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Pages in category "Defunct California railroads" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 209 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Sacramento Southern Railroad; San Francisco cable car system; San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival; Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway; Sierra Railroad; Silver Line (San Diego Trolley) Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources; Southern California Railway Museum
A map of the Death Valley Railroad running from Death Valley Junction all the way up to the mines at Ryan near Colemanite. The Death Valley Railroad (DVRR) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad that operated in California's Death Valley to carry borax with the route running from Ryan, California, and the mines at Lila C, both located just east of Death Valley National Park, to Death Valley ...
Fort Mason Tunnel is an abandoned single-track railway tunnel in San Francisco which runs under a small hill upon which sits a portion of the old Fort Mason. The tunnel was constructed in 1913 and opened to rail traffic in 1914. [1] The east portal is near the north end of Van Ness Avenue; the west portal feeds onto Marina Boulevard at Laguna ...
Railroads have been abandoned in the United States due to historical and economic factors. In the 19th century, the growing industrial regions in the Northeast, the agrarian regions in the South and Midwest, and the expansion of the country westward to the Pacific Ocean all contributed to the explosive growth of railroad companies and their rights-of-way across the entire country.
Southern Pacific operated only one daily passenger train during the summer months; [3] and all passenger service ended in the early 1930s. [ 4 ] Sources of freight included the Ojai Olive Company olive oil extraction plant built near the Ojai depot in 1901, and the Ojai Orange Association citrus packing house built on the east side of Bryant ...
On September 8, 1981, Bryan Whipple purchased the soon-to-be abandoned northern end of the Northwestern Pacific mainline from Willits, California to Eureka, California.His Eureka Southern Railroad holding company purchased the segment of the line from the Southern Pacific Railroad for $5 million, and commenced operations on November 1, 1984. [1]
The Shaver Lake Railroad was a standard gauge logging railroad that operated in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California. The line was abandoned in 1927. The line was abandoned in 1927. History