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The original purpose of this new line was to augment the route to San Diego, established three years prior as part of a joint venture with the California Southern Railroad, but the Santa Fe would subsequently be forced to all but abandon these inland tracks through the Temecula Canyon (due to constant washouts) and construct its Surf Line along ...
California Southern Railroad: ATSF: 1914 1942 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: California Southern Railroad: ATSF: 1880 1889 Southern California Railway: California Southern Railroad: SP: 1870 1870 Southern Pacific Railroad: California Southern Extension Railroad: ATSF: 1881 1882 California Southern Railroad: California Western Railroad ...
The California Southern Railroad was a subsidiary railroad of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe) in Southern California.It was organized July 10, 1880, and chartered on October 23, 1880, to build a rail connection between what has become the city of Barstow and San Diego, California.
San Francisco Pacific Railroad Bond (WPRR), 1865. The Western Pacific Railroad (1862–1870) was formed in December 1862 by a group led by Timothy Dame and including Charles McLaughlin and Peter Donahue, all associated with the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad (SF&SJ), to build a railroad from San Jose north to Niles (then called Vallejo Mills), east through Niles Canyon (then called ...
The Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad was Southern California's first railroad. Its 21-mile (34 km) line from San Pedro Bay to Los Angeles was built from 1868 to 1869 and began operations on October 26, 1869. [1] The railroad was the brainchild of Phineas Banning [2] and its primary purpose was to transport freight from the port to the city.
Today the SJVR remains a shortline within the Genesee & Wyoming family of railroads. There were two former San Joaquin Valley Railroads. One was incorporated by Leland Stanford and Associates in 1868 to build an 11.3-mile (18.2 km) line from Lathrop, California to the Stanislaus River and was consolidated in 1870 into the Central Pacific Railroad.
The company incorporated in 1860 and was one of the first railroads to employ Chinese laborers in its construction. [1] It opened the first portion of its route in 1863, completing the entire 49.5-mile (80 km) route in 1864. The company was consolidated with the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1870.
Railroads soon replaced many canals and turnpikes and by the 1870s had significantly displaced steamboats as well. [42] The railroads were superior to these alternative modes of transportation, particularly water routes because they lowered costs in two ways.