Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad | | WP | 1895 | 1903 | Western Pacific Railway | |
Alameda Belt Line | ABL | ATSF/ WP | 1925 | 2007 | N/A | |
Albion Railroad | | | 1921 | 1930 | N/A | |
Albion River Railroad | | NWP (ATSF) | 1885 | 1891 | Albion and Southeastern Railway | |
Albion and Southeastern Railway | | NWP (ATSF) | 1902 | 1905 | Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad | |
Almaden Branch Railroad | | SP | 1887 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | |
Amador Branch Railroad | | SP | 1875 | 1888 | Northern Railway | |
Amador Central Railroad | AMC | | 1908 | 1997 | Amador Foothills Railroad | |
Amador Foothills Railroad | | | 1998 | 2004 | N/A | |
Arcata and Mad River Railroad | AMR | | 1881 | 1985 | Eureka Southern Railroad | |
Arcata Transportation Company | | | 1875 | 1881 | Arcata and Mad River Railroad | |
Arizona and California Railway | | ATSF | 1903 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | ATSF | 1901 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | |
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad | | ATSF | 1866 | 1897 | Santa Fe Pacific Railroad | |
Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad | | | 1908 | 1911 | Ventura County Railway | |
Bakersfield and Ventura Railway | | | 1903 | 1906 | Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad | |
Barnwell and Searchlight Railway | | ATSF | 1906 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | |
Bay and Coast Railroad | | SP | 1877 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | |
Bay Point and Clayton Railroad | BP&C | | 1906 | 1946 | U.S. Navy | |
Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad | (?) | | 1893 | 1921 | Abandoned | |
Berkeley Branch Railroad | | SP | 1876 | 1888 | Northern Railway | |
Black Diamond Coal Mining Railroad | | | 1868 | 1885 | | |
Boca and Loyalton Railroad | | WP | 1900 | 1916 | Western Pacific Railroad | |
Bodie Railway and Lumber Company | | | 1893 | 1906 | Mono Lake Railway and Lumber Company | |
Bodie Railway and Lumber Company | | | 1881 | 1882 | Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company | |
Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company | | | 1882 | 1890 | Bodie Railway and Lumber Company | |
Bucksport and Elk River Railroad | | | 1884 | 1932 | Bucksport and Elk River Railway | |
Bucksport and Elk River Railway | | | 1932 | 1952 | N/A | |
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | |
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | |
Butte County Railroad | | SP | 1903 | 1915 | N/A | Leased the Chico and Northern Railroad |
Butte and Plumas Railway | | WP | 1902 | 1905 | Western Pacific Railway | |
California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | | ATSF | 1911 | 1963 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | |
California Central Railroad | | | 1912 | 1930 | N/A | |
California Central Railroad | | SP | 1857 | 1868 | California and Oregon Railroad | |
California Central Railway | | ATSF | 1887 | 1889 | Southern California Railway | |
California Eastern Railway | | ATSF | 1895 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | |
California Midland Railroad | | NWP (ATSF) | 1902 | 1903 | San Francisco and Northwestern Railway | |
California and Mount Diablo Railroad | | ATSF | 1880 | 1884 | 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 (ATSF) | 1900 | 1904 | San Francisco and Northwestern Railway | |
California Northwestern Railway | | NWP (SP) | 1898 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | |
California and Oregon Railroad | | SP | 1865 | 1870 | Central Pacific Railroad | |
California Pacific Railroad | | SP | 1865 | 1898 | Southern Pacific Railroad | |
California Pacific Railroad Extension Company | | SP | 1869 | 1869 | California Pacific Railroad | |
California, Shasta and Eastern Railway | | | 1912 | 1927 | N/A | |
California Southern Railroad | | ATSF | 1914 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | |
California Southern Railroad | | ATSF | 1880 | 1889 | Southern California Railway | |
California Southern Railroad | | SP | 1870 | 1870 | Southern Pacific Railroad | |
California Southern Extension Railroad | | ATSF | 1881 | 1882 | California Southern Railroad | |
California Western Railroad | CWR | | 1947 | 2003 | N/A | |
California Western Railroad and Navigation Company | CWR | | 1905 | 1947 | California Western Railroad | |
Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad | CPLT | | 1911 | 1986 | N/A | |
Carrizo Gorge Railway | CZRY | | 1997 | 2012 | Pacific Imperial Railroad | |
Carson and Colorado Railroad | | SP | 1881 | 1892 | Carson and Colorado Railway | |
Carson and Colorado Railway | | SP | 1892 | 1905 | Nevada and California Railway | |
Cement, Tolenas and Tidewater Railroad | | | 1911 | 1930 | N/A | |
Central California Railway | | SP | 1904 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | |
Central Pacific Railroad | | SP | 1861 | 1899 | Central Pacific Railway | |
Central Pacific Railway | | SP | 1899 | 1959 | Southern Pacific Company | |
Chico and Northern Railroad | | SP | 1903 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | |
Chino Valley Railway | | | 1888 | 1901 | N/A | |
Chowchilla Pacific Railway | | SP | 1913 | 1924 | Visalia Electric Railroad | |
Cloverdale and Ukiah Railroad | | NWP (SP) | 1886 | 1889 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railway | |
