Southern California Railway was formed on November 7, 1889. It was formed by consolidation of
California Southern Railroad
The California Southern Railroad was a subsidiary railroad of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe) in Southern California. It was organized July 10, 1880, and chartered on October 23, 1880, to build a rail connection between wha ...
Company, the
California Central Railway
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.
At its peak it operated of rail line with 14 steam locomotives, 14 ...
Company, and the
Redondo Beach Railway Company.
A second consolidation and reforming on the Southern California Railway was on June 27, 1892 this was done by consolidation of former Southern California Railway Company (above) with Santa Fe And Santa Monica Railway and the San Bernardino & Eastern Railway.
On May 1, 1899 the Southern California Railway as took control of the Elsinore, Pomona And Los Angeles Railway.
All of lines of Southern California Railway Company line (list above) were deeded to the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996.
The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at vario ...
Company on January 17, 1906.
San Bernardino and Eastern Railway
San Bernardino and Eastern Railway was chartered on August 11, 1890 to build a rail line from City of
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino ( ) is a city in and the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 census, making it the List of ...
via
Highland, California to connect with line of Southern California Railway Company at or near its
terminus in San Bernardino County, connecting at
Mentone, California with
rail track
Railway track ( and UIC terminology) or railroad track (), also known as permanent way () or "P way" ( and Indian English), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers (railroad ties in American E ...
s built to that point in 1887 under charter of
San Bernardino Valley Railway Company.
Santa Fe and Santa Monica Railway
Santa Fe And Santa Monica Railway Company was chartered to build from a point at or near "
Mesmer Station" on line of Southern California Railway Company between
Inglewood, California
Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, in the Greater Los Angeles, Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the city had a population of 107,762. ...
and
Port Ballona (what is now
Playa del Rey, Los Angeles
Playa del Rey (Spanish language, Spanish for "Beach of the King") is a seaside neighborhood on the westside of Los Angeles in the Santa Monica Bay region of Los Angeles County, California. It has a ZIP Code of 90293 and area codes 310 and 424, ...
), to
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
. This franchise and its track were sold on March 21, 1902, to
Los Angeles Pacific Railroad
The Los Angeles Pacific Railroad (1896−1911) (LAP) was an electric public transit and freight railway system in Los Angeles County, California. At its peak it had of track extending from Downtown Los Angeles to the Westside, Santa Monica, a ...
Company, including the rail line from Inglewood to near Mesmer Station built under charter of Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad Company.
Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles Railway
Elsinore, Pomona And Los Angeles Railway Company was charted on December 6, 1895 to build from Lake Elsinore, California in
Riverside County, in a north-westerly direction by way of
Pomona to
Azusa
AZUSA refers to a ground-based radar tracking system installed at Cape Canaveral, Florida and the NASA Kennedy Space Center. AZUSA was named after the southern California town Azusa, California where the system was devised in the early 1950s.
...
, in
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles and sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,663,345 residents estimated in 2023. Its population is greater than that of 40 individua ...
, with a branch from Pomona to
Lordsburg College. Construction was only completed from Elsinore Junction on line of Southern California Railway to
Alberhill a total of 7.8 miles. This rail line was deeded to Southern California Railway Company on May 1, 1899.
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See also
* List of California railroads
* History of rail transportation in California
*Cajon Pass
Cajon Pass (; Spanish: ''Puerto del Cajón'' or ''Paso del Cajón'') is a mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains to the east and the San Gabriel Mountains to the west in Southern California. Created by the movements of the San Andr ...
* Southern Transcon
*Union Station (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railroad station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande St ...
*Pacific Electric
The Pacific Electric Railway Company, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned Public transport, mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electr ...
's ''Red Cars'' that connected with the rail lines.
* Santa Fe 3751
* David B. Jones Special
References
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Predecessors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Defunct California railroads
Railway companies established in 1889
Railway companies disestablished in 1906
History of Southern California