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Railroads

Compiled by Dan Mosier

Railroads are listed in alphabetical order.

Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad

McKellips, Dan. "Early Days On the Alameda and San Joaquin Railway." San Mateo, CA: The Western Railroader, issue no. 163, v. 16, no. 7, 1953.

Mosier, Dan L., and Williams, Earle E. "History of Tesla - A California Coal Mining Town." Fremont, CA: Mines Road Books, 1998. Mines Road Books

Ward, Bert, and Williams, Earle. "Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 380, v. 34, no. 10, October 1971.

Western Railroader. "Alameda and San Joaquin." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 114, v. 12, no. 5, March 1949.

Western Railroader. "Alameda and San Joaquin Railway - Western Pacific Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 163, v. 16, no. 7, May 1953.

Almanor Railroad

Western Railroader. "Fruit Growers' Supply - Almanor Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 139, v. 14, no. 7, May 1951.

Amador Central Railroad

Western Railroader. "Amador Central Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 54, v. 5, no. 10, September 1942.

Western Railroader. "Amador Central Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 104, v. 11, no. 7, May 1948.

Amtrak

Edmonson, Harold A. "Journey to Amtrak; The Year History Rode the Passenger Train." Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1972.

Gustafson, Lee, and Serpico, Phil. "Coast Line Depots: Valley Division." Palmdale, CA: Omni Publications, 1996.

Arcata and Mad River Railroad

Western Railroader. "Arcata and Mad River Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 55 v. 6, no. 1, November 1942.

Western Railroader. "Arcata and Mad River Excursion Review." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 177, v. 17, no. 9, June 1954.

Western Railroader. "Arcata and Mad River Railroad Special." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 176, v. 17, no. 8, June 1954.

Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway

Western Railroader. "Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 51, v. 5, no. 7, May 1942.

Western Railroader. "Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 184, v. 18, no. 4, February 1955.

Bay Bridge Electric Trains

Western Railroader. "Bay Bridge Electric Trains." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 14, v. 2, no. 2, December 1938.

Bay Point and Clayton Railroad

Western Railroader. "Bay Point and Clayton Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 17, v. 2, no. 5, March 1939.

Western Railroader. "Bay Point and Clayton Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 159, v. 16, no. 3, January 1953.

Black Diamond Coal and Railroad Company

Ward, B.H. "Mount Diablo Coal Mine Railroads; Pittsburg Railroad, Black Diamond Coal and Railroad Company, Empire Coal Mine and Railroad Company." San Mateo, CA: The Western Railroader, Booklet 370-E, no date.

Boca and Loyalton Railroad

Western Railroader. "Boca and Loyalton Railroad - Clover Valley Lumber." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 192, v. 18, no. 12, October 1955.

Burlingame Railway

Western Railroader. "Burlingame Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 206, v. 20, no. 2, December 1956.

Butte County Railroad

Western Railroader. "Butte County Railroad - Diamond Match Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 140, v. 14, no. 8, June 1951.

California and Nevada Railroad

Western Railroader. "California and Nevada Railroad Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 225, v. 21, no. 9, July 1958.

California and Oregon Coast Railroad

Western Railroader. "California and Oregon Coast Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 230, v. 22, no. 2, December 1958.

California Western Railroad

Western Railroader. "California Western Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 98, v. 11, no. 1, November 1947.

Western Railroader. "California Western Railroad; Caspar, South Fork and Eastern." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 5, v. 1, no. 5, March 1938.

Western Railroader. "California Western Railroad History." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 130, v. 13, no. 10, August 1950.

Western Railroader. "California Western Railroad Special." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 212, v. 20, no. 8, June 1957.

Western Railroader. "A Trip On Cal-Western." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 34, v. 3, no. 10, September 1940.

California Western 'Skunk' Railroad

Crump, Spencer. "Redwoods, Iron Horses, and the Pacific; The Story of the California Western 'Skunk' Railroad." 3rd edition. Costa Mesa, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1971.

Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad

Western Railroader. "Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad, Michigan-Cal Lumber." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 218, v. 21, no. 2, December 1957.

Central Pacific Railway

Barry, Charles. "Report of Colonel Charles Barry: On the preliminary survey, cost of construction, and estimated revenue of a branch of the Central Pacific Railroad, from Marysville, California, to the Columbia River in Oregon; together with a report on the wealth and resources of the state of Oregon." Salem, OR: Statesman Power Press, 1864.

Central Pacific Railroad Company. "The Passenger Station, Sacramento." North Highlands, CA: History West, 1977.

Felton, David L. "The Central Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, Sacramento." Includes "Archeological test excavations within Border Field State Park, San Diego County" by Jeffrey C. Bingham. Sacramento: Cultural Heritage Section, Calif. Dept. of Parks and Recreation, 1978.

Kraus, George. "High Road to Promontory; Building the Central Pacific Across the High Sierra." Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing Co., 1969.

Myrick, David F., editor. "Life and Times of the Central Pacific Railroad." San Francisco, CA, 1969

Shearer, Frederick E. "The Pacific Tourist. Adams and Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado Mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone." New York, NY: Adams and Bishop, 1884, reprinted 1879.

Western Railroader. "C.P. Huntington 4-2-4 Locomotive." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 1, v. 1, no. 1, November 1937.

Western Railroader. "El Gobernador 4-8-0 Locomotive." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 3, v. 1, no. 3, January 1938.

Western Railroader. "Governor Stanford 4-4-0 Locomotive." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 2, v. 1, no. 2, December 1937.

Cowell Portland Cement

Western Railroader. "Cowell Portland Cement." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 17, v. 2, no. 5, March 1939.

Death Valley Monorail

Western Railroader. "American Magnesium Company's Death Valley Mono-rail." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 136, v. 14, no. 4, March 1951.

Deep Creek Railroad

Western Railroader. "Deep Creek Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 21, v. 2, no. 9, July 1939.

Western Railroader. "Deep Creek Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 266, v. 25, no. 2, February 1962.

East Shore and Suburban Railway

Western Railroader. "East Shore and Suburban Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 217, v. 21, no. 1, November 1957.

Empire Coal Mine and Railroad

Ward, B.H. "Mount Diablo Coal Mine Railroads; Pittsburg Railroad, Black Diamond Coal and Railroad Company, Empire Coal Mine and Railroad Company." San Mateo, CA: The Western Railroader, Booklet 370-E, no date.

