Day book from the California and Oregon Railroad.

Incorporated December 18, 1869 as a consolidation of the California & Oregon Railroad (of 1868). • 1. California & Oregon Railroad (of 1868) • (a) California & Oregon Railroad Company (of 1865) • (b) Marysville Railroad Company • (c) California Central Railroad Company • 2. Yuba Railroad •The California & Oregon Railroad was operated by the Central Pacific and was consolidated with it on August 22, 1870. On that date it owned a total of 77.53 miles of track: 23.90 acquired with the Yuba Rail Road, 10.30 of the former California Central, plus 43.33 miles between Marysville and Chico constructed between May and July of 1870. [Guy Dunscomb, A CENTURY OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, 1862-1962 (Modesto, California: 1967), pp. 367-368]

1 half-box

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