Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Boca and Loyalton Railroad operating expense ledger
- Dates:
- 1907-1915
- Abstract:
- One operating expense ledger listing voucher numbers, payees, dates, amounts and purpose of expenditures on northeastern California's Boca and Loyalton Railroad.
- Extent:
- .333 Linear Feet 1 box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Boca & Loyalton Collection, MS 25, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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One operating expense ledger listing voucher numbers, payees, dates, amounts and purpose of expenditures on northeastern California's Boca & Loyalton Railroad.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Boca and Loyalton was incorporated September 25, 1900. The B&L operated from Portola, California, eastward 5.7 miles to Beckwith, then south 40 miles to Boca on the Southern Pacific. A 1.6 mile branch known as the Grizzly Creek Spur extended north from the main line at a point 3.3 miles east of Portola. Another branch just east of Beckwith at Horton Junction went north to provide a connection with the Clover Valley Lumber Company. The B&L engine house and shops were at Loyalton. There was another engine house at Boca.
The Western Pacific Railroad purchased the B&L in 1916 (title transferred December 1, 1916). Only portions of the line remained in use: 11.86 miles from Loyalton north to Hawley; service discontinued 1957) and the Grizzly Creek line which became part of WP's Gulling Branch (abandoned 1940).
Bibliography: David F. Myrick, RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. VOLUME 1: THE NORTHERN ROADS (1990).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Stephen Drew, 1986
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collections Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Western Pacific Railroad Company
- Places:
- Portola (Calif.)
Loyalton (Calif.)
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-11-27 18:11:10 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
- Terms of access:
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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 CSRM Library & Archives. 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Boca & Loyalton Collection, MS 25, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073