page_title: North Pacific Coast Railroad
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: North Pacific Coast Railroad / Route
caption_attribution_description: English: Former North Pacific Coast Railroad grade adjacent to Tomales Bay — viewed from California Highway 1
context_page_description: The North Pacific Coast Railroad was a common carrier 3 ft narrow-gauge steam railroad begun in 1874 and sold in 1902 to new owners who renamed it the North Shore Railroad and which rebuilt the southern section into a standard-gauge electric railway.
  The NPC operated in the northern California counties of Marin and Sonoma that carried redwood lumber, local dairy and agricultural products, express and passengers. The NPC operated almost 93 mi of track that extended from a pier at Sausalito and operated northwest to Duncans Mills and Cazadero. The NPC became the North Shore Railroad on March 7, 1902. In 1907 the North Shore Railroad became part of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Southern portions of the line were standard gauged and electrified by the North Shore for suburban passenger service, though tracks north of Point Reyes Station remained 3 ft narrow gauge until abandonment in the late 1930s.
  All of the NPC trackage has been abandoned either by the NPC or the NWP. Some of the original right of way can be seen at the Samuel P.
context_section_description: Mileposts conform to Southern Pacific Railroad convention of distance from San Francisco:
  San Francisco – Sausalito via Ferry
  Sausalito (milepost 6.5)
  San Rafael
  Junction (later known as San Anselmo) (milepost 16.5)
  Fairfax (milepost 18.3)
  Point Reyes Station (milepost 36.4)
  Marshall (milepost 45.4)
  Tomales (milepost 53.1)
  Valley Ford (milepost 59.5)
  Freestone (milepost 63.7)
  Occidental (milepost 67.6)
  Monte Rio (milepost 73.8)
  Duncans Mills (milepost 77.1)
  Cazadero (milepost 84.3)
caption: Former railroad grade adjacent to Tomales Bay, viewed from California State Route 1
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