Western Railroader. "Empire Coal Mine and Railroad Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 63, v. 7, no. 2, March 1944.

Fairfax Funicular

Western Railroader. "Fairfax Funicular." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 170, v. 17, no. 2, December 1953.

Feather River Railway

Western Railroader. "Feather River Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 90, v. 10, no. 3, February 1947.

Western Railroader. "Feather River Railway - Swayne Lumber Co." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 180, v. 17, no. 12, October 1954.

Freeport Railroad

Gwinn, William H "The History of the Freeport Railroad, 1863-1865." Sacramento, CA, 1964.

Fresno Traction

Western Railroader. "Fresno Traction." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 248, v. 23, no. 8, August 1960.

Fresno Interurban

Western Railroader. "Fresno Interurban." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 248, v. 23, no. 8, August 1960.

General

Alta California Bookstore. "Before the Golden Spike." Berkeley, CA: Alta California Bookstore, 1963(?).

Conant, Michael. "Railroad Mergers and Abandonments." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1964.

Daggett, Stuart. "Railroad Consolidation West of the Mississippi River." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1933; New York, NY: Johnson Reprint Corp., 1966.

Daggett, Stuart, and Carter, John P. "The Structure of Transcontinental Railroad Rates." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1947.

Deverell, William Francis. "Railroad Crossing: Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994.

Eargle, Dolan, Jr. "'Tickets, Please...', All About California Railroads." San Francisco, CA: California Living Books, 1979.

Felton, John Brooks. "The Railroad System of California: Oakland and Vicinity." San Francisco, CA: J.H. Carmany and Co., 1871.

Fisher, Kay. "A Baggage Car With Lace Curtains." Colfax, CA: B and K. Fisher, 1979.

Fickewirth, Alvin A. "California Railroads: An encyclopedia of cable car, common carrier, horsecar, industrial interurban, logging, monorail, motor road, shortlines, streetcar, switching, and terminal railroads in California (1851-1992)." San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1992.

Fox, Wesley. "Golden State Rails: A California Railroading Pictorial ." Brisbane, CA: Wesley Fox, 1980.

Harrington, Marie. "A Golden Spike." Mission Hills, CA: San Fernando Valley Historical Society, 1976.

Matthews, Fred. "Northern California Railroads: The Silver Age." v. 1. Denver, CO: Sundance Publications Ltd., 1983.

McAfee, Ward. "California's Railroad Era, 1850-1911." San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1973.

Myrick, David F. "Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California." 2 volumes. Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1962 and 1963.

Robinson, W. W. . "Land in California; the story of mission lands, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land scrip homesteads." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1948.

Steinheimer, Richard. "California State Railroad Museum: Railroading in California and the West." Santa Barbara, CA: Albion Publishing Group, 1991.

Steinheimer, Richard, and Benson, Ted. "Growing Up With Trains II: A Northern California Album." Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, 1983.

Steinheimer, Richard, and Sims, Donald. "Growing Up With Trains: A Southern California Album." Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, 1982.

The Sacramento Bee. "California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento." Sacramento, CA: The Sacramento Bee, 1981.

Thompson, Gregory Lee. "The American Passenger Train in the Motor Age: Archival and econometric analyses of explanations for the decline in California, 1910-1941." Gregory Lee Thompson, 1987.

Thompson, Gregory Lee. "The Passenger Train in the Motor Age: California's Rail and Bus Industries, 1910-1941." Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1993.

Thompson, Gregory Lee. "The American Passenger Train in the Motor Age: Archival and econometric analyses of explanations for the decline in California, 1910-1941." Irvine, CA: University of California Irvine, Ph.D. Thesis, 1987.

Wagner, Jack R. "Short Line Junction; A Collection of California-Nevada Railroads." Revised edition. Fresno, CA: Valley Publishers, 1971.

Walker, David H. "Pioneers of Prosperity." San Francisco, 1895.

Western Railroader. "Electric Mail Cars." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 9, v. 1, no. 9, July 1938.

Western Railroader. "Four Logging Railroads End." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 172, v. 17, no. 4, February 1954.

Western Railroader. "Golden Era of Narrow Gauges." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 15, v. 2, no. 3, January 1939.

Western Railroader. "Horsecar Lines In California." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 132, v. 13, no. 12, October 1950.

Western Railroader. "Index to Western Railroads - Various Publications." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 183, v. 18, no. 3, January 1955.

Western Railroader. "Logging Railroads." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 87, v. 9, no. 10, Octobr 1946.

Western Railroader. "Lumber Railroads." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 10, v. 1, no. 10, May 1938.

Western Railroader. "Railroad Logging in the West." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 135, v. 14, no. 3, January 1951.

Western Railroader. "Shipyard Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 56, v. 6, no. 2, December 1942.

Western Railroader. "Shipyard Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 79, v. 9, no. 2, December 1945.

Western Railroader. "State Belt Railroad of California." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 146, v. 15, no. 2, December 1951.

Western Railroader. "Three Redwood Logging Lines." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 234, v. 22, no. 6, April 1959.

Hammond Redwood Company

Western Railroader. "Hammond Redwood Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 85, v. 9, no. 8, July 1946.

Hetch Hetchy Railroad

Western Railroader. "Hetch Hetchy Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 19, v. 2, no. 7, May 1939.

Western Railroader. "Hetch Hetchy Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 93, v. 10, no. 6, May 1947.

Western Railroader. "Hetch Hetchy Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 121, v. 13, no. 1, November 1949.

Western Railroader. "Hetch Hetchy Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 262, v. 24, no. 10, October 1961.

Western Railroader. "West Side Lumber 'Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valley Railroad'." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 143, v. 14, no. 11, September 1951.

Indian Valley Railroad

Western Railroader. "Quincy Railroad and Indian Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 214, v. 20, no. 10, August 1957.

Interurban Electric Railway

Western Railroader. "Interurban Electric Railway 'Big Red Cars'." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 199, v. 19, no. 7, May 1956.

Key Route Railway

Walker, Jim. "Key System Album." Glendale, CA: Interurbans, 1978.

Western Railroader. "Key System-East Bay Transit." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 11, v. 1, no. 11, September 1938

Western Railroader. "Key System Roster; East Bay Transit Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 41, v. 4, no. 7, June 1941.

Lake Tahoe Railroad

Western Railroader. "Lake Tahoe Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 7, v. 1, no. 7, May 1938.

