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San Jose, California: Locale: Santa Clara County, California: Dates of operation: 1906–1934: Predecessor: San Jose & Los Gatos Interurban Railroad: Successor: Southern Pacific Railroad，San Jose Railroads: Technical; Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Electrification: Overhead line, 600 V DC: Length: 91 mi (146 km)
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
In 1992, the CTRC received approval from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to build the San Jose Steam Railroad Museum at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. The museum would be contained inside the former six-stall Lenzen Roundhouse and turntable which was built in 1899, damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and donated to the museum by Southern Pacific in 1994. [14]
In 1912, the San Jose and Santa Clara County Railway was incorporated into the San Jose Railroad Company, forming the San Jose Railroads, a trolley monopoly, a few years after the San Jose Railroads was itself acquired by Southern Pacific [3] [4]: 53 This arrangement was sustained until electric trolley service in San Jose ended April 10, 1938.
For the non-rotating members (San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and County Supervisor), each member may serve multiple terms. [40]: 2 From 2004 to 2009, the Board had similar requirements with five San Jose City Councilmembers and two County Supervisors; the five non-San Jose city-level Board members were selected as: [41]: 2
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Northern California TRACON (NCT) (Terminal Radar Approach Control), or NorCal TRACON for short (pronounced "nor-cal tray-con"), also known as NorCal Approach, is an air traffic control facility that provides safety alerts, separation, and sequencing of air traffic arriving, departing, and transiting the airspace and airports in Northern California, United States.
The Coast Daylight at San Jose in 1970 Aerial view of Diridon station and vicinity. A rail station at this location was established in 1878, when the narrow-gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad opened their San Jose Depot on the site. When Southern Pacific gained control of the railroad in 1887, the station was folded into the system and referred ...