List of California Railroads |
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| Railroad Name |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad |
1895 |
1903 |
| Albion River Railroad |
1885 |
1891 |
| Albion and Southeastern Railway |
1902 |
1905 |
| Almaden Branch Railroad |
1887 |
1887 |
| Amador Branch Railroad |
1875 |
1888 |
| Amador Central Railroad |
1908 |
1997 |
| Arcata Transportation Company |
1875 |
1881 |
| Arcata and Mad River Railroad |
1881 |
1985 |
| Arizona and California Railway |
1903 |
1911 |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
1890 |
1996 |
| Atlantic and Pacific Railroad |
1865 |
1897 |
| Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad |
1908 |
1911 |
| Bakersfield and Ventura Railway |
1903 |
1906 |
| Barnwell and Searchlight Railway |
1906 |
1911 |
| Bay Point and Clayton Railroad |
1906 |
1946 |
| Bay and Coast Railroad |
1877 |
1887 |
| Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad |
1893 |
1921 |
| Berkeley Branch Railroad |
1876 |
1888 |
| Black Diamond Coal Mining Railroad |
1868 |
1885 |
| Boca and Loyalton Railroad |
1900 |
1916 |
| Bodie Railway and Lumber Company |
1881 |
1906 |
| Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company |
1882 |
1890 |
| Bucksport and Elk River Railroad |
1884 |
1932 |
| Butte County Railroad |
1903 |
1915 |
| Butte and Plumas Railway |
1902 |
1905 |
| California Central Railroad |
1857 |
1930 |
| California Central Railway |
1887 |
1889 |
| California Eastern Railway |
1895 |
1911 |
| California Midland Railroad |
1902 |
1903 |
| California Northeastern Railway |
1905 |
1911 |
| California Northern Railroad |
1860 |
1881 |
| California Northwestern Railway |
1898 |
1907 |
| California Pacific Railroad |
1865 |
1898 |
| California Pacific Railroad Extension Company |
1869 |
1869 |
| California Southern Extension Railroad |
1881 |
1882 |
| California Southern Railroad |
1870 |
1942 |
| California Western Railroad and Navigation Company |
1905 |
1947 |
| California and Mount Diablo Railroad |
1880 |
1884 |
| California and Nevada Railroad |
1884 |
1902 |
| California and Northern Railway |
1900 |
1904 |
| California and Oregon Railroad |
1865 |
1870 |
| California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway |
1911 |
1963 |
| California, Shasta and Eastern Railway |
1912 |
1927 |
| Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad |
1911 |
1986 |
| Carson and Colorado Railroad |
1880 |
1892 |
| Carson and Colorado Railway |
1892 |
1905 |
| Cement, Tolenas and Tidewater Railroad |
1911 |
1930 |
| Central California Railway |
1904 |
1912 |
| Central Pacific Railroad |
1861 |
1899 |
| Central Pacific Railway |
1899 |
1959 |
| Chico and Northern Railroad |
1903 |
1912 |
| Chino Valley Railway |
1888 |
1901 |
| Chowchilla Pacific Railway |
1913 |
1924 |
| Cloverdale and Ukiah Railroad |
1886 |
1889 |
| Coal Fields Railway |
1920 |
1935 |
| Coast Line Railway |
1905 |
1917 |
| Colusa Railroad |
1885 |
1886 |
| Colusa and Hamilton Railroad |
1911 |
1917 |
| Colusa and Lake Railroad |
1886 |
1915 |
| Coronado Railroad |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Crescent City Railway |
1906 |
1915 |
| Death Valley Railroad |
1914 |
1931 |
| Diamond and Caldor Railway |
1904 |
1952 |
| Eel River and Eureka Railroad |
1882 |
1903 |
| Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles Railway |
1895 |
1899 |
| Eureka and Klamath River Railroad |
1896 |
1907 |
| Felton and Pescadero Railroad |
1883 |
1887 |
| Fernley and Lassen Railway |
1909 |
1912 |
| Ferris and Lakeview Railway |
1898 |
