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This is a route-map template for the List of California railroads, a state passenger rail network. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
State of California 3: 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 ...
Welcome to California road sign. California's transportation system is complex and dynamic. Although known for its car culture and extensive network of freeways and roads, the state also has a vast array of rail, sea, and air transport. Several subway, light rail, and commuter rail networks are found in many of the state's largest population ...
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission purchased the rail corridor in 2012. [8] At that time, freight operations were contracted out to Iowa Pacific Holdings, commencing service in November 2012. In 2018, Progressive Rail, Inc. was chosen as the replacement freight operator under a 10-year contract. [9]
The rail line started a boom in Pasadena, the Hotel Green was started by Edward C. Webster in 1887 and finished in 1888 by George Gill Green. The hotel patrons arrived by train at the adjacent Pasadena station. The hotel still stands on South Raymond Avenue in Old Pasadena. [5] [6] Map of the 1886 Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad
Map of the lines from a 1939 timetable The North Pacific Coast Railroad was a narrow-gauge railroad constructed in the 1870s, primarily to haul redwood lumber from the Russian River valley. In 1902, a group headed by John Martin bought the railroad and renamed it as the North Shore 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. [1]
Sonoma County's first standard-gauge railroad, operated by the Sonoma County Railroad Company, was the 1-mile (1.6 km) Petaluma and Haystack Railroad connecting the city of Petaluma with ferry service to San Francisco from Haystack Landing on the Petaluma River in 1864. Petaluma and Haystack coaches were pulled by horses after the locomotive ...