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The Alameda Corridor is a 20-mile (32 km) freight rail "expressway" [1] owned by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (reporting mark ATAX) that connects the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with the transcontinental mainlines of the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad that terminate near downtown Los Angeles, California. [2]
Western Pacific Railway: California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1911 1963 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: California Central Railroad: 1912 1930 N/A California Central Railroad: SP: 1857 1868 California and Oregon Railroad: California Central Railway: ATSF: 1887 1889 Southern California Railway: California Eastern Railway: ATSF ...
California Western 45 photo special eastbound at the first crossing of the Noyo River, 2009. The California Western Railroad (reporting mark CWR), AKA Mendocino Railway, popularly called the Skunk Train, is a rail freight and heritage railroad transport railway in Mendocino County, California, United States, running from the railroad's headquarters in the coastal town of Fort Bragg to the ...
About 700 railroads operate common carrier freight service in the United States. There are about 160,141 mi (257,722 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge. Reporting marks are listed in parentheses. [1] A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (AR) Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR)
The San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SD&IV) (reporting mark SDIY) is a class III railroad operating freight rail service in the San Diego area, providing service to customers in the region and moving railcars between the end of BNSF Railway in downtown San Diego and the Mexico–United States border in San Ysidro.
Train running on the Dale Creek Iron Viaduct in Wyoming, c. 1860 Railroads of the United States in 1918 An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway freight train pauses at Cajon, California, in March 1943 to cool its braking equipment after descending Cajon Pass; the Interstate 15 of U.S. Route 66 is visible to the right of the train.
Union Pacific freight trains run on the route, although the Fresno Subdivision through the San Joaquin Valley is the preferred north–south California route due to having easier grades and curves. [17] The freight trains are typically local freights, empty bare-table and autorack trains. The line sees varying freight activity across its length.
A Sprinter train departing Oceanside Transit Center NCTD route map. The Escondido Subdivision is shown in light blue. The Escondido Sub is a 22-mile (35 km) branch railway line between Oceanside, California, and Escondido, California, in the North County region of San Diego County. [1]