For the pioneer Northern California railroad from Folsom to Lincoln, see California Central Railroad.
California Central Railway
Map of California Central Railway lines in 1889
Overview
Headquarters
San Bernardino, California
Locale
Southern California
Dates of operation
April 23, 1887 (1887-04-23)–November 7, 1889 (1889-11-07)
Successor
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length
250 miles (400 km)
The California Central Railway was incorporated on April 23, 1887, with headquarters in San Bernardino, California. George O. Manchester was the President of the corporation.
1888 group photo taken in the Arroyo Seco south of Pasadena, Ca. with locomotive #13, built in 1882 by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, this locomotive was renumbered 7 in 1889 and scrapped as AT&SF#0109. Photographed on the former Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad line.
At its peak it operated 250 miles (400 km) of rail line with 14 steam locomotives, 14 passenger cars and 83 freight cars. It operated rail lines from May 20, 1887, to November 7, 1889. On December 31, 1888, the California Central Railway was valued at $12,914,000.00.
On November 7, 1889, California Central Railway was consolidated with the California Southern Railroad and the Redondo Beach Railway into the Southern California Railway Company.[1] On June 30, 1888, it began operations as a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
^Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. p. 30. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
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