List of California railroads

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Contents

[edit] Current freight carriers

[edit] Common carriers

[edit] Private railroads

[edit] Passenger carriers

[edit] Current

[edit] Intercity Rail

[edit] High speed rail

[edit] Commuter Rail

[edit] Heavy Rail/Rapid Transit

[edit] Light Rail

[edit] Active Heritage Trolleys

  • Market Street Railway San Francisco, CA [2]
  • California Trolley and Railroad San Jose, CA [3]
  • Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line Los Angeles, CA [4]
  • San Francisco MUNI Cable Cars San Francisco, CA [5]
  • San Francisco MUNI Historic Streetcars San Francisco, CA [6]

[edit] List of California Interurban Railroads

The List of California Interurban Railroads is a comprehensive list of California's Electric Railroads, Interurbans, Streetcars, Trolleys and Horsecar railroads. It also includes Motor Roads, light rail, rapid transit and subway lines. The list is only for defunct lines. Current public transportation carriers are listed on this page.

[edit] Tourist and museum railroads

[edit] Defunct railroads

[edit] Common Carriers

[edit] Standard Gauge

[edit] Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) later BNSF


[edit] Central Pacific Railroad (CP) later SP


  • Coal Fields Railway
    • Stone Canyon Pacific Railway
      • Stone Canon Pacific Railroad
  • Colusa and Lake Railroad
    • Colusa Railroad
  • Contra Costa Railroad [7] 1860s
  • Del Norte Souther Railroad
    • Crescent City and Smith River Railroad
  • Eureka Southern Railroad from NWP, later NCRR
  • Feather River Railway
    • Feather River Pine Mills
      • Hutchison Lumber Company
  • Grande Ronde Pine Company later AL
    • Red River Lumber Company
  • Great Western Railway Company of Oregon
  • Harbor Belt Line (HBL) later PHL
  • Hetch Hetchy Railroad (HHRR) 1917–1949
  • Hobart Southern Railroad
  • Kings Lake Shore Railroad abandoned 1934
  • Klamath Lake Railroad later Siskiyou Electric Light and Power Company (private railroad)
  • Lake County Railroad (LCR) 1997-2005 former SP Lakeview Branch, later Modoc Northern

[edit] Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (LASL) later UP


[edit] Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) later SP
    • California Northwestern Railway 1898-1907
    • Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad 1903-1907
      • Albion and Southeastern Railway/Albion and South Eastern Railroad 1902-1905
        • Albion Lumber Company 1891-1905
        • Albion River Railroad 1885-1902
    • North Shore Railroad 1902-1907 NG & SG
    • Oregon and Eureka Railroad 1903-1911
      • Eureka and Klamath River Railroad 1896-1907
        • Humboldt Bay and Trinidad Railroad 1891-1896
          • Humboldt and Mad River Railroad 1875-1892
    • San Francisco and North Pacific Railway 1888-1907
      • Cloverdale and Ukiah Rail Road
      • Marin and Napa Rail Road
      • Sonoma Valley Railroad
      • San Francisco and San Rafael Rail Road
      • San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
        • Fulton and Guerneville Railroad
        • Sonoma and Marin Railroad
        • San Francisco and North Pacific Rail Road
          • San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad
          • Sonoma County Railroad
    • San Francisco and Northwestern Railroad 1903-1907
      • Eel River and Eureka Rail Road
      • Pacific Lumber Company
      • California Midland Railroad
      • California and Northern Railway
    • San Rafael and San Quentin Rail Road NG & SG, leased to NWP in 1907, aband. 1946.


