Abandonments

	The Abandoned Bayshore Yard (Bayshore, California) Railroads: SP
	Abandoned Pier (Potrero Point, California) Railroads: WP
	Abandoned Spurs (Bayview, California) Railroads: SP
	The Abandoned Taylor Yard (Glendale, California) Railroads: UP, SP
	Abandoned Rails of Alameda County Railroads: SP, CP
	Abandoned Rails of Alameda Railroads: SP, UP, ABLRR, AT&SF, BNSF, CP, WP
	Alhambra to Pasadena Railroads: SP
	Alla to Redondo Beach Railroads: PE
	The Alvarado Branch (Halvern to Alvarado) Railroads: SP
	Anaheim to Santa Ana Railroads: SP
	The Anaheim Branch (Whittier, California (Part I)) Railroads: UP, SPLA&SL
	The Angels Branch (Jamestown to Angels Camp) Railroads: SRRy
	Abandoned Rails of Antioch Railroads: AT&SF
	The Baldwin Park Branch (El Monte to Baldwin Park) Railroads: SP
	The Barnwell Branch (Goffs, CA to Searchlight, NV) Railroads: AT&SF, CA&SF
	The Beetox Branch (Ventura County, California) Railroads: SP
	Abandoned Rails of Benicia Railroads: SP, CP
	The Berenda Branch (Berenda to Daulton) Railroads: SP
	The Biola Branch (Biola Junction to Kerman) Railroads: SP, FTC
	The Bodie and Benton Railroad (Bodie to Mono Mills) Railroads: B&B
	The Buchli-Union Branch (Buchli to West Napa) Railroads: SP
	The Burbank Branch (Burbank to Chatsworth) Railroads: SP, PE
	Calipatria to Holtville Railroads: SP
	The Calistoga Branch (Krug to Calistoga) Railroads: SP, NVRR
	The Camp San Luis Obispo Branch (Goldtree to Camp San Luis Obispo) Railroads: SP
	The Capay Branch (Yolo County, California) Railroads: SP
	Carbona to Tesla Railroads: A&SJ, WP
	The Central California Traction Company (Lodi to Sacramento) Railroads: SP, AT&SF, WP, CCTCo
	The Chino Branch (Chino to Ontario) Railroads: SP
	The Chowchilla Branch (Chowchilla to Dairyland) Railroads: SP
	Citrus to Fair Oaks Railroads: SP
	City of Industry to San Bernardino Railroads: SP, PE
	The Clovis Branch (Fresno to Clovis and Friant) Railroads: SP
	The Coalinga Branch (Crump to Leroy) Railroads: SP
	The Colma Branch (San Bruno to San Francisco) Railroads: SP
	The Colusa Branch (Harrington to Hamilton) Railroads: SP
	The Coronado Branch (National City to Coronado) Railroads: SP, SD&AE
	The Covina Branch (La Verne to Pomona) Railroads: SP
	Crump to Alcalde Railroads: SP
	Culver Junction to Alla Railroads: SP, PE
	The Dantoni Branch (Dantoni Junction to Dantoni) Railroads: SP
	Donner Pass (Andover to Clipper Gap) Railroads: SP, UP, CP
	The Duarte Branch (Shorb to Rivas) Railroads: SP, SGVRT
	The Dumbarton Line (Menlo Park to Newark) Railroads: SP
	The Eagle Mountain Railroad (Ferrum to Eagle Mountain Mine) Railroads: EMRR
	The El Segundo Branch (Wise Transfer to El Segundo) Railroads: SP, PE
	Emeryville to San Francisco Railroads: SP, CA&SF, AT&SF
	The Ensley Branch (Marchant to Ensley) Railroads: SP
	Escalon to South Modesto Railroads: UP, TSRy, WP
	Eureka to Crannell Railroads: NWPRR, ER&E, SF&NW
	The Exeter Branch (Lacjac to Reedley) Railroads: SP
	The Fallbrook Branch (Oceanside to Fallbrook) Railroads: AT&SF, CSRR
	Fillmore to Saugus Railroads: SP