Western Railroader. "Lake Tahoe Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 50, v. 5, no. 6, April 1942.

Leona Heights Railroad

Western Railroader. "The Leona Heights Railroad 'California Railway'." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 171, v. 17, no. 3, January 1954.

Los Angeles Pacific

Western Railroader. "Los Angeles Pacific's 700 and Pacific Electric 600." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 124, v. 13, no. 4, February 1950.

Los Angeles Rapid Transit

Western Railroader. "Los Angeles Rapid Transit Plan." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 102, v. 11, no. 5, March 1948.

Marin Narrow Gauge

Western Railroader. "Early Days On the Marin Narrow Gauge." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 20, v. 2, no. 8, June 1939.

Market Street Railway

Western Railroader. "Market Street Railway 1934-1937." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 258, v. 24, no. 6, June 1961.

Western Railroader. "Market Street Railway One-Man Cars 1932-1944." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 274, v. 25, no. 10, November 1962.

Western Railroader. "Market Street Railway Work Equipment 1934-1944." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 267, v. 25, no. 3, March 1962.

Western Railroader. "Market Street Railway Work Equipment and 40 Line History." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 44, v. 4, no. 10, October 1941.

Michigan-California Lumber

Western Railroader. "Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad, Michigan-Cal Lumber." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 218, v. 21, no. 2, December 1957.

Western Railroader. "Michigan California." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 10, v. 1, no. 10, August 1938.

Western Railroader. "Michigan California Lumber." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 121, v. 13, no. 1, November 1949.

Minarets and Western Railroad

Western Railroader. "Minarets and Western Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 239, v. 22, no. 11, October 1959.

Modesto and Empire Traction Company

Western Railroader. "Modesto and Empire Traction Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 4, v. 1, no. 4, February 1938.

Western Railroader. "Modesto and Empire Traction Special." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 205, v. 20, no. 1, November 1956.

Monterey and Pacific Grove Street Railway

Western Railroader. "Monterey and Pacific Grove Street Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 238, v. 22, no. 10, September 1959.

Monterey and SV Railroad

Planer, Edward T. "The Short But Valuable Life of the M and SV RR." Monterey Peninsula-Herald, October 19, 1975, p. 4-11.

Mt. Diablo and San Jose Railroad

Gusano, Teodora. "The Devil's Shortline: Mt. Diablo and San Jose Railroad: A forgotten California narrow gauge." Albany, CA: Ross Valley Books, 1988.

Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad

Wurm, Theodore G. and Graves, Alvin C. "The Crookedest Railroad in the World; A History of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad of California." Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1954, 2d rev. ed., 1960.

Western Railroader. "Mt. Tamalpias and Muir Woods Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 29, v. 3, no. 5, April 1940.

Western Railroader. "Mt. Tamalpias and Muir Woods Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 137, v. 14, no. 5, March 1951.

Nevada County Narrow Gauge

Best, Gerald M. "Nevada County Narrow Gauge." Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1965.

Browne, Juanita Kennedy. "A Tale of Two Cities and a Train: History of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, 1874-1942." Nevada City, CA: Nevada County Historical Society, 1987.

Comstock, David A. "Greenbacks and Copperheads, 1859-1869." Grass Valley, CA: Comstock Bonanaza Press, 1995. (about Nevada County railroad)

Western Railroader. "Nevada County Narrow Gauge." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 12, v. 1, no. 12, October 1938.

Western Railroader. "Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 272, v. 25, no. 8, August 1962.

Wyckoff, Robert M. "Never Come, Never Go! The Story of Nevada County's Narrow Gauge Railroad." Nevada City, CA: Nevada City Publishing Co., 1986.

Nevada County Traction Company

Western Railroader. "Nevada County Traction Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 122, v. 13, no. 2, December 1949.

Northwestern Pacific Railway

Demoro, Harre W. "Electric Railway Pioneer: Commuting on the Northwestern Pacific, 1903-1941." Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, 1983.

Stindt, Fred A. "Trains to the Russian River." Redwood City, CA: F.A. Stindt, 1974. (about Northwestern Pacific Railroad)

Western Railroader. "Early Days on N.W.P.-Hammond Lumber-Eureka Streetcars." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 152, v. 15, no. 8, June 1952.

Western Railroader. "Early Days on the Northwestern Pacific." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 64, v. 7, no. 3, May 1944.

Western Railroader. "Northwest Pacific Albion Branch Special." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 264, v. 24, no. 12, December 1961.

Western Railroader. "Northwestern Pacific Electric Interurban Service." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 25, v. 3, no. 1, November 1939.

Western Railroader. "Northwestern Pacific Electric Interurban Service." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 73, v. 8, no. 6, April 1945.

Western Railroader. "Northwestern Pacific Electric Interurban Service." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 178, v. 17, no. 10, August 1954.

Western Railroader. "Northwestern Pacific Guerneville Branch Special." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 194, v. 19, no. 2, December 1955.

Western Railroader. "Northwestern Pacific - History and Rosters 'Special'." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 115, v. 12, no. 6, April 1949.

Western Railroader. "Northwestern Pacific Roster 1." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 6, v. 1, no. 6, April 1938.

Western Railroader. "Northwestern Pacific Roster 2." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 7, v. 1, no. 7, May 1938.

Western Railroader. "Northwestern Pacific Roster 3." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 9, v. 1, no. 9, July 1938.

Western Railroader. "Northwestern Pacific Steam Passenger Service." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 164, v. 16, no. 8, June 1953.

Western Railroader. "Camino, Northwestern Pacific's Carlotta Branch." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 220, v. 21, no. 4, February 1958.

Western Railroader. "Pacific Lumber Company - N.W.P. Carlotta Branch." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 117, v. 12, no. 8, June 1949.

Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway

Dotson, Irma McGinnis. "Danville Branch of the Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway." Danville, CA: Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 1996.

Heise, C.E. and Kirker, G.B. "Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway." San Mateo, CA: The Western Railroader Booklet 382, v. 34, no. 12, December 1971.

Oakland, San Leandro and Haywards Electric Railway

Western Railroader. "Oakland, San Leandro and Haywards Electric Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 223, v. 21, no. 7, May 1958.

Ocean Shore Railroad

Brandt, Rudolph. "Ocean Shore Reaches the Beaches." San Mateo, CA: Rudolph Brandt, no date.

