List of California railroads
From Railroad Depot
[edit] Current freight carriers
[edit] Common carriers
- Almanor Railroad (AL) since 1941, owned by Collins Pine
- Arizona and California Railroad (ARZC) since 1991 from ATSF
- BNSF Railway (BNSF) from ATSF and BN
- California Northern Railroad (CFNR, CNRR) since 1993 from SP
- Carrizo Gorge Railway (CZRY) since 2002 from SDAE
- Central California Traction (CCT) since 1905
- Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (CORP) from SP
- Lake County Railroad (LCR) since 1997 - former SP line
- Los Angeles Junction Railway (LAJ) since 1923 - BNSF subsidiary
- McCloud Railway (MCR) since 1992 from McCloud River Railroad
- Modesto and Empire Traction (MET) since 1911
- Northwestern Pacific Railway (NWP)
- Oakland Terminal Railway (OTR) since 1943 from Oakland Terminal Railroad
- Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) since 1998 from HBL
- Quincy Railroad (CA) (QRR) since 1917
- Richmond Pacific Railroad (RPRC)
- San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SDIY)
- San Joaquin Valley Railroad (SJVR) from ATSF, SP and PRI
- Santa Maria Valley Railroad (SMV) since 1911
- Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) since 2003 - from CWR, YSLR and Sierra Railroad
- Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad (STE) since 1910
- Trona Railway (TRC) since 1914
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Ventura County Railroad (VCRR) since 1911
[edit] Private railroads
- United States Gypsum (gypsum mine) since 1946 - narrow gauge
- West Isle Line (WFS) since 1998 - from BNSF
- Western Rail Switching (CA) (WRAX) former WPSX Chevron Refinery, Richmond, CA
[edit] Passenger carriers
[edit] Current
[edit] Intercity Rail
- Amtrak (AMTK)
[edit] High speed rail
- California high-speed rail Proposed
[edit] Commuter Rail
- Altamont Commuter Express (ACE)
- Caltrain (JPBX)
- San Diego Coaster (SDNR)
- Sprinter Oceanside - Escondido (route under construction)
- Metrolink (Southern California) (SCAX)
[edit] Heavy Rail/Rapid Transit
[edit] Light Rail
- San Francisco MUNI
- Sacramento RTD
- Santa Clara VTA
- Los Angeles County Metro Rail Green/Blue/Gold Lines
- San Diego Trolley
[edit] Active Heritage Trolleys
- Market Street Railway San Francisco, CA [1]
- California Trolley and Railroad San Jose, CA [2]
- Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line Los Angeles, CA [3]
- San Francisco MUNI Cable Cars San Francisco, CA [4]
- San Francisco MUNI Historic Streetcars San Francisco, CA [5]
[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 line. Current public transportation carriers are listed on this page.
[edit] Tourist and museum railroads
- Calico & Odessa Railroad at Barstow, California - Calico Ghost Town
- California Western Railroad (CWR), "the Skunk Train"
- Fillmore and Western Railway
- Ghost Town & Calico Railway at Knotts Berry Farm, Buena Park, California
- Napa Valley Railroad (NVRR)
- Niles Canyon Railway (NCRY)
- Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway (SCBG)
- Sacramento Southern Railroad (SSR) Operated by the California State Railroad Museum
- Sierra Northern Railroad Operates the "Sierra Railroad Dinner Train" at Jamestown, CA; the "Skunk Train" over the former California Western Railroad and the "Sacramento Rivertrain" over the former Yolo Shortline Railroad at Woodland, CA.
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum Portola, CA featuring largest collection of Western Pacific Railroad equipment.
- Western Railway Museum Rio Vista, California over former Sacramento Northern Railroad and features collection of interurbans.
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad (YMSP) Narrow Gauge
- Yreka Western Railroad (YW)
[edit] Defunct railroads
[edit] Common Carriers
[edit] Standard Gauge
- Alameda Belt Line ceased operations in 1998
- Alameda and Haywards Railroad/Alameda Railroad 1863 - 1869?
