List of California railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of California.
==Common freight carriers==
Freight carrier information is current since 2021.
Class I
Name 	Carrier Code	Parent company 	Route miles
BNSF Railway 	BNSF 	Berkshire Hathaway	2,114
Union Pacific Railroad	UPRR 	 	3,292
Class III
Name 	Carrier Code	Parent company 	Route miles
Arizona and California Railroad 	ARZC 	Genesee & Wyoming 	190 (84 in CA)
California Northern Railroad 	CFNR 	Genesee & Wyoming 	210
Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad 	CORP 	Genesee & Wyoming 	305 (56 in CA)
Lake County Railroad 	LCR/LCY 	Frontier Rail 	54
Napa Valley Wine Train 	NVRR 	 	18
Niles Canyon Railway 	NCRY 	Pacific Locomotive Association (PLA)	10
Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	NWP 	Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit 	63
Pacific Sun Railroad 	PSRR 	Watco 	62
Sacramento Southern Railroad 	SSR 	State of California 	3
Sacramento Valley Railroad 	SAV 	Patriot Rail 	7
San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad 	SDIY 	Genesee & Wyoming 	1
San Joaquin Valley Railroad 	SJVR 	Genesee & Wyoming 	297
San Francisco Bay Railroad 	SFBR 	 	7
Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway	SCBG 	Roaring Camp, Inc. 	9
Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railroad 	SCMB 	Progressive Rail, Inc. 	31
Santa Maria Valley Railroad 	SMVRR 	 	14
Sierra Northern Railway 	SERA 	 	68
Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad 	STE 	OmniTrax 	25
Trona Railway 	TRC 	Searles Valley Minerals/Nirma 	31
Ventura County Railroad 	VCRR 	Genesee & Wyoming 	9
West Isle Line, Inc. 	WFS 	Nutrien 	5
Yreka Western Railroad 	YW 	Railmark Holdings 	9
Switching and terminal
Name 	Carrier Code	Parent company 	Route miles
Central California Traction Company	CCT 	BNSF/UPRR 	96
Los Angeles Junction Railway 	LAJ 	BNSF 	64
Modesto and Empire Traction Company	MET 	 	49
Oakland Terminal Railway 	OTR 	BNSF/UPRR 	10
Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. 	PHL 	Anacostia Rail Holdings Company	59
Quincy Railroad 	QRR 	 	3
Richmond Pacific Railroad 	RPRC 	 	6
===Other===
*Mare Island Rail Service (MIRS)
*Oakland Global Rail Enterprise (OGRE)
**West Oakland Pacific Railroad
**Port of Oakland Railway (POAK)
*Southern California Railroad (SCRR)
*USG Corporation (USG)
==Passenger carriers==
===Intercity===
*Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr, Coast Starlight, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited
*Amtrak California (CDTX): Capitol Corridor, Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquin
*California High-Speed Rail (under construction)
===Commuter rail===
*Altamont Corridor Express (ACE)
*Arrow (under construction)
*Caltrain (JPBX)
*Coaster (SDNX)
*Metrolink (SCAX)
*Peninsula Commute
*Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)
===Local===
*Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
**eBART
**Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line (people mover)
*Los Angeles County Metro Rail (LACZ)
*San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI)
**Muni Metro
**Market Street Railway (E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves lines)
**San Francisco cable car system
*OC Streetcar (under construction)
*Sacramento RT Light Rail (SCRT)
*San Diego Trolley (SDTI)
*Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail (VTA)
*Sprinter (SDNX)
===Excursion===
*Calico and Odessa Railroad (C&OR)
*Fillmore and Western Railway (FWRY)
*Napa Valley Wine Train (NVRR)
*Niles Canyon Railway (NCRY)
*Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad
*Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line (service temporarily suspended)
*Poway-Midland Railroad
*Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad (RCBT)
*Sacramento Southern Railroad (SSRR)
*Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway (SCBG)
*Sierra Railroad (SERA)
**California Western Railroad (also known as the Skunk Train) (CWR)
**Sacramento RiverTrain (SYPD)
*Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM)
*Western Railway Museum
*Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad (YMSP)
*Yreka Western Railroad (YW)
===Amusement park===
*Disneyland Monorail
*Disneyland Railroad
*Ghost Town & Calico Railroad
==Defunct railroads==
Common carriers
Name 	Mark 	System 	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 	. 	 	. 	 	. 	