VanderWerf, Barbara. "Granada, a Synonym for Paradise: The Ocean Shore Railroad years." El Granada, CA: Gum Tree Lane Books, 1992.

Western Railroader. "Ocean Shore Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 150, v. 15, no. 7, May 1952.

Oregon and California Railroad

Western Railroader. "Oregon and California Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 201, v. 19, no. 9, July 1956.

Oregon and Eureka Railroad

Western Railroader. "Oregon and Eureka Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 229, v. 22, no. 1, November 1958.

Oregon, California and Eastern Railroad

Western Railroader. "Oregon, California and Eastern Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 222, v. 21, no. 6, April 1958.

Pacific Coast Railway

Western Railroader. "Pacific Coast Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 24, v. 2, no. 12, October 1939.

Western Railroader. Pacific Coast Railway, History and Roster. San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 101, v. 11, no. 4, February 1948.

Pacific Coast Steamship Company

Middlebrook, R. P., and Dodge, R.V. "San Diego's First Railroad, Pacific Coast Steamship Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 215, no. 20, v. 11, September 1957.

Pacific Electric

Howard, Danny. "Southern California and the Pacific Electric: An Album." Los Angeles, CA: Danny Howard, 1980.

Western Railroader. "I.E.R. Cars On Pacific Electric." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 58, v. 6, no. 4, September 1942.

Western Railroader. "Los Angeles Pacific's 700 and Pacific Electric 600." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 124, v. 13, no. 4, February 1950.

Pacific Lumber Railroad

Western Railroader. "Pacific Lumber Company - N.W.P. Carlotta Branch." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 117, v. 12, no. 8, June 1949.

Western Railroader. "Pacific Lumber Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 36, v. 4, no. 2, January 1941.

Pasadena Mountain Railway

James, George Wharton. "Scenes on the Line of the Pasadena Mountain Railway: and, From orange groves to snow." Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Mountain Railway Company, 1893.

Peninsular Railway

Western Railroader. "Peninsular Railway History." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 31, v. 3, no. 7, June 1940.

Western Railroader. "Peninsular Railway 'Streetcars in Palo Alto'." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 142, v. 14, no. 10, August 1951.

Western Railroader. "San Jose-Alum Rock Park Line, Peninsular Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 219, v. 21, no. 3, January 1958.

Petaluma and Santa Rosa Electric Railroad

Borden, Stanley T. "Petaluma and Santa Rosa Electric Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 244, v. 23, no. 4, April 1960.

Western Railroader. "Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 148, v. 15, no. 4, February 1952.

Pittsburg Railroad

Ward, B.H. "Mount Diablo Coal Mine Railroads; Pittsburg Railroad, Black Diamond Coal and Railroad Company, Empire Coal Mine and Railroad Company." San Mateo, CA: The Western Railroader, Booklet 370-E, no date.

Porterville and Northeastern

Western Railroader. "Porterville and Northeastern, Southern Pacific Success Branch." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 221, v. 21, no. 5, March 1958.

Quincy Railroad

Western Railroader. "Clover Valley Lumber Co. - Quincy Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 119, v. 12, no. 10, August 1949.

Western Railroader. "Quincy Railroad and Indian Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 214, v. 20, no. 10, August 1957.

Railroad Stations

Bradley, Bill. "The Last of the Great Stations; 40 Years of the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal." Interurbans Publications, 1979.

Coombs, Gary B. "Goleta Depot: The History of a Rural Railroad Station." Goleta, CA: Goleta Beautiful, Institute for American Research, 1982.

Gustafson, Lee, and Serpico, Phil. "Coast Line Depots, Los Angeles Division." Palmdale, CA: Omni Pub., 1992.

Gustafson, Lee, and Serpico, Phil. "Coast Line Depots: Valley Division." Palmdale, CA: Omni Publications, 1996.

Price, James N. "The Railroad Stations of San Diego County: Then and Now." San Diego, CA : Price and Sieber, 1988.

Regional

Best, Gerald M. "Early San Francisco Locomotives." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, 196-?.

Best, Gerald M. "Traveltown." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, v. 19, no. 8, issue 200, 1956. (Griffith Park, Los Angeles)

Bonnett, Wayne. "San Francisco By Land and Sea: A Transportation Album." Sausalito, CA: Windgate Press, 1997.

Carranco, Lynwood, and Sorensen, Henry L. "Steam in the Redwoods." Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1988. (Humboldt County)

Davis, Leonard M. "Rail Jargon." Roseville, CA: Roseville Historical Society, 1989. (Roseville history)

DeNevi, Don. "Tragic Train the City of San Francisco." Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Co., 1977.

Dewey, O. L. Monty. "Drawbridge, California: A hand-me-down history." San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society, 1989.

Donaldson, Stephen E., and Myers, William A. "Rails Through the Orange Groves: A Centennial Look at the Railways of Orange County, California." Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1989.

Fabing, Horace W., and Hamman, Rick. "Steinbeck Country Narrow Gauge. "Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Co., 1985.

Fishburne, Karen J. "The Building of the Railroad Down the San Joaquin Valley." Sacramento, CA: California State University, Sacramento, MA Thesis, 1974.

Gould, Stephen. "The Effect of the Railroads on the Development of Santa Ana and Tustin." Yorba Linda, CA: Shumway Family History Services, 1989. (rails in Orange County)

Hamman, Rick. "California Central Coast Railways." Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Co., 1980. (Santa Cruz County, lumber).

Hungry Wolf, Adolf (Adolf Gutohrlein). "Rails in the Mother Lode." Omaha, NB: Kratville Publications, 1969.

Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Historical Survey of the Stampede Reservoir Area in the Little Truckee River Drainage District." San Francisco, CA: W. Turrentine Jackson, 1967.

Johnston, Hank. "Railroads of the Yosemite Valley." Long Beach, CA: Johnston-Howe Publications, 1963.

Johnson, Hank. "The Whistle Blow No More; Railroad Logging in the Sierra Nevada 1874-1942." Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1984.

Joslyn, David Lindsay. "The Romance of the Railroads Entering Sacramento." Boston, MA: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1939.

Kneiss, Gilbert H. "Redwood Railways; A story of redwoods, picnics, and commuters." Berkeley, CA: Howell-North, 1956.

Marquez, Ernest. "Port Los Angeles: A Phenomenon of the Railroad Era." San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1975.