Coal Fields Railway | | | 1920 | 1935 | N/A | |
Coast Line Railway | | SP | 1905 | 1917 | Southern Pacific Railroad | |
Colusa Railroad | | | 1885 | 1886 | Colusa and Lake Railroad | |
Colusa and Hamilton Railroad | | SP | 1911 | 1917 | Southern Pacific Railroad | |
Colusa and Lake Railroad | | | 1886 | 1915 | N/A | |
Corona and Santa Fe Railway | | ATSF | 1926 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | |
Coronado Railroad | | SP | 1886 | 1908 | San Diego Southern Railway | |
Crescent City Railway | | UP | 1906 | 1915 | Riverside, Rialto and Pacific Railroad | |
Death Valley Railroad | | | 1914 | 1931 | N/A | |
Diamond and Caldor Railway | | | 1904 | 1952 | N/A | |
Eel River and Eureka Railroad | | NWP (ATSF) | 1882 | 1903 | San Francisco and Northwestern Railway | |
Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles Railway | | ATSF | 1895 | 1899 | Southern California Railway | |
Eureka and Klamath River Railroad | | NWP (SP) | 1896 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | |
Eureka Southern Railroad | EUKA | | 1984 | 1992 | North Coast Railroad | |
Feather River Railway | | | 1939 | 1966 | N/A | |
Felton and Pescadero Railroad | | SP | 1883 | 1887 | South Pacific Coast Railway | |
Ferris and Lakeview Railway | | ATSF | 1898 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | |
Fernley and Lassen Railway | | SP | 1909 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | |
Folsom and Placerville Railroad | | SP | 1876 | 1877 | Sacramento and Placerville Railroad | |
Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad | | NWP (ATSF) | 1903 | 1907 | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | |
Freeport Railroad | | | 1863 | 1865 | N/A | |
Fresno County Railway | | ATSF | 1905 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | |
Fullerton and Richfield Railway | | ATSF | 1910 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | |
Fulton and Guerneville Railroad | | NWP (SP) | 1877 | 1877 | San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad | |
Goose Lake and Southern Railway | | SP | 1908 | 1912 | Central Pacific Railway | |
Great Northern Railway | GN | GN | 1930 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Great Western Railway of Colorado | GWR | | 1986 | 1987 | Great Western Railway of Oregon | |
Great Western Railway of Oregon | GWR | | 1987 | 1997 | Lake County Railroad | |
Hanford and Summit Lake Railway | | SP | 1910 | 1917 | Southern Pacific Railroad | |
Harbor Belt Line Railroad | HBL | | 1929 | 1998 | Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. | |
Hetch Hetchy Railroad | | | 1915 | 1949 | N/A | |
Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valleys Railway of California | | | 1900 | 1943 | N/A | |
Holton Interurban Railway | HI | SP | 1903 | 1985 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | |
Howard Terminal Railway | HT | | 1917 | | Part of Port of Oakland Railroad | |
Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway | . | | 1905 | 1929 | . | |
Humboldt Railroad | | NWP (SP) | 1901 | | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | |
Imperial and Gulf Railway | | SP | 1902 | 1905 | Inter-California Railway | |
Indian Valley Railroad | | | 1916 | 1938 | N/A | |
Indian Valley Railway | | WP | 1902 | 1905 | Western Pacific Railway | |
Inter-California Railway | | SP | 1904 | 1935 | Southern Pacific Company | |
Ione and Eastern Railroad | | | 1904 | 1908 | Amador Central Railroad | |
Iron Mountain Railway | | | 1895 | 1927 | N/A | |
Kings Lake Shore Railroad | | | 1917 | 1934 | N/A | |
Kings River Railway | | ATSF | 1909 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | |
Klamath Lake Railroad | | | 1901 | 1913 | Siskiyou Electric Light and Power Company | |
Lake County Railroad | LCR | | 1997 | | | Still exists as a lessor of the Lake Railway |
Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company | | SP | 1898 | 1927 | Southern Pacific Company | |
Laton and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1910 | 1942 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | |
Loma Prieta Railroad | | SP | 1882 | 1884 | Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad | |
Long Beach Railroad | | SP | 1887 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | |
Long Beach, Whittier and Los Angeles County Railroad | | SP | 1887 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | |
Los Angeles and Glendale Railroad | | UP | 1887 | 1888 | Los Angeles and Glendale Railway | |
Los Angeles and Glendale Railway | | UP | 1888 | 1891 | Los Angeles Terminal Railway | |
Los Angeles and Independence Railroad | | SP | 1875 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad | |
Los Angeles, Pasadena and Glendale Railway | | UP | 1889 | 1891 | Los Angeles Terminal Railway | |
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | | UP | 1916 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad |
Los Angeles and San Diego Railroad | | SP | 1876 | 1888 | Southern Pacific Railroad |
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad | | ATSF | 1883 | 1887 | California Central Railway |
Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad | | SP | 1868 | 1874 | Southern Pacific Railroad |
Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad | | ATSF | 1886 | 1887 | California Central Railway |
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