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 	
Los Angeles Terminal Railway 	 	UP 	1890	1901	San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad 	
Ludlow and Southern Railway 	 	 	1902	1931	N/A 	
Marin and Napa Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1886	1889	San Francisco and North Pacific Railway 	
Marysville Railroad 	 	SP 	1867	1868	California and Oregon Railroad 	
Marysville and Susanville Railroad 	 	WP 	1904	1905	Western Pacific Railway 	
McCloud River Railroad 	MR 	 	1897	1992	McCloud Railway 	
Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway 	 	 	1896	1913	Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway 	
Minarets and Western Railway 	 	 	1921	1932	N/A 	
Minkler Southern Railway 	 	ATSF 	1913	1942	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 	
Modesto Interurban Railway 	 	 	1909	1993	Modesto and Empire Traction Company 	
Modesto Terminal Company 	 	 	1920	1938	Modesto Interurban Railway 	
Modoc Northern Railroad 	MNRR 	 	2005	2009	Union Pacific Railroad 	
Modoc Northern Railway 	 	SP 	1908	1912	Central Pacific Railway 	
Mojave Northern Railroad 	 	 	1914	 	 	Still exists as a private carrier subsidiary of Cemex
Monterey Railroad 	 	SP 	1880	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Monterey Extension Railroad 	 	SP 	1888	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1874	1879	Monterey Railroad 	
Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway 	 	 	1913	1930	N/A 	
Napa Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1864	1869	California Pacific Railroad Extension Company 	
National City and Otay Railway 	 	SP 	1887	1908	San Diego Southern Railway 	
Nevada and California Railway 	 	SP 	1905	1912	Central Pacific Railway 	
Nevada and California Railroad 	 	SP 	1884	1893	Nevada–California–Oregon Railway 	
Nevada–California–Oregon Railway 	 	SP 	1888	1945	Central Pacific Railway 	
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 	 	 	1874	1943	N/A 	
Nevada and Oregon Railroad 	 	SP 	1881	1884	Nevada and California Railroad 	
Nevada Southern Railway 	 	ATSF 	1892	1895	California Eastern Railway 	
Newport Wharf and Lumber Company 	 	SP 	1889	1893	Santa Ana and Newport Railway 	
North Coast Railroad 	NCRR 	 	1992	1996	Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	
North Pacific Coast Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1871	1902	North Shore Railroad 	
North Pacific Coast Railroad Extension Company 	 	NWP (SP) 	1882	1885	North Pacific Coast Railroad 	
North Shore Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1902	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	
North Western Railroad of California 	 	NWP (SP) 	1885	1892	North Pacific Coast Railroad 	
Northern Railway 	 	SP 	1871	1898	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Northern California Railroad 	 	SP 	1884	1889	Northern California Railway 	
Northern California Railway 	 	SP 	1888	1898	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	NWP 	 	1996	2001	Northwestern Pacific Railway 	
Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	NWP 	NWP 	1907	1992	Southern Pacific Transportation Company 	
Northwestern Pacific Railway 	NWP 	 	2001	2001	Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	
Northwestern Pacific Railway 	 	NWP 	1906	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	
Oakdale Western Railway 	 	ATSF 	1904	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway 	
Oakland and East Side Railroad 	 	ATSF 	1902	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway 	
Oakland Terminal Railroad 	 	ATSF/ WP 	1935	1943	Oakland Terminal Railway 	
Oakland Township Railroad 	 	SP 	1881	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway 	
Ocean Shore Railroad 	 	 	1911	1920	N/A 	
Ocean Shore Railway 	 	 	1905	1911	Ocean Shore Railroad 	
Oregon Eastern Railway 	 	SP 	1911	1912	Central Pacific Railway 	
Oregon and Eureka Railroad 	 	 	1903	1911	N/A 	Leased the Eureka and Klamath River Railroad and Humboldt Railroad
Otay Railway 	 	SP 	1887	1888	National City and Otay Railway 	
Outer Harbor Terminal Railway 	 	 	1927	1955	N/A 	
Pacific Coast Railroad 	 	 	1882	1882	Pacific Coast Railway 	
Pacific Coast Railway 	 	 	1882	1941	N/A 	All PCRY right of way in Santa Maria Valley absorbed by competitor Santa Maria Valley Railroad
Pacific Electric Railway 	PE 	SP 	1901	1965	Southern Pacific Company 	Electric until 1961
Pacific Southwestern Railroad 	 	SP 	1922	1924	Southern Pacific Company 	
Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad 	 	SP 	1884	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Pajaro Valley Railroad 	 	 	1890	1897	Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad 	
Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad 	 	 	1897	1928	N/A 	
