Inventory of the Sacramento Northern Railway Company Records, 1938-1985
Processed by Blaine Lamb; machine-readable finding aid created by
James Ryan
California State Railroad Museum Library
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California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Inventory of the Sacramento Northern Railway Company Records, 1938-1985
Collection number: MS 8
California State Railroad Museum Library
Sacramento, California
Contact Information:
- California State Railroad Museum Library
- 111 "I" Street
- Sacramento, California 95814
- Phone: (916) 323-8073
- Fax: (916) 327-5655
- Email: csrmlibrary@csrmf.org
- URL: http://www.csrmf.org/library.html
- Processed by:
- Blaine Lamb
- Encoded by:
- James Ryan
© 1999 California State Railroad Museum. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sacramento Northern Railway Company Records,
Date (inclusive): 1938-1985
Collection number: MS 8
Creator:
Sacramento Northern Railway
Extent: 6 Cartons
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library
Sacramento, California 95814
Shelf location: Big Four Building or off-site storage. Please contact
the Library in advance of your visit.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Publication Rights
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 Senior
Curator. 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
[Identification of item], Sacramento Northern Railway Company Records, MS 8, California State Railroad Museum Library, Sacramento,
California.
Collection Description
The collection consists of correspondence, photocopies, mimeographs, log books, computer printouts and printed material relating
to employment practices, wages, operating procedures, equipment, train movements, etc. In addition the collection contains
correspondence, reports, memoranda and notes concerning the abandonment of service, including ferry service across the Carquinez
Strait, between West Pittsburg and Montezuma, trackage abandonments elsewhere in Northern California during the 1940s and
1950s, and electric interurban passenger equipment and streetcars.
Historical Background
The Sacramento Northern Railway Company was incorporated in California on August 29, 1921. Its purpose was to acquire and
operate the property of the Sacramento Northern Railroad. It absorbed the Sacramento Northern on November 4, 1925. Western
Pacific Railroad owned the new railroad. Sacramento Northern's trackage consisted of a main line extending from Chico to Sacramento,
with various branches, operating approximately 157 miles of track. On December 31, 1928, the San Francisco- Sacramento Railroad
was acquired. This line stretched from Chico to Oakland. On January 15, 1939, through service to Chico was instituted. Passenger
service was discontinued in October of 1940 but freight service was continued.
Related Collections
For additional information, see: Ira L. Swett,
Sacramento Northern, Interurbans Special 26 (Los Angeles: Electric Railway Publications, 1962) reprinted in 1998 by Pentrex Media Group.
Box 1
Sacramento Northern Railway Operating Department car handling circulars, 1964-1969 Western Pacific Railroad car handling circulars,
1964
Western Pacific Railroad, Sacramento Northern Railway, and Tidewater Southern Railway Circular No. 167-E, listing industries
located at points served, team track facilities, ramps and platforms, track scales, icing stations and interchange points
Sacramento Northern Railway Trainmen's Job Bulletins, 1981-1984, covering work hours and rules, train instructions and job
notices
Box 2
Sacramento Northern Railway Enginemen's Job Bulletins, 1982-1984
Sacramento Northern Railway Trainmen's and Enginemen's Job Bulletins, 1981-1983
Box 3
Sacramento Northern Railway Yardmaster's Log Books, 17 vols., July 1, 1972-May 8, 1981, November 1, 1982-June 14, 1985, containing
notations on the daily operation of the railroad, including equipment, train movements, interchanges, and problems
Box 4
Trackage and ferry service abandonment, West Pittsburg-Montezuma, December 1949-December 1954 (8 folders)
Trackage abandonment, Dozier-Montezuma, 1950 (1 folder)
Trackage abandonment, Oakland-Lafayette, January 1954- April 1960 (5 folders)
Trackage abandonment, Oroville Branch, June 1952-April 1968 (3 folders)
Trackage abandonment, Vacaville-Willotta, October 1949-January 1950 (1 folder)
Trackage abandonment, Walnut Creek-Lafayette, November 1957-July 1964 (2 folders)
Box 5
Material disposal (including locomotives and rolling stock), July 1955-September 1972 (1 folder)
Passenger trains and streetcars, October 1938-November 1970 (5 folders)
Pay rates and records, 1944-1958 (7 folders)
Box 6
Equipment completion reports; Exhibit D. January 1929 - 1957. Filed in AFE order.