1911 |
| Folsom and Placerville Railroad |
1876 |
1877 |
| Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad |
1903 |
1907 |
| Freeport Railroad |
1863 |
1865 |
| Fresno County Railway |
1905 |
1911 |
| Fullerton and Richfield Railway |
1910 |
1911 |
| Fulton and Guerneville Railroad |
1877 |
1877 |
| Goose Lake and Southern Railway |
1908 |
1912 |
| Hanford and Summit Lake Railway |
1910 |
1917 |
| Hetch Hetchy Railroad |
1915 |
1949 |
| Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valleys Railway of California |
1900 |
1943 |
| Holton Interurban Railway |
1903 |
1985 |
| Howard Terminal Railway |
1917 |
Unknown |
| Humboldt Railroad |
1901 |
Unknown |
| Imperial and Gulf Railway |
1902 |
1905 |
| Indian Valley Railroad |
1916 |
1938 |
| Indian Valley Railway |
1902 |
1905 |
| Inter-California Railway |
1904 |
1935 |
| Ione and Eastern Railroad |
1904 |
1908 |
| Iron Mountain Railway |
1855 |
1927 |
| Kings Lake Shore Railroad |
1917 |
1934 |
| Kings River Railway |
1909 |
1911 |
| Klamath Lake Railroad |
1901 |
1913 |
| Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company |
1898 |
1927 |
| Laton and Western Railroad |
1910 |
1942 |
| Loma Prieta Railroad |
1882 |
1884 |
| Long Beach Railroad |
1883 |
1894 |
| Long Beach, Whittier and Los Angeles County Railroad |
1887 |
1888 |
| Los Angeles Terminal Railway |
1890 |
1901 |
| Los Angeles and Glendale Railroad |
1887 |
1888 |
| Los Angeles and Glendale Railway |
1888 |
1891 |
| Los Angeles and Independence Railroad |
1875 |
1888 |
| Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad |
1916 |
1987 |
| Los Angeles and San Diego Railroad |
1876 |
1888 |
| Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad |
1883 |
1887 |
| Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad |
1868 |
1874 |
| Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad |
1886 |
1887 |
| Los Angeles, Pasadena and Glendale Railway |
1889 |
1891 |
| Ludlow and Southern Railway |
1902 |
1931 |
| Marin and Napa Railroad |
1886 |
1889 |
| Marysville Railroad |
1867 |
1868 |
| Marysville and Susanville Railroad |
1904 |
1905 |
| McCloud River Railroad |
1897 |
1992 |
| Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway |
1896 |
1913 |
| Minkler Southern Railway |
1913 |
1942 |
| Modesto Interurban Railway |
1909 |
1993 |
| Modoc Northern Railway |
1908 |
1912 |
| Mojave Northern Railroad |
1914 |
Unknown |
| Monterey Extension Railroad |
1888 |
1888 |
| Monterey Railroad |
1880 |
1888 |
| Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad |
1874 |
1879 |
| Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway |
1913 |
1930 |
| Napa Valley Railroad |
1864 |
1869 |
| National City and Otay Railway |
1887 |
1908 |
| Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad |
1874 |
1943 |
| Nevada Southern Railway |
1892 |
1895 |
| Nevada and California Railroad |
1884 |
1893 |
| Nevada and California Railway |
1905 |
1912 |
| Nevada and Oregon Railroad |
1880 |
1884 |
| Nevada |
1888 |
1945 |
| Newport Wharf and Lumber Company |
1889 |
1893 |
| North Pacific Coast Railroad |
1871 |
1902 |
| North Pacific Coast Railroad Extension Company |
1882 |
1885 |
| North Shore Railroad |
1863 |
1907 |
| North Western Railroad of California |
1885 |
1892 |
| Northern California Railroad |
1884 |
1889 |
| Northern California Railway |
1888 |
1898 |
| Northern Railway |
1871 |
1898 |
| Northwestern Pacific Railroad |
1907 |
1992 |
| Northwestern Pacific Railway |
1906 |
1907 |
| Oakdale Western Railway |
1904 |
1911 |
| Oakland Township Railroad |
1881 |
1887 |
| Oakland and East Side Railroad |
