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The Sierra Northern Railway (reporting mark SERA) is a common carrier railroad company operating in California. The company owns several rights of way originating from those of the former Sacramento Northern Railroad , Northern Electric Railway , Sierra Railway Company Of California , Western Pacific Railroad , and Yolo Shortline Railroad.
The Sierra Railroad Corporation is a privately owned common carrier. Its Sierra Northern Railway freight division handles all freight operations for all branches owned by the Sierra Railroad. The company's Mendocino Railway group operates the diesel- and steam-powered Sacramento RiverTrain (Woodland-Sacramento) and the Skunk Train (Fort
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 ...
City of Prineville Railway: COPR Coos Bay Rail Line: CBR Goose Lake Railway: GOOS Klamath Northern Railway: KNOR Mount Hood Railroad: MH Oregon Pacific Railroad: OPR Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad: PCC Peninsula Terminal Railroad: PT Portland and Western Railroad: PNWR Portland Terminal Railroad: PTRC Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad: POTB
The Northern Electric Railway was a third rail powered line that ran from Sacramento north through Marysville and Yuba City to Chico. It was renamed the Sacramento Northern Rail road in 1914. In 1928, the two lines combined to become the Sacramento Northern Rail way under control of the Western Pacific Railroad which operated it as a separate ...
The majority of the locomotives, rolling stock and other assets were acquired by Sierra Northern after the lease of the rail line ended. [44] Three pieces of equipment, including the S6, a passenger car, and the body of a Pacific Fruit Express reefer, were sold to Virginia and Truckee Railroad in Virginia City, Nevada in February 2022. [45]
The CFNR was originally owned by the Park-Sierra Rail Group (owner David L. Parkinson of St. Helena, California), who also owned the Arizona and California Railroad and the Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad. The CFNR was later sold to RailAmerica in 2002. [1] Genesee & Wyoming, another shortline holding company, bought RailAmerica in December 2012.
The San Joaquin Valley Railroad (reporting mark SJVR) is a short line railroad, among several in the Western Region Division of parent company, Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates over about 371 miles (597 km) of owned or leased track primarily on several lines in California's Central Valley/San Joaquin Valley around Fresno and Bakersfield.