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Northwestern Pacific Railroad: California and Oregon Railroad: SP: 1865 1870 Central Pacific Railroad: California Pacific Railroad: SP: 1865 1898 Southern Pacific Railroad: California Pacific Railroad Extension Company: SP: 1869 1869 California Pacific Railroad: California, Shasta and Eastern Railway: 1912 1927 N/A California Southern Railroad ...
The Portland and Western Railroad (reporting mark PNWR) is a 516-mile (830 km) Class II railroad serving the U.S. state of Oregon, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of shortline and regional railroad holding company Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The PNWR includes a subsidiary, the Willamette and Pacific Railroad (reporting mark WPRR).
The California Pacific Railroad Company (abbreviated Cal. P. R. R. or Cal-P) was incorporated in 1865 at San Francisco, California as the California Pacific Rail Road Company. It was renamed the California Pacific Railroad Extension Company in the spring of 1869, then renamed the California Pacific Railroad later that same year.
The California Zephyr was the famous Western Pacific passenger train but the railroad had a few others: Exposition Flyer (Chicago to Oakland in conjunction with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1939 to 1949; named after the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939 and 1940)
The San Joaquin Valley Railroad (reporting mark SJVR) is one of several short line railroad companies and is part of the Western Region Division of 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 .
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad (24 P) Pages in category "Defunct California railroads" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 209 total.
Neither company directly connected to any P&W line; the leases were motivated by a desire to prevent either company from competing with the P&W for traffic. [27] [28] Both leases expired in 1883, with the two railroads resuming independent operation that year; the Milford and Woonsocket took over the Hopkinton the following year. [27]
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