1902 |
1911 |
| Ocean Shore Railroad |
1911 |
1920 |
| Ocean Shore Railway |
1905 |
1911 |
| Oregon Eastern Railway |
1905 |
1912 |
| Oregon and Eureka Railroad |
1903 |
1911 |
| Otay Railway |
1887 |
1888 |
| Pacific Coast Railroad |
1882 |
1970 |
| Pacific Coast Railway |
1882 |
1941 |
| Pacific Electric Railway |
1901 |
1965 |
| Pajaro Extension Railway |
1897 |
1897 |
| Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad |
1897 |
1928 |
| Pajaro Valley Railroad |
1890 |
1897 |
| Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad |
1884 |
1888 |
| Palmdale Railroad |
1888 |
1893 |
| Pasadena Railway |
1887 |
1892 |
| Patterson and Western Railroad |
1915 |
1921 |
| Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railway |
1904 |
1911 |
| Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad |
1862 |
1869 |
| Porterville Northeastern Railway |
1910 |
1934 |
| Quincy Western Railway |
1909 |
1917 |
| Quincy and Eastern Railroad |
1908 |
1909 |
| Ramona and San Bernardino Railroad |
1888 |
1888 |
| Randsburg Railway |
1897 |
1911 |
| Redondo Beach Railway |
1888 |
1889 |
| Richmond Belt Railway |
1902 |
1932 |
| Riverside, Rialto and Pacific Railroad |
1915 |
1917 |
| Riverside, Santa Ana and Los Angeles Railway |
1885 |
1887 |
| Sacramento Southern Railroad |
1903 |
1912 |
| Sacramento Valley Railroad |
1852 |
1877 |
| Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railway |
1906 |
1927 |
| Sacramento and Oakland Railway |
1903 |
1903 |
| Sacramento and Placerville Railroad |
1877 |
1888 |
| Sacramento and San Francisco Railroad |
1864 |
1865 |
| San Bernardino Valley Railway |
1887 |
1887 |
| San Bernardino and Eastern Railway |
1890 |
1892 |
| San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railway |
1886 |
1887 |
| San Bernardino and San Diego Railway |
1886 |
1887 |
| San Diego Central Railroad |
1886 |
1887 |
| San Diego Southern Railway |
1908 |
1912 |
| San Diego and Arizona Railway |
1906 |
1933 |
| San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway |
1887 |
1912 |
| San Diego and South Eastern Railway |
1912 |
1917 |
| San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern Railway |
1888 |
1909 |
| San Francisco Bay Railroad |
1868 |
1869 |
| San Francisco Terminal Railway and Ferry Company |
1902 |
1903 |
| San Francisco and Alameda Railroad |
1863 |
1870 |
| San Francisco and Colorado River Railroad |
1883 |
1887 |
| San Francisco and Eureka Railway |
1903 |
1907 |
| San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad |
1868 |
1869 |
| San Francisco and Marysville Railroad |
1857 |
1865 |
| San Francisco and Napa Railway |
1903 |
1911 |
| San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad |
1869 |
1889 |
| San Francisco and North Pacific Railway |
1888 |
1907 |
| San Francisco and Northwestern Railway |
1903 |
1907 |
| San Francisco and Oakland Railroad |
1861 |
1870 |
| San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway |
1895 |
1901 |
| San Francisco and San Jose Railroad |
1860 |
1870 |
| San Francisco and San Rafael Railroad |
1882 |
1889 |
| San Francisco, Alameda and Stockton Railroad |
1863 |
1864 |
| San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad |
1870 |
1870 |
| San Francisco, Tamalpais and Bolinas Railway |
1889 |
1892 |
| San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway |
1887 |
1894 |
| San Jacinto Valley Railway |
1887 |
1887 |
| San Joaquin Valley Railroad |
1868 |
1893 |
| San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad |
1886 |
1888 |
| San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad |
1912 |
1933 |
| San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad |
1882 |
1888 |
| San Jose and Almaden Railroad |
1886 |
1888 |
| San Juan Pacific Railway |
1907 |
1912 |
| San Luis Obispo Railroad |
1873 |
1875 |
| San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad |
1875 |
1882 |
| San Pablo and Tulare Extension Railroad |
1887 |
1888 |
| San Pablo and Tulare Railroad |
1871 |
1888 |
| San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad |
1901 |
1916 |
| San Rafael and San Quentin Railroad |
1869 |
Unknown |
| San Ramon Valley Railroad |
1888 |
1888 |
| Santa Ana Railroad |
1889 |
1892 |
| Santa Ana and Newport Railway |
1892 |
1899 |
| Santa Ana and Westminster Railway |
1890 |
1899 |
| Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley Railroad |
1868 |
1870 |
| Santa Cruz Railroad |
1873 |
1881 |
| Santa Cruz and Felton Railroad |
1874 |
1887 |
| Santa Fe Pacific Railroad |
1897 |
1902 |
| Santa Fe Terminal Company of California |
1899 |
1912 |
| Santa Fe and Santa Monica Railway |
1892 |
1892 |
| Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad |
1887 |
1888 |
| Shingle Springs and Placerville Railroad |
1887 |
1888 |
| Sierra Railway of California |
1897 |
1937 |
| Sierra Valley and Mohawk Railroad |
1885 |
1895 |
| Sierra Valleys Railway |
1895 |
1909 |
| Sierra and Mohawk Railway |
1911 |
1915 |
| Sonoma County Railroad |
1868 |
1868 |
| Sonoma Valley Prismoidal Railway |
1875 |
1878 |
| Sonoma Valley Railroad |
1878 |
1889 |
| Sonoma and Marin Railroad |
1875 |
1877 |
| Sonoma and Santa Rosa Railroad |
1881 |
1885 |
| South Pacific Coast Railroad |
1876 |
1887 |
| South Pacific Coast Railway |
1887 |
1937 |
| South San Francisco Belt Railway |
1907 |
1945 |
| Southern California Motor Road |
1887 |
1895 |
| Southern California Railway |
1889 |
1906 |
| Southern Pacific Branch Railroad |
1872 |
1873 |
| Southern Pacific Branch Railway |
1886 |
1888 |
| Southern Pacific Company |
1885 |
1969 |
| Southern Pacific Railroad |
1856 |
1955 |
| Southern Pacific Railroad Extension Company |
1888 |
1888 |
| State Belt Railroad |
1873 |
1969 |
| Stockton and Beckwith Pass Railway |
1902 |
1903 |
| Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad |
1865 |
1888 |
| Stockton and Ione Railroad |
1873 |
1875 |
| Stockton and Tulare Railroad |
1887 |
1888 |
| Stockton and Visalia Railroad |
1869 |
1877 |
| Sugar Pine Railway |
1903 |
1922 |
| Sunset Railroad |
1900 |
1912 |
| Sunset Railway |
1912 |
Unknown |
| Sunset Western Railway |
1909 |
1912 |
| Tidewater Southern Railway |
1912 |
1987 |
| Tidewater and Southern Railroad |
1910 |
1912 |
| Tidewater and Southern Transit Company |
1912 |
1912 |
| Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad |
1904 |
1940 |
| Vaca Valley Railroad |
1869 |
1870 |
| Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad |
1877 |
1888 |
| Ventura County Railway |
1911 |
Unknown |
| Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad |
1896 |
1899 |
| Visalia Electric Railroad |
1904 |
1992 |
| Visalia Railroad |
1874 |
1899 |
| Visalia and Tulare Railroad |
1887 |
1900 |
| West Side and Mendocino Railroad |
1886 |
1888 |
| Western Nevada Railroad |
1879 |
1880 |
| Western Pacific Railroad |
1862 |
1987 |
| Western Pacific Railway |
1903 |
1916 |
| Winters and Ukiah Railway |
1887 |
1888 |
| Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake Railroad |
1887 |
1888 |
| Yosemite Short Line Railway |
1905 |
1917 |
| Yosemite Valley Railroad |
1902 |
1935 |
| Yreka Railroad |
1888 |
1935 |
| Yuba Railroad |
1862 |
1869 |