McCaleb, Charles S. "Tracks, Tires and Wires: Public Transportation in California's Santa Clara Valley." Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, 1981.

McKeon, Owen F. "The Railroads and Steamers of Lake Tahoe." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, v. 9, no. 5, 1946. (El Dorado and Placer Counties)

Middlebrook, R. P. "The High Iron to La Jolla: the Story of a Railroad." San Diego, CA: San Diego Historical Society Quarterly, v. 7, no. 1 , 1961. (San Diego County)

Mollenkopf, Jacquelyn. "The Byron Rail Disaster." California History, v. 61, 1983, p. 292-301.

Moore, Bryce A. "Where the Railroad Meets the Bay." Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society, 1973. (Tiburon, Marin County)

Myrick, David F. "Rails Around the Bohemian Grove." San Francisco, CA: Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1973.

Peet, James S. "Urban Rail Transit Development and Minority Settlement Patterns in Alameda County, 1880-1920: A probability study." Hayward, CA: California State University, Hayward, Thesis, 1997.

Rather, Lois,. "Railway in the Valley." Oakland, CA: Rather Press, 1973.

Schmollinger, Steve. "Railroading Tehachapi on a Desert Mountain." Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press, 1993.

Shelburne, Dan, and Ward, B.H.. "Richmond Industrial, the Industrial Railroads on Point Richmond, Richmond, Calif: Blake Brothers Company; Standard Oil Company of California; California Wine Association." San Mateo, CA: The Western Railroader, 1965.

Smith, Richard Harold. "Towns Along the Tracks: Railroads strategy and town promotion in the San Joaquin Valley, California." Los Angeles, CA: University of California Los Angeles, thesis, 1976.

Walker, Chard L. "Cajon, Rail Passage to the Pacific." Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1985.

Western Railroader. "Cable Car Lines of San Francisco." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 181, v. 18, no. 1, November 1954.

Western Railroader. "Cable Cars of San Francisco." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 70, v. 8, no. 3, January 1945.

Western Railroader. "Cal Pacific-Napa Valley-Vaca Valley Railroads." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 126, v. 13, no. 6, April 1950.

Western Railroader. "Coalinga Railroads." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 259, v. 24, no. 7, July 1961.

Western Railroader. "Early Day Trolleys In Oakland, Part 1." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 232, v. 22, no. 4, February 1959.

Western Railroader. "Early Day Trolleys In Oakland, Part 2." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 233, v. 22, no. 5, March 1959.

Western Railroader. "Early San Francisco Railroads." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 54, v. 5, no. 10, September 1942.

Western Railroader. "Early Day San Francisco Street Railroads." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 23, v. 2, no. 11, September 1939.

Western Railroader. "Electric Cars Being Saved in Northern California." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 154, v. 15, no. 10, August 1952.

Western Railroader. "Los Angeles' Traveltown." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 200, v. 19, no. 8, June 1956.

Western Railroader. "Mono-Rail Plan For the Bay Area." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 147, v. 15, no. 3, January 1952.

Western Railroader. "Nevada-California-Oregon Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 188, v. 18, no. 8, June 1955.

Western Railroader. "Oakland's First Railroad (Steam Dummy)." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 195, v. 19, no. 3, January 1956.

Western Railroader. "Panama Pacific Exposition, 1915, Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 22, v. 2, no. 10, August 1939.

Western Railroader. "Proposed Transit Plan For Bay Area." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 196, v. 19, no. 4, February 1956.

Western Railroader. "Railroading on San Francisco Bay (car ferries)." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 175, v. 17, no. 7, May 1954.

Western Railroader. "San Francisco Horsecars and Streetcar Post Offices." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 30, v. 3, no. 6, May 1940.

Western Railroader. "Southwest Lumber Roads." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 14, v. 2, no. 2, December 1938.

Western Railroader. "Steam Dummies of San Francisco, Part 1." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 241, v. 23, no. 1, January 1960.

Western Railroader. "Steam Dummies of San Francisco, Part 2." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 242, v. 23, no. 2, February 1960.

Western Railroader. "Steam Dummies of San Francisco Pictorial." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 243, v. 23, no. 3, March 1960.

Western Railroader. "Steam Locomotives Being Saved in Northern California." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 155, v. 15, no. 11, September 1952.

Western Railroader. "Street Railways of Sacramento." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 204, v. 19, no. 12, October 1956.

Western Railroader. "Tehachapi Earthquake Clean-Up." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 156, v. 15, no. 12, October 1952.

Western Railroader. "Transit Times - History of the Transit in East Bay." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 251, v. 23, no. 11, November 1960.

Western Railroader. "Visalia Railroads (Early Steam)." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 256, v. 24, no. 4, Aapril 1961.

Wichels, John. "Railroads in Napa County: Why they came and why they failed." Napa, CA: Napa County Historical Society, Series 2, no. 3, 1979.

Woods, Robert J., editor. "Early Transportation in Southern California." San Franciscom CA: Book Club of California, 1954.

Sacramento Northern Railway

Irion, Thomas H. "An Historical Geography of the Sacramento Northern Railway." Hayward, CA: California State University, Hayward, Thesis, 1997.

Swett, Ira L., editor. "Sacramento Northern Album." Cerritos, CA: Electric Railway Publications, 1963.

Swett, Ira L. "Sacramento Northern, Through the Sacramento Valley." Glendale, CA: Interburban Press, 1981.

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Northern." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 40, v. 4, no. 6, May 1941.

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Northern 50th Anniversary." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 193, v. 19, no. 1, November 1955.

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Northern Commute Runs." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 68, v. 8, no. 1, November 1944.

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Northern Historical Pictorial." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 128, v. 13, no. 8, June 1950.

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Northern Inspection Trip." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 75, v. 8, no. 8, June 1945.

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Northern Lines in Solano County." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 158, v. 16, no. 2, December 1952.

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Northern Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 34, v. 3, no. 10, September 1940.

Sacramento Valley Railroad

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 10, v. 1, no. 10, August 1938.

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 190, v. 18, no. 10, August 1955.

Western Railroader. "Sacramento Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 216, v. 20, no. 12, October 1957.

San Francisco and Alameda Railroad

Due, John F. "The San Francisco and Alameda Railroad." Hayward, CA: Hayward Area Historical Society, Adobe Trails, v. 11, no. 4, 1984.

Due, John F. "The San Francisco and Alameda Railroad." San Marino, CA: Pacific Railway Journal, 1956.

