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As constructed, the Sacramento Valley Railroad ran from the Sacramento River levee at Front and "L" Street in present-day Old Sacramento and terminated at Folsom. On February 22, 1856, the first train operated over the entire 22.9-mile (36.9 km) line. Theodore Judah was the Chief Engineer of the
Sacramento Valley Railroad: SAV Patriot Rail Company: 7: San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad: SDIY Genesee & Wyoming: 1: San Joaquin Valley Railroad: SJVR Genesee & Wyoming: 297: San Francisco Bay Railroad: SFBR 7: Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway: SCBG Roaring Camp, Inc. 9: Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railroad: SCMB Progressive ...
This is a route-map template for the Sacramento Southern Railroad, a California heritage railroad.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
To alleviate the transportation problem, General Electric commenced grading in 1907 for the Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railway. Sometime in 1908, the 15.5-mile (24.9 km) railroad was opened to the public and, to recover some of the initial investment in its construction, full freight and passenger service was offered.
Service began on February 22, 1856, as the first passenger railroad in the state. [2] After a series of acquisitions and mergers, the facility came under the ownership of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The railroad constructed a new station building by 1906. The depot was wired for electricity in 1909 and in 1916 the second story was added.
Sacramento Valley Railroad may refer to: Sacramento Valley Railroad (1852–1877) , California's first railroad Sacramento Valley Railroad (2008) , a switching company in McClellan Business Park
J.R. Davis Yard looking southwest, c. 2019 J.R. Davis Yard is a railway hump yard in Roseville, California owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.It is located along the confluence of three of the railroad's lines: the Martinez Subdivision heading southwest to the Sacramento Valley, the Roseville Subdivision which runs over the Sierra Nevada Mountains into Nevada, and the Valley Subdivision which ...
The first railroad in Sacramento as well as California was the Sacramento Valley Railroad finished in 1856 and engineered by Theodore Judah. Judah's efforts to realize a transcontinental railroad was transferred to the power of "The Big Four" investors, who created the Central Pacific Railroad.