“Ventura County Railroad”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Ventura County Railroad {{reporting mark|VCRR}} is a class III railroad subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, connecting the Union Pacific Railroad in Oxnard to South Oxnard and Port Hueneme. It began operations in 1998 under RailAmerica, leasing its lines from the Ventura County Railway {{reporting mark|VCY}}, owner of lines first opened in about 1905 that have remained independent of larger carriers. The railroad serves industrial areas including the Port of Hueneme and Naval Facilities Expeditionary Logistics Center at Naval Base Ventura County.

Origin

Before Los Angeles port facilities were developed, Port Hueneme seemed a viable competitor; and VCRR's earliest predecessor, the Bakersfield and Ventura Railway, was incorporated in February 1903 to build a railroad from Port Hueneme to Bakersfield via Santa Paula and Piru Canyon. Construction began in 1907 with a {{convert|5.5|mile|km|sing=on}} main line from Port Hueneme up C Street in Oxnard, plus a {{convert|3.5|mile|km|sing=on}} westerly branch to Patterson Ranch and a {{convert|7.5|mile|km|sing=on}} easterly branch to DeBo, Petit, and Round Mountain (near the Camarillo State Hospital). It was reorganized as the Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad in June 1908 with the Oxnard line moved to A street. A railway turntable was constructed at the intersection of First and A Streets in Oxnard where gas motor cars were turned on their six to eight daily round trips^[1] until passenger service was abandoned in January 1927.^[2]

Passenger service

The company also owned two coach trailers. Car number 003 was used as a standby switching locomotive after passenger service was abandoned.^[1]

Steam era

The property was again sold in June 1911 to the Ventura County Railway, which had been incorporated in May in the interests of the American Beet Sugar Company (renamed American Crystal Sugar Company in 1934), which owned a beet sugar factory at Oxnard.^[3] The railroad brought carloads of beets to the factory from surrounding farms; and Port Hueneme packing houses provided 1200 carloads of lemons, 200 carloads of beans, and 75 carloads of box boards annually. World War II development of the Ventura County naval base enabled the line to avoid abandonment as trucks took over shipment of agricultural commodities.^[1]

Locomotives

Diesel era

Traffic

The railroad's main commodities are new automobiles, petroleum products and wood products. The VCRR hauls approximately 2,000 carloads annually.^[8]^[9]

Motive Power

References

1. ^¹²³{{cite journal |last=Best |first=Gerald M. |year=1953 |title=Ventura Co. Railway |journal=The Western Railroader |volume=16 |issue=167 |pages=supplement |publisher=Francis A. Guido }}
2. ^Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, pp. 321-322
3. ^Interstate Commerce Commission, 43 Val. Rep. 287 (1933): Valuation Docket No. 1126, Ventura County Railway Company
4. ^Railroad Retirement Board, Employer Status Determination: Ventura County Railroad Company, 1998
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/sep/02/local/me-18725|title=RailAmerica Inc. Buys Rail Line Connecting Port|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 2, 1998|first=Jason|last=Takenouchi}}
6. ^{{cite court |litigants= City of Port Hueneme v. Oxnard Harbor District |vol= |reporter= |opinion= |pinpoint= |court= Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 6, California |date= 2006|url= https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1218278.html|accessdate= 16 March 2015|quote=}}
7. ^"Municipal Service Review: Oxnard Harbor District" Ventura Local Agency Formation Commission (September 19, 2007)
8. ^¹{{cite journal|date=June 2010|title=RailAmerica's Empire|journal=Trains Magazine|publisher=Kalmbach Publishing}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://californiastaterailplan.dot.ca.gov/docs/Final_Copy_2013_CSRP.pdf |title=CALIFORNIA STATE RAIL PLAN |publisher= California Department of Transportation |date=May 2013|format=PDF |page=132}}