- Alameda Valley Railroad c. 1864
- Amador Foothills Railroad (AFRR) last run on June 7 2004
- Amador Central Railroad (AMC) 1909 - 1999
- Ione and Eastern Railroad 1904 - 1908
- Amador Central Railroad (AMC) 1909 - 1999
[edit] Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) later BNSF
- California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway ATSF Subsidiary
- California Southern Railroad (of 1914)
- Randsburg Railway 1897-1903 Kern County (abandoned 1933/1934)
- San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway
- Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
- Southern California Railway
- Bucksport and Elk River Railway
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) later BNSF
- California Central Railroad (of 1912)
- California Northeastern Railway
- California, Shasta and Eastern Railway
- California Southern Railway
- California Western Railroad
- Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad
- Carson and Colorado Railroad/Carson and Colorado Railway
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
- Caspar, South Fork and Eastern Railroad
[edit] Central Pacific Railroad (CP) later SP
- California Pacific Railroad
- Central California Railway
- Central Pacific Railroad
- California and Oregon Railroad (of 1869)
- California and Oregon Railroad (of 1868)
- Yuba Rail Road/Yuba Railroad 1862-1869 Lincoln-Marysville (Placer County)
- California and Oregon Railroad (of 1865)
- California Central Railroad (of 1857)
- Marysville Railroad
- Central Pacific Railroad Company of California
- Freeport Rail Road
- San Joaquin Valley Railroad (of 1868)
- Western Pacific Railroad (of 1869)
- California and Oregon Railroad (of 1869)
- Butte County Railroad/Chico and Northern Railroad
- Fernley and Lassen Railway
- Goose Lake and Southern Railway
- Modoc Northern Railway
- Nevada and California Railway
- Nevada-California-Oregon Railway
- Oregon Eastern Railway
- Sacramento Southern Railroad
- San Joaquin Valley Railroad (of 1868) Lathrop
- Coal Fields Railway
- Colusa and Lake Railroad
- Contra Costa Railroad [6] 1860s
- Del Norte Souther Railroad
- Eureka Southern Railroad from NWP, later NCRR
- Feather River Railway
- Grande Ronde Pine Company later AL
- Great Western Railway Company of Oregon
- Harbor Belt Line (HBL) later PHL
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad
- Hobart Southern Railroad
- Kings Lake Shore Railroad abandoned 1934
- Klamath Lake Railroad later Siskiyou Electric Light and Power Company (private railroad)
[edit] Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (LASL) later UP
- Los Angeles Junction Railway (LAJ)
- Ludlow and Southern Railway abandoned 1935
- McCloud River Railroad 1897-1992 later MCR
- Mono Lake Lumber Company
- Mount Diablo Railroad [7] 1860s
[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
- Albion and Southeastern Railway/Albion and South Eastern Railroad 1902-1905
- North Shore Railroad 1902-1907 NG & SG
- North Pacific Coast Railroad 1871-1902 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
- Humboldt Bay and Trinidad Railroad 1891-1896
- Eureka and Klamath River Railroad 1896-1907
- San Francisco and North Pacific Railway 1888-1907
- San Francisco and Northwestern Railroad 1903-1907
- San Rafael and San Quentin Rail Road NG & SG, leased to NWP in 1907, aband. 1946.
- Oakland Terminal Railroad 1935-1943 from Key System, later OTR
- Ocean Shore Railroad abandoned 1921
- Ocean Shore Railway 1905-1911
- Oregon and California Railroad
- Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad
- Parr Terminal Railroad (PRT) later RPRC
- Port Railroads (PRI) later SJVR
- Randsburg Railway
[edit] Sacramento Northern Railway (SN) later WP
[edit] San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SDIY)
- San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad
- Shasta Southern Railroad to Northern Electric Railway
- Redding and Red Bluff Railway 1906 Proposed Chico-Redding
[edit] Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) later UP
- Coast Line Railway
- Colusa and Hamilton Railroad
- Hanford and Summit Lake Railway
- Holton Interurban Railway
- Inter-California 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
- Monterey Railroad 1880-1888
- Pacific Improvement Company 1879-1880
- Monterey and Salinas Rail Road 1874-1879 (sold at foreclosure) First Narrow Gauge in CA.
