The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of California.
Common freight carriers
- Arizona and California Railroad (ARZC)
- Baja California Railroad (BJRR)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- California Northern Railroad (CFNR)
- Central California Traction Company (CCT) (operates the Stockton Public Belt Railway)
- Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (CORP)
- Frontier Rail
- Lake County Railroad (LCR)
- Los Angeles Junction Railway (LAJ)
- Mare Island Rail Service (MIRS)
- Modesto and Empire Traction Company (MET)
- Napa Valley Railroad (NVRR)
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP)
- Oakland Global Rail Enterprises (OGRE)
- (Operates the West Oakland Pacific Railroad)
- Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL)
- Pacific Imperial Railroad (PIR) (Proposed)
- Pacific Sun Railroad (PSRR)
- Quincy Railroad (QRR)
- Richmond Pacific Railroad (RPRC)
- Sacramento Southern Railroad (SSRR)
- Sacramento Valley Railroad (SAV)
- San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SDIY)
- San Francisco Bay Railroad (SFB)
- San Joaquin Valley Railroad (SJVR)
- Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway (SCBG)
- Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railroad (SCMB)
- Santa Maria Valley Railroad (SMV)
- Sierra Northern Railway (SERA)
- Southern California Railroad (SCRR)
- Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad (STE)
- Trona Railway (TRC))
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- USG Corporation (USG)
- Ventura County Railroad (VCRR)
- West Isle Line, Inc. (WFS)
- Yreka Western Railroad (YW)
Passenger carriers
- Altamont Commuter Express
- Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr, Capitol Corridor, Coast Starlight, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited
- Amtrak California (CDTX): Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquin
- Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
- Calico and Odessa Railroad
- California high-speed rail (under construction)
- California Trolley and Railroad Corporation
- California Western Railroad
- Caltrain
- Coaster
- Descanso, Alpine and Pacific Railway
- Disneyland Monorail
- Disneyland Railroad
- Fillmore and Western Railway
- Ghost Town & Calico Railroad
- Los Angeles County Metro Rail
- Metrolink
- Muni Metro
- Market Street Railway (E Embarcadero & F Market & Wharves lines)
- San Francisco cable car system
- Napa Valley Wine Train
- Niles Canyon Railway
- Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line
- Poway-Midland Railroad
- Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Sacramento Regional Transit District Light rail
- Sacramento RiverTrain
- Sacramento Southern Railroad
- San Diego Northern Railway
- San Diego Trolley
- Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail
- Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
- Sierra Railroad
- Sonomaâ€"Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)
- Sprinter (light rail)
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum
- Western Railway Museum
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
- Yreka Western Railroad
Defunct railroads
- Private carriers
- Albion Lumber Company
- American River Land and Lumber Company
- Bayside Logging Railroad
- Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad
- Birch and Smart Railroad
- Brookings Lumber and Box COmpany
- Butte and Plumas Railway
- California Door Company
- California Redwood Company
- Camino, Cable and Northern Railroad
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
- Caspar, South Fork and Eastern Railroad
- C.D. Danaher Pine Company
- Charles W. Kitts
- Clover Valley Lumber Company
- Crane Creek Lumber Company
- Crescent City and Smith River Railroad
- Del Norte Southern Railroad
- Diamond Match Company
- Duncan Mill Land and Lumber Company
- Eagle Mountain Railroad
- El Dorado Lumber Company
- Elk Creek Railroad
- Feather River Pine Mills, Inc.
- Fruit Growers Supply Company
- Georgia-Pacific
- Glen Blair Redwood Company
- Glendale Railroad
- Goodyear Redwood Lumber Company
- Grande Ronde Pine Company
- Gualala River Railroad
- Gualala River Railway
- Hammond and Little River Redwood Company
- Hammond Lumber Company
- Hammond Redwood Lumber Company
- Hardy Creek and Eel River Railroad
- Hobart Southern Railroad
- Humboldt Bay and Trinidad Logging and Lumbering Company
- Humboldt Logging Railway
- Humboldt Lumber Mill Company
- Humboldt Northern Railway
- Hutchison Lumber Company
- Imperial Gypsum Company
- Lake Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad
- L.E. White Lumber Company (Greenwood Railroad)
- Little River Redwood Company
- Long-Bell Lumber Company
- Madera Sugar Pine Company
- Mammoth Copper Mining Company
- Marsh Lumber Company
- Metropolitan Redwood Lumber Company
- Michiganâ€"California Lumber Company
- Mono Lake Railway and Lumber Company
- Mono Lake Lumber Company
- Navarro Lumber Company
- Northern Redwood Lumber Company
- Outer Harbor Dock and Wharf Company
- Pacific Coast Borax Company (Borate and Daggett Railroad)
- Pacific Lumber Company
- Pacific Portland Cement Company
- Parr-Richmond Industrial Corporation
- PeopleMover
- Pittsburg Railroad
- Rainbow Mill and Lumber Company
- Raymond Granite Company
- R.E. Danaher Company
- Read Timber and Lumber Company
- Red River Lumber Company
- Red Rock Railroad
- Rockport Redwood Company
- Selby Smelting and Lead Company
- Shaver Lake Lumber Company (Shaver Lake Railroad)
- Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company
- Siskiyou Electric Light and Power Company
- Sonoma Magnesite Tramway
- South San Francisco Land and Improvement Company
- Southwestern Portland Cement Company
- Stearns Lumber Company
- Sugar Pine Lumber Company
- Tecopa Railroad
- Terry Lumber Company (Anderson and Bella Vista Railroad)
- Towle Brothers Company
- Union Lumber Company (Fort Bragg Railroad)
- Union Sugar Company
- Usal Redwood Company
- Viewliner Train of Tomorrow
- Weed Lumber Company
- West Side Flume and Lumber Company
- West Side Lumber Company railway
- Western Meat Company
- Western Plant Services, Inc.
- Western Redwood Lumber Company
- Wood Sheldon Lumber Company
- Yellow Aster Mining Company
- Yosemite Lumber Company
- Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Company
Notes
References
- Fickewirth, Alvin A. (1992). California Railroads. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. ISBNÂ 0-87095-106-8.Â
- Robertson, Donald B. (1998). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - Volume IV - California. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. ISBNÂ 0-87004-385-4.Â
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in California (PDF). Retrieved May 25, 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
- Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.Â
See also
List of San Francisco Bay Area trains
External links
Archival collections
- Guide to Railroads in California by L. M. Clement. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
