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Title: Coronado Railroad Co. collection
Dates: 1888-1910
Collection Number: MS 121
Creator/Collector:
Coronado Railroad Company
Extent: 1 oversize box + 1 volume
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Financial records of the Coronado Railroad Company.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives
staff to arrange for access.
Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the District Collections Manager. Permission for publication is given on
behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Coronado Railroad Co. collection. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Gifts of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley; Southern Pacific Transportation Company, and the Oriental
Warehouse
Biography/Administrative History
The Coronado Railroad dates from 1886. It ran from San Diego around the Bay, and up the Silver Strand peninsula to Coronado.
The railroad did a brisk business while the Southern California building boom of the 1880s lasted, but then faced a decline
in revenues. Originally a steam railroad, the Coronado Railroad was electrified in 1893. In 1909 the Coronado Railroad and
the National City and Otay consolidated to form the San Diego Southern Railroad, which in turn became part of the San Diego
and Arizona Railway.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Coronado Railroad Company Records consist of eight volumes of cash and account books arranged chronologically.
San Diego Southern Railroad
San Diego and Arizona Railway