Pajaro Extension Railway 	 	 	1897	1897	Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad 	
Palmdale Railroad 	 	 	1888	1893	N/A 	
Parr Terminal Railroad 	PRT 	 	1950	2002	Richmond Pacific Railroad 	
Pasadena Railway 	 	UP 	1887	1892	Los Angeles Terminal Railway 	
Patterson and Western Railroad 	 	 	1915	1921	N/A 	
Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railway 	 	 	1904	1911	Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad 	
Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1862	1869	Sacramento and Placerville Railroad 	
Port Railroads, Inc. 	PRI 	 	1973	1996	San Joaquin Valley Railroad 	
Porterville Northeastern Railway 	 	SP 	1910	1934	Southern Pacific Company 	
Quincy and Eastern Railroad 	 	 	1908	1909	Quincy Western Railway 	
Quincy Western Railway 	 	 	1909	1917	Quincy Railroad 	
Ramona and San Bernardino Railroad 	 	SP 	1888	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Randsburg Railway 	 	ATSF 	1897	1911	California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway 	
Redondo Beach Railway 	 	ATSF 	1888	1889	Southern California Railway 	
Richmond Belt Railway 	 	ATSF / SP 	1902	1932	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Southern Pacific Company	
Riverside, Rialto and Pacific Railroad 	 	UP 	1915	1917	Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad 	
Riverside, Santa Ana and Los Angeles Railway 	 	ATSF 	1885	1887	California Central Railway 	
Sacramento Northern Railway 	SN 	WP 	1921	1987	Western Pacific Railroad 	Electric until 1946
Sacramento and Oakland Railway 	 	WP 	1903	1903	Western Pacific Railway 	
Sacramento and Placerville Railroad 	 	SP 	1877	1888	Northern Railway 	
Sacramento and San Francisco Railroad 	 	SP 	1864	1865	California Pacific Railroad 	
Sacramento Southern Railroad 	 	SP 	1903	1912	Central Pacific Railway 	
Sacramento Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1852	1877	Sacramento and Placerville Railroad 	
Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railway 	 	 	1906	1927	N/A 	
San Bernardino and Eastern Railway 	 	ATSF 	1890	1892	Southern California Railway 	
San Bernardino and Los Angeles Railway 	 	ATSF 	1886	1887	California Central Railway 	
San Bernardino and San Diego Railway 	 	ATSF 	1886	1887	California Central Railway 	
San Bernardino Valley Railway 	 	ATSF 	1887	1887	California Central Railway 	
San Diego and Arizona Railway 	 	SP 	1906	1933	San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway 	
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway 	SDAE 	SP 	1933	 	 	Still exists as a lessor of the Carrizo Gorge Railway and San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Transportation Company 	SDAE 	 	1979	1984	San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad 	
San Diego Central Railroad 	 	ATSF 	1886	1887	California Central Railway 	
San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway 	 	SP 	1909	1912	San Diego and South Eastern Railway 	
San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway 	 	SP 	1887	1888	San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern Railway 	
San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern Railway 	 	SP 	1888	1909	San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway 	
San Diego and South Eastern Railway 	 	SP 	1912	1917	San Diego and Arizona Railway 	
San Diego Southern Railway 	 	SP 	1908	1912	San Diego and South Eastern Railway 	
San Francisco and Alameda Railroad 	 	SP 	1863	1870	San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad 	
San Francisco, Alameda and Stockton Railroad 	 	SP 	1863	1864	San Francisco and Alameda Railroad 	
San Francisco Bay Railroad 	 	SP 	1868	1869	Western Pacific Railroad 	
San Francisco Belt Railroad 	SFB 	 	1969	1993	N/A 	
San Francisco and Colorado River Railroad 	 	SP 	1883	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway 	
San Francisco and Eureka Railway 	 	NWP (SP) 	1903	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	
San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1868	1869	San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad 	
San Francisco and Marysville Railroad 	 	SP 	1857	1865	California Pacific Railroad 	
San Francisco and Napa Railway 	 	SP 	1903	1911	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1869	1889	San Francisco and North Pacific Railway 	
San Francisco and North Pacific Railway 	 	NWP (SP) 	1888	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	
San Francisco and Northwestern Railway 	 	NWP (ATSF)	1903	1907	Northwestern Pacific Railroad 	
San Francisco and Oakland Railroad 	 	SP 	1861	1870	San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad 	
San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad 	 	SP 	1870	1870	Central Pacific Railroad 	
