List of California Interurban Railroads

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1 Defunct Trolleys/Interurbans/Electric Railroads/Horsecar
2 Key System Railway (San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railways)
3 Municipal Railway of San Francisco (MUNI)
4 Pacific Electric Railway (PE) later SP
5 Sacramento Northern Railway (SN) 1925-1987
6 Proposed Lines
7 References

[edit] Defunct Trolleys/Interurbans/Electric Railroads/Horsecar

Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont Railway 3' Narrow Gauge Horsecar c. 1870
California Midland Railroad (of 1905) Marysville
California Terminal Company 1911
- Lakeport and Richardson's Bay Railroad
Central California Traction currently an active Class III freight railroad Interurban Discontinued in 1933
Fresno Traction Company predecessor Fresno City Railway Co. Electric October 1902-May 20, 1939 (Horse drawn January 25, 1889 - September 1901)
Glendale and Montrose Railway
Holton Interurban Railway later SP
Interurban Electric Railroad (IER) an SP subsidiary Oakland
- East Bay Electric Lines an SP subsidiary
Los Angeles Railway a narrow gauge interurban
- Central Railroad (of California)
  - City Railroad
    - Central and Boyle Heights Railroad Horsecar Narrow Gauge 1885
  - Spring and West Sixth Street Railroad 1874-1884 Horsecar Narrow Gauge
- Los Angeles and Redondo Railway
  - Redondo Railway Company
    - Rosencrans Railroad Company
Los Angeles and San Diego Beach Railway abandoned in 1919
- San Diego, Pacific Beach and La Jolla Railway
  - San Diego, Old Town and Pacific Beach Railroad
    - San Diego and Pacific Beach Railway
    - San Diego and Old Town Railway
Modesto Interurban Railway 1909-1911 later MET
Monterey, Fresno and Eastern Railroad
- Watsonville Transportation Company 1903-1907 3'6" Narrow Gauge
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Wood Railway abandoned 1930
- Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway 1896-1913
Orange Grove Street Railway 1888-1896
Second Street Railroad Narrow Gauge Horsecar Pomona
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- West Sacramento Electric Company 1914 (Proposed)
San Diego Electric Railway
San Francisco and Napa Valley Railroad abandoned, in phases during period 1938-1956
- San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway 1911-1936
  - San Francisco, Vallejo and Napa Valley Railroad 1906-1911
    - Vallejo, Benicia and Napa Valley Railroad 1902-1910
Santa Rosa Railroad 1903-1923 (Later Northwestern Pacific Railroad)
- Santa Rosa Street Railway (Later Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad)
  - Union Street Railway Narrow Gauge (Sonoma County) 1893-1897
    - South Side Street Railway/South Side Railway Narrow Gauge Horsecar 1888-1893
Second Street Cable Railway closed in 1890
Shasta Springs Scenic Railroad 1888 cable
Sierra Madre Street Railway 1887-1890/1891 Narrow Gauge Mule car Los Angeles
South Beach and Mission Railway c. 1862 San Francisco
Southern California Motor Road Company Narrow Gauge 1886-1892 Leased to SP San Bernardino-Colton
Southern California Rapid Transit District Metro Rail 1975-1986 now part of Los Angeles Metro Rail
Stockton Electric Railway 1881/1891-1905
- Stockton Street Railway 1874-1881/1891 Horsecar
Stockton, Terminal and Eastern Railroad now a Freight Railroad 1908-
Telegraph Hill Railroad Cable San Francisco 1884-?
Tidewater Southern Railway (TS) later WP
- Tidewater and Southern Transit Company 1912
  - Tidewater and Southern Railroad 1910-1912
Tuscan Mineral Springs Corporation Electric Railway 1903-? Red Bluff-Tuscan Springs