San Francisco and Napa Valley Electric Railway

Western Railroader. "San Francisco and Napa Valley Electric Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 160, v. 16, no. 4, February 1953.

San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad

Western Railroader. "San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 38, v. 4, no. 4, March 1941.

San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway

Gustafson, Lee, and Serpico, Phil. "Coast Line Depots: Valley Division." Palmdale, CA: Omni Publications, 1996.

Western Railroader. "San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 157, v. 16, no. 1, November 1952.

San Francisco and San Jose Railroad

Western Railroader. "San Francisco and San Jose Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 173, v. 17, no. 5, March 1954.

San Francisco and Washoe Railroad

Bishop, Francis A. "Report of the Chief Engineer on the Survey and Cost of Construction of the San Francisco and Washoe Railroad of California: Crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains from Placerville to the eastern boundary of California, on the line of business from San Francisco to the silver mines of Nevada." San Francisco, CA: Towne and Bacon, 1865.

San Francisco Municipal Railway

Western Railroader. "History of the 40 Line - Market/Muni." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 111, v. 12, no. 2, December 1948.

Western Railroader. "Market Street Railway 1934-1937." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 258, v. 24, no. 6, June 1961.

Western Railroader. "Market Street Railway One-Man Cars 1932-1944." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 274, v. 25, no. 10, November 1962.

Western Railroader. "Market Street Railway Work Equipment 1934-1944." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 267, v. 25, no. 3, March 1962.

Western Railroader. "Market Street Railway Work Equipment and 40 Line History." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 44, v. 4, no. 10, October 1941.

Western Railroader. "Municipal Railway of San Francisco 1912-1944." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 260, v. 24, no. 8, August 1961.

Western Railroader. "Municipal Railway of San Francisco as of 1950." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 134, v. 14, no. 2, December 1950.

Western Railroader. "Municipal Railway of San Francisco, Changes Since '44." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 99, v. 11, no. 2, December 1947.

Western Railroader. "Municipal Railway of San Francisco, Haight Street Lines." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 107, v. 11, no. 10, August 1948.

Western Railroader. "Municipal Railway of San Francisco - Lines 1, 2, 31, 8." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 118, v. 12, no. 9, July 1949.

Western Railroader. "Municipal Railway of San Francisco, Lines 22, 25, 3 and 4." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 109, v. 11, no. 12, October 1948.

Western Railroader. "San Francisco Municipal Railway Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 43, v. 4, no. 9, August 1941.

San Francisco Rapid Transit

Western Railroader. "S.F. Rapid Transit." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 90, v. 10, no. 3, February 1947.

Western Railroader. "Streamlining San Francisco Transit." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 76, v. 8, no. 9, July 1945.

San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad

Johnston, Hank. "The Railroad That Lighted Southern California." Los Angeles, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1965. (on San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad)

Western Railroader. "San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 197, v. 19, no. 5, March 1956.

San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad

Western Railroader. "San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 198, v. 19, no. 6, April 1956.

San Jose and Los Gatos Interurban Railroad

Hill, Andrew Putnam. "Scenes Along the Line of the San Jose and Los Gatos Interurban Railroad." San Jose, CA: San Jose Historical Museum Association, 1994.

Santa Barbara and Surburban Railway

Western Railroader. "Santa Barbara and Surburban Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 164, v. 16, no. 9, July 1953.

Santa Cruz and Felton Railroad

Western Railroader. "Santa Cruz Railroad, Santa Cruz and Felton Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 103, v. 11, no. 6, April 1948.

Santa Fe Railway

Duke, Donald and Kistler, Stan. "Santa Fe, Steel Rails Through California." San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1969 (Pacific Railroad Publications, Inc., 1963).

Duke, Donald. "Sante Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West." v. 1. Chicago-Los Angeles-San Diego. San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1995.

Gustafson, Lee, and Serpico, Phil. "Coast Line Depots: Los Angeles Division." Palmdale, CA: Omni Publications, 1992.

Gustafson, Lee, and Serpico, Phil. "Coast Line Depots: Valley Division." Palmdale, CA: Omni Publications, 1996.

Hanson, Barry. "The San Jacinto Valley Railway." Hemet, CA: Save Our Station, Inc., 1991. (Santa Fe branch)

Lyman, Edward L. "Outmaneuvering the Octopus: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe." California History 67, 1988, p. 94-146.

McMillan, Joe. "Route of the Warbonnets." Woodridge, IL: McMillan Publications, Inc., 1977 [Santa Fe Railroad]

Serpico, Philip C. "Santa Fe Route to the Pacific: Historical review of Southern California branch line construction from Los Angeles to Port Ballona, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica and the modern day operations at Los Angeles Harbor and Long Beach." Palmdale, CA: Omni Publications, 1988.

Signor, John R. "Tehachapi: Southern Pacific--Santa Fe." San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1983, 3d printing, 1986.

Western Railroader. "Santa Fe Streamliners." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 6, v. 1, no. 6, April 1938.

Western Railroader. "Santa Fe Streamliners." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 13, v. 2, no. 1, November 1938.

Western Railroader. "Santa Fe Streamliners." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 36, v. 4, no. 2, January 1941.

Santa Maria Valley Railroad

Western Railroader. "Locomotives of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 69, v. 8, no. 2, December 1944.

Western Railroader. "Locomotives of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 100, v. 11, no. 3, January 1948.

Western Railroader. "Santa Maria Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 174, v. 17, no. 6, April 1954.

Western Railroader. "Santa Maria Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 268, v. 25, no. 4, April 1962.

Sierra Railroad

Deane, Dorothy Newell. "Sierra Railway." Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1960.

Jensen, Larry. "The Sierra Railroad: An Adventure in Yesteryear." Burbank, CA: Darwin Publications, 1979.

Western Railroader. "Sierra Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 24, v. 2, no. 12, October 1939.

Western Railroader. "Sierra Railroad Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 105, v. 11, no. 8, June 1948.

Western Railroader. "Sierra Railroad Special." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 186, v. 18, no. 6, April 1955 (3rd printing).

Sonoma Prismodial Railroad

Western Railroader. "Sonoma Prismodial Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 231, v. 22, no. 3, January 1959.

Western Railroader. "The Prismodial Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 27, v. 3, no. 3, February 1940.

