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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 1900 1904 San Francisco and Northwestern Railway
A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917
The original commuter railroad was built in 1863 under the authority of the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad; [8] it was purchased by Southern Pacific (SP) in 1870. SP double-tracked the line in 1904 and rerouted it via the Bayshore Cutoff. After 1945, ridership declined with the rise in automobile use; in 1977 SP petitioned the state Public ...
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The CFNR also operated into Vallejo, California over the original California Pacific Railroad mainline that was constructed in 1867/1868. Due to the new construction of homes, apartments, and commercial buildings in 2010, the CFNR abandoned the line due to a new rail carrier coming in and operating the line.
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In the United States, railroads are designated as Class I, Class II, or Class III, according to size criteria first established by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1911, and now governed by the Surface Transportation Board (STB). The STB's current definition of a Class I railroad was set in 1992, that being any carrier earning annual ...