List of California railroads explained

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of California.__TOC__

Common freight carriers

Freight carrier information is current .^[1]

Class I

Name	Carrier Code	Parent company	Route miles
BNSF Railway	BNSF	Berkshire Hathaway
Union Pacific Railroad	UPRR

Class III

Name	Carrier Code	Parent company	Route miles
Arizona and California Railroad	ARZC	Genesee & Wyoming	(84 in CA)
California Northern Railroad	CFNR	Genesee & Wyoming
Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad	CORP	Genesee & Wyoming	(56 in CA)
Central Valley Union Railroad	CVUR
Lake County Railroad	LCR/LCY	Frontier Rail
Napa Valley Wine Train	NVRR
Niles Canyon Railway	NCRY	Pacific Locomotive Association (PLA)	10
Northwestern Pacific Railroad	NWP	Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit
Pacific Sun Railroad	PSRR	Watco
Sacramento Southern Railroad	SSR	State of California
Sacramento Valley Railroad	SAV	Patriot Rail
San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad	SDIY	Genesee & Wyoming
San Joaquin Valley Railroad	SJVR	Genesee & Wyoming
San Francisco Bay Railroad	SFBR
Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway	SCBG	Roaring Camp, Inc.
Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railroad	SCMB	Progressive Rail, Inc.
Santa Maria Valley Railroad	SMVRR
Sierra Northern Railway	SERA
Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad	STE	OmniTrax
Trona Railway	TRC	Searles Valley Minerals/Nirma
Ventura County Railroad	VCRR	Genesee & Wyoming
West Isle Line, Inc.	WFS	Nutrien
Yreka Western Railroad	YW	Railmark Holdings

Switching and terminal

Name	Carrier Code	Parent company	Route miles
Central California Traction Company	CCT	BNSF/UPRR
Los Angeles Junction Railway	LAJ	BNSF
Modesto and Empire Traction Company	MET
Oakland Terminal Railway	OTR	BNSF/UPRR
Pacific Harbor Line, Inc.	PHL	Anacostia Rail Holdings Company
Quincy Railroad	QRR
Richmond Pacific Railroad	RPRC

Other

• Mare Island Rail Service (MIRS) at Mare Island
• Oakland Global Rail Enterprise (OGRE) at the Port of Oakland
  • West Oakland Pacific Railroad
  • Port of Oakland Railway (POAK)
• Southern California Railroad (SCRR) in Plaster City
• USG Corporation (USG) in Plaster City

Passenger carriers

Intercity

• Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr, Coast Starlight, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle
• Amtrak California (CDTX): Capitol Corridor, Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquins
• California High-Speed Rail (under construction)
• Brightline West (under construction)

Commuter rail

• Altamont Corridor Express (ACE)
• Caltrain (JPBX)
• Coaster (SDNX)
• Metrolink (SCAX)
  • Arrow
• Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)
• North Valley Rail (planned)

Local

• Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
  • eBART
  • Oakland Airport Connector (people mover)
• Los Angeles Metro Rail (LACZ)
• San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI)
  • Muni Metro
  • Market Street Railway (E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves lines)
  • San Francisco cable car system
• OC Streetcar (under construction)
• SacRT light rail (SCRT)
• San Diego Trolley (SDTI)
• VTA light rail (VTA)
• Sprinter (SDNX)

Excursion

• Calico and Odessa Railroad (C&OR)
• Fillmore and Western Railway (FWRY)
• Napa Valley Wine Train (NVRR)
• Niles Canyon Railway (NCRY)
• Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad^[2]
• Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line (service temporarily suspended)
• Poway-Midland Railroad
• Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad (RCBT)
• Sacramento Southern Railroad (SSRR)
• Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway (SCBG)
• Sierra Railroad (SERA)
  • California Western Railroad (also known as the Skunk Train) (CWR)
  • Sacramento RiverTrain (SYPD)
• Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM)
• Western Railway Museum
• Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad (YMSP)
• Yreka Western Railroad (YW)