	The Fluto Branch (Glenn County, California) Railroads: SP
	Fort Bragg to Camp Two Ten Mile Railroads: CWRR
	Abandoned Rails of Fresno Railroads: AT&SF
	The Fruto Branch (Willows to Fruto) Railroads: SP
	Fullerton to Anaheim Railroads: UP
	The Glen Ellen Branch (Sonoma Valley) Railroads: SP, NWRR, SPRR, SVRR, SF&NP, NWPRR
	Hambone to Lookout Junction Railroads: BNSF, McCRRR, McCRy
	The Harbor Subdivision (Vernon to El Segundo) Railroads: AT&SF, BNSF
	The Hetch Hetchy Railroad (Hetch Hetchy Junction to the O'Shaughnessy Dam) Railroads: HHRR
	The Hollywood Branch (Home Junction to West Hollywood) Railroads: SP, PE
	The Holton Interurban Railway (El Centro to Holtville) Railroads: SP, HIRy
	The Howton Branch (Magnesite Junction to Howton) Railroads: SP
	The Huntington Beach Branch (Stanton to Huntington Beach) Railroads: SP, UP
	The Inglewood Branch (Inglewood to Santa Monica) Railroads: SP, LAPRR, PE, AT&SF
	The Inter-California Line (Niland to Araz Junction) Railroads: SP
	Abandoned Rails of Irwindale Railroads: SP, UP, PE
	The Keeler Branch (Laws to Keeler) Railroads: SP, C&C, V&T
	The Kentucky House Branch (Lodi to Kentucky House) Railroads: SP, SJ&SN
	The Kerman Branch (Armona to Kerman) Railroads: SP, SJVR
	The Keswick Branch (Redding to Coram) Railroads: SP, CP
	The Knights Landing Branch (Sugarfield to Yuba City and Josephine) Railroads: SP
	Kramer to Johannesburg Railroads: AT&SF, CA&SF
	The Kurand Branch (Willows to Kurand) Railroads: SP
	La Habra to Fullerton Railroads: PE
	The Laguna Branch (Colorado to Potholes) Railroads: SP
	The Lake Elsinore Branch (El Cerrito to Temecula) Railroads: AT&SF, CSRR
	The Lake Tahoe Branch (Truckee to Tahoe City) Railroads: SP
	The Lake View Spur (Lake View Junction to Lake View) Railroads: AT&SF, CA&SF
	The Lakewood Industrial Lead (Los Angeles to Long Beach and Terminal Island) Railroads: UP
	The Laton District (Laton to Lanare) Railroads: AT&SF
	The Loma Prieta Branch (Aptos to Loma Prieta) Railroads: SP
	The Lone Pine Branch (Searles to Owenyo) Railroads: SP
	The Long Bell Lumber Railroad (Leaf to Long Bell Camp) Railroads: LBL
	The Los Alamitos Branch (Stanton to Los Alamitos) Railroads: SP
	Los Angeles to Wilmington Harbor Railroads: SP, PHL
	Los Angeles to Burbank Railroads: PE
	The Los Angeles Terminal Railway (Altadena to South Pasadena) Railroads: UP, PRy, LATRy, LA&G, LAP&G, LA&SL
	Abandoned Rails of Los Angeles Railroads: SP, UP
	The Magnesite Branch (Magnesite, California) Railroads: SP, PNE
	The Manteca Branch (Manteca Junction to Manteca ) Railroads: UP, TSRy, WP
	Abandoned Rails of Mare Island Railroads: USG, SFBRR, T-C&O
	Abandoned Rails of Marin County Railroads: SF&NP, NWPRR
	The Matheson Branch (Matheson to Kett) Railroads: SP
	The McKittrick Branch (Buttonwillow to Olig) Railroads: SP
	The Milton Branch (Peters to Milton) Railroads: SP
	The Mina Branch (Tonopah Junction to Benton) Railroads: SP, CP
	The Modoc Line (Wendel to Alturas) Railroads: SP, UP, N-C-O
	The Monterey Branch (Castroville to Pacific Grove) Railroads: SP
	The Mound House Branch (Churchill to Mound House) Railroads: SP, CP