Union Traction Company of Santa Cruz Narrow Gauge 1904-?
- East Santa Cruz Railroad Horsecar
- Santa Cruz, Capitola and Watsonville Railway
Ventura and Ojai Railway 1901-? Horsecar
Visalia and Tulare Railroad abandoned 1900
Visalia Electric Railroad 1904-1992, to SP in 1992
- Chowchilla Pacific Railway
Volcano Northern Railroad 1903 (Amador County)
Visalia Rail Road to SP in 1899
Watsonville Railroad and Navigation Company 1905
West Coast Land Company aka San Luis Street Railway Narrow Gauge Horsecar 1890-1906
- San Luis Obispo Street Railway
Woodland Street Railway 1887-? Narrow Gauge Horsecar

[edit] Key System Railway (San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railways)

Alameda County Terminal Railway from part of the Alameda County Railway (see below)
Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont Electric Railroad 1893-1923
East Shore and Suburban Railway
Oakland Traction Company 1906-1912
- Berkeley Traction Company
- Oakland Traction Consolidated 1904-1906
  - Oakland Transit Consolidated 1902-1904
    - Oakland Transit Company 1901
      - California Railway 1890-1901
        
        Alameda and Oakland Horsecar Railroad 1870-1892
        
        Oakland, Alameda and Laundry Farm Railroad 1888-1890
        
        Alameda County Railway
      - Central Avenue Railway 1892-1898 Narrow Gauge Oakland
        
        Central Avenue Railroad 1889-1892 Narrow Gauge Proposed Cable
      - Oakland Consolidated Street Railway
      - Central Avenue Railway
      - Piedmont and Mountain View Railway
      - East Oakland Street Railway
      - Highland Park and Fruitvale Railroad
      - Oakland Railroad
        
        Oakland Cable Railway
        
        San Pablo Railroad (San Pablo Avenue Horsecar Railroad)
    - Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric Railway Consolidated
      - Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric Railway
      - Twenty-Third Avenue Electric Railway
  - Webster Street and Park Railway/Webster and Lake Park Railroad
San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Consolidated Railway

[edit] Municipal Railway of San Francisco (MUNI)

Ferries and Cliff House Railway
- California Street Cable Railroad 1884-
  - California Street Railway Cable 1878-1884
Market Street Railway 1921-1944
- United Railroads of San Francisco Various Gauges 1902-1921
  - San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway
  - Sutter Street Railroad 1901-?
    - Sutter Street Railway 1879-1901
      - Sutro Railroad 1894-1897
      - Sutter Street Wire Cable Railway ~1877-1879 Cable 5' Gauge
        
        Front, Mission and Ocean Railroad Horsecar
- Central Railroad (of California) 5' gauge Horsecar 1861-1893
- Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railroad 1883-1893
- South San Francisco Railroad and Power Company 1903-1909 Sold to Market St Ry, other part abandoned 1938
- Southern Heights and Visitation Valley Railway ~1893
San Jose and Santa Clara Railroad
- People's Horse Railroad 1877-1882
  - South-East-Side Horse Railroad San Jose 1877 Narrow Gauge Horsecar

[edit] Pacific Electric Railway (PE) later SP

1902

- Brooklyn Avenue Railway
- East Ninth Street Railway
- Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway
  - California Pacific Railway Narrow Gauge 1899-1901 PE's Torrance Line
  - Los Angeles Traction
  - Los Angeles and Glendale Railway
  - California Pacific Railway
    - Santa Ana and Orange Motor Railway
    - San Gabriel Rapid Transit Railway
- East Ninth Street Railway
- Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric Railway/Los Angeles and Pasadena Railway
  - Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway
    - West Pasadena Railway 1887-1894
      - Colorado Street Railway
- Los Angeles and Redondo Railway
  - Redondo Railway
- Los Angeles Pacific Company
  - Pasadena and Pacific Railway Company of California
    - Los Angeles County Railroad
    - Ostrich Farm Railway
- Pacific Electric Railway Company of Arizona
- Pasadena and Mount Lowe Railway/Mount Lowe Railway
  - Pasadena and Mount Wilson Railway
- Redlands Central Railway
- Riverside and Arlington Railway
- San Bernardino Interurban Railway
- San Bernardino Valley Traction
  - Redlands Street Railway
  - San Bernardino and Highlands Electric Railway
- Santa Ana and Orange Railway
- Temple Street Cable Railway/Temple Street Railway Narrow Gauge 1885-1902
- Terracina and Redlands Street Railway Narrow Gauge Mule Power 1892-1895 Property Sold to PE