Amusement park

• Disneyland Monorail
• Disneyland Railroad
• Ghost Town & Calico Railroad

Defunct railroads

Common carriers!Name!Mark!System^[3] !From!To!Successor!Notes

Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad		WP	1895	1903	Western Pacific Railway
Alameda Belt Line	ABL	ATSF/ WP	1925	2007	N/A
Albion Railroad			1921	1930	N/A
Albion River Railroad		NWP (ATSF)	1885	1891	Albion and Southeastern Railway
Albion and Southeastern Railway		NWP (ATSF)	1902	1905	Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad
Almaden Branch Railroad		SP	1887	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway
Amador Branch Railroad		SP	1875	1888	Northern Railway
Amador Central Railroad	AMC		1908	1997	Amador Foothills Railroad
Amador Foothills Railroad			1998	2004	N/A
Arcata and Mad River Railroad	AMR		1881	1985	Eureka Southern Railroad
Arcata Transportation Company			1875	1881	Arcata and Mad River Railroad
Arizona and California Railway		ATSF	1903	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	ATSF	ATSF	1901	1996	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad		ATSF	1866	1897	Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad			1908	1911	Ventura County Railway
Bakersfield and Ventura Railway			1903	1906	Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad
Barnwell and Searchlight Railway		ATSF	1906	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Bay and Coast Railroad		SP	1877	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway
Bay Point and Clayton Railroad	BP&C		1906	1946	U.S. Navy
Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad	(?)		1893	1921	Abandoned
Berkeley Branch Railroad		SP	1876	1888	Northern Railway
Black Diamond Coal Mining Railroad			1868	1885
Boca and Loyalton Railroad		WP	1900	1916	Western Pacific Railroad
Bodie Railway and Lumber Company			1893	1906	Mono Lake Railway and Lumber Company
Bodie Railway and Lumber Company			1881	1882	Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company
Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company			1882	1890	Bodie Railway and Lumber Company
Bucksport and Elk River Railroad			1884	1932	Bucksport and Elk River Railway
Bucksport and Elk River Railway			1932	1952	N/A
Burlington Northern Inc.	BN		1970	1981	Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad	BN		1981	1996	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Butte County Railroad		SP	1903	1915	N/A	Leased the Chico and Northern Railroad
Butte and Plumas Railway		WP	1902	1905	Western Pacific Railway
California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway		ATSF	1911	1963	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
California Central Railroad			1912	1930	N/A
California Central Railroad		SP	1857	1868	California and Oregon Railroad
California Central Railway		ATSF	1887	1889	Southern California Railway
California Eastern Railway		ATSF	1895	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
California Midland Railroad		NWP (ATSF)	1902	1903	San Francisco and Northwestern Railway
California and Mount Diablo Railroad		ATSF	1880	1884	California and Nevada Railroad
California and Nevada Railroad		ATSF	1884	1902	Oakland and East Side Railroad
California Northeastern Railway		SP	1905	1911	Oregon Eastern Railway
California Northern Railroad		SP	1860	1881	Northern California Railroad
California and Northern Railway		NWP (ATSF)	1900	1904	San Francisco and Northwestern Railway
California Northwestern Railway		NWP (SP)	1898	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
California and Oregon Railroad		SP	1865	1870	Central Pacific Railroad
California Pacific Railroad		SP	1865	1898	Southern Pacific Railroad
California Pacific Railroad Extension Company		SP	1869	1869	California Pacific Railroad
California, Shasta and Eastern Railway			1912	1927	N/A
California Southern Railroad		ATSF	1914	1942	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
California Southern Railroad		ATSF	1880	1889	Southern California Railway
California Southern Railroad		SP	1870	1870	Southern Pacific Railroad
California Southern Extension Railroad		ATSF	1881	1882	California Southern Railroad
California Western Railroad	CWR		1947	2003	N/A
California Western Railroad and Navigation Company	CWR		1905	1947	California Western Railroad
Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad	CPLT		1911	1986	N/A
Carrizo Gorge Railway	CZRY		1997	2012	Pacific Imperial Railroad
Carson and Colorado Railroad		SP	1881	1892	Carson and Colorado Railway
Carson and Colorado Railway		SP	1892	1905	Nevada and California Railway
Cement, Tolenas and Tidewater Railroad			1911	1930	N/A
Central California Railway		SP	1904	1912	Central Pacific Railway
Central Pacific Railroad		SP	1861	1899	Central Pacific Railway
Central Pacific Railway		SP	1899	1959	Southern Pacific Company
Chico and Northern Railroad		SP	1903	1912	Central Pacific Railway
Chino Valley Railway			1888	1901	N/A
Chowchilla Pacific Railway		SP	1913	1924	Visalia Electric Railroad
