List of California railroads


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

Common freight carriers

Freight carrier information is current.
NameCarrier CodeParent companyRoute miles
BNSF RailwayBNSFBerkshire Hathaway
Union Pacific RailroadUPRR

NameCarrier CodeParent companyRoute miles
Arizona and California RailroadARZCGenesee & Wyoming190
California Northern RailroadCFNRGenesee & Wyoming210
Central Oregon and Pacific RailroadCORPGenesee & Wyoming305
Lake County RailroadLCR/LCYFrontier Rail54
Napa Valley Wine TrainNVRR18
Northwestern Pacific RailroadNWP63
Pacific Sun RailroadPSRRWatco62
Sacramento Southern RailroadSSRState of California3
Sacramento Valley RailroadSAVPatriot Rail7
San Diego and Imperial Valley RailroadSDIYGenesee & Wyoming1
San Joaquin Valley RailroadSJVRGenesee & Wyoming297
San Francisco Bay RailroadSFBR7
Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific RailwaySCBGRoaring Camp, Inc.9
Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay RailroadSCMBProgressive Rail, Inc.31
Santa Maria Valley RailroadSMVRR14
Sierra Northern RailwaySERA68
Stockton Terminal and Eastern RailroadSTEOmniTrax25
Trona RailwayTRCSearles Valley Minerals/Nirma31
Ventura County RailroadVCRRGenesee & Wyoming9
West Isle Line, Inc.WFSWestern Farm Service5
Yreka Western RailroadYWRailmark Holdings9

NameCarrier CodeParent companyRoute miles
Central California Traction CompanyCCTBNSF/UPRR96
Los Angeles Junction RailwayLAJBNSF64
Modesto and Empire Traction CompanyMET49
Oakland Terminal RailwayOTRBNSF/UPRR10
Pacific Harbor Line, Inc.PHLAnacostia Rail Holdings Company59
Quincy RailroadQRR3
Richmond Pacific RailroadRPRC6

