Sacramento and Placerville Railroad | SP | 1877 | 1888 | Northern Railway | ||
Sacramento and San Francisco Railroad | SP | 1864 | 1865 | California Pacific Railroad | ||
Sacramento Southern Railroad | SP | 1903 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Sacramento Valley Railroad | SP | 1852 | 1877 | Sacramento and Placerville Railroad | ||
Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railway | 1906 | 1927 | N/A | |||
San Bernardino and Eastern Railway | ATSF | 1890 | 1892 | Southern California Railway | ||
San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railway | ATSF | 1886 | 1887 | California Central Railway | ||
San Bernardino and San Diego Railway | ATSF | 1886 | 1887 | California Central Railway | ||
San Bernardino Valley Railway | ATSF | 1887 | 1887 | California Central Railway | ||
San Diego and Arizona Railway | SP | 1906 | 1933 | San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway | ||
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway | SDAE | SP | 1933 | Still exists as a lessor of the Carrizo Gorge Railway and San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad | ||
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Transportation Company | SDAE | 1979 | 1984 | San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad | ||
San Diego Central Railroad | ATSF | 1886 | 1887 | California Central Railway | ||
San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway | SP | 1909 | 1912 | San Diego and South Eastern Railway | ||
San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway | SP | 1887 | 1888 | San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern Railway | ||
San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern Railway | SP | 1888 | 1909 | San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway | ||
San Diego and South Eastern Railway | SP | 1912 | 1917 | San Diego and Arizona Railway | ||
San Diego Southern Railway | SP | 1908 | 1912 | San Diego and South Eastern Railway | ||
San Francisco and Alameda Railroad | SP | 1863 | 1870 | San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad | ||
San Francisco, Alameda and Stockton Railroad | SP | 1863 | 1864 | San Francisco and Alameda Railroad | ||
San Francisco Bay Railroad | SP | 1868 | 1869 | Western Pacific Railroad | ||
San Francisco Belt Railroad | SFB | 1969 | 1993 | N/A | ||
San Francisco and Colorado River Railroad | SP | 1883 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | ||
San Francisco and Eureka Railway | NWP (SP) | 1903 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1868 | 1869 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad | ||
San Francisco and Marysville Railroad | SP | 1857 | 1865 | California Pacific Railroad | ||
San Francisco and Napa Railway | SP | 1903 | 1911 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1869 | 1889 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railway | ||
San Francisco and North Pacific Railway | NWP (SP) | 1888 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Francisco and Northwestern Railway | NWP (ATSF) | 1903 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Francisco and Oakland Railroad | SP | 1861 | 1870 | San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad | ||
San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad | SP | 1870 | 1870 | Central Pacific Railroad | ||
San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway | ATSF | 1895 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
San Francisco and San Jose Railroad | SP | 1860 | 1870 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Francisco and San Rafael Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1882 | 1889 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railway | ||
San Francisco, Tamalpais and Bolinas Railway | NWP (SP) | 1889 | 1892 | North Pacific Coast Railroad | ||
San Francisco Terminal Railway and Ferry Company | WP | 1902 | 1903 | Western Pacific Railway | ||
San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway | SP | 1887 | 1894 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Jacinto Valley Railway | ATSF | 1887 | 1887 | California Central Railway | ||
San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad | SJ&E | 1912 | 1933 | N/A | ||
San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad | SP | 1882 | 1888 | Northern Railway | ||
San Joaquin Valley Railroad (1891–1893) | SP | 1891 | 1893 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Joaquin Valley Railroad (1868–1870) | SP | 1868 | 1870 | Central Pacific Railroad | ||
San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad | SP | 1886 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Jose and Almaden Railroad | SP | 1886 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Juan Pacific Railway | 1907 | 1912 | California Central Railroad | |||
San Luis Obispo Railroad | 1873 | 1875 | San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad | |||
San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad | 1875 | 1882 | Pacific Coast Railway | |||
San Pablo and Tulare Railroad | SP | 1871 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Pablo and Tulare Extension Railroad | SP | 1887 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | SLR | UP | 1901 | 1916 | Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | |
San Rafael and San Quentin Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1869 | ||||
San Ramon Valley Railroad | SP | 1888 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Santa Ana Railroad | SP | 1889 | 1892 | Newport Wharf and Lumber Company | ||
Santa Ana and Newport Railway | SP | 1892 | 1899 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Santa Ana and Westminster Railway | SP | 1890 | 1899 | Santa Ana and Newport Railway | ||
Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley Railroad | SP | 1868 | 1870 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Santa Cruz Railroad | SP | 1873 | 1881 | Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad | ||
Santa Cruz and Felton Railroad | SP | 1874 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | ||
Santa Fe and Los Angeles Harbor Railway | ATSF | 1922 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad | ATSF | 1897 | 1902 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Santa Fe and Santa Monica Railway | ATSF | 1892 | 1892 | Southern California Railway | ||