Sonoma Valley Railroad

Western Railroader. "Sonoma Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 273, v. 25, no. 9, October 1962.

South Fork and Eastern Railroad

Borden, Stanley T "Caspar Lumber Company. Caspar, South Fork and Eastern Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader 1966.

Wurm, Ted. "Mallets on the Mendocino Coast: Caspar Lumber Company, Railroads and Steamships." Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1986.

South Pacific Coast Railroad

Durham, Rose Marie. "Horse Tracks, A Brief History of the Narrow Gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad; An Era of Horses and Steam." Newark, CA: Society For the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources, 1990.

MacGregor, Bruce A. "South Pacific Coast; An Illustrated History of the Narrow Gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad." Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1968.

MacGregor, Bruce A., and Truesdale, Richard. "South Pacific Coast, a Centennial." Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Co., 1982.

Western Railroader. "Railroads and Steamers of Lake Tahoe." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 82, v. 9, no. 5, March 1946.

Western Railroader. "South Pacific Coast Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 202, v. 19, no. 10, August 1956.

Southern Pacific Railroad

Barton, R. G. "Southern Pacific's Success Branch, Porterville Northeastern." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, 1958.

Bergman, John F. "The History of the Sunset Railway: Including the McKittrick Branch of the Southern Pacific Company." Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Historical Society, 1994.

Bureau of News, Development Department."Historical Outline, Southern Pacific Company." San Francisco, CA: Bureau of News, Development Department, Southern Pacific Company, 1933.

Dotson, Irma McGinnis. "San Ramon Branch Line of the Southern Pacific." Danville, CA: Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 1991.

Ford, Robert S. "Red Trains in the East Bay: the History of the Southern Pacific Transbay Train and Ferry System." Glendale, CA: Interurbans Publication, 1977.

Ford, Robert S. "Red Trains Remembered." Glendale, CA: Interurbans Books, 1980.

Garmany, John Bonds. "Southern Pacific Dieselization." Edmonds, WA: PFM Publications, 1985.

Glasscock, Carl B. "Bandits and the Southern Pacific." New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929.

Griswold, Wesley S. "A Work of Giants; Building the First Transcontinental Railroad." New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1962.

Gustafson, Lee, and Serpico, Phil. "Coast Line Depots: Los Angeles Division." Palmdale, CA: Omni Publications, 1992.

Hofsommer, Don L. "The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985." College Station, TX: Texas A and M Press, 1986.

Howard, Robert West. "The Great Iron Trail; The Story of the First Transcontinental Railroad." New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1972.

Hungerford, John B., "The Slim Princess; the Story of the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge." Reseda, CA: Hungerford Press, 1961.

Johnson, Hank. "The Railroad That Lighted Southern California." Long Beach, CA: Anglo Books, 1965.

McCague, James. "Moguls and Iron Men; The Story of the First Transcontinental Railroad." New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1964.

Murdock, Dick. "Smoke in the Canyon: My Steam Days in Dunsmuir." Ross, CA: May-Murdock Publishers, 1986.

Murphy, Jim. "Across America on an Emigrant Train." New York, NY: Clarion Books, 1993.

Nicholson, Loren. "Rails Across the Ranchos." Fresno, CA: Valley Publishers, 1980. (Southern Pacific in San Luis Obispo County)

Nicholson, Loren. "Rails Across the Ranchos." San Luis Obispo, CA: California Heritage Pub. Assoc., 1993. (Southern Pacific in San Luis Obispo County)

Norris, Frank. "The Octopus: A Story of California." New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1986.

Orsi, Richard. "The Octopus Reconsidered: The Southern Pacific and Agricultural Modernization in California, 1865-1915." California Historical Society Quarterly 54, 1975, p. 197-220.

Parkinson, Robert. "Southern Pacific's East Bay Steam Suburban Service." San Mateo, CA: The Western Railroader Booklet 392, no date.

Parmelee, Robert D. "Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad, Southern Pacific Sonoma Valley Branch." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, 1963.

Serpico, Phil. "Railroading Through the Antelope Valley." Palmdale, CA: Omni Publications, 2000.

Sievers, Wald, Parmelee, Robert D. "Railroads of the Valley of the Moon: Sonoma Valley Prismodial Railway, Sonoma Valley Railroad, Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, 1959-63.

Signor, John R. "Tehachapi: Southern Pacific--Santa Fe." San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1983, 3d printing, 1986.

Steinheimer, Richard, Dorn, Dick, Burman, Shirley and Sims, Donald. "Diesels over Donner: Mountain Soul of the Southern Pacific." Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, 1989.

Western Railroader. "Porterville and Northeastern, Southern Pacific Success Branch." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 221, v. 21, no. 5, March 1958.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific 1890 Coast Line Timetable." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 162, v. 16, no. 6, April 1953.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific 3500-Series Locomotives 2-8-4's." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 125, v. 13, no. 5, March 1950.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific 4400 Series Locomotives 4-8-4's." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 187, v. 18, no. 7, May 1955.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific Buttonwood Branch." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 250, v. 23, no. 10, October 1960.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific Cab-In Front Engines-Sacramento Shop." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 153, v. 15, no. 9, July 1952.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific Electric Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 37, v. 4, no. 3, February 1941.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific Imperial Valley Rescue." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 237, v. 22, no. 9, July 1959.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Pictorial." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 255, v. 24, no. 3, March 1961.

Western Railroader. "S.P. Locomotive Notes." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 15, v. 2, no. 3, January 1939.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific Official Division Maps Reduced." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 191, v. 18, no. 11 September 1955.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific Oroville Branch, California-Northern." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 269, v. 25, no. 5, May 1962.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific Sacramento Shops." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 91, v. 10, no. 4, March 1947.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific 'Snow on the Hill'." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 116, v. 12, no. 7, May 1949.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific Steam Motive Power List." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 168, v. 16, no. 12, October 1953.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific 'Suntan Special'." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 129, v. 13, no. 9, July 1950.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific 'The Big Red Cars' - Electric." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 113, v. 12, no. 4, February 1949.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific vs Snow." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 12, v. 1, no. 12, October 1938.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific's Benecia Bridge." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 245, v. 23, no. 5, May 1960.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific's El Paso Southwestern Locomotives." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 149, v. 15, no. 5, March 1952.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific's First All-Steel Coach." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 138, v. 14, no. 6, April 1951.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific's New Dayline Streamliners." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 18, v. 2, no. 6, April 1939.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific's Open Observation Cars." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 141, v. 14, no. 9, July 1951.

