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The '''Vallejo and Northern Railroad''' was a proposed {{convert|58.15|mile|km|adj=on}} ] line between ] and ].{{sfn|Hilton|Due|1960|p=398}} The company was incorporated on November&nbsp;9, 1906,<ref>{{cite news |title=Prepare to build new railroad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-and-post-prepare/148480226/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |agency=The San Francisco Call |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 10, 1906 |location=San Francisco, California |page=14}} {{free access}}</ref> promoted by the same person who put forward the ].{{sfn|Hilton|Due|1960|p=400}} Terminal sites were purchased in ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Industrial Development in Superior California During the Past Week |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/the-sacramento-bee-industrial-developmen/148480840/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 5, 1908 |location=Sacramento, California |page=14}} {{free access}}</ref> Additionally, the railroad also began planning an extension from Woodland to ], going on to acquire franchise rights for running on Sacramento streets and purchasing property in Woodland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Franchise is Passed by Board |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-franchise-is-passed-b/148480646/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |via=Newspapers.com |date=September 26, 1907 |location=Sacramento, California |page=3}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Valley news in a nut-shell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-marysville-appeal-valley-news-in-a-n/148480718/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Marysville Appeal |via=Newspapers.com |date=February 23, 1908 |location=Marysville, California |page=3}} {{free access}}</ref> Despite the swift property acquisition, construction had not commenced,<ref>{{cite news |title=Franchise has been forfeited |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/the-sacramento-bee-franchise-has-been-fo/148480817/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |via=Newspapers.com |date=November 17, 1908 |location=Sacramento, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> reportedly a result of the ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Says railroad intends to get busy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-star-says-railroad-intend/148480890/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 1, 1908 |location=Sacramento, California |page=4}} {{free access}}</ref> The company was merged into the ] predecessor Northern Electric Railway in 1909 after Northern Electric floated $10&nbsp;million (${{format price|{{inflation|US|10000000|1909}} }} in {{inflation year|US}} adjusted for inflation) worth of bonds in ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Merger of Electric Lines Reported |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-star-merger-of-electric-l/148481033/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 5, 1909 |location=Sacramento, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> A single ] lettered ''Vallejo & Northern # 1'' operated in downtown ] from November&nbsp;15, 1911 until 1914. Construction of what would become the Sacramento Northern Vaca Valley Line began in 1913; and line opened for service on May&nbsp;16, 1914.<ref>{{cite news |title=To begin train service |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-journal-and-daily-jour/148481505/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The San Francisco Daily Journal of Commerce |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 16, 1914 |location=San Francisco, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> Northern Electric combination cars numbered 103, 104, and 22 offered passenger service over this isolated branch until passenger service was abandoned in 1926.{{sfn|Hilton|Due|1960|p=400}} Motor #701 pulled carloads of freight transferred from barges and shallow-draft steamboats at Suisun. The line was connected to Sacramento Northern's main line via a new branch between Vacaville and Creed in 1930.{{sfn|Hilton|Due|1960|p=400}} ] proposed extending the Willotta branch of their Sacramento Northern subsidiary through Jamison Canyon to connect with the ] (P&SR) as late as 1932, but the ] and ] purchase of the P&SR prevented such expansion. The connecting line through Cordero was relocated during construction of ] in 1942, and diesel locomotives replaced electric operation in 1947.<ref name=wrr>{{cite journal |last=Laflin |first=Addison |year=1952 |title=The Vallejo & Northern and Other Electric Railroads of Solano County |journal=The Western Railroader |volume=16 |issue=158 |pages=3–8 |publisher=Francis A. Guido }}</ref> The '''Vallejo and Northern Railroad''' was a proposed {{convert|58.15|mile|km|adj=on}} ] line between ] and ].{{sfn|Hilton|Due|1960|p=398}} The company was incorporated on November&nbsp;9, 1906,<ref>{{cite news |title=Prepare to build new railroad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-and-post-prepare/148480226/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |agency=The San Francisco Call |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 10, 1906 |location=San Francisco, California |page=14}} {{free access}}</ref> promoted by the same person who put forward the ].{{sfn|Hilton|Due|1960|p=400}} Terminal sites were purchased in ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Industrial Development in Superior California During the Past Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-industrial-developmen/148480840/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 5, 1908 |location=Sacramento, California |page=14}} {{free access}}</ref> Additionally, the railroad also began planning an extension from Woodland to ], going on to acquire franchise rights for running on Sacramento streets and purchasing property in Woodland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Franchise is Passed by Board |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-franchise-is-passed-b/148480646/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |via=Newspapers.com |date=September 26, 1907 |location=Sacramento, California |page=3}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Valley news in a nut-shell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-marysville-appeal-valley-news-in-a-n/148480718/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Marysville Appeal |via=Newspapers.com |date=February 23, 1908 |location=Marysville, California |page=3}} {{free access}}</ref> Despite the swift property acquisition, construction had not commenced,<ref>{{cite news |title=Franchise has been forfeited |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-franchise-has-been-fo/148480817/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |via=Newspapers.com |date=November 17, 1908 |location=Sacramento, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> reportedly a result of the ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Says railroad intends to get busy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-star-says-railroad-intend/148480890/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 1, 1908 |location=Sacramento, California |page=4}} {{free access}}</ref> The company was merged into the ] predecessor Northern Electric Railway in 1909 after Northern Electric floated $10&nbsp;million (${{format price|{{inflation|US|10000000|1909}} }} in {{inflation year|US}} adjusted for inflation) worth of bonds in ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Merger of Electric Lines Reported |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-star-merger-of-electric-l/148481033/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The Sacramento Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 5, 1909 |location=Sacramento, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> A single ] lettered ''Vallejo & Northern # 1'' operated in downtown ] from November&nbsp;15, 1911 until 1914. Construction of what would become the Sacramento Northern Vaca Valley Line began in 1913; and line opened for service on May&nbsp;16, 1914.<ref>{{cite news |title=To begin train service |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-journal-and-daily-jour/148481505/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The San Francisco Daily Journal of Commerce |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 16, 1914 |location=San Francisco, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> Northern Electric combination cars numbered 103, 104, and 22 offered passenger service over this isolated branch until passenger service was abandoned in 1926.{{sfn|Hilton|Due|1960|p=400}} Motor #701 pulled carloads of freight transferred from barges and shallow-draft steamboats at Suisun. The line was connected to Sacramento Northern's main line via a new branch between Vacaville and Creed in 1930.{{sfn|Hilton|Due|1960|p=400}} ] proposed extending the Willotta branch of their Sacramento Northern subsidiary through Jamison Canyon to connect with the ] (P&SR) as late as 1932, but the ] and ] purchase of the P&SR prevented such expansion. The connecting line through Cordero was relocated during construction of ] in 1942, and diesel locomotives replaced electric operation in 1947.<ref name=wrr>{{cite journal |last=Laflin |first=Addison |year=1952 |title=The Vallejo & Northern and Other Electric Railroads of Solano County |journal=The Western Railroader |volume=16 |issue=158 |pages=3–8 |publisher=Francis A. Guido }}</ref>