Other

Intercity


Common carriers


NameMarkSystemFromToSuccessorNotes
Alameda and San Joaquin RailroadWP18951903Western Pacific Railway
Alameda Belt LineABLATSF/ WP19252007N/A
Albion Railroad19211930N/A
Albion River RailroadNWP 18851891Albion and Southeastern Railway
Albion and Southeastern RailwayNWP 19021905Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad
Almaden Branch RailroadSP18871887South Pacific Coast Railway
Amador Branch RailroadSP18751888Northern Railway
Amador Central RailroadAMC19081997Amador Foothills Railroad
Amador Foothills Railroad19982004N/A
Arcata and Mad River RailroadAMR18811985Eureka Southern Railroad
Arcata Transportation Company18751881Arcata and Mad River Railroad
Arizona and California RailwayATSF19031911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayATSFATSF19011996Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Atlantic and Pacific RailroadATSF18661897Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad19081911Ventura County Railway
Bakersfield and Ventura Railway19031906Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad
Barnwell and Searchlight RailwayATSF19061911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Bay and Coast RailroadSP18771887South Pacific Coast Railway
Bay Point and Clayton RailroadBP&C19061946U.S. Navy
Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad18931921Abandoned
Berkeley Branch RailroadSP18761888Northern Railway
Black Diamond Coal Mining Railroad18681885
Boca and Loyalton RailroadWP19001916Western Pacific Railroad
Bodie Railway and Lumber Company18931906Mono Lake Railway and Lumber Company
Bodie Railway and Lumber Company18811882Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company
Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company18821890Bodie Railway and Lumber Company
Bucksport and Elk River Railroad18841932Bucksport and Elk River Railway
Bucksport and Elk River Railway19321952N/A
Burlington Northern Inc.BN19701981Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern RailroadBN19811996Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Butte County RailroadSP19031915N/ALeased the Chico and Northern Railroad
Butte and Plumas RailwayWP19021905Western Pacific Railway
California, Arizona and Santa Fe RailwayATSF19111963Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
California Central Railroad19121930N/A
California Central RailroadSP18571868California and Oregon Railroad
California Central RailwayATSF18871889Southern California Railway
California Eastern RailwayATSF18951911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
California Midland RailroadNWP 19021903San Francisco and Northwestern Railway
California and Mount Diablo RailroadATSF18801884California and Nevada Railroad
California and Nevada RailroadATSF18841902Oakland and East Side Railroad
California Northeastern RailwaySP19051911Oregon Eastern Railway
California Northern RailroadSP18601881Northern California Railroad
California and Northern RailwayNWP 19001904San Francisco and Northwestern Railway
California Northwestern RailwayNWP 18981907Northwestern Pacific Railroad
California and Oregon RailroadSP18651870Central Pacific Railroad
California Pacific RailroadSP18651898Southern Pacific Railroad
California Pacific Railroad Extension CompanySP18691869California Pacific Railroad
California, Shasta and Eastern Railway19121927N/A
California Southern RailroadATSF19141942Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
California Southern RailroadATSF18801889Southern California Railway
California Southern RailroadSP18701870Southern Pacific Railroad
California Southern Extension RailroadATSF18811882California Southern Railroad
California Western RailroadCWR19472003N/A
California Western Railroad and Navigation CompanyCWR19051947California Western Railroad
Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe RailroadCPLT19111986N/A
Carrizo Gorge RailwayCZRY19972012Pacific Imperial Railroad
Carson and Colorado RailroadSP18811892Carson and Colorado Railway
Carson and Colorado RailwaySP18921905Nevada and California Railway
Cement, Tolenas and Tidewater Railroad19111930N/A
Central California RailwaySP19041912Central Pacific Railway
Central Pacific RailroadSP18611899Central Pacific Railway
Central Pacific RailwaySP18991959Southern Pacific Company
Chico and Northern RailroadSP19031912Central Pacific Railway
Chino Valley Railway18881901N/A
Chowchilla Pacific RailwaySP19131924Visalia Electric Railroad
Cloverdale and Ukiah RailroadNWP 18861889San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
Coal Fields Railway19201935N/A
Coast Line RailwaySP19051917Southern Pacific Railroad
Colusa Railroad18851886Colusa and Lake Railroad
Colusa and Hamilton RailroadSP19111917Southern Pacific Railroad
Colusa and Lake Railroad18861915N/A
Corona and Santa Fe RailwayATSF19261942Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Coronado RailroadSP18861908San Diego Southern Railway
Crescent City RailwayUP19061915Riverside, Rialto and Pacific Railroad
Death Valley Railroad19141931N/A
Diamond and Caldor Railway19041952N/A
Eel River and Eureka RailroadNWP 18821903San Francisco and Northwestern Railway
Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles RailwayATSF18951899Southern California Railway
Eureka and Klamath River RailroadNWP 18961907Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Eureka Southern RailroadEUKA19841992North Coast Railroad
Feather River Railway19391966N/A
Felton and Pescadero RailroadSP18831887South Pacific Coast Railway
Ferris and Lakeview RailwayATSF18981911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Fernley and Lassen RailwaySP19091912Central Pacific Railway
Folsom and Placerville RailroadSP18761877Sacramento and Placerville Railroad