Santa Fe Terminal Company of California | ATSF | 1899 | 1912 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad | SP | 1887 | 1888 | |||
Saratoga and Almaden Railroad | 1884 | 1905 | N/A | |||
Shingle Springs and Placerville Railroad | SP | 1887 | 1888 | Northern Railway | ||
Sierra Railroad | SERA | 1935 | 2003 | Sierra Northern Railway | ||
Sierra Railway of California | SRYC | 1897 | 1937 | Sierra Railroad | ||
Sierra and Mohawk Railway | SP | 1911 | 1915 | Sierra and Mohawk Railway | ||
Sierra Valley & Mohawk Railway | SP | 1885 | 1895 | Sierra Valley Railroad | ||
Sierra Valley Railroad | SP | 1895 | 1909 | Sierra and Mohawk Railway | ||
Sonoma County Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1868 | 1868 | San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad | ||
Sonoma and Marin Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1875 | 1877 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad | ||
Sonoma and Santa Rosa Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1881 | 1885 | Sonoma Valley Railroad | ||
Sonoma Valley Railroad | NWP (SP) | 1878 | 1889 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railway | ||
Sonoma Valley Prismoidal Railway | NWP (SP) | 1875 | 1878 | Sonoma Valley Railroad | ||
South Pacific Coast Railroad | SP | 1876 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | ||
South Pacific Coast Railway | SP | 1887 | 1937 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
South San Francisco Belt Railway | SP | 1907 | 1945 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
Southern California Railway | ATSF | 1889 | 1906 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Southern California Motor Road | SP | 1887 | 1895 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Southern Pacific Company | SP | SP | 1885 | 1969 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | |
Southern Pacific Railroad | SP | 1865 | 1955 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
Southern Pacific Railroad Extension Company | SP | 1888 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Southern Pacific Branch Railroad | SP | 1872 | 1873 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Southern Pacific Branch Railway | SP | 1886 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Southern Pacific Transportation Company | SP | SP | 1969 | 1998 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
State Belt Railroad | 1873 | 1969 | San Francisco Belt Railroad | |||
Stockton and Beckwith Pass Railway | WP | 1902 | 1903 | Western Pacific Railway | ||
Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad | SP | 1865 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Stockton and Ione Railroad | 1873 | 1875 | N/A | |||
Stockton and Tulare Railroad | SP | 1887 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Stockton and Visalia Railroad | SP | 1869 | 1877 | Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad | ||
Sugar Pine Lumber Company | 1923 | 1933 | N/A | |||
Sugar Pine Railway | 1903 | 1922 | N/A | |||
Sunset Railroad | ATSF/ SP | 1900 | 1912 | Sunset Railway | ||
Sunset Railway | SUN | ATSF/ SP | 1912 | Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, leased to the San Joaquin Valley Railroad | ||
Sunset Western Railway | ATSF/ SP | 1909 | 1912 | Sunset Railway | ||
Ten Mile Railroad | Fort Bragg | |||||
Tidewater and Southern Railroad | WP | 1910 | 1912 | Tidewater Southern Railway | ||
Tidewater Southern Railway | TSO, TS | WP | 1912 | 1987 | Western Pacific Railroad | |
Tidewater and Southern Transit Company | WP | 1912 | 1912 | Tidewater Southern Railway | ||
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad | 1904 | 1940 | N/A | |||
Vaca Valley Railroad | SP | 1869 | 1870 | Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad | ||
Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad | SP | 1877 | 1888 | Northern Railway | ||
Ventura County Railway | VCY | 1911 | Still exists as a lessor of the Ventura County Railroad | |||
Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad | SP | 1896 | 1899 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Visalia Railroad | SP | 1874 | 1899 | Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
Visalia Electric Railroad | VE | SP | 1904 | 1992 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | Electric until 1944 |
Visalia and Tulare Railroad | 1887 | 1900 | N/A | |||
West Side and Mendocino Railroad | SP | 1886 | 1888 | Northern Railway | ||
Western Nevada Railroad | SP | 1879 | 1880 | Nevada and Oregon Railroad | ||
Western Pacific Railroad | WP | WP | 1916 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
Western Pacific Railroad | SP | 1862 | 1870 | Central Pacific Railroad | ||
Western Pacific Railway | WP | 1903 | 1916 | Western Pacific Railroad | ||
Winters and Ukiah Railway | SP | 1887 | 1888 | Northern Railway | ||
Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake Railroad | SP | 1887 | 1888 | Northern Railway | ||
Yolo Shortline Railroad | YSLR | 1991 | 2003 | Sierra Northern Railway | ||
Yosemite Short Line Railway | 1905 | 1917 | N/A | |||
Yosemite Valley Railroad | 1902 | 1935 | Yosemite Valley Railway | |||
Yosemite Valley Railway | 1934 | 1945 | N/A | |||
Yreka Railroad | 1888 | 1935 | Yreka Western Railroad | |||
Yuba Railroad | SP | 1862 | 1869 | California and Oregon Railroad |
Private carriers
[edit]- Albion Lumber Company
- American River Land and Lumber Company
- Arcata and Mad River Railroad
- Bayside Logging Railroad
- Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad
- Birch and Smart Railroad
- Brookings Lumber and Box Company
- Butte and Plumas Railway
- C.D. Danaher Pine Company
- California Door Company
- California Redwood Company
- Camino, Cable and Northern Railroad
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
- Caspar, South Fork and Eastern Railroad
- Charles W. Kitts
- Clover Valley Lumber Company
- Crane Creek Lumber Company
- Crescent City and Smith River Railroad
- Del Norte Southern Railroad
- Descanso, Alpine and Pacific Railway
- Diamond Match Company
- Duncan Mill Land and Lumber Company
- El Dorado Lumber Company
- Elk Creek Railroad
- Feather River Pine Mills, Inc.