	The Narlon Branch (Narlon to Gray) Railroads: SP
	The New Almaden Branch (Alamitos to New Almaden) Railroads: SP
	The Newport Branch (Dyer to Huntington Beach) Railroads: SP
	Niles to Milpitas Railroads: UP, WP
	Nimbus to Folsom Railroads: SP
	Northwestern Pacific Passenger Station (Santa Rosa, California) Railroads: NWPRR
	The Oakdale Branch (Stockton to Merced) Railroads: SP
	Oakland to San Francisco Railroads: SP, AT&SF, WP
	The Oakland Subdivision (Union City to Oakland) Railroads: UP, WP
	Abandoned Rails of Oakland Railroads: SP, UP, WP
	The Oil City Branch (Maltha to Oil City) Railroads: SP, AT&SF
	The Ojai Branch (Ventura to Ojai) Railroads: SP, V&OR
	The Olinda Branch (Atwood to Olinda) Railroads: AT&SF
	The Oroville Branch (Marysville to Oroville) Railroads: SP
	The Pacific Coast Railway (Port San Luis to Los Olivos) Railroads: PCRy
	The Palmdale Railroad (Palm Springs to Palmdale) Railroads: PRR
	The Pasadena Branch (Los Angeles to Altadena) Railroads: UP
	The Patterson and Western Railroad (Patterson to Jones) Railroads: P&W
	The Permu Branch (Tulare County, California) Railroads: SP
	Perris to Elsinore Junction Railroads: AT&SF, CSRR
	Petaluma to Haystack Railroads: P&H
	The Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad (Petaluma to Forestville and Santa Rosa) Railroads: NWPRR, P&SR
	The Placerville Branch (Folsom Junction to Placerville) Railroads: SP, CP<
	The Porterville-Orosi District (Ducor to Minkler) Railroads: AT&SF
	The R Street Line (Sacramento, California) Railroads: SP
	Redding to Delta Railroads: SP, CP
	The Redlands Branch (Redlands Junction to Crafton) Railroads: SP
	The Redlands Loop (San Bernardino, California) Railroads: AT&SF
	The Redondo Beach Branch (El Segundo to Redondo Beach) Railroads: AT&SF
	The Rialto Branch (Riverside to Rialto) Railroads: UP, PE, LA&SL
	Rice to Ripley Railroads: AT&SF, A&C
	Richmond to Point Richmond Railroads: AT&SF
	Richmond to Oakland Railroads: AT&SF
	Richmond Depot to San Francisco Railroads: SP, AT&SF, CA&SF
	The River Farms Branch (Knights Landing Junction to Boyer) Railroads: SP
	The Riverdale Branch (Burrell to Hardwick) Railroads: SP, H&SL
	The Riverside Branch (Arlington to Corona) Railroads: SP, PE
	Riverside Junction to West Riverside Railroads: UP, LA&SL, SPLA&SL
	The Rumsey Branch (Capay to Rumsey) Railroads: SP
	The Sacramento Northern Railroad (San Francisco to Chico) Railroads: UP, SNRR, OA&E, NE, WP, SF-S, O&A, BP&C
	San Bernardino to North Redlands Railroads: SP
	Abandoned Rails of San Bernardino County Railroads: CA&SF, AT&SF
	The San Bruno Branch (Daly City to Baden) Railroads: SP
	San Francisco to Daly City Railroads: SP
	The San Francisco Belt Railroad (San Francisco, California) Railroads: SFBRR, SBRR
	The San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad (Fresno to Huntington Lake) Railroads: SJ&E
	Abandoned Rails of San Jose Railroads: UP, SP, WP
	The San Ramon Valley Branch (Avon to Radum) Railroads: SP
	The Santa Ana and Newport Railroad (Santa Ana to Newport Beach) Railroads: SP, SA&N