Fort Bragg and Southeastern RailroadNWP 19031907Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Freeport Railroad18631865N/A
Fresno County RailwayATSF19051911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Fullerton and Richfield RailwayATSF19101911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Fulton and Guerneville RailroadNWP 18771877San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
Goose Lake and Southern RailwaySP19081912Central Pacific Railway
Great Northern RailwayGNGN19301970Burlington Northern Inc.
Great Western Railway of ColoradoGWR19861987Great Western Railway of Oregon
Great Western Railway of OregonGWR19871997Lake County Railroad
Hanford and Summit Lake RailwaySP19101917Southern Pacific Railroad
Harbor Belt Line RailroadHBL19291998Pacific Harbor Line, Inc.
Hetch Hetchy Railroad19151949N/A
Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valleys Railway of California19001943N/A
Holton Interurban RailwayHISP19031985Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Howard Terminal RailwayHT1917Part of Port of Oakland Railroad
Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway...
Humboldt RailroadNWP 1901Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Imperial and Gulf RailwaySP19021905Inter-California Railway
Indian Valley Railroad19161938N/A
Indian Valley RailwayWP19021905Western Pacific Railway
Inter-California RailwaySP19041935Southern Pacific Company
Ione and Eastern Railroad19041908Amador Central Railroad
Iron Mountain Railway18951927N/A
Kings Lake Shore Railroad19171934N/A
Kings River RailwayATSF19091911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Klamath Lake Railroad19011913Siskiyou Electric Light and Power Company
Lake County RailroadLCR1997Still exists as a lessor of the Lake Railway
Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation CompanySP18981927Southern Pacific Company
Laton and Western RailroadATSF19101942California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Loma Prieta RailroadSP18821884Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad
Long Beach RailroadSP18871888Southern Pacific Railroad
Long Beach, Whittier and Los Angeles County RailroadSP18871888Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles and Glendale RailroadUP18871888Los Angeles and Glendale Railway
Los Angeles and Glendale RailwayUP18881891Los Angeles Terminal Railway
Los Angeles and Independence RailroadSP18751888Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles, Pasadena and Glendale RailwayUP18891891Los Angeles Terminal Railway
Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadUP19161987Union Pacific Railroad-
Los Angeles and San Diego RailroadSP18761888Southern Pacific Railroad-
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley RailroadATSF18831887California Central Railway-
Los Angeles and San Pedro RailroadSP18681874Southern Pacific Railroad-
Los Angeles and Santa Monica RailroadATSF18861887California Central Railway-
Los Angeles Terminal RailwayUP18901901San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad-
Ludlow and Southern Railway19021931N/A-
Marin and Napa RailroadNWP 18861889San Francisco and North Pacific Railway-
Marysville RailroadSP18671868California and Oregon Railroad-
Marysville and Susanville RailroadWP19041905Western Pacific Railway-
McCloud River RailroadMR18971992McCloud Railway-
Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway18961913Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway-
Minarets and Western Railway19211932N/A-
Minkler Southern RailwayATSF19131942Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway-
Modesto Interurban Railway19091993Modesto and Empire Traction Company-
Modesto Terminal Company19201938Modesto Interurban Railway-
Modoc Northern RailroadMNRR20052009Union Pacific Railroad-
Modoc Northern RailwaySP19081912Central Pacific Railway-
Mojave Northern Railroad1914Still exists as a private carrier subsidiary of Cemex
Monterey RailroadSP18801888Southern Pacific Railroad-
Monterey Extension RailroadSP18881888Southern Pacific Railroad-
Monterey and Salinas Valley RailroadSP18741879Monterey Railroad-
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway19131930N/A-
Napa Valley RailroadSP18641869California Pacific Railroad Extension Company-
National City and Otay RailwaySP18871908San Diego Southern Railway-
Nevada and California RailwaySP19051912Central Pacific Railway-
Nevada and California RailroadSP18841893Nevada–California–Oregon Railway-
Nevada–California–Oregon RailwaySP18881945Central Pacific Railway-
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad18741943N/A-
Nevada and Oregon RailroadSP18811884Nevada and California Railroad-
Nevada Southern RailwayATSF18921895California Eastern Railway-
Newport Wharf and Lumber CompanySP18891893Santa Ana and Newport Railway-
North Coast RailroadNCRR19921996Northwestern Pacific Railroad-
North Pacific Coast RailroadNWP 18711902North Shore Railroad-
North Pacific Coast Railroad Extension CompanyNWP 18821885North Pacific Coast Railroad-
North Shore RailroadNWP 19021907Northwestern Pacific Railroad-
North Western Railroad of CaliforniaNWP 18851892North Pacific Coast Railroad-
Northern RailwaySP18711898Southern Pacific Railroad-
Northern California RailroadSP18841889Northern California Railway-
Northern California RailwaySP18881898Southern Pacific Railroad-
Northwestern Pacific RailroadNWP19962001Northwestern Pacific Railway-
Northwestern Pacific RailroadNWPNWP19071992Southern Pacific Transportation Company-
Northwestern Pacific RailwayNWP20012001Northwestern Pacific Railroad-
Northwestern Pacific RailwayNWP19061907Northwestern Pacific Railroad-
Oakdale Western RailwayATSF19041911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway-
Oakland and East Side RailroadATSF19021911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway-
Oakland Terminal RailroadATSF/ WP19351943Oakland Terminal Railway-
Oakland Township RailroadSP18811887South Pacific Coast Railway-
Ocean Shore Railroad19111920N/A-
Ocean Shore Railway19051911Ocean Shore Railroad-
Oregon Eastern RailwaySP19111912Central Pacific Railway-
Oregon and Eureka Railroad19031911N/ALeased the Eureka and Klamath River Railroad and Humboldt Railroad
Otay RailwaySP18871888National City and Otay Railway
Outer Harbor Terminal Railway19271955N/A
Pacific Coast Railroad18821882Pacific Coast Railway
Pacific Coast Railway18821941N/AAll PCRY right of way in Santa Maria Valley absorbed by competitor Santa Maria Valley Railroad
Pacific Electric RailwayPESP19011965Southern Pacific CompanyElectric until 1961
Pacific Southwestern RailroadSP19221924Southern Pacific Company
Pajaro and Santa Cruz RailroadSP18841888Southern Pacific Railroad
Pajaro Valley Railroad18901897Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad
Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad18971928N/A
Pajaro Extension Railway18971897Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad
Palmdale Railroad18881893N/A
Parr Terminal RailroadPRT19502002Richmond Pacific Railroad
Pasadena RailwayUP18871892Los Angeles Terminal Railway
Patterson and Western Railroad19151921N/A
Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railway19041911Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad
Placerville and Sacramento Valley RailroadSP18621869Sacramento and Placerville Railroad
Port Railroads, Inc.PRI19731996San Joaquin Valley Railroad
Porterville Northeastern RailwaySP19101934Southern Pacific Company
Quincy and Eastern Railroad19081909Quincy Western Railway
Quincy Western Railway19091917Quincy Railroad
Ramona and San Bernardino RailroadSP18881888Southern Pacific Railroad
Randsburg RailwayATSF18971911California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Redondo Beach RailwayATSF18881889Southern California Railway
Richmond Belt RailwayATSF / SP19021932Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Southern Pacific Company
Riverside, Rialto and Pacific RailroadUP19151917Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Riverside, Santa Ana and Los Angeles RailwayATSF18851887California Central Railway
Sacramento Northern RailwaySNWP19211987Western Pacific RailroadElectric until 1946
Sacramento and Oakland RailwayWP19031903Western Pacific Railway
Sacramento and Placerville RailroadSP18771888Northern Railway
Sacramento and San Francisco RailroadSP18641865California Pacific Railroad
Sacramento Southern RailroadSP19031912Central Pacific Railway
Sacramento Valley RailroadSP18521877Sacramento and Placerville Railroad
Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railway19061927N/A
San Bernardino and Eastern RailwayATSF18901892Southern California Railway
San Bernardino and Los Angeles RailwayATSF18861887California Central Railway
San Bernardino and San Diego RailwayATSF18861887California Central Railway
San Bernardino Valley RailwayATSF18871887California Central Railway
San Diego and Arizona RailwaySP19061933San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
San Diego and Arizona Eastern RailwaySDAESP1933Still exists as a lessor of the Carrizo Gorge Railway and San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Transportation CompanySDAE19791984San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
San Diego Central RailroadATSF18861887California Central Railway
San Diego and Cuyamaca RailwaySP19091912San Diego and South Eastern Railway
San Diego and Cuyamaca RailwaySP18871888San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern Railway
San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern RailwaySP18881909San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway
San Diego and South Eastern RailwaySP19121917San Diego and Arizona Railway
San Diego Southern RailwaySP19081912San Diego and South Eastern Railway
San Francisco and Alameda RailroadSP18631870San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad
San Francisco, Alameda and Stockton RailroadSP18631864San Francisco and Alameda Railroad
San Francisco Bay RailroadSP18681869Western Pacific Railroad
San Francisco Belt RailroadSFB19691993N/A
San Francisco and Colorado River RailroadSP18831887South Pacific Coast Railway
San Francisco and Eureka RailwayNWP 19031907Northwestern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Humboldt Bay RailroadNWP 18681869San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Marysville RailroadSP18571865California Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Napa RailwaySP19031911Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and North Pacific RailroadNWP 18691889San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
San Francisco and North Pacific RailwayNWP 18881907Northwestern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Northwestern RailwayNWP 19031907Northwestern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and Oakland RailroadSP18611870San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad
San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda RailroadSP18701870Central Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley RailwayATSF18951901Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
San Francisco and San Jose RailroadSP18601870Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and San Rafael RailroadNWP 18821889San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
San Francisco, Tamalpais and Bolinas RailwayNWP 18891892North Pacific Coast Railroad
San Francisco Terminal Railway and Ferry CompanyWP19021903Western Pacific Railway
San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit RailwaySP18871894Southern Pacific Railroad
San Jacinto Valley RailwayATSF18871887California Central Railway