- Fruit Growers Supply Company
- Georgia-Pacific
- Glen Blair Redwood Company
- Glendale Railroad
- Goodyear Redwood Lumber Company
- Grande Ronde Pine Company
- Gualala River Railroad
- Gualala River Railway
- Hammond and Little River Redwood Company
- Hammond Lumber Company
- Hammond Redwood Lumber Company
- Hardy Creek and Eel River Railroad
- Hobart Southern Railroad
- Humboldt Bay and Trinidad Logging and Lumbering Company
- Humboldt Logging Railway
- Humboldt Lumber Mill Company
- Humboldt Northern Railway
- Hutchison Lumber Company
- Imperial Gypsum Company
- Kaiser Steel (Eagle Mountain Railroad)
- L.E. White Lumber Company (Greenwood Railroad)
- Lake Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Little River Redwood Company
- Long-Bell Lumber Company
- Madera Sugar Pine Company
- Mammoth Copper Mining Company
- Marsh Lumber Company
- McCloud Railway
- Metropolitan Redwood Lumber Company
- Michigan–California Lumber Company
- Minors Railroad
- Mono Lake Lumber Company
- Mono Lake Railway and Lumber Company
- Navarro Lumber Company
- Northern Redwood Lumber Company
- Outer Harbor Dock and Wharf Company
- Pacific Coast Borax Company (Borate and Daggett Railroad)
- Pacific Lumber Company
- Pacific Portland Cement Company
- Parr-Richmond Industrial Corporation
- PeopleMover
- Pittsburg Railroad
- R.E. Danaher Company
- Rainbow Mill and Lumber Company
- Raymond Granite Company
- Read Timber and Lumber Company
- Red River Lumber Company
- Red Rock Railroad
- Rockport Redwood Company
- Selby Smelting and Lead Company
- Shaver Lake Lumber Company (Shaver Lake Railroad)
- Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company
- Siskiyou Electric Light and Power Company
- Sonoma Magnesite Tramway
- South San Francisco Land and Improvement Company
- Southwestern Portland Cement Company
- Stearns Lumber Company
- Stone Canyon and Pacific Railway
- Sugar Pine Lumber Company
- Tecopa Railroad
- Ten Mile Railroad
- Terry Lumber Company (Anderson and Bella Vista Railroad)
- Towle Brothers Company
- Tulare Valley Railroad
- Union Lumber Company (Fort Bragg Railroad)
- Union Sugar Company
- Usal Redwood Company
- Viewliner Train of Tomorrow
- Watsonville Traction Company
- Weed Lumber Company
- West Side Flume and Lumber Company
- West Side Lumber Company railway
- Western Meat Company
- Western Plant Services, Inc.
- Western Redwood Lumber Company
- Wood Sheldon Lumber Company
- Yellow Aster Mining Company
- Yosemite Lumber Company
- Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Company
Notes
[edit]- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
[edit]- Fickewirth, Alvin A. (1992). California Railroads. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-106-8.
- Robertson, Donald B. (1998). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History. Vol. IV. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers. ISBN 0-87004-385-4. OCLC 13456066.
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in California (PDF). Retrieved May 25, 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
- Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
- ^ "2018 California State Rail Plan" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. Caltrans. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "The Historic Placerville Branch".
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]Archival collections
[edit]- Guide to Railroads in California by L. M. Clement. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.