	The Santa Ana Branch (Watts to Santa Ana) Railroads: SP, PE
	Santa Monica to Port Los Angeles Railroads: SP
	The Santa Monica Air Line (Clement Junction to Santa Monica) Railroads: SP, PE, LAPRR
	The Santa Monica Branch (Santa Monica, California) Railroads: SP
	The Santa Rosa Branch (Schellville to Santa Rosa) Railroads: SP
	The Second District of the AT&SF (Los Angeles to Arcadia) Railroads: AT&SF
	The Sierra Branch (Berry to Sierra) Railroads: McCRy, McCRRR, BNSF
	Abandoned Rails of Sonoma County Railroads: SP, NWPRR
	The South Pacific Coast Railroad (Alameda to Santa Cruz) Railroads: UP, SP, SPC
	The South San Francisco Branch (South San Francisco, California) Railroads: SP
	The Spreckels Branch (Salinas to Spreckels) Railroads: SP
	The Stanton Branch (Seal Beach to Huntington Beach) Railroads: SP
	Stirling City Branch (Chico to Stirling City) Railroads: SP, BCRR
	Abandoned Rails of Stockton Railroads: UP, SP, WP
	The Stone Canyon and Pacific Railway (McKay to Stone Canyon Mine) Railroads: CS&P, CCFRR
	Strathmore to Hollis Railroads: SP, SJVR
	The Success/Springville Branch (Porterville to Springville) Railroads: SP
	The Sunset Railroad (Bakersfield to Taft) Railroads: SP, UP, SRR, BVRR, AT&SF
	The Terminous Branch (Terminous Junction to Terminous) Railroads: WP
	The Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad (Beatty, NV to Ludlow, CA) Railroads: T&T
	Torrance to Carson Railroads: SP
	The Torrance Branch (Torrance to San Pedro) Railroads: SP, PE
	The Tracy Line (Niles to Tracy) Railroads: SP
	The Treadwell Branch (Treadwell Junction to Porque) Railroads: SP, AT&SF
	The Tres Pinos Branch (Carnadero to Tres Pinos) Railroads: SP
	The Tustin Branch (Orange to Tustin) Railroads: SP
	The Union Branch (Union to West Napa) Railroads: SP
	The UP Freight House Spur (Butte Street Junction to UP Freight House) Railroads: UP
	The Vasona Branch (Alta Mesa to Simla Junction) Railroads: SP
	The Venta Spur (Tustin to Kathryn) Railroads: AT&SF
	The Visalia District (Corcoran to Calwa) Railroads: AT&SF
	The Wahtoke District (Reedley to Piedra) Railroads: AT&SF
	The Walnut Grove Branch (Sacramento to Walnut Grove) Railroads: SP
	The Waterman Spur (Mainline Relocation at Barstow, CA) Railroads: AT&SF
	Webling to Huntington Beach Railroads: SP
	Weed to Grass Lake Railroads: SP, CP
	The West Side Lumber Company Railroad (Tuolumne to Stanislaus National Forest) Railroads: HH&YV, WSLCRR
	Westminster to Seal Beach Railroads: SP, USG
	The Westmorland Branch (Calipatria to Westmorland) Railroads: SP
	Westwood to Beverly Hills Railroads: SP
	The Westwood Branch (Susanville to Mason) Railroads: SP
	The Whittier Branch (Whittier, California (Part II)) Railroads: SP, PE
	The Wingo-Union Branch (Ramal to Wingo) Railroads: SP
	The Winters Branch (Vaca Valley to Esparto) Railroads: SP
	The Yorba Linda Branch (Brea to Yorba Linda) Railroads: SP, UP, PE
	The Yosemite Valley Railroad (Merced to El Portal) Railroads: YVRR
	Yuba City to Tudor Railroads: SP
	The Yuba City Branch (Tudor to Wilson) Railroads: SP

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