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The line was constructed as the Santa Cruz Railroad between 1873–1876 and was laid with narrow gauge rail. After foreclosure, it was sold to Southern Pacific (through a subsidiary Pacific Improvement Company) who converted the line to standard gauge and operated until the merger into Southern Pacific on May 14, 1888.
This is a route-map template for the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railroad, a Santa Cruz County, California railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by about 75 miles (120 km), accessible via CA 1 and US 101. Santa Cruz is located at the north end of the bay, and Monterey is on the Monterey Peninsula at ...
Santa Cruz Portland Cement 0-4-0 #2 steam engine (no longer used by 2022) rolling into Santa Cruz, California, on former SP trackage on Chestnut Street Side view of CF7 2641 The railway began life as the 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow gauge Santa Cruz & Felton Railroad, built between its namesake cities of Santa Cruz and Felton in 1875 to send logs and ...
Santa Cruz SCR 0.00-12.55: Santa Cruz: 0.00: Ocean Street – Beaches: Northbound entrance only; southbound exit is via SR 1 exit 442: 1A: SR 1 north – Santa Cruz, Half Moon Bay: Southern terminus; SR 1 north exit 441B, south exit 441: 1B: SR 1 south – Watsonville, Monterey: Pasatiempo: 0.74: 1C: Pasatiempo Drive: Signed as exit 1 ...
SR 1 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, [10] and through the Los Angeles metro area, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco metro area is part of the National Highway System, [11] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration. [12]
Santa Cruz SCR T0.31-8.29: Watsonville: T0.31: SR 1 north – Santa Cruz: Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of SR 152; SR 1 south exit 426: T0.67: Green Valley Road (to SR 1 south) – Monterey, Fairgrounds, Pinto Lake: T2.50: Freedom Boulevard – Freedom: T2.929L– T2.929R: Main Street, Beach Street
The Santa Cruz Railroad inaugurated rail service to Watsonville in 1876, having started work on the line from Santa Cruz in 1873. A second rail line was completed in 1880, connecting the city to the San Francisco Bay Area via a narrow-gauge railway built by the South Pacific Coast Railroad over the Southern Coast Ranges .