Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway Collection, 1914 - 1921

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Summary

Abstract:
The collection consists of ledger sheets containing statements which list and compare expenditures for maintenance, equipment and electric power.
Extent:
.17 Linear Feet 1 half-box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway Collection, MS 53, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of ledger sheets containing statements which list and compare expenditures for maintenance, equipment and electric power for the Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway on a monthly basis for 1914 and 1915. Comparative statements are also included for the Oakland and Antioch Railway, and the San Ramon Valley Railroad. Also includes requests for railway passes from 1917 and 1921.

Biographical / historical:

The Oakland and Antioch Railway, is an electric railway that was incorporated in January 1909. The principal founders were A. W. Maltby, of Concord; Walter Arnstein, of Alamo, Samuel L. Napthaly, of San Francisco, and Harry A. Mitchell, of San Francisco.

Building was started February 1909, at Bay Point, and the line was put into operation between Bay Point and Walnut Creek in May 1911. Building toward Oakland, and extending the service as the track was built, the Oakland & Antioch Railway was completed, and service installed between Bay Point and Oakland in April 1913.

On April 1, 1911, the Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway was incorporated to build a line from Bay Point to Sacramento, with a branch line about two miles long from West Pittsburg to Pittsburg. Building commenced in July 1912, and the line from Bay Point to Pittsburg was completed and put into operation in August 1913. In the meantime, the Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway leased the Oakland & Antioch Railway and the San Ramon Valley Railroad, running from Saranap on the main line to Danville. Finally, in September 1913, the Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway was completed to Sacramento and put into service the same month.

Full service between Oakland and Sacramento commenced on September 3, 1914. The Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway, as it had become known in 1912, entered receivership in 1920 and was reorganized as the San Francisco–Sacramento Railroad.

Acquisition information:
Southern Pacific Railroad, New York Collection
Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by type of material.

Physical location:
Statewide Museum Collection Center

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Electric railways

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 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway Collection, MS 53, 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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