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The SN had been two separate interurban companies connecting at Sacramento until 1925. The Oakland, Antioch, and Eastern Railway was a catenary wire powered line that ran from Oakland through a tunnel in the Oakland hills to Moraga, Walnut Creek, Concord, Pittsburg, to Sacramento. It was renamed the San Francisco–Sacramento Railroad briefly.
13 Sep 1913 Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway completes interurban line between Sacramento and Oakland. 1914 Northern Electric Railway completes line between Willeta (near Suisun) to Vacaville. 18 Jul 1914 The Benicia Land and Terminal Railway was incorporated.
The interurban car Sacramento Northern 1005 (originally Oakland, Antioch and Eastern 1005) has been a focus of restoration activity in the last 10 years. The BAERA operated many excursions in its early years, and this car was used quite frequently.
Sacramento Northern Railway 1925–1983 (Chico to Sacramento to Oakland after purchase of the Oakland Antioch and Eastern/San Francisco–Sacramento Railroad in 1928.) Sacramento Northern Railroad 1918–1925 (Chico to Sacramento.) Purchased by WP in 1921. Northern Electric Railway 1907–1918 (Chico to Sacramento.) Name changed to SN in 1918.
California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway: Oakland and East Side Railroad: ATSF: 1902 1911 California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway: Oakland Terminal Railroad: ATSF/ WP: 1935 1943 Oakland Terminal Railway: Oakland Township Railroad: SP: 1881 1887 South Pacific Coast Railway: Ocean Shore Railroad: 1911 1920 N/A Ocean Shore Railway: 1905 1911 ...
The Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway began running interurban cars from Sacramento to the mole starting in September 1913. [10] This railway would go on to be consolidated into the Sacramento Northern Railway, offering services as far north as Chico and Oroville. [11]
In 1943 the Oakland Terminal Railroad was jointly purchased by the Western Pacific Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and is now known as the Oakland Terminal Railway. The East Shore and Suburban Railway (E&SR) was a formerly independent unit of the Key System which ran streetcar trains in Richmond, San Pablo, and El Cerrito ...
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