[edit] Sacramento Northern Railway (SN) later WP

[edit] San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SDIY)


[edit] Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) later UP
  • Coast Line Railway
  • Colusa and Hamilton Railroad
  • Hanford and Summit Lake Railway SP's Riverdale Branch
  • Holton Interurban Railway
  • Inter-California Railway
    • Imperial and Gulf Railway
  • Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company abandoned 1943
  • Los Angeles and San Diego Railroad leased by SP until 1888
  • Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad First railroad in Southern California
  • Minarets and Western Railway 1921 - 1933
  • Monterey Railroad 1880-1888
    • Pacific Improvement Company 1879-1880
      • Monterey and Salinas Rail Road 1874-1879 (sold at foreclosure) First Narrow Gauge in CA.
  • Northern California Railway
  • Northern California Railroad
    • California Northern Rail Road
  • Northern Railway (CA) SP subsidiary - later SP
  • Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad
    • Loma Prieta Railroad
  • Ramona and San Bernardino Railroad 1888 Alhambra, CA
  • Red Rock Railroad 1908-1910 Kern County
  • San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road
  • San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad
  • San Joaquin Valley Railroad (of 1891) Fresno area
  • San Jose and Almaden Railroad
  • San Pablo and Tulare Rail Road 1871-1888 (subsidiary railroad of CP & SP)
  • Santa Ana and Newport Railway 1892-1899
    • Santa Ana and Westminster Railway
    • Newport Wharf and Lumber
    • Santa Ana Rail Road
  • Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad to SP in 1888
    • Stockton and Visalia Rail Road 1869-1877
    • Stockton and Copperopolis Rail Road 1865-1877
  • Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad to SP in 1899
  • Visalia Rail Road to SP in 1899
  • Visalia Electric Railroad to SP in 1992
    • Chowchilla Pacific Railway


  • U.S. Navy at CNWS
    • Bay Point and Clayton Railroad
  • Ventura County Railway (VCY) to VCRR in 1998
    • Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad to VCY in 1911
      • Bakersfield and Ventura Railway 1903 - 1906
  • Visalia and Tulare Railroad abandoned 1900
  • Visalia Electric Railroad later SP
    • Chowchilla Pacific Railway

[edit] Western Pacific Railroad (WP) later UP
  • Yolo Shortline Railroad (YSLR) former SN track from UP later Sierra Northern Ry
  • Yosemite Valley Railway abandoned 1945
    • Yosemite Valley Railroad
  • Yreka Railroad later YW

[edit] Narrow Gauge Common

[edit] Private Railroads

[edit] Standard Gauge

  • California Redwood Company (logging)
    • Humboldt Logging Railway
    • Trinidad Milling Company
  • Clover Valley Lumber Company (logging)
    • Marsh Lumber Company
      • Horton Brothers
  • Crane Creek Lumber Company (logging)
  • Eagle Mountain Railroad (mine) later leased to SP
  • Fruit Growers Supply (logging)
  • Georgia-Pacific (logging)
    • Hammond Lumber Company
      • Hammond Redwood Lumber Company
        • Hammond and Little River Redwood Company
          • Hammond Lumber Company
            • Little River Redwood Company
        • Humboldt Northern Railway
  • Glen Blair Redwood Company (logging)
  • Gualala River Railroad (logging) 68 1/2" gauge
    • Gualala River Railway
      • Gualala Mill Company
  • Humboldt Northern Railway (logging)
  • Long-Bell Lumber Company (logging)
    • Weed Lumber Company
  • Los Angeles and Independence Rail Road later SP
  • Michigan-California Lumber Company (logging)
    • R.E. Danaher Company
      • C.D. Danaher Pine Company
        • El Dorado Lumber Company
          • American River Land and Lumber Company
  • Parr-Richmond Industrial Corporation (industrial/scrap metal) later PRT
  • Rainbow Mill and Lumber Company (logging) 1918-1921 Siskiyou County
  • N.B. Randal Sawmill (logging) 20 miles 1935-1935 Amador County
  • Raymond Granite (quarry) Madera County
  • Red River Railroad (logging) 1927-1944 Later Almanor Railroad
    • Red River Lumber Company 1912-1927
  • Redding, Afterthought and Northwestern Railway 1907-1908
  • Shaver Lake Lumber Company (logging) 1919-1927 (abandoned)
  • Southwestern Portland Cement Company (mine)
    • Mojave Northern Railroad (a common carrier 1914-1928)
  • Tecopa Railroad (mine: lead, gold silver) abandoned 1941
  • Western Plant Services (WPSX) later WRAX Chevron Refinery - Richmond, CA
  • Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Company (logging) abandoned 1942
    • Yosemite Lumber Company

