Railroads Sonoma County, California



historical railroads of sonoma county



mesa grande train station, 1910


the petaluma , haystack railroad connected city of petaluma ferries of san francisco bay landing @ head of navigation on petaluma river in 1864.


the san francisco , north pacific railroad (sf&np) connected city of santa rosa ferry connections @ donahue landing on petaluma river in 1870. rail service extended north healdsburg in 1871 , cloverdale in 1872. in 1884 railroad extended south alternate ferry connection in tiburon. rail line used sonoma–marin area rail transit.


the 3-foot-gauge north pacific coast railroad extended northward in 1876 ferry connection @ sausalito through valley ford, freestone , occidental monte rio on lower russian river. service extended duncan mills in 1877 , cazadero in 1885. standard gauge fulton , guerneville railroad left sf&np @ fulton reach korbel in 1876 , guerneville in 1877. standard-gauge rails extended down-river duncan mills in 1909 after northwestern pacific railroad merger, , narrow-gauge service discontinued in 1930.


the unique sonoma valley prismoidal railway linked city of sonoma bay ferries in 1876, , replaced in 1879 3-foot (0.91 m)-gauge sonoma valley railroad ferry landing near mouth of petaluma river. service extended sonoma glen ellen in 1882. southern end of line extended westward in 1888 connection sf&np @ ignacio. line converted standard-gauge in 1890 , remains (in 2009) sonoma county s connection national rail system @ schellville.


southern pacific subsidiary santa rosa , carquinez railroad extended eastward in 1888 link santa rosa national rail system.


a sf&np branch line santa rosa brought rail service sebastopol in 1890. petaluma , santa rosa railroad extended interurban service north ferry connection in petaluma reach sebastopol in 1904, santa rosa in 1905, , forestville in 1906.







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