Cloverdale and Ukiah Railroad		NWP (SP)	1886	1889	San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
Coal Fields Railway			1920	1935	N/A
Coast Line Railway		SP	1905	1917	Southern Pacific Railroad
Colusa Railroad			1885	1886	Colusa and Lake Railroad
Colusa and Hamilton Railroad		SP	1911	1917	Southern Pacific Railroad
Colusa and Lake Railroad			1886	1915	N/A
Corona and Santa Fe Railway		ATSF	1926	1942	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Coronado Railroad		SP	1886	1908	San Diego Southern Railway
Crescent City Railway		UP	1906	1915	Riverside, Rialto and Pacific Railroad
Death Valley Railroad			1914	1931	N/A
Diamond and Caldor Railway			1904	1952	N/A
Eel River and Eureka Railroad		NWP (ATSF)	1882	1903	San Francisco and Northwestern Railway
Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles Railway		ATSF	1895	1899	Southern California Railway
Eureka and Klamath River Railroad		NWP (SP)	1896	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Eureka Southern Railroad	EUKA		1984	1992	North Coast Railroad
Feather River Railway			1939	1966	N/A
Felton and Pescadero Railroad		SP	1883	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway
Ferris and Lakeview Railway		ATSF	1898	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Fernley and Lassen Railway		SP	1909	1912	Central Pacific Railway
Folsom and Placerville Railroad		SP	1876	1877	Sacramento and Placerville Railroad
Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad		NWP (ATSF)	1903	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Freeport Railroad			1863	1865	N/A
Fresno County Railway		ATSF	1905	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Fullerton and Richfield Railway		ATSF	1910	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Fulton and Guerneville Railroad		NWP (SP)	1877	1877	San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
Goose Lake and Southern Railway		SP	1908	1912	Central Pacific Railway
Great Northern Railway	GN	GN	1930	1970	Burlington Northern Inc.
Great Western Railway of Colorado	GWR		1986	1987	Great Western Railway of Oregon
Great Western Railway of Oregon	GWR		1987	1997	Lake County Railroad
Hanford and Summit Lake Railway		SP	1910	1917	Southern Pacific Railroad
Harbor Belt Line Railroad	HBL		1929	1998	Pacific Harbor Line, Inc.
Hetch Hetchy Railroad			1915	1949	N/A
Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valleys Railway of California			1900	1943	N/A
Holton Interurban Railway	HI	SP	1903	1985	Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Howard Terminal Railway	HT		1917		Part of Port of Oakland Railroad
Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway	.		1905	1929	.
Humboldt Railroad		NWP (SP)	1901		Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Imperial and Gulf Railway		SP	1902	1905	Inter-California Railway
Indian Valley Railroad			1916	1938	N/A
Indian Valley Railway		WP	1902	1905	Western Pacific Railway
Inter-California Railway		SP	1904	1935	Southern Pacific Company
Ione and Eastern Railroad			1904	1908	Amador Central Railroad
Iron Mountain Railway			1895	1927	N/A
Kings Lake Shore Railroad			1917	1934	N/A
Kings River Railway		ATSF	1909	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Klamath Lake Railroad			1901	1913	Siskiyou Electric Light and Power Company
Lake County Railroad	LCR		1997			Still exists as a lessor of the Lake Railway
Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company		SP	1898	1927	Southern Pacific Company
Laton and Western Railroad		ATSF	1910	1942	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Loma Prieta Railroad		SP	1882	1884	Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad
Long Beach Railroad		SP	1887	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Long Beach, Whittier and Los Angeles County Railroad		SP	1887	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles and Glendale Railroad		UP	1887	1888	Los Angeles and Glendale Railway
Los Angeles and Glendale Railway		UP	1888	1891	Los Angeles Terminal Railway
Los Angeles and Independence Railroad		SP	1875	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles, Pasadena and Glendale Railway		UP	1889	1891	Los Angeles Terminal Railway
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad		UP	1916	1987	Union Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles and San Diego Railroad		SP	1876	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad		ATSF	1883	1887	California Central Railway
Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad		SP	1868	1874	Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad		ATSF	1886	1887	California Central Railway
Los Angeles Terminal Railway		UP	1890	1901	San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Ludlow and Southern Railway			1902	1931	N/A
Marin and Napa Railroad		NWP (SP)	1886	1889	San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
Marysville Railroad		SP	1867	1868	California and Oregon Railroad
Marysville and Susanville Railroad		WP	1904	1905	Western Pacific Railway
McCloud River Railroad	MR		1897	1992	McCloud Railway
Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway			1896	1913	Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway
Minarets and Western Railway			1921	1932	N/A
Minkler Southern Railway		ATSF	1913	1942	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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 Cemex
Monterey Railroad		SP	1880	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Monterey Extension Railroad		SP	1888	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad		SP	1874	1879	Monterey Railroad
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway			1913	1930	N/A
Napa Valley Railroad		SP	1864	1869	California Pacific Railroad Extension Company
National City and Otay Railway		SP	1887	1908	San Diego Southern Railway
Nevada and California Railway		SP	1905	1912	Central Pacific Railway
Nevada and California Railroad		SP	1884	1893	Nevada–California–Oregon Railway
Nevada–California–Oregon Railway		SP	1888	1945	Central Pacific Railway
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad			1874	1943	N/A
Nevada and Oregon Railroad		SP	1881	1884	Nevada and California Railroad
Nevada Southern Railway		ATSF	1892	1895	California Eastern Railway
Newport Wharf and Lumber Company		SP	1889	1893	Santa Ana and Newport Railway
North Coast Railroad	NCRR		1992	1996	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
North Pacific Coast Railroad		NWP (SP)	1871	1902	North Shore Railroad
North Pacific Coast Railroad Extension Company		NWP (SP)	1882	1885	North Pacific Coast Railroad
North Shore Railroad		NWP (SP)	1902	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
North Western Railroad of California		NWP (SP)	1885	1892	North Pacific Coast Railroad
Northern Railway		SP	1871	1898	Southern Pacific Railroad
Northern California Railroad		SP	1884	1889	Northern California Railway
Northern California Railway		SP	1888	1898	Southern Pacific Railroad
Northwestern Pacific Railroad	NWP		1996	2001	Northwestern Pacific Railway
Northwestern Pacific Railroad	NWP	NWP	1907	1992	Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Northwestern Pacific Railway	NWP		2001	2001	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Northwestern Pacific Railway		NWP	1906	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Oakdale Western Railway		ATSF	1904	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Oakland and East Side Railroad		ATSF	1902	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Oakland Terminal Railroad		ATSF/ WP	1935	1943	Oakland Terminal Railway
Oakland Township Railroad		SP	1881	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway
Ocean Shore Railroad			1911	1920	N/A
Ocean Shore Railway			1905	1911	Ocean Shore Railroad
Oregon Eastern Railway		SP	1911	1912	Central Pacific Railway
Oregon and Eureka Railroad			1903	1911	N/A	Leased the Eureka and Klamath River Railroad and Humboldt Railroad
Otay Railway		SP	1887	1888	National City and Otay Railway
Outer Harbor Terminal Railway			1927	1955	N/A
Pacific Coast Railroad			1882	1882	Pacific Coast Railway
Pacific Coast Railway			1882	1941	N/A
Pacific Electric Railway	PE	SP	1901	1965	Southern Pacific Company	Electric until 1961
Pacific Southwestern Railroad		SP	1922	1924	Southern Pacific Company
Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad		SP	1884	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Pajaro Valley Railroad			1890	1897	Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad
Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad			1897	1928	N/A
Pajaro Extension Railway			1897	1897	Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad
Palmdale Railroad			1888	1893	N/A
Parr Terminal Railroad	PRT		1950	2002	Richmond Pacific Railroad
Pasadena Railway		UP	1887	1892	Los Angeles Terminal Railway
Patterson and Western Railroad			1915	1921	N/A
Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railway			1904	1911	Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad
Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad		SP	1862	1869	Sacramento and Placerville Railroad
Port Railroads, Inc.	PRI		1973	1996	San Joaquin Valley Railroad
Porterville Northeastern Railway		SP	1910	1934	Southern Pacific Company
Quincy and Eastern Railroad			1908	1909	Quincy Western Railway
Quincy Western Railway			1909	1917	Quincy Railroad
Ramona and San Bernardino Railroad		SP	1888	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Randsburg Railway		ATSF	1897	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Redondo Beach Railway		ATSF	1888	1889	Southern California Railway
Richmond Belt Railway		ATSF / SP	1902	1932	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Southern Pacific Company
Riverside, Rialto and Pacific Railroad		UP	1915	1917	Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Riverside, Santa Ana and Los Angeles Railway		ATSF	1885	1887	California Central Railway
Sacramento Northern Railway	SN	WP	1921	1987	Western Pacific Railroad	Electric until 1946
Sacramento and Oakland Railway		WP	1903	1903	Western Pacific Railway
