The Sacramento Northern Railway
The Sacramento Northern Railway was a line formerly operating electric passenger service between San Francisco and Sacramento, Woodland, Marysville, Colusa, Oroville and Chico, California, now a freight-only road operating both electric and diesel locomotives. A complete history of this line and its several predecessor companies has been published extensively so no further information will be attempted here except to say that the properties between Sacramento and Chico, the former Northern Electric, have been owned by the Western Pacific since October 18, 1921, and those between Oakland and Sacramento, the former Oakland, Antioch & Eastern and later the San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad (Sacramento Short Line), since February 1, 1927. |
