Sacramento Southern Railroad Collection, 1905 - 1966

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Summary

Title:
Sacramento Southern Railroad collection
Dates:
1905 - 1966
Abstract:
Financial records include a report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, circular 11, 1916, a balance sheet of the general ledger for 1905, and a general account with the Southern Pacific Company (form 143) for 1906 to 1911.
Extent:
4 Linear Feet (1 box + 5 oversize boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sacramento Southern Railroad Collection, MS 145, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Series 1: Financial records include a report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, circular 11, 1916, a balance sheet of the general ledger for 1905, and a general account with the Southern Pacific Company (form 143) for 1906 to 1911.

Series 2: (MISSING SINCE 2012) A miscellaneous collection of General Manager's Orders (GMOs), relating to the area between Sacramento and Hood. Note that there are two numerical sequences.

Biographical / historical:

Incorporated by Southern Pacific Company, July 8, 1903, 24.30 miles from Sacramento, south to Walnut Grove, constructed between January 1906 and March 17, 1912. The road originally was projected from Sacramento to Stockton with one branch from Walnut Grove to Antioch and another from the main line east to Woodbridge, about eight miles. Neither "branch" was built.

The line, known as the Walnut Grove Branch, was controlled by the Southern Pacific Company, although title was transferred to the Central Pacific Railway on February 29, 1912. The Sacramento Southern Railroad Company was dissolved on March 4, 1916. An extension of 7.8 miles from Walnut Grove to Isleton was opened by the Southern Pacific Company on September 15, 1929, and an additional three miles to the Mokelumne River was constructed in 1931, only to be abandoned in 1951.

[Guy Dunscomb, A CENTURY OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, 1862-1962 (Modesto, California: 1967), p. 404]

Acquisition information:

Financial records a gift of Southern Pacific Railroad, New York Collection

General Manager's Orders collected and organized by Southern Pacific civil engineer Al Rowe

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into:

1. Financial Records

2. General Manager's Orders (missing since 2012)

Physical location:
Statewide Museum Collection Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Library Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-10 22:41:13 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff

Terms of 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 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:

[Identification of item], Sacramento Southern Railroad Collection, MS 145, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073
Library.CSRM@parks.ca.gov
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