Sacramento and Placerville Railroad		SP	1877	1888	Northern Railway
Sacramento and San Francisco Railroad		SP	1864	1865	California Pacific Railroad
Sacramento Southern Railroad		SP	1903	1912	Central Pacific Railway
Sacramento Valley Railroad		SP	1852	1877	Sacramento and Placerville Railroad
Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railway			1906	1927	N/A
San Bernardino and Eastern Railway		ATSF	1890	1892	Southern California Railway
San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railway		ATSF	1886	1887	California Central Railway
San Bernardino and San Diego Railway		ATSF	1886	1887	California Central Railway
San Bernardino Valley Railway		ATSF	1887	1887	California Central Railway
San Diego and Arizona Railway		SP	1906	1933	San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway	SDAE	SP	1933			Still exists as a lessor of the Carrizo Gorge Railway and San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Transportation Company	SDAE		1979	1984	San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
San Diego Central Railroad		ATSF	1886	1887	California Central Railway
San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway		SP	1909	1912	San Diego and South Eastern Railway
San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway		SP	1887	1888	San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern Railway
San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern Railway		SP	1888	1909	San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway
San Diego and South Eastern Railway		SP	1912	1917	San Diego and Arizona Railway
San Diego Southern Railway		SP	1908	1912	San Diego and South Eastern Railway
San Francisco and Alameda Railroad		SP	1863	1870	San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad
San Francisco, Alameda and Stockton Railroad		SP	1863	1864	San Francisco and Alameda Railroad
San Francisco Bay Railroad		SP	1868	1869	Western Pacific Railroad
San Francisco Belt Railroad	SFB		1969	1993	N/A
San Francisco and Colorado River Railroad		SP	1883	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway
San Francisco and Eureka Railway		NWP (SP)	1903	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad		NWP (SP)	1868	1869	San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Marysville Railroad		SP	1857	1865	California Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Napa Railway		SP	1903	1911	Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad		NWP (SP)	1869	1889	San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
San Francisco and North Pacific Railway		NWP (SP)	1888	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Northwestern Railway		NWP (ATSF)	1903	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Oakland Railroad		SP	1861	1870	San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad
San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad		SP	1870	1870	Central Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway		ATSF	1895	1901	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
San Francisco and San Jose Railroad		SP	1860	1870	Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and San Rafael Railroad		NWP (SP)	1882	1889	San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
San Francisco, Tamalpais and Bolinas Railway		NWP (SP)	1889	1892	North Pacific Coast Railroad
San Francisco Terminal Railway and Ferry Company		WP	1902	1903	Western Pacific Railway
San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway		SP	1887	1894	Southern Pacific Railroad
San Jacinto Valley Railway		ATSF	1887	1887	California Central Railway
San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad	SJ&E		1912	1933	N/A
San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad		SP	1882	1888	Northern Railway
San Joaquin Valley Railroad (1891–1893)		SP	1891	1893	Southern Pacific Railroad
San Joaquin Valley Railroad (1868–1870)		SP	1868	1870	Central Pacific Railroad
San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad		SP	1886	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
San Jose and Almaden Railroad		SP	1886	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
San Juan Pacific Railway			1907	1912	California Central Railroad
San Luis Obispo Railroad			1873	1875	San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad
San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad			1875	1882	Pacific Coast Railway
San Pablo and Tulare Railroad		SP	1871	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
San Pablo and Tulare Extension Railroad		SP	1887	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad	SLR	UP	1901	1916	Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
San Rafael and San Quentin Railroad		NWP (SP)	1869		?-->
San Ramon Valley Railroad		SP	1888	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Santa Ana Railroad		SP	1889	1892	Newport Wharf and Lumber Company
Santa Ana and Newport Railway		SP	1892	1899	Southern Pacific Railroad
Santa Ana and Westminster Railway		SP	1890	1899	Santa Ana and Newport Railway
Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley Railroad		SP	1868	1870	Southern Pacific Railroad
Santa Cruz Railroad		SP	1873	1881	Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad
Santa Cruz and Felton Railroad		SP	1874	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway
Santa Fe and Los Angeles Harbor Railway		ATSF	1922	1942	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad		ATSF	1897	1902	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe and Santa Monica Railway		ATSF	1892	1892	Southern California Railway
Santa Fe Terminal Company of California		ATSF	1899	1912	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad		SP	1887	1888
Saratoga and Almaden Railroad			1884	1905	N/A
Shingle Springs and Placerville Railroad		SP	1887	1888	Northern Railway
Sierra Railroad	SERA		1935	2003	Sierra Northern Railway
Sierra Railway of California	SRYC		1897	1937	Sierra Railroad
Sierra and Mohawk Railway		SP	1911	1915	Sierra and Mohawk Railway
Sierra Valley & Mohawk Railway		SP	1885	1895	Sierra Valley Railroad
Sierra Valley Railroad		SP	1895	1909	Sierra and Mohawk Railway
Sonoma County Railroad		NWP (SP)	1868	1868	San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad
Sonoma and Marin Railroad		NWP (SP)	1875	1877	San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
Sonoma and Santa Rosa Railroad		NWP (SP)	1881	1885	Sonoma Valley Railroad
Sonoma Valley Railroad		NWP (SP)	1878	1889	San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
Sonoma Valley Prismoidal Railway		NWP (SP)	1875	1878	Sonoma Valley Railroad
South Pacific Coast Railroad		SP	1876	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway
South Pacific Coast Railway		SP	1887	1937	Southern Pacific Company
South San Francisco Belt Railway		SP	1907	1945	Southern Pacific Company
Southern California Railway		ATSF	1889	1906	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Southern California Motor Road		SP	1887	1895	Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Company	SP	SP	1885	1969	Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Railroad		SP	1865	1955	Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Extension Company		SP	1888	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Branch Railroad		SP	1872	1873	Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Branch Railway		SP	1886	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Transportation Company	SP	SP	1969	1998	Union Pacific Railroad
State Belt Railroad			1873	1969	San Francisco Belt Railroad
Stockton and Beckwith Pass Railway		WP	1902	1903	Western Pacific Railway
Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad		SP	1865	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Stockton and Ione Railroad			1873	1875	N/A
Stockton and Tulare Railroad		SP	1887	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad
Stockton and Visalia Railroad		SP	1869	1877	Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad
Sugar Pine Lumber Company			1923	1933	N/A
Sugar Pine Railway			1903	1922	N/A
Sunset Railroad		ATSF/ SP	1900	1912	Sunset Railway
Sunset Railway	SUN	ATSF/ SP	1912			Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, leased to the San Joaquin Valley Railroad
Sunset Western Railway		ATSF/ SP	1909	1912	Sunset Railway
Ten Mile Railroad						Fort Bragg
Tidewater and Southern Railroad		WP	1910	1912	Tidewater Southern Railway
Tidewater Southern Railway	TSO, TS	WP	1912	1987	Western Pacific Railroad
Tidewater and Southern Transit Company		WP	1912	1912	Tidewater Southern Railway
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad			1904	1940	N/A
Vaca Valley Railroad		SP	1869	1870	Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad
Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad		SP	1877	1888	Northern Railway
Ventura County Railway	VCY		1911			Still exists as a lessor of the Ventura County Railroad
Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad		SP	1896	1899	Southern Pacific Railroad
Visalia Railroad		SP	1874	1899	Southern Pacific Railroad
Visalia Electric Railroad	VE	SP	1904	1992	Southern Pacific Transportation Company	Electric until 1944
Visalia and Tulare Railroad			1887	1900	N/A
West Side and Mendocino Railroad		SP	1886	1888	Northern Railway
Western Nevada Railroad		SP	1879	1880	Nevada and Oregon Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad	WP	WP	1916	1987	Union Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad		SP	1862	1870	Central Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railway		WP	1903	1916	Western Pacific Railroad
Winters and Ukiah Railway		SP	1887	1888	Northern Railway
Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake Railroad		SP	1887	1888	Northern Railway
Yolo Shortline Railroad	YSLR		1991	2003	Sierra Northern Railway
Yosemite Short Line Railway			1905	1917	N/A
Yosemite Valley Railroad			1902	1935	Yosemite Valley Railway
Yosemite Valley Railway			1934	1945	N/A
Yreka Railroad			1888	1935	Yreka Western Railroad
Yuba Railroad		SP	1862	1869	California and Oregon Railroad