San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway 	 	ATSF 	1895	1901	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 	
San Francisco and San Jose Railroad 	 	SP 	1860	1870	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
San Francisco and San Rafael Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1882	1889	San Francisco and North Pacific Railway 	
San Francisco, Tamalpais and Bolinas Railway 	 	NWP (SP) 	1889	1892	North Pacific Coast Railroad 	
San Francisco Terminal Railway and Ferry Company 	 	WP 	1902	1903	Western Pacific Railway 	
San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway 	 	SP 	1887	1894	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
San Jacinto Valley Railway 	 	ATSF 	1887	1887	California Central Railway 	
San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad 	SJ&E 	 	1912	1933	N/A 	
San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad 	 	SP 	1882	1888	Northern Railway 	
San Joaquin Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1891	1893	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
San Joaquin Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1868	1870	Central Pacific Railroad 	
San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad 	 	SP 	1886	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
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	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
San Pablo and Tulare Extension Railroad 	 	SP 	1887	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad 	SLR 	UP 	1901	1916	Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad 	
San Rafael and San Quentin Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1869	 	 	
San Ramon Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1888	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Santa Ana Railroad 	 	SP 	1889	1892	Newport Wharf and Lumber Company 	
Santa Ana and Newport Railway 	 	SP 	1892	1899	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Santa Ana and Westminster Railway 	 	SP 	1890	1899	Santa Ana and Newport Railway 	
Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1868	1870	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Santa Cruz Railroad 	 	SP 	1873	1881	Pajaro and Santa Cruz Railroad 	
Santa Cruz and Felton Railroad 	 	SP 	1874	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway 	
Santa Fe and Los Angeles Harbor Railway 	 	ATSF 	1922	1942	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 	
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad 	 	ATSF 	1897	1902	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 	
Santa Fe and Santa Monica Railway 	 	ATSF 	1892	1892	Southern California Railway 	
Santa Fe Terminal Company of California 	 	ATSF 	1899	1912	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 	
Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad 	 	SP 	1887	1888	 	
Saratoga and Almaden Railroad 	 	 	1884	1905	N/A 	
Shingle Springs and Placerville Railroad 	 	SP 	1887	1888	Northern Railway 	
Sierra Railroad 	SERA 	 	1935	2003	Sierra Northern Railway 	
Sierra Railway of California 	SRYC 	 	1897	1937	Sierra Railroad 	
Sierra and Mohawk Railway 	 	SP 	1911	1915	Sierra and Mohawk Railway 	
Sierra Valley & Mohawk Railway 	 	SP 	1885	1895	Sierra Valley Railroad 	
Sierra Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1895	1909	Sierra and Mohawk Railway 	
Sonoma County Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1868	1868	San Francisco and Humboldt Bay Railroad 	
Sonoma and Marin Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1875	1877	San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad 	
Sonoma and Santa Rosa Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1881	1885	Sonoma Valley Railroad 	
Sonoma Valley Railroad 	 	NWP (SP) 	1878	1889	San Francisco and North Pacific Railway 	
Sonoma Valley Prismoidal Railway 	 	NWP (SP) 	1875	1878	Sonoma Valley Railroad 	
South Pacific Coast Railroad 	 	SP 	1876	1887	South Pacific Coast Railway 	
South Pacific Coast Railway 	 	SP 	1887	1937	Southern Pacific Company 	
South San Francisco Belt Railway 	 	SP 	1907	1945	Southern Pacific Company 	
Southern California Railway 	 	ATSF 	1889	1906	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 	
Southern California Motor Road 	 	SP 	1887	1895	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Southern Pacific Company 	SP 	SP 	1885	1969	Southern Pacific Transportation Company 	
Southern Pacific Railroad 	 	SP 	1865	1955	Southern Pacific Company 	
Southern Pacific Railroad Extension Company 	 	SP 	1888	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Southern Pacific Branch Railroad 	 	SP 	1872	1873	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Southern Pacific Branch Railway 	 	SP 	1886	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Southern Pacific Transportation Company 	SP 	SP 	1969	1998	Union Pacific Railroad 	