[edit] Narrow Gauge

  • Borate and Daggett Railroad (mining)
  • Butte and Plumas Railway (lumber)
  • Goodyear Redwood Lumber Company (logging)
    • Greenwood Railroad
    • L.E. White Lumber Company
      • Elk Creek Railroad
  • Lake Valley Railroad (lumber)
    • Lake Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad
      • G.W. Chubuck
  • Madera Suger Pine Company abandoned 1937 - today Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
  • Nevada-California-Oregon Railway later SP and WP
  • Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 1876-1942
  • Northern Redwood Lumber Company (logging) 45 1/2" gauge
    • Humboldt Lumber Mill Company
  • Patterson and Western Railroad (magnesite ore) 1916-1921
  • Pino Grande Railroad (logging)
  • Read Timber and Lumber Company (logging) Emigrant Gap, CA 1906-1918
  • Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company (logging) see also Hobart Southern Railroad
  • Pacific Portland Cement Company later USG 1946
    • Imperial Gypsum Company Railroad/Imperial Valley Gypsum and Oil Company
  • Sinton and Brown Railroad (sugar) Santa Maria, CA c. 1934
  • Towle Brothers Company (logging) abandoned 1903
  • West Side Lumber Company railway (logging) abandoned 1965
  • Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valleys Railway Company of California
  • Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valley Railroad
  • Yellow Aster Mine (mine) 1899 Randsburg (Kern County)
  • Yellow Jacket Railroad (logging) 1908-1913 Lyonsville (Tehama County)

[edit] Proposed railroads

  • Amador Railroad 1893-1896
  • Amargosa Valley Railroad 1907
  • Anaheim, Olinda and Pomona Railroad 1888-1889
  • Anaheim Railway 1870-1871
  • Anaheim-San Bernardino Railroad 1868
  • Antioch and Grangerville Railroad 1880-1881
  • Antioch and Visalia Railroad 1870/1871
  • Arcadia and Monrovia Railway 1887
  • Arrowhead and Waterman Railroad 1891
  • Auburn Branch Railroad 1858
  • Avila and Sunset Railway 1902-1903
  • Azusa, Pomona and Elsinore Railroad 1895
  • Baja California and Sonora Railroad 1881-1882
  • Bakersfield and Los Angeles Railway 1898-1899
  • Bakersfield and San Luis Obispo Railroad 1875
  • Bay and Coast Railway 1899 Narrow Gauge Electric & Common Carrier
  • Bonnie Claire and Ubehebe Railroad 1906 Death Valley area
  • California and Arizona Railroad Narrow Gauge 1870
  • California Central Narrow Gauge Railway Benicia-Tehama-Red Bluff 1873-1874
  • California Central Railroad 1881
  • California Coast Line Railroad 1890
  • California Eastern and Northern Railway 1917
  • California Great Trunk of the Pacific and Atlantic Railroad San Francisco-Oroville 1857
  • California, Idaho and Montana Railroad 1895 Butte, MT - San Francisco
  • California Improvement Company 1890-1891
  • California Inland Empire Railroad 1905-1907 Boise, ID - San Francisco
  • California Midland Railroad (of 1902) 1902-1903
  • California Midland Railroad (of 1892) 1892-1893
  • Raton and Santa Cruz Railroad 1902 Raton, NM - Santa Cruz, CA
  • Red Bluff and Fall River Railroad 1906 Red Bluff, CA
  • Sacramento and Lake Tahoe Railroad 1905-1906
  • San Luis and San Joaquin Railroad c. 1892
  • San Luis Obispo Railroad/San Luis Obispo Railway
  • Ygnacio Valley Railroad Electric Oakland-Antioch 1906
  • Yreka and Scott Valley Railroad 1904-1905 Yreka-Scott Valley (Siskiyou County)
  • Yucaipa and Oak Glen Railroad 1908 Standard or Narrow Gauge Electric Yucaipa-Redlands

[edit] References

  • 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 - Volume IV - California. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. ISBN 0-87004-385-4. 
  • 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. Omni Publications. ISBN 0-88418-000-X. 

[edit] See Also

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