Private carriers

• Albion Lumber Company
• American River Land and Lumber Company
• Arcata and Mad River Railroad
• Bayside Logging Railroad
• Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad
• Birch and Smart Railroad
• Brookings Lumber and Box Company
• Butte and Plumas Railway
• C.D. Danaher Pine Company
• California Door Company
• California Redwood Company
• Camino, Cable and Northern Railroad
• Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
• Caspar, South Fork and Eastern Railroad
• Charles W. Kitts
• Clover Valley Lumber Company
• Crane Creek Lumber Company
• Crescent City and Smith River Railroad
• Del Norte Southern Railroad
• Descanso, Alpine and Pacific Railway
• Diamond Match Company
• Duncan Mill Land and Lumber Company
• El Dorado Lumber Company
• Elk Creek Railroad
• Feather River Pine Mills, Inc.
• Fruit Growers Supply Company
• Georgia-Pacific
• Glen Blair Redwood Company
• Glendale Railroad
• Goodyear Redwood Lumber Company
• Grande Ronde Pine Company
• Gualala River Railroad
• Gualala River Railway
• Hammond and Little River Redwood Company
• Hammond Lumber Company
• Hammond Redwood Lumber Company
• Hardy Creek and Eel River Railroad
• Hobart Southern Railroad
• Humboldt Bay and Trinidad Logging and Lumbering Company
• Humboldt Logging Railway
• Humboldt Lumber Mill Company
• Humboldt Northern Railway
• Hutchison Lumber Company
• Imperial Gypsum Company
• Kaiser Steel (Eagle Mountain Railroad)
• L.E. White Lumber Company (Greenwood Railroad)
• Lake Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Little River Redwood Company
• Long-Bell Lumber Company
• Madera Sugar Pine Company
• Mammoth Copper Mining Company
• Marsh Lumber Company
• McCloud Railway
• Metropolitan Redwood Lumber Company
• Michigan–California Lumber Company
• Minors Railroad
• Mono Lake Lumber Company
• Mono Lake Railway and Lumber Company
• Navarro Lumber Company
• Northern Redwood Lumber Company
• Outer Harbor Dock and Wharf Company
• Pacific Coast Borax Company (Borate and Daggett Railroad)
• Pacific Lumber Company
• Pacific Portland Cement Company
• Parr-Richmond Industrial Corporation
• PeopleMover
• Pittsburg Railroad
• R.E. Danaher Company
• Rainbow Mill and Lumber Company
• Raymond Granite Company
• Read Timber and Lumber Company
• Red River Lumber Company
• Red Rock Railroad
• Rockport Redwood Company
• Selby Smelting and Lead Company
• Shaver Lake Lumber Company (Shaver Lake Railroad)
• Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company
• Siskiyou Electric Light and Power Company
• Sonoma Magnesite Tramway
• South San Francisco Land and Improvement Company
• Southwestern Portland Cement Company
• Stearns Lumber Company
• Stone Canyon and Pacific Railway
• Sugar Pine Lumber Company
• Tecopa Railroad
• Ten Mile Railroad
• Terry Lumber Company (Anderson and Bella Vista Railroad)
• Towle Brothers Company
• Tulare Valley Railroad
• Union Lumber Company (Fort Bragg Railroad)
• Union Sugar Company
• Usal Redwood Company
• Viewliner Train of Tomorrow
• Watsonville Traction Company
  • Weed Lumber Company West Side Flume and Lumber Company
• West Side Lumber Company railway
• Western Meat Company
• Western Plant Services, Inc.
• Western Redwood Lumber Company
• Wood Sheldon Lumber Company
• Yellow Aster Mining Company
• Yosemite Lumber Company
• Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Company

References

• Book: Fickewirth, Alvin A.. California Railroads. . Golden West Books. 1992. 0-87095-106-8.
  • Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in California (PDF). Retrieved May 25, 2005.
• Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
• Book: Serpico, Philip C.. Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. 1988. Omni Publications. Palmdale, California. 0-88418-000-X .

See also

• History of rail transportation in California
• List of San Francisco Bay Area trains

External links

Archival collections

• Guide to Railroads in California by L. M. Clement. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 California State Rail Plan . California Department of Transportation . Caltrans . 14 September 2018.
2. Web site: The Historic Placerville Branch.
3. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.