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The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the public transit system for San Francisco, California. Several bus, trolleybus, streetcar/light rail, and cable car routes were historically served, but have been discontinued. It began service on December 28, 1912, with two streetcar routes on Geary Boulevard and continued to expand operations.
In 1902, the Southern Pacific Railroad sold their San Francisco railways to a group of eastern investors: Patrick Calhoun's Baltimore Syndicate. [10] It consolidated them with other San Francisco lines into a new company called the United Railroads of San Francisco (URR). [11] [12] A United Railroads of San Francisco standard car c. 1905
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CO) Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ) Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (MILW) Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW) Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (RI) Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (CNW) Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad; Cincinnati, Saginaw, and ...
S. Sacramento Southern Railroad; Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railway; Sacramento Valley Electric Railroad; Sacramento Valley Railroad (1852–1877) San Bernardino and Eastern Railway
The original Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in San Francisco in 1865, by a group of businessmen led by Timothy Phelps with the aim of building a rail connection between San Francisco and San Diego, California.
Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area (5 C, 189 P) ... Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway; Humboldt Lumber Company; I. Imperial 400;
Overview; Locale: San Francisco, California: Transit type: cable cars: Operation; Began operation: February 16, 1880: Ended operation: May 5, 1912: Operator(s) Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway (1880–1887), Market Street Railway (1887–1912), San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (1912–present)
The Pacific and Atlantic Railroad Company (P&A) was founded on September 6, 1851, with the goal of building a railroad between San Francisco and San Jose. [2] The route was surveyed and published by the end of 1851, but the P&A was unable to raise funds locally; when the P&A turned to banking houses in New York and England, they were told that no funds could be disbursed without first ...