==Sources== ==Sources==

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Unbuilt California rail line

The Vallejo and Northern Railroad was a proposed 58.15-mile (93.58 km) interurban railway line between Vallejo and Woodland, California. The company was incorporated on November 9, 1906, promoted by the same person who put forward the Dixon Branch. Terminal sites were purchased in Fairfield, Suisun, Vacaville, and Vallejo, California. Additionally, the railroad also began planning an extension from Woodland to Sacramento, going on to acquire franchise rights for running on Sacramento streets and purchasing property in Woodland. Despite the swift property acquisition, construction had not commenced, reportedly a result of the Panic of 1907. The company was merged into the Sacramento Northern Railway predecessor Northern Electric Railway in 1909 after Northern Electric floated $10 million ($339 million in 2023 adjusted for inflation) worth of bonds in Amsterdam. A single tram lettered Vallejo & Northern # 1 operated in downtown Sacramento from November 15, 1911 until 1914. Construction of what would become the Sacramento Northern Vaca Valley Line began in 1913; and line opened for service on May 16, 1914. Northern Electric combination cars numbered 103, 104, and 22 offered passenger service over this isolated branch until passenger service was abandoned in 1926. Motor #701 pulled carloads of freight transferred from barges and shallow-draft steamboats at Suisun. The line was connected to Sacramento Northern's main line via a new branch between Vacaville and Creed in 1930. Western Pacific Railroad proposed extending the Willotta branch of their Sacramento Northern subsidiary through Jamison Canyon to connect with the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad (P&SR) as late as 1932, but the Great Depression and Northwestern Pacific Railroad purchase of the P&SR prevented such expansion. The connecting line through Cordero was relocated during construction of Travis Air Force Base in 1942, and diesel locomotives replaced electric operation in 1947.

Sources

  1. Hilton & Due 1960, p. 398.
  2. "Prepare to build new railroad". San Francisco, California: Newspapers.com. The San Francisco Call. November 10, 1906. p. 14. Retrieved June 1, 2024. Free access icon
  3. ^ Hilton & Due 1960, p. 400.
  4. "Industrial Development in Superior California During the Past Week". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. December 5, 1908. p. 14. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  5. "Franchise is Passed by Board". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. September 26, 1907. p. 3. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  6. "Valley news in a nut-shell". The Marysville Appeal. Marysville, California. February 23, 1908. p. 3. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  7. "Franchise has been forfeited". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. November 17, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  8. "Says railroad intends to get busy". The Sacramento Star. Sacramento, California. December 1, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  9. "Merger of Electric Lines Reported". The Sacramento Star. Sacramento, California. May 5, 1909. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  10. "To begin train service". The San Francisco Daily Journal of Commerce. San Francisco, California. May 16, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  11. Laflin, Addison (1952). "The Vallejo & Northern and Other Electric Railroads of Solano County". The Western Railroader. 16 (158). Francis A. Guido: 3–8.

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