page_title: Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad / Route
caption_attribution_description: English: Rumsey Branch of SP in 1905 at Capay and Esparto
context_page_description: The Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad was a standard gauge railroad that operated at Vacaville, California in the late 19th century. The Vaca Valley Railroad was incorporated on April 12, 1869 to run a branch from the mainline of the California Pacific Railroad at Elmira to Rumsey.
  The Vaca Valley Railroad ran 4.35 miles from Elmira to Vacaville. In June 1869 the line was opened for service. The Vaca Valley was sold at the Solano County Sheriff's auction on September 17, 1870 but retained the same name. The railroad was then extended beyond Vacaville, reaching Winters on August 26, 1875.
  In 1877, just 10 weeks after completing the track between Winters and Madison the Vaca Valley Railroad became the Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad.
  In 1888 this railroad fell under control of Southern Pacific's subsidiary, the Northern Railway. By 1888, the Northern Railway extended the line northwest from Madison to Capay and Rumsey.
  In 1898 the line was operated by Southern Pacific and ran from the Cal-P Oakland-Sacramento mainline at Elmira to Rumsey. SP abandoned the track between Rumsey and Capay in 1934. The track between Rumsey and Esparto was removed in 1937.
context_section_description: *Elmira (Depot) MP 59.62
  Vacaville (Depot)
  Vaca Valley (Allendale) MP 68.0
  Winters (Depot)
  Madison
  Esparto (Depot) MP 89.95
  Capay MP 92.79
  Rumsey MP 110.85
caption: Rumsey Branch of SP in 1905 at Capay and Esparto
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