Western Railroader. "Southern Pacific's Peninsula Commute Service Special." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 213, v. 20, no. 9, July 1957.

Wilson, Neill C. and Taylor, Frank J. "Southern Pacific; The Roaring Story of a Fighting Railroad." New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1952.

Stockton Electric Railroad

Western Railroader. "Stockton Electric Railroad and CCT Streetcars." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 210, v. 20, no. 6, April 1957.

Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad

Davis, Olive. "The Slow, Tired and Easy Railroad; The Story of the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad and Its Rough Roadbed to Success." Fresno, CA: Valley Publishers, 1976.

Western Railroader. "Stockton Terminal and Eastern - Del Monte Limited." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 169, v. 17, no. 1, November 1953.

Stone Canyon Railroad

Pruess, Theodore C. "Stone Canyon Railroad - Coal Fields Ry." San Mateo, CA: The Western Railroader Issue 340, v. 30, no. 8, August 1967 and Issue 337, v. 31, no. 3, March 1968.

Western Railroader. "Stone Canyon Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 16, v. 2, no. 4, February 1939.

Tidewater Southern Railway

Western Railroader. "Tidewater Southern Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 131, v. 13, no. 10, August 1950.

Western Railroader. "Tidewater Southern Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 150, v. 15, no. 6, April 1952.

Western Railroader. "Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 26, v. 3, no. 2, December 1939.

Western Railroader. "Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 145, v. 15, no. 1, November 1951.

Trona Railway

Western Railroader. "Trona Railway Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 161, v. 16, no. 5, March 1953.

Western Railroader. "Trona Railway Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 35, v. 4, no. 1, November 1940.

Union Pacific Railway

Shearer, Frederick E. "The Pacific Tourist. Adams and Bishop's illustrated transcontinental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado Mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone." New York, NY: Adams and Bishop, 1884, reprinted 1879.

United Railroad

Western Railroader. "United Railroad's Surburban Line To San Mateo." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 185, v. 18, no. 5, March 1955.

Ventura County Railway

Western Railroader. "Ventura County Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 164, v. 16, no. 11, September 1953.

Virginia and Truckee Railroad

Western Railroader. "Virginia and Truckee Excursion Pictorial Issue." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 123, v. 13, no. 3, January 1950.

Western Railroader. "Virginia and Truckee Fire." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 128, v. 13, no. 8, June 1950.

Visalia Electric Railroad

Western Railroader. "Visalia Electric Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 236, v. 22, no. 8, June 1959.

Western Pacific Railway

DeNevi, Don. "The Western Pacific; Railroading Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Co., 1978.

Dunscomb, Guy L., and Stindt, Fred A. "Western Pacific Steam Locomotives, Passenger Trains and Cars." Modesto, CA: Dunscomb and Stindt, 1980.

Holmes, Norman W. "My Western Pacific Railroad." Reno, NV: Steel Rails West Publishing, 1996.

Kneiss, G.H. "Fifty Candles for Western Pacific." San Francisco, CA: Western Pacific Milepost, Golden Anniversary Issue, v. 4, no. 8, March 1953.

Mosier, Dan L., and Williams, Earle E. "History of Tesla - A California Coal Mining Town." Fremont, CA: Mines Road Books, 1998. Mines Road Books

Ryczkowski, John J. "Western Pacific Pictorial." Reno, NV: Steel Rails West Publishing, 1979.

Staff, Virgil. "D-Day on the Western Pacific; A Railroad's Decision to Dieselize." Special 81. Glendale, CA: Interurbans Publications, 1982.

Strapac, Joseph A. "Western Pacific Diesel Years." Muncie, IN: Overland Models, 1980.

Western Railroader. "Alameda and San Joaquin Railway - Western Pacific Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 163, v. 16, no. 7, May 1953.

Western Railroader. "'Inside Gateway' Western Pacific-Great Northern." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 203, v. 19, no. 11, September 1956.

Western Railroader. "Western Pacific - Budd Cars." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 133, v. 14, no. 1, November 1950.

Western Railroader. "Western Pacific Diesels." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 47, v. 5, no. 3, January 1942.

Western Railroader. "Western Pacific Roster." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 13, v. 2, no. 1, November 1938.

Western Railroader. "Western Pacific's San Jose Branch." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 179, v. 17, no. 11, September 1954.

Zimmerman, Karl R. "The Story of the California Zephyr." Oradell, NJ: Delford Press, 1972.

Yakima Valley Transit

Western Railroader. "Yakima Valley Transit." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 28, v. 3, no. 4, March 1940.

Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Company

Western Railroader. "Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Company." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 59, v. 6, no. 5, May 1943.

Yosemite Valley Railroad

Western Railroader. "West Side Lumber 'Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valley Railroad'." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 143, v. 14, no. 11, September 1951.

Western Railroader. "Yosemite Valley Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 257, v. 24, no. 5, May 1961.

Western Railroader. "Yosemite Valley Railroad Excursion Pictorial." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 67, v. 7, no. 6, September 1944.

Western Railroader. "Yosemite Valley Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 74, v. 8, no. 7, May 1945.

Western Railroader. "Yosemite Valley Railway." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 78, v. 9, no. 1, November 1945.

Yreka Railroad

Western Railroader. "Locomotives of the Yreka R.R. and Yreka Western." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 110, v. 12, no. 1, November 1948.

Yreka Western Railroad

Western Railroader. "Locomotives of the Yreka R.R. and Yreka Western." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 110, v. 12, no. 1, November 1948.

Western Railroader. "Yreka Western Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 249, v. 23, no. 9, September 1960.

Railroad Men

Clark, George Thomas. "Leland Stanford, War Governor of California, Railroad Builder and Founder of Stanford University." Stanford University, CA: Stanford University Press; London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931.

Dillon, Richard H. "Iron Men: California's Industrial Pioneers, Peter, James and Michael Donahue." Point Richmond, CA: Candela Press, 1984.

Wiseman, Bruce D. "The Colton Letters as a Factor in California Anti-Railroad Sentiment, 1883-1898." San Jose State College, M.A. Thesis, 1966.

Western Railroader. "Carter Brothers Car Builders." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, issue 21, v. 2, no. 9, July 1939.