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The Modesto Interurban Railway linked the Santa Fe with Modesto. On April 12, 1909, the grading commenced. Just days before the Modesto & Empire Traction began taking over the railroad, the Modesto Interurban Railway completed construction and operated its first train. By November 1, 1911, the Modesto & Empire Traction was leasing the railway.
Originally, passengers in Modesto were served by streetcars over the short-line Modesto Interurban Railway from 1911 to 1917, operated intermittently first by the Tidewater Southern Railway; the Modesto and Empire Traction Company was founded on October 7, 1911, and began regularly scheduled passenger service between Modesto and Empire on November 1 of that year.
Modesto Interurban Railway: 1909 1993 Modesto and Empire Traction Company: Modesto Terminal Company: 1920 1938 Modesto Interurban Railway: Modoc Northern Railroad: MNRR 2005 2009 Union Pacific Railroad: Modoc Northern Railway: SP: 1908 1912 Central Pacific Railway: Mojave Northern Railroad: 1914 Still exists as a private carrier subsidiary of ...
The railroad operated by the Modesto and Empire Traction Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track, standard-gage, steam railroad, located in the State of California. The main line extends easterly from Modesto to Empire, a distance of 5.226 miles. The owned road consists of 1.895 miles of yard tracks and sidings at Modesto.
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A typical equipment lineup at the museum. The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment and preserves documents, photos and information.
The largest operator of minor league baseball teams bought the Modesto Nuts and plans to move the team to San Bernardino in 2026. ... The move helps create a mecca of minor league baseball in the ...
A mining magnate from Denver, Isaac G. Blake, in April 1892, with an interest in the silver mines in Sagamore Canyon in the New York Mountains, built the Needles Reduction Company mill, in the town of Needles and then in December 1892 began building the Nevada Southern Railway, toward those silver mines and the gold mining town of Vanderbilt from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF ...