Name | Mark | System[2] | 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 | . | . | | . |
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 | All PCRY right of way in Santa Maria Valley absorbed by competitor Santa Maria Valley Railroad |
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 | SP | 1891 | 1893 | Southern Pacific Railroad |
San Joaquin Valley Railroad | 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 and Mohawk Railroad | SP | 1885 | 1895 | Sierra Valleys Railway |
Sierra Valleys Railway | 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 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 |