Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad

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Electric interurban railway which operated between the cities of Petaluma, Cotati, Sebastopol, and Santa Rosa, California. A company-owned steamboat provided service between Petaluma and San Francisco.

[edit] Timeline

• 1888-1891: Predecessor horsecar lines built in Petaluma and Santa Rosa.
• 1903: Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway incorporated.
• 1903: Paddle-wheel steamer "Gold" purchased.
• 1904: Railway built and opened between Petaluma, Sebastopol, and Santa Rosa.
• 1910: Steamer "Resolute" purchased and renamed "Petaluma".
• 1913: Branch opened to Two Rock.
• 1914: Steamer Petaluma burns, is rebuilt.
• 1920: Steamer "Gold" burns.
• 1928: Petaluma & Santa Rosa purchased by Northwestern Pacific Railroad.
• 1933: End of passenger service.
• 1946-47: Electric locomotives replaced by diesels.
• 1950: Steamer "Petaluma" sold.
• 1952: Two Rock branch abandoned.
• 1984: Abandoned.

[edit] External links

• http://wrm.org -- Western Railway Museum, which has restored and operates P&SR car #63.
• http://petalumatrolley.org -- Peteluma Trolley, which has restored P&SR car #8.
• http://www.nwprrhs.org -- Is restoring P&SR caboose #1.
• http://www.wschs-grf.pon.net -- Western Sonoma County Historical Museum, in the P&SR Sebastopol Depot