- Pacific Improvement Company 1879-1880
- Northern California Railway
- Northern California Railroad
- Northern Railway (CA) SP subsidiary - later SP
- Amador Branch Railroad
- Berkeley Branch Railroad
- Sacramento and Placerville Rail Road 1877-1888
- Folsom and Placerville Railroad 1876-1877
- Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad 1862-1877
- Sacramento Valley Railroad first railroad in California 5' gauge 1852-1877
- San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway
- Raymond Railroad 1883-1891 abandoned line in 1960s Alhambra CA
- San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad 1882-1888
- Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad 1877-1898
- Vaca Valley Railroad 1869-1877
- West Side and Mendocino Railroad
- Pajaro and Santa Cruz 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
- 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
- State Belt Railroad
- Stockton and Ione Railraod abandoned 1875
- Sugar Pine Railway abandoned 1922
- Sunset Railway jointly owned by ATSF & SP
- Tidewater Southern Railway (TS) later WP
- Tidewater Southern Transit 1912
- Tidewater and Southern Railroad 1910-1912
- Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad abandoned 1942
- Tulare Valley Railroad (TVRR) from ATSF, operated by SJVR
- U.S. Navy at CNWS
- Ventura County Railway (VCY) to VCRR in 1998
- Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad to VCY in 1911
- Bakersfield and Ventura Railway 1903 - 1906
- Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad to VCY in 1911
- Visalia and Tulare Railraod abandoned 1900
- Visalia Electric Railroad later SP
[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
- Yreka Railroad later YW
[edit] Narrow Gauge Common
- Camino, Cable and Northern Railroad Defunct Tourist Railroad near Placerville [8] c. 1963-1974
- Chino Valley Railway abandoned 1910
- Death Valley Railroad abandoned 1931
- Diamond and Caldor Railway abandoned 1953
- Iron Mountain Railway abandoned 1927
- Los Angeles Railway a narrow gauge interurban
- Mono Lake Lumber abandoned 1917
- Bodie Railway and Lumber Company 1893-1906
- Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company 1882-1893
- Bodie and Benton Railroad 1881-1890
- Bodie Railway and Lumber Company 1881-1882
- Bodie Railway and Lumber Company 1893-1906
- Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad/Monterey and Salinas Valley Rail Road 1874-1879 (sold at foreclosure to Pacific Improvement - Standard Gauge) First Narrow Gauge in CA.
- Pacific Coast Railway abandoned 1942
- Pacific Coast Railroad 1882
- San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad 1875-1882
- San Luis Obispo Railroad 1873-1875
- San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad 1875-1882
- Pacific Coast Railroad 1882
- Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad later SP
- Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad
- San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad 1882-1904
- South Pacific Coast Railroad - later SP
- Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Railroad - a division of the Southern Pacific Railroad (standard gauge) 1912-1960
- Nevada and California Railway 1905-1912
- Carson and Colorado Railway 1880-1905
- Nevada and California Railway 1905-1912
- Yosemite Short Line Railway abandoned 1917
[edit] Private Railroads
[edit] Standard Gauge
- California Redwood Company (logging)
- Clover Valley Lumber Company (logging)
- Eagle Mountain Railroad (mine) later leased to SP
- Fruit Growers Supply (logging)
- Georgia-Pacific (logging)
- Glen Blair Redwood Company (logging)
- Gualala River Railroad (logging) 68 1/2" gauge
- Humboldt Northern Railway (logging)
- Long-Bell Lumber Company (logging)
- Los Angeles and Independence Rail Road later SP
- Michigan-California Lumber Company (logging)
- 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)
- Shaver Lake Railroad (logging) 1907-1919
- 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
[edit] Narrow Gauge
- Borate and Daggett Railroad (mining)
- Butte and Plumas Railway (lumber)
- Goodyear Redwood Lumber Company (logging)
- Lake Valley Railroad (lumber)
- Madera Suger Pine Company abandoned 1937 - today Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
- Nevada-California-Oregon Railway later SP and WP
- Northern Redwood Lumber Company (logging) 45 1/2" gauge
- 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
- 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 (Kerno 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
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