San Joaquin and Eastern RailroadSJ&E19121933N/A
San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada RailroadSP18821888Northern Railway
San Joaquin Valley RailroadSP18911893Southern Pacific Railroad
San Joaquin Valley RailroadSP18681870Central Pacific Railroad
San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite RailroadSP18861888Southern Pacific Railroad
San Jose and Almaden RailroadSP18861888Southern Pacific Railroad
San Juan Pacific Railway19071912California Central Railroad
San Luis Obispo Railroad18731875San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad
San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley Railroad18751882Pacific Coast Railway
San Pablo and Tulare RailroadSP18711888Southern Pacific Railroad
San Pablo and Tulare Extension RailroadSP18871888Southern Pacific Railroad
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadSLRUP19011916Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
San Rafael and San Quentin RailroadNWP 1869
San Ramon Valley RailroadSP18881888Southern Pacific Railroad
Santa Ana RailroadSP18891892Newport Wharf and Lumber Company
Santa Ana and Newport RailwaySP18921899Southern Pacific Railroad
Santa Ana and Westminster RailwaySP18901899Santa Ana and Newport Railway
Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley RailroadSP18681870Southern Pacific Railroad
Santa Cruz RailroadSP18731881Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad
Santa Cruz and Felton RailroadSP18741887South Pacific Coast Railway
Santa Fe and Los Angeles Harbor RailwayATSF19221942Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe Pacific RailroadATSF18971902Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe and Santa Monica RailwayATSF18921892Southern California Railway
Santa Fe Terminal Company of CaliforniaATSF18991912Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Santa Rosa and Carquinez RailroadSP18871888-
Saratoga and Almaden Railroad18841905N/A
Shingle Springs and Placerville RailroadSP18871888Northern Railway
Sierra RailroadSERA19352003Sierra Northern Railway
Sierra Railway of CaliforniaSRYC18971937Sierra Railroad
Sierra and Mohawk RailwaySP19111915Sierra and Mohawk Railway-
Sierra Valley & Mohawk RailwaySP18851895Sierra Valley Railroad-
Sierra Valley RailroadSP18951909Sierra and Mohawk Railway-
Sonoma County RailroadNWP 18681868San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad-
Sonoma and Marin RailroadNWP 18751877San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad-
Sonoma and Santa Rosa RailroadNWP 18811885Sonoma Valley Railroad-
Sonoma Valley RailroadNWP 18781889San Francisco and North Pacific Railway-
Sonoma Valley Prismoidal RailwayNWP 18751878Sonoma Valley Railroad-
South Pacific Coast RailroadSP18761887South Pacific Coast Railway-
South Pacific Coast RailwaySP18871937Southern Pacific Company-
South San Francisco Belt RailwaySP19071945Southern Pacific Company-
Southern California RailwayATSF18891906Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway-
Southern California Motor RoadSP18871895Southern Pacific Railroad-
Southern Pacific CompanySPSP18851969Southern Pacific Transportation Company-
Southern Pacific RailroadSP18651955Southern Pacific Company-
Southern Pacific Railroad Extension CompanySP18881888Southern Pacific Railroad-
Southern Pacific Branch RailroadSP18721873Southern Pacific Railroad-
Southern Pacific Branch RailwaySP18861888Southern Pacific Railroad-
Southern Pacific Transportation CompanySPSP19691998Union Pacific Railroad-
State Belt Railroad18731969San Francisco Belt Railroad-
Stockton and Beckwith Pass RailwayWP19021903Western Pacific Railway-
Stockton and Copperopolis RailroadSP18651888Southern Pacific Railroad-
Stockton and Ione Railroad18731875N/A-
Stockton and Tulare RailroadSP18871888Southern Pacific Railroad-
Stockton and Visalia RailroadSP18691877Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad-
Sugar Pine Railway19031922N/A-
Sunset RailroadATSF/ SP19001912Sunset Railway-
Sunset RailwaySUNATSF/ SP1912Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, leased to the San Joaquin Valley Railroad
Sunset Western RailwayATSF/ SP19091912Sunset Railway-
Ten Mile RailroadFort Bragg
Tidewater and Southern RailroadWP19101912Tidewater Southern Railway-
Tidewater Southern RailwayTSO, TSWP19121987Western Pacific Railroad-
Tidewater and Southern Transit CompanyWP19121912Tidewater Southern Railway-
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad19041940N/A-
Vaca Valley RailroadSP18691870Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad-
Vaca Valley and Clear Lake RailroadSP18771888Northern Railway-
Ventura County RailwayVCY1911Still exists as a lessor of the Ventura County Railroad
Ventura and Ojai Valley RailroadSP18961899Southern Pacific Railroad-
Visalia RailroadSP18741899Southern Pacific Railroad-
Visalia Electric RailroadVESP19041992Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyElectric until 1944
Visalia and Tulare Railroad18871900N/A-
West Side and Mendocino RailroadSP18861888Northern Railway-
Western Nevada RailroadSP18791880Nevada and Oregon Railroad-
Western Pacific RailroadWPWP19161987Union Pacific Railroad-
Western Pacific RailroadSP18621870Central Pacific Railroad-
Western Pacific RailwayWP19031916Western Pacific Railroad-
Winters and Ukiah RailwaySP18871888Northern Railway-
Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake RailroadSP18871888Northern Railway-
Yolo Shortline RailroadYSLR19912003Sierra Northern Railway-
Yosemite Short Line Railway19051917N/A-
Yosemite Valley Railroad19021935Yosemite Valley Railway-
Yosemite Valley Railway19341945N/A-
Yreka Railroad18881935Yreka Western Railroad-
Yuba RailroadSP18621869California and Oregon Railroad-



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