State Belt Railroad 	 	 	1873	1969	San Francisco Belt Railroad 	
Stockton and Beckwith Pass Railway 	 	WP 	1902	1903	Western Pacific Railway 	
Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad 	 	SP 	1865	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Stockton and Ione Railroad 	 	 	1873	1875	N/A 	
Stockton and Tulare Railroad 	 	SP 	1887	1888	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Stockton and Visalia Railroad 	 	SP 	1869	1877	Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad 	
Sugar Pine Lumber Company 	 	 	1923	1933	N/A 	
Sugar Pine Railway 	 	 	1903	1922	N/A 	
Sunset Railroad 	 	ATSF/ SP 	1900	1912	Sunset Railway 	
Sunset Railway 	SUN 	ATSF/ SP 	1912	 	 	Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, leased to the San Joaquin Valley Railroad
Sunset Western Railway 	 	ATSF/ SP 	1909	1912	Sunset Railway 	
Ten Mile Railroad 	 	 	 	 	 	Fort Bragg
Tidewater and Southern Railroad 	 	WP 	1910	1912	Tidewater Southern Railway 	
Tidewater Southern Railway 	TSO, TS	WP 	1912	1987	Western Pacific Railroad 	
Tidewater and Southern Transit Company 	 	WP 	1912	1912	Tidewater Southern Railway 	
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad 	 	 	1904	1940	N/A 	
Vaca Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1869	1870	Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad 	
Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad 	 	SP 	1877	1888	Northern Railway 	
Ventura County Railway 	VCY 	 	1911	 	 	Still exists as a lessor of the Ventura County Railroad
Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad 	 	SP 	1896	1899	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Visalia Railroad 	 	SP 	1874	1899	Southern Pacific Railroad 	
Visalia Electric Railroad 	VE 	SP 	1904	1992	Southern Pacific Transportation Company 	Electric until 1944
Visalia and Tulare Railroad 	 	 	1887	1900	N/A 	
West Side and Mendocino Railroad 	 	SP 	1886	1888	Northern Railway 	
Western Nevada Railroad 	 	SP 	1879	1880	Nevada and Oregon Railroad 	
Western Pacific Railroad 	WP 	WP 	1916	1987	Union Pacific Railroad 	
Western Pacific Railroad 	 	SP 	1862	1870	Central Pacific Railroad 	
Western Pacific Railway 	 	WP 	1903	1916	Western Pacific Railroad 	
Winters and Ukiah Railway 	 	SP 	1887	1888	Northern Railway 	
Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake Railroad 	 	SP 	1887	1888	Northern Railway 	
Yolo Shortline Railroad 	YSLR 	 	1991	2003	Sierra Northern Railway 	
Yosemite Short Line Railway 	 	 	1905	1917	N/A 	
Yosemite Valley Railroad 	 	 	1902	1935	Yosemite Valley Railway 	
Yosemite Valley Railway 	 	 	1934	1945	N/A 	
Yreka Railroad 	 	 	1888	1935	Yreka Western Railroad 	
Yuba Railroad 	 	SP 	1862	1869	California and Oregon Railroad 	
===Private carriers===
*Albion Lumber Company
*American River Land and Lumber Company
*Arcata and Mad River Railroad
*Bayside Logging Railroad
*Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad
*Birch and Smart Railroad
*Brookings Lumber and Box Company
*Butte and Plumas Railway
*C.D. Danaher Pine Company
*California Door Company
*California Redwood Company
*Camino, Cable and Northern Railroad
*Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
*Caspar, South Fork and Eastern Railroad
*Charles W. Kitts
*Clover Valley Lumber Company
*Crane Creek Lumber Company
*Crescent City and Smith River Railroad
*Del Norte Southern Railroad
*Descanso, Alpine and Pacific Railway
*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
*L.E. White Lumber Company (Greenwood Railroad)
*Lake Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad
*Little River Redwood Company
*Long-Bell Lumber Company
*Madera Sugar Pine Company
*Mammoth Copper Mining Company
*Marsh Lumber Company
*McCloud Railway
*Metropolitan Redwood Lumber Company
*Michigan–California Lumber Company
*Minors Railroad
*Mono Lake Lumber Company
*Mono Lake Railway and 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
*R.E. Danaher Company
*Rainbow Mill and Lumber Company
*Raymond Granite 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
*Stone Canyon and Pacific Railway
*Sugar Pine Lumber Company
*Tecopa Railroad
*Ten Mile Railroad
*Terry Lumber Company (Anderson and Bella Vista Railroad)
*Towle Brothers Company
*Tulare Valley Railroad
*Union Lumber Company (Fort Bragg Railroad)
*Union Sugar Company
*Usal Redwood Company
*Viewliner Train of Tomorrow
*Watsonville Traction Company
*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
==References==
*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.
==See also==
*List of San Francisco Bay Area trains
==External links==
*Guide to Railroads in California by L. M. Clement. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
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