[edit] Sacramento Northern Railway (SN) 1925-1987

SN later became a subsidiary of the Western Pacific Railroad, then Union Pacific Railroad.

- Sacramento Northern Railroad 1918-1925
  - Northern Electric Railway 1907-1918
    - Northern Electric Company 1905-1907
      - Chico Electric Railway 1904-1905
      - Marysville and Yuba Street Railroad 1889-1906
    - Shasta Southern Railway 1905-1907
    - Vallejo and Northern Railroad 1910-1912
      - Vallejo and Northern Railway 1909-1910
  - Sacramento Terminal Company 1908-1918
  - Northern Electric Railway-Marysville and Colusa Branch 1910-1918
  - Sacramento and Woodland Railroad 1911-1918
- San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad 1920-1928
  - Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway 1911-1920
    - Oakland and Antioch Railway 1909-1911
  - West Side Railroad 1911-1921 Proposed to build to Rio Vista

[edit] Proposed Lines

Bakersfield and Ventura Railway Electric 1902
Bay and Coast Railway 1899 Narrow Gauge Electric & Common Carrier
Bay Counties Electric Railroad 1905-1907
Bay Counties Power Company Electric 1902
Benicia Land and Terminal Railway 1914 Electric
Big Four Electric Railway 1912-1914
California Electric Railway 1909
California Pacific Railroad (of 1901) Los Angeles-San Pedro
California Rapid Transit Railroad 1907 San Francisco-San Jose-Monterey & San Jose-Martinez
California Terminal Railway 1914-1915/1916 San Francisco-Marin/Sonoma/Napa/Yolo/Sacramento Counties
Sausalito Incline Street Railway 1914 Cable/Electric Sausalito
Scotts Creek Railway 1908 Santa Cruz County
Sierra County Railroad 1911 Sacramento-Sierra
Sonoma and Lake County Electric Railway Lakeport-Cloverdale 1907
Sonoma and Lake County Railroad (of 1907) Lakeport-Cloverdale
Highland Pacific Railroad 1909
- Sonoma and Lake County Railway 1909 Lakeport-Cloverdale-Preston
Southern California Beach Railway 1912-1914 Colton-San Diego
Stockton and Bay City Short Line Railroad 1911-1912 Stockton-Byron-Antioch-Oakland
Stockton and Lodi Terminal Railroad 1895 Stockton-Lodi
Tidewater Northern Railway 1909-1910 Santa Monica-Ventura
Tulare County Power Company 1911-1912
Turlock Traction Company 1911 Turlock-Denair
Union Belt Railway 1906 Sacramento
University Heights Motor Road 1886-1888 San Diego
Vallejo Traction Company 1910 Vallejo
Valley Railroad 1912 Red Bluff-Woodland-Davis-Dixon to connect with Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway
Ventura Terminal Railway 1907/1908
Yosemite Park Electric Railway 1904
Yucaipa and Oak Glen Railroad 1908 Standard or Narrow Gauge Electric Yucaipa-Redlands

[edit] References

Fickewirth, Alvin A. (1992). California Railroads. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-106-8.
Robertson, Donald B. (1998). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - Volume IV - California. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. ISBN 0-87004-385-4.
Hamm, Edward Jr. (1979). When Fresno Rode the Rails. Glendale, California: Interurbans. ISBN 0-916374-37-8.